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Visual Basic in .NET Core 3.0

November 12, 2018 Nov 12, 2018 11/12/18
Kathleen Dollard
Visual Basic in .NET Core 3   Update: March 12, 2020 This strategy described in this 2018 post has been replaced with the one in this post. Update: Oct 8, 2019 .NET Core 3.0 contains portions of the Visual Basic.NET Runtime (microsoft.visualbasic.dll) that do not depend on WinForms. Visual Basic.NET support for WinForms, WPF, and ...

VB Universal Windows App: downloads

June 21, 2014 Jun 21, 2014 06/21/14
VBTeam
Here are download links for the "VB Universal Windows App" series:   App1.vb This is the minimal VB universal app that we'll build in this blog series.   Breakout Universal This is a complete game, based upon all the principles that were covered in the blog series...

VB Universal Windows App Part 5: calling into platform-specific APIs from PCL

June 20, 2014 Jun 20, 2014 06/20/14
VBTeam
This is Part 5 of the "VB Universal Windows App" series: So far we've been able to re-use all our code and XAML by placing them in the PCL. Actually, PCLs can only ever contain calls to APIs that are common to the platforms they target. This generally isn't a problem, because most APIs on Windows also exist on Windows Phone, ...

VB Universal Windows App Part 4: using SharpDX for sound effects

June 15, 2014 Jun 15, 2014 06/15/14
VBTeam
This is Part 4 of the "VB Universal Windows App" series: So far we've built a solid app, sharing as much code and XAML as possible by placing it in our PCL. For today's post we'll continue the process, adding game-quality sound effects to our app. SharpDX is the best way to do this. Please bear with me. This is a long ...

VB Universal Windows App Part 1: Getting Started

June 15, 2014 Jun 15, 2014 06/15/14
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
This is Part 1 of the "VB Universal Windows App" series:   Recently in April 2014, Microsoft announced Universal Windows Apps. I thought I'd take an old Silverlight paddle game and turn it into a VB Universal Windows App. Here's how the finished game looks, on devices and in the stores:   What is a Universal ...

New VB XNA Sample – showing Xbox, Windows and Phone targetting

December 12, 2011 Dec 12, 2011 12/12/11
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
For all those who have started venturing into developing windows phone applications, there are quite a few samples utilizing Silverlight, but the XNA content has been a little bit light.     (We are working on getting some more XNA VB samples online). But for those wanting to see a nice VB example of XNA development,&...

Updated Samples for WP7 Developers

August 26, 2011 Aug 26, 2011 08/26/11
Anthony D. Green [MSFT]
For those VB developers who are developing (or keen to start developing) for WIndows Phone 7.  The samples have been updated and as you'll notice virtually all of them are in both C# and VB.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff431744(VS.92).aspx   ...