Visual Basic How-Do-I Videos

Building a Voice and Photo Memo App for Windows Phone in Visual Basic - Demo 5

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:47:11 +0530

This is Part 5 of a series showing how to use Visual Basic to build a Windows Phone voice and photo memo app. The app features the use of data binding, the camera, the microphone, location sensor, isolated storage, background tasks, and more. In this video, add support to record voice memos to accompany the captured photos. These photos will be saved in isolated storage and will be played back using the background audio agent – even if the app is closed.

Building a Voice and Photo Memo App for Windows Phone in Visual Basic - Demo 4

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:47:10 +0530

This is Part 4 of a series showing how to use Visual Basic to build a Windows Phone voice and photo memo app. The app features the use of data binding, the camera, the microphone, location sensor, isolated storage, background tasks, and more. In this video, learn how to customize the live tile on the Start screen. Modify text, count information, and even an image to display on the front or back of the tile.

Building a Voice and Photo Memo App for Windows Phone in Visual Basic - Demo 3

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:47:09 +0530

This is Part 3 of a series showing how to use Visual Basic to build a Windows Phone voice and photo memo app. The app features the use of data binding, the camera, the microphone, location sensor, isolated storage, background tasks, and more. In this video, expand on the model objects by enabling them to be saved to a SQL Server Compact database on the device. This adds little overhead and makes it easy to preserve rich application state between runs.

Building a Voice and Photo Memo App for Windows Phone in Visual Basic - Demo 2

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:47:08 +0530

This is Part 2 of a series showing how to use Visual Basic to build a Windows Phone voice and photo memo app. The app features the use of data binding, the camera, the microphone, location sensor, isolated storage, background tasks, and more. In this video, take advantage of the new Windows Phone 7.1 SDK ability to access the camera image directly. Take photos and create model objects to represent the photo and its metadata.

Building a Voice and Photo Memo App for Windows Phone in Visual Basic - Demo 1

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:45:50 +0530

This is Part 1 of a series showing how to use Visual Basic to build a Windows Phone voice and photo memo app. The app features the use of data binding, the camera, the microphone, location sensor, isolated storage, background tasks, and more. In this video, create a basic Silverlight application with MVVM basics such as a view model and commands, along with tombstone/suspend support to preserve application state.

Creating a Simple Game in XNA for Windows Phone Using Visual Basic - Demo 5

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:36:41 +0530

This is Part 5 of a series showing how to use Visual Basic to build a simple XNA Windows Phone game. The game features the use of XNA and Silverlight together, live tile updates, saved game state, page navigation, trial mode, and more. In this video, add logic to detect when a game has been purchased from Marketplace versus being in trial mode. Respond to this within the app upon launch, or if the user launches the app, upgrades, and then navigates back.

Creating a Simple Game in XNA for Windows Phone Using Visual Basic - Demo 4

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:36:40 +0530

This is Part 4 of a series showing how to use Visual Basic to build a simple XNA Windows Phone game. The game features the use of XNA and Silverlight together, live tile updates, saved game state, page navigation, trial mode, and more. In this video, learn how to add a dynamic live tile to an app. Pin the app to the Start screen, then the app can update the front or back of the tile with text or graphics.

Creating a Simple Game in XNA for Windows Phone Using Visual Basic - Demo 3

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:36:40 +0530

This is Part 3 of a series showing how to use Visual Basic to build a simple XNA Windows Phone game. The game features the use of XNA and Silverlight together, live tile updates, saved game state, page navigation, trial mode, and more. In this video, game state will be saved to application state whenever the app is tombstoned by the user navigating away to other apps.

Creating a Simple Game in XNA for Windows Phone Using Visual Basic - Demo 2

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:36:39 +0530

This is Part 2 of a series showing how to use Visual Basic to build a simple XNA Windows Phone game. The game features the use of XNA and Silverlight together, live tile updates, saved game state, page navigation, trial mode, and more. In this video, additional Silverlight screens will be added to demonstrate a hybrid application making use of Silverlight or XNA objects where they make the most sense.

