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Send email via SMTP Server .NET 2.0 2007-05-23  Read more>> Author: Yildirim Kocdag Description: Send email via SMTP Server .NET Framework 2.0. XYDataGrid 2007-05-22  Read more>> Author: Yildirim Kocdag Description: XYDataGrid is a web datagrid control which helps to developers to put fixed headers and fixed columns. Sending E-mails with ASP.NET 2.0 using Visual Basic 2007-05-21  Read more>> Author: Anand Narayanaswamy Description: In this article, Anand examines how to send e-mails using ASP.NET 2.0 in both text and HTML formats using Visual Basic with the help of an example. Building Reports from a DataSet using ReportViewer 2007-05-11  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to create reports from a Database using a DataSet, the ReportViewer control and Visual Studio 2005. Building Reports from XML Documents using ReportViewer 2007-05-10  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to create reports from an XML document using the ReportViewer control and Visual Studio 2005. Implementing Search in Reports using ReportViewer 2007-05-09  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: The ReportViewer control provides Find and FindNext methods to find a text in the report. This article explains how you can implement search functionality in reports programmatically. Implement Sorting in Reports using Report Viewer 2007-05-10  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article shows how to implement sorting on columns in a report using Report Viewer. Building Reports from Object Collection using ReportViewer 2007-05-10  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this article, I discuss how to create reports from a business objects collection. I create a Windows Forms application with reporting being processed as local processing mode. Build a simple Watermarking utility in Visual Basic 2005 2007-05-08  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article shall describe an approach to building a simple watermarking utility that may be used to add watermarks to any supported image file format. The resulting application shall permit the user to open any supported image file format into a scrollable picture box. Getting Started with ReportViewer Control 2007-05-09  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: I could not be more happier when I saw the ReportViewer control as a part of Visual Studio 2005 controls. This article is an introduction to the ReportViewer control and how to write a simple report using the ReportViewer control in Visual Studio 2005. Reporting Hierarchical Recursive Data with MS Reporting Services using VB.NET 2007-01-25  Read more>> Author: Asif Sayed Description: An article to demonstrate Reporting of Hierarchical Recursive Data hosted with Smart Client using MS Reporting Services. Generic Data Providers vs Specific Data Providers in VB.NET 2005-04-23  Read more>> Author: Anand Kumar Rao Description: This article explains what are the issues or options we have if we use generic data objects such as IDbcommand, Idbconnection etc in place of specific data objects such as SqlCommand or SqlConnection. Copying Data from one DataTable to Another using ImportRow 2006-08-02  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: I recently have been engaged in an assignment where I had to copy large chunks of data from one DataTable to another. This article talks about how DataTable.ImportRow method may be more effective than copying direct rows. Upload any type of file through a Visual Basic 2005 Web Service 2007-05-07  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article shall describe an approach that may be used to upload any sort of a file through a web service from a Windows Forms application. The approach demonstrated does not rely on the ASP.NET file uploader control and allows the developer the opportunity to upload files programmatically and without user intervention. Creating and opening Microsoft Word document 2003-06-23  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article is being written in response to a couple inquiries on the question, "How do I open a word document from .NET?". Writing an ActiveX Control in VB.NET 2003-06-23  Read more>> Author: David Sandor Description: Software developers have used ActiveX controls on their web pages to add advanced functionality to the web experience. With my migration from a Visual Basic 6 world to a Microsoft .NET C# world, I had some question as to how I can create an ActiveX control with .NET. After some research I found out that the solution is really quite simple. Create a Windows control project in Visual Studio .NET and expose an interface to the COM world. Implement Microsoft DirectX Image Transformation Filters in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-08-25  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to creating custom Web controls used to display Microsoft DirectX Image Transformation filter effects in an ASP.NET 2.0 web page. Enhancements in Assemblies and Versioning in Visual Studio 2005 2006-12-11  Read more>> Author: Rambabu S Description: The article discusses a couple of features introduced for assembly and versioning in Visual Studio 2005 such as referencing assemblies, registering assemblies to GAC, digital signing and friend assemblies. Attributes Programming in VB.NET 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: Deepak Dutta Description: An attribute is a new code level language construct in all major .NET languages. It provides integration of declarative information to assemblies, classes, interfaces, members, etc. at the code level. The information can then be used to change the runtime behavior or collect organizational information. Filling dynamic Objects using ADO.NET 2003-07-20  Read more>> Author: Gustavo Pares Description: Sometimes you need to use information of different types like strings, booleans or doubles in the same data structure. In that case you would like to be able to create your own objects to fulfill your needs. But if you had to create 5 thousand different objects you wouldn´t be too happy to do that by coding each one of them in a static way. You would like to fill the data in each one of the objects dynamically and most probably using databases. The Ins and Outs of Stored Procedures in VB.NET 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: Dan Clark Description: The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how stored procedures are created in SQL Server 2000 and consumed by clients written in VB.NET. Compress Folders with Visual Basic and the SharpZipLib 2007-04-26  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article shall describe an approach that may be used to collect files from multiple locations and zip them up into a single zipped folder. The code contained in the sample project may be useful if one needs to gather up multiple files, zip them up, and then do something with them such as upload the zipped files to a server location for storage or processing. The application uses the SharpZipLib for the basis of the compression function. Data Access Layer to execute Stored Procedures in VB.NET 2005-01-18  Read more>> Author: Surapureddy Sriram Description: This article explains about executing a single stored procedure or batch of stored procedures from the application layer. As Data access layer completely decoupled from Application layer we just need to change the Application layer in case of any change in underlying database schema. Writing a Generic Data Access Component 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: ADO.NET library provides different types of data providers to work with different data sources. Three common data providers are OLE DB, SQL, and ODBC. The main reason of using different data providers to maintain the performance and not loose native data provider functionality. Solving Polynomial Equations with Complex Roots using Genetic Algorithms in VB.Net 2006-11-20  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article features a program in which the user can enter a polynomial equation and it will use GAs to determine the complex roots. Public Key Token Generation Algorithm in VB.NET 2005-01-31  Read more>> Author: shashijeevan ' Description: Public Key Token is used by the .Net runtime in lot of places but its generation algorithm is not clearly mentioned in the documentation. The PublicKeyTokenGenerator class and a small utility that generates Public Key Token from the Public Key using that class. The utility provides a feature not found in the .Net framework’s sn.exe utility, viz., generation of the Public Key Token from the Key Pair file. Retrieve ConnectionString Values in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-08-04  Read more>> Author: Dipal Choksi Description: In this short article, we will see how to retrieve the ConnectionString value from the web.config file in ASP.NET 2.0. Managing Distributed Transactions with ADO.NET 2.0 using TransactionScope 2006-12-08  Read more>> Author: Muhammad Mosa Description: This article describes how to manage distributed transactions that can span multiple data sources in a Microsoft .NET application. Embedded Datagrids with Add, Edit and Delete funtionality 2006-12-14  Read more>> Author: Rammanohar ' Description: This article features an embedded Datagrids with Add, Edit and Delete funtionality. Save an Image to SQL Server 2006-11-27  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to saving an image file into an SQL Server 2000 database table as an SQL Server image data type. Active Directory and VB.NET 2005-11-12  Read more>> Author: John Charles Olamendy Turruellas Description: Microsoft Active Directory is a directory service that provides the foundation for distributed networks built on Windows 2000 and later domain controllers. The Active Directory APIs defined in the .NET Framework provide access to the data stored in a directory. Creating new Database Table in run time 2007-04-19 05:31:20  Read more>> Author: Manish Dwivedi Description: This article explain you that how we can create table in the Page_Load or in a single click of button. How SqlDataSource control retrieve record based on a QueryString value 2007-04-19 03:16:00  Read more>> Author: Manish Dwivedi Description: This article explains you, how we can get the records on the basis of QueryString value. TreeView Controls in VB 2007-04-18  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This is an article addressing some of the basics of working with a TreeView control; the article will address dynamically adding TreeNodes to a TreeView control, searching the nodes to find and highlight a single node or a collection of nodes matching a search term against the TreeNode's tag, text, or name properties, and manually or programmatically selecting nodes. FormView control Templates in ASP.NET 2.0 2007-04-17 05:43:34  Read more>> Author: Yogesh Description: This article explain you the type of templates available in FormView. How to display data in the FormView control 2007-04-17 04:41:51  Read more>> Author: Manish Dwivedi Description: This article explains you, how do we display data in the FormView Web Server Control in ASP.NET 2.0. How we can add Web Server Controls to a PlaceHolder control at run time 2007-04-16 07:44:04  Read more>> Author: Manish Dwivedi Description: This article explains you, the method for adding Web Server Controls to a PlaceHolder Control. How to set Focus on Web Server Controls in ASP.NET 2007-04-16 06:50:29  Read more>> Author: Yogesh Description: This article shows you, how we can set the focus of any Web Server Control in ASP.NET. Embed Word in a Web Page with an Easy VB Custom Control 2007-03-21  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an approach to displaying word documents within a web page using a simple custom server control. How to create a DropDownList control through data binding 2007-04-12  Read more>> Author: Manish Dwivedi Description: The following code shows how to bind a DropDownList control. How to create a DropDownList control that contains items 2007-04-12  Read more>> Author: Manish Dwivedi Description: By using this code you can create a DropDownList control that contains items. Active Directory in VB.NET 2005-06-22  Read more>> Author: Erika Ehrli Description: Microsoft Technet offers a script repository to work with Active Directory User Accounts; however,you needed to work with .NET and you could not find samples for all the tasks.I promised to myself that one day I would publish the code samples I found and created to help other developers who are working with Directory Services. Listing all Computers in Active Directory 2003-12-05  Read more>> Author: John O Donnell Description: This application does one simple task. On any network where Microsoft Active Directory is used it will list all computers on the network. I faced this problem when I wanted to document all of the computers on the network using WMI. Selecting an item in an ASP.NET DropDownList Programmatically 2007-04-12  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This tip shows how to select an item in an ASP.NET DropDownList control programmatically. Changing User Information using Active Directory 2003-05-12  Read more>> Author: John O Donnell Description: If your company is one of the lucky Ones to implement Windows 2000 Active Directory you may have been looking for a way to populate it with data. Perhaps adding people’s details from a file directly into the Active Directory. Using Active Directory 2003-05-12  Read more>> Author: John O Donnell Description: This sample shows how to access Active Directory information in a Windows 2000 domain.When you install a Windows 2000 domain controller and are creating a new domain you install both the active directory and DNS, which the active directory uses. Two way sorting of Web DataGrid 2006-08-01  Read more>> Author: Krishnan LN Description: In this article we will see how to implementing two way sorting i.e ascending and descending of a datagrid in ASP.NET. Adding new Windows User Account using Active Directory in VB.NET 2005-05-21  Read more>> Author: Tiberiu Ionescu Description: This article uses Active Directory to add new user account. The Active Directory will be accessed using windows native protocol (not LDAP). Authenticate a user against the Active Directory 2006-11-17  Read more>> Author: Anand Thakur Description: This article serves as a guide to using System.DirectoryServices (SDS) ADSI to access user and group in the Windows Active Directory. Authenticate a user against the Active Directory using the user ID and password. .NET Remoting using VB.NET 2004-09-02  Read more>> Author: ksasikumar Description: This article gives brief description about Dot Net Remoting. .NET Remoting offers much more complex functionality, including support for passing objects by value or by reference, callbacks, and multiple-object activation and lifecycle management policies. How to build Multi-Language Web Sites with ASP.NET 2.0 and VB.NET 2005 2006-02-07  Read more>> Author: Muhammad Mosa Description: In this article, we will explore the necessary details for working with resources in ASP.NET applications and for creating international ASP.NET applications based on embedded resources and the integrated localization support. Set Text Case with a Custom Control 2007-04-06  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article shall describe the construction of three custom controls; each is used to format its text content to be either all upper case, all lower case, title case, or normal (as typed) case regardless of the format of the input. Implementing Group By in a DataSet in VB.NET 2007-04-06  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: We know a DataSet does not support GROUP BY and recently I needed GROUP BY in one of my applications. This attached class shows how to implement GROUP BY in a DataSet. Providing unbound List based controls with Text and Value properties 2007-04-02  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: The purpose of this article is to discuss the construction of a couple of simple custom controls that extend both the Combobox and the Listbox controls to allow them to be associated with both a text and a value property for each item in the control's list. Show Currency Values with a Visual Basic