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"Grid Snaps to Value" - Implementation-detail of Autoscaling Chartcontrol

by Mr.PoorEnglish

Compute "SnapValues" with minimum of fractional digits, useful in autoscaling Chart-control

.NET component that simplifies tracking of system's idle time

by Dazdarevic Edin

A .NET component that simplifies tracking of system's idle time.

.NET Mass Downloader - Download the .NET Framework Source Code

by Izzet Kerem Kusmezer

With this tool you can download whole .NET Framework source code at once, and enjoy offline browsing. With it, you can have whole the source code without any Visual Studio product installed

.NET Targa Image Reader

by David Polomis

Loads a Targa image file into a Bitmap using nothing but .NET code.

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"Grid Snaps to Value" - Implementation-detail of Autoscaling Chartcontrol

by Mr.PoorEnglish

Compute "SnapValues" with minimum of fractional digits, useful in autoscaling Chart-control

.NET component that simplifies tracking of system's idle time

by Dazdarevic Edin

A .NET component that simplifies tracking of system's idle time.

.NET Mass Downloader - Download the .NET Framework Source Code

by Izzet Kerem Kusmezer

With this tool you can download whole .NET Framework source code at once, and enjoy offline browsing. With it, you can have whole the source code without any Visual Studio product installed

.NET Targa Image Reader

by David Polomis

Loads a Targa image file into a Bitmap using nothing but .NET code.

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"Grid Snaps to Value" - Implementation-detail of Autoscaling Chartcontrol

by Mr.PoorEnglish

Compute "SnapValues" with minimum of fractional digits, useful in autoscaling Chart-control

.NET component that simplifies tracking of system's idle time

by Dazdarevic Edin

A .NET component that simplifies tracking of system's idle time.

.NET Mass Downloader - Download the .NET Framework Source Code

by Izzet Kerem Kusmezer

With this tool you can download whole .NET Framework source code at once, and enjoy offline browsing. With it, you can have whole the source code without any Visual Studio product installed

.NET Targa Image Reader

by David Polomis

Loads a Targa image file into a Bitmap using nothing but .NET code.

.Net Wizard Control

by Yasin HINISLIOGLU

This article is about creating wizard style user interface

47 Useful Windows Vista Command-Line Utilities

by rspercy65

47 of the most used Vista apps are just 1 click away. NOTE: Vista users only.

A Basic Scheduler

by Didara F Dosabhai

Define schedules to the program for executing programmer defined jobs

A Better ProgressBar - Using Panels!

by Saul Johnson

Crafting your own progressbar UserControl from scratch.

A Developer's First Look at Visual Studio 2010

by jebarson

New features of Visual Studio 2010 discussed

A FreeCell game using Cards.dll

by Matt Fomich

Instructions for using the Cards dynamic Link library. FreeCell game included.

A Full Yahoo! Weather App, Yes Another One

by rspercy65

Uses Farhad Siasar's YahooWeathertlb library with a few added functions

A Generic Specification in VB.NET

by Richard A. Dalton

Part three of a four part series of articles on the Specification Design Pattern.

A Guide to using MSChart for .NET

by Wayne Gaylard

A guide to using Microsoft's MSChart

A method for providing software unlock keys

by Rick Hansen

Here is a very simplified method for selling relatively secure unlock keys to your customers. The unlock key you provide will only unlock that specific customer's download instance for a specific feature set or product.

A nullable DateTimePicker that is easy to write and easy to use

by Gregory Gadow

With Visual Studio 2008, it is easy to create a nullable version of Microsoft's DateTimePicker.

A Process viewer with alert notification

by Ashutosh Phoujdar

Simple process viewer that is capable of setting alerts for process events.

A Query Builder Class For Visual Basic 2005 Hand Coders

by Elizalde G. Baguinon

Most programmers prefer hand-coding database queries. This is a class that automates query building, while the code is as readable as the program logic.

A Reflective and Translucent Glass Panel

by Nicolas Wälti

Component derived from Panel that acts like a window (glass)

A Simple Alternative to Windows Forms Data Binding

by Michael L Perry

An open source library of Windows Forms controls that update themselves automatically.

A Simple Specification in VB.NET

by Richard A. Dalton

Part two of a four part series of articles on the Specification Design Pattern.

A simple way to snap a form to screen borders

by Hamed.M

A simple way to snap a form without borders to the screen.

A TCP/IP Chat Program

by Andrew Courtice

A TCP/IP chat program coded in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET.

A Very Easy Introduction to Microsoft .NET Speech Synthesis (VB, C#, C++)

by noxia

A sample application with source code in three .NET languages (Basic, C#, C++) on using the new (.NET 3.0+) System.Speech Class.

AboutTrees

by Mr.PoorEnglish

Sensational botanic discovery: the smallest Tree on Earth! About a generic Tree, and looping it with ForEach

Access Control Panel Applications With Just 2 Clicks

by Euhemerus, rspercy65

A solution to extensive mouse clicking

Adding automatic updates to your program - Part 1

by Douglas Day

This article describes the steps to add automatic update capabilities to your application quickly and easily using the DDay.Update library.

Adding custom skins for Forms in VB.Net

by Ferminus Muthu

Custom skins for VB.NET forms, Skinning VB.NET forms, WinForm Skins

ADO.NET and Stored Procedures Code Generator

by Johnny Worker

A VB code generator that reads a SQL Server table and generates ADO.NET code and also Stored Procedures.

ADO.NET for Beginners

by logicchild

How to Create an Application to Access Data

Advanced Bookmark Control

by VisualBas08

Make Bookmarks (or Favorites) for your web browser

Aero Wizard in VB.NET

by pimb2

Create an Aero-style wizard in VB.NET

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Printing in .NET

by Duncan Edwards Jones

Introduces and discusses the Common Language Runtime framework classes used in printing from a .NET Windows Forms application.

An Extension Method for Converting a BitmapImage into a System.Byte with VB 2008

by Alessandro Del Sole

Learn how to implement an extension method in Visual Basic 2008 for converting a BitmapImage object into a System.Byte() array

An introduction to #SNMP, an Open Source SNMP implementation

by Lex Li

This article introduces #SNMP and how to use it to accomplish SNMP operations such as managing SNMP enabled devices.

An Introduction to Jibu for .NET

by jdx256

Jibu is a high-level multithreading API for .NET 2.0 and above.

An SNTP Client for C# and VB.NET

by DaveyM69

A complete overview and implementation of SNTP from a client perspective.

Another Article on MP3 Players using Windows Media Player

by rspercy65

Play your MP3s with this Audio Player

ArrayList to File...

by Koshy Panicker John

Demonstrates a very simple way to create and save Multi-Dimensional (Virtual) ArrayLists to text file

ArrayLists, Generic Lists, Is There A Way To Insert Items Faster?

by Pascal Ganaye

In this article, I try to highlight some issues in the .NET Framework generic list and how to circumvent them

ASM.Net - x86 Emulation

by Drag0nHunter

ASM.Net a assembly x86 emulator which emulates the language the managed way

ASP.NET Caching

by James Sullivan

In this article, I would like to share my experience and knowledge about ASP.NET Caching and how it can improve your website performance.

ASP.NET Content Scroller Control

by Rahul Singla

Scroll any ASP.NET server side or HTML controls vertically or horizontally in any direction

ASP.NET controls to display enum values

by Howard Richards

RadioButtonList and ListBox subclasses that display enum values automatically.

