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• Using the .NET Framework with VB 6 apps

  If your applications are still in VB 6, you can nonetheless take advantage of the .NET Framework. This article shows how.  Continue Reading

• Test and debug an ASP.NET app: Chp. 4 of Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with C# 2005

  This chapter download introduces Visual Studio 2005's new testing and debugging features for ASP.NET applications.  Continue Reading

• List & Label 11: Powerful .NET reports

  List & Label 11, from German software developer combit Software GmbH, includes copious developer samples for numerous .NET platforms (C#, VB, and Delphi) as well as for VB 6.0 and C++.  Continue Reading

• Hints for testing with Visual Studio Team System

  Team System provides the tools for building and testing complex programs. It takes a little time and effort, but there are good resources on the Microsoft site and elsewhere to help you out.  Continue Reading

• Improve dependency injection with ObjectBuilder

  Reusing components and objects has obvious advantages, but it creates a myriad of dependencies. The Dependency Injection Container, part of Microsoft's ObjectBuilder, makes dependencies easier to manage.  Continue Reading

• .NET Framework Tools: CLR Debugger

  Though it has a few limitations, Microsoft's CLR Debugger, based on the look and feel of the VS 2005 debugger, is a must for anyone who works with the CLR, Ed Tittel writes.  Continue Reading

• SSIS Software Development Life Cycle: Chp. 18 of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

  This chapter download discusses Microsoft's source controls for SQL Server Integration Services, its new database management tool.  Continue Reading

• Micosoft's Code Snippet Editor for VB 2005

  Code snippets possess neither formal methodology nor classification schemes, but they are nonetheless a popular part of the VB world. Microsoft offers a handy Code Snippet Editor for VB 2005 for developers who want to create, edit and test VB ...  Continue Reading

• Ajax development: The what, how and when, continued -- Five tips for getting started

  Most experts agree that the first steps forward in Ajax development should be small ones. Here are five tips for introducing Ajax to your Web applications.  Continue Reading

• /n Software: .NET components galore and deluxe

  Ed Tittel introduces us to /n Software, which offers a plethora of Internet protocol components and Internet business integration tools.  Continue Reading

• Programming and Extending SSIS: Chapter 14 of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services

  This chapter download demonstrates how to build, add and debug components in SQL Server Integration Services, which is SQL's new database management tool.  Continue Reading

• Reg-Free COM, ClickOnce ease app deployment

  Thanks to registration-free COM and ClickOnce deployment, rolling out an application is much easier than in VB 6.  Continue Reading

• Dundas Gauge Beta now underway

  Ed Tittel revisits the .NET reporting tool Dundas Gauge. It now offers a beta product for linking data display widgets to reports, which leads to useful dashboards your users will actually read.  Continue Reading

• VB 2005 reaches out to VB 6.0 developers

  If you're a die-hard VB 6.0 fan, you'll be happy to know that VB 2005 offers plenty of form, menu and toolbar improvements, Ed Tittel writes.  Continue Reading

• Beginning ASP.NET 2.0: Develop a one-page Web application

  See how to use ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005 to build Web applications in this book excerpt.  Continue Reading