http://net.groups.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Microsoft .NET Programmers en Vox Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:17:48 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251e5b66549d00fad69c2d290005.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Thomas Holloway) http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251e5b66549d00fad69c2d290005.html?_c=feed-rss http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251e5b66549d00fad69c2d290005.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:17:48 -0700 You guys took too long so I went ahead and got the Violin myself. I'm still curious what it would take to get something out of this community though. 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We are seeing a few things emerge to help... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69bbb680005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69bbb680005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fae8cce237000b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jcoehoorn) http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fae8cce237000b.html?_c=feed-rss http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fae8cce237000b.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:31:25 -0700 I've talked about this before, and I don't want to go over the same issues a second time. However, I recently had a project where I finally spent a few weeks in C#, with no VB work at all. At last, I had a chance to develop a deeper familiarity ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fae8cce237000b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525ad91604a00fae8cce237000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69a3d7d0005.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jcoehoorn) http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69a3d7d0005.html?_c=feed-rss http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69a3d7d0005.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:35:23 -0700 I don't know how many times I've seen code similar to the following on programming help forums: Function MyMethod(ByVal InputParameter() As String) As String() 'Do Stuff here that returns a different string array End Function That's okay. We... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69a3d7d0005.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69a3d7d0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69997260004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jcoehoorn) http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69997260004.html?_c=feed-rss http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69997260004.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:55:55 -0700 ASP.Net is often mistaken for a simple update to Classic ASP. Just take ASP, throw in some .Net classes, and you're done. You get a better IDE and you might get a small performance boost from using pre-compiled code, but not much else. Of cours... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69997260004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad69997260004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c28f3f21900fad693d96d0004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c28f3f21900fad693d96d0004.html?_c=feed-rss http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c28f3f21900fad693d96d0004.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:54:31 -0700 One of my friend reached out to me last week for help. The photographer she hired for her wedding had gone bankrupted. Since she has not gotten the album now she can't even get her wedding photos in either prints or digital form. All she has acces... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c28f3f21900fad693d96d0004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c28f3f21900fad693d96d0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> photography programming os x powershell software development automator thoughtworks http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad690d4e60004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(jcoehoorn) http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad690d4e60004.html?_c=feed-rss http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad690d4e60004.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:51:53 -0700 I ran across a request in a forum today to create an Excel column name from an index. It sounds simple, but it's harder than it looks. The obvious solution here is to think about a column name as a base 26 number, with A-Z for digits. Unfortunat... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad690d4e60004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22525ad91604a00fad690d4e60004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c28f3f21900e398f18d160004.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Alex) http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c28f3f21900e398f18d160004.html?_c=feed-rss http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c28f3f21900e398f18d160004.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:44:03 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251c28f3f21900e398f3e4dc0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2251c28f3f21900e398f3e4dc0005-50si" alt="Alt.Net Seattle Opening Part 1" /></a> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2251c28f3f21900f48cf2421e0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2251c28f3f21900f48cf2421e0002-50si" alt="Alt.Net Conference Opening Part 2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> You can probably see me standing in the back, as I got there late! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c2251c28f3f21900e398f18d160004.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c28f3f21900e398f18d160004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> seattle programming .net #altdotnet http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225239bda604a00f48ceac83d0003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Steve) http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225239bda604a00f48ceac83d0003.html?_c=feed-rss http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225239bda604a00f48ceac83d0003.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:19:55 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225239bda604a00e398ec4d730004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c225239bda604a00e398ec4d730004-50si" alt="Beaker-muppets-photo" /></a> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225239bda604a00f48ceab8940002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c225239bda604a00f48ceab8940002-50si" alt="Vox_meepers_beaker" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Story Back in my early teen years I learned about this programming thing called BASIC, and from there borrowed/bought a bunch of books to learn how to make a video game (amongst VB 6.0 apps). The game is reminiscent of the Zelda (NES) dungeons o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00c225239bda604a00f48ceac83d0003.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225239bda604a00f48ceac83d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> game programming video game projects c# xna game programming /dev meepers http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48d075b66000100f48ce9d5cc0003.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(programit) http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48d075b66000100f48ce9d5cc0003.html?_c=feed-rss http://net.groups.vox.com/library/post/6a00f48d075b66000100f48ce9d5cc0003.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:52:01 -0700 This post assumes you have installed the necessary pre-requisites for Silverlight 2 beta 1 and are using Visual Studio 2008. 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