Creating a Simple Game in XNA for Windows Phone Using Visual Basic - Demo 1

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:35:13 +0530

This is Part 1 of a series showing how to use Visual Basic to build a simple XNA Windows Phone game. The game features the use of XNA and Silverlight together, live tile updates, saved game state, page navigation, trial mode, and more. In this video, create a simple one-screen XNA game demo running within a Silverlight application. Both Silverlight controls and XNA sprites can share the same drawing surface.

Offloading Work with TaskEx.Run

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 15:12:30 +0530

In this video, the existing application will once again be modified to offload the work of searching through the HTML using the TaskEx.Run method. This will allow that work to be done on a background thread.

Concurrent Downloading with TaskEx.WhenAll

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 15:03:45 +0530

In this video, the application created in the first segment will be modified to download the content of each HREF link concurrently using the TaskEx.WhenAll method and the await keyword. The length of the returned content will then be appended to each item in the ListBox.

Introduction to the Async CTP

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 14:59:12 +0530

In this video, we will create a simple application to download the HTML content of the MSDN home page, and then use a regular expression to search through that HTML, looking for any HREF links. They will be pulled out and displayed in a ListBox. The application will be written the "old" way without any asynchronous calls, and will then be modified to use the Async CTP.

Polling and Cancellation

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:21:11 +0530

In this video, the existing application will be modified to add cancellation support. For each HREF link found, a method will be called which will enter into an infinite loop, periodically downloading the HTML content of that link, looking for changes using the TaskEx.Delay method. In addition, a CancellationToken will be passed through each method, allowing the user to cancel out of the process at any time.

Refactoring Functionality into a Library

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:13:28 +0530

In this video, the existing application will be modified to move functionality into a separate assembly. Proper naming conventions will be discussed, as well as the ConfigureAwait method, which can be used to avoid unnecessary marshaling of data to the UI thread.

Tutorial 2: Create a Maze in Visual Basic - Video 1

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:31:56 +0530

In this video, you will learn how to lay out a form by using a panel container and how to build a maze by using label controls.

Tutorial 2: Create a Maze in Visual Basic - Video 2

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:30:52 +0530

In this video, you will learn how to add functionality to end the game and how to write your own methods.

Tutorial 2: Create a Maze in Visual Basic - Video 3

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:30:28 +0530

In this video, you will learn how to write code to send the user's mouse pointer back to start when the pointer touches a wall.

Tutorial 2: Create a Maze in Visual Basic - Video 4

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:30:12 +0530

In this video, you will learn how to start writing code to add sound to the game.

Tutorial 2: Create a Maze in Visual Basic - Video 5

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 10:51:58 +0530

In this video, you will learn how to add play methods to play sounds at the appropriate time.

How Do I: Visualize Application Feature Usage in Silverlight 4 using Visual Studio 2010?

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:19:12 +0530

Learn how to expand the Runtime Intelligence Data Visualization capabilities by creating a Silverlight 4 application to display application feature usage data. Building on the Runtime Intelligence Starter Kit query services, this video shows how to build an application to query the feature usage of applications instrumented with Runtime Intelligence features.

What’s New in Visual Basic 2010?

Tue, 18 May 2010 03:37:36 +0530

In this video, Rob Windsor will demonstrate many of the new language features of Visual Basic 2010 including: array and collection initializers, statement and multi-line lambdas, automatic properties, and much more.

How Do I: Use Autoimplemented Properties in Visual Basic?

Tue, 18 May 2010 01:48:24 +0530

In this video master Microsoft Program Manager Jon Aneja shows how to create and use a time saving feature in Visual Basic 10.0 called autoimplemented properties.

How Do I: Use Implicit Line Continuation in Visual Basic 10?

Tue, 18 May 2010 01:22:33 +0530

Microsoft Program Manager Jon Aneja shows how to use Implicit Line Continuation, a feature in Visual Basic 10.0 that frequently eliminates the need for developers to use the underscore character when continuing code on a new line.

