Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 10.0 – Big version jump, tiny update (i.e. It’s a bug fix release…)

Microsoft Downloads - Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 10.0

“Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs 10.0 has same feature as Power Packs 3.0, but contains some bug fixes. [GD: Emphasis added]

File Name:	VisualBasicPowerPacksSetup.exe
Version:	10.0
Date Published:	9/17/2009
Language:	English
Download Size:	437 KB

Overview

The DataRepeater control allows you to display rows of data in a scrollable container providing more flexibility and customization than standard grid controls.

The Line and Shape controls are a set of three controls that enable you to draw lines, ovals, and rectangles on forms and containers at design time making it much easier to enhance the look of your user interface. These shape controls also provide events such as click and double-click allowing developers to respond and interact with end users.

The Printer Compatibility Library allows projects that used the Printer and Printers Collection in Visual Basic 6.0 to be upgraded without having to re-write your printing logic. By simply adding a reference to the library, declaring a Printer and making a few minor syntax changes, your project will be able to print using the Printers collection and Printer object as it did in Visual Basic 6.0. This version adds a new Write method to the Printer object which allows you to print text without a forced carriage return similar to the semicolon syntax used by Print method in Visual Basic 6.0.

The PrintForm component is designed to bring back the ability to easily print a Windows Form. With this new PrintForm component you can layout the Windows Form exactly as you want it and allow your users to print the form as a quick report.

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I’m guessing the big version jump is to sync it with VS2010/VB10 (since I think I’ve read that VS2010 will include this…)?

[A few minutes later]

Yep! Looks like I guessed right. As I installed it, here’s a snip form the EULA;

“MICROSOFT PRE-RELEASE SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS

MICROSOFT VISUAL STUDIO 2010 PRODUCT FAMILY PRE-RELEASE

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With that verbiage, on my VS2008 machine it installed and works fine.

(via Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew - Dew Drop – September 17, 2009)

 

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