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Resolved Is it OK to start a process in BackgroundWorker
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Installation

Installation related issues with Visual Studio itself (this is not for application deployment discussion)
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Visual Studio 2010 ISO image

IDE

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.NET Framework

In depth discussion of the .NET Framework
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.NET Core

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Resolved how do i set window visibility , given a window handle ?

Security/Obfuscation

Security related discussion pertaining to configuration, development, and deployment etc.
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ALX
Dotfuscator alternative...
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Localization and i18n (Internationalization)

Discussion on localizing and internationalizing
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translate the application

Accessibility

Developing applications in compliance with accessibility requirements/mandates
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Question Checking if exist in access db problem

Third Party/Add-Ins

Discussions on Third Party Add-Ins for Visual Studio's IDE, Code Libraries, etc.
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Resolved Error when trying to install Microsoft Code Analysis 2017

Web Resources

Add your favorite web resources, code libraries, links and more...
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Learning videos

Training, Conferences, Events

Resources/Discussion for VB.NET Training, Learning, Conferences, and Events, etc.
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Question Need a Trainer

Testing, Quality Control, Debugging

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an old bug and learning something new

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

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Thread problem, backgroundworker?

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

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JohnH
Answered Minimize WCF Console On Start Up

Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

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Umn WF has me so completely lost.

Expression Suite

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Writing to file problem...

Silverlight

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How to MS SQL Server Connection ?

VB.NET

VB.NET General Discussion

VB.NET general discussion area
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print crystal report selected printer

Windows Forms

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Include ( Inline ) In view, for numbers, first numbers

Graphics/GDI+

Graphics discussion for VB.NET applications, Winforms, Web, Compact Framework, etc.
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parameter must be positive and < height

Windows Services

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Question Read Time & Seconds From JSON file and Send Mail

Remoting

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Question win32_portconnector is used for ?

Console Application

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jmcilhinney
Resolved BinaryWriter and String variables

Component Development

Development of components with VB.NET
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jmcilhinney
Question UI component class with no designer or resx

Add-In Development

Discussions related to developing Add-Ins
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Fetching a Calendar in Outlook

Security

Discussion on securing VB.NET applications, end-user configuration, application activation, etc.
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Deployment

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Resolved Problem with Click-Once Deployment

Third Party Products

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Debug mode works, but not RUN mode

ASP.NET

ASP.NET General Discussion

General discussion on ASP.NET development with VB.NET
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Create click event that use two different store procedures (insert/update)

Web Forms

Discussion on web forms related topics, web form development, techniques, etc.
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Question Problem with insert method with Texbox

Web Services

Anything about web service development with VB.NET
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What's the equivalent of Web.Services.Discovery for a REST service?

Caching

Discussion related to caching, session and state management, etc.
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Maintain Session or Cookie for 30-days on a web farm with SQL Server state management

Web Configuration

Discussion of all .config related files
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Save web.config. Terribly slow page load suddenly responds quickly

Web Component Development

Discussion on developing web controls
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Question Web deployment

Using Components/Controls

Discussion about server controls and related components for ASP.NET development
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Updating GridView with Database Changes

Web Security

Discussion related to ASP.NET security configuration, deployment considerations, user permissions, etc.
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obtain the website visitors AD username and run SQL commands via another AD service account

Web Deployment

Everything related to packaging and deploying ASP.NET applications and components
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ALX
ASP.net guidance for a newbie
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IIS

Discussion on any IIS configuration and related topics to ASP.NET development with VB.NET
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Trying to publish site. 500 internal server error. Godaddy = Useless.

E-Commerce

Discussion on building ASP.NET e-commerce solutions
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vb shopping cart

Hosting

Anything related to hosting asp.net sites, providers, considerations, troubleshooting, etc.
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Bress1969
Looking for Windows ASP .NET Webhost

Third Party Web Tools

Discussion on third party support for ASP.NET development
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Answered Get service interface (Message Formats etc) from Swagger Definition

Design / CSS

Web Page Design, Cascading Style Sheets, etc.
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Online tutorial

MVC, MVVM, etc.

Discussion about using MVC, MVP, etc. (pattern development)
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ALX
cross-site scripting attacks
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Razor

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Question Why will ActionLink not take a variable piece of data for id?

Mobile Development

UWP

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Run other apps with your own developed Windows Phone App?

Xamarin iOS

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Database

Database General Discussion

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jmcilhinney
Add multiple values to specified column in datagridview

ADO.NET

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jmcilhinney
method insert -problem parsing value with parameters

MS Access

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Resolved Search data between two dates and by Customer name

SQL Server

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jmcilhinney
Stored procedure to insert field value that have other fields from other table

XML

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JohnH
Answered converting XML string to json file

Oracle

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Question Issue with sending Swedish characters in Oracle

MySQL

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SQL - Between Command - Date range

OLEDB

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jmcilhinney
Could not find installable ISAM

ODBC

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Question Reading data from a progress database

LINQ

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Resolved Deleting a DataTable Record w/ LINQ

Sync Framework

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Administrator
Question Simple sample of syncing two Datasets?

Entity Framework

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'Add' function adds two objects instead of one. Is this a bug?

Components & Controls

Menus & Toolbars

Discussion of menu and toolbar components
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Answered How to set left click for ContextMenuStrip for datagridview cell or row ?

Grids

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jmcilhinney
Combo Box not response

GUI

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Are there pre-existing dialog boxes for constructing data connections?

Non-GUI

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jmcilhinney
Question Coundown Timer

Reporting / Printing

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Resolved Direct Printing

Charting

Discussion on charting components for .NET
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Options for charting Maps?

Data Analysis

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datavisualization charting functions

Listviews / Treeviews

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checking treeview nodes

Editors

GUI components such as masked edit, calculators, up/down controls, calendar, time, color pickers, etc.
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find and select multiple words in richtextbox

Archiving

Discussion on components assisting in backup and restore system, etc.
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jmcilhinney
Question View zipped image directly

Schedule / Time

Discussion on components for schedule / time UI's
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JohnH
Resolved MonthCalendar BoldedDates bug

Net / Sockets

Components for network and related use
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Question WebClient Proxy Issue...

Data Layer / Abstraction

Components for building data layer / abstraction into applications
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FYI Layergen

Suites

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Infragistics, ComponentOne, Xceed, DevExpress, Janus...

Other

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SAP competitor for ERP?

Books - Reading List

General Learning Resources Discussion

Post comments on any .NET related books assisting VB.NET developers
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jmcilhinney
How to send big data via SignalR in .NET client

Winforms Reading

Tell us about Winforms books you've read, or desire to read
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JohnH
New Windows App Programmer

ASP.NET Reading

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Learning ASP.net

Jobs

Running a Business

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Need advice on selling our applications

Projects for Hire

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Asynchronous data parsing sockets server

Job Postings

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Available Small C# SQLite Project that needs to modified and fixed

Looking for Work

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have a project for me?

Self-Employment

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What skills does one need to become self-employed?

The Break Room

Programmer Chat

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ALX
JavaScript site?
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Articles of Interest

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FYI 5 Part Post to Microsoft from former VB.Net PM Anthony Green

Intellectual Property Discussion

Discuss creating EULA's, contracts, and protecting your software
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Question License model

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Testing VB.NET code

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