How Do I: Build an End Point to Receive Application Analytics Messages in VS2010?

Tue, 18 May 2010 01:20:13 +0530

Learn how to implement your own Runtime Intelligence service and store and report on application analytics using your in-house servers. Use Visual Studio 2010 and the freely available Dotfuscator Software Services Community Edition to instrument your applications, and the open source Runtime Intelligence Endpoint Starter Kit at http://riendpointkit.codeplex.com/ to build a basic application usage tracking and reporting system. All of your .Net 2.0+ applications can then be instrumented to send their usage information to your URL. and The Runtime Intelligence Starter Kit gives you a sample database, data persistence service, queries, reports, and a SharePoint Web Part that shows you exactly how your users are using your application. For more information on Dotfuscator Software Services in Visual Studio 2010 please see the article Using Visual Studio 2010 to Collect Usage, Performance and Stability Information to Improve Software.

Visual Basic 10 grammar

Tue, 18 May 2010 01:14:22 +0530

In this video explore a hyperlinked version of the Visual Basic grammar found in the Visual Basic language specification (LINK TO SPEC: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=188623&clcid=0x409). Learn how you can use this grammar to find information about new keywords and where they fit in the language.

How Do I: Deploy Office 2007 and Office 2010 Projects that Target .NET Framework 3.5 and .NET Framework 4?

Sat, 8 May 2010 04:54:02 +0530

Using Visual Studio 2010, you can build Office 2007 solutions and Office 2010 solutions that target both the .NET Framework 3.5 and the .NET Framework 4. The requirements for installing these solutions vary depending on the version of Office and the .NET Framework your solution targets. In this video you will explore these requirements.

How Do I: Write a Post Deployment Action in Visual Studio 2010 to Copy Office Documents to End User Computers?

Sat, 8 May 2010 04:53:02 +0530

You can deploy an Office solution using ClickOnce deployment. Learn how you can perform post-deployment actions such as copying the document to the user's computer during install. Creating the post-deployment action requires writing some code and modifying the application manifest.

How Do I: Deploy Multiple Office 2010 Projects in One Package?

Sat, 8 May 2010 04:51:15 +0530

You can deploy an Office solution using ClickOnce deployment. When you publish a solution, you create the files ClickOnce needs, including a setup routine. If you have multiple solutions, you will have multiple setup routines. Learn how you can combine the setup routines into one so that when users run the setup routine they will install all of the solutions at the same time.

How Do I: Retarget a Word 2007 Add-In from .NET Framework 3.5 to .NET Framework 4 that uses Smart Tags?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:06:49 +0530

Given a Word 2007 add-in including one or more smart tags targeting the .NET Framework 3.5, you may want to change the add-in to target .NET Framework 4, so you can take advantage of new framework features. Changing the target version of the framework for a Word add-in from .NET Framework 3.5 to .NET Framework 4 is easy, but requires specific steps.

How Do I: Retarget an Outlook Add-In from .NET Framework 3.5 to .NET Framework 4?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:02:07 +0530

Given an Outlook add-in targeting the .NET Framework 3.5, you may want to change it to target .NET Framework 4, so you can take advantage of new framework features. Changing the target version of the .NET Framework for an Outlook add-in from .NET Framework 3.5 to .NET Framework 4 is easy, but requires specific steps.

How Do I: Create a Business Data Connectivity Model for SharePoint 2010 Using Visual Studio 2010?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 05:29:29 +0530

Visual Studio 2010 provides a project type that enables developers to build Business Data Connectivity (BDC) Models that produce .NET connectivity assemblies for Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in SharePoint 2010. This allows you to connect external data sources and expose them to SharePoint. In this example a BDC Model will be created that access and updates data in a SQL Server database.

