Hannes du Preez shows you three different methods of reading and using XML documents productively in your VB.NET applications.

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Arun Karthick introduces you to the state machine model and shows you how to create a simple working state machine sample using the .NET framework in the C# language.

Peter Shaw discusses various methods for generating a unique ID so that your application can identify itself.

Hannes du Preez shows you how to create a program to scrape text from a website.

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Learn how to use the built-in SQL Server stored procedures with your VB.NET programs.

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.

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Hannes du Preez shows you three different methods of reading and using XML documents productively in your VB.NET applications.

Arun Karthick introduces you to the state machine model and shows you how to create a simple working state machine sample using the .NET framework in the C# language.

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Microsoft announced a number of releases, previews, and updates centered around Microsoft Azure, mobile development, ASP.NET, Visual Studio Online, and more.