Learn how to use VB.NET to create your own Video Encoder.

Learn how to solve reoccurring performance problems during data migration to SQL Server.

In part 1 of Creating an Outlook Add-In I explained how to create an Outlook 2003 Add In. With this article, I will use the same project and just use Outlook 2007 instead.

Richard Newcombe takes us into the basics of building and moving inside a 3D world of our own making, using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and VB.NET.

Richard Newcombe takes a look at the basic building blocks of a 3D world. While 2D animation was done by hard coding all of the graphics, 3D animation is much easier, using the WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) graphical subsystem to handle the actual image rendering.

Learn how to crate an Outlook Add-in to backup Important Email. Part 1 of this article concentrates on Outlook 2003and VB.NET 2003. Part 2 will concentrate on Outlook 2007 & Outlook 2010 with VB 2010.

Learn how to create a desktop application for Facebook, using their GraphAPI and Visual Basic.NET

Richard Newcombe takes a look at Bitmap Animations in VB.NET. VB6 made extensive use of API's to load and initialize large quantities of smaller images. .NET has the GDI+ dynamic library, with a large selection of graphic classes and functions, which means that we no longer require API's to manipulate images.

Discover how to Interact with the objects on a playing field. The article uses a game as a base for the code.

This article is part two of an introduction to Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. It covers how to navigate through the different menus and tools. It specifically covers Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition. Read along to learn how to write a very simple Hello World application using Windows Forms.

Is some of your business logic in code and some in SQL Server? Then, just call the SQL from the .NET framework and the .NET framework from SQL with CLR integration. Here are all the steps you need to get started.

Memory mapped files use the system's memory manager and lets you treat large files as if they were in-memory objects, supporting extremely large file access, faster access, and multiple, simultaneous processes accessing the same file.

Use this macro to generate backups from Microsoft Visual Studio solution's context menu

Encryption and keeping secrets depends on large prime numbers that are too big to crack by brute force. .NET framework 4.0 introduces the BigInteger that has no theoretical upper and lower bounds.

Learn to leverage the power of Dundas Charts in your next SQL Server project.

Microsoft Visual Studio has extensive support for setting breakpoints with extra conditions, including code, and then searching for and managing those breakpoints. Read more to see how to put beakpoints to work for you.

This is a very simple example to get TDD newbies started with NUnit 2.2.0 and Test Driven.Net 1.0 in VB.NET.

The VB and C# programming teams have merged and you'll start to notice capability features--like Lambda Expressions and automatic properties--that are more similar in these two languages, but both languages are suited for the same kinds of software development.

Learn to use multi-threading to improve the performance of your .NET framework applications.

Learn how to leverage BLOBs in your application. Read along as we look at the simplest of those scenarios, simply hosting your public files in a better place than your server.

Auto-implemented properties in VB 2010 provide developers with the convenience of fields, in terms of how much code you write and the benefit of properties.

At Microsoft's CEO Summit 2010, CEO Steve Ballmer tells many of the world's most influential business leaders that the future lies in "the cloud."

Beginning with basic file I/O concepts this article wraps up by demonstrating how you can use the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) in .NET 4.0 to map text file data to objects.

Relational databases are designed for multiple simultaneous users, and Microsoft SQL Server is no different. However, supporting multiple users requires some form of concurrency control, which in SQL Server's case means transaction isolation and locking. Read on to learn how SQL Server 2008 implements locking.

Microsoft and other third party vendors have developed a few free SQL Azure development tools for integration of your SQL Azure Database with a local on premises database. Tapas Pal looks at some of these Azure development tools and discusses how the Azure developer can use them in their day-to-day development activity.

Dynamic objects in VB let you bind data to members at runtime without defining a custom mapping class.

This article examines language enhancements added to the Visual Basic programming language with the release of Visual Basic 2010.

Write a reflection mechanism one time to reflect any object or collection; knowing your code's state is the first step in writing bug-free code.

Earlier this week, Microsoft released Visual Studio 2010. This article, by Scott Mitchell, looks at several new and exciting features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

Learn about the new database development features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

VB2010 supports Sub routine Lambda expressions and multiline expressions, read on to see how to define these little method packages.

Learn to leverage the power of the cloud with your existing web applications.

Paul Kimmel writes about his favorite top ten new features that are being rolled out with this recent Microsoft update of Visual Basic.

Learn to use the basic parallel operations--multithreading--incorporated into .NET framework 4.0.

Microsoft-sponsored open source foundation names a new permanent board of directors as the effort aims to grow beyond its roots.

Leverage the features of cloud computing and Microsoft Azure to build applications that can reside in the cloud.

In preparation for the official release of Visual Studio 2010, the software giant is brewing up deals for loyal users that let them buy the new package at a discount as well as to get a new subscription for MSDN.

Learn to use CodeRush in Microsoft Visual Studio to write code faster and easier than ever before.

This article compares the performance of using a Web Service proxy class created by Visual Studio vs. a custom created class.

Say your goodbyes to line continuation characters, with a brief look back at Basic.

In this article you'll explore the notable features of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional Edition.

Learn how to dynamically build and explore Lambda expressions from expression trees.

Learn how to use SQL Modeling Services to hunt for interdependencies without having to access source code.

In today's column we'll demonstrate how and when to use the new TSQL MERGE statement and how this can be a helpful addition to your toolbox.

After delaying rollout plans for March, Microsoft reschedules.

This article on .NET CodeDom technology introduces .NET CodeDom by examining the inputs and outputs of a working source code generator.

Add punch to your validation routines by adding regular expressions. Further prepare yourself for the coming ASP.NET regular expression validation control. This article shows you how to use regular expressions and provides sample patterns for different user inputs.

Bill Jeffries's article on Excel's Web Query tool demonstrates how to update selected spreadsheet cells instantly over an HTTP connection.

Repetitive tasks are nothing new to a developer. Writing ADO interface code is one of these tasks. In this article David R. K. DeLoveh shows us how to write code to generate code for calling stored procedures in SQL Server 7.

In the first part of his hands-on tutorial on using Visual Studio 2005 to build a complete 3-tier application, David Catherman examines how Visual Studio 2005 can be used as a great tool for designing and building SQL Server 2005 databases.