Custom Control 2007-03-26  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article shall describe the construction of a custom control used to display currency values. The control is intended for use in Win Forms application development. Add a Google Map to a VB Desktop Application 2007-03-20  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This project demonstrates a quick and easy way to add mapping to a windows desktop application (with an available internet connection) using Google Maps as the basis and source for the map. Embed PDFs into a Web Page with a VB Built Custom Control 2007-03-19  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a simple approach to embedding and displaying PDF documents in a web page through the use of a simple ASP.NET 2.0 VB built custom server control. Server.Transfer : Passing values from one page to another page 2007-02-22  Read more>> Author: Sanjay Kumar Description: This article shows you, how to pass values from one page to another page by using Server.Transfer method. Paging in ASP.NET using VB.NET 2001-09-06  Read more>> Author: Gopal Description: This article explain Paging in ASP.NET web application. A Demo for creating and consuming the Webservice in ASP.NET 2001-07-12  Read more>> Author: Vikram Joshi Description: This example illustrated how to create a Webservice and how to consume it. Client-Side XML Data Islands 2007-02-12  Read more>> Author: Sanjay Kumar Description: This article demonstrates how to send xml data to the web client, filter records from xml at client side by using XPath expression and populate all products of selected category into product drop-down. Smart Broom as an Adaptive Autonomous Machine 2007-02-08  Read more>> Author: Yildirim Kocdag Description: An article about smart devices and adaptive autonomous systems. The article includes also code of the sample system . Singleton Pattern 2007-02-07  Read more>> Author: rajesh mg Description: The singleton design pattern is designed to restrict instantiation of a class to one (or a few) objects. This article talks about building .NET applications using singleton pattern. Iterator Design Pattern 2007-02-06  Read more>> Author: rajesh mg Description: This article, explains how to use the Iterator pattern to manipulate any collection of objects. To explain this I am using two interfaces IEnumerator and IEnumerables. Access Command Line Arguments in VB.NET 2007-02-05  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article shows how to access command line arguments in VB.NET. Considerations in Porting and Deploying a WinForms GDI+ Game to the Pocket PC 2007-02-02  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article describes some of the issues I came across when porting a Windows Form Game to the Pocket PC. It also describes how to deploy a Windows Mobile Application from Visual Studio 5. Sorting Collection of Custom Type using Generic 2007-02-01  Read more>> Author: Dipen Lama Description: This article shows a simple and easy way to sort the business object collection using generic. XML Programming using VB.NET: Part 1 2003-04-04  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this article we will explore XML classes and namespaces of .NET Framework Class Library and how to use them in VB.NET to read, write and navigate XML documents. Personalizing Mobile Web Applications 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Dipal Choksi Description: In this example, we will personalize the settings for a mobile web application based on the user logged into the site. Personalization is a very useful approach to provide a satisfying user experience. Particularly in Mobile applications where the small size of the device is often a hindrance in data input, the user can be more comfortable when the amount of data entry is reduced when some commonly used settings are persisted in a secure manner. An editable GridView control in VB.NET - 2 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: In this article we will take advantage of the XML classes available to us to persist the GridView control that we talked about in our first article in this series. An editable GridView Control in VB.NET 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: In this article we will take advantage of the XML classes available to us to persist the GridView control that we talked about in our first article in this series. The two classes we utilize in our code are XmlTextWriter and XmlTextReader. These classes enable us to save the information in a grid into an XML file and read an XML file into the grid. DataGrid to Edit almost anything 2005-03-08  Read more>> Author: Declan Brennan Description: This article discusses the enhancement of the DataGrid with new column types to allow the editing of a wide range of data types. The source for these enhancements is released to the public domain as part of the SekosPD.Windows.Forms library. Windows Forms Printer Selection List 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Dipal Choksi Description: In this example we will create a sample windows form containing a combo box which will list the printers installed on the machine on which the program runs. The default printer for the machine is set as the default selection in the combo box. This sample code can be used as a part of other applications in areas where it is required to detect the default printer or select a printer from the list of installed printers. Using Web Services with Excel 2002-07-24  Read more>> Author: Daniel Stefanescu Description: Let's say that we want to perform some calculations on a data set stored in a database backend server. Microsoft Application Center Test in VB.NET 2004-10-13  Read more>> Author: Ravi Rama Description: Application Center Test (ACT) stress tests Web servers and analyze performance and scalability problems of Web applications. ACT simulates a large group of users by opening multiple connections to the server and rapidly sending HTTP requests. It also supports several other authentication schemes and the SSL protocol, making it ideal for testing personalized and secure sites. Invoking Unmanaged DLL Functions from Compact Framework for Pocket PC 2004-06-04  Read more>> Author: Dipal Choksi Description: In this example we will use the Compact Framework to create a program containing a launch pad for the Pocket PC. Form Authentication for Mobile Applications 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Dipal Choksi Description: In this example, we will authenticate mobile web users for our application using Forms Authentication. Other two types of authentication for mobile web applications are Windows Authentication and Passport Authentication. Add/Remove User Controls in VB.NET 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: A nice feature in the Visual Studio .NET environment is the ability to create User Controls. In this article, I will show you how to create an Add/Remove User Control. Adding Text directly to Mobile Web Forms 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Dipal Choksi Description: We have seen in previous articles how to develop Mobile Web Forms using the Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit. We can make use of the Mobile Web Forms controls to add controls which will be rendered on the client side and also have a server side object representation. Check your Mobile Device capabilities 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Dipal Choksi Description: This sample is a utility to determine the capabilities of a Mobile Device. The MobileCapabilities class available in the Mobile Internet Toolkit provides a list of useful information on the client device. You can use this class to determine whether the target client device supports certain functionality. Working with Timer Control in VB.NET 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: The Timer control allows you to set a time interval to execute an event after that interval continuously. It is useful when you want to execute certain applications after a certain interval. Introduction to TreeView Control 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Tushar Ameta Description: The Windows Forms Tree View Control helps to display the hierarchy of nodes that can be used to represent the organization structure, file system or any other system which includes hierarchical representation. Debugging Console Applications in VB.NET 2000-08-15  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this small article, I will show you how you can set command line arguments and other project properties in Visual Studio so you don’t have to pass these arguments each time you run the application. This article also shows you how you can read command line arguments in your code. XML Programming using VB.NET: Part 1 2003-04-04  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article explains about the XML Prograaming using VB.NET. In this article we will explore XML classes and namespaces of .NET Framework Class Library and how to use them in VB.NET to read, write and navigate XML documents. Adding Images to a Toolbar Buttons 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article shows you how you can take advantage of Visual Studio .NET wizards to add images to a Toolbar control buttons. Creating and Using Namespaces in VB.NET 2003-04-21  Read more>> Author: Srinivasa Sivkumar Description: We all know namespaces are the basic building block for the .NET framework. In this article, I’m going to show how to create and use namespaces with VB.NET and C#. Word Processing with an Extended Rich Text Box Control 2006-09-13  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to building a simple word processor around an extended version of the Rich Text Box (RTB) control; Microsoft has made available an extended version of the RTB control that greatly eases the requirements for printing the control’s text or RTF content. Tablet PC Ink Editing Modes - Select and Delete Ink 2004-05-29  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In my previous articles, I discussed how to use to use Ink and set its properties to draw on a Windows Form and Windows controls. In this article, I will discuss some more features of Tablet PC ink including selecting and deleting ink, Ink collection, and Ink object. How to maintain a CodeGroup in Security Policy at runtime? 2005-07-05  Read more>> Author: Subramanian Veerappan Description: This article describes how to maintain a codegroup in security policy at runtime. Exploring Security in .NET: Part I 2005-07-05  Read more>> Author: Razi Rais Description: This article describes about security features in .Net Working with Strings in .NET using VB.NET 2003-04-21  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This tutorial explains how to represent strings in .NET using VB.NET and how to work with them with the help of .NET class library classes. LED Control Emulation 2006-10-06  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This project describes an approach for constructing a hardware emulation of a segmented seven element LED display. This is the same sort of numeric LED used in microwave ovens, cheap alarm clocks, and even in some not so cheap aircraft. It is most commonly used to display things such as the time, radio frequencies, how much money you have deposited into the soda machine, or just how much it is going to cost to fill up the gas tank. Comparison between PDA/Pocket PC and Workstation Feature 2004-06-04  Read more>> Author: Ramya Girish Description: Pocket PC ships with a version of Internet Explorer, affectionately known as PIE (Pocket Internet Explorer). Mobile Stock Quote Tracker 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Dipal Choksi Description: We will create a mobile stock quote tracker program in this article. The program retrieves the real time quotes of symbols specified by the user and displays the results in a user friendly format. The user can also specify the high and low thresholds for setting alerts. The View Stock Alerts screen displays the stocks that have crossed above the high threshold and stocks that have values below the low threshold. Number to Words Web Service 2004-10-04  Read more>> Author: Subraya Hegde Description: This sample code describes a Web service through which a client can get the equivalent of a number in words. User management, roles and personalization system in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-08-27  Read more>> Author: Ravikumar Raja Description: Scott Gu, had a cool CreateUserWizard control sample that I have expanded upon to build-up a sample that demonstrates how to build a fairly common user management, roles and personalization system in ASP.NET 2.0 that does this. I was pleasantly surprised to find it only took about 25 lines of C# code in the entire app :) Themes in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-08-26  Read more>> Author: Ravikumar Raja Description: In this article we will try to cover one great feature of ASP.NET 2.0, i.e. Themes. Themes are the great way to customize user-experience in the web application. Themes are used to define the look and feel of the web application, similar to the use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Unlike CSS, themes can specify the look of the server-side control like a tree-view control, how they will appear when they are rendered by the browser. Build a .NET solution or project from the command line using VB.NET 2004-09-27  Read more>> Author: tharakram ' Description: Devenv allows you to set various options for the integrated development environment (IDE) as well as compile, build, and debug projects from the command line. Use these switches to run the IDE from a script or .bat file, such as a nightly build script, or to launch the IDE in a particular configuration. Naming Guidelines in .NET 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Commenting and following a uniform naming guidelines in your code is one of good programming practices to make code more useful. I've been programming with Microsoft products for almost 5 years. I don't know about you but I have faced many problems during integration and bug fixes due to developers not following a uniform naming and comments. Using Web Browser options in C# and VB.NET 2005-11-05  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article tells how to create a Web Browser in VB.NET. Viewing multiple Images in GDI+ and VB.NET 2003-06-18  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: I'm writing this article in response to a question on discussion forums, How do I view multiple images on top of each other? Basically the guy has two images. One is a large image and second image is a small image and he wants to view small image on top of the large one. Even though I answered it on the forums and I knew that this is the answer, but I thought to test it by myself. Drawing B-Spline Curves using GDI+ 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Avinash Pundit Description: The attached source code project draws spline curves between two points. Its a cubic spline fitting means program start drawing curve after four clicks. Tracking your Lottery Pick on the Web using VB.NET 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: The program takes advantage of the fact that the New Jersey state lottery publishes its winning numbers on one of its web pages in a form that is fairly easy to parse. Below is the code for extracting the number of the lottery's web site. Web Browser in C# and VB.NET 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: There are many questions on discussion forums about creating a web browser or using existing web browser ActiveX control in C# or VB.NET. This article explains how to add and web browser ActiveX to your project to developer your own customized web browser. Image Viewer in VB.NET 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: S Thangaraju Description: This program allows you to open and view image files including JPEG, GIF, WMF and other images. Program also provides options to stretch and shrink them, rotate at different angles through all axes and save them in different formats. Filling out 1040EZ Tax Form in .NET 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: A few years ago, the government heard the cry of the citizen who was up to his neck in forms and tried to ease the process