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Study: Visual Basic use may be slipping
Usage of Microsoft's popular Visual Basic development language--used by about half of all professional programmers--may be on the wane, according to a recent study. Read more »
Microsoft walks VB tightrope
Facing protests from legions of Visual Basic developers, Microsoft is not backing down. But it is taking steps to keep them on friendly terms. Read more »
Real Software moves on VB6 developers
Real Software has extended a software product giveaway designed to exploit Microsoft's decision to end free support for Visual Basic 6 (VB6). Read more »
Visual Basic developers revolting
The software company's own programmer community has launched a campaign of defiance over a decision to end support for Visual Basic. Read more »
Builder's August Top Ten
Have you missed any of the hottest technology development stories published in the past month? ZDNet Australia's Builder channel can help you keep in touch with the top ten stories of August. Read more »
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This pair of ADO tips will help tweak VB code
Tweak your VB code for more speed and efficiency with these two ADO tips on using a firehose cursor and raising errors from stored procedures. Read more »
A powerful VB toolkit
This article from Builder.com checks out a powerful VB toolkit that provides value to both enthusiast programmers and developers. Read more »
Creating custom Visual Studio 2005 code snippets
Reuse common code blocks in your applications through Visual Studio 2005 code snippets. Read more »
Create a VB6 grid control your users can modify
You don't have to create special input screens to modify grid data. We'll show you an easier way and toss in the code too. Read more »
VB tip: Open the CD-ROM door
When your program makes use of the CD-ROM drive, it can be a nice touch to open and close the door under program control. We'll show you how in this article. Read more »
VB tips: Making Windows transparent in 2K and XP
The WS_EX_TRANSPARENT and the WS_EX_LAYERED attributes in VB6 let you create transparent windows, which can save screen space. Here's how. Read more »
Two Visual Basic tips to make your life easier
These techniques from Builder.com will help you access Visual SourceSafe programmatically in VB6 and write a CPU monitoring counter in VB.NET. Read more »
Where will the Visual Basic 6.0 developers go?
You love Visual Basic 6.0, but .NET is breathing down your neck. Do you go VB.NET or C#? Here are some common post-VB6 myths disspelled. Read more »
Why VB6 still matters
Visual Basic 6 code is something Microsoft needs to take another look at if it wants legacy applications to play nice with .NET Read more »
See why VB.NET is the classiest VB of all
VB has always offered basic support for working with objects, but VB.NET is a whole new ballgame. Learn about VB.NET's true object-oriented features. Read more »
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The good and truly awful celluloid depictions of computers
-- Ever wonder why your lawyer uncle leaves the room whenever you turn over to Boston Legal? Or why your forensic science cousin can't stand crime drama? You know the answer: it’s the horrid trivialisation and dumbing down of an occupation to make it appear entertaining. Sometimes it is so unbelievable that it actually hurts and yelling at the screen is the only outlet. Read more »
NICTA: Aussies should focus on embedded programming not VB
-- The CEO of the national ICT research centre says the future of Aussie developers should focus on building better embedded and wireless applications and focus less on technologies such as Visual Basic. Read more »
Flash vs. Silverlight
-- In this week's Roundup we take a look at the latest versions of Flash and Silverlight, Windows 7 and what's new in the world of open source. Read more »
How to manage a team of geniuses
-- Hiring a team of developers and techies that are smarter than you is inevitable. As a manager how do you cope with this and keep things on track? Read more »
InAccess: Querying .Net
-- INAccess: Tales of woe revolving around the Access Database system Read more »
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