These two companies are finally working together, to the benefit of everyone.
- By Patrick Meader
- 08/01/2004
Check out the latest VS.NET add-ins, including a product that lets you define your data validation only once.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 08/01/2004
ASP.NET 2.0 master pages enable you to set the common content for a group of Web pages quickly and easily, while also providing for each page's unique content.
- By Dino Esposito
- 08/01/2004
It is possible to survive and even excel in today's tough developer job environment-but it will take a change in how you think about and approach your job.
C# now provides many of the features VB developers have enjoyed for years. Learn how to plug the rest of VB's power into your C# apps.
- By Daniel Appleman
- 08/01/2004
Modeling has enormous potential, but software modeling tools are too complicated and little used. Microsoft aims to change that with Whitehorse.
- By Patrick Meader
- 07/01/2004
Adding images to and removing them from a SQL Server database is straightforward using simple drag-and-drop procedures.
Disparate systems make business process automation inefficient. Semantic integration of structured, unstructured and process data simplifies implementation of a robust SOA model.
- By Boris Lublinsky
- 07/01/2004
Learn 10 useful tips and tricks that help boost SQL Server application performance.
Learn how to create and customize data-intensive tables in ASP.NET Web applications.
Some developers mourn the day that offshoring will force them out of a job, while others assert you need to make yourself more marketable. Only the strong survive.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 07/01/2004
Software methodologies have their place and can be useful in the development process, but they need to be flexible to provide their maximum benefit.
Learn how to implement a print preview dialog that uses the PrintPreviewControl to add features that aren't in the default PrintPreviewDialog component.
Take a look at the latest VS.NET add-ins, including a component that quickly captures images from scanners and cameras.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 07/01/2004
A service-oriented architecture (SOA) is the basis for creating applications that trust each other to perform their tasks.
- By A. Nicklas Malik
- 06/01/2004
Output your trace information to new targets, including SQL Server and XML—and do it without parsing.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 06/01/2004
Kathleen Dollard's recent Guest Opinion inspires reaction. Some hobbyists want Microsoft to continue support for VB6, while full-timers advise amateurs to step up to the .NET plate.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 06/01/2004
Here's a design for creating data-driven validation rules for distributed apps. It lets you distribute the rules from to clients without modifying client-side application code.
- By Tony Surma and Bill Wagner
- 06/01/2004
VS.NET is a flexible and powerful programming tool, but a special novice version would expand its audience (and Microsoft's) not only with hobbyists, but in the enterprise as well.
- By Patrick Meader
- 06/01/2004
Companies like Desaware are enticing consumers by bundling their best sellers for a fraction of the cost of the products combined. And they're giving away the source code to boot.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 06/01/2004