of filing the 1040 by creating the 1040EZ form. This article shows you how to print out your own 1040EZ form. Printing out your W2 Form using VB.NET 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article covers a fairly practical aspect of using a computer - dealing with forms. The concepts in this article can be used to create any Form Application so that you can design forms that you can Fill Out, Open, Save, Print and Print Preview. Get IP Address of a Host using VB.NET 2004-11-19  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: The .Net DNS class can be used to get a host name or an IP of a given host name. A GridView component in VB.NET 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article explains how to use a GridVies component in VB.NET. This example shows you how I've wrapped a ListView in a UserControl and turned it into a simple grid control. I just want to put a string in a row and column position, or populate a row, or populate a column. Using ADO RecordSet in ADO.NET 2003-05-10  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Using ADO recordset in managed code using ADO.NET data providers is pretty simple. Visual studio .NET provides you to add reference to the COM libraries. In this article I'll show you how to access data using ADO recordset and fill a ADO.NET data provider from the recordset data. A Virtual Clock in VB.NET and GDI+ 2003-06-18  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: It's that time again! Time to check out a new project written VB.NET and the .NET library. This article describes how to create a virtual clock in VB.NET. Animated GraphicsPath 2003-06-18  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This simple application illustrates how GraphicsPaths can be animated to look like something is moving across the screen. Previous articles in this forum have covered GraphicsPaths such as John O'Donnell's Rotation Sample. Get a Database Table properties programmatically 2003-07-20  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This program displays you a table properties such as its column names, types, and column properties. I have used a database "mcTest.mdb" which has a table called 'Developer'. You can download this attached database and change the path of the database according to your location. Client Server Multithreading Application 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: Indika M W Description: This is simple Client/Server (multi-threading) program that transfers data. Server can handle multiple clients. Handling Mouse Events in VB.NET 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Handling events in VB is little bit tricky than in C++ or C#. In VB.NET, you write a delegate and then write an event handler. These event handlers are overridable public events defined in the Control or other WinForms classes. ADO.NET From Windows DNA's Perspective 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Windows DNA is a framework to build multi-tier, high performance, scalable distributed applications over the network. This article takes a Windows DNA perspective and compares how ADO.NET fits in Windows DNA. Working with Windows Registry in .NET 2003-04-04  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Windows Registry is a central database for application configuration settings and other information required by the applications. Actually there is nothing else you can do with Windows Registry besides reading its data and write data to it. In this small tutorial, I will show you how to read, write and delete Windows Registry. Create a Windows Service using VB.NET 2000-01-19  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Windows Services is new name for NT Services you used to develop in previous versions of Visual Studio. This tutorial walks you through how to create and use your Windows Services. Developing a Record Navigation Form with Unbound Controls in VB.NET 2003-07-20  Read more>> Author: Abrar Hussain Description: The objective of this article is to develop a record navigation form with unbound controls. The form enables you to navigate through the records one at a time. In this application we have used a combo box, two text boxes and various command buttons. Displaying Data in a ListBox Web Control 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This article decribes how to display data in a listbox web control. Creating a SQL Server database programmatically using VB.NET 2003-07-20  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this application, I’ll create a SQL Server database, create a database table, add data to it, create database objects such as views, stored procedures, rules, and index and view data in the data grid using Sql data provider. Browse or Open a File using VB.Net 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This tutorial explain how to Browse or Open a File by using OpenFileDialog Class. ADODB Services in .NET Applications using VB.NET 2003-07-20  Read more>> Author: Prashant Tailor Description: With the advent of ADO.NET, the .NET Framework lets you work with your data in a paradigm shift. What about those legacy applications which have been written using ADODB? Any middle-tier made of data access components that internally use ADO and return recordsets to ASP pages can be ported to .NET more easily and progressively. Generating Random Number and String in VB.NET 2004-11-19  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: The Random class defined in the .NET Framework class library provides functionality to generate random numbers. This article shows you how you can use this class to generate random numbers and strings and even combination of both. Using Web Browser options in C# and VB.NET 2005-01-01  Read more>> Author: Bhasker Das Description: This article tells how to create a Web Browser in C# Best Approach for Designing Interoperable Web Service 2005-03-15  Read more>> Author: Nalaka withanage Description: This article will clarify and explain in detail the different Web Service Design Methodologies as defined by the Web Services Standardization Groups, clarify the terms, highlight their differences. Biology inspired Computing work in VB.NET 2005-03-29  Read more>> Author: Nick Hardman Description: Biology teaches us a set of rules defined by nature that have evolved over millions of years. So, if you want to put intelligence into something simplifying the world around you into basic rules can give you a big head start. Owner Draw Menus in VB.NET 2005-04-23  Read more>> Author: Shripad Kulkarni Description: This article and attached source code shows you how to build MDI Windows Forms applications in VB.NET. Publishing Exception in SPS Web Parts using VB.NET 2005-04-11  Read more>> Author: Kiran Khambete Description: This article tells the safe way of publishing exceptions using Microsoft Exception Management Application Blocks from WebPart. Building a Class Library Component and Consumer Client Application with VB.NET 2005-04-26  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: GDI+ is next evolution of GDI. Using GDI objects in earlier versions of Visual Studio was a pain. This tutorial gives you a head start with GDI+ using VB.NET. In this tutorial, you will learn how to write graphics applications and understand the concept behind the System.Drawing namespace and its members. Reading Assembly attributes in VB.NET 2003-09-11  Read more>> Author: Mihir Pathak Description: This article allows you to read the assembly attributes information using .NET. The information store in AssemblyInfo files like Title, Description, copyright, Trade mark can be read using reflection and assembly namespace. Dynamically creating applications using System.CodeDom in VB.NET 2005-05-21  Read more>> Author: karthikeyans ' Description: The article provides an insight on how to create and compile assemblies dynamically. Retrieving Environment variables in VB.NET 2003-10-15  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In one of my recent applications, I needed machine name, program files folder, and other system related variables. The System.Environment class provides handy members to do so. In this article, I will talk about the Environment class and its members and how to use them in your applications. Session Management in Web Garden using Custom Components and VB.NET 2005-05-17  Read more>> Author: karthikeyans ' Description: This article provides an insight on creating a custom Session Manager component using C#. MouseStick Control in VB.NET 2005-05-13  Read more>> Author: Ben Simmons Description: The attached source code is a MouseStick control written in C# and Windows Forms. The MouseStick control gets its name from the fusion of a joystick with a mouse. Think of the line in the MouseStick as a joystick that is controlled with your computer's mouse. Accessing Crystal Report in ASP.NET using VB.Net 2006-12-11  Read more>> Author: Munir Shaikh Description: This article is for web-developers who want to access crystal reports in ASP.Net by using multiple tables or views etc. This application might help them and save their development time. Alternate Row Color in Crystal Report using VB.NET 2005-06-07  Read more>> Author: Suparba Panda Description: This article shows how to develop reports with alternating row colors. Custom Mouse-Joystick in VB.NET 2005-06-10  Read more>> Author: Lance Drolet Description: It is a custom control that allows you to use your mouse as a joystick. RptPreview 1.1 using Crystal Reports Viewer 2003-06-10  Read more>> Author: Ilya Feigin Description: The following small application is designed to allow testing created reports with XML feeds used as data sources. The program checks that fields in report match to the fields in XML and then shows the report with loaded data in the report viewer. Enterprise Library Caching Application Block in VB.Net 2005-07-12  Read more>> Author: Leon Pereira Description: Microsoft patterns & practices provide scenario-specific recommendations illustrating how to design, develop, deploy, and operate architecturally sound applications for the Microsoft .NET platform. The following article covers details on the Caching Application Block. Custom Error Handling using ASP.NET and VB.NET 2005-07-07  Read more>> Author: Santhi Maadhaven Description: This article explains about the Custom Error Handling Mechanism using VB.NET and ASP.NET. The Convert Class : Conversion made easy in VB.NET 2004-11-17  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: The convert class is used to covert from one data type to another. Most of the common conversions can be done by using this class. Determine Web Visitors Country of Origin in the Drop Down List using VB.NET or C# 2006-01-27  Read more>> Author: Ivy Tang Description: During the transaction online, there are times when it is important to preset the web visitor's country of origin, ZIP code, ISP and domain name at the drop down list to prevent fraud and to ease the complexity of registration task. This article shows you how by using .NET Framework, it can be done. How to run Crystal Report using Crystal Report Viewer in VS.NET 2005? 2006-01-24  Read more>> Author: Sushmita Kumari Description: This example is developed using Visual Studio 2005 and shows how to use Crystal Report Viewer in your applications to generate reports. Microsoft patterns & practices: The Enterprise Library in VB.NET 2005-07-06  Read more>> Author: Leon Pereira Description: Microsoft patterns & practices provide scenario-specific recommendations illustrating how to design, develop, deploy, and operate architecturally sound applications for the Microsoft .NET platform.The following article covers details on the Data Access Application Block. AI: Using Genetic Algorithms and NetSpell to Solve Anagrams 2006-11-14  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: Remember the puzzles where you are given a jumble of letters and you have to unscramble a word? This article shows you how to use a genetic algorithm and NetSpell, an open source spell checker, to solve these anagram puzzles. The ReportViewer control, a local SSRS 2005 Report, and data from a Web Service. 2006-11-13  Read more>> Author: Justin Saraceno Description: This article explains how to use a ReportViewer control in a VB.Net Windows Application that displays a local SSRS report whose data source is a web service method. Naming Guidelines in .NET 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Commenting and following a uniform naming guidelines in your code is one of good programming practices to make code more useful. I've been programming with Microsoft products for almost 5 years. I don't know about you but I have faced many problems during integration and bug fixes due to developers not following a uniform naming and comments. Bridge Pattern in VB.NET 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Rajesh VS Description: Bridge Pattern is commonly known as Handle/Body idiom in C++ community. This pattern is used for decoupling an abstraction from its implementation so that the two can vary independently. VB.Net Yield Return Iterator 2006-11-15  Read more>> Author: Matthew Cochran Description: One interesting new feature of the VB.Net is the “yield” keyword. Basically it is used to iterate through objects returned by a method. It creates a state engine in IL so you can create methods that retain their state and don’t have to go through the pain of maintaining state in your code. Database Explorer in VB.NET 2004-05-25  Read more>> Author: Pramod Singh Description: This is well known database explorer application in VB .NET by Pramod Kumar. This application let you connect to the Access or SQL server databases and displays the contents of the database. Debug Client Side Script in Visual Studio 2005 2006-12-05  Read more>> Author: Moustafa Arafa Description: This article is for web developers, because it's target is one of the new feature in Visual Studio 2005 which is debug client side script. Abstract Factory Design Pattern in ADO.NET 2.0 2006-08-10  Read more>> Author: Muhammad Mosa Description: This article will discuss the Abstract Factory Design Pattern and its real world applications in .Net Framework 2.0. Sending values from stored procedure to the Application 2007-01-12  Read more>> Author: Prabakar Samiyappan Description: Many times we may be in need of sending the output value from stored procedure. System components performance in ASP.NET using VB.NET 2007-01-08  Read more>> Author: Sateesh Kumar Description: This article shows how to retrieve system properties in a webpage on just singleclick of mouse. Controlling Window State Of Other Applications using VB.NET 2007-01-05  Read more>> Author: Gaurav Pilay Description: This article shows how you can control window state of any other application using VB.NET. Bit Flags Type Converter 2007-01-04  Read more>> Author: Serge Gorbenko Description: This article shows an implementation of TypeConverter which allows you to edit bit flags enumerations in PropertyGrid. Allow Users to Report Meaningful Defect Information 2007-01-03  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an approach to providing users with the means to submit error information directly back to the software developers as errors are encountered during the use of a targeted application. Smart Device Application 2006-12-29  Read more>> Author: Senthurganesh Ramkumar Description: This article describe how to use the smart device application. Service Management in VB.NET 2006-12-29  Read more>> Author: Sateesh Kumar Description: This article discusses how to create a Web Application to manage the services running on our system. Using a Windows Application on the Web 2006-12-28  Read more>> Author: Prabakar Samiyappan Description: In this article, author shows how to create a Windows Forms application and use it in an ASP.NET application for the Web. Passing Data Between Forms 2006-12-27  Read more>> Author: Thiagarajan Alagarsamy Description: There are so many methods to pass data between forms in windows application. In this article let me take four important and easiest ways of accomplishing this. Email notification of FileSystem changes in VB.NET 2006-12-27  Read more>> Author: Sateesh Kumar Description: This article tells us how to create a windows service to get notifiactions of filesystem changes remotely. Working with ASP.NET Validation controls 