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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

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.

Using Nhibernate in VB.NET

by S.SRIVATHSAN

Implementation Nhibernate concept in VB.NET

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

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Fluid, Multi-column, Vertically Ordered List using CSS

by Richard Atkins

Create a fluid, multi-column, vertically ordered list using nested, floating divs

Serialize Custom Collections of CollectionBase

by Eric P Schneider

Basic demo on how to serialize and deserialize custom collections

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

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

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Visual Basic.NET 7.x (2002/03)

How Can I Get forecastrss? (Yahoo Weather)

8 May 2010 by #realJSOP

Well, your question is so vague as to be considered unanswerable in its current form. What country are you looking for? Are you sure you're spelling it the same way as yahoo is?

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Open .swf file thru web page on Window Mobile CE

26 Sep 2010 by 1234ABCDE2008

Hi,I need to open the .swf file thru web page on platform window CE.I got a .swf file which is saving in window CE mobile device on path: \My Documents\flash\ParallelParking.swf.So when user browse the web page thru the mobile device, I need to open up the .swf file which is save in...

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C# countdown timer xna`

22 Nov 2011 by :)9/11

if (yourmum = buttonState.pressed) setvibration(playerindex.me,1,69)else { fatness++; }if (fatCountingUp > 300kg); (setBiggestLoserShow = true);else { (setBiggestLoserShow = MEGAtrue); }if (codDisc = broken); (YouDumpGirlfriend);else { ...

Using Data Relation with Data Table

6 Apr 2007 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.

Retrieve date from database table and assign it to a variable in vb

30 Aug 2012 by Aarti Meswania

see, below codedim datevar = dbScalarvalue("select date from tbl where timstampcol=max(timestampcol)")'dbScalarvalue function take query and give result from sql, database connection and all that will manage internally by function.Happy Coding!:)

How Can I Get forecastrss? (Yahoo Weather)

8 May 2010 by Abhinav S

The Yahoo weather API appears to have a country code in it. Maybe this is what you are looking for.

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How Can I record Video? (No Webcam)

26 Jun 2010 by Abhinav S

This may be of some help to you.

Grant Access to your Assembly from COM Objects

14 Sep 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Make your class library COM visible using few simple steps

Basics of Bing Search API using .NET

31 Oct 2009 by Abhishek Sur

This article will enable you to add custom search rules to your application using Bing Search API with much more

About AccountPlus

4 Mar 2010 by acmamr

Hello,Thank you for your application AccountPlus.I am learning Dont Net now, so i hope study your application well.so i hope you help me.My e-mail is ahmedcheinane@hotmail.comRegards..

PDA / Pocket PC Signature Capturing and Saving as BMP

1 Feb 2008 by Agha Zair Ali

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

Power yourself against XSS

7 Aug 2007 by albert arul prakash

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

Free Delete (Shred)

20 Jan 2008 by Alberto M.

Eliminar archivos de forma segura con distintos metodos

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

5 Nov 2007 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).

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

25 Jul 2007 by aleksisa

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

Object Initialization Expressions and Anonymous Types in Visual Basic 9.0

9 Mar 2008 by Alessandro Del Sole

An introduction to some new cool features of the Visual Basic 9.0 language syntax.

Developing a Line Control

24 May 2007 by alhokail

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

TiTaN Code Generator

30 Oct 2007 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

Data Classification Using VB.NET and Genetic Algorithm

4 Aug 2008 by Amir Emamjomeh

A simple example of how to classify data using genetic algorithm and VB.Net

Dynamic formula calculator/evaluator in VB.NET

19 Apr 2007 by Amir Pournasserian

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

Hot to repeat a value on top in notepad from datatable

30 Dec 2022 by Amitkumaryadava

Issued Detail Page No.1 Item Issued For Customer :101 ----------------------------------------- Id Item Qty Date ----------------------------------------- 101 Pen 10 10/05/2021 101 Copy 10 10/05/2021...

