YAG,

Someone was asking me if I knew of any marketing materials for dotnet. I replied no, but of course I added, "But I know who does".

The materials I'd be interested in address using .Net vs. other technologies, including standard ASP.

Thanks,

PF

>Status Report – May 16, 2002
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>Hey there, pretty good week. Work continues on increasing product group participation. I’m off to San Francisco for the weekend – hope there’s a lot of sun. <g>
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>I’d really be interested in hearing of any common scenarios that you find difficult in VB.NET. Let’s narrow it down first to Winform based apps. Look forward to hearing from you! To keep it interesting and allow for feedback, please post your messages here online so others can see them.
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> The highlights for the week:
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>1. Coding continues on the new VB community website on GotDotNet. Current target is mid-June. I really hope that it becomes a place where people can get information about all the great things going on around VB .NET.
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>2. Lots of work on getting people online and more user group support. Amanda from our group spoke at the local VB User Group this week on inheritance, multithreading and calling back and forth to/from VB6 apps. Great session.
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>3. Work on the next version of VB .NET
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>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!
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>-yag
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>Upcoming chats (http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats):
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>Working With Data at Design Time in Visual Studio .NET
>Tuesday, May 21, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)
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>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).
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>Whitepaper: Design-Time Data Tools in Visual Studio .NET
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>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechar
>t/html/vbtchDesignTimeDataToolsInVisualStudioNET.asp?frame=true
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>Exception Handling in Visual Basic .NET
>Tuesday, May 28, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)
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>Join us for a chat covering the things to keep in mind and best practices of
>exception handling in Visual Basic .NET applications.
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>Whitepaper: Introduction to Exception Handling in Visual Basic .NET
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>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechar
>t/html/vbtchexceptionserrorsinvisualbasicnet.asp
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>Windows Forms Controls
>Tuesday, June 4, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)
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>The Visual Studio .NET ToolBox comes with a great deal of Windows Forms controls that enable your applications to accomplish all manner of tasks. Bring your questions about the Windows Forms controls, and we'll see what we can do about getting you some answers.
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>Working with Windows Forms DataGrid Controls
>Tuesday, June 11, 2002, 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Pacific time (21:00 - 22:00 GMT)
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>Learn how to get the most out of the DataGrid! Join us for an open discussion of programming with the Windows Forms DataGrid control.
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>White Papers
>Exception Management Application Block Update for VS.Net RTM
>Summary: 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)
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/emab-rm.asp
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>Data Access Application Block Overview
>Summary: 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)
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/daab-rm.asp