2006-12-22  Read more>> Author: Anand Narayanaswamy Description: This article provides a brief overview about the validation controls which ships with ASP.NET. The SqlDataSource Control in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-12-22  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This article features the SqlDataSource control in ASP.NET application. Multiple Masters Pages in ASP.NET Application 2006-12-21  Read more>> Author: Ashish Singhal Description: This article will explain that how can we use multiple master pages in our application and can access properties at run time. Creating a TabControl with XP-Look Style using Visual Studio 2005 2006-04-10  Read more>> Author: Pankaj Patel Description: The attached source code is a TabControl, in which I have applied the XP-Look style with hot key feature. Accessing ASP Cookie in ASP.Net 2006-12-21  Read more>> Author: Pragati Description: This article shows how to access ASP Cookie in ASP.Net. AJAX Document Management - AJAX Document Viewer 2006-12-20  Read more>> Author: Christopher Krause Description: AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), is a web development technique for creating interactive web applications. The intention of AJAX is to exchange small pieces of data with the server without the necessity of reloading the entire web page. Capturing Desktop and saving image in a Word Document 2006-12-20  Read more>> Author: Gaurav Pilay Description: This code will allow you to capture your desktop and save the image into a word document. Display Process list and Processor Performance in VB.NET 2006-12-19  Read more>> Author: Sateesh Kumar Description: This article shows how to display Processes list and performance of processor exactly. Introducing ASP.NET 2.0 2006-12-19  Read more>> Author: Anand Narayanaswamy Description: In this article, the author examines the fundamentals of ASP.NET 2.0 with the help of code snippets. The evolution of Web Services and .NET 2.0 2006-12-18  Read more>> Author: John Charles Olamendy Description: With this article, I will be talking about the evolutions of Web Services specifications and how Microsoft is been implementing every version or revision. Extending the ASP.NET ImageButton Control 2006-09-01  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to extending an existing ASP.NET control; in this example, the standard toolkit’s Image Button control is extended to support roll-over effects. Given the standard control already contains existing support for both server side click events and client click events, the control is well furbished prior to the addition of the roll-over effect. Show Folder contents and compare with another Folder 2006-12-15  Read more>> Author: Sateesh Kumar Description: This article shows how to list files of a folder and to compare that folder contents with another folder. Multiple form-based programming in ASP.Net 2006-12-15  Read more>> Author: Sanjay Kumar Description: This article shows how to use multiple forms in ASP.Net page. Shisen-Sho Clone in VB.Net 2006-12-13  Read more>> Author: Alex Krizhevsky Description: The attached code is a clone of the KDE game Shisen-Sho using Windows Forms and GDI+. VB.Net for Java programmer -Beginners Guide Chapter 1.1 2006-12-12  Read more>> Author: Ahmed rajek Description: An array is a type of object that contains values called elements. Every elements of an array must contain same type of values. Array is like Objects and they are created with new Keyword. Array indexes start at ZERO. Nullable Types in VB.Net: Basic Introduction 2006-12-12  Read more>> Author: Prashant Patil Description: This article gives a quick view in to the problems faced with the value type objects and the solution to the problems. This beautiful facility is introduced by Microsoft as an concept called “Nullable Types” in the VB.Net 2.0. Using static variable and Activated event for building "Home" button of Windows application 2006-12-08  Read more>> Author: Michael Livshitz Description: In this tutorial I will share experience how , just with the help of a few clicks and a few lines of code , to build a windows application with "Home" button, that allows to return to "Home" form (in fact to close all opened forms by one click) . The examples are written using VB.Net. Nested Repeater : Display hierarchal data in web form by using ASP.Net repeater 2006-12-07  Read more>> Author: Sanjay Kumar Description: This article features how to display hierarchal data from multiple tables by using ASP.Net repeater control in web form. Application Scheduler Service Using VB.Net And XML 2006-12-07  Read more>> Author: Ajith Kumar Radhakrishnan Description: This is an application scheduler that is implemented as a Windows Service, similar to the Windows Task Scheduler - but simple, as it has fewer configuration options and it uses XML to store and retrieve data. ASP.Net Atlas: Creating Client-based Web applications 2006-12-06  Read more>> Author: Pietros Ghebremicael Description: This article introduces the 'Atlas' framework by exploring its client and server class libraries, the programming model the framework allows developers to adopt, some common development scenarios and by walking through a sample 'Atlas' enabled Web application. ASP.NET Datepicker and Calendar Control 2006-12-06  Read more>> Author: Liam McLennan Description: When developing enterprise ASP.NET applications it is common to require the input of dates. This article presents a hybrid textbox / calendar control for user input of dates. Troubleshooting Tips for ASP.Net developers 2006-12-05  Read more>> Author: Praveen K Prasad Description: This article explains three silly problems that ASP.net developers regularly face and explains how to tackle them. Using Reflection to dynamically expose your Business Logic through a Webservice 2006-12-04  Read more>> Author: Zach Smith Description: Many people are using web services to communicate with their business logic. There are many advantages of this approach with some issues. This article will show you how you can avoid those issues, while still enjoying all the benefits of using web services. How to automatically send a resolution optimized markup of a web page to the client 2006-12-04  Read more>> Author: Faheem Iqbal Description: This article will tell you about a technique through which you can make intelligent ASP.NET websites which will automatically detect the resolution of the visitor's desktop and generate a resolution optimized mark-up of a page, not forcing the visitor to keep the resolution of his/her desktop according to the website's best view resolution. Developing a Visual WebGUI Gateway 2006-12-01  Read more>> Author: Guy Peled Description: This article is an introduction to using Visual WebGui gateways. Object Inspector in VB.Net 2006-12-01  Read more>> Author: zeppaman Description: A cool VB.Net control that allows to control and manage all the controls in a form at runtime. Add Multimedia Content with a Custom Control 2006-12-01  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a quick and simple approach to creating a custom web control used to display multimedia files within an ASP.NET page. Prototype Design Pattern: Easy and Powerful way to copy objects 2006-11-30  Read more>> Author: Prashant Patil Description: This article mainly focuses on the Prototype design pattern along with advantages and possible practical scenarios where this pattern seems to be the best choice. AJAX DataGrid: An ASP.NET User Control 2006-11-30  Read more>> Author: Jibin Pan Description: This DataGrid is a Client Side Control. It is created by JavaScript and uses Ajax.net technology. ClickOnce Deployment 2006-11-29  Read more>> Author: Amol Malpani Description: This article will make you publish application on IIS withouting using VS IDE. OnChanged Event for User Controls 2006-11-29  Read more>> Author: Michael Livshitz Description: In this article I will show some ways how to create user controls with OnChanged event . The examples are written using VB.Net for Windows applications. Peanut Gallery - An Easy Image Gallery for ASP.NET 2006-11-20  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article addresses the construction of a simple image gallery type of web application. Day/Night/Auto Display Modes 2006-11-29  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to implementing day and night modes of display operation. Tips to improve the performance of ASP.Net Application 2006-11-28  Read more>> Author: Dinesh Tawar Description: This article features tips to improve the performance of ASP.Net Application Merging data into single table from multiple tables (resultsets) 2006-11-28  Read more>> Author: Sanjay Gulati Description: This article shows how to reduce the number of trips to improve performance by merging data into single table from multiple tables (resultsets). HTTP Compression with HttpCompress 2006-11-27  Read more>> Author: Praveen K Prasad Description: This article describes how to enable HTTP compression for ASP.net web applications without having direct access to the server and by using an HttpModule. File Tampering Detection 2006-11-28  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to determining whether or not two files are exactly the same. ASP.Net Page Life Cycle 2006-11-27  Read more>> Author: Hima Bindu Vejella Description: This article explains simple ASP.NET web page execution in depth. How to automatically send a resolution optimized markup of a web page to the client 2006-11-24  Read more>> Author: Faheem Iqbal Description: This article will tell you about a technique through which you can make intelligent ASP.NET websites which will automatically detect the resolution of the visitor's desktop and generate a resolution optimized mark-up of a page, not forcing the visitor to keep the resolution of his/her desktop according to the website's best view resolution. Client Side Validation with JavaScript in ASP.NET 2006-11-24  Read more>> Author: Puran Chand Kaushal Description: This simple program will guide how to do client side validation in JavaScript. Limitations of ArrayLists in VB.Net 2006-11-23  Read more>> Author: Saurabh Description: This article discusses some features of ArrayLists and there shortcomings/limitations. Generics in VB.Net 2.0 2006-11-23  Read more>> Author: Saurabh Description: This articles comes in series with my last article - Limitations in ArrayLists. In this article, I specifically talk about Generics and how they improve upon arraylists and how they solve the issues posed by ArrayLists. Deploying ASP.NET 2 Web Site to Production Server: Part II 2006-11-22  Read more>> Author: Moustafa Arafa Description: On the first part we discussed in detail how to move our database which contains the membership tables from the default aspnetdb Database to our database. On this part we will show how to change the default settings of asp.net membership and role providers to read from tables which stored on our database. Deploying ASP.Net 2.0 Web site to Production Server: Part I 2006-11-20  Read more>> Author: Moustafa Arafa Description: Deploying ASP.NET 2.0 web site is the first issue facing the developer. This part of the article gives you a step by step to how to move membership tables from MS SQL express Edition to your database that you are used on your web site. The second part we will go in details to configure our asp.net web site. Create Meta Tags Programmatically in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-11-22  Read more>> Author: Ashish Singhal Description: In ASP.NET, we had an option to add head tags in HTML where we could define our Meta tags like keyword and description but in ASP.NET 2.0 if we use master page inheritated page then there is problem to add meta tags. This article explains how you can add meta tags in ASP.NET 2.0. Data Access Component and the Factory Design Pattern 2006-11-20  Read more>> Author: Waleed El Tamimi Description: A generic Data Access Component implementation written in VB.Net that supports SQL, Oracle, OLEDB and ODBC data providers. Using the Factory design pattern for instantiating the data provider correct and specific objects determined at run time. Dynamic Document ID's without maintaining Counters! 2006-11-16  Read more>> Author: Asif Sayed Description: An article to demonstrate the creation of business document ids without using stored counters. SpringButton 2006-11-17  Read more>> Author: zeppaman Description: This tutorial and the source code attached with it shows how to create nice looking buttons using VB.Net. VB.Net Defensive Event Publishing using Interfaces 2006-11-16  Read more>> Author: Matthew Cochran Description: In order to ensure that our events behave as intended we can use interfaces to control access, the classes that subscribe to the events, and the event registration process. To do this, we can write "observer"-type interfaces for notification, subscription and un-subscription to events because the VB.Net event model is based on the Observer GOF pattern. VB.Net Lists: Add some elegance to your code 2006-11-15  Read more>> Author: Craig Murphy Description: A short and to-the-point tutorial that demonstrates how to sort and search using VB.Net's List object. Apply Object Serialization in Real Life Situation 2006-11-14  Read more>> Author: Jaish Mathews Description: Object serialization is a process of streaming an object into a byte array. This article explains the object serialization process using a real world example. Use of the HtmlTextWriter Class to Render Custom Controls 2006-11-14  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article will address the use of the HtmlTextWriter class and the role is plays in the construction of custom server controls. As custom server control development is accomplished without a visual designer, the HtmlTextWriter class provides a mechanism for precisely defining the output of the custom control directly within the code and in absence of the designer. A Practical Approach to .NET Testing using Visual Studio 2005 Test Team Suite 2006-11-13  Read more>> Author: Jawahar Govindaraj Description: This article will cover practical approach to White box Testing Techniques using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Test Team Suite. It covers concepts with a simple, easy to follow example. Add an RSS Feed Through a Custom Control 2006-11-11  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes the construction of a very simple custom server control used to display the content returned from an RSS feed. The control consumes a public web service to retrieve the current data from an RSS feed and the control displays the content along with a user defined label. The public web service returns the feed content as straight HTML which greatly simplifies the process of displaying the data. Add a daily Dilbert Comic with a Custom Control 2006-11-13  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes the construction of a custom control used to display a daily Dilbert comic on a site. Magic of Regex using VB.Net 2006-11-10  Read more>> Author: Sushmita Kumari Description: This article is all about Regex which shows different functionalities of the RegularExpression Class with sample code. Creating MS Word Document using VB.Net, XML and XSLT 2006-11-10  Read more>> Author: Sudipta Sankar Das Description: This simple program demostrate how to create well formatted MS Word documents using VB.Net, XML and XSLT. Using XSLT to create Word documents requires the knowledge of RTF key words. XML Serialation and Deserialation 2006-11-07  Read more>> Author: Ibrahim Ersoy Description: The article helps you to write and read XML. Forecast the Weather with a Custom Control 2006-11-08  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes the construction of a custom control used to display a three day weather forecast based upon a designated zip code. The control is driven by a public, free web service that returns the seven forecast for any area in the United States by zip code or location. This demonstration only uses the first three days of the seven day forecast and it implements only the zip code based request for forecast data. Lookup Area Codes by Zip Codes with an ASP.NET Custom Control 2006-11-07  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes the construction of a simple custom control used to lookup an area code and a city/state location