ASP.NET MVC ImageLink HTML Helper

by meidianto

ImageLink HTML helper for ASP.NET MVC views

ASP.NET PDF Viewer User Control Without Acrobat Reader Installed on Client or Server

by Ron Schuler

ASP.NET PDF document viewer control that does not require any Acrobat product to be installed

ASP.NET Tag/Search Cloud Server Control

by Kamran A

A customizable cloud generator written in VB.NET.

ASP.NET WPF Image Handler

by Claudio Pizzillo

An ASP.NET handler to apply WPF XAML templates on images.

Assembly Manipulation and C# / VB.NET Code Injection

by Sebastien Lebreton

Reflexil is an assembly editor and runs as a plug-in for Reflector or JustDecompile. Reflexil is able to manipulate IL code and save the modified assemblies to disk. Reflexil also supports "on-the-fly" C#/VB.NET code injection.

Asynchronous data loading and data binding with Windows Forms

by Ashutosh Phoujdar

This article introduces a reusable library that contains two utility components for data binding and asynchronous data loading.

AsyncWorker - A Typesafe BackgroundWorker (and about Threading in General)

by Mr.PoorEnglish

Generic methods enable typesafe Threading

Auto save/load template server control for the ASP.NET Controls collection

by Vishal Shukla

An ASP.NET template server control demonstrating how we can store/retrieve values of various ASP.NET controls on a page.

Automated PDF Conversion using the PDF995 and FreePDF_XP Freeware Printers

by keenthinker

An object oriented class automating the creation of PDF files from any file using freeware tools.

Automatic Site Translation Using HTTPModules and Machine Translation (MT)

by Tad McClellan

HTTP module and machine translation for automatic site translation.

Automatically Create Data Access Layers and Business Layers From Microsoft Access or SQL Server Databases

by icemanind

How to automatically create data access layers and business layers from a Microsoft Access or a SQL Server database

Automatically documenting web site projects created in VB with Sandcastle

by bgs264

Build the CHM file automatically when building a "web site project" created with VB.NET - How I combined several steps into a single process.

Bar chart in DataGridView

by Santiago Santos Cortizo

How to show a bar chart in a DataGridView

Barcode Generator

by David Vanson

Generate you own barcodes for your business, Promotional items or to share links with friends.

Base .NET Cryptography Services with Visual Basic 2008

by Alessandro Del Sole

Learn how to be the only one accessing your files, with two simple .NET methods.

Basics of Bing Search API using .NET

by Abhishek Sur

This article will enable you to add custom search rules to your application using Bing Search API with much more

Basics of LINQ & Lamda Expressions

by Abhishek Sur

Basic Examples to work with Language Integrated Query(LINQ) concept that was introduces with C# 3.0 and/or .NET 3.5 (Corresponding VB.NET code included)

Basics of OpenXML (Word 2007) for Beginners

by PuneWala

Introduction to the OpenXML format.

Binding a generic collection to a DataGridView via Visual Basic 2008 code

by Alessandro Del Sole

Binding a generic collection to a DataGridView in VB 2008, with a few lines of code.

Binding the Enum to the Dropdown Listbox and Sorting it on Values

by Chirag Maisuriya

An article on Binding Enum to DropdownListbox with the SortedList that sorts entries by value instead of by key.

Bug Submitter Dialog

by Jeroen De Dauw

Dialog that enables user to submit various types of bugs via a webservice

Build .NET Applications Without Hand-coding

by Miles Gibson

Iron Speed Designer builds database, forms, and reporting applications for .NET – without hand-coding. Quickly create feature-complete custom applications that integrate Web pages, controls, data access, validation and security. Accelerate development and eliminate infrastructure programming.

Build a Web Chat Application using ASP.Net 3.5, LINQ and AJAX (in C# 3.5 or VB 9.0)

by junnark

We will create a very simple web chat application using the latest ASP.Net 3.5 technologies from scratch.

Building a Better AutoComplete User Control

by Steve Krile

Expand the usefulness of the AutoComplete Ajax extender

C# Events: Create class events and use that class

by popnadrian

Educational article about C# events

Calcium: A modular application toolset leveraging PRISM – Part 3

by Daniel Vaughan

Introducing the Calcium SDK. Calcium provides much of what one needs to rapidly build a multifaceted and sophisticated modular application. Includes a host of modules and services, and an infrastructure that is ready to use in your next application.

Calculate system idle time without hooks

by Qaiser_Iftikhar

An article to demonstrate how to calculate system idle time without installing any system wide keybaord/mouse hooks.

Change Over All Georgian(Miladi) Dates that Exist in Dataset to Shamsi Date

by SirAsad

This Control can change the Georgian dates in Dataset to Shamsi date (For Report)

Changing the Systems Cursor in VB.NET

by Dan Dombrowski

Replace a cursor system-wide and restore it to the original cursor.

Chess Application Class Design Using the Abstract Factory Design Pattern

by Louwgi

A class design using the Abstract Factory Design Pattern for a chess application.

Child's Learning Center - Pre-schoolers 3 to 5 Years of Age

by rspercy65

A Learning tool to help prepare your child for pre-school

C-like Exports between VB6 and VB.NET

by venom00

In this article, we'll talk about VB6-.NET interoperation without involving COM. How? Making C-like exports of some functions from a VB.NET DLL. First, I'll introduce the technique used with a very simple sample and then it will be explained how to set a global hook just using VB (6 and .NET).

Color List Box

by Mehdi Ghiasi

A list box with color name and previews

Compare SQL Database Schema

by Paritor

Application to show differences between two SQL Server databases.

Complex class - Working with complex numbers, improved version

by Ivan0001

This is a new ComplexMath class. The new version supports much more functions and it is much better.

ComplexConverter - make configuration still more flexible

by Mr.PoorEnglish

Converting complex Object-structures to string and reverse. Storing the result in an application-setting improves configurations flexibility substantially

Context Sensitive History. Part 1 of 2

by Daniel Vaughan

A Desktop and Silverlight user action management system, with undo, redo, and repeat. Allowing actions to be monitored, and grouped according to a context (such as a UI control), executed sequentially or in parallel, and even to be rolled back on failure.

Context Sensitive History. Part 2 of 2

by Daniel Vaughan

A Desktop and Silverlight user action management system, with undo, redo, and repeat; allowing actions to be monitored, and grouped according to a context (such as a UI control), executed sequentially or in parallel, and even to be rolled back on failure.

Convert Image File to Bytes and Back

by Imran A Momin

Its a small piece of code, that converts the image file into array of byte which can be stored into database at type image

Convert SWF movie to Image [.jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp]

by arinhere

Convert your swf movie file to image

Create a SQL Database Programmatically

by Moustafa Refaat

In this article, I will explain how to use Microsoft SQL Management Objects (SMO) to create a Microsoft SQL database from C# code.

Create a System Tray Application in VB.NET

by Gregory Gadow

Write an application that launches in the notification area.

Create an Outlook 2007 Form Region by using VSTO 2008

by Helmut Obertanner

In this article, we will create a form region that shows all contacts within the same category.

Creating a COM DLL with VS 2005: Advanced Walkthrough

by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to manually create a COM DLL with VS 2005.

Creating a COM DLL with VS 2005: A Walkthrough

by CS Rocks

The article demonstrates how to create a COM DLL in VS2005.

Creating a Glass Button using GDI+

by Lukasz Sw.

How to create an animating glass button using only GDI+ (and not using WPF)

Creating a managed service factory

by Martin Hinshelwood

Host any number of services, regardless of whether they are remote or local within a "Server" construct and access that server easily.

