Most programmers compile their VB programs using the default advanced compiler settings. If you know about these settings, you may be able to change them to improve the performance of your compiled ...

With the release of Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4, it's time for Visual Basic developers to start leveraging the new capabilities of Visual Basic 2010. My very first learning experience ...

The Visual Basic command-line compiler is provided as an alternative to compiling programs from the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE). The following is a list of the Visual Basic ...

Microsoft's .NET platform changes the face of Visual Basic programming. The first major step in the .NET strategy was the release of the new development suite, Visual Studio.NET. The development ...

The TIOBE index report on programming language popularity each month picks one language for special attention, which in the December edition is Visual Basic.NET because it reached an all-time high.

VB.NET changes the way you write Visual Basic code. You learn quickly that most of the optimization tricks you've learned for VB6 won't work under VB.NET. For example, .NET memory allocation forces ...

VB.NET cannot AOT compile into DLL. I hope to add exported DLL dynamic library and ACTIVEX DLL. .net class libraries are essentially ACTIVEX DLL and com dll. AOT has lost all these functions, which is ...