based upon a selected zip code; the lookup is performed through the use of an available public web service. The article includes the source code for this custom control and well as a demonstration site used to test the control. Convert Currency Values with a Custom Control 2006-11-06  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes the details for constructing a custom ASP.NET 2.0 composite control used to convert one form of currency into another. The control consumes a public web service in order to calculate the exchange rate and uses the exchange rate returned from the web service to calculate the value of the exchanged currency. Stock Tracker Custom Control 2006-11-03  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes the construction of a custom control used to check stock prices as made available through a public web service. The article includes the source code for this custom control and well as a demonstration site used to test the control. Auto-Update as a Simple Custom Control 2006-11-02  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy way to implement automated page refreshes through the use of a custom control. Whilst it is simple enough to key in the text to do this on every page where an auto refresh is required, it is just as simple to create a custom control to handle the task on any number of pages. Different methods of loading Crystal Report in Crystal Report Viewer 2006-10-27  Read more>> Author: Sarath K.S. Description: This article explains different methods of loading Crystal Report in the Windows Forms from VB.NET. Image Mapping Utility 2006-10-26  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to building a simple image mapping utility that may be used to mark and store points as pixel based coordinates from an image file or directly from a web page. The application is capable of capturing a collection of points and it allows the user to name and save a point collection established using the tool into a text file. Bind Objects to a DataGridView Control 2006-10-24  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a simple approach to displaying object property data within a data grid view control. The example includes a test application comprised of a simple data container class and a sample application used to bind and display object data within a data grid view control. An easy approach to Displaying a Message Box in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-10-17  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a quick and easy way to display message boxes within an ASP.NET 2.0 project. The approach demonstrated may be used to dynamically generate and display error and status messages to the user. An easy introduction to Localization in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-10-16  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a quick and easy way to implement localization through the use of resource strings within an ASP.NET 2.0 and Visual Basic 2005 application. Monitor Internet Connection State 2006-10-13  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to building two controls used to monitor the status of an internet connection and provide the user with some indication of that status. Within the attached project, there are two controls, one shows the user what the connection type is and whether or not the machine is connected or offline, the other one is used to show some indication of the quality of the connection in terms of whether or not the connection is good, intermittent, or offline. Simple Web and RGB Color Picker Utility 2006-10-12  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: The article addresses the construction of a simple utility application useful for selecting an RGB or web color; the application allows the user to key in RGB values or use RGB slider controls to select a color. Whenever the current color is updated, the text boxes at the bottom of the form are dynamically updated to show the current web and RGB color values set for the current color. Converting Numeric Dollar Values to Text 2006-10-09  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: The article describes an easy approach to converting a numeric dollar value into its text equivalent; the primary purpose for such a mechanism would be to express the amount displayed on a check as a string within the ‘Amount’ section typical to most checks. Just for Fun - A Small Piano Keyboard 2006-10-05  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This one was just for fun; the article describes a project used to build a simple piano keyboard that plays some not too terrific sounding notes courtesy of the Kernel32.dll’s beep function. Uploading Files in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-09-25  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes three different approaches to uploading a file to a web server. This article and included example code describe and illustrate each of these approaches. Generalised printing module in VB .Net 2006-09-18  Read more>> Author: shamshuddin wantmurikar Description: The attached source code is a generalised printing module that helps to print preview data into print preview dialog. A Simple Approach to Product Activation 2006-09-18  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to keeping track of each installation of an application. The intent of the example is to demonstrate the use of a simple web service to collect and store information about each user and machine running the application. The basis of this example could be used as a means to activating software for subsequent or continued use. Maintain Control State in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-09-15  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a simple approach to maintaining control state in an ASP.NET 2.0 custom web control. Control state is a new construct within ASP.NET 2.0 and it is really nothing more than view state however it is view state with a significant advantage; that advantage is that other developers using your control cannot disable control state as they can view state. AJAX web scraping and interacting with digg 2006-09-07  Read more>> Author: Fernando Sanchez Description: Interacting with sites that use JavaScript to generate content has, until now, been either very complex, or almost impossible. This tutorial will demonstrate the usage of the WebRobot v1.1 component to interact with the social bookmarking site digg, which employs JavaScript heavily to generate the displayed content, and to interact with it. Build your own Visual Studio: An Application Framework for Editing Objects at Run Time 2006-09-06  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a generic application framework that may be of some use in projects that would need an interface similar to Visual Studio. The application demonstrates approaches to providing a toolbox, a workspace, an object treeview, and an object editor. Play Sounds on an ASP.NET Web Page 2006-09-05  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a quick and easy approach to playing sound files on an ASP.NET web page in response to an event. Convert a DataGridView to a Bitmap 2006-09-04  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to converting a DataGridView control into a Bitmap. Text to Speech in VB 2005 2006-09-04  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an application used to exercise some of the Text To Speech features available to .NET developers through the Microsoft Speech 5.1 SDK. This article does not address the newer speech server related libraries nor does it address web based deployments of speech related technologies. An Approach to Viewing the Structure of a Database Using VB 2005 2006-09-04  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to examining all of the tables, views, and columns in a database. How do I open a URL in a new Browser Window in ASP.NET? 2006-09-04  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This quick tip shows you how to open a URL in a new Browser Window in ASP.NET. Prevent CD Autoplays 2006-09-01  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes the approach used programmatically to prevent a CD from going into auto play mode; this may be useful to you if you are, for example, writing an application that logs directly to CD and you are trying to burn data periodically to a CD but you do not want the CD to go into auto play mode after burning a some data to it. Internationalizing Your Application - ASP.Net 2.0 2006-09-01  Read more>> Author: Ravikumar Raja Description: The Web has had worldwide reach since its inception. Users have different cultural expectations and speak different languages. In this Quickstart you will learn how powerful new ASP.NET v2.0 features make it easier to adapt your Web application to different countries, regions, and markets. Event and Error Logging 2006-08-31  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an approach to writing to a custom error log and to writing events into the system event log. Mimic the Appearance of Outlook’s Sidebar with the Multi-view Control 2006-08-31  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a simple way to mimic the appearance of Microsoft’s Outlook sidebar within an ASP.NET 2.0 web application. The approach is based upon the use of the existing Multi-View control contained in the standard ASP.NET 2.0 toolbox and does not require much time or effort to implement. This article includes a sample web application that presents an example of the approach in use. How to display an XmlNode contents in a DataGrid? 2006-08-30  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This code snippet shows how you can show an XmlNode contents in a DataGrid. Implement a Win Forms Slider Control in ASP.NET 2.0 2006-08-30  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a simple approach to implementing a Windows Forms Trackbar (slider) control in ASP.NET 2.0. Send Text Message to Cell Phones from a VB.NET Application 2006-08-29  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a simple way to send text messages to a cellular phone from within a VB.NET desktop application. The source code provided includes a relatively good list of carriers to simplify the task of connecting with a cell phone and the task itself is really no more difficult than sending an email message through a desktop or web based application. Introduction to .Net Framework 2.0 Nullable Types 2006-08-28  Read more>> Author: Muhammad Mosa Description: Sometimes you work with a value type that does not have a defined value in certain circumstances. For example, a field in a database might need to distinguish between having been assigned a meaningful value and never having been assigned a value. Value types can be extended to take either their normal values or a null value. Such an extension is called a nullable type Explorer Offline through AJAX 2006-08-28  Read more>> Author: Ravikumar Raja Description: In Internet Explorer (and all other common web browsers) you have an menu item File -> Work off-line. What does this do with you web application? Of course, it is working offline, no communication possible to the web server. When connected with a dial-up connection it can happen that this is done automatically if you disconnect from your internet service provider. Custom Image Button Control for ASP.NET 2.0 2006-08-28  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes an easy approach to the construction of a custom ASP.NET 2.0 image button control that contains both a mouse-over effect and calls a JavaScript function when clicked. Whilst the article is pretty simple and the code fairly trivial, the concepts illustrated by means of this example are relatively important and are key to integrating client side functionality into an ASP.NET 2.0 project. Flash Player Custom Control for ASP.NET 2.0 2006-08-27  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a quick and simple approach to creating a custom web control used to display shockwave flash files within an ASP.NET page. Whilst the article and demonstration project are focused upon displaying a shockwave flash (SWF) file, the basic idea is applicable to any sort of object that you may wish to embed within an ASP.NET 2.0 page. Create Your Own Custom File Type 2006-08-26  Read more>> Author: Scott Lysle Description: This article describes a simple approach to creating a custom file type. In the example provided, a custom file type is created around a serializable class that is used as a data container holding all of the elements necessary to support an application designed to interact with the defined file type. A separate module is used to serialize and deserialize files of this user defined file type. DataReader And DataSet 2006-08-11  Read more>> Author: John Charles Olamendy Description: ADO.NET is part of Microsoft.NET which comprises a set of tools and object model for accessing a data source. The objects definition appears under the System.Data namespace. It allows applications to store, manipulate and retrieve data. In this article I’m going to talk about the two different objects for accessing data sources in two common contexts of your application: the connected and disconnected environment. Using XML and XSLT 2006-08-11  Read more>> Author: Krishnan LN Description: XML Stylesheet Transformation(XSLT) is defined as a language for converting XML documents to other document formats. This article shows how to perform the transformation using classes of .NET Framework. Confirming Deletes in DataGrid 2006-08-08  Read more>> Author: Vishal Description: This article shows how to prompt the user to confirm the delete using JavaScript. Methods for Transforming data to a XML file 2006-08-08  Read more>> Author: Lalitha Venkatasubramanian Description: This articles mentions different ways to tranform data to XML file. Displaying single table database hierarchy with DataSet and DataRelations 2006-08-07  Read more>> Author: Jigar Desai Description: Hierarchies can be difficult to store SQL tables and even more difficult to query and display. This Example will show you how you can use DataRelation to convert single table hierarchy in to nested XML and then use XSLT to transform it to nested list. Importance of Data Access Layer 2006-08-07  Read more>> Author: Krishnan LN Description: This article is written to see the importance of having a separate Data Access layer. Indepths of Global Assembly Cache 2006-08-04  Read more>> Author: Nirlep Kaur Description: This article gives an indepth knowledge of working of global assembly cache. Nested Repeater : Display hierarchal data in web form by using ASP.Net repeater 2006-08-03  Read more>> Author: Sanjay Kumar Description: This article features how to display hierarchal data from multiple tables by using ASP.Net repeater control in web form. Non-Repeating Random Numbers 2006-08-02  Read more>> Author: Graham Description: This article show how to get six non-repeated random numbers, or anything else you want. Simple Fixed Array: Part I 2006-07-11  Read more>> Author: Graham Description: This article is a beginners guide to Simple Fixed Arrays. Simple Fixed Array: Part II 2006-07-19  Read more>> Author: Graham Description: This is the second part in the array set of tutorials. Simple Fixed Array: Part III 2006-07-24  Read more>> Author: Graham Description: This is the last part of three tutorials on arrays. Implementing Parent-Child ComboBoxes in VB.NET 2006-06-23  Read more>> Author: Yildirim Kocdag Description: Parent-Child ComboBoxes is one of the classical problems for almost all projects. This article shows how to implement such comboboxes. Popup Window from Inragistics Grid 2006-06-21  Read more>> Author: K V Reddy Description: This article shows to have popup window from Inragistics grid. GridView Inside GridView 2006-05-23  Read more>> Author: Nikhil ' Description: An article on how to use GridView control available in ASP.Net 2.0 having multiple controls in template inside it. Caching Data in WinForms DataGridView in NET 2.0 2006-05-09  Read more>> Author: Nikhil ' Description: This article is very usefull when you want to show millions records in datagrid. Main problem with desktop application is caching not availble like web application.But in Visual Studio 2005 microsoft has provided very good support in datagrid to show millions of data to user. Integration of InfoPath with SharePoint using VB.NET 2005-04-27  Read more>> Author: Srikanth Kancharla Description: InfoPath is based on industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML). Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a condensed form of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) that enables developers to create customized tags that offer flexibility in organizing and presenting information. Forms designer in VB.NET 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: The FormMaker.NET Application has an undo feature for removing controls you just placed on the form and a fine tuning placement mechanism for positioning the control through the arrow keys. You can also use the align buttons on the toolbar to align the current control with the last control that was placed on the form. Creating Interactive Buttons 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: By using control properties, you can give your program an interactive look as you see on web sites. One of them is mouse over. When you mouse over on a hyperlink, it changes the color. Math Equation Editor in VB.NET 2003-10-15  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article explains about the Math Equation Editor in VB.NET. The Equation Editor I created in VB.NET allows you to create a few simple equations using the keyboard. The editor also allows you to print your equations to the printer or save the equations to a bitmap to insert into a Word or HTML document. Context Menu and Event Handling in Visual Basic .NET 2004-11-08  Read more>> Author: Benoyraj B Description: This article aims for those who are not yet worked in ContextMenu in .NET environment and would like to understand a little easy way how ContextMenu and its associated event handler works. How can a context menu for a notify icon be programmatically generated when the user right clicks on the notify icon? As a prerequisite, you should know a little bit idea of object oriented programming. Bulk Data Transactions using OpenXML in VB.NET 2004-10-13  Read more>> Author: Harikishan Gireesh Description: OPENXML is a new function added to SQL Server 2000 that provides a rowset view over an XML document. It allows for the passing of an XML document to a T-SQL stored procedure for updating the data. Performance comparison of XslTransform inputs 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Daniel Stefanescu Description: This article explains about the performance comparison of XslTranform Inputs. To transform XML into HTML for use on a Web site or to transform it into a document that contains only the fields required you could use the XSLTransform class (found in the System.Xml.Xsl namespace). XML Result based on SQL Server XML Template 2001-07-06  Read more>> Author: Arun Nair Description: I've included the code to extract XML data from a SQL Server 2000 database using dynamically generated XML templates. To try out this example you must have SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 7.0 with XML support. This webservice is part of a project called the CWS(Catalog Web Services) and offers result data services based on the input parameters. Viewing and Writing XML Data using ADO.NET DataSets 2003-07-01  Read more>> Author: Martin Kropp Description: This article presents step-by-step how to bind, read and view XML data and generate graphical reports with the build-in Crystal Reports engine. The article puts special emphasize on XML standardization and interoperability issues experienced during the project, and presents workarounds for existing limitations. Posting form data from ASP.NET page to another URL 2004-09-27  Read more>> Author: Jigar Desai Description: This article explains how to post form data from ASP.NET page to another URL Session State Management in Application having ASP and ASP. Net Pages in VB.NET 2005-02-15  Read more>> Author: pinal.dave ' Description: If we are developing a web application in which both ASP and ASP.NET pages resides, then passing session information from ASP to ASP.NET page or vice versa becomes a critical issue. To share session state between ASP and ASP.NET pages, session state need to be stored in some common format like in database. Using ThreadPool to run animated Gifs in VB.NET 2003-06-15  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: One of the nice features incorporated into the .NET framework is the ThreadPool class. In this article we will discuss the use of the ThreadPool class in conjunction with the ImageAnimator class to run 3 animated gifs in separate threads. Use Thread Local Storage to pass Thread Specific Data 2003-06-15  Read more>> Author: Doug Doedens Description: In an ideal world developers typically create instance variables and access these via interfaces to hold thread specific data. The .NET framework provides a mechanism to store data at a thread level and allows you to access this thread specific data anywhere this thread exists. Syncronization in Multithreading 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: Ahmed Al Kayali Description: This article explains about the Synchronization in Multithreading. Threads are a powerful abstraction for allowing parallelized operations: graphical updates can happen while another thread is performing computations, two threads can handle two simultaneous network requests from a single process, and the list goes on. Understanding how assert effects security 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: Chris Rausch Description: This article expalins about how asserts effect security in VB.NET. How you restrict access to your library modules and resources requires that you understand the pros and cons in the security process used. User Authentication(Class/Ado.NET Demo) 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: Arun Nair Description: Here, you'll learn the use of a VB.NET class library project through this User Authentication example. Instead of the conventional ADO recordset, I've used the new Dataset(check out my previous article for more information on Datasets) to traverse. XML Signature in .NET 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: lsitaraman ' Description: Security is a main concern in any application development especially where there is an exchange of critical information with an external system. There are ways to securely send and receive data such as HTTPS and Public Key Cryptography. In today’s world, XML has become a standard means for data communication between applications. Using the .NET compact Framework in VB.Net 2003-10-01  Read more>> Author: Srinivas Sampath Description: In this article, we will see how to write a simple .NET Compact Framework application and deploy it onto a device. This article provides a step-by-step instruction on how to write the application. Printing in VB.NET 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article explains about Printing in VB.NET.Printing is all carried out through components included in the toolbox. The main component that talks to the printer is the PrintDocument component. Using WebRequest Class in VB.NET 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Kareem Bawala Description: This is a simple application that the gets the source of a webpage via the WebRequest Object. Creating an instance of Internet Explorer in VB.NET 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Gregory Correll Description: I was trying to write a program that opened an instance of Internet Explorer in a separate window, rather than use the Browser control that comes with the .NET platform.Unfortunately, it proved almost impossible to find any references to the interfaces necessary to do the job. Here is the souce code that does the same. A Chess Program using VB.NET 2004-11-30  Read more>> Author: Kaushal Golwala Description: This is a chess game developed using VB.Net. In this application, I have used object oriented concepts and design patterns like Flyweight, Factory and Decorator. Two players can play this game by simply dragging and dropping the pieces on the form. ClickMania game in VB.NET 2004-12-21  Read more>> Author: A Jean Michel Cobb Description: This is an old game, first implemented in 1996 or so... This game uses the winmm.dll library for playing sounds, the picturebox.Paint event to draw bitmaps in a Picturebox and a recursive function to check the balls next to each other for the colors. Set Color of a Control or Form programmatically using VB.Net 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: Here is how to change the color of a button. Same method applies to all the controls and forms. Hide a DataGrid column using VB.NET 2004-11-17  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: How do I hide a column in a DataGrid or DataTable? Find an Operating System version? 2004-11-17  Read more>> Author: Kamran ' Description: This tutorial gives description about OS Version using Env classes How do I call Oracle Stored Procedure from ASP.NET? 2004-11-17  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This aticle shows how to call Oracle stored procedure from ASP.NET. Adding Discovery Features to BizTalk Server 2004: Part 1 (VB.Net) 2004-09-13  Read more>> Author: Jesus Rodriguez Description: This is the first of two articles that explains how to add discovery features to BizTalk Server 2004 using UDDI. This article explores the concepts of the BizTalk-UDDI mapping process and the similarity with the WSDL-UDDI mapping process. Creational Patterns - Singleton using VB.NET 2005-05-31  Read more>> Author: Susan Abraham Description: This article discusses the implementation of the Singleton Design Pattern.Most programming involves usage of Design Patterns in one form or other .There are around 23 Design Patterns that are available. How to work with Assemblies in InstallShield Developer 7.0 using VB.NET 2004-10-14  Read more>> Author: Santhosh Kumar R V Description: InstallShield Developer 7.0 is the best solution for providing the very easy user interface to author installations having both .NET and side by side components. This article is a step by step walk through of how to create a deployment project using InstallShield. Encryption/Decryption using RSA, DES, 3DES and Rijindael in VS.Net 2005 2006-04-19  Read more>> Author: Sonu Chauhan Description: This article will give the detailed picture of Encryption/Decryption in .NET. Cryptography is a way to encrypt and decrypt data. By encrypting data you are protecting your data from other curious users who would like to know the data that is present. How to use VB Component in C#? 2004-05-28  Read more>> Author: Vivek Gupta Description: I have tried to show by example how to use VB components in C#. As I am beginner for .NET technologies, so always try to use easiest examples so that it is easy to get for beginners. Using .NET Components from UnManaged Clients 2003-06-23  Read more>> Author: Ashish Jaiman Description: When a COM client calls a DotNet object, the DotNet framework will create a COM callable wrapper (CCW). COM clients use the CCW as a proxy for the managed object.The example uses a DotNet component and COM client extending the functionality of the DotNet component using delegation. COM Interoperability in .NET 2004-05-08  Read more>> Author: G Gnana Arun Ganesh Description: In this article I cover the area Interoperability issues. There is no doubt that with the help of .Net one can create powerful components and Distributed applications than any other language. But we have to think over about the past reusable components, which were created by many languages such as VB etc. UltraGrid control with dynamic column using VB.Net 2006-02-23  Read more>> Author: Sonu Chauhan Description: The following article will explain how to add dynamic column and perform calculation in the dataset. Accessing data using DataReader 2005-09-26  Read more>> Author: Manoj Kumar Description: In this article you can see how to access the data using DataReader from the data source.DataReader is a readonly, forward only and connected recordset from the database. Key Changes in VB.NET for VB 6.0 Developer 2005-04-26  Read more>> Author: G Gnana Arun Ganesh Description: Using the .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual Basic developers can build robust applications that were very difficult to write in previous versions of Visual Basic. This article will discuss the Some of the key changes requiring redesign under VB.Net compared to VB 6.0. Event Handling in VB.NET 2003-04-20  Read more>> Author: Ashish Jaiman Description: Events in the .NET Framework are based on the delegate model. Delegates are type-safe Function Pointers or Callbacks. A delegate can reference both static and instance methods. Delegates in VB.NET 2001-02-04  Read more>> Author: TimothyA Vanover Description: The Zip file contains two projects. One is VB.Net and the other is C#. Each project is an example of the same use of a delegate. A base class is derived and the delegate calls a method on several classes derived from the base class. Several things are shown from this example. Using inherited base types to strinct type checking of a base type and calling class level methods from a single delegate. Understanding Destructors in VB.NET 2003-06-07  Read more>> Author: Chandra Hundigam Description: This article is about understanding the working concept of destructor in VB.NET. Understanding and using Properties in VB.NET 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: Rahul Sharma Description: In this article, you will learn about properties in VB.NET. Here you will learn how to define and use properties. Understanding Structures in VB.NET 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: Rajesh VS Description: A structure in VB.NET is simply a composite data type consisting of a number elements of other types. A VB.NET structure is a value type and the instances or objects of a structure are created in stack. Abstract Classes and Methods 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: Rajesh VS Description: This is a detailed analysis of abstract classes and methods in VB.NET with some concrete examples. Boxing and Unboxing in VB.NET 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: G Gnana Arun Ganesh Description: Boxing and unboxing is a essential concept in VB.NET’s type system. With Boxing and unboxing one can link between value-types and reference-types by allowing any value of a value-type to be converted to and from type object. Understanding and using Namespaces in VB.NET 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: G Gnana Arun Ganesh Description: In this article, you will learn about namespaces in VB.NET. Here you will learn how to create and use namespaces. Locking Files in VB.NET 2004-05-02  Read more>> Author: Vishal Kulkarni Description: This code shows how to lock and unlock files. A locked file will not be opened unless it is unlocked. It can lock any type of file. Control statements in VB.NET 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: Amisha Mehta Description: In this article, you will learn various control statements (looping) controls in VB.NET including Do..While, For, and foreach statements. Password Hacking in VB.NET 2004-05-08  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This code when run gets the password from a password window of any application. To try it out use the following procedure to get the password. Calling WinINet API from VB.NET 2004-05-15  Read more>> Author: Vishal Kulkarni Description: This is an API which connects with the remote server . Inputs are the user name and password which are needed to connect with the server. For demonstration purpose an API called “FtpGetFile” is illustrated. Other API’s for deleting, putting , renaming and moving can be tried out. Please contact the author for any problems. Calling WinINet API from VB.NET : Part 2 2004-05-17  Read more>> Author: Vishal Kulkarni Description: This is an API which connects with the remote server . After connecting it brings the files to your local disk without the “Save to Disk” dialogue box . Please contact the author for any problems. Secure WS 2004-05-17  Read more>> Author: Daniel Stefanescu Description: This code covers the .NET (VB) implementation of the security of webservices using the Microsoft “The Favorites Service” security modified schema. Application to read Data from a file using ASP.NET and VB.NET 2004-05-18  Read more>> Author: Vikram Joshi Description: I have created a small application by which you can read from a file and display the contents of the file onto the browser. Tips : Leveraging VB.Net Base Classes 2004-05-21  Read more>> Author: Caonabo Ruiz Description: Multiple language implementation has an inherited powerful advantages. The .Net unify class architecture model allows .Net languages to leverage class libraries implemented in other class libraries. This article shows you how to leverage the power of VB.Net Financial base class library using C#. Launching System Applets in VB.NET 2004-05-24  Read more>> Author: Vishal Kulkarni Description: This piece demonstrates the use of the shell statement in VB.NET. Various system calls are made using the Shell function. ASP.NET and VB.NET Error Handling 2004-05-24  Read more>> Author: Srinivasa Sivkumar Description: This article explains about the Erors that occurs inASP.NET and VB.NET. This article also explains about the Reading XML Files 2004-05-25  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: XmlTextReader class is a class you might want to look into if you want to read XML files. Just pass your XML file as an argument when you create XmlTextReader object and call read() method to read the document. Object Serialization in VB.NET 2004-05-27  Read more>> Author: Pramod Singh Description: This application is simple Console application which demonstrate Object Serialization in VB.NET by use of System.Runtime.Serialization namespace. An assignable DateTime Class in VB.NET 2005-01-11  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: Occasionally you run into a structure in the .NET library that you really wish was a class so you can inherit all its existing properties, override the ones you don't like, and add new properties and methods. Such a class is the DateTime class. How to Write a Method in VB.NET 2004-09-23  Read more>> Author: Ahmed Abdel Ghany Description: This article describes how to write a method in VB.NET. Will swap work if VB.Net Manipulates Objects by Reference? 