Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 to manufacturing on February 4th and is available to volume licensees and MSDN subscribers. The operating system will be officially released on February 27th as part of a larger product launch that also includes Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Additional information about Windows Server 2008 is available […]
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For developers who are using still Visual Basic 6.0, the product is reaching the end of it’s extended support on April 8th, 2008 as it transitions into the non-supported phase of its lifecycle. This includes the Standard, Professional and Enterprise editions of Visual Basic 6.0, as well as those versions that were included as part […]
SocketTools 5.0 Service Pack 3 has been released and offers developers new features, improved performance and full compatibility with Visual Studio 2008 and the Windows Vista operating system. This service pack update is a complete release of the product with the latest improvements to all of the SocketTools components. If your customers are migrating to […]
For those developers who are using the SocketTools .NET Edition or SocketTools Secure .NET Edition and have downloaded Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, we’ve released an updated version of the assemblies built using Visual Studio 2008 that target the 3.5 Framework. This is a free update that is available to all developers who are currently using SocketTools 5.0:
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It is important to note that Visual […]
We’ve released an updated version of the SocketWrench Tutorial we originally made for the ActiveX control and Visual Basic. This new version uses the SocketWrench .NET component with Visual Studio 2005, and we believe that it is easier to read and understand, focusing on the developer who is new to Internet programming. The tutorial is […]
With the general consumer release of Vista right around the corner, you may be thinking about upgrading your development system. It’s not a difficult process, but there are some things that you need to be aware of, and planning ahead of time can save you from a lot of frustration.
Windows Vista introduces new opportunities for developers, but it also introduces a number of challenges if Vista is chosen as the primary development platform. The first decision that you need to make is whether you want to simply support the new operating system as another platform and continue to develop your software under Windows XP […]