Articles filed in category 'Visual Basic 6 (and older)'

In this Ask the Doc Detective column, Doc Detective answers reader questions about Visual Studio 2008 documentation and features—clarifying that "LINQ to DataSets" queries DataTables not DataSets, explaining why VBA edits are overwritten during VSTO debugging and how to preserve them, pointing to the new DataRepeater in Visual Basic Power Packs for repeating layouts, noting single-instance limits in multi-user Terminal Services, and recommending MSDN's community tagging for discoverability.

In previous issues of Component Developer Magazine, we have introduced technologies such as Queued Components, COM+ Security, Loosely Coupled Events, SQL Server 2000 and BizTalk Server.Each of these represents a fascinating myriad of possibilities. But, how do you put all of them together to build a real-life, highly reliable, 100% available distributed application?

Markus Egger introduces the COM+ Event Service as a flexible, loosely coupled alternative to traditional COM events, enabling publishers and subscribers to be linked administratively rather than by compile-time code. He explains how events (business events) can be published without subscribers needing to be running, thanks to COM+ subscriptions and on-demand instantiation, and shows how event filtering enhances scalability and relevance. Through a humorous VB example (wi...fe/husband), he demonstrates setup, binding, and practical benefits, and gestures toward queued events as a future enhancement.See More

There’s nothing wrong with coding in VB, but to stay contemporary, you need to get coding in C#. Paul shows you how to convert legacy VB files to C# without re-inventing the wheel.