Tips on Windows Phone 7 development and app design with sample code for a Windows Phone Pivot application.
When "Oops!" becomes "OMG!" On VB columnist Joe Kunk shows how a simple oversight when using SQL Server 2000 Data Transformation Services (DTS) nearly ended in disaster.
On VB columnist Joe Kunk explores the new BigInteger structure in .NET 4 and how it lets you work with astronomically large numbers.
On VB columnist Joe Kunk explores the benefits and drawbacks of commenting source code, and finds that the answer is not as clear cut as many might think.
Nearly all applications need to open or save data files. Use the common file dialog APIs to easily avoid another unneeded dependency and sidestep some system bugs as a bonus. (Part 2 of 2)
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 12/22/2010
Why tempt fate by making your application dependent upon an easily replaced component? Karl Peterson shows how you can begin reducing external dependencies in your VB apps.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 12/14/2010
Visual Basic .NET possesses naturally expressive syntax that is almost always clear in its intent. Even so, there are still surprises in Visual Basic that can trip up even experienced VB developers.
Find out how to use memory-mapped files to index and search the contents of document collections.
Windows 7 hides a number of locale-inappropriate fonts by default, and allows users to toggle this property as well. Here's how to honor that setting.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 10/14/2010
WebMatrix Beta 2 is integrated with NuPack, a new open-source package manager Microsoft announced today. The company also released the ASP.NET MVC 3 Beta, which supports the Razor view-engine.
The Enum or enumeration is one of the fundamental constructs in the .NET Framework, serving as an easy-to-remember set of names for a series of fixed values that are logically related. It turns out that there is a surprising amount to know about the Enum construct.
Console applications are alive and well in Administrator Land. Here’s how your console application can leave instructions for the command processor upon your exit.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 08/26/2010
On VB author Joe Kunk shows how you can quickly discover the orientation of an unknown database using dynamic queries.
Administrators get no respect, either, in this world of Least Privileged Users. Here's how you can set aside those precautions, and still get at the information your users need.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 07/27/2010
Joe Kunk looks at how to manage a numeric system that extends to the entire alphabet.
As Microsoft shuts down its newsgroup server, the community resource lives on. You just need to know where to look for it.
- By Karl E. Peterson
- 07/16/2010
On VB author Joe Kunk talks about his impression of C#.
On VB author Joe Kunk provides a look into the code behind his automated source code backup solution.
On VB author Joe Kunk looks into how an automated source code backup utility can provide a vital, extra level of protection in team-based projects.
With the release of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4, it's time for Visual Basic developers to start leveraging the new capabilities of Visual Basic 2010.