April 2004 - Posts

• The Link Label control for Windows Forms

  The label control has been one of the worse experiences I have had in improving and customizing MS controls. I have built a custom version and I have overridden the text property and built a UITypeEditor and a Custom form that will show the text. I can Read More... Posted Friday, April 30, 2004 10:35 AM by jfuentes | 0 Comments Filed under: Work/Professional

• It's time to come together

  Over the past few weeks, I have found that there is a problem between VB6 and VB.Net developers; the issues are feelings of abandonment and fear of change. I have become aware that there are lots of VB6 developers that are really upset with Microsoft. Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:18 PM by jfuentes | 5 Comments Filed under: Work/Professional

• VS.Net Designer, why bother?

  I don't get it; call me dense if you must. Why do we have a visual designer (in VS.Net) when 90% of the controls that we drag and drop and have some code entered in for them to do anything? You can drop an open dialog component onto your form, though Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 13, 2004 1:59 PM by jfuentes | 5 Comments Filed under: Work/Professional