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VB6 Support About to Disappear

As planned, Redmond is ending Visual Basic 6.0 support this month, prompting enterprises to migrate to .NET.

Finding the Right ID

Microsoft faces challenges as it looks to advance CardSpace for cross-platform identity management.

Is VB the Least Among Equals?

VB.NET gets left behind (again), this time by the Windows Live team.

Are Your Incentives Working?

Make sure developers don't sacrifice quality for the sake of finishing.

Treat Code as Data

Take advantage of new features in C# 3.0 that let you treat code as data -- and save time over more traditional, imperative approaches to programming.

Get Source for the Framework

Microsoft's releasing some .NET 3.5 Framework swag: deployment guidelines and the source code itself.

Microsoft Adds More Flash to Windows Mobile

Adobe and Microsoft strike a deal allowing Flash and PDF software to run on smartphones with Windows Mobile OSes.

Microsoft Takes Steps Toward Eclipse Support

The Eclipse Project and Microsoft partner up for interoperability, adding to Redmond’s growing number of open source collaborators.

Reduce Code and Server Roundtrips

Utilize table-valued parameters to write less code and to achieve higher application performance.

Leaks Suggest OOXML Approved as ISO/IEC Standard

Apparently, it's not a joke on this April Fools day that Microsoft's Office Open XML document format was approved as an international standard.

Access Non-.NET APIs with PInvoke

Use PInvoke to take advantage of Windows APIs that aren't part of the .NET Framework.

VB6 Support About To Disappear

On April 8, Microsoft will cease its support of the VB6 IDE.

ISO Plans To Announce OOXML Decision This Week

The International Organization for Standardization plans to announce vote results on the decision to ratify or reject Microsoft's Office Open XML document format on Wednesday, April 2, 2008.

Microsoft May Release Out-of-Cycle Patch for Word Flaw

Microsoft confirmed "very limited, targeted" attacks on an open Word security flaw. The company is researching a patch.

Silverlight XAML Primer 12: Using Linear Keyframe Animations

Dan shows you how you can get more control over animations using keyframes in Silverlight apps.

ComponentOne Releases Studio Enterprise 2008, Doc-To-Help 2008

This month, ComponentOne has updated two of its offerings to 2008 versions: Studio Enterprise 2008 and Doc-To-Help 2008.

Atalasoft Updates Photo and Document Imaging Toolkit

Boston, Mass.-based Atalasoft announced recently that it has updated its .NET imaging toolkit for photos and documents, DotImage, to version 6.0.

Adobe Releases AIR Runtime

Adobe releases first version of the Adobe Integrated Runtime, and open sources the complementary Flex framework.

Key Rivals Sign in to OpenID

OpenID gets big-name support from Microsoft, Google, IBM and others.

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