VB .NET Windows Apps

The compilation environment may define conditional constants in the conditional compilation declaration space.
Conditional constant names may always be used without having first been declared.
Localization is used for separate languages and / or cultures, not for conditional compilation.
Setting the application up as a function with runtime parameters and having the user pass the appropriate data through a console interface is a workable solution but not a good one. You are relying on too much user interaction where it really is unnecessary.

The assert will print a message if the test condition is false.
Trace.Assert(TestValue >= 64000, "Maximum value surpassed.") will produce the opposite of what is required as the assert will print a message only if the test condition is false.
With Trace.Assert("Maximum value surpassed.", TestValue < 64000), the parameters have been reversed and will not produce the desired results.
With Trace.Assert("Maximum value surpassed.", TestValue >= 64000), the parameters and test condition are both wrong and have been reversed and will not produce the desired results.

The Option Strict statement determines whether conversions and operations on Object are governed by strict or permissive type semantics. It can improve the accuracy of arithmetic conversions and other operations.
Setting this on forces declaration of variables and will not solve any arithmetic issues.
The Option Compare statement controls whether string comparisons are carried out using binary comparisons or text comparisons.
Setting Option Strict to Off would produce the exact opposite of the desired effect.

DockStyle.Bottom is used to dock the control at the bottom of the form in which it is placed.
The AnchorStyle class specifies how a control anchors to the edges of its container. Not how a control is docked. Control.Location defines the location of a control at run time, not the docking.
Choosing Arrange from the Layout menu and then choosing Bottom will allow you to arrange controls on a form at design time.

To associate a Help string with a control, use the SetHelpString method. The associated text string is displayed in a pop-up window upon pressing the F1 key while the control has focus. Use the SetHelpString method to associate a specific text string with a control.
The SetHelpKeyword provides the help topic.
The SetHelpNavigator method is used to specify the type of help provided.
The SetShowHelp method sets a Boolean true/false indicator as to whether help is displayed for a given control.

Any developer can use Permview.exe to verify applied permission requests on their code. In this case you do not want to take the time to move to the development machine, ait for the developer to return, acquire the source code and examine the code to find he required permissions. Why wait when you can run the Permissions View tool on the server?

The Runtime Debugger will not allow you to view the Permissions.

Use Permview.exe on the server to view the permissions required.

You want to run the Permissions View tool on the server, not the developer workstation.

"Dim mnuInsertMenu as New MenuItem("&Insert")
Dim mnuFromFileMenu as New MenuItem("&From File")"
and
"mnuMenu.MenuItems.Add(mnuInsertMenu)
mnuInsertMenu.MenuItems.Add(mnuFromFileMenu)"

After the creation of an empty MainMenu then Create MenuItem objects for each element and then add MenuItem objects in their appropriate hierarchy.

Create an empty MainMenu, then Create MenuItem objects for each element, and then add MenuItem objects in their appropriate hierarchy. To create a menu completely at run time you will need to first create a MainMenu object. The MainMenu object will subsequently contain MenuItem objects that represent the first menu level. Each MenuItem object can in turn be a container for other MenuItem objects creating submenus.

After the creation of an empty MainMenu and after the MenuItem objects have been created for each element then add MenuItem objects in their appropriate hierarchy.

Create an empty MainMenu then Create MenuItem objects for each element and then add MenuItem objects in their appropriate hierarchy. To create a menu completely at run time you will need to first create a MainMenu object. The MainMenu object will subsequently contain MenuItem objects which represent the first menu level. Each MenuItem object can in turn be a container for other MenuItem objects creating submenus.

The IIf function returns one of two objects, depending on the evaluation of an expression, allowing the process to be performed in a single statement.

