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.

VB8

VB9

VB7.x

WinXP

A Simple Specification in VB.NET

5 Apr 2009 by Richard A. Dalton

Part two of a four part series of articles on the Specification Design Pattern.

A Generic Specification in VB.NET

5 Apr 2009 by Richard A. Dalton

Part three of a four part series of articles on the Specification Design Pattern.

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.

JavaScript Registration in C# or VB.NET Code

7 Dec 2007 by vadimas

Troubles putting JavaScript code inline with VB.NET or C# code

MCF Service with Membership Provider Over SSL

22 Jan 2008 by Andrewiski

How to setup an MCF Service to use the ASP Membership Provider.

Seeking and getting the position snippets for DirectShow.NET

14 Feb 2008 by Jarno Burger

How to seek and get the position and duration for your DirectShow movie with VB.NET.

RSS Enclosure Downloader

3 Jun 2008 by Darren Fieldhouse

Using LINQ to XML to download RSS enclosures.

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.

TextBox Lazy Binding

17 Aug 2009 by Karanig

I feel lazy when need to bind data to TextBox

MOSS for Developers - Part 4: Workflows for Developers

18 Aug 2009 by dougturn

Provides an overview of Sharepoint workflows from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 4 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

Methods Navigation with a Drop-Down List

7 Aug 2009 by Barry G. Hynum

An easy to use, low real estate Methods DDL navigation tool.

MOSS for Developers - Part 5: Silverlight and Web Parts for Developers

18 Aug 2009 by dougturn

Provides an overview of Sharepoint with Silverlight and Web Parts from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 5 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

MOSS for Developers - Part 8: Web Services

18 Aug 2009 by dougturn

Provides an overview of Web services from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 8 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

Validating data with Flat File Checker

30 Oct 2009 by byapparov

An article on data validation with a flat file schema generated in Flat File Checker.

Context Sensitive History. Part 1 of 2

24 Feb 2010 by Daniel Vaughan

A Desktop and Silverlight user action management system, with undo, redo, and repeat. Allowing actions to be monitored, and grouped according to a context (such as a UI control), executed sequentially or in parallel, and even to be rolled back on failure.

Context Sensitive History. Part 2 of 2

13 Mar 2010 by Daniel Vaughan

A Desktop and Silverlight user action management system, with undo, redo, and repeat; allowing actions to be monitored, and grouped according to a context (such as a UI control), executed sequentially or in parallel, and even to be rolled back on failure.

Project Metadata Generation using T4

7 Nov 2009 by Daniel Vaughan

Generate project metadata with T4 and unburden yourself from string literals in XAML binding expressions and INotifyPropertyChanged event arguments.

PLINQ is Coming Up Soon (PFX)

24 Oct 2007 by Mohamed H. Elsherif

Multicore hardware is spreading very fast, however the programming for Multicore is not an easy job, Parallel FX (PFX) comes to the rescue

Calcium: A modular application toolset leveraging PRISM – Part 3

21 Nov 2009 by Daniel Vaughan

Introducing the Calcium SDK. Calcium provides much of what one needs to rapidly build a multifaceted and sophisticated modular application. Includes a host of modules and services, and an infrastructure that is ready to use in your next application.

A Full Yahoo! Weather App, Yes Another One

16 Apr 2011 by rspercy65

Uses Farhad Siasar's YahooWeathertlb library with a few added functions

Creating Pivot Tables and Charts Using ActiveX

20 Jan 2008 by Sushant Joshi

This article describes how to generate Excel at client side and embedd "Pivot Tables" and "Charts" into the Excel.

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

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.

Create a System Tray Application in VB.NET

4 May 2010 by Gregory Gadow

Write an application that launches in the notification area.

Generic Wrapper for Easy Multithreaded Programming

2 Jun 2014 by siglr2

Event-based, generic wrapper and manager to implement multithreading in your applications

Secret Key Encryption Demo

6 Jun 2013 by Fernando E. Braz

This is an alternative for "Secret Key Encryption Demo"

An SNTP Client for C# and VB.NET

22 Jul 2009 by DaveyM69

A complete overview and implementation of SNTP from a client perspective.

WPF Language Translator

4 Jan 2012 by Meshack Musundi

A WPF application that translates text using the Bing Translation API.

VB9

WPF

Dev

How to Keep Your Sanity and Multiple Projects Version Numbers in Sync

23 Apr 2007 by Herbrandson

A simple solution to keeping multiple projects version numbers in sync

MultisplitContainer - A FlowlayoutPanel Providing Sizeable Contents

29 Oct 2009 by Mr.PoorEnglish

A FlowlayoutPanel providing sizeable contents

SnapWindows - StickyWindows reloaded

15 Feb 2010 by Mr.PoorEnglish

A new approach to 2D - geometric computation replaces Point, Size, and Rectangle.

