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- Interface inheritance in Visual Basic
- No need to wait for .NET; Visual Basic already supports inheritance--sort of. This article explores the possibilities of exploiting VB's interface inheritance features and explains how it really is a mixed bag.In “Demystifying version compatibility settings in Visual Basic,” I defined an interface as the collection of public methods exported...
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Lamont Adams, Microsoft Visual Basic, EXE, cCustomer, cCustomer class
- Technical articles 2001-03-19
- Delphi 5?Visual Basic on steroids?
- Borland has been hyping its RAD tool, Delphi, quite a bit lately. With the recent release of Kylix Delphi for Linux and the loud criticism Microsoft has received for its proposed changes to Visual Basic.NET, is the time finally right for Delphi?I’m sometimes told by other programmers that I should...
- Tags: Programming languages, Development tools, Microsoft development tools, Lamont Adams, Borland Software Corp., Borland Delphi
- Technical articles 2001-06-13
- Backward 'COMpatibility,' .NET style
- Giving old VB6 applications the ability to work with .NET components could drastically ease your migration to the new language. In this article, Lamont Adams explores how to use objects created with .NET from a VB6 client application.One of the many questions surrounding Microsoft.NET is how quickly it will be...
- Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, .NET, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Lamont Adams, COM, Microsoft .NET, type library, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic
- Technical articles 2001-07-23
- OpenEdge to Visual Studio .NET - Head to Head Comparison
- One of my developers who has deep knowledge of Visual Basic .NET and experience with C++ and other languages was recently tasked with learning Progress OpenEdge. Being very frustrated by Progress developers telling me "why" .NET is inferior and .NET developers telling me "why" Progress was inferior without having...
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, .NET, Middleware, Progress OpenEdge, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Microsoft Visual Studio
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- OpenEdge to Visual Studio .NET - Head to Head Comparison
- One of my developers who has deep knowledge of Visual Basic .NET and experience with C++ and other languages was recently tasked with learning Progress OpenEdge. Being very frustrated by Progress developers telling me "why" .NET is inferior and .NET developers telling me "why" Progress was inferior without having...
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, .NET, Middleware, Progress OpenEdge, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Under the covers of the .NET CLR
- .NET promises to let you write code in numerous compliant languages, but exactly how does the CLR accomplish this feat? Learn more about the guts of this essential .NET functionality.By now you've heard a lot of talk about how .NET's Common Language Runtime CLR promises to let developers write code...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, Application servers, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Sanders Kaufman, Jr., Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Microsoft .NET, CLR
- Technical articles 2002-09-12
- ASP.NET: Revolution, not evolution
- Active server pages enter the world of object-oriented programming with ASP.NET. Find out more about ASP.NET as you follow along with this example and source code.Microsoft could have sustained or even increased the popularity of ASP as a Web application platform with incremental improvements, such as a more powerful language...
- Tags: Web servers, .NET, Middleware, Paul Stephenson, Microsoft ASP.NET, Greeter, Web server, Web Server Controls, HTML, server, Web
- Technical articles 2002-01-07
- Consuming .NET Web services with COM and VB6
- See how Phillip Perkins creates a simple .NET Web service component, as well as a client proxy for the service, and uses that proxy within VB6 without having to utilize the entire SOAP toolkit. Microsoft's .NET strategy does not leave Visual Basic 6.0 programmers completely in the dark....
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft .NET, COM, Middleware, Phillip Perkins, .NET, Application servers, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web services, Web service, proxy, programmer, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Web, .NET Programmer, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Technical articles 2005-07-18
- The Builder community interviews the .NET development team
- We got answers to your .NET questions from the Microsoft .NET platform team. Check out the second installment of the Builder.com community interview.We recently conducted an interview with Microsoft's .NET team based entirely upon questions submitted by our members. Part one included comments from the team on the security of...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Team management, C#, Programming languages, Microsoft development tools, Lamont Adams, Microsoft .NET, obfuscator, team
- Technical articles 2002-04-22
- .NET attributes are more than decoration
- .NET's new attributes design elements are commonly misunderstood. Attributes can be used to document classes, specify runtime information, and even dictate runtime behavior.Among the most confusing and misunderstood elements of the .NET framework are the purpose and uses of attributes. Since attributes are new to both C++ and VB developers,...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, e Advantage, compiler, Microsoft .NET, CLR
- Technical articles 2002-07-03
- ASP.NET Web Matrix: Keeping it simple
- Many IT pros are amazed that Microsoft has made parts of the .NET initiative available for free. The ASP.NET Web Matrix tool is designed to make it easy to code simple apps. Learn how to put this free tool to good use in your development efforts.Microsoft surprised the IT community...