"Function CheckIt (ByVal TestMe As Integer) As String
If TestMe > currAcc then
CheckIt = "Pass"
Else
CheckIt = "Fail"
EndIf
End Function" works but is a lot more wordy than necessary

Function CheckIt (ByVal TestMe As Integer) As String
If TestMe > currAcc then
Return "Pass"
Else
Return "Fail"
EndIf
End Function works but is a lot more wordy than necessary

Function CheckIt (ByVal TestMe As Integer) As String
CheckIt = "Fail"
If TestMe > currAcc then CheckIt = "Pass"
End Function is a very good solution, but it could still be simplified

"Dim Found As Boolean = False
Dim MyObject, MyCollection As Object
For Each MyObject In MyCollection
If CStr(MyObject.Text) = "Fail" Then
Found = True
Exit For
End If
Next" will cycle through each element exiting at the earliest point in which the collection has been deemed to fail.

"Dim Found As Boolean = False
Dim MyObject, MyCollection As Object
For Each MyObject In MyCollection
If CStr(MyObject.Text) = "Fail" Then
Found = True ' Set Found to True.
End If
Next" is a good solution but even after a failure has been found the code will still cycle through the remainder of the collection.

"Dim Found As Boolean = False
Dim MyObject, MyCollection As Object
For a = 1 to MyCollection.count - 1
If CStr(MyObject(a).Text) = "Fail" Then
Found = True
End If
Next" is a workable solution but the For is very inefficient in contrast to For Each.

"Dim Found As Boolean = False
Dim MyObject, MyCollection As Object
If CStr(MyCollection.MyObject.Text) = "Fail" Then Found = True" does not solve the problem as it does not cycle through every element of the collection.

The AccessibleName property allows the developer to get or set the name of a control used by accessibility client applications.

The Name property is usually used in a more generic manner to provide a name for a control so that it can be interacted with programmatically.

ShowFocusCues is a property that determines whether a control should display focus rectangles.

The IMEMode property is used to get or set the Input Method Editor (IME) mode of the control.

All arrays in Visual Studio.NET are zero based arrays. Optional bases are not supported.

Earlier versions of Visual Basic supported using the Double data type to store and manipulate dates. You should not do this in Visual Basic .NET, because dates are not internally stored as doubles.

The return type of the Now function is a date. Earlier versions of Visual Basic supported using the Double data type to store and manipulate dates. You should not do this in Visual Basic .NET, because dates are not internally stored as doubles.
The double data type remains unchanged from previous versions. Earlier versions of Visual Basic supported using the Double data type to store and manipulate dates. You should not do this in Visual Basic .NET, because dates are not internally stored as doubles.

The AddHandler statement allows you to start event handling at any time and provide the procedure address that will handle the event.

The AddHandler statement, not the Call operation, allows you to start event handling at any time and provide the procedure address that will handle the event.'

The AddHandler statement, not the Call operation, allows you to start event handling at any time and provide the procedure address using the AddressOf function.

Enum is used at a module, class, or structure level to declare an enumeration of constants and define the values of its members.
Const is used for declaring singular constants, an enumeration must be used for multiple values. "Public Sub InterfaceColors Const MistyRose = &HE1E4FF& Const SlateGray = &H908070& Const DeepSkyBlue = &HFFBF00& Const ForestGreen = &H228B22&End Sub"in theory would work. You would have to declare a separate constant for each color that was created in the future. However, this could be an arduous update task if the colors ever change.
"Public Function InterfaceColors( Choice as string) As ColorSelect Case Chocie Case "MistyRose" InterfaceColors = &HE1E4FF& Case "SlateGray" InterfaceColors = &H908070& Case "DeepSkyBlue" InterfaceColors = & HFFBF00& Case Else InterfaceColors = &H228B22&End SelectEnd Function"A rather lucrative approach that may work but would require a lot of supporting code.

Use the ReDim statement with the Preserve option to increase the size of an array while maintaining any current values.

The A variable does not affect the array unless reassigned using a ReDim statement.

Sure, you can perform this operation without using a collection. Although in many instances a collection is preferred over an array in this example a ReDim Preserve operation is really all that is required.

"A += 10
ReDim IntArray(10, 10, A)" would resize the array with a loss of data as without the Preserve operation the ReDim statement will empty the array.

