r ideas got banned just because you are the
>> junior and he play the experience game with you.
>>
>> even though that experience translate to sticking to 10-20 years old
>> libraries when there are modern, much more popular alternatives
>>
>> (the best example i th
latest bits pushing out only new stuff, you can do that with the internet and
your spare time š
Btw: reporting services custom code... just satingš
From: David Burstin
Sent: Tuesday, 13 October 2015 2:19 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: vb.net
I think the real message here is - forget the
ernatives
>>
>> (the best example i think of right now is that he is still using his copy
>> of a 1997 alpha version of date.js library - probably thats the time he
>> started learning js?)
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm not saying VB.NET people are all stubb
opular alternatives
>
> (the best example i think of right now is that he is still using his copy
> of a 1997 alpha version of date.js library - probably thats the time he
> started learning js?)
>
>
>
> I'm not saying VB.NET people are all stubborn and old. but the
&g
McCarthy
wrote:
>
>
> Although thereās lots of c āstyleā languages, the devil is always in the
> details/differences. I find it hard to switch between c# and js and not
> forget/mess up. With vb.net and js not so much a problem.
>
>
>
> The same use to be said for vb
example i think of right now is that he is still using his copy
of a 1997 alpha version of date.js library - probably thats the time he
started learning js?)
I'm not saying VB.NET people are all stubborn and old. but the probability
of having to work with a**h*** is just much higher than i
Although thereās lots of c āstyleā languages, the devil is always in the
details/differences. I find it hard to switch between c# and js and not
forget/mess up. With vb.net and js not so much a problem.
The same use to be said for vb and vbscript in days of asp
From: David Burstin
Sent
I tend to agree with you. If there are two languages (C# & VB.NET) that are
99% functionally equivalent but 90% of people use one (C#) then to me it is
a no brainer to use C# are well. I can't really think of any reason why
someone would choose VB.NET for a new project over C# where the
Tom said āvb.netā.
From: Nelson
Sent: Tuesday, 13 October 2015 1:35 PM
To: Bill McCarthy
Cc: Nelson;ozDotNet
Subject: Re: vb.net
things that are old enough to still be running vb?
and i have a feeling people who still stick to vb are fairlyĀ stubborn.
i know im stereotyping here sorry if
I started my .net journey with vb.net, but these days I code C# unless I
have to use vb for working with a legacy system.
I agree with Bill - there really isn't much difference between using the
languages in .net. In fact, knowing my way around the .net framework (from
having used it wi
are you referring to ?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From: *Nelson
> *Sent: *Tuesday, 13 October 2015 12:52 PM
> *To: *ozDotNet
> *Subject: *Re: vb.net
>
>
>
>
>
> Personally i would turn down such offer - actually wouldnt even be
> applying in t
This usually a great rant starter for a Friday conversation. Realistically
though Vb.net is much a muchness with c# on .net. Definitely the best language
if doing integrated xml. With late binding stuff it has some advantages with
better conversions, but also disadvantages such as wider scope
Didnāt he die at Trafalgar?
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On
Behalf Of Bill McCarthy
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:29 PM
To: Nelson; ozDotNet
Subject: RE: vb.net
Really ? What ālegacyā things are you referring to ?
From
Really ? What ālegacyā things are you referring to ?
From: Nelson
Sent: Tuesday, 13 October 2015 12:52 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: vb.net
Personally i would turn down such offer - actually wouldnt even be applying in
the first place.
pretty good market out there with JS and C# .NET, try
.
you will likely lose passion
just my 2 cents
On 13 October 2015 at 12:47, Tom P wrote:
> Guys I've been offered a junior dev job but they insist on vb.net only.
> Does anyone know what is happening with vb.net going forward? I would
> hate to get stuck into the vb.net world and
Guys I've been offered a junior dev job but they insist on vb.net only.
Does anyone know what is happening with vb.net going forward? I would hate
to get stuck into the vb.net world and have it killed off within a few
years.
Thanks
Tom
Its very good that someone has had the foresight to keep them all together.
You know, just in case we need one.
On Nov 20, 2014 6:02 PM, "Greg Low (ä½ę ¼é·ę ¼)" wrote:
> I've been back at a place this week that has nearly 200 devs doing VB.NET.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
Can you name the place? I need a job :-)
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Greg Low (ä½ę ¼é·ę ¼) wrote:
> I've been back at a place this week that has nearly 200 devs doing VB.NET.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
> Dr Greg Low
>
> 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 4192014
I've been back at a place this week that has nearly 200 devs doing VB.NET.
Regards,
Greg
Dr Greg Low
1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobileā +61 3 8676 4913 fax
SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com
-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotne
It's Thursday, we can have it tomorrow.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:37 PM, DotNet Dude wrote:
> Did someone mention vb.net? Finally! Now I can sleep well knowing I'm not
> completely a dinosaur...yet. :p
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Greg Keogh wrote:
>
>
Yes, there are still VB.NET programmers around. My workplace is using
C# for many new projects but we have lots of VB.NET (and some VB6)
legacy stuff that won't go away.