- Tags: .NET, Middleware, Databinding, William Sempf MCP, CIBS, IWA, Microsoft ASP.NET, Web-Matrix, ASP.NET Web, ASP.NET Web Matrix
- Technical articles 2002-07-31
- Getting started with Microsoft .NET development
- In response to TechRepublic member Liesl's request, Tony Patton decided to cover the basics in this week's .NET column. He offers a brief overview of the main aspects of the .NET Framework and discusses where to get and then install the necessary tools. As Microsoft works on version 3.0...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., CLR, Middleware, Tony Patton, .NET, Application servers, version number, Framework Class Library, .NET Newsletter, Development, Microsoft ASP.NET, Tool, Framework Class Libraries, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Technical articles 2006-10-03
- Simplify .NET coding and maintenance with class libraries
- Tony Patton explains how class libraries allows you to better organize code to foster code reuse and ease the maintenance task. In addition, any future code changes are easier to implement when the code is centrally located. I was recently called onto a project to add...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, Tony Patton, .NET, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, class library, namespace, .NET Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Application, Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Class, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Class1, Listing E, C#, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools
- Technical articles 2005-07-15
- Simplify .NET coding and maintenance with class libraries
- I was recently called onto a project to addfeatures to existing applications. To me, this is one of the mostchallenging aspects of being a developer because the existingapplication strips away much of your control. My project encompasses three applications thatare similar in many ways. I quickly noticed...
- Tags: class library, Microsoft .NET, namespace, Tony Patton
- Technical articles 2005-07-15
- Get up and running with Windows CE
- Microsoft developers who want to write apps for the Pocket PC need to understand the functionality of the Windows CE OS. Here's a look at the tools you need and how you can put them to work to develop for mobile devices.Many developers are looking to build Microsoft applications for...
- Tags: Handhelds, Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows CE, Pocket PC, Microsoft Windows, PC, Pocket PC 2002
- Technical articles 2002-07-22
- Where to start learning VB?
- I want to learn VB so that I may better myself and move at work, or at the very least, find a new entry level job. However, I have a very tight budget and am low on funds, so taking classes isn't an option, nor is purchasing a pricey (read...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic, mindleaders.com, mommiegeek, programming
- Q&A 2005-01-25
- Embrace CSS with Friendly Control Adapters for ASP.NET 2.0
- Even though Microsoft is not always the biggest advocate of standards such as CSS, there is robust CSS support in the latest incarnation of its Visual Studio environment, and CSS is easy to apply in ASP.NET applications -- but it could be so much easier. The goal of ASP.NET 2.0...
- Tags: HTML, Adapter, Control, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0, Architecture, CSS, .Net, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-11-06
- Create .NET documentation with Microsoft's Sandcastle
- From its beginning, the .NET Framework allowed C# developersto use XML-style comments in their code. This feature was added to VB.NET withversion 2.0. The compiler can use these comments to generate basic technicaldocumentation. The end result of using the XML commenting feature is a largeXML file that is less than...
- Tags: Software engineering/development
- Technical articles 2007-04-10
- Create .NET documentation with Microsoft's Sandcastle
- Microsoft's Sandcastle is a compiler for managed class libraries that provides you with the tools to generate MSDN-style documentation. Take a look under the hood to see if Sandcastle might be useful for your next .NET project. From its beginning, the .NET Framework allowed C# developers to use...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Sandcastle, MrefBuilder, Build Assembler, XML, Tony Patton, PRODUCTIVITY, .NET, Microsoft development tools, tool, .NET Newsletter, HTML, Microsoft .NET, Compiler, Microsoft Sandcastle, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development
- Technical articles 2007-04-10
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