The Implements statement specifies one or more interfaces, or interface members, that will be implemented in the class or structure definition in which it appears.

Inherits is full code inheritance which is not desired in this case.

You use the Implements keyword to provide interface inheritance is Visual Basic .NET.

Ensure that the new class inherits from the interface. Use the Implements keyword to inherit interfaces in a new class from an existing interface design

The Imports statement allows access to namespace names from referenced projects and assemblies. Also imports namespace names defined within the same project as the file in which the statement appears. It can optionally be assigned to a variable to shorten coding of the namespace elements.

The Imports statement must always be the first code in a module.

"Class MyClass1 Function Sub ShowIt(Inne as String) Str = "Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings" MsgBox(Str.Left(Inne, 5)) End Function" will not function as requested. The Str assignment should be made as part of the Imports statement.

"Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.StringsClass MyClass1 Function Sub ShowIt(Inne as String) MsgBox(Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.Str.Left(Inne, 5)) End Function" will work but there has been no shortening of code per the original question.

The HasMorePages property of the PrintPageEventsArgs object is set to false. The PrintDocument.PrintPage Event has the HasMorePages property which gets or sets a value indicating whether an additional page should be printed.

The print job can be canceled partially through by if the PrintPageEventArgs. Cancel property gets set to true.

The QueryPageSettings method is optional and allows different settings to be used for each printed page.

The printed information should still be able to get to the queue. If the user's machine had no printer at all then as error could occur, but partial data would not even be printed.

If the user's machine had no printer at all then an error could occur, but partial data would not even be printed.

To add a program shortcut, select the Installer project in Solution Explorer. In the File System Editor, select the Primary output from the application node. On the Action menu, choose Create Shortcut to. This will add a Shortcut to Primary output from My Notepad node. Rename the shortcut if desired. Select Shortcut to My NOTEPAD and drag it to the User's Desktop folder in the left pane.

Setting the form's opacity to zero percent makes the form appear transparent over the area it is covering.

The TransparencyKey property will get or set the color that will represent transparent areas of the form.

Altering the forms foreground color does not implement transparency.

Altering the forms colors does not provide transparency.

Making a modal form does not make it a transparent form. It provides a form that must be interacted with the first of the forms visible.

White is not transparent.

An exception can be "thrown" up to any parent component or class including the form class.

Me.Validate() would assume that the default behavior is to pass errors up to the parent, which is not the case.

It is not necessary to generate a new error, the existing error can be "thrown."

You would use the OverflowException option to generate an application specific error thrown back to the calling procedure.

The Sub Finalize procedure in Visual Basic .NET destroys objects.The terminate event had been used in previous releases of Visual Basic. Initialize and terminate have now been replaced with Sub New and Sub Finalize.

DoEvents will execute all pending Windows events but won't help free resources if garbage collection is not pending.

Directory entry remove is used to remove objects from Active Directory.

The SaveSetting operation is used to create any registry key off of the application "RetailApp" regardless of depth.

A DataMember first requires a DataSource. The BoundColumn represents a column bound to a field in a data source. It displays each item in the field as text, potentially used later in the application..

A BoundColumn first requires a DataMember. The SetAttr command is used to set attribute information for a file.

RSet will returns a right-aligned string containing the specified string adjusted to the specified length. The Add method adds an element to a collection.

You want to ensure that the user cannot alter the size of the form while preventing it from being maximized or minimized which would also cause a similar problem when the form is redrawn. You will have to disable the maximize and minimize buttons and provide a fixed, unchangeable border.

Setting the size and location will not prevent the form from being altered. When the application is executing you will be able to change from the size or location originally defined. A modal dialogue will only serve to prevent the user from accessing other parts of the application; it does not prevent resizing.

A Maximized form will only start out covering the screen. It does not prevent the user from resizing the form.

You create a new class that inherits from the BaseForm and within the sub-class you can then provide additional features specific to the parcel.