2005-02-15  Read more>> Author: Saradha Gnanavel Description: VB.Net does manipulate objects by reference, and all object variables are references. On the other hand, VB.Net does not pass method arguments by reference; it passes them by value. Thus, a regular swap method will not work! Using Stacks in VB.Net 2005-02-22  Read more>> Author: Susan Abraham Description: Stacks are one of the common data structures used in the software world, which follows the First In Last Out paradigm. Stacks are used in various mathematical functions like Towers of Hanoi, finding Fibonacci Sequence , Factorial of a number to name a few. Performance Improvement in ASP.NET using Caching with VB.NET 2005-02-01  Read more>> Author: Harikishan Gireesh Description: ASP.NET provides caching at several levels for you to leverage and improve the responsiveness of your application by storing the page output or application data across HTTP requests and reuse it. This allows the web server to take advantage of processing the request without recreating the information and thus saving time and resources. Web based Chat application in VB.NET 2005-03-15  Read more>> Author: Kiran Khambete Description: The article explains about devloping a chat Solution in ASP.Net / VB.Net which is differnt than any of the available solutions and works under any firewall and browser settings. Posting to another .aspx using ASP.NET and VB.NET 2005-03-19  Read more>> Author: Santhi Maadhaven Description: ASP.NET wont allow to post back to another aspx page. It will post back to itself. If you specify action attribute it will ignore it. If you omit the method attribute, it will be set to method="post" by default. MADLibs.NET using VB.NET and ASP.NET 2005-03-22  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: The MadLib.NET game will continue to prompt the user with each grammar only in the <> brackets. When the programming engine reaches the end of the template, the story is displayed. Accessing Registry using ASP.NET and VB.NET 2005-07-08  Read more>> Author: Santhi Maadhaven Description: In this article, we will see how to access the registry using ASP.NET. We will see one simple example to check where Visual Studio installed on our machine. Globalization using ASP.NET and VB.NET 2005-11-10  Read more>> Author: Santhi Maadhaven Description: In this article we see how to cater different contents based on the culture using Globalization in ASP.NET. A better Notepad using VB.NET 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Ajit Mungale Description: This article shows you how to do various operations in VB.NET and some of them are using various dialog boxes, reading and writing to Windows registry, using copy and paste operations, and reading and writing text files. Animating System Tray in VB.NET 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: K Niranjan Kumar Description: I am sure those who have worked with Visual C++ would have experienced the problem of displaying an icon in system tray and manipulating with context menus for that. This application gives you a picture of how to use .NET's TrayIcon class. Adding controls to a DataGrid at runtime 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Tushar Ameta Description: This article covers some topics where user can add any control based on his/her choice and can use it to edit the details in a DataGrid. Rubber-band effect in a Form 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Simon Bond Description: The attached source code sample shows you how to implement rubber band effect in a Windows Form using VB.NET. Loading a Form Icon in VB.NET 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this article, I will show you how to load an icon of a Form programmatically. Drag and Drop Revisited 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: I've had a couple inquiries on how to do drag and drop in .NET again, so I've put together a simple app for dragging text from a TreeView to a TreeView and a TreeView to a ListBox. Communicating between two Forms in VB.NET 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Giuseppe Rrusso Description: The aim of the program is to send a message between different forms. If you have a background in visual basic you’ll find it quite difficult because even if you make the objects public, when you try to send messages from one form to another it will have no effect. Owner drawn ListBox control in VB.NET 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Sanjay Ahuja Description: In this article we will see how to write owner drawn ListBox control. Convert VB6 Form to VB.NET Win Form 2004-05-10  Read more>> Author: Pramod Singh Description: VB .NET has changed the way developer used to program in VB6, GUI of VB6 used to hide most of the internals working from the developer but with VB.NET every aspect of programming is open GUI controls and all. The language it self got changed with VB.NET. Make your form as Top Most Window 2004-05-10  Read more>> Author: Vishal Kulkarni Description: This code brings a form on top of every application, which is running. This is required sometimes when the user needs to see some information every time. Just like ICQ, which stays on top of every window. Windows Forms in VB.NET 2004-05-03  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This is a simple tutorial which shows you beginners how to create a WindForms application in VB.NET. MS Office Style Color Picker in VB.NET 2003-10-15  Read more>> Author: Johannes Wallroth Description: For a project I'm working on I needed something more stylish than the standard color dialog which comes with .NET, so I decided to make a color picker dialog of my own. I used the one found at Microsoft Office (for choosing the font color) as a souce of inspiration (in fact, I shamelessly copied it) - I used exactly the same palette of 40 colors and the same "look and feel" - only the size and distance of the little color panels is a little different in my version. Flash Window 2004-05-11  Read more>> Author: Vishal Kulkarni Description: Flashing a window means changing the appearance of its caption bar as if the window were changing from inactive to active status, or vice versa. (An inactive caption bar changes to an active caption bar; an active caption bar changes to an inactive caption bar). Circular Form in VB.NET 2004-05-18  Read more>> Author: Vishal Kulkarni Description: This piece of code changes the looks of a normal VB form. It executes two API calls and changes the shape of the rectangular form to a Circular form. Accessing a Web Service from a Desktop Application 2006-04-17  Read more>> Author: Munir Shaikh Description: In this article we will study how to access a simple database driven Web Service from a Desktop application. Here I have a DbHelper class which has openconnection(), closeConnection, getDataTable, getDataset etc methods, and ConnectToDb() and getDataSet() Web methods in the Web Service. Adding items to a ListBox control 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article shows you how to add items to a ListBox control. Working with ProgressBar in VB.NET 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: The Progressbar class provides progress bar control functionality in the .NET framework. You need progress bars to display the progress of your application or background tasks. ButtonViewer: Using a Button to view Images 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In .NET, the Image class is a wonderful class to view images. No matter what control you have, you just set the Image property of that control to an image and the control will display the image. Neat? Working with StatusBars in VB.NET 2003-06-24  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: A status bar control is used to display the status of your applications functionality. You can add as many as panels to a status bar as you want and use these panels to display different type of information. Directory Picker in VB.NET 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article illustrates the use of a treeview in a directory tree user control. You can use this control to visually select files or directories from any file structure on your computer system. Adding a control to a Form programmatically 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: G Gnana Arun Ganesh Description: In this article I will show you how to add Windows controls to a Form programmatically. This is very useful to programmers who do not use Visual Studio or other IDE. Creating a ComboBox in a Toolbar 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article was written in response to a question in the vbdotnetheaven Forum. The question was: "How do I put a combobox in a toolbar, Help!" Multi Column ListView Control 2004-05-10  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: There are many questions about adding multiple columns to a ListView control. Some times its hard for beginners to find even small clues like ListView multi column won't work until you set its View property as Details. How to Populate a DropDownList insides a DataGrid through an XML File 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Ashish Singhal Description: In this article, we will show how to fill a DropDownList inside a DataGrid through an XML file. We will also show how the contents of one DropDownList changes dynamically as we change the index of second DropDownList (both inside the grid). How to Iterate through the DataGrid 2005-02-09  Read more>> Author: sailaja Description: This article describes how to iterate through the datagrid Beyond DataBinder in ASP.NET 2005-03-08  Read more>> Author: Declan Brennan Description: The DataBinder.Eval method is a very handy way to achieve data binding in Web Forms applications. Because it uses reflection, it is totally generic in the types of data source that it can handle. Of course this versatility comes at a price. Guage Custom Control in VB.NET 2005-03-16  Read more>> Author: Lance Drolet Description: This article describes about Guage custom control in VB.NET Custom Dial Control 2005-03-17  Read more>> Author: Brad Patterson Description: This article shows how to create and use custom dial control. Localizable Message Box Control using VB.NET 2005-04-02  Read more>> Author: g_lazarevic ' Description: This is localizable MessageBox control. Buttons on standard windows message box controls are always Yes, No, Abort, Cancel, OK, Ignore, Retry. I needed different text on my message boxes so I decided to develop custom message box control. VB.Net Custom Dial Control - Revised 2005-05-02  Read more>> Author: Brad Patterson Description: The VB.Net Custom Dial Control is a custom dial control written using GDI+ and VB.Net. This article and the attached source code is a revised version of my previous article with an extended version of the control. Joystick Control in VB.NET 2005-05-13  Read more>> Author: Brad Patterson Description: In this article and the attached source code project written in C# and Windows Forms, the author shows how to build a Joystick control that allows an object to move via the joystick control. Custom Calendar Control in VB.NET 2005-05-19  Read more>> Author: Susan Abraham Description: The Custom Calendar Control described in this paper overcomes the above limitations of the DateTimePicker by enhancing the capabilities of the existing MonthCalendar Control provided by Visual Studio .Net. Checked ListBox Sample in VB.NET 2005-05-31  Read more>> Author: gautam shrestha ' Description: This is simple example of checked list box. Adding and Retrieving Items from ListBox and CheckListBox Controls in VB.NET 2005-06-02  Read more>> Author: gautam shrestha ' Description: The attached source code in this article shows how to add and delete items to and from ListBox and CheckListBox controls using VB.NET. Editable ListBox in VB.NET 2005-06-09  Read more>> Author: gautam shrestha ' Description: The attached sample code demonstrates how you can createa an editable ListBox control, which will let you edit ListBox items at runtime. Revised Custom Gauge in VB.NET 2005-06-10  Read more>> Author: Lance Drolet Description: This is an enhanced version of the custom guage control I published earlier. Download contents of a Web Page through HTTP 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: CSDownloadURL is a class which has two functions - SetURL and DownloadURL. The set URL sets the current URL and GetDownload downloads the URL contents and returns its contents in a string. Simple web File download in VB.NET 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: Bill Farley Description: This is a simple program that shows how to download files from the web and save them. The program uses the HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse classes to request and retrieve the requested file. The data are read into a buffer. IP Lookup program in VB.NET 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: Michael Marasco Description: This is an IP look up program that uses VB.NET Windows Forms and IPHostEntry to resolve the DNS request. You enter the URL in the first box and press the Look Up button and the IP shows in the bottom box. Get IP Address of a HOST in VB.NET 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: The .Net DNS class can be used to get a host name or an IP of a given host name. To use DNS class in your project, you need to include System.Net. Hotmail using VB.NET - An HTTP Mail Client in .NET 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Kais Dukes Description: The great thing about the POP mail protocol is that it is a well-documented open standard, making writing a mail client to collect mail from a POP box a relatively painless process. Armed with basic knowledge of POP, or SMTP it is possible to write proxies which do a variety of useful things, such filter out spam or junk mail, or provide an e-mail answering machine service. Unfortunately, in trying to write a standalone client for Hotmail, the world’s most popular web-based mailing system, the fact that no POP gateway exists rapidly becomes a problem. RSS Feed Project in VB.NET 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Patrick Wright Description: The RSS Feed project is aimed as demonstrating writing VB code to consume RSS feeds from the internet and putting