Visual Basic Express FAQ

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I am excited to announce the availability of the following FAQ paper which lists some of the questions frequently asked by the Visual Basic .NET Express forum members. Although it’s far from complete, but this is the first attempt our forum support team has been trying to make to help development community members find the answers to their questions much easier and fast, and it’s always the top priority for our team to make the MSDN forum a good place for developers to ask questions, talk about technologies etc. With time goes on, this thread will be enhanced with more FAQs and content, so we really welcome and appreciate any feedback or suggestion on how to improve it.

On behalf of the whole forum support team, we owe sincere thanks to Deborah Kurata, Jamie Plenderleith, Rob Teixeira and Hector Minaya, who provided excellent and insightful technical review comments on this paper. And finally I want to thank all the Visual Basic .NET forum members who actively participate in this forum and help other.

Visual Basic Express

1.     Where do I download Visual Basic Express?

2.     Who do I consult if an issue occurs during the registration or installation process of Visual Basic Express?

3.     What are the differences between Visual Basic 2008 Express and other Visual Studio 2008 products?

4.     How do I modify a solution platform in VB Express 2008?

5.     How do I use the ReportViewer control in VB Express 2008?

6.     Could an application developed by VB Express2005/2008 run without the .NET Framework in the target computer?

VB6 Upgrade issues

7.     What is the difference between VB6 and VB.NET?

8.     What are some of the issues with upgrading VB6 project?

Windows Form issues

9.     How do I print a form in VB.NET?

10.  How do I implement syntax highlighting in a RichTextBox control?

11.  How do I bind database tables and excel spreadsheets to DataGridView?

12.  How do I bind a ComboBox/ListBox to database table records?

13.  How do I use AutoComplete feature for a ComboBox and a TextBox?

General

14.  How do I sort a multidimensional array?

15.  How do I persist/store user settings using My.Settings in VB.NET?

16.  How do I read/write to the Registry in VB.NET?

17.  How do I send mail in VB.NET?

18.  How do I iterate all current processes and process information?

19.  What are some of the issues with working with the local database?

Appendix

Some useful links for VB fans and newcomers to this Forum:

 

VB team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/vbteam/

 

MSDN Library: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/default.aspx

 

N-Tier Design for the New Developer

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/Vsexpressvb/thread/a93c8247-9454-4342-9ca1-0ac764e5537f/

 

How to use the Debugger

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/Vsexpressvb/thread/642c165b-1fb2-42ec-b423-7bde3deff2b1/

 

The ABCs of Databases for the beginner

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/Vsexpressvb/thread/3be9ec05-d9d7-4c7c-a131-d2a4d9b24dec/

 

Good info for new developers

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/Vsexpressvb/thread/59ff90a9-56db-435e-be7e-92a6d7cb14d5/

 

 

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