Visual Basic .NET is a lot of things, but it isn't basic. It's time for a name that reflects the immense power Microsoft has added to the language.
Does it make sense to learn the intricacies of code today that might become obsolete or change significantly tomorrow? It depends, say readers.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 01/01/2005
Drill down on some under-documented techniques for using resource files in your .NET apps, and learn to customize these files for different customers.
- By Francesco Balena and Guiseppe DiMauro
- 01/01/2005
Try out some sample code that shows how to use the new ReportViewer controls to design and embed custom reports in your WinForms and WebForms projects.
- By Roger Jennings
- 01/01/2005
OfficeWriter 2.0 Enterprise Edition, which bundles SoftArtisans' ExcelWriter and WordWriter products, delivers custom documents over Internet Information Services (IIS).
Costs and expectations are well understood in centralized development projects, but the opposite is true with Microsoft Access and similar products. There's no standardization.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 12/01/2004
InstallAnywhere.NET 3.0 helps you create setup kits based on the Windows Installer technology. It enables you to design, configure, and test a wide array of installer options.
Learn how to debug applications running on the Internet, embed resources in the assembly manifest, and use regular expressions to filter out duplicates.
- By Francesco Balena and Enrico Sabbadin
- 12/01/2004
Check out the latest Visual Studio .NET add-ins, including a Web content management system based on ASP.NET and SQL Server.
- By Editors Visual Studio Magazine
- 12/01/2004
Microsoft might be responsible for the creation of C#, but the language definition is under the control of ECMA.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 12/01/2004
Pass a user control from Windows Form to Windows Form to rearrange your graphical user interface (GUI) layout without needing to reinitialize the shared user control and more.
- By Michael Kennedy
- 12/01/2004
Securing your network goes beyond your hardware or software firewalls. You must define the role of each server and then implement delta security policies to protect your services.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 11/01/2004
Architects, developers, and IT managers must take collective responsibility for creating secure solutions. Exploit Java's language- and enterprise-level security features to build a secure environment.
Murach's C# teaches the core concepts of the C# language. The book focuses on language essentials, debugging, and OOP concepts, to more involved topics such as working with databases, files, and XML.
Concentrate on awareness, process, readiness, and privacy as you put your security plan into action.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 11/01/2004
Learn to build a robust, flexible, and secure Web services architecture that leverages the .NET Framework's existing capabilities and handles security as a crosscutting concern.
Round out your new or updated security strategy by establishing a process to evaluate, manage, and deploy patches in your network. Here are some guidelines and tool recommendations.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 11/01/2004
DataDirect Connect for .NET's native managed database providers for Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, and Sybase improve data-access performance, reliability, and scalability.
Learn to parse fixed-length files and delimited text files, detect when a key combination is pressed, and change the style of the Web control that has the input focus.
- By Francesco Balena and Marco Bellinaso
- 11/01/2004
Sorting provides users with logical views of information. Learn how to implement and customize the sorting features your collections provide.