I'll be at the Tulsa, OK users group this evening presenting on developing for Windows Vista using Visual Studio 2005... so if you're in the area, be sure to stop by and say "hi".

Caleb has sort of let the cat out of the bag... Introducing My.Vista. There are over 7,000 new API's in Windows Vista.  Some of them are immediately obvious while others are deep beneath the surface.  I rather enjoy digging around in Windows API land, however, many people don't care to do this so this area is usually off limits ...

I need to run it through it's paces, but I now have a VS2005 macro that will, whenever I successfully build a release mode project, package the project folder into a zip file named [ProjectName]_src_v[OutputAssemblyFileVersion].zip.  And it doesn't require anything additional to be installed on the machine.  And it's not ...

After receiving input from several individuals, I've decided to publish the VB.NET Coding Guidelines.  I'm not a big fan of coding “standards”, but do subscribe to the idea of trying to keep a little consistency in your coding practices.  I'm not going to say that I'm the one-stop answer on the subject; however, I will say ...

Well, unable to have an actual screen shot, so I'll have to draw it by hand... - Solution1   - Project1     AssemblyInfo.vb     Form1.vb     Class1.vb     Class2.cs     Class3.cs     Interop.cpp     Interop.h So, you have opened a project in VS.NET Whidbey and you see in the solution explore the above 'image'.  What do you see that strikes you ...

Below are a few tips and tricks that I've either created or come across that I've used or have just found interesting enough to store someplace for possible use later.  It's formatted in a FAQ format. How do I determine the executing assemblies path? If your wanting to do this with a Windows Forms application, just use:   ...