Microsoft giving away free visual basic 2005 copies on Microsoft Labcast. This free visual basic 2005 standard edition is a Visual studio promotion program that attract more developer to join up the Microsoft LabCast and introduce Microsoft Visual basic. However, Microsoft is giving away free visual basic to US resident only and valid till June 30, 2007 only.

How to Get Free Visual Basic 2005 Standard Edition

To get this free visual basic 2005 is easy, You just need to register and attending two Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Labcast session only and fills out an evaluation form for each session. Then you will stand a chance getting a free visual basic 2005 by paying a sum of money for the shipping cost for the product.
If you’re a developer and stay at US. i highly suggest quickly register the Microsoft LabCast and get a free visual basic 2005 copy for yourself. As Visual basic 2005 retail prices is cost around 299USD.

What is Visual Studio 2005  ?

Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition is a comprehensive, high-productivity professional development environment for building high-performance, multitier applications for Windows, Web, and common consumer mobile devices

• Support for Visual Basic, C#, C++, and J# languages.
• “Drag and drop” user interface designers for virtually every type of application
• Includes a built-in Web server for testing Web applications, IIS is not needed
• Develop and deploy client-server based Windows, Web, Smartphone, and Pocket PC applications.
• Includes a built-in Web server for testing Web applications; Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is not required

Meanwhile, Joining Microsoft LabCast will be a great benefit for You because there will be Visual Basic 2005 guru to explain how Visual Basic 2005 can help on Visual Basic programming structure. Meanwhile, Increase our knowledge about Microsoft Visual Basic.

So, Below show Microsoft LabCast event:
- Incorporating Visual Basic .NET Windows Forms with Visual Basic 6 Applications
- Visual Basic 6 Asynchronous File I/O Using the .NET Framework
- Adding ClickOnce Deployment to Visual Basic Applications
- An Introduction to ASP.NET for Visual Basic Developers
- Building a Word Document Using Visual Basic and SQL Server Data
- Using Visual Basic to Create an Excel Chart Based on SQL Server Data

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