Creating a Sudoku game

by Spirch

How to create a Sudoku game with speed in mind.

Creating Custom Controls: Casino Royale

by Nick Rioux

Learn to create your own casino-themed controls from scratch.

Creating Pivot Tables and Charts Using ActiveX

by Sushant Joshi

This article describes how to generate Excel at client side and embedd "Pivot Tables" and "Charts" into the Excel.

Creating Web Services in a Class Library project

by Bruno Piovan

This article explains how you can create Web Services in a Class Library project

Creating your own event handler for the TFS Event Handler Service

by Martin Hinshelwood

Creating an event handler with the Team Foundation Server Event Handlers is very easy. You will need to inherit from the AEventHandler class which is part of the RDdotNet.TeamFoundation.dll located in the install directory (I will make an SDK later).

Currency Input in VB.NET

by Jon Law

A Currency Input Box in VB.NET

Custom Exceptions in Custom Components

by Artem Smirnov

This article is about when to throw an exception, why take some effort and define a custom exception class, how to provide more information to the developers that consume your component, and, finally, how to unit test your exceptions.

Custom Formatting in .NET - Enhancing String.Format to all new levels!

by Scott Rippey

A string template method that allows you to fill a string with data. Easy to use, fast, extensible, and extremely powerful! Uses Reflection, Conditional Formatting, iterating through Arrays, and more!

Custom GMail Vacation Auto-Responder

by _Khallaf

Use IMAP to auto-reply to unread GMail messages while on vacation

Custom Sort for DataBound WPF ListView

by SamratGhose

Provides Custom Sorting for a ADO.NET bound WPF ListView

Customisable WinForms Progressbar Control VB.NET

by David Vanson

A progress bar control you can customize

Customisation with VB - Changing Logon Backgrounds in Windows 7

by Saul Johnson

Using VB to change Windows 7 logon backgrounds

Customize Listing and Paging in your ASP.NET Page

by Johnson.Sebastian/3537719

A simple way to show a listing page with paging, without using any data controls like Repeater or DataGrid.

Customized ListBox Control: Part 1 - Collection Events

by Calle Mellergardh

Create a listbox control that provides events for when adding or removing items.

CuttingEdge.Conditions

by The .NET Junkie

A pre- and postcondition validation framework based on .NET 3.5 extension methods

Data Classification Using VB.NET and Genetic Algorithm

by Taylor Kobani

A simple example of how to classify data using genetic algorithm and VB.Net

Database Helper v 2.0.0

by hdv212

An open source code generation utility with some useful features to generate procedures,class for tables and .net code for procedures automatically.

DataGridView Filter Popup

by jesseseger

A cool way to filter data in a DataGridView.

Declarations Generator

by Yasser Daheek

A tool which helps in generating codes for events/properties, so that users of your classes can use events/properties of embedded classes

Default Button on a User Control

by Joe Guetzlaff

How to make a default button or emulate an AcceptButton on a User Control.

Delegates in VB.NET

by sbrakl

Explain the basic of Delegate in VB.NET

Deploying CAB Files Using ClickOnce Deployment

by DigiOz Multimedia

This article is a step by step explanation of how to modify a ClickOnce Deployment package to include CAB files

Desktop Alarm Clock

by Arman Ghazanchyan

The Desktop Alarm Clock is a very useful application that can perform several tasks.

Developing Abstract Functions for Accessing Stored Procedures

by Ben Kotvis

This article explains about developing abstract functions for accessing Stored Procedures.

Developing COM Add-ins for Microsoft Office in VB.NET

by Andrei Smolin

This article describes the ways a VB.NET developer can create a COM Add-in for Microsoft Office 2000, 2002 (XP), 2003, and 2007 in order to customize Office applications including adding UI elements and event handling.

Developing custom ASP.NET Membership and Role providers reading users from custom section in the web.config

by Andreas Botsikas

In this article, we will be developing custom Membership and Role providers which will read user credentials from a custom configuration section in the web.config file.

Directory Mirroring the way it should work

by Jim Parsells

Create useful directory restore points, quickly and easily.

Disable the WebBrowser control context menu

by Greg Osborne

A simple way to disable the WebBrowser control's context menu.

Display images from a SQL database - the easy way

by FF77

This project contains a Web Custom Control for rendering images directly from the database. Can be used with image fields, text, date, or numerical fields (it generates an image containing the text), and with URL fields (like in a regular image control).

dotNetMSN Library Fix

by BlueBit.uy

How to fix dotNetMSN library to easily connect to MSN service

Downloading Files in .NET With All Information: Progressbar, Download Speed, Supports Cancel and Resume

by Carmine_XX, Jeroen De Dauw

How to download files in .NET with all information about the progess (progressbar, download speed), supports cancel and resume

DWM - Colorization Color Handling Using DWMGetColorizationColor

by o m n i

Using WM_COLORIZATIONCOLORCHANGED and DWMGetColorizationColor.

Dynamic Gridview Columns

by ahmed-itani

Very simple article to show how to add columns to a GridView at runtime.

Dynamic User Settings

by Trevor Tubbs

Dynamic User Settings

Dynamically adjusting the size of a drop-down list and adding color to the back-ground and fore-ground of the list items

by Sushant Joshi

To adjust the size of the drop-down list dynamically at the client-side and adding back-ground and fore-ground color to the drop-down list.

Dynamically creation of rows using Datagrid

by Sushant Joshi

In ASP.Net we frequently create dynamic controls (rows) using ASP.Net Web Control table. The major reason behind it is the ease of creation. Most of the times the developers prefer the “System.Web.UI.WebControls.Table” over datagrid because it is analogous to the HTML table. In our project we opted

Easily Create Your Own Parser

by icemanind

Create a hand made parser in VB.NET or C# easily and fast

Easily Send E-mail in VB.net

by Gagan.20

This is an easiest program that allows you to send e-mails by only defining SMTP Server name.

Easily Work With Differing Time Zones In An ASP.NET 3.5 Application

by BrantBurnett

Class library to assist in using different time zones in the same ASP.NET 3.5 application

Easy asynchronous operations with AsyncVar

by Adam Maras

A simple class to asynchronously retrieve a value and hold it until needed.

Easy Drag And Drop of Controls at Run-time

by John M Bundy

Allow users to customize your forms

Easy String Compression and Encryption

by BTDex

Class module to easily de-/compress and en-/decrypt big strings

Embed an Image in Email using ASP.NET

by jelizondo21

Complete demo of embedding images in an email message.

Embedding Multiple Icons into .NET Executables

by Ed.Poore

A brief walkthrough on how to embed multiple icons (and native resources) into a .NET executable.

Enhanced version of VB.NET GetFiles

by LeeBear

This is an inline enumeration of files instead of building an array first.

Enterprise Library Wrapper Class to Implement Run-time Dynamic Connection Strings Without Using Config File

by Raja.Lakshman

Enterprise Library wrapper class to implement run-time dynamic connection strings without using config file

Excel Data Manipulation Using VB.NET

by Wahab Hussain

This will help you manipulate an Excel file through your code. You can update the Excel file as well.

Export to Excel using VB.NET

by Senthil S

Export data from VB.NET Dataset to Excel without using Datagrid/DataTable

Extend the .NET Library with Extension Methods

by Gregory Gadow

With extension methods, you can add new functionality to .NET objects.