C# Code Runner Macro for Visual Studio 2003

26 Sep 2007 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.

Logging System for .NET SOA Applications

30 Dec 2007 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.

Developing COM Add-ins for Microsoft Office in VB.NET

29 Oct 2007 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.

How to programmatically create an Outlook home folder page in the Outlook Today style

4 Aug 2008 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++).

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

3 May 2008 by Anshul R

Creating a clone of notepad in Visual Basic

Decimal To Fraction

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

Converts a given decimal number to fraction

HugeInt - N Digit Arithmetic Class

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

A class for N-Digit Arithmetic

Conversion Between All .NET Languages

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

The Perfect Translation/Conversion of Code

Saving Settings

21 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

Saving a form's settings

ImageMagick Command Line Execution in ASP.NET

4 Jun 2009 by arinhere

Perform ImageMagick operations in ASP.NET using command line

Convert SWF movie to Image [.jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp]

15 Jan 2008 by arinhere

Convert your swf movie file to image

FFMPEG using ASP.NET

8 Jul 2008 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

Help me project conection data acces game port 5222

18 Dec 2009 by ariodoni

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory Private Sub winsock1_Click()winsock1.closewinsock1.remotehost="talk.google.com"...

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Help me project conection data acces game port 5222

18 Dec 2009 by ariodoni

thanks broder i wrong winsock1 = cmdConnect_Click() :)

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help me find folder and file

20 Dec 2009 by ariodoni

example me projectfind folder by the name of version in hardisk if folder by the name of version found chek file insides folder name version. txt if folder version insides he is there file version. txt rename version. txt by the name of versionold. txt if folder version insides he is...

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help me find folder and file

20 Dec 2009 by ariodoni

i am not yet experienced can given example detailerexample me programPrivate Sub Form_Load()Dim CheckFile1, CheckFile2 As String' Check if folder exists, first.If Dir("c:\version", vbDirectory) = vbNullString Then Exit SubEnd If' Check if file existsCheckFile1 =...

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help me find folder and file

21 Dec 2009 by ariodoni

hii bro..,I've installed visual studio express 2008, which it does VB.net?, Because do not know, whether that product microsoft VB.Net also?I beg of rock and the information, because I am still learning.Thanks before ...regard,Doni

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Custom Exceptions in Custom Components

25 Sep 2007 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.

Please tell me how to create OS(Operating System)

14 May 2018 by AshishVishwakarma

This book has MINIX operating system implementation given. Operating Systems Design and Implementation by Andrew S Tanenbaum https://www.amazon.com/Operating-Systems-Design-Implementation-3rd/dp/0131429388

Fading forms in and out

2 Sep 2008 by Ashley Staggs

This article will explain how to fade a form in and out, using VB.NET.

Verify the integrity of directory trees using Checksum Verifier

15 May 2008 by Ashutosh Phoujdar

A small utility to verify checksums.

How to print out a Quotation mark.

6 Dec 2009 by AspDotNetDev

TextBox1.Text = "LinkText"You type two quotes in a string to get one quote. Also, FYI, you type to make a >. The Code Project editor will actually take care of that for you, though. You just check the "Encode HTML tags when pasting" checkbox...

P2P Secure File, Encrypt and Decrypt Any File with Password

5 Apr 2008 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.

A Smooth Snake Game

26 Feb 2007 by atojha

SIngle Player Game in VB.NET

Running the Microsoft AppLocale Utility in an Automated Batch Script

30 Oct 2009 by Austin Rappa

Getting AppLocale to run in a batch script

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

11 Sep 2016 by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

Auto Install My Application if user Reinstall Windows

6 Oct 2013 by Aydin Homay

HiIf your network has a Active Directory you can use it this facilities follow of...

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Please how can I recover visual studio project from my formmated hard disk.

21 Feb 2013 by bbirajdar

Try Recuva. It boasts of recovering data from formatted disks.. But remember that the data recovery is not 100% sure , in case of very ideal conditions too. But you must give a try. Its worth that http://www.piriform.com/recuva/features[^]The most important thing is that you should not...

Capture mouseclick logging on Virtualkeyboards

14 Dec 2013 by Behnam Heydari

Hi and tanksI need to code this project:- Capture and Records mouseclick logging on Virtualkeyboards in browsers+ Capture url from browsersCapture and Records every mouseclick logging on Virtualkeyboards made in any application along with the window they are clicking on, process name,...

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Developing Abstract Functions for Accessing Stored Procedures

3 Apr 2008 by Ben Kotvis

This article explains about developing abstract functions for accessing Stored Procedures.

