Best VB.NET Article of January 2014

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Each month at CodeProject we gather together the best of the articles submitted the previous month and ask our readers to choose the best of the best. Entry is automatic - just submit you articke and we'll do the rest.

Check out the submission guidelines for information on posting articles.

Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Double Buffered List View

17 Jan 2014Neil Siegfried

Double Buffer a List View Control to eliminate all flickering associated with it.

Windows

Visual Basic 6.0: A giant more powerful than ever

14 Jan 2014ISpliter

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.

Searchable WPF TreeView

13 Oct 2016Fredrik Bornander

Showing how to prune nodes of a TreeView as a means of searching

Print Direct To Windows Printer (EPOS Receipt)

2 Jan 2014Michael_Davies

Printing To Line Printers (EPOS) Using Windows

.NET Type Conversion Utility

14 Jan 2014Ron Beyer

Convert what System.Convert can't.

C#4.0

.NET4

.NET

VBA Enumeration Database

8 Jan 2014Mark Regal

It is the intention of this article to add a measure of detail to all user defined enumerations through the creation of an enumeration database.

VBE

VBA

enum

DbToolbox: Utilities for data access and management

15 Jan 2014Gregory Gadow

Database access and management can be a chore in .Net. This toolbox can make it easier.

How to Make Your Own Gmail Notifier Using VB.NET

11 Jan 2014Hadrich Mohamed

This tip shows you how to make your own Gmail Notiifer using VB.NET

CQRS on Windows Azure - Event Sourcing

22 Jul 2017Duncan Edwards Jones

How to use a Windows Azure storage table, blob or file as an event store for event sourcing

HUD window 64-bit (DWM composition)

2 Jan 2014zapsolution

DWM composition

How to Create the Customized Kendo Auto Complete as a Shared Control into ASP.NET MVC using VB

22 Jan 2014Systematix Infotech

How to create the customized Kendo auto complete as a shared control into ASP.NET MVC using VB

CQRS on Windows Azure - The Command Side

4 Mar 2017Duncan Edwards Jones

An outline of how a paired Azure queue and Azure table can be used for the command side of a CQRS application

Current Participants

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

Duncan Edwards Jones

Software Developer

Ireland

C# / SQL Server developer
Microsoft MVP (Azure) 2017
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic) 2006, 2007

Fredrik Bornander

Software Developer (Senior)

Sweden

Article videos
Oakmead Apps Android Games

21 Feb 2014: Best VB.NET Article of January 2014 - Second Prize
18 Oct 2013: Best VB.NET article of September 2013
23 Jun 2012: Best C++ article of May 2012
20 Apr 2012: Best VB.NET article of March 2012
22 Feb 2010: Best overall article of January 2010
22 Feb 2010: Best C# article of January 2010

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.

Hadrich Mohamed

Student

Tunisia

Microsoft Certified Professional, Big Data and Cloud Architect.
Mail : hadrichmed@gmail.com

ISpliter

Romania

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

Mark Regal

Software Developer

Australia

Creating object models is a wonderfully dynamic process. As components begin to take shape, a model can sometimes reveal capabilities which might not have been imagined when first started.

Michael_Davies

Retired

United Kingdom

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

Neil Siegfried

Software Developer (Junior)

United States

I'm a hobbyist programmer in VB, C# and Java. I have an associate's degree in Computer Sciences.

Ron Beyer

President 6D Systems LLC

United States

I studied Software Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering for 2 years before switching to Management of Information Systems for a more business oriented approach. I've been developing software since the age of 14, and have waded through languages such as QBasic, TrueBasic, C, C++, Java, VB6, VB.NET, C#, etc. I've been developing professionally since 2002 in .NET.

Systematix Infotech

India

Systematix is a unique blend of experiences with constant urge for quality and creativity. We are more than just a link between designers and developers, touching in both worlds all the time. Driven by passion for new technologies, we never hesitate to fully engage in what we do by observing and learning every day. Organized, curious and open by nature, we talk to our clients and even better, we listen to them!

zapsolution

Software Developer zapsolution

France

I am a low level SDK programmer, focusing mainly on graphic imaging and multimedia applications.
I am using several languages, including C, C++, PowerBASIC, WinDev.
I wrote also a few demos in C#, but i never used DotNET in real code production.

First Prize	ISpliter - Visual Basic 6.0: A giant more powerful than ever
Prize pool	CodeProject Mug - CodeProject


Second Prize	Fredrik Bornander - Searchable WPF TreeView
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

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