Extended RichTextBox

by Razi Syed

Rich Text Box control with built in options

Extending Forms.Control: Lock and Unlock

by Gregory Gadow

Learn how to extend the Forms.Control object to add locking and unlocking capability

Extending Office 2007 with Tangram Extension Tools for Application

by sunhui

A new method for Extending Microsoft Office 2007 User Interface using MFC/ATL and .NET technologies.

Extending the My namespace

by drummerboy0511

Learn how to extend the My namespace in Visual Basic 2005 / 2008!

Extension Methods in VB.NET

by db7uk

A brief overview of Extension Methods.

Fading forms in and out

by Ashley Staggs

This article will explain how to fade a form in and out, using VB.NET.

FFMPEG using ASP.NET

by arinhere

This piece of code will show you to convert any video file format to high quality flv and stream it on web server

File Association in VB.NET

by Nick Rioux

Easily associate your programs with file types (.jpg, .html, .mp3) with just 2 lines of Visual Basic code

Fill any TableAdapter Using Any of Your Select Methods

by rickwright2000

Avoid the pesky table adapter load error failed to enable constraints.

FilterBuilder

by Anthony Daly

FilterBuilder is a simple utility allowing you to easily create dialog filters

Find an Element in a SQL Server Database

by Roberto Cervantes Rivero

If you need to find a word in all tables and views in a SQL Server database, this is the easy solution.

Finding performance bottlenecks and their resolutions in windows services

by Sajid.Majeed

This article will address tools and technologies to identify bottlenecks and key consideration points for performance improvement.

Flag Group

by Ted John

A structure that stores up to 32 booleans in a 32-bit integer.

Fluid, Multi-column, Vertically Ordered List using CSS

by Richard Atkins

Create a fluid, multi-column, vertically ordered list using nested, floating divs

Folder Coder

by Buffalloy

A way to convert a folder into a file...

Form Docker

by Programble

Form Docker is a class library (DLL) that can dock any form to different parts of the screen.

Form Print Control

by Duncan Edwards Jones

An extender control to make printing a form quick, easy, and flexible

Format Currency Using .NET Code Vs. Legacy VB6 Code

by James Mouchett

To format a string into currency without the dependency of VB6

Free Delete (Shred)

by Alberto M.

Eliminar archivos de forma segura con distintos metodos

Fully customizable Menu-, Tool-, ContextMenu-, and Status strips

by NickThissen

Change the colors used to render Menu-, Tool,- ContextMenu-, and Status strip controls during design-time.

Game Class Inheritance

by gerudobombshell

A way to simplify your game classes and code for maximum efficency.

Generate .chm based documentation of your project using SandCastle tool

by Vijay Tanwar

.Chm based documentation generator for .net projects

Generate XPS from Word documents with VB 2008 and WPF

by Alessandro Del Sole

An alternative way to create XPS documents via Visual Basic code and VSTO assemblies.

Generic Background Worker

by DaveyM69

No more unboxing/casting! Use generic type parameters with this background worker. Source code for C# and VB.NET.

Generic grid search and data paging

by KevGUID

Generic grid search and data paging explained.

Generic Object Tree For Synapse Controlled Relations

by Jason Witty

A concept of building a tree and allowing each branch of the tree to associate to any object.

Generic Record Selector With Filter

by system-zone.co.uk

A Generic Record Selector Windows Form with Data Filter

Generic Record Selector With Filter 2

by system-zone.co.uk

An update to my original generic record selector.

Generic Sorting with LINQ and Lambda Expressions

by AdamNThompson

This class sorts objects using Generics and LINQ Lambda Expressions.

Generic Wrapper for Easy Multithreaded Programming

by siglr2

Event-based, generic wrapper and manager to implement multithreading in your applications

Get all data WMI has to offer

by Jesse Fatherree

This simple function will programatically enumerate all properties and values in any WMI class.

Get an Executable Assembly Name

by hayes.adrian

Use GetEntryAssembly to obtain an executable's assembly name - even from a DLL.

Get any control's value in any type

by dnair926

Gey any control's value in the type specified.

Get the Values From DataBase and Stored into excell Sheet

by Member 4159567

Get the Values From DataBase and Stored into excell Sheet

Getting Started with VB.NET's Microsoft Outlook Standard Plugin Creator

by Erwin Wolff

Getting started with VB.NET's Microsoft Outlook standard plugin creator

Getting the Clipboard File DropEffect in VB.NET

by Scott Bright

How to access the file DropEffect in VB.NET in order to tell cut from paste for a file DropList.

Gibberish

by jabit

Generates a bunch of gibberish from real text.

Global events for your application

by Daniel Ch. Bloch (MCSD, MCAD, MCTS)

How to use events through your application for multiple receivers.

Google Earth Network Link

by robertosari

This article aims to show the creation of Network Links for Google Earth.

Handling Specific Exceptions in the Web.config

by call_vino

Handling exceptions with the Enterprise Library.

Have fun with the MDI client area

by Gregory Gadow

How to modify your client area properties, center controls, and do other fun tricks.

Hotel Reservation System

by Jomar Pabuaya

An explanation of the useful code within Hotel Reservation System

How do we speed up our VB.NET Web application

by GgAben

Some tips to improve efficiency of your web application

How to add Click Event on TextBox

by imran afzal

How to add Click Event on TextBox

How to add javascript or stylesheet to header of asp.net page?

by Armin Kabir

This article will show you how to dynamically add javascript or stylesheet to the header of asp.net page.

How to build, sign, and deploy a ClickOnce application to be delivered over the internet without using the IDE

by Fasttimes

How to publish a ClickOnce application without using the Visual Studio IDE, with a complete working example.

How to capture a piece of the desktop

by Michael Rosqvist

A utility to capture a bit of the desktop.

How to create a transparent control in VB 2008

by Puzzler99

How to create a transparent control in VB 2008

How to Download a File from a WebDAV Server in VB.NET

by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to download a file from a (HTTPS) WebDAV server in VB.NET

How to Generate (and Validate) CD-Keys for your Software

by dawmail333

An example of how to implement and validate non-personal CD-Keys (ideal for distribution on the back of CD cases)

How to Get a Reference to Parent Form from a Component

by David Catherman

Components don't have a .Parent property like controls do. Getting a reference to the instance of the parent form the component was on is very difficult.

How to host a User Defined Function for MS-Excel with the VSTO-Excel Add-in using a COM server

by felixLindemann

Auto-register COM-Interop functions and activate this add-in in MS-Excel, ready to use.

How to insert hidden input HTML tags into an ASP.NET page so that the ID or name attributes are not rewritten

by TexasMensch

How to insert hidden input HTML tags into an ASP.NET page so that the ID or name attributes are not rewritten.

How to Keep Your Sanity and Multiple Projects Version Numbers in Sync

by Herbrandson

A simple solution to keeping multiple projects version numbers in sync

How to list all Programs installed on Computer and Uninstall Them

by vbCoder21

List and Uninstall ALL Programs installed in the Client's Computer.

How to Load Windows Form From Data Base

by Gayan Buddhika

How to Load Windows Form From Data Base

How to Program for Windows Registry

by Mohd Arshad Malik

This article will guide you how to create/retrieve/delete key entries in Windows Registry.

How to programmatically create an Outlook home folder page in the Outlook Today style

by Andrei Smolin

Outlook Today is a sample of a custom Outlook home folder page. In this article, you will learn how to create such a page in VBScript and in .NET (VB, C#, C++).