Dim Form2 as New GenericParcels.BaseForm is not a good solution. You are using a class all techniques used in inheriting and sub-classing are available.

In using Windows forms, each form is represented by a class. Since you are using a class, all techniques used in inheriting and sub-classing are available. You therefore create a new class that inherits from the BaseForm and within the sub-class you can then provide additional features specific to the parcel.

A registry file is needed so that the application can be both installed and registered. The appropriate tool is therefore the Assembly Registration tool.

If you desire a type library file the appropriate tool would be the Type Library Exporter tool. If you desire a component both installed and registered you should have the Assembly Registration tool generate a registry file.

Use the Type Library Exporter tool (Tlbexp) to generate a type library file.

If you desire a component both installed and registered you should have the Assembly Registration tool generate a registry file. The Type Library Exporter tool is used to create type library files.

The common language runtime has a machine-wide code cache called the global assembly cache. The global assembly cache stores assemblies specifically designated to be shared by several applications on the computer.

Certificates are a security implementation and have nothing to do with shared resources.

The Assembly Linker generates a file from one or more files that are either modules or resource files.

The Web Services Discovery tool discovers the URLs of XML Web services located on a Web server and saves documents related to each XML Web service on a local disk.

The configuration file needs to be installed to the application folder with an ".exe" extension.

Giving the configuration the same name as the application with a ".exe" extension and then copying it to the Windows\System32 folder is not a good solution. The configuration file needs to be installed to the application folder not the operating system folder.

Giving the configuration the same name as the application with a ".cfg" extension and then copying it to the application folder is not a good solution. The configuration file has to have an ".exe" extension.

The configuration file needs to be installed to the application folder not the global assembly cache.

Giving the configuration the same name as the application with a "cfg" extension and then copying it to the Windows\Sytem32 folder is not a good solution. The configuration file needs to be installed to the application folder with an ".exe" extension. The configuration file needs to be installed to the application folder with an ".exe" extension.

Giving the configuration the same name as the application with a ".cfg" extension and then copying it to the global assembly cache is not a good solution. The configuration file needs to be installed to the application folder, not the global assembly cache, with a ".exe" extension, not ".cfg".

An Enterprise policy applies to the whole domain and would require minimal administration.

An Application Domain policy is defined by the runtime host. This policy level cannot be administered. A machine policy applies only to the machine it is configured for.

A user policy applies only to the user it is configured for.

You will first need to reference the Web Services. When you create a reference the development environment creates a proxy on your behalf. You can manually generate a proxy using the XML Web Services Description Language tool, Wsdl.exe.

The Web Services discovery tool is used to help discover the location of web services.

The Soapsuds tool uses remoting to compile client applications that communicate with XML Web services.

The Isolated Storage tool lists or removes all existing stores for the current user.

A DataMember first requires a DataSource. The BoundColumn represents a column bound to a field in a data source. It displays each item in the field as text, potentially used later in the application.

To use a connection pool you must use the same connection string.

Using the SQL Server used login when connecting to the database is what is currently being performed and it's causing problems because each connection uses a different id and password.

The guest account may be disabled and is otherwise a poor choice for most applications.

A windows login would not provide connection capabilities for non-trusted connections though you could unify the connections string.

Serializable provides for the highest transaction isolation level providing protection against concurrent data access errors. This is always set as an option to a transaction as a setting of the isolation level object.

Serializable provides for the highest transaction isolation level, providing protection against concurrent data access errors. This is always set as an option to a transaction.

Serializable provides for the highest transaction isolation level, providing protection against concurrent data access errors. With ReadCommitted, shared locks are held while the data is being read to avoid dirty reads, but the data can be changed before the end of the transaction, resulting in non-repeatable reads or phantom data. This is always set as an option to a transaction as a setting of the isolation level object.

With ReadCommitted, shared locks are held while the data is being read to avoid dirty reads, but the data can be changed before the end of the transaction, resulting in non-repeatable reads or phantom data.