Realy Nice DataGridView

17 Feb 2008 by Bhardwaj Deepak

Really Nice Look n' Feel in a DataGridView

How do i Draw line from one point to another

8 Jul 2013 by bhuvamehul

If you are using vb.net and you want to draw line in picturebox control using mouse then Dim startpoint As Point Dim endpoint As Point Dim flag As Boolean = False Private Sub PictureBox1_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles...

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dotNetMSN Library Fix

8 Aug 2008 by BlueBit.uy

How to fix dotNetMSN library to easily connect to MSN service

Folder Coder

11 Dec 2007 by Buffalloy

A way to convert a folder into a file...

Handling Specific Exceptions in the Web.config

18 Dec 2007 by call_vino

Handling exceptions with the Enterprise Library.

Customized ListBox Control: Part 1 - Collection Events

11 Jul 2008 by Calle Mellergardh

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

How to make content of RichTextBox unselectable.

7 Apr 2008 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.

Fullscreen the form in VB.NET using a class

26 Jun 2010 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.

How can I write internet bandwidth monitor

20 Jan 2022 by CHill60

Please read the posting guidelines Point number 2 - Have you searched or Googled for a solution? Try internet bandwidth monitor vb.net - Google Search[^] or even search within Code Project Monitoring Network Traffic[^] or look at the list of...

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Binding the Enum to the Dropdown Listbox and Sorting it on Values

12 May 2008 by Chirag Maisuriya

An article on Binding Enum to DropdownListbox with the SortedList that sorts entries by value instead of by key.

Winsock Revamped

24 Jun 2008 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.

Create a Breadcrumb Menu in VB.NET WinForms

21 Feb 2007 by chrishuff

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

How to use the new AAA syntax in Rhino Mocks 3.5 with VB.Net

6 Oct 2008 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.

Help me bypass firewall

16 Dec 2009 by Christian Graus

Why did you post an 'answer' ? Your reply SEEMS to be asking how other programs work with firewalls. They negotiate them, and either find some way to detect their settings, or require you to set them. The OP is right, you cannot 'bypass' a firewall. You can mark an app as being approved by a...

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Help me project conection data acces game port 5222

18 Dec 2009 by Christian Graus

Well, you're wasting a lot of effort on p/invoke when the Process class will do what ShellExceute does. Beyond that, if you told us which bit 'does not run', what the error is, and what you were expecting to see, as opposed to what happens, then we'd be able to answer you. Please edit...

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Help me project conection data acces game port 5222

18 Dec 2009 by Christian Graus

OK, I still don't see what you're trying to do. What is winsock1 ? Why is it trying to find talk.google.com ? Is that just a check if the computer is online ? Of course, your connect button code is not going to run until you click it, and your winsock = 1 code will run before that. This...

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help me find folder and file

20 Dec 2009 by Christian Graus

The System.IO namespace has classes like Path, File and Directory which will do everything you want.

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help me find folder and file

20 Dec 2009 by Christian Graus

Private Sub Form_Load()Dim CheckFile1, CheckFile2 As String' Check if folder exists, first.If Dir("c:\version", vbDirectory) = vbNullString ThenExit SubEnd If' Check if file existsCheckFile1 = Dir$("c:\version\version.txt")CheckFile2 = Dir$("c:\version\versionold.txt")If...

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Structure with fieldoffset results in typeloadexception

20 Jul 2023 by Christian S. (Chris)

Public Structure Foo Public NameLength as Integer '4 Byte Public Name As String 'variable name in MBCS

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ASP.NET WPF Image Handler

5 Jun 2008 by Claudio Pizzillo

An ASP.NET handler to apply WPF XAML templates on images.

Please tell me how to create OS(Operating System)

2 Aug 2013 by CPallini

We have the very nice article series written by 0x3c0, let's start from the first one: "Beginning Operating System Development, Part One"[^].

