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Visual Basic WinForms template: We waited to add the template to Visual Studio until you could create WinForms applications with the Application Framework. This new template is the default in Visual ...

What are we going to do with all this Visual Basic? If you’re a project manager with a portfolio of Visual Basic applications to maintain, that’s no idle question. Microsoft’s newest version of its ...

Q What happens when I check "Enable application framework" in my Visual Basic application? Why does my Sub Main disappear from the Startup Object dropdown, what happens with the different shutdown ...

A version of BASIC from Microsoft specialized for Windows. A subset of Visual Basic provides a macro language for Microsoft applications (see VBA). When released in 1991, Visual Basic (VB) was similar ...

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 ...

Nothing like having your app generate automated e-mail notices to impress people. It's easy when you use Outlook and Visual Basic. These steps guide you through the process. Given the popularity of ...

GUEST RESEARCH: ConnectWise, the world’s leading software company dedicated to the success of IT solution providers (TSPs), has announced the findings of its annual MSP Threat Report. Now in its ...

People who should know better light up cigarettes next to gasoline pumps. That is one surprising discovery in Microsoft's deployment of its machine learning capabilities to what's known as the "edge" ...

Dear Final Debug: I work as a Visual Basic programmer for a big insurance company. I won’t reveal my name because I don’t want my boss to know how frivolous I can be. Some guys here at work have been ...