How to Read an EBCDIC File in VB.NET

by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to read an EBCDIC file in VB.NET, translate it to ASCII and write it out to a file.

How to Share Windows Folders Using C#

by Ghasem Nobari

by using this Method you can Easly Share Folders using C# Programming.

How to Start and Debug a Windows Service with Visual Studio 2008

by Michael Leithold

This article demonstrates how to start and debug a Windows service with Visual Studio 2008.

How to Upload a File to a WebDAV Server in VB.NET

by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to upload a file to a (HTTPS) WebDAV server in VB.NET.

How to use the new AAA syntax in Rhino Mocks 3.5 with VB.Net

by chrissie1

An article on how to use the new AAA (Arrange, Act and Assert) syntax using VB.Net. And the difference between the new and the old syntax.

How to Utilise the Shell32 Library in .NET as a COM Import – A Neat little Hack

by Justin Porteous

Using the Shell32 Library to write Files or Folders to a Zip File

How to zip a folder in ASP.NET

by V K Sumesh

Explains how to zip a folder in ASP.NET.

IIsManager

by Marcel Wijnands

Manage IIS 6 in .NET

Image Cropping with Image Resizing Using VB.NET

by Senthil Sambandam

Simple Image Cropping with Image Resizing Using VB.NET

Image Transition in VB.NET Windows Forms

by a_pess

Image transition and visual effects in VB.NET using GDI+.

ImageMagick Command Line Execution in ASP.NET

by arinhere

Perform ImageMagick operations in ASP.NET using command line

Implementing Application Security with Client Application Services in VS2008

by Nowak Alexander

The ASP.NET provider framework for Membership, Role, and Profile functionality in .NET 3.5 is made available for non-ASP.NET consumers in the form of Client Application Services. This means that, for example, in a WinForms application, you can implement Forms Authentication as easy as in an ASP.NET

INI Reader / Writer Class for C#, VB.NET, and VBScript

by Ludvik Jerabek

Read and write to INI files in VB.NET and VBScript

Integrating WPF with Windows Forms

by Paritor

Adding WPF functionality to Windows Forms Applications

Interpolation of BezierSplines and Cubic Splines

by Mr.PoorEnglish

Algorithms to compute the Y - Value at an X - Position of a curve, constructed by some support-points

Introduction to the Specification Design Pattern

by Richard A. Dalton

Part one of a four part series of articles on the Specification Design Pattern.

JavaScript Intellisense Improvements in Visual Studio 2008

by Arkady Lesniara

JavaScript Intellisense Improvements in Visual Studio 2008

JavaScript Registration in C# or VB.NET Code

by vadimas

Troubles putting JavaScript code inline with VB.NET or C# code

K3YK4Y String Hasher

by trecool999

Advanced/Not-So Advanced string and password hash.

Launch User's Default Browser from a Desktop Application

by Gregory Gadow

Find your users' preferred browser and launch it safely, with or without a starting URL.

LayerGenMMX

by icemanind

Easily create Business and Data Layers!

LCS based generic diff in VB.NET

by PuReBRaiNZ

How to create a diff script for a list of objects in VB.NET.

LINQ Challenges and SQL Server Compact Edition

by Matt Sollars

Overcoming challenges with LINQ to SQL and using LINQ with SQL Server Compact Edition.

LINQ To Flickr, Another IQueryable Implementation

by Mohamed H. Elsherif

This article focuses on how you can extend the great LINQ technology to other domains using the idea of implementation of IQueryable.

LINQ Transactions using a Custom Base Datacontext

by Michael Piccolo

How to simplify LINQ Transactions using a custom base Datacontext

LINQ-to-SQL: A Generic Primary Key Function

by Bob Housedorf

This a VB.NET version of a code in a blog entry by Chris Sainty.

LinqToSQL: Query Multiple Databases in One LINQ Expression and More...

by Muigai Mwaura

Query multiple databases in one expression e.g. an Microsoft Access Database and an SQL Server Database

Logging System for .NET SOA Applications

by Anders Revsgaard

No matter how well you design your system, a distributed SOA application is always complex. When a SOA application fails, it can be difficult to track down the cause of the problem and the Web service where the error occurred. To handle this difficulty, you need a logging system such as UptoLog.

LogViewer - A Simple Log Listening Utility

by Ashutosh Phoujdar

Simple log listening utility that listens to logs events from multiple sources, e.g. TCP/UDP, File logs, Remoting channels

Magic Graphics

by Abd Allah Diab

A library that lets you easily manipulate your drawings

Mail Enable with Exchange 2007 using LDAP

by LiQuick

How to mail enable AD accounts using LDAP and Exchange 2007.

Maintaining the ActiveTabIndex of the AJAX Control Toolkit TabContainer

by Ben Liebert

Restores the user's previously selected tab panel when they return to a page.

Make ClickOnce Work With ASP.NET Forms Authentication

by David P Henry, Graham Murray

A solution for securing access to a ClickOnce application using ASP.NET Forms authentication.

MCF Service with Membership Provider Over SSL

by Andrewiski

How to setup an MCF Service to use the ASP Membership Provider.

MergedDataGridView Control

by jpaulino

A DataGridView control that allows to show some extra information in a merged row. Uses Visual Basic.NET 2008 and Framework 3.5.

Methods Navigation with a Drop-Down List

by Barry G. Hynum

An easy to use, low real estate Methods DDL navigation tool.

Microsoft Reporting Services - Part II

by jpaulino

This article shows some tips to improve Microsoft Reports like embedded reports, showing stored images, and images from a path, using custom code and custom assemblies, exporting reports, and printing reports without the ReportViewer control.

Microsoft Reporting Services (Sub Reports, Charts, Parameters, Expression Editor, etc.)

by jpaulino

This article shows the basic steps of creating a report, define the data source at runtime, work with parameters, include images, use the expression editor, and how to feed data to a subreport and charts. Finally it will demonstrate some easy customizations to ReportViewer.

ModelStudio

by Terence Wallace

Class diagram and code generation tool.

MOSS for Developers - Part 4: Workflows for Developers

by dougturn

Provides an overview of Sharepoint workflows from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 4 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

MOSS for Developers - Part 5: Silverlight and Web Parts for Developers

by dougturn

Provides an overview of Sharepoint with Silverlight and Web Parts from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 5 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

MOSS for Developers - Part 6: Page Navigation

by dougturn

Provides an overview of page navigation from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 6 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

MOSS for Developers - Part 8: Web Services

by dougturn

Provides an overview of Web services from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 8 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

Move a Form whose Border Isn't Visible

by Damon88

A class which enables the user to Drag the form by clicking Form's Surface

MRU Menu Class Revisited

by chad_ross

Class for automating the handling of Most Recently Used files in a MenuStrip.

MS Access Databases Queries Editor

by Yasser Daheek

A very productive, easy to use tool to edit your Sql Queries against MS Access Databases

Multiplication Table Practice Tool

by James Ritchie Carroll

A kid friendly program for practicing multiplication tables; a good example for embedding the Windows Media Player control in an application.

MultisplitContainer - A FlowlayoutPanel Providing Sizeable Contents

by Mr.PoorEnglish

A FlowlayoutPanel providing sizeable contents

Notepad.NET - Creating a clone of notepad in Visual Basic

by Anshul R

Creating a clone of notepad in Visual Basic

NoWrap in an ASP.NET DataGrid

by Michael Rosqvist

Implementing NoWrap in an ASP.NET DataGrid.

