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Tech Ed Schedule
If you are going to be at Tech Ed and want to stop by and say hello, talk about writing for MSDN, or...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 06/03/2005
Wanted: A Few Good Men (or Women)
Bored, restless with your current job, or just looking for an excuse to live in the Pacific...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 06/01/2005
Going to Tech Ed, Want to Meet the VB Team?
The VB Team will be at Tech Ed in Orlando in a few weeks. If you are going to be there then check...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 05/25/2005
5 User License of Team Foundation Server Included
For those of you working in smaller shops (under 5 developers) check out Rick LaPlante's blog entry...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 05/16/2005
Should you really care about My?
I have to admit that My was not in the top three features of Visual Basic 2005/Visual Studio 2005...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 05/16/2005
Grass Cutting and Defensive Coding
What does cutting your grass and defensive coding have to do with each other? Give me a second to...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 05/12/2005
Interview with BillG and the Future of the Platform
Ok, so I am a bit slow on this one, but if you have not already watched the special 50th episode of...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 05/09/2005
SQL 2000 Service Pack 4 Released
Since lots of VB application access SQL Server for their data store I thought it was worth wild to...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 05/06/2005
VB and C#, Can't we all play in the sandbox nicely?
One of the things I love about Visual Basic is that the syntax is similar to natural language. This...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 05/05/2005
Warnings? We Don't Need No Stinking Warnings
I have been playing with the latest builds of Visual Studio 2005 over the past few weeks but it has...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 05/04/2005
VB IDE Team Blog
The Visual Basic IDE team now has a blog here. These are the guys (and girls) that are responsible...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/22/2005
VB Refactoring – Just Good Math
I am proud to announce that Visual Basic 2005 will feature full refactoring support via a free...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/20/2005
Visual Studio 2005 BETA 2 Go Live License
It seems that some folks have not scrolled down far enough on the Visual Studio 2005 BETA 2...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/18/2005
Label With a 3D Line Control
In case anyone was wondering, now that Duncan MacKenzie is no longer the Content Strategist here on...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/14/2005
Visual Basic Upgrade Tour Material
If you are looking at VB 6.0 to VB.NET migration Microsoft Israel has some really good material here...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/11/2005
Default Instances - Coming to VB Near You
Paul Vick talks about the return of default instances in Visual Basic 2005 from it's VB 6 past and...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/08/2005
New MSDN (and VB) Forums
MSDN Forums Beta just shipped! Check out https://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ to see the new...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/08/2005
Checkers anyone?
Looking to kill a bit of time with some fun and a chance at world fame? Ok, limited world fame....
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/08/2005
City Wide Wi-Fi Coverage
Before moving to Washington last week I lived in New Jersey just over the river from Philadelphia so...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/08/2005
Using the Serial and USB ports with VB.NET
I was playing around with my USB GPS receiver the other day and started to wonder how hard it would...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/07/2005
The Connected Car
I was reading this morning about Windows Automotive. The car has become a very "smart" place. People...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/07/2005
VBRun - The VB 6.0 Resource Center
It has been a busy week and a half. In the last week I completed moving my family from the East...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 04/05/2005
Registration-Free COM - Good Bye RegSvr32
For those of that have not already seen Dave Templin's new article in MSDN Mag. I encourage you to...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/23/2005
Pricing and Licensing for Visual Studio 2005 and MSDN Subscriptions
Pricing and upgrade information was announced today for Visual Studio 2005 and MSDN Subscriptions....
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/21/2005
VB Coding Code Guildlines
Some recently pointed out to me Cory Smith's Coding Guildlines for VB.NET and wondered why they...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/18/2005
An open letter to the community
Others have already said things so rather then repeat their words I am simply going to recommend you...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/17/2005
Your Chance to Talk to One of the Big Men on Campus
Eric Rudder will be hosting a chat about Whidbey on March 18th at 10AM PST. Check out the details...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/17/2005
Visual Basic Stored Procedures in the Real World
During my consulting days I spent about a year and half as a database programmer writing T-SQL...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/17/2005
Upcoming Web Casts
Here are some upcoming Web Cast in the next 30 days on Visual Basic. You can find the complete list...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/17/2005
Updater Application Block 2.0 Released
For those of you that have not seen the Version 2.0 of the Updater Application Block has been...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/16/2005
VB 6.0 Support Clarification
Two points from my previous blog that I was not totally clear on in my previous post so I wanted to...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/12/2005
VB 6.0 Support
There has been much discussion about the pending end of Mainstream support for Visual Basic 6.0....
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/10/2005
Windows Media Player 10 SDK
I was playing around the other day and I wanted to be able to put the ability to play some video...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/10/2005
XBox 2.0
So Microsoft started talking about XBox 2.0 yesterday and has provided some details. From the press...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/10/2005
Enterprise Library
For those of you that not seen the Enterprise Library was updated in January. If you are not...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/09/2005
What do you think?
So one of the great things about starting a new job is you get a fresh look at everything. As a...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/08/2005
Partially-Trusted Applications?
The Visual Basic team is running a quick, about 3 minute, survey to get feedback on...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/03/2005
Locking the Computer from Code
My previous entry was about shutting down and restarting Windows from code. That leads to the next...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/02/2005
Shut Down, Restart, and Log Off From Code
I was recently asked how do you shut the system down from VB.NET, the answer is to a make a few...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/02/2005
Windows Sharepoint Services Web Service Example
I was recently building a system for a client that needed to store lots of documents. Normally I...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 03/01/2005
The "Natural Fit"
It has been a busy few days in the world of the rant (see Mr. Grimes' Farewell) and reply (see...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 02/25/2005
Jackie Goldstein - .NET Rock Star
A great interview with Jackie Goldstein was recently posted on DevSource. Many of you have likely...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 02/24/2005
SQL Server Workgroup Edition
If you have not heard already Microsoft has announced a new version of SQL Server 2000 and 2005. The...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 02/24/2005
Code, Code and More Code
While digging through some of the older material here on the Visual Basic DevCenter I came across...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 02/23/2005
Hello
Hello, my name is Brad McCabe and I will be taking over the Visual Basic Developer Center from...
Author: Brad_McCabe Date: 02/23/2005