How To Use The Visual State Manager(VSM) In Silverlight 2
This article walks you through the steps involved in using The Visual State Manager in Silverlight 2. Most articles seem to use the button as the demonstration element - probably because that makes...
View ArticleObject Oriented Programming (OOP) - The Basics
This is the first article in a series that will cover the very basics of OOP. It is based on a course I used to run. When I first wrote this I wanted to create something that I would have found...
View ArticleBeginning ASP.Net 3.5 in [C# / VB] 2008
Matthew MacDonald wrote Visual Basic and C# versions of this book, with the subtitle "From Novice to Professional".Larry Blake reviews it.
View ArticleOOP Basics - Constructors
In the previous Part, I created four fields and four corresponding properties in the Person class. In this Part we will look at Constructors.
View ArticleObject Oriented Programming Basics - Methods
In the previous articles in this series, we covered basic Constructors, Fields and Properties.In this article, we will look at the ToString method, introduce the concept of Inheritance, use the Object...
View ArticleADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework
Murach's ADO.NET 3.5, LINQ, and the Entity Framework by Anne Boehm, comes in both Visual Basic and C# 2008 versions. Larry Blake reviews it.
View ArticleHow to Ask the User for Input
Visual Basic provides three easy ways to ask for input: MessageBox, InputBox and custom forms. I'll talk a little about all three.
View ArticleOOP Basics - Property Validation and Exceptions
In this article, Ged Mead explains how to include validation in properties of a Class, how to throw and exception and how to use a Try-Catch block to handle the exception.
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Creating a ComboBox with Individual ToolTips for each Item
In this article, Ged Mead demonstrates an easy way to use WPF and Windows Forms Interop to create and use a ComboBox that displays ToolTips for individual ComboBox items.
View ArticleOOP Basics - Introduction to Inheritance
This article is the next in the series on the subject of OOP Basics. It takes a first look at the important topic of Inheritance.
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