{"id":6823,"date":"2006-04-20T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-20T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/2006\/04\/20\/emea-tour-followup\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T14:52:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T21:52:37","slug":"emea-tour-followup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/vbteam\/emea-tour-followup\/","title":{"rendered":"EMEA Tour Followup"},"content":{"rendered":"

PaulYuk and I just returned from the EMEA tour where we demoed tons of new VB 2005 features to groups in Brussells, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Belfast, and Dublin.  Here (as promised) are links to more information on what I presented.   If you didn’t make it to the presentations, check out the below.   Lots of interesting material!<\/p>\n

Was good to visit everyone on the trip.  Paul and I had a great time visiting everyone.<\/p>\n

Start Clients Using Office:<\/p>\n

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Main page -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/office\/understanding\/vsto\/default.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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Good overview -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/office\/understanding\/vsto\/default.aspx?pull=\/library\/en-us\/odc_vsto2005_ta\/html\/officewhatsnewinvsto2005.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

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My.Blogs Location -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/default.asp?url=\/library\/en-us\/odc_vsto2005_ta\/html\/odc_vstoOutlookMyBlog.asp<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/VBasic\/Downloads\/Code\/MyBlogs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Smart Clients Using Mobile Devices:<\/p>\n

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Main page -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/vbasic\/learning\/mobile\/<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Tips\/Tricks<\/p>\n

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Community<\/p>\n

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VB Forums -> http:\/\/forums.microsoft.com\/MSDN\/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=10&SiteID=1<\/a><\/p>\n

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Submit bugs\/suggestions -> http:\/\/lab.msdn.microsoft.com\/productfeedback\/default.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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Main VB web site -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/vbasic\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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VB6 Migration site -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/vbrun\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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IDE<\/p>\n

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Refactor for VB -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/vbasic\/downloads\/tools\/refactor\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Snippit editor -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/vbasic\/downloads\/tools\/snippeteditor\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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IDE Customization -> Go under Tools\/Import-Export Settings<\/p>\n

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XML Comments <\/span><\/font>à<\/span><\/font> Shows you how to customize this! http:\/\/forums.microsoft.com\/MSDN\/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=321766&SiteID=1<\/a><\/p>\n

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Find all References <\/span><\/font>à<\/span><\/font> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/default.asp?url=\/library\/en-us\/vsintro7\/html\/vxtsksearchingobjectss.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

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AutoCorrect -> Should be obvious from using it<\/p>\n

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Incremental Search -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/default.asp?url=\/library\/en-us\/wcepbguide5\/html\/wce50tskFindingaStringUsingIncrementalSearch.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

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Debugger<\/p>\n

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Immediate Window -> http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/vbteam\/archive\/2005\/12\/05\/500252.aspx<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Edit & Continue  -> Modify your code while in break model<\/p>\n

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Debugging Attributes -> Really good article on things you can do: http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/msdnmag\/issues\/04\/05\/VisualStudio2005Debugging\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Debugging Visualizers -> Example of creating them in VB http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/deeptanshuv\/archive\/2005\/03\/21\/400194.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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Command Window -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/default.asp?url=\/library\/en-us\/vsintro7\/html\/vxurfcommandmodecommandwindow.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

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TracePoints -> Right-click on line of code and choose insert tracepoint<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Language Improvements<\/p>\n

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My Extensibility -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/msdnmag\/issues\/05\/07\/My\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Generics -> http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/default.asp?url=\/library\/en-us\/dnvs05\/html\/vb2005_generics.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

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Using Statement -> http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/htd05whh.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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Continue \/ Isnot -> Simple, but new for VB 2005<\/p>\n

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Warnings -> You can customize these from Compile project designer page<\/p>\n

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Winforms Improvements<\/p>\n

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These features are not new to this version, but are new to VB6 users.   They are easily found in help<\/p>\n

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Anchoring\/Docking<\/p>\n

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Tab order\/Menu Editor<\/p>\n

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Inherited Forms<\/p>\n

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Forms Localization<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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New features:<\/p>\n

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Background Worker object<\/p>\n

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Bind to settings<\/p>\n

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Document outline window<\/p>\n

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New Containers<\/p>\n

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            Table\/Flow layout<\/p>\n

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            Splitter<\/p>\n

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This article has links to all these features and much more http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/35f2fe4h.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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Application Model<\/p>\n

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Good general link: http:\/\/msdn2.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/tzdks800.aspx<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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VB6 Interop<\/p>\n

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Great series of articles on using .net components from VB6 http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/vbrun\/vbfusion\/<\/a><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Feel free to contact me (toddap@microsoft.com<\/a>) if you have any questions about code samples or information that was given in the talks.   Thanks again for attending!<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Todd Apley<\/span><\/font><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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