Enhance the DataSet class with inheritance and extend its associated XML schema to hook validation checks and custom validation routines into DataSets declaratively.
- By Enrico Sabbadin
- 03/01/2004
Visual Studio .NET ships with a nice set of controls and classes to build Windows applications, but with only a little effort, you can augment these controls so they serve you better.
- By Markus Egger
- 03/01/2004
Chris Sells shows you how to develop user interfaces in .NET in his book, Windows Forms Programming in C#.
- By Mark Collins-Cope
- 02/01/2004
WinFS offers new ways to interact with data that redefine how the operations system offers up data. Check out what's new with a snapshot of its current architecture model.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 02/01/2004
Take advantage of the GDI+ graphics library to change the orientation of the label controls in an application; also, use Word's spell check from within your .NET application.
- By Fabio Ferracchiati
- 02/01/2004
<i>VSM</i> takes an in-depth look at the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system, but rest assured the magazine's focus remain on the practical, hands-on code and samples.
- By Patrick Meader
- 02/01/2004
The complex model for Longhorn's base operating system illustrates how Microsoft has organized it, as well as where any piece you're interested in fits into the larger view.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 02/01/2004
Longhorn includes significant changes that will affect developers, from how it handles graphics to how it stores data. Learn how to create a simple Longhorn app.
- By Brent Rector
- 02/01/2004
Generics support in version 2 of the .NET Framework will help you write simpler, more powerful code, whether you consume generic classes built into the Framework or roll your own.
- By Bill McCarthy
- 01/01/2004
Chris Dias, group program manager for Visual Basic .NET at Microsoft, talks about the present and future of the language, including the target audience of this tool.
Microsoft has pulled out all the stops in announcing where its development tools are heading, but it's important to keep a sense of perspective.
- By Patrick Meader
- 01/01/2004
Chris Dias, group program manager for Visual Basic .NET at Microsoft, talks about the present and future of the language, including the target audience of this tool.
- By Patrick Meader
- 01/01/2004
You can use VB.NET or C# to write procedural code and create user-defined types and aggregates in SQL Server.
- By Bob Beauchemin
- 01/01/2004
Unless you test your application fully, you can't be sure changes you make won't affect another part of the system. Use unit tests to improve programming and application-release quality.
Optimization rules have changed under VB.NET-here are eight great new ways to build wicked-fast code.
- By Francesco Balena
- 08/01/2002
Create Custom Performance Counters
- By Jonathan Goodyear
- 03/01/2002