Articles filed in category 'Q and A'

  • .Finalize() - Knowing Where You Are
    Jan/Feb .Finalize() column
  • .Finalize() - Summer Travel, Blueberries, and Data Binding
    Nov/Dec .Finalize() column
  • Ask the Doc Detective
    Jan/Feb 2011 Doc Detective
  • Doc Detective - July/August 2003
    In this July/August 2003 column, Doc Detective answers reader questions and points to MSDN resources: how to catch Outlook's Item_Send event, adding IntelliSense descriptions via C# XML documentation (and a VB tool), guidance and tools for assessing VB6-to-VB.NET upgrades, and recommends MSDN Developer Centers as a starting point for .NET developers, with links to further documentation and tools.
  • Doc Detective - May/June 2003
    Doc Detective aims to demystify Visual Studio .NET documentation by answering reader questions with practical, code-driven guidance. In this column, the author dispenses quick how-tos—from parsing command line arguments and adapting VB6 alignment constants to VB.NET, to fixing corrupted Help topics and locating relevant code snippets—while highlighting changes in the .NET framework and pointing readers to concise topics for fast results. Through humor and concrete exampl...See More
  • Doc Detective - Nov/Dec 2002
    In this installment, Doc Detective guides readers through the labyrinth of Visual Studio .NET and .NET documentation, answering real-time questions from developers and offering practical tips to accelerate discovery. Through a Q&A format, the column clarifies equivalents between VB6 and .NET (such as Shell vs ShellExecute), points to deployment and accessibility resources, and demonstrates how to tailor help views with custom filters. By demystifying documentation naviga...See More
  • Heard on .NET Rocks!: A Stroll Down RAM Lane with David Treadwell
  • Heard on .NET Rocks!: Virtual PC and Virtual Server
    .NET Rocks Carl Franklin Column Sep/Oct 05