Search:

Type: Posts; User: PaulYuk_MS

Search: Search took 0.02 seconds.

  1. Re: Are you ever going to make objects have a transparency option?

    Sorry it took me so long to pull this together!

    I'm attaching a sample project. The key parts are:
    -TransparencyHelper.vb -- this is a component class (like tooltip) that you can trag onto a...
  2. Replies
    12
    Views
    31,983

    Re: Where do you go for information?

    Good points. We're working on equalizing the vb samples .. you should see some progress already. Plus there's folks like BethMa working full time on exclusive kick butt VB content ;)
  3. Replies
    12
    Views
    31,983

    Re: Where do you go for information?

    I can see how a lot of (blah, blah, blah) text can be boring. What about these short How To videos? e.g. go to msdn.com/vbasic/, click on Learn, check out the videos...
  4. Thread: VB9 & Linq

    by PaulYuk_MS
    Replies
    4
    Views
    23,135

    Re: VB9 & Linq

    Yes, given what you've told me I'd look at it now. You can make progress using LINQ with intermediate SQL knowledge.

    The interesting thing is LINQ isn't just about databases and relational...
  5. Replies
    12
    Views
    31,983

    Re: Where do you go for information?

    Paul M - what big developer community sites do you look at?
  6. Replies
    12
    Views
    31,983

    Re: Where do you go for information?

    Thanks Masfenix, your answer is exactly the kind of thing we're trying to understand.

    When you say MSDN, are you talking about the main msdn.com site, the msdn.com/vbasic dev center, or otherwise?
  7. Replies
    12
    Views
    31,983

    Where do you go for information?

    Last question from me most likely:

    Where do you go for information (for your technology, for your solution, for your business)?



    PS: THANK YOU all for outstanding questions and thoughful...
  8. Replies
    4
    Views
    22,196

    Re: Usage question

    This is incredibly useful! thank you for taking the time to write this up. I might ask you follow-ups separately

    I hope to see more folks jump in...
  9. Thread: VB9 & Linq

    by PaulYuk_MS
    Replies
    4
    Views
    23,135

    VB9 & Linq

    Have y'all been trying out LINQ and some of the other new language features? What do you think?
  10. Replies
    4
    Views
    22,196

    Usage question

    I'm curious how you're using Visual Basic. Would you care to share?

    The kinds of things that would be interesting to note:
    - what the application(s) do
    - the app type: Windows, Web, Office,...
  11. Thread: Dim

    by PaulYuk_MS
    Replies
    3
    Views
    22,146

    Re: Dim

    Yes, I definitely remember it there, in QBasic, TrueBasic, and GWBasic (I think) -- again for arrays.

    There are some people here who worked on VBv1 -- hopefully they can shed some light.
  12. Thread: Dim

    by PaulYuk_MS
    Replies
    3
    Views
    22,146

    Re: Dim

    Great question!

    Dim is definitely rooted from Dimension. In much older versions of basic you would use Dim to create an array in memory. At some point (we're not exactly sure when) this was...
  13. Replies
    28
    Views
    45,639

    Re: VB Runtime Functions

    I know I'm in a religious debate here ;), but you haven't convinced me MessageBox.Show is a better practice. What is motivating us to push people off of it? Change is good if we can point to why...
  14. Thread: Silverlight

    by PaulYuk_MS
    Replies
    2
    Views
    20,694

    Re: Silverlight

    Hi -

    There is a lot of great info (learning, showcase, how to get started) info here:
    http://silverlight.net/

    Silverlight currently is about Rich Internet Apps hosted in the browser. I'm not...
  15. Replies
    3
    Views
    19,456

    Re: API Migration

    Hi RobDog,

    Could you expand on examples of APIs you'd like to see incorporated?

    In many cases it's feasible - we just need to hear enough feedback to prioritize for a particular release.
    ...
  16. Replies
    6
    Views
    24,913

    Re: VB2003 Standard to VB2008 Express

    Confirmed.
  17. Re: Are you ever going to make objects have a transparency option?

    Thanks - I've been passing this specific feedback on to the Windows Forms and Client teams.

    There's a trick you can use that will get you part of the way - setting alpha transparency on the...
  18. Replies
    7
    Views
    29,201

    Re: VB Shorthand?

    Good to know you like the short operators.

