August 2007 - Posts

A Walkthrough of WCF Support in Visual Studio 2008
30 August 07 01:53 PM

One feature in Visual Studio 2008 I would like to highlight is our support of Windows Communication Foundation. WCF was introduced with .NET Fx3.0 as a next generation communications API. Previously if you wanted apps to talk you needed to make a lot Read More...

Postedby VBTeam | 10 Comments    

Filed under: John Stallo, WCF

Implementing Dynamic Searching Using LINQ
29 August 07 03:51 PM

A common requirement in forms-over-data applications is that users be able to search by any combination of fields to construct a dynamic query at run time. For example, the search feature in this application allows the user to find all records that meet Read More...

Postedby VBTeam | 6 Comments    

Filed under: LINQ/VB9, Jonathan Aneja, Orcas, VB2008, IQueryable

Attachment(s):DynamicCondition.zip

Channel 9 Interview - LINQ to SQL and the O/R Designer in VS 2008 (Beth Massi)
27 August 07 03:55 PM

I just posted another great interview on Channel 9 with Young Joo talking about LINQ to SQL and the new O/R Designer in Visual Studio 2008. He demos a typical business client-server scenario and shows how LINQ to SQL classes make it much easier to work Read More...

Postedby VBTeam | 2 Comments    

Filed under: LINQ/VB9, Orcas, Young Joo, Beth Massi, Web

Endgame (Matt Gertz)
27 August 07 10:38 AM

Well, I’m back from vacation, pleasantly tired and yet relaxed at the same time. I’m busy trying to dig out of e-mail, things are going well, Beta2 has been in your hands for several weeks, and I’ve got lots of great ideas to try out on this site. (That’s Read More...

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Filed under: Matt Gertz, VB2008

Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Power Packs 2.0 now available
24 August 07 05:40 PM

In case you didn't see the links go live on the Visual Basic Developer Center the VB Off-Cycle team has shipped the latest edition of the Power Pack controls . You can download them from here . In this update we've added the much anticipated Line and Read More...

Postedby VBTeam | 3 Comments    

Filed under: VB2005, Scott Tucker, VB6_Migration/Interop, Power Packs

Channel 9 Interview - Amanda Silver on LINQ (Beth Massi)
17 August 07 12:24 PM

I just posted an interview with Amanda on Channel 9 where she walks us through the new LINQ syntax available in VS 2008 Beta 2 . I also posted some How Do I videos on LINQ to help get you started -- look for more of these beginning of next week! In this Read More...

Postedby VBTeam | 4 Comments    

Filed under: Amanda Silver, LINQ/VB9, Beth Massi, VB2008

Channel 9 Interview - Visual Basic Intellisense Improvements in VS 2008 (Beth Massi)
14 August 07 04:22 PM

I just posted an interview with Lisa on Channel9 that you'll probably want to check out -- showing the new and much much imporoved Intellisense for Visual Basic in Visual Studio 2008: In this interview Lisa Feigenbaum , a Program Manager on the Visual Read More...

Postedby VBTeam | 5 Comments    

Filed under: Lisa Feigenbaum, IDE, Orcas, Beth Massi, VB2008

LINQ to XML Videos (Beth Massi)
07 August 07 12:58 PM

Bill Burrows has created a series of videos to help get the community started with LINQ to XML in Visual Basic! These videos were created in conjunction with his upcoming MSDN article that will be published soon. Bill takes an easy to follow, step-by-step Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ/VB9, Beth Massi, VB2008

Channel9 Interview: Scott Wisniewski on Extension Methods in Visual Basic 9.0 (Beth Massi)
03 August 07 09:46 AM

I just posted an interview with Scott on Channel9 where he talks about extension methods, a new language feature in Visual Basic 9.0: In this in interview Scott Wisniewski , a Developer on the Visual Basic Team, talks about Extension Methods and shows Read More...

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Filed under: LINQ/VB9, Scott Wisniewski, Beth Massi, VB2008