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- By Bill McCarthy
- 07/01/2007
Learn how to create expandable menus such as you find in Office; handle mouse up/down events properly; and create a custom toolstrip button.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 07/01/2007
Microsoft Corp. has partnered with Israel-based GigaSpaces Technologies Ltd. to bundle the vendor's extreme transaction processing middleware with a Microsoft front-end and enterprise grid. The agreement is on the heels of GigaSpaces' announcement of version 6.0 of its flagship data grid and caching platform, expected in September.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/19/2007
Should you code your business logic or use a workflow model?
Tech-Ed 2007: Microsoft calls for agile, business-focused IT through tighter links between development and operations.
- By Chris Kanaracus and Jeffrey Schwartz
- 06/15/2007
Redmond teams up with open source community to create an interoperable architecture for identity protection.
- By John K. Waters
- 06/15/2007
So you think you've got a handle on Orcas and .NET 3.0/3.5? Brace yourself as Microsoft casts everything in a new (Silver)light.
- By Patrick Meader
- 06/01/2007
Learn how to work around some ugly behavior in WPF when relying on the provided code snippets; change the output of provided WPF snippets; resolve dependency issues in Windows Workflow; and more.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 06/01/2007
Keep track of build histories with this robust ALM tool that provides continuous integration and code coverage for agile software development.
- By Peter Varhol
- 06/01/2007
XAML (and WPF and WF) promise to change how we program. But before you can put it to use, you need a firm understanding of what this technology is and what its strengths are.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 06/01/2007
CodeGear and Microsoft please native programmers with plans to improve C++ portfolios and continue to develop native code options.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 06/01/2007
Secure your software with fuzz testing.
- By Dave Weinstein
- 06/01/2007
Building applications for multiple platforms requires more consideration from developers than ever before. Find out how to make your apps 'smarter.'
You already know what those new features in C# 3.0 are doing because you do these same things in C# 2.0. Learn how C# 3.0 can reduce coding lines and improve readability by walking through a reverse migration.
Thrown exceptions break the normal flow of execution in a program to report error conditions. A few simple techniques can help you preserve execution flow and give users and administrators the information they need to understand what went wrong.
Integrating data queries into VB and C#
This comprehensive suite of Windows Forms controls for .NET applications features external style support, and faithful reproduction of Microsoft's UI.
Call a combo box across assembly boundaries with generics and enums; add contact information with Assembly Information; and drill down on FxCop spelling rules.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2007
The Microsoft Synchronization Services 1.0 API for SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition and the new Sync Designer in the Orcas March 2007 CTP team up to generate a local data cache that synchronizes incrementally and bidirectionally with SQL Server Express.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2007
Editor in chief Patrick Meader explains why the magazine (generally) forbids discussion of third-party products, while allowing authors to discuss non-Visual Studio-specific tools from Microsoft.
- By Patrick Meader
- 05/01/2007