VB 6 Tutorials & Articles
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Skinning (BitBlt Introduction)
by Marc PritchardWant to make your app look as good as Media Player or Winamp? This tutoral hopes to get you going to a fully skinned killer app!
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The ColorPicker WinForms Control
by Palo MrazDeveloping a simple ColorPicker WinForms control by implementing the IWindowsFormsEditorService interface and leveraging the WinForms design-time infrastructure.
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An Introduction to VB.NET and Database Programming
by Chas ProfittI am a beginner. I wanted to share some experiences with other beginners. The next few articles that come from my keyboard will be about my experience with teaching myself to develop applications in VB.NET.
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Introduction to Class Programming Part II
by Dante SalvadorIn this series articles, we are going to discuss about: Enumeration, Properties that return an Object and other semi-advance topic pertain to in creating a class base program
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Introduction to Class Programming
by Dante SalvadorThis article series is an introduction for class programming in VB 6. It discusses general information about class such as encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism. The first article will tackle classes in general, setting up properties and method of a class.
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Web Forms - Working with ASP.NET server controls
by Pearson EducationExtensive coverage of the ASP.NET Web Form server controls, including Images, Image Buttons, List Boxes, Drop-Down Lists, Hyperlinks, and Link Buttons.
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Introduction to Microsoft's .NET Platform
by Nakul GoyalASP.NET is not just another upgrade or the next version of ASP. It is a unified web development platform that provides necessary services for developers to build Enterprise Web based Applications. ASP.NET allows you to use a full featured programming language such as C# or VB.NET to build web applications easily.
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Understanding XML Namespaces
by Yasser ShohoudUnderstanding XML namespaces is essential to understanding and building Web services. Unfortunately, most developers do not understand how XML namespaces work and get confused when they see all the colons and URLs. I wrote this article to help you get over the initial hump of understanding XML namespaces, and to show you how they are used in XML documents.
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Implementing The Google Web Service In VB.NET
by Jayesh JainLearn how to implement the new Google Web Service and take advantage of its powerful searching features in your VB.NET program.
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Watching Folder Activity in VB.NET
by Jayesh JainIn this article we're going to learn how to implement the FileSystemWatcher class using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
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API Programming Series #5
by Sreejath S. WarrierThis article which is the fourth in this series discusses how you can get the Global Memory Status of a system using the Win32 API from VB
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The .NET Framework & Protecting your Code
by James CrowleyWe examine the ease with which source code can be obtained from .NET assemblies, and review two commercial products that help combat this through the use of obfuscation.
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API Programming Series #4
by Sreejath S. WarrierIn the fourth of this series on API Programming, learn how to hide your application from the Ctrl+Alt+Del list on Windows 9x.
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USB interfacing
by Harry FairheadA potential solution to the thorny problem of USB interfacing
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CopyMemory and Arrays: Proper Use
by Jose Pablo Ramirez VargasThis article will show the reader the advantages and disadvantages of using CopyMemory on arrays to achieve faster speeds when handling a sorted array. It will also show the reader the caveats of the API implementation and how to avoid them.
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POSTing Form Data to a Web Page
by Bruce JohnsonDemonstrates two techniques that can be used to post data to a web page from within Visual Basic.
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API Programming Series #3 - Bring a Window to Top
by Sreejath S. WarrierThe API programming series is a set of articles dealing with a common theme: API programming in Visual Basic. Though there are no hard and fast rules regarding the content of these articles, generally one article can be expected to contain explanation of one or more API calls with generously commented code snippets. Depending on the subject, these code samples may expand to become a full-fledged application. In this article we see how to bring a window to top.
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File Extensions: Finding the default Icon
by Phil CoulingThis article demonstrates how you can display the default icon for a given file extension. This is particularly useful for making file sharing and FTP client software etc. I will show you how to take a file name and use it to find and draw its icon in a picture box.
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API Programming Series #2
by Sreejath S. WarrierThe second article in this series deals with the mechanics of declaring and invoking an API function from within VB, ending up with neat little application that displays the computer name.
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Creating a database connection
by Tony HoCreating connections and all your data objects are really easy Design-Time, but what if you need it for runtime? Here's how.