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

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!

MS Access Databases Queries Editor

26 Jul 2009 by Yasser Daheek

A very productive, easy to use tool to edit your Sql Queries against MS Access Databases

Visual Basic 6.0: A giant more powerful than ever

14 Jan 2014 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.

Image Transition in VB.NET Windows Forms

8 Nov 2009 by a_pess

Image transition and visual effects in VB.NET using GDI+.

Create an Outlook 2007 Form Region by using VSTO 2008

1 Jan 2008 by Helmut Obertanner

In this article, we will create a form region that shows all contacts within the same category.

Build a Web Chat Application using ASP.Net 3.5, LINQ and AJAX (in C# 3.5 or VB 9.0)

30 Jun 2008 by junnark

We will create a very simple web chat application using the latest ASP.Net 3.5 technologies from scratch.

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

ASM.Net - x86 Emulation

26 Dec 2011 by Drag0nHunter

ASM.Net a assembly x86 emulator which emulates the language the managed way

WPF Color Palette Control

19 Feb 2008 by Christopher Vinod

A color palette user control developed using WPF

Token Replacement in Office Documents

12 Nov 2009 by Rahul Singla

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

Directory Mirroring the way it should work

9 Jun 2009 by Jim Parsells

Create useful directory restore points, quickly and easily.

Work Load System

7 Aug 2009 by Allen _ Wang

Calculating the workload for speech language pathologists is a very complex process. A systematic approach has to be developed in order to calculate the workload and setup a standard.

Remoting Proxy Support for Rhino Mocks

17 Dec 2007 by Ivan Krivyakov

Rhino Mocks version 3.3 can mock any MarshalByRefObject.

Microsoft Reporting Services (Sub Reports, Charts, Parameters, Expression Editor, etc.)

1 Jun 2009 by jpaulino

This article shows the basic steps of creating a report, define the data source at runtime, work with parameters, include images, use the expression editor, and how to feed data to a subreport and charts. Finally it will demonstrate some easy customizations to ReportViewer.

Color List Box

2 Dec 2009 by Mehdi Ghiasi

A list box with color name and previews

LayerGenMMX

2 Nov 2015 by icemanind

Easily create Business and Data Layers!

A Guide to using MSChart for .NET

16 Mar 2010 by Wayne Gaylard

A guide to using Microsoft's MSChart

VB9

.NET

Dev

Extending Office 2007 with Tangram Extension Tools for Application

24 Dec 2007 by sunhui

A new method for Extending Microsoft Office 2007 User Interface using MFC/ATL and .NET technologies.

Creating a Glass Button using GDI+

26 Mar 2013 by Lukasz Swiatkowski

How to create an animating glass button using only GDI+ (and not using WPF)

ZipTrack

2 Dec 2009 by Terence Wallace

A comprehensive way to manage all of your downloaded zip files.

Adding automatic updates to your program - Part 1

31 Dec 2007 by Douglas Day

This article describes the steps to add automatic update capabilities to your application quickly and easily using the DDay.Update library.

.NET Targa Image Reader

15 Dec 2008 by David Polomis

Loads a Targa image file into a Bitmap using nothing but .NET code.

Easy asynchronous operations with AsyncVar

1 Dec 2009 by Adam Maras

A simple class to asynchronously retrieve a value and hold it until needed.

VB LINQ SQL Password Verify For Beginners

22 Jun 2009 by SteveHarrisBeast

How to make a password verification form in VB that uses LINQ and SQL

Volume Shadow Copies from .NET

7 Jan 2008 by Joe Lynds

Use the Windows Volume Shadow Copy service from .NET.

XML Literals

12 Apr 2010 by jpaulino

XML Literals allow you to use XML syntax in your code. It’s easy to work with XML files this way, since you have that Tags in the code, but it’s also quicker to access information rather than the traditional methods.

Own your phone - Taking back control of your mobile phone

2 Jan 2009 by BrainThump

We'll build a call management application for Windows Mobile 5.x/6.x which can programatically ignore, send to voicemail, or SMS-respond to unwanted calls.

