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How to implement IQueryable (by Kevin Halverson)

July 11, 2007 Jul 11, 2007 07/11/07
VBTeam
Here’s a link to a post I just finished on ‘How to implement IQueryable’ (create a custom Linq provider).http://blogs.msdn.com/kevin_halverson/archive/2007/07/10/how-to-implement-iqueryable.aspxMy example project allows you to query the Windows Vista (Desktop) Search engine for files on your local machine.  For example:&...

Slide Deck and Samples for LINQ Best Practices (Beth Massi)

June 13, 2007 Jun 13, 2007 06/13/07
Beth Massi
Lisa Feigenbaum gave a great webcast this morning on LINQ best practices (if you missed it, just click the link and view it on-demand). Here is the deck and the samples she used. Please Note: The sample code is based on a more recent build of Visual Studio 2008 so some of the Join syntax may not work in Beta 1.  We felt it ...

Live From Redmond Webcast Just Added on LINQ to XML (Beth Massi)

June 13, 2007 Jun 13, 2007 06/13/07
Beth Massi
Back by popular demand! Amanda Silver will be presenting Live From Redmond: VB9 - Conquering XML with LINQ to XML on June 27th. In Visual Basic 9.0, XML becomes a built-in data type with a rich editing experience that completely eliminates the conceptual barrier between the code that you write and the XML that you’re trying to ...

What is the difference between VB 9, VBx and Silverlight? (Scott Wisniewski)

June 7, 2007 Jun 7, 2007 06/7/07
VBTeam
I recently received an email from a customer asking for clarification as to what the difference was between VB 9, VBx and Sliverlight. In particular, it seems as if we have been releasing so much information about cool new stuff that at least a few people have become confused, making them a bit nervous about the future of VB. The customer had ...