--
Regards,
Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.)
On 20 November 2014 16:07, DotNet Dude wrote:
> Did someone mention vb.net?
Did someone mention vb.net? Finally! Now I can sleep well knowing I'm not
completely a dinosaur...yet. :p
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Greg Keogh wrote:
> C# is showing up in more and more places. Xamarin, Unity 3d, and I'm sure
>> its elsewhere.
>>
>
> I co
ender
immediately.
Ā
-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy
Sent: Tuesday, 13 December 2011 5:07 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: vb.net question
It should be in the language documentation: look for End Statem
n the named recipient(s) is
prohibited. If you are not a named recipient please notify the sender
immediately.
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of djones...@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, 13 December 2011 5:04 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: vb.net que
: 'ozDotNet'
|Subject: vb.net question
|
|I do not code in vb.net but have been given vb.net source to look at.
|
|
|
|I have noticed that I have an event handler coded as
|
|
|
|Private Sub _testCatalogue_ViewerNewVersion(ByVal sender As Object,
ByVal
|e As System.EventArg
otNet'
Reply-To: ozDotNet
Subject: vb.net question
I do not code in vb.net but have been given vb.net source to look at.
I have noticed that I have an event handler coded as
Private Sub _testCatalogue_ViewerNewVersion(ByVal sender As Object,
ByVal e As Syste
I do not code in vb.net but have been given vb.net source to look at.
I have noticed that I have an event handler coded as
Private Sub _testCatalogue_ViewerNewVersion(ByVal sender As Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles _testCatalogue.ViewerNewVersion
End
End Sub
fit within the team and pay what we need to get the talent (within
reason).
All the best
Greg
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Greg Harris wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We are Looking for a Permanent Talented .Net Developer (VB.Net or C#)
> About us:
>
> Ā· Sydney based inte
Hi All,
We are Looking for a Permanent Talented .Net Developer (VB.Net or C#)
About us:
Ā· Sydney based international software house specialising in
financial software in business for over 15 years experiencing rapid market
driven growth
Ā· International offices in North America
That worked a treat! thanks
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy
Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2010 1:09 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: vb.net xml help
Try this function instead :
Function GetPoNo(ByVal
ger
xmlNI =
xmlNav.Select("/ns0:PurchaseOrderSent/DownloadPurchaseOrder/PurchaseOrde
r/Header/@PoNo", nsMgr)
David
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Anthony
Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2010 2:50 p.m.
To: 'ozDotNet'
PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: vb.net xml help
I am using Xpath to get a value but fails when the xml has an element of the
form http://www.buylink.com.au";>
BUT works when its of the form http://www.buylink.com.au";>
Anyone see the issues? Is
I am using Xpath to get a value but fails when the xml has an element of the
form http://www.buylink.com.au";>
BUT works when its of the form http://www.buylink.com.au";>
Anyone see the issues? Is http://www.buylink.com.au";>
Cheers guys, very helpful.
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Greg Keogh wrote:
> Aha! Hereās the statement that sums it all up with legal clarity:
>
>
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7825002w(v=VS.80).aspx
>
> *This means that variables in a standard module are effectively global
> va
Aha! Here's the statement that sums it all up with legal clarity:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7825002w(v=VS.80).aspx
This means that variables in a standard module are effectively global
variables because they are visible from anywhere in your project, and they
exist for the life o
Chaps, I think we've answered Tom's question in a way, eventually, I hope.
He was suspicious of using Modules, and you've confirmed my suspicions that
Modules are aliases for static classes that don't need to be qualified. No
other .NET compliant language I know of hides what's going on underneath
toria Park, Western Australia
-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy
Sent: Sunday, 6 June 2010 5:14 PM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: Vb.net Modules or classes
Hi Greg, Ian, all
As Ian says
e
importantly for extension methods.
|-Original Message-
|From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-
|boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas
|Sent: Sunday, 6 June 2010 6:53 PM
|To: 'ozDotNet'
|Subject: RE: Vb.net Modules or classes
|
|Greg
|
|Over the years, there have been
ediately
delete the Module1 when a VB.NET project is first created.
I would guess (Bill McCarthy would know better than I) that the CLI is
ignorant of Module because the compiler transmogrifies to classes or
equivalent. It's often said that Module was a kludge or aid and inducement
for VB6/VBA
Hi Tom, is it quiet in here or is my email on the fritz?