Object - Collection - Binary File: Using serialization and deserialization to work with binary files based on collections

by Joe Blauth

In this tutorial, we will take a closer look at a technology that allows you to store objects externally with ease, retrieve them effortlessly, and work with them as if you were dealing with some kind of simple database.

Object Initialization Expressions and Anonymous Types in Visual Basic 9.0

by Alessandro Del Sole

An introduction to some new cool features of the Visual Basic 9.0 language syntax.

Object Reader and Writer

by SAPikachu

Reads/Writes an object from/to a stream

Object-oriented Printing with Inka, Part 1

by Artem Smirnov

The basics of Inka, an open source printing component

Online active users counter in ASP.NET

by SalarSoft

With this tool which is written for ASP.NET, it is possible to count the number of online users, members, and guest users in websites.

Open Regedit and Connect to Remote Host

by DavidHolland

Code to open regedit and connect to remote host

Overriding Keydown in a User Control using ProcessKeyPreview

by Laughing.John

How to easily override key processing in a form or user control

Own your phone - Taking back control of your mobile phone

by BrainThump

We'll build a call management application for Windows Mobile 5.x/6.x which can programatically ignore, send to voicemail, or SMS-respond to unwanted calls.

Owner drawn ListBox

by Eric P Schneider

A listbox which supports custom drawing properties for each list item.

P2P Secure File, Encrypt and Decrypt Any File with Password

by Atanu Maity

Protect any file by encryption and decryption with password. It encrypts the file and saves as secure XML with binary format, and stores file password as custom PK encrypter routine.

Paging ListView With DataPager

by danfcosta

How to paging ListView with DataPager Programatically

Palettes - You've Gotta Love Them!

by Saul Johnson

Creating our own palette viewer and picker UserControl

Parent Process Window

by Enver Buzoku

Shows how to get the process ID and show a modal window on the parent processes window

PDA Browser Control for ASP.Net

by petersgyoung

Web user control that simulates a PDA browser

PDF Security Remover

by Patricker

Remove security from PDF files.

Performance Monitor Made Easy!

by NewLaw

Using .NET Diagnostics to extract data from any Windows performance monitor, to make your own!

Personal Phone Numbers Rolodex, Using WinForms

by rspercy65

This app stores First Name, Last Name, and Phone Numbers in rolodex style. This is the WinForms version of Steve Krile's Ajax Slider using SSDiver2112's CButton and gTrackBar controls.

PLINQ is Coming Up Soon (PFX)

by Mohamed H. Elsherif

Multicore hardware is spreading very fast, however the programming for Multicore is not an easy job, Parallel FX (PFX) comes to the rescue

Plug-ins in C# 2.0: Generics Enabled Extension Library

by Redth

A follow up to my previous article, this article takes the plug-in concept and encapsulates it in a Generics enabled library, including support for source code compilation at runtime.

Printing a DataGridView on DotNet Framework

by BlaiseBraye

This library provide DataGridView printing features on the FrameWork .NET 3.5. (C# VB F#)

ProcAmp for DirectShow.Net

by Jarno Burger

How to use use brightness, contrast, saturation, hue in your DirectShow.Net filtergraph.

Processing with C# and Oracle PL/SQL

by Dimitar Madjarov

An article which describes an alternative way of cooperation between Oracle PL/SQL and C#

Professional System Library: Introduction

by Vitaly Tomilov

A simplified and unified way for accessing most frequently used information about Process, System, and Environment.

Program Update DLL

by Twaitsey

A DLL that provides support to update your application.

Progress Bar Best Practices

by Tim Greenfield

How to show progress notification for long operations

ProgressBar with Percentage

by Jeroen De Dauw

Component that extends the native .NET progress bar with percentage properties and the ability to display it in the progress bar.

Project Metadata Generation using T4

by Daniel Vaughan

Generate project metadata with T4 and unburden yourself from string literals in XAML binding expressions and INotifyPropertyChanged event arguments.

Protecting Your Software Using Simple Serial Number/Activation Key Pair

by Yasser M. Jaffal

This article guides you to simply, yet effectively, prevent your software customers from copying your product without your authorization. I admit it is not a top-security solution, and it will be easy to crack without protecting your compiled code, but it is just for conveying the idea.

Quick and Simple WPF Month-view Calendar - Updated

by kirkaiya

A very simple, XAML-based month-view calendar that shows appointments, exposes events, and allows dragging appointments in the current month.

Quickly Insert Rows Using Your Gridview With No Control Naming

by Prefict

If you hate naming controls in the footer row of your gridview to do an insert, this article is for you.

QuickSort Revisited, Optimised, and Stabilised

by Warrick Procter

QuickSort revisited, with optimisations to minimise machine cycles, stabilised to retain original order, and generalised for convenience.

Random Desktop Background Changer

by Joss

Create a program that can programatically change the background image, and convert images to BMP.

Rating Stars for Windows Media Player

by LegoMindstorms

How to create stars to display the UserRating property in WMP.

Read and Write Excel Files

by Vivek.Net

Read and Write Excel Files using VB.NET

Reading and Rendering - PGM and PBM images

by Saul Johnson

An article on processing and rendering P1 and P2 bitmap images.

Realy Nice DataGridView

by Bhardwaj Deepak

Really Nice Look n' Feel in a DataGridView

RefEdit Emulation for .NET

by pablleaf

A simple implementation of a ref edit control for .NET

RegEx feed parser for RSS, Atom, OPML ...

by the retired

Is it possible to find an easy way for parsing feeds without the format and versioning traps of XML schemas? The idea becomes reality, thanks to Regular Expressions...

RegexTextBox: A Windows Control Library

by MijaeDjinn

A textbox with regex masking and validation.

Remoting Proxy Support for Rhino Mocks

by Ivan Krivyakov

Rhino Mocks version 3.3 can mock any MarshalByRefObject.

Reorderable ListView

by konikula

Inherited ListView which enables user to order multiple items by mouse, and automatically scrolls if necessary

Rewritable Web Parts Library

by BrantBurnett

A system for using ASP.NET 2.0 web parts in combination with URL rewriting.

RSS Enclosure Downloader

by Darren Fieldhouse

Using LINQ to XML to download RSS enclosures.

Running the Microsoft AppLocale Utility in an Automated Batch Script

by Austin Rappa

Getting AppLocale to run in a batch script

Sandcastle Conceptual Help: Quick Start

by Paul Selormey

Learn how to write user manuals with the Sandcastle Help Compiler.

Scrollable GridView

by Jay Stacey

Creating a scrollable GridView with a fixed header.

Scrolling Data Pagination Using AJAX (Ext JS), JSON (Jayrock), and LINQ

by Jason Witty

Combine scrollbar events, JSON RPC calls, and LINQ to create a fluid, fast, and "no click" paginated DataGrid.

Search Your Site Using Windows Live Search (Part II)

by Jason Witty

An Update to my original article which allows you to search your personal web site using Windows Live Search.

Secret Key Encryption Demo

by CS Rocks

This application demonstrates how to perform secret encryption using VB.NET and the .NET Framework 3.0.

Secret Key Encryption Demo

by Fernando E. Braz

This is an alternative for "Secret Key Encryption Demo"

Secure Persistent ASP.NET Forms Authentication

by BrantBurnett

An ASP.NET system for having two authentication cookies, one secure and one insecure, to have multiple tiers of security by folder.

Seeking and getting the position snippets for DirectShow.NET

by Jarno Burger

How to seek and get the position and duration for your DirectShow movie with VB.NET.

