Visual Basic .NET 2003 Solution Center

How to create a file-compare function in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005
Describes how to compare two files to see if their contents are the same. This comparison looks at the contents of the two files, not at the file names, locations, dates, times, or other attributes.
HOW TO: Perform a Distributed Transaction with a .NET Provider by Using ServicedComponent in Visual Basic .NET
This step-by-step article demonstrates how to perform a distributed transaction by using a .NET provider with the ServicedComponent class. Although this article uses the SqlClient .NET provider against a Microsoft SQL Server server, you can also use...
List of some programming resources for Visual Basic programming in Office 2003
Provides a list of resources that are available to help you learn VB programming in Office 2003. It includes online help, object browser, MS Press books, KB articles, newsgroups, and other Web resources.

FIX: When you use the TCPClient.Connect method to connect to a user control that runs in a Web page, the method call may take a long time to finish in the .NET Framework 1.1 SP1
Fixes a problem that may occur when you use the TCPClient.Connect method in Visual Basic .NET 2003 for the method call, and the computer that you use to connect is running the .NET Framework 1.1 SP1.
FIX: You may receive a "System.ArgumentException Only one WebServiceBinding attribute may be specified on type" error message when you run a Visual Basic .NET 2003 application that calls a Web service
Describes a problem that occurs when the application was written by using Visual Basic .NET 2003 and the application uses the .NET Framework 1.1. Describes a hotfix that resolves the problem.
FIX: You may receive an application error in Vbc.exe or Csc.exe when you run a .NET Framework application
When you run an application that uses the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, and the application was created by using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, you may receive an error message that is similar to the following: You may also receive this application error...

BUG: The Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Upgrade Wizard reports an incorrect warning message for user-defined data types
Explains that you receive a warning message when you use the Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Upgrade Wizard on a Visual Basic 6.0 project with direct user-defined data type assignment between variables. Provides methods to resolve this...
BUG: New folder button is visible at run time when the ShowNewFolderButton property is set to false
Explains that the new folder button is visible at run time when the ShowNewFolderButton property is set to false.
A "No mapping exists from DbType Object to a known OdbcType" error occurs when you configure the OdbcDataAdapter by using the Data Adapter Configuration Wizard
Explains that you receive a "No mapping exists from DbType Object to a known OdbcType" error when you configure the OdbcDataAdapter. You can specify a valid query string on the Generate the SQL statements page to resolve this problem.