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    Microsoft Help Viewer 1.1 – Updates Planned for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 (Kathleen McGrath)
    Microsoft Help Viewer 1.1 – Updates Planned for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 (Kathleen McGrath)
    November 3, 2010 Nov 3, 2010 11/3/10
    VBTeam
    Paul O’Rear, a Program Manager on the Library Experience team, describes the changes to the Microsoft Help Viewer planned for Visual Studio 2010 SP1. He demonstrates the new functionality of the viewer in an early build of Help Viewer 1.1. See Microsoft Help Viewer – Updates Planned for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 You can learn more in ...

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    Implicit Line Continuation (Kathleen McGrath)
    Implicit Line Continuation (Kathleen McGrath)
    June 19, 2009 Jun 19, 2009 06/19/09
    VBTeam
    In the second part of my interview with Doug Rothaus, he describes the new implicit line continuation feature in Visual Basic 2010. Learn about the most common scenarios that no longer require the underscore character (_) in the topic, Statements in Visual Basic. See the Video: implicit Line Continuation   --Kathleen McGrath ...

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    Auto-Implemented Properties (Kathleen McGrath)
    Auto-Implemented Properties (Kathleen McGrath)
    June 12, 2009 Jun 12, 2009 06/12/09
    VBTeam
    In this interview, Doug Rothaus, a programming writer on the Visual Studio User Education team, describes the auto-implemented properties in Visual Basic 2010. He also demonstrates some of the code examples in his Help topic: Auto-Implemented Properties. See the Video: Auto-Implement Properties.   --Kathleen...

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    How Do I: Add Smart Tags to Excel Workbooks? (Kathleen McGrath)
    How Do I: Add Smart Tags to Excel Workbooks? (Kathleen McGrath)
    August 28, 2008 Aug 28, 2008 08/28/08
    VBTeam
    With the release of Visual Studio 2008 SP1, you can now add smart tags to Excel by using an add-in.  In this video, I show you how to add them to both a document-level customization and an add-in project. How Do I: Add Smart Tags to Excel Workbooks? This video is based on the topic: How to: Add Smart Tags to Excel Workbooks, where you ...

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    Visual Studio Content – Tell Us What You Think! (Beth Massi)
    Visual Studio Content – Tell Us What You Think! (Beth Massi)
    October 11, 2007 Oct 11, 2007 10/11/07
    Beth Massi
    The documentation team has just released a survey aimed at gathering feedback on Visual Studio content. Are you dying to tell us what you think about the Visual Studio content in the MSDN library? Please share your perspective by taking part in the Visual Studio Content Survey. The survey is completely anonymous and doesn't require that ...

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    VB Developer's Introduction to ASP.NET
    VB Developer's Introduction to ASP.NET
    October 4, 2006 Oct 4, 2006 10/4/06
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    by Kathleen McGrath If you're a Visual Basic developer who wants to learn about ASP.NET, you should check out this new MSDN article:  A Visual Basic Developer's Introduction to ASP.NET 2.0There's also a number of introductory webcasts and multimedia presentations at Learn ASP.NET ...

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    Video Screencast: Microsoft Interop Forms Toolkit 1.0
    Video Screencast: Microsoft Interop Forms Toolkit 1.0
    September 23, 2006 Sep 23, 2006 09/23/06
    VBTeam
    by Kathleen McGrathI've created a screencast that shows you how to create a Windows form in Visual Basic 2005 that you can call from your Visual Basic 6 application using the Microsoft Interop Forms Toolkit 1.0. The screencast is about 6 minutes long.Interop Forms Toolkit Screencast...

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    Create Add-ins for Office 2007 with Visual Basic
    Create Add-ins for Office 2007 with Visual Basic
    September 14, 2006 Sep 14, 2006 09/14/06
    VBTeam
    By Kathleen McGrathThe beta release of Visual Studio Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (VSTO 2005 SE) was announced today. VSTO 2005 SE is a free add-on for Visual Studio (Professional or above) that enables you to create add-ins for the most popular Office 2007 and Office 2003 applications. You can get VSTO 2005 SE Beta here...

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    Visual Basic Express Edition Videos
    Visual Basic Express Edition Videos
    September 13, 2006 Sep 13, 2006 09/13/06
    VBTeam
    by Kathleen McGrath Have you ever wished that you could have someone show you how to accomplish a programming task instead of having to read through the steps on how to perform the task? Or maybe you just need a little more clarification about where a particular option is located. They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, so imagine what a...

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