Send Lotus Notes Email Using C#

by kheaton1111

How to send email to Lotus Notes from C#.

Serializable Generic Collection

by Behnam Yousefi

A Generic collection that can be serialized in XML format.

SharePoint Custom Site Navigation

by Jiang Qiu

This articles provides an overview on how to do customized site navigation on MOSS publishing sites.

SharpZipLib or DotNetZip... Which Should You Use?

by pdoxtader

A comparison of these two free zip libraries, complete with a multi-threaded VB.NET class wrapper for each

Signum Framework Principles

by Olmo del Corral

Explains the philosophy behind Signum Framework, an ORM with a full LINQ Provider that encourages an entities-first approach.

Silverlight 3: Displaying SQL Server Data

by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to display SQL Server data in a Silverlight DataGrid.

Silverlight 3: Slideshow

by CS Rocks

This is a slideshow that works in a Silverlight 3 UserControl.

Silverlight/WCF example using polling duplex with threaded multicast commands

by Fasttimes

Send multicast commands to clients even when some clients are disconnected, and avoid blocking by using threads to send commands.

Simple Class to Convert Numbers into Text

by The ANZAC

Takes numbers up to hundreds of trillions and converts them into text

Simple WebPart To Load UserControl

by agusto xaverius

It is a simple webpart but very usefull to load many usercontrols

Simplified .NET Configuration

by vbfengshui

A simplified wrapper to the .NET Configuration namespace.

Simplify Code Using NDepend

by Abhishek Sur

Using this article you will get the basic idea of how you could use NDepend to control/analyze your application. It allows to apply design rules and refactor code.

Single Instance Application A Simple Way!

by skullz_softwares

Making Single Instance Application a Simple Way!!

Singleton Collection in VB.NET

by Jason Witty

Example of a proper Singleton collection in Visual Basic .NET

Small Alarm,Programmed By VB.NET

by nma202000

my first program.

SnapWindows - StickyWindows reloaded

by Mr.PoorEnglish

A new approach to 2D - geometric computation replaces Point, Size, and Rectangle.

SnipPit - A Snippet Repository

by Marckus

A SQL Server based VS add-in (and separate desktop app) snippet respository.

Sort generic collection

by Armin Kabir

This article describe how to sort generic collections

Sorting Gridview using Jquery with ASP.NET

by Sailung Limbu

This article demonstrate flexible client-side table sorting

Source code generator for any data type

by Guillaume Hanique

How to extend Visual Studio so it can generate code for any data type.

SQL Server Combo Control

by Emrys81055

Lists all instances of SQL Server found on a local network.

SqlServer2000 Backup Control

by Rai Shahid

This control will allow user to backup SqlServer

Sudoku Algorithm: Generates a Valid Sudoku in 0.018 seconds

by The ANZAC

An article about the simple, yet often annoying to achieve, backtracking algorithm for Sudoku generation.

Switch the wireless adapter state on, to low-power, and off on a Windows Mobile device

by Johan H. Roux

Use PInvoke to control a wireless adapter's power status.

Table-Value Parameters in SQL Server 2008 - VB.NET

by Andy_L_J

Using Table-Value Parameters to perform Inserts in SQL Server 2008 from VB.NET.

Take Control of Your Non-Client-Area!

by o m n i

Learn how to control your non-client-area, while keeping all the stuff Vista puts on it.

Targeting the .NET Framework 2.0 with Visual Studio 2008

by Robin Jet

Upgrading to a new Visual Studio means installing on a few developer machines - upgrading to target a new framework (3.5) means ensuring that every client of the application has the new framework installed. With Visual Studio 2008, it's possible to target the older frameworks (2.0 and 3.0).

TB-Stickfigure

by Nasenbaaer

Combine graphic objects to create own scenes

TexasQuest v.2.0

by Terence Wallace

TexasQuest is a 2D side scroller platform game similiar to Super Mario

Text Log Viewer

by özk@n

Text Log Viewer

TextBox Lazy Binding

by Karanig

I feel lazy when need to bind data to TextBox

TFS Event Handler in .NET 3.5 Part 2 - Handling Team Foundation Server Events

by Martin Hinshelwood

I have decided to have a little go at creating a Team Foundation Server Event Handler in .NET 3.5 that is resilient and scalable. I will be using as many of the features of Team Suite as I can, but bear with me as there are a few things that are new to me.

TFS Event Handler Prototype Configuration Demystified

by Martin Hinshelwood

There are a number of config options for the TFS Event Handler Prototype. I will describe all of them in depth here. The first step is to set the Windows Communication Foundation service options, which really only requires you to change one value.

The Amazingly Forgotten 2-Way .NET Rijndael CryptoStream

by _Khallaf

How To Do Precise 2-Way Rijndael CryptoStream Communication

The Arabic Writer

by knightofbaghdad

Write Arabic in programs that don't support the Arabic language, using Unicode.

The AtLeastOneOfValidator Control

by jcoehoorn

Use this validator control to require that at least one control in a list has a value.

The TreeListView To End All TreeListViews

by Ted Osberg

An extensible, hybrid Listview/TreeListView control

The VeryRichOutput Control

by Gregory Gadow

Subclass the WebBrowser control to harness the power of HTML and CSS in your output displays.

The WinForms ReportViewer and Multiple Report Definition Files

by richardw48

All the information you need to get the WinForms ReportViewer to display a report in a .rdlc file.

Tips for Beginner when Creating First Desktop Application

by Rupesh Kumar Swami

An article for beginners that describes that how can we apply form level validation and some common database functions

Token Replacement in Office Documents

by Rahul Singla

A new productive way of producing Office documents with dynamic content substitution.

Unit Testing Database Library

by stavinski

Introduction to unit testing against a database and how the supplied library can help.

universal printing without office

by delcatto

With the free wordviewer 2003/2007 and some xml docs you can print everthing any time

Updating the UI from a thread - The simplest way

by Thulasee Shan

A piece of reusable code that implements the functionality to update a UI element from a thread.

Upgrading VB6 to VB.NET

by CS Rocks

This article discusses various things to consider when upgrading a VB6 app to VB.NET.

Use the XNA Framework in Visual Basic .NET

by Scott Bailey

This is a VB.NET project template, using the XNA framework.

Use WPF Controls in VSTO Solutions with Visual Basic 2008

by Alessandro Del Sole

An explanation of how to add WPF controls to Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions, writing Visual Basic code

UserControl Textbox

by nareshkumarmasetti

windows Textbox UserControl for only numeric, only alphbates, alphanumeric

Using ExecWB with the native .NET 2.0 WebBrowser control

by Rocco Labellarte

How to zoom the standard WebBrowser control by accessing ExecWB.

Using Information Retrieval Techniques as an Alternative to Commercial Web Services

by Yasser M. Jaffal

In this article, I discuss an example of how you can use information retrieval to grab data out of MSN Money pages to get a free Web Service for currency exchange rates and other quotes.

Using Linq to paginate your ObjectDataSource.

by Jason Witty

In this article I walk through an example that binds a gridview control to an ObjectDataSource and uses Linq queries to paginate to achieve true data pagination.

Using Localization in ASP.NET

by Kamran A

Outlines two useful methods for implementing localization in ASP.NET

Using MAPI properties and events in .NET with the MAPI Store Accessor

by Andrei Smolin

A simple WinForms application that shows MAPI folders and items in your mail profile.

