i have created an application that runs in background. when i minimize it, it will appear on the task bar. it is working fine, but when i turn off my computer, windows says that my application is blocking the shut down process. how do i close my application when i shut down my computer? i...

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[RESOVLED] my application is blocking shutdown

2 Aug 2016 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

There are certain talks (messages) between the Os and your application while OS try to shut down...OS actually sent a WM_QUERYENDSESSION to your application, but as you didn't handled it it got a false response, marking your application as blocking...Read this paper, to see how prepare your...

[RESOVLED] my application is blocking shutdown

2 Aug 2016 by ProgrammingEnthusiast

i have already resolved it by adding this code during form_closing event of my main form.If e.CloseReason = CloseReason.WindowsShutDown Then Me.Dispose

A Basic Scheduler

28 May 2008 by Didara F Dosabhai

Define schedules to the program for executing programmer defined jobs

A fast and performing gauge, now in a dll for vb users

10 Mar 2007 by keno2oo1

A short procedure for adding a nice gauge to your VS toolbox

A FreeCell game using Cards.dll

18 Oct 2008 by Matt Fomich

Instructions for using the Cards dynamic Link library. FreeCell game included.

A progress bar for everyone

12 Feb 2007 by Greg Osborne

Another progress bar, but this one has differnt types, and allows text.

A Query Builder Class For Visual Basic 2005 Hand Coders

12 May 2011 by Elizalde G. Baguinon

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

10 Apr 2008 by Michael L Perry

An open source library of Windows Forms controls that update themselves automatically.

A Simple Image Handler

14 May 2008 by jrhea

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

A simple way to snap a form to screen borders

22 Dec 2007 by Hamed.M

A simple way to snap a form without borders to the screen.

A Smooth Snake Game

26 Feb 2007 by atojha

SIngle Player Game in VB.NET

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..

About AccountPlus

4 Mar 2010 by Khaniya

I think you are thanking on wrong placethis is question answers pageclick below to thanks Ashish TripathiAccountPlus[^]

AboutTrees

15 Jan 2008 by Mr.PoorEnglish

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

ADO.NET for Beginners

22 Apr 2008 by logicchild

How to Create an Application to Access Data

Aero Wizard in VB.NET

30 Jul 2009 by pimb2

Create an Aero-style wizard in VB.NET

AJAX IN ASP.NET

3 Nov 2007 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

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.

An ASP.NET Thumbs.db Thumbnail Viewer

5 Jun 2007 by Philip Liebscher

A Windows Explorer-style Thumbs.db web viewer.

An Introduction to Jibu for .NET

4 Jan 2008 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?

26 Nov 2014 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

11 Dec 2007 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

24 May 2009 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

19 Sep 2013 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

19 Feb 2008 by Kamran A

A customizable cloud generator written in VB.NET.

ASP.NET WPF Image Handler

5 Jun 2008 by Claudio Pizzillo

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

Assembly Manipulation and C# / VB.NET Code Injection

26 Apr 2013 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.

Auto Install My Application if user Reinstall Windows

25 Sep 2013 by Member 10258508

hi I am making sms software in vb6 wich work as windows service.my sms system is install more than 30 pcs in different locations.everything works fine but my problem is if user reinstall windows my sms software definately removed. i have a batch file which create SMsService.exe service ....

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Auto Install My Application if user Reinstall Windows

25 Sep 2013 by Rick van Woudenberg

Group policies is usually used for this.

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Auto Install My Application if user Reinstall Windows

25 Sep 2013 by Prince Tegaton

No. Else, Make your own version of Windows

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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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Automated PDF Conversion using the PDF995 and FreePDF_XP Freeware Printers

16 Oct 2008 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

27 May 2016 by icemanind

How to automatically create data access layers and business layers from a Microsoft Access or a SQL Server database

Barcode Generator

10 Jan 2016 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

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

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.

breaking the stringin two parts,comparing 1st part with 2nd part to check if both have similar words

15 May 2013 by Thomas Daniels

Hi,To split the string, use the String.Split method:String.Split Method[^]To check whether the parts are equal, use an If...Then...Else statement:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/752y8abs.aspx[^]Dim twoParts As String() = someStr.Split("-"C)If twoParts(0) = twoParts(1)...

Bug Submitter Dialog

28 Apr 2009 by Jeroen De Dauw

Dialog that enables user to submit various types of bugs via a webservice

Build .NET Applications Without Hand-coding

22 Dec 2007 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

21 Apr 2009 by Steve Krile

Expand the usefulness of the AutoComplete Ajax extender

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.

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 { ...

C# countdown timer xna`

22 Nov 2011 by Pete O'Hanlon

At the end of the setvibration line, you don't have a semi colon. You need to add one so that it looks like the following:if (yourmum = buttonState.pressed) setvibration(playerindex.me,1,69); // This line needs the semi colon,.else { redIntensity++; }Next, you terminate the...

C# Events: Create class events and use that class

26 May 2008 by popnadrian

Educational article about C# events

Calculate and Draw Moon Phase

12 Aug 2010 by Mostafa Kaisoun

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

Calculate system idle time without hooks

27 Jun 2009 by Qaiser_Iftikhar

An article to demonstrate how to calculate system idle time without installing any system wide keybaord/mouse hooks.

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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Change Over All Georgian(Miladi) Dates that Exist in Dataset to Shamsi Date

13 Jan 2008 by SirAsad

This Control can change the Georgian dates in Dataset to Shamsi date (For Report)

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.

Code Editor (Part 1)

28 Jun 2007 by Jason Barrera

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

code to fill a data field from database into in combobox

22 Apr 2013 by Polarfuze

Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged Dim str As String str = "Select Datee From Schedules Where BusID = '" + ComboBox1.SelectedValue + "' " con.Open() End...

