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Hidden Costs (Matt Gertz)

October 6, 2009 Oct 6, 2009 10/6/09

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

(Note: there was a grievous error in this post based on a bad assumption on my art regarding VB.  Not feeling the need to hide my ignorance :-), I have instead made a number of edits in this post to bring it back to some semblance of reality.)One thing that gets me annoyed with myself is realizing that the product or service I’ve ...

Free SQL Server 2008 Express How-To-Guide Series

September 30, 2009 Sep 30, 2009 09/30/09

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Thanks to the SQL Server Team we just released a free SQL Server 2008 Express How-To-Guide Series on msdev.com. During the next weeks we’ll also integrating parts of the series into the Visual Basic Developer Center, C# Developer Center, the Beginner Developer Learning Center, etc.One video of the series: How do I query data in a ...

Testing Events for Nothing/Null (Doug Rothaus)

September 25, 2009 Sep 25, 2009 09/25/09

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While helping some Windows API folks with some sample code this week, I stumbled upon...uh...I mean “carefully researched” an issue that you might find handy.You may be aware that the RaiseEvent statement automatically checks to verify if an event handler exists before raising the event. If the event is Nothing, then there’s ...

Properties vs Fields – Why Does it Matter? (Jonathan Aneja)

September 4, 2009 Sep 4, 2009 09/4/09

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The other day I got an email from a developer asking an interesting question about VB10’s Auto-implemented Properties feature. “I am, however, somewhat confused regarding the properties feature you mentioned - i.e. turning 11 lines of get/set/backing variable into one line. Wouldn't this be exactly the same as the existing ...

It’s a Small World, After All, part 2 – VB, C#, and GPS (Matt Gertz)

August 5, 2009 Aug 5, 2009 08/5/09

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

In my previous post, we fixed up a C# GPS library to provide more support, and wrote all of the UI for a VB GPS application, all based on (but modified from) a Mobile GPS sample in the Windows Mobile 6.0 SDK.  In this post, we’ll finish up the app by enabling a bunch of cool functionality not exposed in the original sample.The C# ...

It’s a Small World, After All, part 1 – VB, C#, and GPS (Matt Gertz)

August 4, 2009 Aug 4, 2009 08/4/09

Anthony D. Green [MSFT]

The title of this blog post has sort of a triple meaning for me.  First of all, I just got back from a long (and wonderful!) cruise in the Caribbean, followed by a stop at Disney World.  And of course, if you go to Disney World with kids, it’s the law that you have to go through the “It’s a Small World” ride, ...

I'm A VB: Juan Rafael

July 11, 2009 Jul 11, 2009 07/11/09

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(image)   Website: http://juanrafael.wordpress.com ·        How long have you been using VB?7 years (7 años) ·        What industry do you work in?Software Company - ISV (Compañia de Software – ISV)&...

I'm A VB: Hassan SadeghiOrang

July 11, 2009 Jul 11, 2009 07/11/09

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 ·        How long have you been using VB?7 years ·        What industry do you work in?Software Development ·        How big is your development team?5 ·    ...

I'm A VB: Anup Warade

July 11, 2009 Jul 11, 2009 07/11/09

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·        How long have you been using VB?7 years ·        What industry do you work in?IT ·        How big is your development team?5 ·        ...

I'm A VB: Mehmet Şahin

July 11, 2009 Jul 11, 2009 07/11/09

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(image) Blog: http://mehsah.spaces.live.com/  ·        How long have you been using VB?20 Years ·        What industry do you work in?Food For other interviews in this series, please visit http://imavb.net.  Are you a VB, too? ...