Special VSLive NYC Meeting:
Billy Hollis on Advanced Windows Forms Techniques
Subject: The capabilities built into .NET allow Windows Forms to easily perform functions that are difficult or impossible in VB6. This session covers many of those capabilities, including drawing to window surfaces using GDI+, inheritance of forms and controls, Extender-Provider controls, and advanced capabilities of the controls in Windows Forms.
Speaker: Billy Hollis Billy Hollis is co-author of the first book ever published on Visual Basic. NET, "VB.NET Programming on the Public Beta", from Wrox Press, as well as numerous other books and articles on .NET. His most recent book is "Fast Track Visual Basic .NET". He writes a monthly column for MSDN Online, and is heavily involved in training, consultation, and software development on the Microsoft .NET platform, focusing on smart-client development and commercial packages. He frequently speaks at industry conferences such as Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (PDC), TechEd, Comdex, and VSLive. Billy is also a member of the INETA (International .NET Association of user groups) speaker's bureau and speaks at user group meetings all over the country.
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - Reception 7:00 PM , Program 7:15 PM
Location: Grand Hyatt Hotel , 42nd St. & Park Ave. at Grand Central Terminal , Empire Ballroom D Directions: 4, 5, 6, 7, S, or Metro North to 42nd St - Grand Central
And, as an extra bonus:
All members are invited to attend VSLive's "Midnight Madness," (a free-form Q&A geek-out with lots of giveaways) free of charge, right after the meeting!
Rob, Samer and I are all going. If anyone else is going to be there, let me know - we're planning on getting dinner/drinks afterwards somewhere in the area.
Details here.