Using Nhibernate in VB.NET

by S.SRIVATHSAN

Implementation Nhibernate concept in VB.NET

Using the Specification Design Pattern

by Richard A. Dalton

The final part of a four part series of articles on the Specification Design Pattern.

Using Windows Forms

by logicchild

This article is meant to explain Forms and how logic is inserted into the UI.

Using XAML for Custom Application Configuration

by Edward Moemeka

Describes why and how to use XAML as an alternative to plain XML for configuration file specification

Using XAML in app.config and web.config

by Edward Moemeka

A continuation of using XAML for configuring applications

USPS OneCode Barcodes

by the retired

USPS One Code - Intelligent Mail Barcode (4-State Customer Barcode) - implementation with VB 2008

Validating data with Flat File Checker

by byapparov

An article on data validation with a flat file schema generated in Flat File Checker.

VB 9.0, C# 3.0 API Viewer

by rspercy65

This is a remake of Pramod Kumar Sing's 2002 API Viewer.

VB LINQ SQL Password Verify For Beginners

by SteveHarrisBeast

How to make a password verification form in VB that uses LINQ and SQL

vb.net AT commands to send SMS

by namrata khandeparkar

this article allows you to send SMS to any mobile using GSM modem or your mobile connected via USB able to Computer

VB.NET Background File Downloader

by Jeroen De Dauw

A multithreaded file downloader with progress details, speed info and more

VB.NET/C# and JavaScript communication

by Qaiser_Iftikhar

VB.NET/C# and JavaScript communication, how to.

Verify the integrity of directory trees using Checksum Verifier

by Ashutosh Phoujdar

A small utility to verify checksums.

Visual Basic 6.0: A giant more powerful than ever

by ISpliter

When discussing VB6, we should look at the reality of the situation and not on preconceived opinions. New source code projects are made daily in Visual Basic 6.0. The paper proposes the reintroduction of Visual Basic 6.0 on the market, in parallel with Visual Studio line.

Visual Studio Tools for Office 2008 Ribbon Designer with XLINQ for Yahoo

by hackman3vilGuy

See the new Ribbon Designer in Visual Studio 2008 allowing you to graphically create ribbons for your Office add-ins. Add images from the Yahoo Image Search API and analyse the content of your document

Volume Shadow Copies from .NET

by Joe Lynds

Use the Windows Volume Shadow Copy service from .NET.

Waiting Control / IE 7 Progressbar Control using WPF

by jebarson

Timeless or non-progress based waiting / progress control using WPF

Waiting for Parallel Execution using delegate.BeginInvoke/.EndInvoke

by Mr.PoorEnglish

Waiting for parallel execution needs no stuff like Callbacks or WaitHandles

Weather Using VB.NET and Yahoo RSS!

by nedal_jo_jo

Weather Using VB.NET and Yahoo RSS!

Web Message Box for ASP.NET

by petersgyoung

A message box for ASP.NET to send back server messages to users.

Weekday of Month Calculation

by Wauna

Calculate this same weekday of month last year

What is a PGN file and how to write PGN files

by Louwgi

What is a PGN file and how to write PGN files

Who's Online?: A Virtual Earth And User Session Mashup in ASP.NET

by Jason Witty

A tutorial for implementing a modal popup window on your web site which will display a Microsoft Virtual Earth map with pinpoints on the locations of everyone who is currently browsing your web site.

Windows Forms Bindings: A best practice oriented to code generation (Part I)

by FrankNight

This article shows an example of how to build a software component according to best practices that is customizable through code generation techniques.

Windows Forms Controls: VB.NET Translucent Control using GDI+

by a_pess

Build a standard Windows Forms translucent control using GDI+ & VB.NET

Windows Forms Validation w/ ErrorProvider Control Quickly (Validate Whole Form at Once)

by tricos

Windows Forms Validation w/ ErrorProvider Control Quickly (Validate Whole Form at Once)

Windows Mobile: Implement Kiosk Mode

by Suedois

Windows Mobile: Implement kiosk mode

Windows Vista Treeview

by virtual.aussie

A custom made TreeView with Windows Vista look.

Winsock Revamped

by Chris Kolkman

A fairly simple to use Winsock component, allowing simple networked applications. Built modeling the VB6 component of the same name, with enhancements.

Work Load System

by Allen _ Wang

Calculating the workload for speech language pathologists is a very complex process. A systematic approach has to be developed in order to calculate the workload and setup a standard.

Working with CLR Objects in SQL Server 2005 or Above Part 2

by Abhishek Sur

Gives an introduction of how to create SQL CLR managed objects in SQL server.

Working with Multiple Images with Each TreeNode

by Mohd Arshad Malik

Working with Multiple Images with Each TreeNode

Working with Project Template and Wizard Extension

by Joshi, Rushikesh

Create a customized project template, and let your team use it for repaid development.

World's Easiest Multi-Select TreeView

by terpy

A quick and easy way to enable multi-select in a TreeView, and an easy way to iterate selected nodes.

WPF and .NET 3.5 - Drawing Customized Controls and Custom UI Elements

by TylerBrinks

Using Visual Studio 2008 for custom drawing using WPF and .NET 3.5; fun with Spirographs

WPF Color Palette Control

by Christopher Vinod

A color palette user control developed using WPF

WPF Drag & Drop Behaviour

by Martin Hinshelwood

WPF drag and drop behaviour

Wpf ErrorProvider - Integrating IDataErrorInfo, WPF, and the Validation Application Block (VAB)

by Rahul Singla

A WPF validation control integrated with VAB and IDataErrorInfo.

WPF Glass Brush Markup Extension

by LarryCharlton

A WPF XAML markup extension with a "Glass" look

WPF Language Translator

by Meshack Musundi

A WPF application that translates text using the Bing Translation API.

WPF Printing - Basic Text Printing

by CS Rocks

This articles teaches you how to perform basic text printing in WPF.

WPF ProcessingContentControl

by Yaakov Davis

A ContentControl that displays continuously progressing view when its content is being processed.

WPF ProgressBar

by CS Rocks

This is a simple example of how to use a ProgressBar in WPF.

Writing a custom Structure to a binary file in Visual Basic 2008

by Alessandro Del Sole

Techniques for writing custom data types written in Visual Basic 2008 to a binary file.

Writing a LINQ query on an XML data file: Step by step explanation in VB.NET (VS2008)

by Ravindranath Maddela

VB.NET LINQ query on an XML file.

Writing a Total Commander plug-in in Visual Basic (or C#)

by onny

This article introduces and describes a framework that allows the creation of managed plug-ins for the Total Commander file manager.

Writing CLS-Compliant Structures in Visual Basic 2008

by Alessandro Del Sole

Techniques for writing your own Structures which adhere to the Microsoft CLS, using Visual Basic 2008.

XML Literals

by jpaulino

XML Literals allow you to use XML syntax in your code. It’s easy to work with XML files this way, since you have that Tags in the code, but it’s also quicker to access information rather than the traditional methods.

XML Serialization - Part 1

by Patel Pranav

How to Use XML to Serialize and Deserialize an Object

XML Writer for MP3 Tags, with XSD Validation Using LINQ to XML

by rspercy65

Creates MP3 tag XML files and validates them

Zip Files Easy!

by CS Rocks

The purpose of this article is to demonstrating zipping files using the ZipPackage class in this System.IO.Packaging namespace. This demonstration uses: VB.Net 2008 .Net, Framwork 3.0.

ZipTrack

by Terence Wallace

A comprehensive way to manage all of your downloaded zip files.