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VB 6 Helper Newsletter
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Rod Stephens
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Jan 23, 2009 15:16 PST
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Lots of miscellaneous stuff this week.
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Even if you have time for nothing else, everyone should look at the
item:
Win32/Conficker.B/Downadup
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If you use Visual Basic 6, be sure to take the survey mentioned in the
Visual Basic 6 version of this newsletter
(http://ecustomeropinions.com/survey/survey.php?sid=459561756).
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Someone posted a second review of my database book, "Beginning Database
Design Solutions."
You can read it at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470385499/vbhelper.
(Still no reviews at Amazon.co.uk.)
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Did you know...
That you can find a list of (almost) everything posted to the VB
Helper Web site in chronological order at:
http://www.vb-helper.com/index_all.html
Don't go there unless you have a high-bandwidth connection, though,
because it's HUGE.
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Thanks for subscribing!
Rod
RodSte-@vb-helper.com
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*** Now Available ***
Beginning Database Design Solutions
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470385499/vbhelper/
Visual Basic 2008 Programmer's Reference
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470182628/vbhelper/
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VB6 Contents:
1. Microsoft Survey: Visual Basic 6 Usage
Both Contents:
2. New DevX Article, WPF Wonders: Getting Started with WPF
3. New DevX Article, WPF Wonders: Properties and Events
4. Win32/Conficker.B/Downadup infections
5. Updated Links
6. New Links
7. Updated Book: Visual Basic 2008 Programmer's Reference
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1. Microsoft Survey: Visual Basic 6 Usage
http://ecustomeropinions.com/survey/survey.php?sid=459561756
This is a short survey that should only take 5 minutes or so. It
basically asks whether you are supporting Visual Basic 6 applications
and when you plan to upgrade them to .NET (if ever).
It's likely that the survey results will tell Microsoft how much to
support Visual Basic 6 so if you want support, here's your chance to
tell them.
If you take the survey before 11:59pm on 26th January 2009, you may win
one of four free places in a 4-day Visual Basic 2008 training worth
£1,640.
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2. New DevX Article, WPF Wonders: Getting Started with WPF
http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/40536
January 9, 2009
Learn how to use Windows Presentation Foundation to build engaging,
dynamic user interfaces that can really grab the user's attention.
This article proivides an overview of WPF and describes some of its
goals and capabilities. It illustrates those capabilities with lots of
pictures.
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3. New DevX Article, WPF Wonders: Properties and Events
http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/40650
January 22, 2009
Setting properties and handling events in Windows Presentation
Foundation are fundamentally different than they were in Windows Forms.
Find out how to deal with properties and events in both XAML and
WPF-targeted code.
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4. Win32/Conficker.B/Downadup infections
The Microsoft MVP program office sent this out to MVPs, asking that we
share it. Here's what they sent me:
PLEASE share this one with the Public
Actions Requested:
Please offer these links and resources to members of your community
to help mitigate this threat.
MS08-067
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-067.mspx
Malicious Software Removal tool
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx
History: Win32/Conficker.B
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Entry.aspx?Name=Worm:Win32/Conficker.B
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Based on feedback from MVPs and other sources, we are concerned
about the rise in reported infections due to the worm Win32/Conficker.B
also known as “Downadup.” Though systems which have already applied the
out-of-band released MS08-067 in October 2008 are protected, unpatched
system user have experienced system lockout and other problems.
Last week, we released a version of the Malicious Software Removal
tool (MSRT) that can help remove variants of Win32/Conficker and other
resources. Please share this information in your communities to help
address this threat.
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Background
Win32/Conficker.B exploits a vulnerability in the Windows Server
service (SVCHOST.EXE) for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista,
Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2008. While Microsoft addressed this
issue in October with Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067, and
Forefront antivirus and OneCare (as well as other vendor’s anit-virus
products) helped protect against infections, many systems that have not
been patched manually through Server Update Services and
Microsoft/Windows Update or through Automatic Updates have recently come
under attack by this worm. Attacked systems may lock out users, disable
our update services and block access to security-related Web sites:
In response to this threat, Microsoft has:
- Updated the January version of the MSFT to detect and remove
variants of Win32/Conficker.B. You can download this version from the
MSRT from either the Microsoft Update site or through its associated
Knowledge Base article.
- Created the KB article 962007 “Virus alert about the
Win32/Conficker.B worm” to provide public details on the symptoms and
removal methods available to address this issue.
- Announced the release of the items and the virus threat itself
on the Microsoft Malware Protection Center blog.
It is our hope that these resources can assist you in resolving
issues with un-patched, infected systems and that you can apply MS08-067
to any other un-patched systems as soon as possible to avoid this
threat.
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5. Updated Links
http://www.vb-helper.com/links.html
HTML Help Generator
http://www.helpgenerator.com
Add-in geneators that generates HTML help files.
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6. New Links
http://www.vb-helper.com/links.html
4Tops
http://www.4tops.com
Addins for Microsoft Access and Excel. Importing Excel files in MS
Access, Creating documents from your Access database (Word, Excel, PDF,
email) and more.
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7. Updated Book: Visual Basic 2008 Programmer's Reference
http://www.vb-helper.com/vb_prog_ref.htm
Page 198
Paul Moss noticed a typo. In the XAML code's RowDefinition elements, the
Width property should be Height. (Rows have heights while columns have
widths.)
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