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[^]

CodeSnipps from C# convert to VB2005/2010

24 May 2011 by ipyenny

Hello,I have see on your website a very good "Multi Column ComboBox".Multi Column ComboBoxbut this CodeSnipps on C# and I work with VB2010.Can you help me this CodeSnipps to translate to VB2010: protected override void OnDropDown(System.EventArgs e){ Form parent =...

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CodeSnipps from C# convert to VB2005/2010

24 May 2011 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

There is not such thing as 2005 code. Visual Studio 2005 supports .NET Framework v.2.0; the versions of 2008 and 2010 are multi-platform; Visual Studio 2010 supports Frameworks up to v.4.0. The code in v.2.0 it fully compatible with v.4.0; C# v.4 if fully backward-compatible with C# v.2. (in...

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CodeSnipps from C# convert to VB2005/2010

24 May 2011 by Marc A. Brown

Is there some reason why it has to be converted? Unless you're working in an Express version of Visual Studio, you should be able to mix languages in your project.

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CodeSnipps from C# convert to VB2005/2010

24 May 2011 by Sebastian Br.

There are various code-converters in the net. Try this, for example:http://www.developerfusion.com/tools/convert/vb-to-csharp/

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comparing 2 images to check if similar

16 May 2013 by Polarfuze

i am comparing the the image i stored in button.image with image from my resources folder i am getting error "Operator '=' is not defined for types 'System.Drawing.Image' and 'Object'" the images are .bmp format of plain color greenWhat method should i use to compare the 2 images to...

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...

Comparing Values for Equality in .NET: Identity and Equivalence

21 Nov 2012 by richnewman

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

Complex class - Working with complex numbers

22 Oct 2007 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.

Conversion Between All .NET Languages

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

The Perfect Translation/Conversion of Code

Convert Image File to Bytes and Back

20 Dec 2008 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]

15 Jan 2008 by arinhere

Convert your swf movie file to image

Convert Text Represented Number to Numeric String

7 Jun 2013 by FatzBomb

How to convert a written number to a numerical value anywhere in a string.

convert vcard contacts from xml file then display on datagridview

1 Mar 2013 by virajdaw

How to convert contacts info from xml file in vcard format and display the data in vb.net datagridview.egBEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:;Mum Orange ;;; FN:Mum Orange TEL;CELL:7670212 END:VCARD

convert vcard contacts from xml file then display on datagridview

2 Mar 2013 by Maciej Los

Have a look at my previous answers:How to import a V-Card in application mad with vb.Net?[^]Read from vcf file, write to textboxes in a new form..[^]Split is working now to the next step[^]

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.

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.

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.

Creating a Rich Label

15 Feb 2007 by Star Vega

Extending the Windows.Forms.Label control.

Creating/Moving/Sizing Controls at Runtime

25 May 2007 by Soumya92

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

Crystal Reports 2008 Dynamic Connection to Embedded Reports

13 Feb 2014 by Mik Wadstrom

Simple way to use Crystal reports as embedded dynamic printable reports

Currency Input in VB.NET

29 Mar 2009 by Jon Law

A Currency Input Box in VB.NET

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.

Custom Formatting in .NET - Enhancing String.Format to all new levels!

1 Dec 2010 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

26 Sep 2008 by Rajibdotnet05

Configurable Gridview using file or database

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.

Custom Sort for DataBound WPF ListView

7 Feb 2008 by SamratGhose

Provides Custom Sorting for a ADO.NET bound WPF ListView

Customisable WinForms Progressbar Control VB.NET

2 Apr 2016 by David Vanson

A progress bar control you can customize

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.

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

DataGridView Filter Popup

5 Jun 2009 by jesseseger

A cool way to filter data in a DataGridView.

datagridview with stored procedur in added query

2 Oct 2013 by Member 10311805

in Design mode I created a datagridView using a dataset.I added a query to create a stored procedue and defined @name as the parameter parameter.I alsso created a button with inputbox calling for the name.I dont find the right way to include the parameter Aprechiate helpThanks Dov

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Decimal To Fraction

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

Converts a given decimal number to fraction

Default Button on a User Control

22 May 2009 by Joe Guetzlaff

How to make a default button or emulate an AcceptButton on a User Control.

Delegates in VB.NET

28 Dec 2012 by sbrakl

Explain the basic of Delegate in VB.NET

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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

Developing Abstract Functions for Accessing Stored Procedures

3 Apr 2008 by Ben Kotvis

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

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.

Disable a timer at every level of your ASP.NET control hierarchy

24 Aug 2009 by Martin Hinshelwood

Even though this sounds like a really simple thing, what if you do not know the name of the controls, and you do not want to have to add a bit of code that you, or another may developer may forget to every piece of code with a timer in it.

Display images from a SQL database - the easy way

5 Jul 2008 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

16 Aug 2007 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

8 Aug 2008 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

24 Sep 2007 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.

Downloaded a class library (.dll) But Not Working !!!

19 Jan 2014 by Unpalis

Hi EveryOneTwo Days Ago I Downloaded many class libraries among them one from this website.NET random number generators and distributions[^]and i managed to add it to Visual Studio 2013But the thing is none of functions are working for example the function IsValidAlpha...

Downloaded a class library (.dll) But Not Working !!!

19 Jan 2014 by OriginalGriff

Don't post this under Quick Answers - if you got the code from an article, then there is a "new message" button at the bottom of that article, which causes an email to be sent to the author. They are then alerted that you wish to speak to them.Posting this here relies on them "dropping by" and...