Best VB.NET article of March 2011

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Call Functions Until One Meets Condition

1 May 2012AspDotNetDev

4 alternatives

Call a series of functions until the return value meets a condition without a chained-if or short-circuiting.

How to check if a file exists on an FTP server

1 Mar 2011Pete Mourfield

Describes how to check for file existence on an FTP Server using VB.NET

networking

Very simple way to restore form window to its previous state

9 Mar 2011Аslam Iqbal

2 alternatives

Very simple way to restore form window to its previous state

Convert LINQ to Entity Result to a DataTable

22 Mar 2011Mohammad Al Hoss

1 alternative

Very simple way to restore form window to its previous state

20 Mar 2011RMittelman

Here is a way to do this without using the registry.In the project's properties, Settings pane, add the following settings. You can name these settings anything you want, but use the same setting name in the code shown below:Name: MainWindowStateType:...

Very simple way to move a form holding down mouse button

8 Mar 2011Аslam Iqbal

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Very simple way to move a form holding down mouse button

VB6

Very simple way to move a form holding down mouse button

16 Mar 2011charles henington

This method was converted to VB from C# but I believe to be much easier, althought it does not allow the F5 Key as yours does. Private panel1 As New Panel() Private canMove As Boolean Private currentPosition As Point Public Sub New() ...

VB6

Very simple way to move a form holding down mouse button

16 Mar 2011Аslam Iqbal

Charles henington, you can consider this as VB.NET.F5 is nothing but start debugging. You got my 5.Public Class Form1 Dim pastx, pasty, presentx, presenty, bt As Integer Sub moving() Dim xx, yy As Integer xx = presentx - pastx yy = presenty - pasty ...

VB6

Call Functions Until One Meets Condition

2 Apr 2011AspDotNetDev

VB.NET Version (C# Version)Thanks to cechode for inspiring this tip/trick. Suppose you have the following functions:Function Step1() As Boolean Return TrueEnd FunctionFunction Step2(ByVal val1 As Integer, ByVal val2 As Integer) As Boolean Return val1 = val2End...

Using Forms with Queries in Access

18 Mar 2011Steve L. Powell

Using Forms with Queries in Access

.NET

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Quick And Dirty Option Lists using Enums

12 Sep 2011ChunkyStool

In C#, I just call ToString to get the name. It's quicker and dirtier...namespace EnumTest{ using System; using System.Linq; enum ListOfChoices : int { Yes, No, Possibly, Never, Pass } class Program { ...

Call Functions Until One Meets Condition

29 Mar 2011cechode

Sorry, but could not resist :)Being that we we started with select case (in the launge), I felt that this was missing both the initial condition and the action to perform for the case that got hit.So given this:static Action SelectCase(T conditionValue, List

WPF 2D Image Carousel

18 Mar 2011Meshack Musundi

A 2D carousel like UserControl in WPF

F# Versus Mathematics: Part One - Getting Started with BLAS and LAPACK

24 Mar 2011Dan Buskirk

Accessing Industry-Standard Linear Algebra Libraries from .NET Code

Response.Filter, pt 1: Server Side Table of Contents

29 Mar 2011Gregory Gadow

Dynamically generate a table of contents for your web page without using client-side scripting.

Basic Directx Transformation with VB.NET

15 Mar 2011Abudreas

Applying simple world transformation in 2D world using DirectX and VB.NET

Wordley

9 Mar 2011Alan Burkhart

A look-up dictionary based on the WordNet database, with auto-complete spelling assistance.

.NET

Dev

How to Write Windows Shell Extension with .NET Languages

29 Mar 2011All-In-One Code Framework

The C# code sample demonstrates creating a Shell context menu handler with .NET Framework 4

How to Delete Selected Items of ListView and ListBox (Snippets)

20 Mar 2011PdotWang

I have some lessons learned on the topic.

Response.Filter, Part 2: Auto-generated References

29 Mar 2011Gregory Gadow

Dynamically generate reference tags for footnotes and bibliographies server side, and avoid a maintenance nightmare.