How Do I: Import a SharePoint Site Definition using Visual Studio 2010?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 05:26:36 +0530

Visual Studio 2010 provides a project type that enables developers to import a Site Definition and add code. This site definition can then be deployed to a Solution Gallery and new sites created on the basis of Site Definition. Learn how to import a SharePoint 2010 Site Definition in Visual Studio 2010.

How Do I: Create Site Definitions for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 05:25:39 +0530

Sites can be created from Site Definitions in the create dialog in SharePoint. New Site Definitions can be created in Visual Studio 2010 and then deployed to SharePoint 2010. Learn how to create a new Site Definition and then add a Web Part to the site's default.aspx page using Visual Studio 2010. The Web Part will filter tasks based on their due date.

How Do I: Create List Definitions for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 05:20:44 +0530

List Definitions and List Instances that are based on those definitions are fundamental part of Microsoft SharePoint 2010. Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 provides developers with a project type that simplifies the creation of List Definitions in XML and the creation of List Instances based on those definitions. Tight integration with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 allows List Definitions and List Instances to be deployed to a SharePoint site directly from Visual Studio 2010.

How Do I: Create Content Types for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 05:18:48 +0530

A Content Type is a reusable collection of settings that can be defined and applied to data in a SharePoint list or library. Visual Studio 2010 provides project types that support the creation and deployment of content types. Learn how to create a SharePoint 2010 Content Type from Visual Studio 2010.

How Do I: Create Event Receivers for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 05:16:04 +0530

Visual Studio 2010 provides a project type that enables developers to build Event Receivers that perform actions before or after selected events on the SharePoint 2010 site. Learn how to create an Event Receiver for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010. In this example an event will be added to the Adding and Updating actions for Custom List items.

How Do I: Create State Machine Workflows for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 05:13:57 +0530

Visual Studio 2010 provides a template for a State Machine workflow that enables developers the opportunity to build workflow solutions for SharePoint using a graphical design surface. State Machine workflows transition from state to state rather than the transition from activity to activity that is found in a sequential workflow. Learn how to create a SharePoint 2010 State Machine Workflow in Visual Studio 2010.

How Do I: Create Sequential Workflows for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 05:09:38 +0530

Visual Studio 2010 provides a template for the creation of a Sequential Workflows that enables developers the opportunity to build workflow solutions within SharePoint using a graphical design surface. Sequential Workflows have a pre-determined order of activities that define the workflow. Learn how to create a SharePoint 2010 Sequential Workflow in Visual Studio 2010.

How Do I: Create Visual Web Parts for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010?

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 05:06:29 +0530

Visual Web Parts allow developers to build SharePoint 2010 Web Parts using a design surface in Visual Studio 2010. This allows for drag and drop of user controls from the Toolbox to build the visual web part's user interface. Learn how to create a Visual Web Part for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010.

How Do I: Monitor Application and Feature Usage in Visual Studio 2010?

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:09:36 +0530

Do you know how your users are really using your applications? Do you want the insights that an easy and effective Customer Experience Improvement Program can provide? See how to quickly instrument your applications to track real world usage by leveraging the functionality included in Visual Studio 2010 with Dotfuscator. Learn how to implement session tracking to determine what applications have been executed, what versions of those applications, and for how long. Also learn how to implement feature usage tracking to determine what features are being used, in what sequence, and for how long.

How Do I: Protect My Applications with Tamper Defense and Notification in Visual Studio 2010?

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 17:12:55 -0800

In this video, you will learn how to use one of the new code injection features that gives you the ability to detect, monitor and react when your application binaries are altered by malicious end users.

How Do I: What's New in Visual Basic 2010?

Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:08:41 +0530

How Do I: Create a Detail Edit Form for Tabular Data or Data in a Grid?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:41:33 -0800

This video shows how to edit data from a DataGridView in a details form which opens when one double clicks on the RowHeader of the DataGridView. Since both forms are bound to the same datasource one sees an instant update on both forms when the user decides to save the data and additional roundtrips to the database are avoided.

How Do I: Use LINQ to XML to Create Word Documents?

