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 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 Image Handler

by jrhea

An ASP.NET Handler for resizing and rotating/flipping images dynamically.

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 Smooth Snake Game

by atojha

SIngle Player Game in VB.NET

AboutTrees

by Mr.PoorEnglish

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

ADO.NET for Beginners

by logicchild

How to Create an Application to Access Data

Aero Wizard in VB.NET

by pimb2

Create an Aero-style wizard in VB.NET

AJAX IN ASP.NET

by Islam Khalil Saber

The article show how to implementi AJAX in Asp.Net using XMLHttpRequest Object

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 ASP.NET Thumbs.db Thumbnail Viewer

by Philip Liebscher

A Windows Explorer-style Thumbs.db web viewer.

An Introduction to Jibu for .NET

by jdx256

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

Barcode Generator

by David Vanson

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

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

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.

Building a Better AutoComplete User Control

by Steve Krile

Expand the usefulness of the AutoComplete Ajax extender

C# Code Runner Macro for Visual Studio 2003

by Amol M Vaidya

Using this macro, you can check the output of a code snippet without creating a new project/form. You can do this right from your current code window.

C# Events: Create class events and use that class

by popnadrian

Educational article about C# events

Calculate and Draw Moon Phase

by Mostafa Kaisoun

Calculate Moon's age and draw Moon Phase on any given day

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.

Code Editor (Part 1)

by Jason Barrera

Create a Code/Text editor. Line numbering with or without wordwrap enabled.

Comparing Values for Equality in .NET: Identity and Equivalence

by richnewman

An article clarifying the various ways of comparing two values for equality in .NET

Complex class - Working with complex numbers

by Ivan0001

This class performs operations and evaluates functions with complex numbers. There are different kinds of available functions (log functions, trigonometric functios...). Check it out.

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 Breadcrumb Menu in VB.NET WinForms

by chrishuff

Provide a dynamic menu for drilling through data, or using the new Vista style of breadcrumbing for menu control.

Create Open File Dialog for Windows Mobile 6 (SmartPhone) Devices

by aleksisa

Create an Open File Dialog for a Windows Mobile 6 (SmartPhone) devices.

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 Rich Label

by Star Vega

Extending the Windows.Forms.Label control.

Creating/Moving/Sizing Controls at Runtime

by Soumya92

How to create and manage controls at runtime by providing the user with 'handles' for sizing the controls.

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 GridView

by Rajibdotnet05

Configurable Gridview using file or database

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

Customized ListBox Control: Part 1 - Collection Events

by Calle Mellergardh

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

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

DataGridView Filter Popup

by jesseseger

A cool way to filter data in a DataGridView.

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

Developing a Line Control

by alhokail

This is a control that takes a starting point and an ending point as objects and draws a line between them

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.

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).

Does Not Allow Child Controls Error

by Tommy_Segoro

When you create a custom drop-down-list that inherits from System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList and when you try to add controls (e.g., Me.Controls.Add(myControl)), you will get a "does not allow child controls error". Here is the fix.

dotNetMSN Library Fix

by BlueBit.uy

How to fix dotNetMSN library to easily connect to MSN service

Download all the versions of a file from a SharePoint document library

by Junaid Raza

This code snippet can be used to download all the versions (if exists) of a document from within folders and subfolders inside a given document library.

DWM - Colorization Color Handling Using DWMGetColorizationColor

by o m n i

Using WM_COLORIZATIONCOLORCHANGED and DWMGetColorizationColor.

Dynamic formula calculator/evaluator in VB.NET

by Amir Pournasserian

This class will help you to calculate/evaluate formulas based on a string which could be changed at run-time.

Dynamic Objects, Factories, and Runtime Machines to Boost Performance

by Philip Liebscher

An examination of dynamic object instantiation and runtime machines to boost performance.

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 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.

Easy Drag And Drop of Controls at Run-time

by John M Bundy

Allow users to customize your forms

Edit XML files using a GridView

by fstrahberger

Editing XML files using a GridView.

Embed an Image in Email using ASP.NET

by jelizondo21

Complete demo of embedding images in an email message.

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.

Execute DTS Through VB.NET

by Suresh Suthar

How to execute DTS packages through VB.NET and use global variables.

Export Data to Excel Much Faster

by Suresh Suthar

Export data to Excel using three methods: a basic method and two advanced methods which are very fast.

Export to Excel using VB.NET

by Senthil S

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

Extended RichTextBox

by Razi Syed

Rich Text Box control with built in options

Extension Methods in VB.NET

by db7uk

A brief overview of Extension Methods.

Extracting and displaying icons with VB.NET

by Pixa

Uses pure VB.NET code to extract and display icons as bitmap objects.

