Using Multiline Strings in .NET Resource Files   19 Sep 2006 23:42 GMT
Displaying strings from .NET resource files may be a puzzle if the strings include escape sequences. Here is an easy solution.
Source: DevX

Top 10 Security Vulnerabilities in .NET Configuration Files   19 Sep 2006 22:30 GMT
Developers often concentrate on writing secure code but leave security vulnerabilities in application configuration files. Discover the most common configuration security problems—and how to avoid them.
Source: DevX

NEW! Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System   18 Sep 2006 23:28 GMT
The VSTO 2005 SE beta offers several new important new features to support Office programmability. Check out our new portal page and keep coming back for more great content.
Source: MSDN

Introducing Domain-specific Languages   16 Sep 2006 03:23 GMT
Microsoft Software Factories, part of Visual Studio 2005 Team System, is a set of tools, models, software development methods, and practices that will help you use the VSTS environment to develop domain-specific languages (DSLs).
Source: DevX

See the Completely New Windows Vista Developer Center   15 Sep 2006 22:58 GMT
Visit the redesigned Windows Vista Developer Center, which features a letter from Microsoft co-President Jim Allchin. Come see how to enhance your existing applications and build new ones that are more secure, connected, and visually stunning than ever.
Source: MSDN

Visual Studio 2005 SDK v3 RTM is here!   15 Sep 2006 15:34 GMT
We are happy to announce the immediate availability of the Visual Studio 2005 SDK v3 final release! This release contains updates to the DSL Tools, Team Foundation Server and Team Test extensibility contents, IronPython web projects, and much more!
Source: MSDN

Decorate Your Code with Astonishing Attributes   14 Sep 2006 01:22 GMT
Attributes provide extra information about your code that allows tools such as Visual Studio to make using your code easier. For example, they tell the Properties window how to display and edit properties and they let you fine-tune XML serialization.
Source: DevX

Retrieve Totals from a Dataset Without Looping   13 Sep 2006 22:49 GMT
Have you ever looped through the entire dataset to get the totals you need to put in the footer? The DataTable.Compute method eliminates this hassle by retrieving commonly performed arithemetic operations like sum, avg,, etc.
Source: DevX

Retaining Multiple Sets of User Settings   13 Sep 2006 21:41 GMT
Retaining a single set of user settings for your application is easy. Retaining multiple sets of user settings is much more challenging.
Source: DevX

Smart Clients: Essential Requirements and Candidate Services   13 Sep 2006 18:30 GMT
Drawing on the experiences of an international and independent group of architects who build smart client and Web-based applications, we catalog several major requirements unique to smart client applications and the personal devices that host them.
Source: MSDN