In a related question, my team is about to (hopefully) start using LINQ, and I'd like to take advantage of anonymous types. What is the best way to mix VB.NET's Option Strict (which we've been usin...

Is there an equivalent for the C# 4 'dynamic' keyword when using type safe VB.NET, i.e. with Option Strict On?

I saw this post: Typos… Just use option strict and explicit please.. during one software development project, which I was on as a consultant, they were getting ridiculous amounts of errors every...

Whenever I created a new VB.NET program I must go into the project's properties and set 'Option strict' on. Can I do that once so it is a default for every time I create a new project?

I'm using a LINQ query to translate data inside a DataTable object to be a simple IEnumerable of a custom POCO object. My LINQ query is: Dim dtMessages As DataTable '...dtMessages is instanti...

Is there a way to turn option strict off for just a single line of code? I'm doing some maintenance work and I need to "cheat" in just one place and I don't want to lower the standard for the ent...