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"Refactoring" has suddenly become a buzzword in the VB.NET world since the release of VS2005. Dymtro Lapshyn sets out to demystify the topic in Part 1 of his "Refactoring for Everyone" article which you can read here: http://www.devcity.net/Articles/201/1/article.aspx

Arrays can be tricky at times and it’s easy to get caught out. Phil Eakins' article on Copying and Cloning will help you get to grips with this task and definitely help you avoid a pitfall or two. Read it here: http://www.devcity.net/Articles/196/1/article.aspx

We've had several product reviews in the past few weeks.

Chris Manning looked at the Entry Set Component Extender Providers from PureComponents. His review is here: http://www.devcity.net/Articles/194/1/article.aspx

Ged Mead took a tour of the components included in the comprehensive package in ComponentOne's StudioEnterprise 2006. You can read his opinion on them here: http://www.devcity.net/Articles/203/1/article.aspx

Sometimes you need to force Windows to do something – maybe Restart, Logoff, Timeout, Shutdown. Crazyoldman shows you how in this FAQ - Shut Down / Restart / Logoff - which maybe should come with a health warning – use with care.

Msg555 has written a set of three very useful and detailed FAQs on geometry which will really help you get to grips with geometry in VB.NET. Check out the explanations and diagrams, starting with the first part here: Geometry Part 1 - Points

As always, the members have been busy helping answer questions large and small. Here are a few that caught the editor's eye this week:

How to include quotation marks inside a string:
Sp!ke and RaymondXie have the answers - http://www.vbcity.com/forums/topic.asp?tid=122560

Sometimes it's just the little things you forget... Like using an Imports statement to get access to IO methods.
3-bPhoto.com helps out with a little reminder - http://www.vbcity.com/forums/topic.asp?tid=121151

Hiding detail information in Crystal reports:
Spebby to the rescue - http://www.vbcity.com/forums/topic.asp?tid=121447

Is there anything harder to get to grips with than Regular Expressions on a bad day?:
betrl8thanever comes up with the pattern to help a member validate the user input of times of day - http://www.vbcity.com/forums/topic.asp?tid=120950

Looking for a phrase to describe this question (and the answer), I think "Masked Edit ListBox" just about does it.
Machaira helps out with a listbox question or two - http://www.vbcity.com/forums/topic.asp?tid=121766

Just like the Windmill Theatre, it never closes - the discussion about whether VB.NET or C# rules - Advantages of VB.NET & C#

And the City's not just about code snippets and core techie stuff. The community spirit is alive and kicking as nagajm gets advice from around the world - My Boss Ditched Me

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vbCity sure is a global community and getting "globaller" all the time :-} Guyana, Jamaica, China, Malaysia, USA and Australia are just some of the countries where we have active members of our worldwide community. Check out some of the latest Introductions posted by members in the Introduce Yourself Forum - http://www.vbcity.com/forums/forum.asp?alias=introduce

And if you want to start or end the day with a smile, don't forget the Humor Forum containing smile-raisers like this one - IRONIC

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