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Best VB.NET article of May 2007

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Current Entries

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10 May 2007Paul Glavich
ANTS Profiler provides you with a quick and easy way of identifying performance bottlenecks within your .NET applications. Additional support for the latest .NET 3.0 features, the Vista operating system, and Visual Studio integration, cements ANTS Profiler as a leading tool in performance profiling.
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5 Jun 2007Juan Pablo G.C.
A new version with many functionalities
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20 May 2007Michael Dunn
Busted features? APIs failing? Use this guide to get your IE plugin up and running again in protected mode!
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21 Nov 2012richnewman
An article clarifying the various ways of comparing two values for equality in .NET
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16 Jun 2007James Ashley
Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 is a new bridging tool allowing developers to use .NET Forms and .NET UserControls in VB6. This tutorial demonstrates how to add webservices, multithreading, and XAML to VB6 projects. It also provides custom C# Interop UserControl templates for use with the Toolkit.
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18 Aug 2007Joel Ivory Johnson
An article on using the Microsoft Live Search API to make a location aware phone book
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22 Oct 2014User-Rock
Accessing a C# .NET DLL in VB6 using Com+ or Com Interop
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23 May 2007Frank Mayer-Potschak
Description of an interface programming tool for SAP and .NET integration.
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23 May 2007maz2331
Generate and check license keys embedding 16-bit configuration information
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16 May 2007Saad Khakwani
Development of a Matrix class, including basic arithmetic functions and various determinant methods explained with the help of mathematical equations
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21 May 2007tansqrx101
YCC Trainer is a sample application showing you how to program for the Yahoo! Messenger protocol
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10 May 2007FrankNight
The article shows how to use SQL features of Microsoft LogParser with ADO.NET
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31 May 2007Ed.Poore
An article on using .NET controls in VB6
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15 May 2007FrankNight
This article shows an example of how to build a software component according to best practices that is customizable through code generation techniques.
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25 Jun 2007Alaa Jubran
Using images for encrypted text transmission
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24 May 2007alhokail
This is a control that takes a starting point and an ending point as objects and draws a line between them
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2 May 2007Ghasem Nobari
by using this Method you can Easly Share Folders using C# Programming.
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18 May 2007totallyweb
Easily incorporate ink, power, network and size awareness into a Windows Form Application. The "Black Jack Card Game Starter Kit" is used as an example of a Mobile PC unaware app that is converted into a Mobile PC app by inheriting from the MobilePCAwareForm included with the download.
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8 May 2007Alaa Jubran
A treeview dialog box.
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10 Apr 2008Herbrandson
An application to dynamically add logging to your VB/C# applications.
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13 Aug 2007Danilo Mendez
Smart Code the Open Source Code Generator
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18 Jan 2008petersgyoung
A mini browser for PDA web developers.
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16 Mar 2010Jesse Fatherree
Quick and easy Active Directory authentication using LDAP and ASP.NET
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25 May 2007Igor Krupitsky
SparkLine is a small, high resolution line chart. This article explains how to create and use SparkLines in your ASP.NET application.
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5 Jun 2007Oleg Sobol
Serverside ViewState management using custom providers based on ASP.NET 2.0 provider pattern architecture.
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15 May 2007Joe Lynds
A simple thermometer chart for ASP.NET.
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11 May 2007Igor Krupitsky
A complete VB.NET application to schedule DOS command tasks online
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8 May 2007Wasu Koysiripong
This is an article on the topic of ASP.Net 2.0 Web Part
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25 May 2007Soumya92
How to create and manage controls at runtime by providing the user with 'handles' for sizing the controls.
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9 May 2007Srinivas-Miriyala
XML2XML is a mapping tool to transform XML data from one XML format to any another XML format.
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11 May 2007Raptor.XP
Learn how to trace and debug your Project Hoshimi program with Visual Studio
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10 May 2007Alaa Jubran
How to implement a Common dialog box - XP style.
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7 Dec 2011Fatania Dipak
How to underline the wrong word using Microsoft Office Word
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23 May 2007jain.ashish21
This article describes how to export data from multiple tables in a dataset to an Excel file in separate sheets.
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4 May 2007GgAben
Some tips to improve efficiency of your web application
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10 May 2007Nakul Lande
This code helps you to explain how to copy/downloads files from FTP server to local server
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22 May 2007Alaa Jubran
Representation of real variables in a single chromosome.
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16 May 2007Edelman
Need to bind controls to pre-set enums? Here's how!
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30 May 2007Ravindra Rayudu
we can change the textBox,Label's,panel's etc color properties at the runtime
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16 May 2007Rakusu
This article shows how to change the color schemes of code regions in VS quickly by using XML.
23 May 2007Petr Palas
What is a content management system? Does it really work? Why should I use it? How does it help me? This article answers the most common questions developers ask about content management systems (CMS).