Customisation with VB - Changing Logon Backgrounds in Windows 7

24 Jan 2010 by Saul Johnson

Using VB to change Windows 7 logon backgrounds

Access Control Panel Applications With Just 2 Clicks

5 Oct 2009 by Euhemerus, rspercy65

A solution to extensive mouse clicking

Targeting the .NET Framework 2.0 with Visual Studio 2008

17 Sep 2007 by Robin Jet

Upgrading to a new Visual Studio means installing on a few developer machines - upgrading to target a new framework (3.5) means ensuring that every client of the application has the new framework installed. With Visual Studio 2008, it's possible to target the older frameworks (2.0 and 3.0).

Generic Background Worker

8 Sep 2009 by DaveyM69

No more unboxing/casting! Use generic type parameters with this background worker. Source code for C# and VB.NET.

Professional System Library: Introduction

22 Nov 2010 by Vitaly Tomilov

A simplified and unified way for accessing most frequently used information about Process, System, and Environment.

.NET Mass Downloader - Download the .NET Framework Source Code

26 Apr 2010 by Izzet Kerem Kusmezer

With this tool you can download whole .NET Framework source code at once, and enjoy offline browsing. With it, you can have whole the source code without any Visual Studio product installed

PDF Security Remover

4 Dec 2008 by Patricker

Remove security from PDF files.

Embedding Multiple Icons into .NET Executables

12 Jul 2007 by Ed.Poore

A brief walkthrough on how to embed multiple icons (and native resources) into a .NET executable.

Interpolation of BezierSplines and Cubic Splines

5 Jan 2008 by Mr.PoorEnglish

Algorithms to compute the Y - Value at an X - Position of a curve, constructed by some support-points

Using MAPI properties and events in .NET with the MAPI Store Accessor

24 Jan 2008 by Andrei Smolin

A simple WinForms application that shows MAPI folders and items in your mail profile.

Fluid, Multi-column, Vertically Ordered List using CSS

19 Nov 2019 by Richard Atkins

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

Silverlight 3: Displaying SQL Server Data

17 Sep 2009 by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to display SQL Server data in a Silverlight DataGrid.

USPS OneCode Barcodes

3 Oct 2008 by the retired

USPS One Code - Intelligent Mail Barcode (4-State Customer Barcode) - implementation with VB 2008

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

VB.NET/C# and JavaScript communication

19 Apr 2009 by Qaiser_Iftikhar

VB.NET/C# and JavaScript communication, how to.

Paging ListView With DataPager

3 Mar 2008 by danfcosta

How to paging ListView with DataPager Programatically

How to build, sign, and deploy a ClickOnce application to be delivered over the internet without using the IDE

1 Sep 2009 by Fasttimes

How to publish a ClickOnce application without using the Visual Studio IDE, with a complete working example.

Fully customizable Menu-, Tool-, ContextMenu-, and Status strips

3 Mar 2010 by NickThissen

Change the colors used to render Menu-, Tool,- ContextMenu-, and Status strip controls during design-time.

Easily Create Your Own Parser

9 Jul 2011 by icemanind

Create a hand made parser in VB.NET or C# easily and fast

MergedDataGridView Control

23 Apr 2009 by jpaulino

A DataGridView control that allows to show some extra information in a merged row. Uses Visual Basic.NET 2008 and Framework 3.5.

LINQ Challenges and SQL Server Compact Edition

25 Mar 2008 by Matt Sollars

Overcoming challenges with LINQ to SQL and using LINQ with SQL Server Compact Edition.

vb.net AT commands to send SMS

25 Mar 2009 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

LogViewer - A Simple Log Listening Utility

1 Jan 2009 by Ashutosh Phoujdar

Simple log listening utility that listens to logs events from multiple sources, e.g. TCP/UDP, File logs, Remoting channels

VB.NET Background File Downloader

20 May 2009 by Jeroen De Dauw

A multithreaded file downloader with progress details, speed info and more

WPF and .NET 3.5 - Drawing Customized Controls and Custom UI Elements

10 Dec 2007 by TylerBrinks

Using Visual Studio 2008 for custom drawing using WPF and .NET 3.5; fun with Spirographs

Writing a Total Commander plug-in in Visual Basic (or C#)

8 Mar 2009 by Đonny

This article introduces and describes a framework that allows the creation of managed plug-ins for the Total Commander file manager.

LINQ To Flickr, Another IQueryable Implementation

23 Oct 2007 by Mohamed H. Elsherif

This article focuses on how you can extend the great LINQ technology to other domains using the idea of implementation of IQueryable.

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.

Simplify Code Using NDepend

3 Nov 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Using this article you will get the basic idea of how you could use NDepend to control/analyze your application. It allows to apply design rules and refactor code.

Bar chart in DataGridView

24 Aug 2010 by Santiago Santos Cortizo