Implementing an XmlValidatingReader object and coding an event handler will ensure the data is valid.

The errors collection will only show errors is the Visual Basic processing cycle not data errors presented by the XMLValidatingReader object.

The CanResolveEntity property is used to solely indicate whether the application can parse the XML.

Although possible, implementing the XMLValidatingReader and cycling through the data testing the data against middle tier business rules would be a grueling exercise. The validation of XML is best performed using the Schema as no programmed logic is required.

The @CRes parameter is the integer output parameter. The Value property of the SQLParameter class is used to access the value of CRes. Convert the INT value to a string value using ToString. The name of the output parameter is required, not the type of parameter.

The name of the output parameter is required, not the type of parameter.

The value property must be explicitly declared.

You would need to set the RowFilter to the value that is in the text box.

The SelectedText property refers only to highlighted text used with SelectionStart and SelectionLength.

ItemData was used in previous versions of Visual Basic but in not supported in Visual Basic .NET

The RowStateFilter is used to filter based on the state of the record not a test expression.

The FindRows method will return an array of DataRowView objects whose columns match the specified sort key value.

The PrimaryKey property gets or sets an array of columns that function as primary keys for the data table.

Both PrimaryKey properties must be set to an array of DataColumn objects.

The PrimaryKey property will only accept an array.

To have the data prepared to a specific structure you should supply the schema with the XML data output.

The WriteXMLSchema only writes the schema not the data and there is no WriteSchema option for this command as the schema is generated by default.

With the FirstDataSet.WriteXmlSchema(txtFilename) command you would only get the data not the supporting schema which is generally needed to work between two separate applications.

With the WriteXmlSchema method you only generate the schema with no data.

To identify errors in stored procedure calls, use the SQLException object.

"Try
dbConnection.Open()
Catch dbError as SQLCommand
' Error-handle.
End Try" represents a Transact-SQL statement or stored procedure to execute against a SQL Server database, not an exception.

"Try
dbConnection.Open()
Catch dbError as SQLConnection
' Error-handle.
End Try" represents an open connection to a SQL Server database. This class cannot be inherited not the error state.

The SQLDebugging type supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

"Try
dbConnection.Open()
Catch dbError as SQLParameter
' Error-handle.
End Try" represents a parameter to a SqlCommand, and optionally, its mapping to DataSet columns. It does not directly relate to error handling.

"Try
dbConnection.Open()
Catch dbError as SQLTransaction
' Error-handle.
End try" represents a Transact-SQL transaction to be made in a SQL Server database and does not directly relate to error handling.

SqlCommand.Prepare improves the efficiency of the first call to a stored procedure by performing all server side preparations and query optimizations.

A preparation is not normally needed for subsequent calls to the same stored procedure.

"Call the SqlCommand.ExecuteReader method during the application's initialization phase" sends the CommandText to the Connection and builds a SqlDataReader and will not usually affect performance.

"Call the SqlCommand.ExecuteReader method on every call to a stored procedure" sends the CommandText to the Connection and builds a SqlDataReader and will not usually effect performance.

All the "Call the SqlCommand.ResetCommandTimeout method during the application's initialization phase" function does is resets the timeout value to its default and will not affect performance.

Dispose is used to release the resources used by an object.

The SqlDataAdapter is an object via which Transact-SQL statements are automatically generated.

Gets the SqlCommand object required to perform deletions on the database when an application calls Update on the SqlDataAdapter.

"Call SQLConnection.RefreshSchema" refreshes the database schema information used to generate INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements.

Use the Component Designer in a form or component. Using the Component Designer in a form or component is an easy solution that allows you to drag elements onto the form or component and then regenerate a modified dataset.

Using the XML Designer to modify the dataset schema is useful if you do not want or need to open a form or component. Adding a table using the XML Designer is similar to creating the schema manually.

Having an SQL stored procedure produce the desired table from the query builder is not what we are looking for in this case. A stored procedure will produce a record set object. A file DSN is used in development to access a data source.