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 moving/copying source folfer to destination folder

by Sarfraz Munna

File moving/copying source folfer to destination folder, GetPath XML file helps to put the name of Source folder and destination folder with numbers of file to be copy or move

FilesystemTree Control in .NET

by User 30735

A FilesystemTree view control in VB.NET. Developed with VS.NET, using the system.management namespace

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 Changed Control

by Duncan Edwards Jones

A component that allows you to monitor all the controls on the form and list any that have changed (for dirty checking)

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

Fullscreen the form in VB.NET using a class

by chanderp, Yash Bharadwaj

In some application we need to fullscreen the App .Here is simple class that can fullscreen any App. Just create a variable of this class type and call the function using the class variable.

Game Class Inheritance

by gerudobombshell

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

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.

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 any control's value in any type

by dnair926

Gey any control's value in the type specified.

Get info about local digital certificates with WSE 2.0 and .NET

by Orka

This article describes how to get information about digital certificates stored on your local machine. It also shows how to search certificates by name, and retrieve a certificate hash.

Get the Values From DataBase and Stored into excell Sheet

by Member 4159567

Get the Values From DataBase and Stored into excell Sheet

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.

GraphSheet Control for Windows

by User 30735

A GraphSheet control in .NET, using GDI+ and the System.Drawing namespace

Handling Specific Exceptions in the Web.config

by call_vino

Handling exceptions with the Enterprise Library.

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 Build a Simple Event Log Montior/Watcher (Using TCP in .NET)

by aleksisa

How to build a simple event log montior/watcher (using TCP in .NET) to monitor event log changes on a remote machine(s).

How to capture a piece of the desktop

by Michael Rosqvist

A utility to capture a bit of the desktop.

How To Convert Pictures on the Fly (Downloading & Converting)

by HADBI Moussa Benameur {Mozads}

Explain how to make a picture converter & downloader (Only HTTP is supported)

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 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 make content of RichTextBox unselectable.

by chanderp, Yash Bharadwaj

you want to display some text in your application and side-by-side you want to prevent the user from copying the content. . One way to implement this use label, but label do not support the formatting of the text and RTF formats.

How to persist DIRs past SETUP wizard

by KinnMirr

How to Find Directory Path before and after setup wizard deployment

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 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.

HTML Parsing using .NET Framework

by Fabricio Miranda

In this article, i will be showing how to parse and modify a peace of HTML code using a nice and helpfull .NET assembly.

Hue Saturation Lightness Filter

by Miran.Uhan

A VB.NET class implementing an image Hue/Saturation/Lightning adjustment.

Image Cropping with Image Resizing Using VB.NET

by Senthil Sambandam

Simple Image Cropping with Image Resizing Using VB.NET

ImageMagick Command Line Execution in ASP.NET

by arinhere

Perform ImageMagick operations in ASP.NET using command line

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

by Ludvik Jerabek

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

Insert, Update, Delete & Search Values in MS Access 2003 with VB.NET 2005

by Member 3931606

How to Insert, Update, Delete & Search Values in MS Access 2003 with VB.NET 2005

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.

LayerGenMMX

by icemanind

Easily create Business and Data Layers!

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.

LogParser DataProvider for ADO.NET

by FrankNight

The article shows how to use SQL features of Microsoft LogParser with ADO.NET

Mail Enable with Exchange 2007 using LDAP

by LiQuick

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

Manage your iTunes library with simple clicks!

by igalnassi

This project, along with the suggested form of use, will let you organize your iTunes libraries and make them ready for iPod Sync, making use of a reusable progress window that has a cancel button.

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

MSSQL/MSDE Server Folder Browser

by Eric Shandil

Browse for folder on computer with MS SQL Server from a remote computer.

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

by Anshul R

Creating a clone of notepad in Visual Basic

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.

OPCWare DA Automation Wrapper - VB.NET

by KRISHNA PRASAD.N

This paper provides the basic technical overview of OPC (OLE for Process and Control) and a sample VB.NET OPC Client to access the data using OPCware DA Automation Wrapper component. It describes how VB.NET client can communicate with OPC Server.

Open Regedit and Connect to Remote Host

by DavidHolland

Code to open regedit and connect to remote host

by jamesfancy

Macro to find related .h/.cpp files and do some action.

Overriding Keydown in a User Control using ProcessKeyPreview

by Laughing.John

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

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.

Parent Process Window

by Enver Buzoku

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

PDA / Pocket PC Signature Capturing and Saving as BMP

by Agha Zair Ali

A way to capture signature on Pocket PC and saving as BMP file

PDA Browser Control for ASP.Net

by petersgyoung

Web user control that simulates a PDA browser

PDF to Text

by RG_SA

Convert a PDF to text.

Performance Monitor Made Easy!

by NewLaw

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

Playing Cards

by jrhea

A set of classes that represent a typical set of playing cards.

Power yourself against XSS

by albert arul prakash

XSS gaining popularity to hack into websites. This article describes how to power yourself against XSS

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.