"Modules" were weird and unclear abstractions in the old VB days that
irritated and confused me. They still do, so whenever I make a new VB
project I delete the Module and I create classes. I'm probably biased here
because I come from a C
> Gday dotnetters,
>
> Ever since I switched to vb.net i find im using Modules more and more,
> rarely creating classes, particularly at the entry point into a few utility
> console apps im working on. This definitely feels wrong, is it just bad
> design? Should i be learni
Gday dotnetters,
Ever since I switched to vb.net i find im using Modules more and more,
rarely creating classes, particularly at the entry point into a few utility
console apps im working on. This definitely feels wrong, is it just bad
design? Should i be learning OO design again?
As an example
pr 2010 13:05:17
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: Web Browser in VB.Net application and session variables
Thanks Geoff..will try something..weird that it works this way...
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Geoff Appleby
Sent: Tuesday
>
> From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
> On Behalf Of Geoff Appleby
> Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 1:00 PM
>
> To: ozDotNet
> Subject: Re: Web Browser in VB.Net application and session variables
>
>
>
> As I said in my first reply:
Thanks Geoff..will try something..weird that it works this way...
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Geoff Appleby
Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 1:00 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Web Browser in VB.Net application and session variables
As
:38 PM
>
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* Re: Web Browser in VB.Net application and session variables
>
>
>
> I'm only guessing but my feeling is that session is process-bound on the
> client side. A popup window from IE is a new window within the same process.
> A popu
Any suggestion how i fix this issue?
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Geoff Appleby
Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 12:38 PM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Web Browser in VB.Net application and session variables
I'm only guessing b
y, 27 April 2010 10:59 AM
> *To:* ozDotNet
> *Subject:* Re: Web Browser in VB.Net application and session variables
>
>
>
> A new browser window opened from the web browser control will be a new
> browser process, so it would stand to reason that there's a different
> session
Shouldn't it work the same as when i open the page in IE outside the app?
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Geoff Appleby
Sent: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 10:59 AM
To: ozDotNet
Subject: Re: Web Browser in VB.Net application and se
Anthony wrote:
>
>
>
>
> I have vb.net app with web browser control embedded. I have a login
> webpage which then redirects to a default page with a link. This link opens
> a another page to ask for some information(only if authenticated).
>
>
>
> When a
I have vb.net app with web browser control embedded. I have a login
webpage which then redirects to a default page with a link. This link opens
a another page to ask for some information(only if authenticated).
When a user logins, I set a session variablesession("loginuser&qu
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Greg Keogh wrote:
>>The method looks fine. ParamArray is simply an attribute, so COM will
>> ignore it.
>
> Iām more worried about the string[] being marshalled over COM.Ā I donāt
> think Iāve ever used an array in a COM visible method.
>
> Greg
You made me worry a
>The method looks fine. ParamArray is simply an attribute, so COM will
ignore it.
I'm more worried about the string[] being marshalled over COM. I don't
think I've ever used an array in a COM visible method.
Greg
E: writing VB.Net 2008 com objects for VB6 that have arrays as
parameters
Can anyone confirm that the following method is valid for being COM visible?
_
Public Function MakePdf(ByVal reportFilename As String, ByVal outputFilename As
String, ByVal connectionString As String, ByVal storedProcname
Can anyone confirm that the following method is valid for being COM visible?
_
Public Function MakePdf(ByVal reportFilename As String, ByVal outputFilename
As String, ByVal connectionString As String, ByVal storedProcname As String,
ByVal ParamArray parameters() As Object) As Integer
I've
Hi All
I want to call a VB.Net 2008 procedure from VB6 via a com object, and pass
it an array of strings.
The procedure works OK if I stick to string parameters and not arrays.
However when I build the com object with the procedure having an array of
strings as a parameter I get a compile
Thanks Bill, That was it.
-Original Message-
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy
Sent: Saturday, 6 March 2010 10:47 AM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: vb.net switching between debug and release in VS2008
Hi Kirsten,
--> Projects and Solutions tab.
|-Original Message-
|From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-
|boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Kirsten Greed
|Sent: Saturday, 6 March 2010 10:24 AM
|To: 'ozDotNet'
|Subject: RE: vb.net switching between debug and release in VS2008
|
boun...@ozdotnet.com]
On Behalf Of Greg Keogh
Sent: Saturday, 6 March 2010 9:48 AM
To: 'ozDotNet'
Subject: RE: vb.net switching between debug and release in VS2008
Kirsten, in a VB.NET project in VS2008 I can see the Configuration combo at
the top of the Compile sheet in project properties (Deb
Kirsten, in a VB.NET project in VS2008 I can see the Configuration combo at
the top of the Compile sheet in project properties (Debug|Release). I also
have a Build > Configuration Manager menu. I can also right-click the
solution node and get the Configuration Manager menu. From what I rec
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wx0123s5.aspx
On 6 March 2010 07:02, Kirsten Greed wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I canāt figure out how to do this, can anyone give me the steps, I am
> wondering if there is a bug in my install.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kirsten
>
>
>
>
>
>
Hi All
I can't figure out how to do this, can anyone give me the steps, I am
wondering if there is a bug in my install.
Thanks
Kirsten
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