The clone method will copy the structure of the DataSet, including all DataTable schemas, relations, and constraints. It does not copy any data.

Using the GetSchemaSerializable method of the DataSet object supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Using the Merge method of the DataSet object would merge two DataSet objects.

The query must end up looking like SELECT * FROM Addresses WHERE Lastname Like "Jon%"

"SQL = "SELECT * FROM Addresses WHERE LastName LIKE ''" & txtLastNameSearch & "*' "The % sign needs to be where the second * is placed for the condition. The query must end up looking like SELECT * FROM Addresses WHERE Lastname Like "Jon%".

The IN operation is used to find a match within a list. The LIKE operation is used when a portion of the search text is provided.

The = will look for an exact character match for Jon% it would not return Jones etc.

The = will look for an exact character match for Jon*. It would not return Jones, etc.

Create a Web Setup project to deploy the application to an IIS server. To deploy a Web application, you need to create a Web Setup project. With this project you build the application and copy it to a virtual directory on an IIS or other Web server. You will then need to run the installer to have the application installed on the server.

Cab projects create a .cab file for ActiveX components that can be downloaded from a Web server to a compliant browser.

Merge Module projects are used to package files or components into a single module allowing the sharing of components across multiple applications.

Setup project creates a "standard" installation program for local installs.

The Author property specifies the name of the author of an application or component being installed. The Setup project takes the necessary steps in communicating this information to the operating system.

Author in the Application Project is not a good solution. The Setup project takes the necessary steps in communicating this information to the operating system.

The Author property specifies the name of the author of an application or component being installed. The Manufacturer property specifies the name of the manufacturer of an application or component. The Manufacturer property is displayed as the application Publisher.

The Manufacturer property specifies the name of the manufacturer of an application or component. The Manufacturer property is displayed as the application Publisher.

Make a call to LicenseManager.Validate in the constructor and apply a LicenseProviderAttribute to the class. To enable licensing of any control or component, apply a LicenseProviderAttribute to the class. To ensure the component or control is licensed call LicenseManager.Validate or LicenseManager.IsValid in the constructor.

To enable licensing of any control or component, apply a LicenseProviderAttribute to the class. To ensure the component or control is licensed call LicenseManager.Validate or LicenseManager.IsValid in the constructor.

CreateWithContext is used to create an instance of a licensed object.

LockContext prevents changes from being made to the current LicenseContext of a given object.

The LicenseException is an exception thrown if the component cannot be granted a license.

The Task List window helps to organize the tasks yet to be completed. Among other useful features, this window will include each syntax error found in the application.

Dynamic help is a new feature where you can view a list of samples, topics, and other information based on your current selection context.

The Command window is an amalgamation of a command line and Visual Basic's Immediate window. You can make use of this window in testing what/if scenarios and other conditional execution.

The Object Browser allows you to see any referenced object in the application namespace.

Although code editor is a sure way to eventually find all errors, it certainly isn't the quickest.

The Application event log is used to show runtime messages from the applications running on the computer.

The Windows Forms Resource Editor is a visual layout tool that provides for localization of applications across cultures. The .resx or .resources files that are used as input to Winres.exe can be created using a visual design environment such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.

A separate application for each language would be far too inconvenient not to mention the additional man hours needed to create a separate application for each culture.

Creating a single application and then creating a separate form for each language would be far too inconvenient. That and the additional man hours needed to create a separate form for each culture would make this impractical. Imagine the difficulty if there were 10 different forms in the application. Very, very bulky.

Creating a single application and provide a separate language file for each culture is not a good solution. A resource file is required to localize an application.

Declarative security checks in an application of this type would generally be the most efficient fastest solution without compromising security.

Imperative security checks will not function in this instance as they allow you to protect specific blocks of code by requiring appropriate permissions but it cannot be used in applications that perform Assert, Deny, and/or PermitOnly operations.

SQL Server security would be more scalable allowing for easier deployment in enterprise operations, but this security mechanism is less optimized for the .NET framework security implementations.

