DevPartner Fault Simulator tests and debugs error-handling code in both native and .NET managed code without disrupting the application operation or debugging environment by safely injecting simulated ...

Good documentation is important for any application, and it starts with documenting your code. It helps you and it helps your users. It's no secret that I believe documentation is a crucial element of ...

Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace. Years ago, when ...

C# is the future for .NET developers, so it's time to limit Visual Basic’s use to on-premises legacy systems In a series of blog posts last week, Microsoft detailed fundamental changes to how it ...

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Microsoft has revealed it will support Visual Basic on .NET 5 but also that it has no plans to evolve the language. As Microsoft's .NET team notes, Visual Basic on .NET Core only supported Class ...

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One such resource is Visual Basic .NET’s built-in upgrade wizard, designed to take a Visual Basic project and upgrade the code, forms and user interface to the equivalent of Visual Basic .NET. From a ...

Classic Visual Basic refuses to die. There's just something about Dims and Subs that programmers won't let go of. The granddaddy of rapid application development (RAD) tools -- known for its ...

When I first heard about Mainsoft’s Visual MainWin for J2EE, I thought the concept was a harebrained idea. Just skimming some of the product’s help topics sent me reeling: “Developing ASP .Net ...