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Outlook Close Loop - Macro DevelopmentI caused myself some troubles when developing a Macro for Microsoft Outlook 2007, where part of the code was to close the active Inspector after completing a series of operations on the current item. ... [read more] |
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Kinect SDK For PC - VB Samples available.Today, Microsoft announced the Kinect SDK for PC http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/download.aspx VB Samples are there at launch and available for download... [read more] 
Add password protection for Admin section in VB.netThis site: http://www.glowfishtw.com/stlukes/default.aspx Has an admin section that I need to add password protection to. The site is written in VB.net. The admin section will need to have two l... [read more]
Watch A Directory And Rename Extension From .ai To .pdfI need a script (probably VBS?) that will watch a specified folder (on windows platform) and whenever a file is added to the folder (or an existing file is updated) it will wait one minute and then re... [read more]
Sending Email with Advanced Features in Visual Basic.NET | Part 2 - Include Alternate eMail ViewsThis is Part 2 of the Sending Email using SMTP with Advanced Features series. The first series went over how to add multiple attachments to an email message for someone to download when they view y... [read more]
Job Vacancy for VB programmersGood news for all VB programmers! I received an email yesterday from an advertiser stating that they require VB programmers who should have experience in VB6 and VB.Net. The original email is as follo... [read more]
Contoso Construction - LightSwitch Advanced Development SampleLast week I demonstrated a more advanced sample at TechEd and showed different levels of customization that you can do to your LightSwitch applications as a professional developer by putting your own ... [read more]
Slicer VBA Code - Create, Change or Modify a Pivot Table Slicer using VBAHere is some VBA code that can help you automate working with a slicer in Excel. Slicers, as you would know, are the latest introduction to Excel. As I mentioned in my previous post, they can also be ... [read more]
Socks 4 / 5 proxy for webbrowser control in .NETHi I need a class or function to use Socks 4/5 proxy for webbrowser in my application. currently i am using below function for HTTP proxies. Public Structure Struct_INTERNET_PROXY_INFO ... [read more]
Creating a clock in VB2010Creating a clock in VB2010 is pretty easy. First of all you need to insert a timer control into your form and set its interval to 1000, which is equivalent to 1 second. Next, insert a label, clear its... [read more]
E-Book Available: Creating Visual Studio LightSwitch Custom ControlsVisual Studio LightSwitch provides a rich extensibility model for the professional developer looking to customize LightSwitch beyond what you get out of the box. One of these extensibility points is t... [read more] |
Recent News & Resources
Deploying LightSwitch Applications to IIS6 & Automating Deployment Packages
A lot of folks have asked me for information on how to publish a LightSwitch application to IIS6. With the help of a couple team members we finally got the steps written down. This... [read more]
Creating and Consuming LightSwitch OData Services
NOTE: This information applies to LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11 beta. In the next version of LightSwitch, we've added support for OData services, both consuming external servic... [read more]
LightSwitch Community & Content Rollup-February 2012
Well I know I'm a little late getting this one out but I've been busy travelling all over the world and trying to sell and move out of my house so I apologize, it's been a busy mon... [read more]
Enhance Your LightSwitch Applications with OData
NOTE: This information applies to LightSwitch in Visual Studio 11 beta. As John announced Wednesday on the LightSwitch Team Blog, the next version of Visual Studio will include L... [read more]
Visual Studio 11 Beta Released!
We are extremely happy to announce the release of Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Beta! This release also includes the next version of LightSwitch! Download Visual Studio 11 Beta P... [read more]
Visual Basic 11 Beta Available for Download!
As you may have read in Jason’s announcement, today we announced that Visual Studio 11 Beta is now available for download. This is a huge release for Visual Basic as it provid... [read more]
Trip Report-Techdays 2012 Netherlands
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking again at Techdays Netherlands on Visual Studio LightSwitch. It's my third time speaking there and the venue is top-notch at the World Forum... [read more]
Microsoft Office 365 Mobile Platform
The Microsoft Office 365 mobile platform recently extended its scope by adding support for business services using Blackberry. After spending a year in beta testing, the platform n... [read more]
LightSwitch Screen Tips: Scrollbars and Splitters
Often times in business applications we have a lot of information to present on a screen, and depending on the user's screen resolution that information may scroll off the page. Vi... [read more]
LightSwitch Community & Content Rollup-January 2012
Last Fall I started posting a rollup of interesting community happenings, content, samples and extensions popping up around Visual Studio LightSwitch. If you missed those rollups y... [read more]
Calling Web Services to Validate Data in Visual Studio LightSwitch
Very often in business applications we need to validate data through another service. I'm not talking about validating the format of data entered - this is very... [read more]
Beginning LightSwitch-Address Book Sample
Some folks have been asking for this so I just released the completed Address Book sample that you build step-by-step in the Beginning LightSwitch Article Serie... [read more]
Using Different Edit Screens Based on Record Types (Table Inheritance)
I had a reader ask a question this week on how to use Visual Studio LightSwitch to open different Edit Detail screens based on the type of record. This is a ver... [read more]
Creating Cascading Drop Down Lists in Visual Studio LightSwitch
A common technique on data entry screens is using one drop down list (called an auto-complete box in LightSwitch) as a filter into the next. This limits the amo... [read more]
Visual Basic 2010 Made Easy is published
Our latest book Visual Basic 2010 Made Easy is now published and available at major online bookstores including Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Buy it from Am... [read more]