Visual Basic 2005 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 obtain the NetBIOS and DNS computer names by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005
Describes how to obtain the NetBIOS and DNS computer names by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005.
How to wait for a shelled application to finish by using Visual Basic 2005 or Visual Basic .NET
Describes some sample steps and sample code to wait for a shelled application to finish.

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...
How to trace and debug in Visual Basic 2005 or in Visual Basic .NET
Describes how to use the Debug and Trace class in Visual Basic .2005 or in Visual Basic .NET.
DataSet contains duplicate records based on the SQL outer join query
Explains that the DataTable may contain two copies of each record if you call the Fill method twice on a DataTable in a DataSet that is based on a SQL outer join statement. You can clear the DataTable before you reload the data to resolve this issue.