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:29:53 -0800

In this video, learn how to create Microsoft Office Word 2007 documents from data in a database using Visual Basic’s LINQ to XML and XML literals by writing to the Open XML format directly without using COM.

How Do I: Enhance Performance in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE when Editing VB Code

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:29:51 -0800

The Visual Studio 2010 IDE responds much more quickly when errors crop up in the editor. In this remarkable video, Microsoft Visual Studio Language Program Manager Avner Aharoni uses timers to demonstrate a 12 fold increase in performance.

How Do I: Use Autoimplemented Properties in Visual Basic?

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:29:49 -0800

In this video master Microsoft Program Manager Jon Aneja shows how to create and use a time saving feature in Visual Basic 10.0 called autoimplemented properties.

How Do I: Use Implicit Line Continuation in Visual Basic 10?

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:29:47 -0800

How Do I: Build a WPF Master-Detail Data Entry Form Using Entity Framework?

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:08:06 +0530

Visual Studio developers will learn how to create a master-detail (or one-to-many) data entry form against the Entity Framework in WPF using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.

How Do I: Hook Up and Display Validation in WPF using Entity Framework?

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:06:42 +0530

Visual Studio developers will learn how to hook up validation code on Entity Framework entities and customize the display of errors on WPF controls using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.

How Do I: Exchange data between two forms in a Windows Forms application?

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:34:32 +0530

This video demonstrates a way to exchange data between two forms in a Windows Forms application. You will see how to use a public method and how to use a public property to exchange data. The examples were created using Visual Basic 2008 Express but also apply to older versions of Visual Studio.

How Do I: Notify one form in a Windows Forms Application that data in another form has changed?

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:24:15 +0530

This video demonstrates one way to notify a form when data in another form has changed. It will show how to create an event on one form and how to subscribe to this event on another. The examples were created using Visual Basic 2008 Express but also apply to older versions of Visual Studio. Even though this concept is demonstrated in Windows Forms the same pattern can be used in WPF.

How Do I: Create a report from a database?

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:43:31 +0530

Visual Studio developers will learn how to build a simple local report showing data from a database using the ReportViewer control in Visual Studio 2008.

How Do I: Get Started with Entity Framework in WPF Applications?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:26:11 +0530

Visual Studio developers will learn how to build a data access layer using Entity Framework in order to query and display the results in a WPF list box.

How Do I: Build a WPF Data Entry Form Using Entity Framework?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:27:15 +0530

Visual Studio developers will learn how to build a WPF data entry form to query, navigate, and edit data against the Entity Framework.

How Do I: Create a report from a business object?

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 16:52:59 -0700

Visual Studio developers will learn how to build a simple local report showing data returned by a business object using the ReportViewer control in Visual Studio 2008.

How Do I: Add Controls to a Worksheet at Run Time in an Application-Level Project?

Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:33:22 -0800

Visual Studio Tools for Office developers will learn how to add host controls at run time in an application-level add-in by using Visual Studio 2008 SP1.

How Do I: Format Data in WPF Controls?

Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:20:27 -0800

Visual Studio developers will learn how to format data in controls on WPF data entry forms using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.

How Do I: Create Smart Tags in Word

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:27:45 -0800

Visual Studio Tools for Office developers will learn how to create custom smart tags with custom recognizers in Word by using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.

How Do I: Create a Master-Detail Data Entry Form in WPF?

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:54:00 -0700

Visual Studio developers will learn how to create a master-detail (or one-to-many) data entry form in WPF using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.

How Do I: Edit Tabular Data in WPF?

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:53:05 -0700

Visual Studio developers will learn how to create a simple data grid in WPF for editing tabular data using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1.

How Do I: Add Smart Tags to Excel Workbooks?

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:38:46 -0700

Learn how to add smart tags to Microsoft Office Excel by using a document-level customization or an application-level add-in.

How Do I: Hook Up and Display Validation in WPF?

