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Great info and Technology updates up on Microsoft.com this week:

New Voices Columns

At Your Service: Adding a Progress Bar to Your Web Service Client Application
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnservice/html/service11052002.asp

Ask Dr. GUI: Outlining a GDI+ Path with the .NET Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaskdr/html/askgui11192002.asp

Two for the Road: Creating Custom Controls with the .NET Compact Framework
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnroad/html/road11272002.asp

Web Team Talking: All Work and No Play…
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwebteam/html/webteam11042002.asp

New Technical Articles

Visual Basic .NET Code Sample: Interacting with a Windows Service
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvssamp/html/vbcs_InteractingwithaWindowsService.asp

Working with Custom Polygons in MapPoint .NET 2.0
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmapnet/html/map_polygons.asp

Revised Articles/Columns

MDAC Road Map
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmdac/html/data_mdacroadmap.asp

New Seminars

How Web Services Change Application Architecture
http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/includes/seminar.asp?url=/Seminar/en/Developers/20010410devt1-09/Portal.xml

Architecting an Application Using Microsoft .NET Framework
http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/includes/seminar.asp?url=/Seminar/en/Developers/20010710devt1-21/Portal.xml

Building .NET Applications
http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/includes/seminar.asp?url=/Seminar/en/Developers/20010710DEVT1-22/Portal.xml

ASP.NET with Visual Studio .NET
http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/includes/seminar.asp?url=/Seminar/en/Developers/20010710DEVT1-25/Portal.xml

Best Practices for Upgrading Visual Basic 6.0 Projects to Visual Basic .NET
http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/includes/seminar.asp?url=/Seminar/en/Developers/20010710DEVT1-26/Portal.xml

How to Develop an End-to-End Application with Microsoft .NET
http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/includes/seminar.asp?url=/Seminar/en/Developers/20011009devt1-32/Portal.xml

.NET Framework Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/seminar/includes/seminar.asp?url=/Seminar/en/Developers/20010109devt1-02/Portal.xml

New Chats

MSDN Chat Transcript: Introduction to Visual J#
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/vstudio/vstudio_111202.asp

MSDN Chat Transcript: Windows Installer Custom Actions
http://msdn.microsoft.com/chats/windows/windows_110602.asp

New in Downloads

.NET Alerts SDK
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/002/104/msdncompositedoc.xml

Revised in Downloads

Microsoft .NET Speech SDK Version 1.0 Beta 2
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sample.asp?url=/MSDN-FILES/027/002/091/msdncompositedoc.xml