XML Documents from Comments
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Paul Kimmel - 01/08/2008
Intellisense is a programmer's best friend. The framework is too big to memorize, but Intellisense can make finding things manageable. Extend Intellisense into your own code with XML comments in Visual Studio 8 and 9.

News: Microsoft Releases Betas and More
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Bradley Jones - 07/26/2007
Today Microsoft announced the release of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2, Silverlight 1.0 RC, and more.

Ponderings about the Tech Ed 2007 Keynote
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Bradley Jones - 06/12/2007
The people at Microsoft are busy with lots of products. Did someone forget that they should be excited about them?

[Updated] Flags Enumerations
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David Oldfield - 12/22/2006
The documentation on Microsoft's flags enumerations is rather sketchy at best, but offers a more ideal solution for a great many problems. The problem is, with such little documentation it can be very time consuming to figure out how to use them correctly. Here is a small walkthrough explaining a relatively simple means of interacting with them through use of the bitwise OR operator.

What Is New in Visual Basic 2005
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Shuja Ali - 04/24/2006
Learn about the new features found in Visual Basic 2005.

Quick Visual Studio .NET Tips
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Karl Moore - 08/05/2005
Still getting used to Visual Studio .NET? Here are a handful of little-known Visual Studio tips sure to make your life easier...

Discovering Visual Basic .NET — The Series
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Bill Hatfield - 01/26/2005
Are you new to Visual Basic .NET? Best-selling "Dummies" author Bill Hatfield teaches you the basics of Visual Basic .NET.

Discovering Visual Basic .NET: Repeating Code
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Bill Hatfield - 01/21/2005
For those new to Visual Basic, here is your chance to learn about the topic of looping and how to get your program to execute several lines of code again and again.

Discovering Visual Basic .NET: Making Decisions
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Bill Hatfield - 01/10/2005
Continue your learning of Visual Basic .NET by discovering the syntax for adding logical decisions into your programs.

Discovering Visual Basic .NET: Using Functions and Arguments
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Bill Hatfield - 12/30/2004
A lot of functionality it already done for you. Learn how to use built-in functionality in Visual Basic .NET. with this installment of our Visual Basic .NET tutorials.

Discovering Visual Basic .NET: Working with Variables
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Bill Hatfield - 12/21/2004
Nearly every program needs to keep track of things. Discover how to with Visual Basic .NET in this installment of the Visual Basic .NET tutorials.

Discovering Visual Basic .NET
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Bill Hatfield - 12/16/2004
There is no need to put off learning Visual Basic .NET any longer. With this tutorial you will be on your way!

"When They Rip It from My Cold, Dead Fingers"
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Bradley Jones - 10/18/2004
Is Visual Basic 6.0 going to take your career 6 feet under?

Exposing COM Interfaces of a .NET Class Library for Late Binding
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Muhammad Musa Ali - 09/27/2004
Learn how to expose COM interfaces for .NET components to be used by clients using Late Binding.

Acronym Anarchy
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Bradley Jones - 08/25/2004
Acronyms are getting out of control. Do you have what it takes to be an Acronym Guru?

Online Translations: Get your Programs Speaking Spanish, in Seconds!
11/13/2003
Check out this tool, it may come in handy!

Tip: Improve Web Service Performance, with Caching
11/12/2003
It's a little-known fact, but you can actually 'cache' what a Web service gives out and automatically serve up the same response next time, seriously speeding up popular, processor-intensive services.

Returning a DataSet from an Excel Spreadsheet
11/11/2003
Use OLE DB code to access a named range within an Excel workbook and return it as a DataSet object, ready for binding to a Windows DataGrid.

Where is Visual Basic 7?
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Paul Kimmel - 12/17/2002
While at Comdex, Paul was asked the question, 'Where is Visual Basic 7?' Paul helps to alleviate the concerns that Microsoft has abandoned Visual Basic.

Using Gantt Diagrams in Windows Applications
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Piero Viano - 09/04/2002
Display Gantt diagrams in your .Net Windows applications.