Status Report – May 2, 2002


Hey there everyone. Good week this week. We’re working on lots of VB.NET code samples based on your feedback. I’ll make an announcement when they are set to go live. Also, check out the papers listed at the bottom. I think they’re pretty cool.



The highlights for the week:


1. Coding continues on the new VB community website on GotDotNet. I’ll let y’all know when it’s ready. As I mentioned last week, the core of the site is a set of web services, allowing people to post their own announcements about cool articles, samples, user groups, books, web sites, etc. – which we’ll provide a front end to, and afterwards provide access to the data so that 3rd party sites can customize their own front ends with the data. I really hope that it becomes a place where people can get information about all the great things going on around VB .NET.



2. I’m working on ways of getting even more of the VB team online. I hope to have more information about this within the next 2 weeks.



3. Work on the next version of VB .NET



4. Continuing planning for the next set of chats (mid-May thru end of June) – if you have any topics you’d like covered, let me know! I hope to have the list up here next week or the week after.



-yag


Upcoming chats (http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats):
Note: Due to a change in the chat client, we’ve delayed the chats by 2 weeks.

Working With Data at Design Time in Visual Studio .NET
Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)

Talk about the tools available at design time for incorporating data access
into your Visual Basic or Visual C# application, as well as working with
your database from within the Visual Studio Environment (IDE).

Whitepaper: Design-Time Data Tools in Visual Studio .NET

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechar
t/html/vbtchDesignTimeDataToolsInVisualStudioNET.asp?frame=true




Exception Handling in Visual Basic .NET
Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)

Join us for a chat covering the things to keep in mind and best practices of
exception handling in Visual Basic .NET applications.

Whitepaper: Introduction to Exception Handling in Visual Basic .NET

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechar
t/html/vbtchexceptionserrorsinvisualbasicnet.asp



Deploying Visual Studio .NET Applications
Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)

Join Microsoft in an online chat about the brave new world of deployment
using Visual Studio .NET. This session will use the "Deployment Changes in
Visual Basic .NET" whitepaper as a starting point; please feel free to ask
any deployment questions that you may have.

Whitepaper: Deployment Changes in Visual Basic .NET

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechar
t/html/vbtchdistributingapplicationscreatedwithvisualbasicnet.asp





White Papers
Data Access Application Block
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/daab-rm.asp

The Data Access Application Block is a .NET component that contains optimized data access code that will help you call stored procedures and issue SQL text commands against a SQL Server database. It returns SqlDataReader, DataSet, and XmlReader objects. You can use it as a building block in your own .NET application to reduce the amount of custom code you need to create, test, and maintain. The download provides full C# and Visual Basic .NET source code and comprehensive documentation. (15 printed pages)



Exception Management Application Block
The Exception Management Application Block provides a simple yet extensible framework for handling exceptions. With a single line of application code you can easily log exception information to the Event Log or extend it by creating your own components that log exception details to other data sources or notify operators, without affecting your application code. The Exception Management Application Block can easily be used as a building block in your own .NET application. (18 printed pages)


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Yair Alan Griver
Lead PM/Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.