The Operating Systems is best suited to file and network connection control. Although other object security is available through Active Directory installations it would only be used in this case as additional security measures.

A strong name consists of the assembly's identity - its simple text name, version number, and culture information. It is generated from an assembly file.

Assemblies with the same strong name are expected to be identical.

Ensuring the assembly is not deployed to the Global Assembly Cache will help protect the resources used by the application but does not supply the degree of uniqueness needed.

The assembly manifest only contains a collection of data that describes how the elements in the assembly relate to each other.

The MarshalByRefObject Class enables access to objects across application domain boundaries in applications that support remoting.

By definition, malicious threats to a network are caused or produced by human beings who do it on purpose. DoS Attacks, Smurfing, Brute Force and other forms of attack also are considered malicious. However, outside forces of nature that damage the network, such as fires or floods, are neither malicious or nonmalicious.

Employees who cause network damage through ignorance, or because they were fooled by a skilled cracker, are considered nonmalicious network threats.

This is the best way to optimize the initial execution of any deployed application so that the overhead in the common runtime engine is limited.

The JIT (just-in-time) compilation occurs at run-time, but takes considerable more time on execution than a application that has been precompiled.

The Global Assembly Cache tool allows you to view and manipulate the contents of the global assembly and download cache.

The .NET Framework Configuration tool allows for the management and configuration of assemblies in the Global Assembly Cache.

The resource files are compiled and then embedded in satellite assemblies, or assemblies that contain only the localized resources. The fallback resources would be present in the main assembly.

Though you could package a different assembly for each culture, it is far more effort than necessary and would be more difficult to implement.

You could package a different executable file for each culture but it is far more effort than necessary and would be more difficult to implement.

Packaging a main assembly for source code, then packaging satellite assemblies for each culture and then preparing other resources as they become available works in theory but it does not answer the question. Other cultures would have to wait until their resources have been deployed.

A Finally block is always executed when execution leaves any part of the Try statement.

Overloading is the creation of more than one procedure, instance constructor, or property in a class with the same name but different argument types. It would work in this case assuming the function handles both types internally.

Inheriting and Overriding the function would be a solution but may require a significant alteration to both applications.

Declaring the function as NotOverridable would accomplish the opposite of the desired effect.

Declaring the function as MustOverride is a possible solution but would require the client to have code to handle all situations.

Data not correct for that column being updated is the exception that is thrown for the invalid casting or explicit conversion of data from one variable to another, common on object data types as they can hold data of any type and the result is usually narrowing by going to any other type.

A passed array can contain object variables. The exception instead is thrown for the invalid casting or explicit conversion of data from one variable to another, common on object data types as they can hold data of any type and the result is usually narrowing by going to any other type.

Though requiring destination variables be object type variables would eliminate the error, it is possible to narrow an object variable to other data types. This is the exception that is thrown for the invalid casting or explicit conversion of data from one variable to another, common on object data types as they can hold data of any type and the result is usually narrowing by going to any other type.

Passing the variables as a collection is not going to solve the problem. This is the exception that is thrown for the invalid casting or explicit conversion of data from one variable to another, common on object data types as they can hold data of any type and the result is usually narrowing by going to any other type.

Merge module projects are used to package files or components that will be shared between multiple applications.

Creates a cabinet file for downloading to a legacy Web browser.

Builds an installer for a Windows-based application.

Builds an installer for a Web application.

Creating a Windows Installer application and having Active Directory deploy it through Active Directory Group Policies is the only option that will ensure that all users will have the new Windows application installed the next time they log in. If set properly, the users will have no choice on the deployment, thus ensuring consistency for all users.

The Sub Finalize procedure in Visual Basic .NET destroys objects.The terminate event had been used in previous releases of Visual Basic. Initialize and terminate have now been replaced with Sub New and Sub Finalize.

DoEvents will execute all pending Windows events but won't help free resources if garbage collection is not pending.

Directory entry remove is used to remove objects from Active Directory.