VISUAL BASIC.NET ARTICLES

Inferring an XML Schema from an XML Document Let the .NET Framework write your XML Schema document (XSD) for you.

Shutdown Manager The Windows "Turn off" buttons are three or more steps away from the desktop work area, depending on your personal settings. This can be not only inconvenient, but downright bothersome at times. These programs can power down the computer, in just one or two steps.

Is RFID Still Important? A short interview with Microsoft on RFID technology.

Tip: To Disable Virtualization Learn how to disable Vista's virtualization for your application.

OP-ED: Why LINQ to SQL is a Better Option than Straight SQL LINQ to SQL eliminates SQL Injection Attacks and is easier to use than straight SQL to boot.

Slow Chat with the MS Visual Basic Team VBForums had a Slow Chat with some of the members of the Microsoft Visual Basic team. Find out what's new and important with VB here.

Creating a Service with Windows Communication Foundation and LINQ to SQL The .NET framework is full of small, discrete, and useful classes and big chunky bits. When you start combining the chunky bits, like LINQ to SQL and Windows Communication Foundation, things get interesting real fast.

The Amazing GroupBox, Part 2 Gain the ability to contain controls and add a little preview for your control in design time.

Op-Ed: Fish or Cut Bait If a person or group does something successfully one time, ten times, or a hundred times, there is an increasingly better chance that group will succeed again. All of the books in the world won't turn a ten year old kid into Gordy Howe or Wayne Gretzky. There is an element of talent. Find the talent.

The Amazing GroupBox, Part 1 Learn how to create your own GroupBox, with added features such as Alignment for the Title, and a scrollbar for child controls.