Best VB.NET article of November 2010

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Current Entries

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Dependency Injection with ObjectPoolManager (OPM)

31 Oct 2010NavnathKale

Lightweight and simple

C#3.0

C#2.0

.NET3.5

.NET3.0

How to display or hide standard button cues.

18 Nov 2010priyamtheone

C#3.5

Visual-Studio

VS2008

DevCom Framework for Hardware Device Communications

13 Nov 2010Tieske8

Description of the DevCom framework and sample usage

Windows

hardware

Localizable ErrorProvider

16 Nov 2010pinx

Make your ErrorProvider adhere to .NET localization standards

.NET

WinForms

Dev

First day date in week based on particular date

29 Nov 2010Eskern

public static DateTime GetFirstDayOfWeek(this DateTime date) { var dfi = DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo; var firstDayOfWeek = date; while (firstDayOfWeek.DayOfWeek != dfi.FirstDayOfWeek) firstDayOfWeek=...

.NET

DocMounter 2: A tool to build VS.NET documentation (now with Sandcastle)

15 Nov 201010Tec, Sergey Gorbenko

Tool for creating MS Visual Studio documentation files - XML Summaries, HxS/MSHC help solutions and manuals.

WPF Weather App

5 Nov 2010Meshack Musundi

A WPF application that provides weather information using GOOWAPI

GadgetPacker - Windows Gadget Build Tool

2 Nov 2010DaveAuld

A simple automated build tool to assist with Windows Gadget development

Win7

gadgets

SmartCard Direct Serial Interface

2 Nov 2010Skynet_Code

How to integrate SmartCard interface in an application

Shared Application Settings in machine.config

13 Dec 2010Antony Highsky

This article describes how to store application settings in the machine.config file and how to expose these settings as strongly typed properties using .NET’s Application Settings architecture.

XML

.NET

Dev

How To Check if Computer has .NET Installed

24 Nov 2010Kambaa

How to check whether .NET is installed in PC Visual Basic 6 code

Easy Code to Create Button Array

3 Dec 2010Mostafa Kaisoun

Few lines to create twenty-six buttons for alphabetical English characters (A..Z)

First day date in week based on particular date

29 Nov 2010Enver Maroshi

2 alternatives

Find first day of week containing given date

.NET

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

10Tec

Ukraine

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

This is a Organisation

2 members

Antony Highsky

Software Developer

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

DaveAuld

Engineer

Scotland

I have been working in the Oil & Gas Industry for over 30 years now.

Core Discipline is Instrumentation and Control Systems.

Completed Bsc Honours Degree (B29 in Computing) with the Open University in 2012.

Currently, Offshore Installation Manager in the Al Shaheen oil field, which is located off the coast of Qatar. Prior to this, 25 years of North Sea Oil & Gas experience.

Enver Maroshi

Croatia

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Eskern

Software Developer (Senior)

Belgium

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Kambaa

Turkey

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Meshack Musundi

Software Developer

Kenya

Experienced C# software developer with a passion for WPF.

Awards,

CodeProject MVP 2013
CodeProject MVP 2012
CodeProject MVP 2021

Mostafa Kaisoun

Egypt

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

NavnathKale

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

pinx

Software Developer

Netherlands

My first encounters with computers where Sinclair, TI99-4A, C64, Apple II. Have programmed ever since. Worked for a few logistic companies.
I have been a VB.NET programmer for quite some years. I work with a small firm, that specializes in supply chain planning for bulk products. We have our own application, Delivery+, that helps vehicle planners with their daily job.
I am married and I have two children. I am building an eco-friendly house and try to live green.

priyamtheone

India

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Skynet_Code

Software Developer

Spain

I am a software developer grown with programming paradigm evolution. Think that C is God's Programming Language.

Tieske8

Software Developer (Senior) Kong Inc

Netherlands

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

	Meshack Musundi - WPF Weather App
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