Protect files for download

27 Nov 2007 by cruzagr3 networks

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

How to Download a File from a WebDAV Server in VB.NET

7 May 2009 by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to download a file from a (HTTPS) WebDAV server in VB.NET

Creating a COM DLL with VS 2005: Advanced Walkthrough

7 Jul 2009 by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to manually create a COM DLL with VS 2005.

how to check if a value exists in DB table

2 Sep 2012 by D-Kishore

Hi Try like thisprivate void Form4_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { int Company_Id = 3; Boolean id = Convert.ToBoolean(existCompanyId(Company_Id)); }public int existCompanyId(int Company_Id){ string SQLConnectionStr =...

Move a Form whose Border Isn't Visible

22 Feb 2010 by Damon88

A class which enables the user to Drag the form by clicking Form's Surface

Changing the Systems Cursor in VB.NET

15 Jul 2008 by Dan Dombrowski

Replace a cursor system-wide and restore it to the original cursor.

Global events for your application

22 Aug 2008 by Daniel Ch. Bloch (MCSD, MCAD, MCTS)

How to use events through your application for multiple receivers.

RSS Enclosure Downloader

3 Jun 2008 by Darren Fieldhouse

Using LINQ to XML to download RSS enclosures.

Please how can I recover visual studio project from my formmated hard disk.

22 Feb 2013 by Dave Kreskowiak

OK, so you formatted the drive. The question becomes did you do anything else to it, like install an operating system? Did you do more than that??Why an I asking this? Because if you write anything to the drive after you formatted it, you decrease the chances of recovering anything from...

How to make a virtual display?

9 Jul 2016 by Dave Kreskowiak

This requires writing a Remote Display Driver[^].I hope you're into C and debugging kernel drivers because you're not going to be writing this in VB/VB.NET.

Windows Form Handles Description

15 May 2010 by DaveyM69

The 'Handles' you refer to are actually events - the methods with the Handles appended are the methods that handle the events.The Load event occurs when a form has finished loading. This means it has been created in memory. Until Show or ShowDialog is called (directly or indirectly) it will...

How to Get a Reference to Parent Form from a Component

19 Oct 2007 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.

Barcode Generator

10 Jan 2016 by David Vanson

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

Customisable WinForms Progressbar Control VB.NET

2 Apr 2016 by David Vanson

A progress bar control you can customize

Open Regedit and Connect to Remote Host

13 Nov 2008 by DavidHolland

Code to open regedit and connect to remote host

How to Generate (and Validate) CD-Keys for your Software

6 Aug 2012 by dawmail333

An example of how to implement and validate non-personal CD-Keys (ideal for distribution on the back of CD cases)

Extension Methods in VB.NET

26 Nov 2008 by db7uk

A brief overview of Extension Methods.

Screen Snaper SideBar Gadget

1 Dec 2011 by DCUtility

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

universal printing without office

14 May 2008 by delcatto

With the free wordviewer 2003/2007 and some xml docs you can print everthing any time

Retrieve date from database table and assign it to a variable in vb

31 Aug 2012 by Devang Vaja

You can also convert date by querysql="select *,Convert(char(10),date),103)As date from tabletemp"this will give u date in 'dmy' format

A Basic Scheduler

28 May 2008 by Didara F Dosabhai

Define schedules to the program for executing programmer defined jobs

Processing with C# and Oracle PL/SQL

29 Apr 2007 by Dimitar Madjarov

An article which describes an alternative way of cooperation between Oracle PL/SQL and C#

code to fill a data field from database into in combobox

22 Apr 2013 by DinoRondelly

This will show you how to query the database,http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vbide/thread/e4344a25-93e5-40d4-a97d-c5ee0b573577/[^]And this will show you how to bind the results to your combo box,http://vb.net-informations.com/dataset/bind-combobox.htm[^]

Get any control's value in any type

6 Jul 2009 by dnair926

Gey any control's value in the type specified.

Form Changed Control

26 May 2008 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)

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Printing in .NET

22 Apr 2014 by Duncan Edwards Jones

Introduces and discusses the Common Language Runtime framework classes used in printing from a .NET Windows Forms application.

comparing 2 images to check if similar

16 May 2013 by E.F. Nijboer

The objects aren't equal and no comparator is available to handle it. Second, it isn't that easy because the image the button uses has lost the meta data, so it doesn't know where it came from. You could load the image from resource and compare the images. Some links are included. But I guess...

Turn an Enum into a DataTable

16 May 2007 by Edelman

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