Articles filed in category 'Q and A'

Ask the Doc Detective

By: Doc Detective

Last updated: Monday, October 6, 2025

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2006 - March/April

In this Doc Detective column, Doc Detective guides Visual Studio 2005 users through common documentation and runtime confusions: how the Copy to Output Directory setting causes local database changes to be overwritten, using BindingSource.Find to efficiently locate and select rows in a DataGridView, using a form’s BackgroundImage (not a PictureBox) to keep MDI child windows visible, and why the Express MSDN library contains broken index links—ending with a tip to integrate online Help for up-to-date content.

• Q and A

Heard on .NET Rocks!: A Stroll Down RAM Lane with David Treadwell

By: Franklin, Carl

Last updated: Saturday, January 18, 2020

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2006 - January/February

• ASP.NET WebForms
• Opinion
• Q and A

Heard on .NET Rocks!: Virtual PC and Virtual Server

By: Franklin, Carl

Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2005 - September/October

.NET Rocks Carl Franklin Column Sep/Oct 05

• Opinion
• Q and A
• Techniques
• Tips

.Finalize() - Knowing Where You Are

By: Getz, Ken

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2004 - January/February

Jan/Feb .Finalize() column

• Opinions
• Q and A

.Finalize() - Summer Travel, Blueberries, and Data Binding

By: Getz, Ken

Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2003 - November/December

Nov/Dec .Finalize() column

• Opinions
• Q and A

Doc Detective - July/August 2003

By: Doc Detective

Last updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2003 - July/August

In this July/August 2003 column, Doc Detective answers reader questions and points to MSDN resources: how to catch Outlook's Item_Send event, adding IntelliSense descriptions via C# XML documentation (and a VB tool), guidance and tools for assessing VB6-to-VB.NET upgrades, and recommends MSDN Developer Centers as a starting point for .NET developers, with links to further documentation and tools.

• Q and A
• Tips

Doc Detective - May/June 2003

By: Doc Detective

Last updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2003 - May/June

Doc Detective aims to demystify Visual Studio .NET documentation by answering reader questions with practical, code-driven guidance. In this column, the author dispenses quick how-tos—from parsing command line arguments and adapting VB6 alignment constants to VB.NET, to fixing corrupted Help topics and locating relevant code snippets—while highlighting changes in the .NET framework and pointing readers to concise topics for fast results. Through humor and concrete examples, Doc Detective helps developers shortcut its vast documentation to get back to coding.

• Q and A
• Tips

Doc Detective - Nov/Dec 2002

By: Doc Detective

Last updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2002 - November/December

In this installment, Doc Detective guides readers through the labyrinth of Visual Studio .NET and .NET documentation, answering real-time questions from developers and offering practical tips to accelerate discovery. Through a Q&A format, the column clarifies equivalents between VB6 and .NET (such as Shell vs ShellExecute), points to deployment and accessibility resources, and demonstrates how to tailor help views with custom filters. By demystifying documentation navigation and linking to targeted topics, Doc Detective helps practitioners deploy, interoperate with COM, and build accessible .NET applications more efficiently.

• Q and A
• Tips