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:06:40 -0700

Visual Studio developers will learn how to hook up validation code and customize the display of errors on WPF controls using Visual Studio 2008.

How Do I: Create a Lookup Combobox in WPF?

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:05:44 -0700

Visual Studio developers will learn how to create a data entry form that binds data from a lookup table in a database to create a pick-list of values in a WPF Combobox using Visual Studio 2008.

How Do I: Display Data in a List in WPF?

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:07:49 -0700

Visual Studio developers will learn how to select data from a database and display it in a WPF ListBox in a variety of ways using Visual Studio 2008.

How Do I: Create a Simple Data Entry Form in WPF?

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:06:55 -0700

Visual Studio developers will learn how to create a simple data entry form in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) using Visual Studio 2008 that allows navigation as well as edit, add, delete and save of the data.

How Do I: Email Unhandled Exceptions?

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:36:10 -0700

Visual Basic developers will learn how to handle unhandled exceptions in their applications and how to email that information with a screen-shot of the application’s state using the System.Net.Mail namespace.

How Do I: Use the DataRepeater Control?

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:36:08 -0700

Visual Basic Developers will learn how to work with the new DataRepeater found in the latest version on the Visual Basic Power Packs. The DataRepeater is more flexible than a grid and displays a scrollable container of any Windows Forms controls you place inside it for each row of your data.

How Do I Use DataSets in an N-Tier Application?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:26:25 -0800

Many distributed architectures use DataSets on the client and the server when both are written with .NET. In this video, Visual Basic developers will learn how to use the new N-Tier DataSets in Visual Studio 2008 that makes this architectural scenario easy to accomplish.

How Do I Update Related Tables?

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:26:24 -0800

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to properly control updates, inserts and deletes in multi-user applications on forms that edit master-detail related data using the TableAdapterManager in Visual Studio 2008.

Simple Object Model and Query using LINQ to SQL

Wed, 9 Jan 2008 15:57:05 -0800

This video shows you how to create a basic LINQ to SQL application by mapping a simple Customer class to a database table and writing a LINQ query to return results as Customer objects.

How Do I Get Started with LINQ to XML?

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:34:15 -0700

Visual Basic developers will learn how to work with XML in Visual Basic using XML literals, embedded expressions and XML axis properties to create, query and transform XML documents easily.

Writing Queries in Visual Basic

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:30:01 -0800

LINQ makes query a first-class language construct in Visual Basic. This video shows you the Visual Basic 2008 language features that enable you to write LINQ query expressions.

Creating a Drawing Application by Using WPF

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:12:12 -0700

Visual Basic developers will learn how to create an Ink application in Windows Presentation Foundation using Visual Studio 2008.

How Do I Enable XML IntelliSense and Use XML Namespaces?

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:33:42 -0700

VVisual Basic developers will learn how to enable XML IntelliSense using schemas and how XML namespaces are used when querying and creating XML documents.

How Do I Create XML Documents from SQL Data?

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:32:21 -0700

Visual Basic developers will learn how to query their SQL Server database in order to easily create XML and HTML documents directly in the Visual Basic editor.

How Do I Create Excel Spreadsheets using LINQ to XML?

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:31:05 -0700

Visual Basic developers will learn how to query their SQL Server database in order to easily create Excel spreadsheets directly in the Visual Basic editor using LINQ to XML.

How Do I: LINQ over DataSets

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:12:45 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to write LINQ queries that work over DataSets by filtering and aggregating rows in a one-to-many relationship.

How Do I: Get Started with LINQ to SQL

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:11:26 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will be introduced to LINQ to SQL and the new O\R designer in Visual Studio 2008 by querying and updating a list of customers in the Northwind database.

How Do I: Deploy Hybrid Applications?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:17:45 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how deploy applications built with both Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET with the Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 by creating a Visual Studio Setup and Deployment project.

How Do I: Build Interop User Controls?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:16:56 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to create .NET User Controls in Visual Studio that run on Visual Basic 6 forms using the Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0.

