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I desribed &lt;&gt;&nbsp;as you demonstrated above. However, one thing that VB.NET has which C# does not is <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384752.aspx" rel="ugc">XML literals</a>. You can actually embed raw XML into your code (and use it within LINQ queries as well). That's an additional use of &lt;&gt;&nbsp;you may see in code from time to time.
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I desribed <> as you demonstrated above. However, one thing that VB.NET has which C# does not is XML literals [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb384752.aspx]. You can actually embed raw XML into your code (and use it within LINQ queries as well). That's an additional use of <> you may see in code from time to time.

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A slightly better link than my first: &nbsp;<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0w1kczw.aspx" rel="ugc">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0w1kczw.aspx</a>
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A slightly better link than my first:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0w1kczw.aspx [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0w1kczw.aspx]

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What does the &lt;&gt;&nbsp;tags in VB.Net mean? &nbsp;For instance, when I set up a webservice, I insert the following line of code: &lt;System.Web.Services.WebMe<wbr />thod()&gt; . &nbsp;<br />
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I've tried searching to no avail....<br />
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Thanks!
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What does the <> tags in VB.Net mean?  For instance, when I set up a webservice, I insert the following line of code: <System.Web.Services.WebMethod()> .  

I've tried searching to no avail....

Thanks!

VB.Net &lt;&gt; Tags

Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is an object-oriented programming language implemented on the .NET framework, but also supported on other platforms such as Mono and Silverlight. Microsoft launched VB.NET as the successor to the Visual Basic language. Though it is similar in syntax to  Visual Basic pre-2002, it is not the same technology,

VB.Net &lt;&gt; Tags

VB.Net <> Tags