    FWIW, we hear a bit more feedback to the other side that users like the readability of the operators and keywords we currently have with VB. Plus, we...
  19. Re: Which programming language have you used to make VB08?

    Thank you for having us - honestly we love the engaging conversations we're having with y'all.
  20. Replies
    28
    Views
    45,639

    Re: VB Runtime Functions

    These papers help understand the technical tradeoffs.

    Seriously though, it's a good thing to use the vb runtime functions if that's what you're comfortable with (it's what I use in real apps) --...
  21. Replies
    6
    Views
    24,913

    Re: VB2003 Standard to VB2008 Express

    Here are a few more significant limitations of Express:
    - It enables local data only in the tools, vs. client-server data connections
    - It enables client development only (Windows Forms and WPF),...
  22. Re: Will we be able to purchase VB2008 by itself?

    Thanks for your feedback on pricing. I agree there may be some good options in a sweet spot price range.

    Yes, VB Express 2008 is a very good deal at Free. You can build some serious...
  23. Replies
    21
    Views
    37,709

    Re: How does it work? Why does it work this way?

    Sorry - folks on working on the editor sides of thing were slammed today. I'm roping them in :) C'mon, we're allowed to be a little slow on a slow chat, right?
  24. Re: Which programming language have you used to make VB08?

    Myth buster time: ;)

    The compiler is native code written in C++, the VB runtime is completely written in VB (hence so is part of the .NET framework redist), My namespace and framework is...
  25. Replies
    16
    Views
    30,508

    Re: Future versions and developing...

    Good points above.

    Here's my take as the person in charge of VB6.
    - Now is the time to do new development in .NET (both apps, components, and features added to VB6). You'll have the best...
  26. Replies
    18
    Views
    39,818

    Re: A smaller Framework...

    Thanks for raising this feedback. This is a pain point we hear a lot about from our smart client developers.

    There is a lot of thinking going on here in MS how we can improve this. Unfortunately...
  27. Replies
    21
    Views
    37,709

    How does it work? Why does it work this way?

    Hi!

    I'm excited that we have a broad showing from the VB team, from feature designers, to implementers, to testers. This is a good group to ask deeper how and why questions.

    So here are some...
  28. Replies
    6
    Views
    25,347

    Re: Microsoft XNA and VB2008

    VS2008 is the first version that XNA could support VB from a technical standpoint. We did some runtime agility work so the vb runtime will be stable when ported to a new version of the framework...
  29. Replies
    14
    Views
    30,040

    Re: What is your Favorite New Feature?

    There are so many fun ones. My favorite still has to be Snap Lines on the Windows Forms designer. So simple .. so handy!
  30. Replies
    11
    Views
    9,866

    Re: API in VB.NET

    Hi - could you please clarify what you mean by API vs. .NET library (using some examples)? Are you specifically refering to API features in the VB runtime like MsgBox(), CInt, Left(), etc?
  31. Replies
    7
    Views
    27,101

    Re: Future of VB

    Hi -

    Good feedback everyone.

    There's a couple issues being discussed here related to the future: content parity (availability of VB content) and momentum. I talk about feature differences...
  32. Replies
    7
    Views
    28,672

    Re: VB.NET vs C#

    Hi Rob,

    Yes, you bet there will be bigtime RAD advances in data, services, windows, web, office, mobile, and more spaces. Agree -this is one of the top strengths. There's still work to do to...
  33. Replies
    16
    Views
    30,508

    Re: Future versions and developing...

    Hi-

    I definitely hear your point that change needs to be gradual & incremental. It isn't cost effective to keep rewriting code to get back to functional equivalence.

    From VB6 to .NET, I...
  34. Replies
    7
    Views
    28,672

    Re: VB.NET vs C#

    Hi-

    VB and C# are both great languages. There are interesting stylistic differences, however, the capabilities are about the same for our current set of scenarios and they are on equal footing in...
  35. Replies
    1
    Views
    5,876

    Re: What's coming for mobile development

    Hi -

    It's great to hear you're doing mobile development. I recently wrote a hobbyist application to get movie times from a public Web service.

    There is a good blog post from the mobile team...
  36. Replies
    4
    Views
    23,921

    Re: Welcome to the VB Team

    Hi all-

    THANK YOU for inviting us to your community forum this week. I'm looking forward to our chat this week, and hope more of us will get to know more of you in the process.

    Best,

    Paul
Results 1 to 36 of 37



Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width