by John Browne, on Nov 8, 2016 4:17:16 PM
This is a story of three friends who built houses. Sooner or later this will get around to something to do with code. One of the friends (let's call him …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Feb 17, 2016 4:00:00 AM
When you assign version numbers to software, you usually need a pretty good reason to change the first digit. Well today's one of those days. VBUC 7.0, available now here, …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 21, 2015 6:00:00 AM
When I worked in the Visual C++ (now Visual Studio) group at Microsoft, one of the breakthroughs came when our fearless leader, Denis Gilbert, insisted we "eat our own dogfood" …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Dec 19, 2013 3:02:00 PM
Over the last several months we've built some interesting content to help you think about converting legacy code as well as thoughts on mobile application development. Click on the links …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Nov 13, 2013 1:00:00 AM
We're excited today to announce the availability of Visual Basic Upgrade Companion 2013, which we're shipping simultaneously with Visual Studio 2013. What's new? The most obvious change is that we …
Read Storyby John Browne, on Oct 31, 2013 4:14:00 PM
I've always been a sucker for the majesty and sheer incomprehensibility of the King James Bible, which of course we were read to as children as though we might actually …
Read Storyby DeeDee Walsh, on Sep 24, 2013 10:17:00 AM
Time is finally running out for the 500M or more people around the world who still rely on Windows XP. On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will leave customers to fend …
Read Storyby John Browne, on May 3, 2013 3:55:00 PM
Perhaps because Windows 8 is pre-installed on most new desktops and laptops we're seeing a bit more confusion about how to install the VBUC. So I thought I'd either 1) …
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