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.

Protect files for download

by cruzagr3 networks

keep your uploaded files secury, preventing download from users that have the full path

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.

QVFS - A FAT32 Based Virtual File System Powered by VB.NET 2005

by TonyTonyQ

A virtual file system created using VB.NET, an easy way to store multiple folders and files in two real physical files.

Random Desktop Background Changer

by Joss

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

Read and Write Excel Files

by Vivek.Net

Read and Write Excel Files using VB.NET

Reading and writing an Excel file using VB.NET

by Raman Tayal

This code helps the user to interact with an Excel file using the OleDBDataProvider in VB.NET.

Realy Nice DataGridView

by Bhardwaj Deepak

Really Nice Look n' Feel in a DataGridView

Regex Tester

by User 30735

A simple Regex Tester. The code also illustrates the simple usage of regular expressions in .NET.

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

Repeater with Paging: Performing Postback on a Custom Control

by Tommy_Segoro

Repeater with paging: a custom ASP.NET control.

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

Runtime Grid with Multiple DataSources

by sasikumarg1983

This article describes how to create a DataGrid at runtime according to the tables available in the DataSet.

Sandcastle Conceptual Help: Quick Start

by Paul Selormey

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

Screen Snaper SideBar Gadget

by DCUtility

Screen Snaper is perfect to quickly share a picture-perfect representation of anything on your screen.

Scrollable GridView

by Jay Stacey

Creating a scrollable GridView with a fixed header.

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.

Serialize Custom Collections of CollectionBase

by Eric P Schneider

Basic demo on how to serialize and deserialize custom collections

Simple Active Directory Authentication Using LDAP and ASP.NET

by Jesse Fatherree

Quick and easy Active Directory authentication using LDAP and ASP.NET

Simple Class to Convert Numbers into Text

by The ANZAC

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

Simplified .NET Configuration

by vbfengshui

A simplified wrapper to the .NET Configuration namespace.

Single Instance Application A Simple Way!

by skullz_softwares

Making Single Instance Application a Simple Way!!

Small Alarm,Programmed By VB.NET

by nma202000

my first program.

Sorting Gridview using Jquery with ASP.NET

by Sailung Limbu

This article demonstrate flexible client-side table sorting

Spell check and underline the wrong word using Microsoft Office Word

by Fatania Dipak

How to underline the wrong word using Microsoft Office Word

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.

Synchroniq CodeBase v1.0 (Access database backend version)

by MalakieUSN

Code storage tool for any language but developed using Visual Basic .NET 2005. Includes syntax coloring for VB code and can load via the tools menu external option in Visual Studio 2005.

Synchroniq CodeBase v1.0 (SQLServer database backend version)

by MalakieUSN

Code storage tool for any language but developed using Visual Basic .NET 2005. Includes syntax coloring for VB code and can load via the tools menu external option in Visual Studio 2005.

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.

TB-Stickfigure

by Nasenbaaer

Combine graphic objects to create own scenes

Testing, tracing and debugging in Project Hoshimi

by Raptor.XP

Learn how to trace and debug your Project Hoshimi program with Visual Studio

Text Log Viewer

by özk@n

Text Log Viewer

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

TiTaN Code Generator

by Amgad Fahmi

This application helps you to easily create your own classes without needing to waste your time writing the same code again and again

Token Replacement in Office Documents

by Rahul Singla

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

Turn an Enum into a DataTable

by Edelman

Need to bind controls to pre-set enums? Here's how!

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.

Uploading files to the SharePoint Document Library and updating any metadata columns

by Junaid Raza

How to upload files to the SharePoint Document Library and update any metadata columns.

Use the XNA Framework in Visual Basic .NET

by Scott Bailey

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

UserControl Textbox

by nareshkumarmasetti

windows Textbox UserControl for only numeric, only alphbates, alphanumeric

Using C Calling Convention Callback Functions in C# and VB - The Easy Way

by Jecho Jekov

Provides an easy way to use C calling convention callback functions in C# and VB

Using Data Relation with Data Table

by Aakash Jain

This article exemplifies how to use the Data Relation of ADO.NET with Data Table to create the in memory Data Relation between two tables.

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 Nhibernate in VB.NET

by S.SRIVATHSAN

Implementation Nhibernate concept in VB.NET

Using VB to Create & Check License Keys

by maz2331

Generate and check license keys embedding 16-bit configuration information

Using Windows Forms

by logicchild

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

Using XML as datagridview Source

by Indra PR

An article about linking datagridview with XML file

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.

ViewState Serializer, Compressor & Encrypter

by ModMa

It's a very complete and robust processor of ViewState, it allows: to select the way of serialization, compression and encryption optionally.

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.

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

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

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 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 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.

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 Glass Brush Markup Extension

by LarryCharlton

A WPF XAML markup extension with a "Glass" look