HTML

ASP.NET

Design

Progress form in secondary thread without blocking main window

22 Mar 2011andreslassalle

This project will allow using progress forms without wrapping long processes in separate threads.

.NET

Windows

Dev

Magnifying Effect in WPF

10 Mar 2011Meshack Musundi

Creating a magnification effect in WPF and how to use my Magnifier control

Get TinyMCE Value from Server-Side in ASP.NET 4.0

3 Mar 2011AspDotNetDev

Using TinyMCE is fairly simple, but attempting to access the value entered by the user in ASP.NET 4.0 presents with some problems.

Javascript

ASP.NET

Using xsd.exe to create strong types in VB

3 Mar 2011Jim Roth

How to use xsd.exe to create Web Service methods that will return strongly-typed data to the consumer.

XML

.NET

Dev

How to Create Control Array with Event

23 Mar 2011PdotWang

Add to Layout, and Add Event

Current Participants

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Abudreas

Sudan

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Alan Burkhart

United States

I'm not an IT guy. Programming has been a hobby for me (and occasionally useful) ever since a sister in-law introduced me to a TI-99 4/A about a million years ago.

The creative challenge is relaxing and enjoyable. As such, I'd never mess up a fun hobby by doing it for a living.

Now, if I can just get Code Project to add "Truck Driver" to the list of job titles in the profiles...

All-In-One Code Framework

China

Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework delineates the framework and skeleton of Microsoft development techniques through typical sample codes in three popular programming languages (Visual C#, VB.NET, Visual C++). Each sample is elaborately selected, composed, and documented to demonstrate one frequently-asked, tested or used coding scenario based on our support experience in MSDN newsgroups and forums. If you are a software developer, you can fill the skeleton with blood, muscle and soul. If you are a software tester or a support engineer like us, you may extend the sample codes a little to fit your specific test scenario or refer your customer to this project if the customer's question coincides with what we collected.
http://cfx.codeplex.com/

andreslassalle

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

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

AspDotNetDev

Web Developer

United States

Managing Your JavaScript Library in ASP.NET (if you work with ASP.net and you don't read that, you are dead to me).
Graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Computer Science.
Wrote some articles and some tips.
DDR ("New high score? What does that mean? Did I break it?"), ping pong, and volleyball enthusiast.
Software I have donated to (you should too):
- KeePass
- Wikipedia

cechode

United States

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

charles henington

United States

I do not claim to be wrong! I just rarely ever write.

ChunkyStool

Software Developer Insight Global

United States

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Dan Buskirk

Software Developer

United States

Dan Buskirk earns his living as a developer for SQL Server and Analysis Services databases. He never met a number he didn't want to crunch.

Gregory Gadow

United States

Gregory Gadow recently graduated from Central Washington University with a B.S. that combined economics and statistical analysis, and currently works for the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife as an IT developer. He has been writing code for 30 years in more than a dozen programming languages, including Visual Basic, VB.Net, C++, C#, ASP, HTML, XML, SQL, and R.

Jim Roth

Architect Epsilon

United States

Sr. Director at Epsilon, a leader in marketing technology.

Meshack Musundi

Software Developer

Kenya

Experienced C# software developer with a passion for WPF.

Awards,

CodeProject MVP 2013
CodeProject MVP 2012
CodeProject MVP 2021

Mohammad Al Hoss

Software Developer CME Offshore

Lebanon

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

PdotWang

United States

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

Pete Mourfield

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

Software Developer

RMittelman

Web Developer

United States

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

Steve L. Powell

Software Developer Excel Adviser

Canada

I am a freelance software developer with a variety of different interests. My main area of expertise is Microsoft Office add-ins (Excel/Outlook mostly) but I also develop Windows applications, Access Databases and Excel macros . I develop in VBA, C# and C++. My website exceladviser.com has articles on Excel, Access, Microsoft Office development, and general Windows programming (WPF, etc.).

Аslam Iqbal

Software Developer (Senior) Arisaf Tech

Bangladesh

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

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