Current Participants

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Technical Writer Code Project
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Republic
IT degree ,Damascus informatics academy
especiality : AI
Personal Interests: .net programming , DB , image processing and Steganography.

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Web Developer
United States United States
Danilo is the creator of SmartRules, a Business Rules Engine. He is an industry consultant working primarily with companies interested in implementing dynamic rules programming concepts to add flexibility to their architectures on web, CE, and desktop platforms. He operates his own website, Kontac, where you will find more information.

To contact Danilo, email him at danilo.mendez@gmail.com.
Engineer PooreDesign
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ed is a student who due to a form of cancer (now clear) took a year out before going to Imperial College, London to study Electronic Engineering.

His interests include shooting (clay-pigeon (shotgun), air-rifle and rifle), playing with his three labradors (Sandy, Rosie and Tundra), programming (most experienced in C# and C, although those are not the only ones), walking (has completed Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award), playing games and reading.

He lives in two places on a 57 acre farm in West Waleswith the rest of the family during the holidays; and Greater London during term time.

Languages and Technologies: C#, C, VB6, VB.NET, XAML, (X)HTML, CSS, XSLT, Assembler (PIC), ASP.NET, WPF, Windows.Forms, ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, Pascal / Delphi, XML

Current Stuff:
1st Year MEng Electronics Engineering (Imperial College, London)
Web Developer
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
India India
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer FMP software & process engineering GmhH
Germany Germany
Im working as freelance consultant and software engineer in southern germany. If you have any questions about this article please contact me.
CEO Gekoproject.com
Italy Italy
I'm a senior software developer.
I wrote my first program in basic with commodore 64, that is... a long time ago Wink | ;-)
From that moment, I've learned many programming language and developed many projects.

I've started working as IT consultant in a software factory company that had produced software mostly for banking and financial business.
In this environment I could work on many different hardware platforms, using many different technologies and programming languages.Then, in the era of distributed application, I learnt to make all these different techologies working together.

My interest has always been in software development specially oriented to internet application, but during all this time I've acquired also other skill in system and network administration.
Web Developer
India India
I am always a beginner.
visit http://ggaben-developer.blogspot.com/
Team Leader
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Ghasem - Nobari
Qasem*AT*SQNco.com
Software Developer (Senior) Scratch Audio
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Web Developer
United States United States
Igor is a business intelligence consultant working in Tampa, Florida. He has a BS in Finance from University of South Carolina and Masters in Information Management System from University of South Florida. He also has following professional certifications: MCSD, MCDBA, MCAD.
Web Developer
India India
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior)
United States United States
James is a program writer for a respectable software company. He is also a Microsoft MVP.
Systems Engineer
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Web Developer
United States United States
Joe is a software engineer. He lives in Pennsylvania where he develops software for manufacturing and human services when he is not at the park with his three boys.
Software Developer
United States United States
I attended Southern Polytechnic State University and earned a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and later returned to earn a Masters of Science in Software Engineering. I've largely developed solutions that are based on a mix of Microsoft technologies with open source technologies mixed in. I've got an interest in astronomy and you'll see that interest overflow into some of my code project articles from time to time.



Twitter:@j2inet

Instagram: j2inet

Software Developer Expediteapps
Spain Spain
I'm Electronic Engineer, I did my end degree project at Astrophysical Institute and Tech Institute. I'm HP Procurve AIS and ASE ,Microsoft 3.5 MCTS
I live in Canary Islands ,developing customized solutions

Deeply involved in Xamarin Forms LOB (including Azure Cloud with offline support, custom controls, dependencies) projects, WP8.1 & W10 projects, WPF modern styled projects. Portable libraries like portablePDF, portableOneDrive, portableReports and portablePrinting (using Google Printing API).