How Do I: Build Interop Forms?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:16:06 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to create .NET Windows Forms in Visual Studio that run in Visual Basic 6 applications using the Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0.

How Do I: Add Filter Support?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:15:18 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to enable filter support in their custom business object collections in order to use the BindingSource to filter business objects on Windows Forms.

How Do I: Add Sorting Support with Object Binding?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:20:39 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to enable sorting support within their business object collections in order to use the BindingSource to sort them on Windows Forms.

How Do I: Add Search Support with Object Binding?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:13:43 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to enable search support within their business object collections in order to use the BindingSource to search for business objects on Windows Forms.

How Do I: Do Simple Object Binding?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:12:58 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to create business objects that are associated in a one-to-many relationship and how to use BindingSources to navigate the relation.

How Do I: Create a One-To-Many Form using LINQ to SQL

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:12:08 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will see how to create a One-to-Many (Master-Detail) Data entry form using the O\R Designer and LINQ to SQL.

How Do I: Perform Group and Aggregate Queries?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:10:08 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to perform group and aggregate queries over business object collections and how to display them in related grids.

How Do I: Get Started with LINQ?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:09:27 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to write simple LINQ queries over objects by navigating files on the file system.

How Do I: Updating Related Tables

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:08:48 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to properly control updates, inserts and deletes in multi-user applications on forms that edit master-detail related data.

How Do I: Understand Data?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:08:11 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will explore how connecting data in a database to controls in Windows Forms applications really works by looking deeper into the DataSet, BindingSource and TableAdapter objects and walking through examples of using data in code.

How Do I: Build Reports?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:07:27 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to create reports in Windows Forms applications using Visual Studio and the ReportViewer control.

How Do I: Print Forms?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:06:04 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to print forms using the PrintForm Component, which is part of the Visual Basic Power Packs. The PrintForm component enables easy printing of Windows Forms.

How Do I: Deploy Local Data?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:05:24 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will learn how to deploy local SQL-Server Express database files using ClickOnce Technology.

How Do I: Modify the Database?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:04:29 -0700

Visual Basic beginners will learn how to add a new column to a SQL Server database table and make the necessary changes to the application in order to work with this new column using the Server Explorer and the DataSet Designer.

How Do I: Work with Local Data?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:03:53 -0700

Visual Basic beginners will learn how to work with local SQL-Server Express database files in Visual Basic projects using Visual Studio.

How Do I: Add Validation?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:03:18 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will see how to add field and row validation to an application in order to enforce business rules using the DataSet Designer and partial classes.

How Do I: Format Data in Controls?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:02:34 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will see how to format data in controls like the TextBox, MaskedTextBox and the DateTimePicker.

How Do I: Use Auto-Complete?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:01:54 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will see how to set up client side filtering and text editing using the Auto-Complete feature of the ComboBox and the TextBox.

How Do I: Filter Data on the Client?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:01:10 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will see how to set up data binding to achieve one-to-many filtering using a combo box which filters a grid. They will also see how to add a calculated column and how to format currency fields.

How Do I: Create Lookup Lists?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:00:34 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will see how to set up binding to a list of lookup values using a combo box as well as how to use a combo box in a grid.

How Do I: Create a Search Form?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:58:29 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will see how to create a search form with a parameterized query using the Search Criteria Builder in Visual Studio.

How Do I: Create a One-to-Many Data Entry Form?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:57:51 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will see how to create a One-to-Many (Master-Detail) Data entry form using the Data Sources Window and the Windows Forms designer in Visual Studio.

How Do I: Connect to a Database?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:57:09 -0700

Visual Basic programmers will see how to create a Windows Forms application, connect to an existing database and how to define how data is retrieved and updated using the Data Sources Window and the Dataset Designer in Visual Studio.

How Do I: Create a Database?

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:49:52 -0700

SQL Server beginners will see how to create a database through Visual Studio using the Server Explorer. They will see how to define tables, columns, and relationships and how to add stored procedures.