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    How to Create Charts & Graphs in Your Windows Phone Application

    Windows Phone (including Mango) doesn't come with built-in support for rich data visualization. Using a free download, Vipul Patel shows you how to get charts working on your Windows Phone application.

    What You Need to Know When Selecting a Grid

    One of the most common misconceptions is the notion that a grid is a grid. In reality, there are several different types of grids and choosing the right one for your needs can help save substantial time and effort. Choosing the wrong grid can result in tremendous effort to make it work the way you need, which is quite frustrating. Daniel Jebaraj looks at the different types of grids and the ways in which they are typically used.

    How to Use Direct3d from Managed Code Using an Unmanaged C++ DLL

    This article explains how to use Direct3d Input and Sound from managed code like C#, using an unmanaged C++ DLL.

    Building Task Based WCF Services with Task Parallel Library

    Tasks and the Task Parallel Library (TPL) will soon be entering the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) vernacular. WCF 4.5 will include Task based options, however, a WCF developer needn't wait for .NET 4.5 to leverage TPL. Jeffrey Juday shows you how to build a TPL Task based WCF Service with WCF 4.0.

    Confirming Delete Operations in ASP.NET MVC

    Seeking confirmation of some important action such as deleting a record is a common practice in web applications. This article illustrates how to implement either a dialog box or a separate confirmation page for user confirmation in ASP.NET MVC.

    C/C++: The Hazards of Using a Minimal Amount of Code

    This first article in a series devoted to how C/C++ programmers unintentionally play with fire discusses how programmers often attempt to explicitly call a constructor.

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    USING VC++ .NET

    MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)

    The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.

    Nuts & Bolts

    .NET NUTS & BOLTS

    .NET Framework: Collections and Generics

    The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...

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    VISUAL BASIC TODAY

    Input and Output with VB.NET 2010

    The .NET runtime has everything you need to format your output and handle special characters. Both Visual Basic 2010 Express edition and Visual Studio 2010 help you with Intellisense if you can't remember the syntax. This article explores simple console input and output and shows you how to get it done.

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    PROGRAMMING INSIGHTS

    Building Task Based WCF Services with Task Parallel Library

    Tasks and the Task Parallel Library (TPL) will soon be entering the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) vernacular. WCF 4.5 will include Task based options, however, a WCF developer needn't wait for .NET 4.5 to leverage TPL. Jeffrey Juday shows you how to build a TPL Task based WCF Service with WCF 4.0.

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    Thinking about the Cloud and/or Azure?

    Gartner predicts that by 2013, "Cloud computing will grow to 20% or more of the total IT budget. As a developer, where do your Cloud skills current stand? Have you built your first application yet? Have you even taken thirty...

    The Next Wave Happens Feb 29th: Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Visual Studio 11 beta, and .NET 4.5 Beta

    Today it arrives. It is the next milestone for the next Windows operating system as well as the next version of the Microsoft tools and web platform to help you get more out of your development efforts. With Visual Studio...

    69% of PC and 85% of Tablet Users Would Like Their PCs and Tablets to Have the Same Interface

    A Windows 8 Developer Preview was released several months ago and an updated preview is due to be released any time (word on the street is end of February). When you look at Windows 8, and you consider statistics such...

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