Web and apps showcase at:
Expediteapps


Take a look to my blog
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Systems Engineer iServe Technologies
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior) VMware
United States United States
Michael lives in sunny Mountain View, California. He started programming with an Apple //e in 4th grade, graduated from UCLA with a math degree in 1994, and immediately landed a job as a QA engineer at Symantec, working on the Norton AntiVirus team. He pretty much taught himself Windows and MFC programming, and in 1999 he designed and coded a new interface for Norton AntiVirus 2000.
Mike has been a a developer at Napster and at his own lil' startup, Zabersoft, a development company he co-founded with offices in Los Angeles and Odense, Denmark. Mike is now a senior engineer at VMware.

He also enjoys his hobbies of playing pinball, bike riding, photography, and Domion on Friday nights (current favorite combo: Village + double Pirate Ship). He would get his own snooker table too if they weren't so darn big! He is also sad that he's forgotten the languages he's studied: French, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese.

Mike was a VC MVP from 2005 to 2009.
Web Developer
United States United States
Optimistic....... and Looking forward
Web Developer
United States United States
Oleg Sobol has been developing web applications in ASP.NET using VB.NET for the past three years. Currently working for a leading online higher education provider, developing new online initiatives and supporting multiple education platforms.
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Founder Bisware Technology Limited
Hong Kong Hong Kong
I am an IT consultant and software developer based in Hong Kong.

Please click here to see my blog and my company at biswaretech.com
Web Developer
Czech Republic Czech Republic
Petr Palas is founder of Kentico Software (www.kentico.com), the producer of professional solutions for web developers. Kentico Software is focused on development and marketing of Kentico CMS for ASP.NET. Our goal is to create the most flexible and easy-to-use web content management solution for ASP.NET developers.
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Rakusu is a student who has goodcommand of ASPNET, C++ and SQL. She helps manages her school's server and write programs for her school. She also help managing servers for a small computer company. Currently she is preparing for her exams and studies.
Web Developer
France France
Flavien Charlon (RaptorXP) is a French Microsoft Student Partner. He is a student in final year in Ecole Centrale de Lyon.

He won the worldwide first place in Project Hoshimi invitational of Imagine Cup 2006.

Visit Flavien Charlon's blog: Code is poetry.
Web Developer
India India
Presently working in Esoft consulting as a .net developer
Team Leader
United States United States
I work in the investment banking division of a large American bank. I work in credit technology.

I write a blog about technical issues in .Net and other computer technologies that interest me at http://richnewman.wordpress.com/. I also write occasionally about derivatives.
Engineer
Pakistan Pakistan
Saad Ammar Khan Khakwani is doing his BSc. Electrical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. He has been programming in Visual Basic for the past 11 years.
Software Developer
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer (Senior)
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Yahoo! Coder's Cookbook
United States United States
I am the webmaster for the Yahoo! Coder’s Cookbook located at http://ycoderscookbook.com. At the Yahoo! Coder’s Cookbook (YCC) I have a blog (http://ycoderscookbook.com/blog/), forum (http://ycoderscookbook.com/forums/), Yahoo! Messenger protocol tutorials (http://ycoderscookbook.com/tutorials/index.html) and several programs (http://ycoderscookbook.com/code/index.html). The most notable programs are YCC Yahoo! Bot Maker (http://ycoderscookbook.com/code/YCC_Yahoo_Bot_Maker.html) which is a Yahoo! account creation tool, YCC Cam Cap (http://ycoderscookbook.com/code/YCC_Cam_Cap.html) which automatically captures Yahoo! webcam windows, and YCC Trainer (http://ycoderscookbook.com/code/YCC_Trainer.html) which is a basic primer for learning the Yahoo! Messenger protocol, YMSG. I also offer developer services (http://ycoderscookbook.com/donations/index.html) for those wishing for their very own Yahoo! tool but do not have the time or expertise.
Web Developer
United States United States
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Software Developer
Australia Australia
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
uvw
Web Developer
India India
This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.
Web Developer
Australia Australia
Wasu is a .Net enthusiast in Sydney, Australia. He is a believer of the saying "It is possible for a man to achieve anything as long as he has enough time and efforts."
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