.NET Framework


Microsoft's VB6 Support Strategy?

After years neglecting the VB6 community, Microsoft seems to be missing something. Us!

Dynamically Generate Complex Pages with the MultiView

The MultiView control allows you to swap sets of controls on and off the page. But the MultiView control also makes it easier for you to generate new page content and add it at run time.

Microsoft Gives SharePoint A Facelift

Microsoft previewed the next generation of its popular SharePoint Server family, which will sport a new user interface, tighter integration capabilities, a cloud-based version and much-needed support for the company's Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE).

VS2010 and .NET 4 Beta 2 Go Live Today

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 are available to MSDN subscribers today and general availability is expected on Wednesday, October 21.

Customizing the Login Control

By converting composite controls into their templates, you gain full control over the makeup of the control and individual controls within it.

Finding an Associated Executable

After using a given API for a decade or more, you tend to just take it for granted that it works. Karl Peterson shows how he worked around a challenge when it didn't.

Microsoft and Capgemini Ink ERP Partner Deal

Microsoft and Capgemini announced a partnership deal on Friday that aims to better integrate Microsoft's software with SAP's enterprise resource planning solutions.

Supporting a Printer-Friendly Page Button (Part 2)

Peter wraps up his solutions for getting junk off the page when the user wants to print out a copy. This time by working with Themes and JavaScript.

ComponentOne OLAP for WinForms Boosts Data Analysis

New suite of .NET controls offers Excel-like pivot tables and rich presentation.

Silverlight Control Touch Up in Blend

How to clean up the disabled state of a Silverlight control using Expression Blend.

Supporting a Printer-Friendly Page Button (Part I)

Peter investigates three solutions for getting junk off your page when the user wants to print a copy.

Windows 7 Surfaces

IN-DEPTH: Microsoft's new client OS is flying high, but does it really make sense to migrate your apps to Windows 7?

OldMail Method

DEVDISASTERS: After three long interviews for a .NET developer position, Maxim received a fairly generous offer and accepted it on the spot.

Getting Current on MEF

ASK KATHLEEN: Readers explore Managed Extensibility Framework, using callback delegates and how to create the equivalent of a C# partial interface in Visual Basic.

A Winning Campaign: Remain in Office

REDMOND REVIEW: Since Bill Gates proclaimed Microsoft's Internet strategy in his Internet Tidal Wave memo of 1995, people have been cynical of Microsoft's embrace of the public network.

Threading and the UI

ON VB: Four ways to synchronize threads with your app's user interface.

All I Really Need to Know

Since announcing the Microsoft Interoperability Initiative early last year, we've seen the company move in a consistent and tangible direction toward greater openness, cooperation and interoperability.

.NET Rx Framework: A Watershed Advance in Asynch Programming

This summer Microsoft quietly released the first key components of its .NET Reactive (Rx) Framework, which allows developers to write Language Integrated Query (LINQ) expressions against events.

Turbo Charge Visual Studio with DevExpress CodeRush

REVIEW: DevExpress CodeRush 9.2 is a powerful productivity booster for .NET developers that includes the Refactor! Pro tools from Developer Express.

Bridge Connects Java to ADO.NET Data Services

Noelios Technologies released a bridge designed to let Java developers to utilize Microsoft's ADO.NET Data Services.

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