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VS.NET General Discussion

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Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate on Windows 10

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Security/Obfuscation

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Localization and i18n (Internationalization)

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translate the application

Accessibility

Developing applications in compliance with accessibility requirements/mandates
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Third Party/Add-Ins

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Training, Conferences, Events

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Testing, Quality Control, Debugging

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an old bug and learning something new

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

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Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)

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Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

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Expression Suite

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VB.NET

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Windows Services

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Component Development

Development of components with VB.NET
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Add-In Development

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Fetching a Calendar in Outlook

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ASP.NET

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Web Forms

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Web Services

Anything about web service development with VB.NET
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Caching

Discussion related to caching, session and state management, etc.
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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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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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Sending confirmation email to user

Web Deployment

Everything related to packaging and deploying ASP.NET applications and components
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How Can I Run 2 Web Applications on 1 Web Hosting Space

IIS

Discussion on any IIS configuration and related topics to ASP.NET development with VB.NET
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Hosting

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Looking for Windows ASP .NET Webhost

Third Party Web Tools

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ActiveX Component DLL Issue

Design / CSS

Web Page Design, Cascading Style Sheets, etc.
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MV*

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

Mobile Development

Windows Phone General Discussion

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Run other apps with your own developed Windows Phone App?

Compact Framework General Discussion

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Using GenericUriParserOptions in a Net Compact Framework 3.5 project

Compact Framework Data Access

Data access techniques with Compact Framework applications
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Can't Insert into SQL CE Table

Compact Framework Components/Controls

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Database

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SQL Server

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Oracle

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OLEDB

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Get Expiry Date

ODBC

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LINQ

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Entity Framework

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

Components & Controls

Menus & Toolbars

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Tool Strip & Panel: Panel gets behind the tool strip...

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GUI

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

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Reporting / Printing

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Question Crystal Report Signature during runtime

Charting

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Options for charting Maps?

Data Analysis

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Listviews / Treeviews

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Archiving

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Schedule / Time

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datetime picker info

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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

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.NET Podcasts/Articles/Tools

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New Windows App Programmer

ASP.NET Reading

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Learning ASP.net

Jobs

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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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What skills does one need to become self-employed?

The Break Room

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Hello!!

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Tip VS scrollbar in map mode

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Test Zone

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