the data from these RSS feeds into a database for you to use in your own applications. In my sample we are concerned with getting a link, title and description for each of the items in the feed. We will be consuming the RSS feeds provided by SlashDot.org and WiredNews.com. WhoIs in ASP.NET and VB.NET 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Joydeep Ghosh Description: Quite often you want to know who owns a given domain. To obtain the registry information, you go to the respective registry and start a so called WHOIS query (lookup). The trick is that you have to know which registry is responsible for which TLD (Top Level Domain). Downloading Web Pages in VB.NET 2004-05-01  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this article, you'll see VB.NET version of how to use Web classes to download a file through HTTP. You can use three different ways to download a file contents through HTTP. ASP.NET Page Life Cycle in VB.NET 2005-03-04  Read more>> Author: Santhi Maadhaven Description: In this article, we will see the stages of execution of the ASP.NET Page. Download Files using HTTP and Proxy Server in VB.NET 2005-11-05  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article describes how to download a File using HTTP and Proxy Server in VB.NET. Getting Web Statistics for Instant Downloads in ASP.NET 2005-11-09  Read more>> Author: sshlosman ' Description: In this article we will provide simple ASP.NET application which can walk through the web server activity logs, parse them on a fly and finally display the summary statistic report for each fixed time interval (day, month, year) chronologically. Modifying File Downloads dynamically in ASP.NET 2005-11-07  Read more>> Author: sshlosman ' Description: This article shows how to customize the dowloading process with the specfic files asscociated with every user of the site. Building RSS Feeds using RSS Document 2.0 and VB.NET 2006-01-06  Read more>> Author: Ashish Singhal Description: This article and attached source code shows how to build a RRS Feed using RSS Document 2.0 specifications. Payment Gateway Integration using VB.NET with Authorized.NET 2006-02-15  Read more>> Author: Munir Shaikh Description: This article shows payment gateway integration using Vb.net and Msxml.XMLHttpRequest object. GDI+ in VB.NET Tutorial for Beginners 2005-04-27  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: GDI+ is next evolution of GDI. Using GDI objects in earlier versions of Visual Studio was a pain. This tutorial gives you a head start with GDI+ using VB.NET. In this tutorial, you will learn how to write graphics applications and understand the concept behind the System.Drawing namespace and its members. Introduction to GDI+ in .NET 2003-04-04  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: GDI+ is next evolution of GDI. Using GDI objects in earlier versions of Visual Studio was a pain. This tutorial discusses the basic concepts, the System.Drawing namespace and gives you a head start towards graphics programming using GDI+. Working with GDI+ Brushes using VB.NET 2003-04-04  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: You can create different types of brushes in GDI+. In this article, I will show you how to create various types of brushes. Tic Tac Toe Game in VB.NET 2003-06-18  Read more>> Author: Paul Lockwood Description: TicTacToe is a demonstration of the AI game playing minimax algorithm. The game plays out every possible combination of moves from each position and consequently is unbeatable. A variety of Chart Engines using GDI+ 2003-06-18  Read more>> Author: Daniel Stefanescu Description: The attached source code library is a Chart engine, which is written using GDI+ and VB.NET. Auto Redraw in VB.NET 2003-06-18  Read more>> Author: Rick Meyer Description: This is a problem if you wish to display text and graphics directly on a form. This brief project should help to provide you with AutoRedraw capability. Tetris Game in VB.NET 2003-06-18  Read more>> Author: Andrew McCarter Description: I have written a Tetris clone that demonstrates how to use off-screen graphics buffering for smooth animation and utilizes a multi-dimensional array approach to designing a game grid. Rotation sample in GDI+ 2003-06-18  Read more>> Author: John O Donnell Description: After reading Mike Gold's article on transforms I thought I would get things moving a bit! Opening and viewing Images and Text files 2003-09-05  Read more>> Author: Manisha Mehta Description: We will start this article with a simple application where we will learn how to open and view text and image files using the OpenFileDialog class. In doing so, we will learn some basics of GDI+ drawing, menus and panel control. Creating a Pie Chart on fly with VB.NET 2004-05-14  Read more>> Author: Jigar Desai Description: Dot net framework provides strong support for creating graphics with GDI+. Developing graphics application was never that much easier in past. Screen Capturing a Form in VB.NET 2003-07-17  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: It's that time again! Time to check out a new project written VB.NET and the .NET library. This article describes how to create a virtual clock in VB.NET. Working with PNGs using GDI+ 2003-08-08  Read more>> Author: Tom Curry Description: PNG overcomes the color depth hurdle by providing up to 48Bpp (bits per pixel). Just as importantly, the PNG format is patent-free and available for use by anyone. GDI+ Samples - Rectangles, Ellipses, and 3D 2003-08-08  Read more>> Author: Jayant Mukharjee Description: The sample code in this article shows you how to use GDI+ and VB.NET to draw rectangles, ellipses, and 3D graphics objects. Getting Images from Scanners and Webcams using Visual Basic 2005 2006-02-04  Read more>> Author: Alessandro Del Sole Description: In this article I will show how to acquire pictures from imaging peripherals like scanners, webcams and so on, by calling some API functions, provided by the EZTW32.DLL library, and Visual Basic 2005. Integrating Web Services with SDE 2003-10-01  Read more>> Author: Srinivas Sampath Description: This tutorial describes about Integrating Web Services with SDE Web Services - Great Plains Dexterity Programming Secrets 2004-08-24  Read more>> Author: Andrew Karasev Description: This article is for advanced Great Plains Dexterity and VB.Net developers. It describes the technique of direct COM objects/Web Services calling in Dexterity. WS-Security Protocol with .NET - An Overview 2004-10-11  Read more>> Author: Mahesha Channabasappa Description: WS-Security is a security mechanism for web services coined by IBM, Microsoft and VeriSign. WS-Security introduces the concept of security tokens. These XML-based tokens contain claims about the sender of a SOAP message, and can include data sufficient to prove these claims. CDO Object in Web Services 2006-02-14  Read more>> Author: Kumar Sethuraman Description: This article suggest how to resolve the issue "Could not access'CDO.Message'" while using SMTP to send email on web services. A Simple Web Service in VB.NET 2005-04-26  Read more>> Author: Manisha Mehta Description: This article and attached source code will demonstrate you how simple it is to create a web service and how the clients consume the web service provided by the .NET Environment. Measure Web Service Performance using NetMon 2005-05-03  Read more>> Author: Tulasi Guraja Description: This article gives an idea how to identify the performance of web method calls by using NETMon tool. XML Web Service Caching Strategies 2005-07-15  Read more>> Author: Ganesh Nataraj Description: We'll take a look in this article ways for application-level caching with ASP.NET, and will take a look at HTTP caching and its application for XML Web services. Writing to XML Files in VB.NET 2003-07-01  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: The XmlTextWriter class is derived from XmlWriter class, which represents a writer that provides fast non-cached forward-only way of generating XML documents based on the W3C Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 specification.In this article, I will show you how to use XmlTextWriter class to create an XML document and write data to the document. XML News Feeds from Harrison Logic 2003-07-01  Read more>> Author: Chris Harrison Description: This application provides a compilation of news headlines from many sources, using the MoreOver.com's XML service. It is built on the .NET framework and uses VB.NET as the ASP.NET server side language. The pages we built using Visual Studio .NET. How to Pass Parameter in EXE 2006-04-05  Read more>> Author: Pragati Description: Sometimes a developer has to call an EXE from another EXE.While calling EXE there can be a requirement to pass parameter. This article shows how to do that. Handling Mouse Events in VB.NET 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Handling events in VB is little bit tricky than in C++ or C#. In VB.NET, you write a delegate and then write an event handler. These event handlers are overridable public events defined in the Control or other WinForms classes. Reading XML Files in VB.NET 2003-07-01  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this article, I will show you how to use XmlTextReader class to read an XML document and write data to the console. Reading XML Files using XmlDocument in VB.NET 2003-07-01  Read more>> Author: Bulent Ozkir Description: In this article, I will show you how to read XML files in VB.NET using XmlDocument class and its members. Inserting Data to an XML Document 2003-07-01  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: The XmlNode and the XmlDocument classes can be used to insert XML data to an existing document or to a new document. Generating XML from SQL Database 2003-07-01  Read more>> Author: Shivani Description: This sample shows how you can obtain a Dataset from (in this case) a SQL Server database, and then write it out to an XML Document. As an "Extra Added Bonus(tm)", it can show you how to write the schema as well. XML Schema Validator 2003-07-01  Read more>> Author: Joe Miguel Description: The XML Schema Validator checks if a given XML document is well formed and has a valid schema model. If it finds the document is not a valid XML schema, it generates the error telling the problem in the schema. XML TreeView in VB.NET 2003-10-15  Read more>> Author: James Divine Description: The application shown here was my first adventure into Xml in the .Net platform. My goal was to be able to reflect any Xml file into the Windows Forms TreeView control. I found various examples online, but none I found were suited for opening all Xml files, rather they were suited to one schema or another. Simple XML Parser in VB.NET 2005-04-05  Read more>> Author: Shehan Peruma Description: This article shows how to create a very simple XML parser. Multithreading in VB.NET 2001-02-28  Read more>> Author: Pramod Singh Description: Multithreading is new to VB developer, VB developer always wanted this feature in the language and its there in VB .NET. Messaging between Threads using Message Loop 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: John Scofield Description: MessageLoopLib is a stripped down version of a complete, threading communication subsystem I’ve written. This implementation is a single thread created in the GUI constructor. I’ve dropped all thread management and have had to change some of the message code to accommodate this. Synchronization in Multi-threaded Applications 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: Hari Sankar Description: This article demonstrates the important concept in multithreading, synchronization. In this article and attached source code, you will learn how to write multi-threaded synchronized applications. Thread Safe Collections ArrayList and Queue 2004-09-24  Read more>> Author: Alexander Filatow Description: The .NET framework provides very useful System.Collections namespace, which offers classes like ArrayList, Queue, HashTable and more. However these classes are not thread safe. The attached library provides a thread safe wrapper to some of these classes. Understanding Threading in .NET Framework using VB.NET 2005-04-21  Read more>> Author: Chandrakant Parmar Description: This article describes how to use threading model in .NET Framework including creating, joining, suspending, killing, and interlocking threads. Exploring VB.NET Arrays 2003-04-21  Read more>> Author: Srinivasa Sivkumar Description: There are few differences between VB6 and VB.NET arrays. This article explains how VB.NET arrays differ from the VB6 arrays. Line Count Utility in VB.NET 2003-06-10  Read more>> Author: Levent Camlibel Description: This utility is for counting number of code lines in a Visual Studio Project. It returns the number of code lines and file names which are in the project folders. StringBuilder and String Concatenation 2003-06-10  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: String concatenation is one of the commonly used operations among programmers. If you don't handle the string concatenation properly, it may be decrease the performance of an application. Generating Random Number in the Array using VB.NET 2004-12-17  Read more>> Author: Bilal hawaja Description: This article shows how to generate random number in an array using VB. Combine streams in one .NET Framework Stream object using VB.NET 2004-11-04  Read more>> Author: info ' Description: This article represents a simple Stream class whose data is based on the number of another .NET Framework streams. Open a browser from my application using VB.NET 2003-11-05  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This article shows how to open browser from VB.NET application. Developing a multi-threaded application using VB.NET 2002-08-19  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article explains about developing a multi-threaded application in VB.NET. Writing multithreaded application in .NET and VB is pretty easy. This tutorial is for beginners who have not coded any multithreaded application in VB yet. Get all the running process on your machine using VB.NET 2003-11-12  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This article shows how to get all the running process on a machine. Add events to a Windows Control at design time using VB.NET 2004-11-10  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: Thos article shows how to add events to a Windows Control at design time. How do I call a Windows API in VB.NET 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: Calling an API in C# is similar to calling an API in VB. You should know the DLL name of the API and import it by using sysimport. Copy a text file to HTTP output stream using VB.NET 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This example reads a text file into a buffer then writes the buffer to the HTTP output stream. How to open a Wav file using VB.NET? 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This article explains how to open a Wav File using VB.NET.PlaySound API can be used to play a wav file. You use sysimport to import a DLL and define the API as a global before you use it. How do I send mail using VB.NET 2004-11-17  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This article shows how to send mail using the SmtpMail class from your VB.NET application. Evolving into an N-Tier Application 2005-03-23  Read more>> Author: Stan Gershengoren Description: This tutorial gives brief description about evolving an N- Tier application. Viewing Assembly permissions in VB.NET 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: Chris Rausch Description: In this article I will show you how you can view the Code Groups that an assembly belongs to and what permissions belong to the assembly. I will demonstrate the Caspol utility supplied with the .NET SDK. Hash Password Generator 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: Mohammed Asief Description: This visual tool generates the hashed password using either SHA1 or MD5 hashing algorithm depending on the choice you make. It will display the hashed password in the read only text box, it can also copy the hashed password to clipboard on your choice for easy paste operation. Protecting IL code from unauthorized disassembling 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: manish Mehta Description: Microsoft .NET proved a mechanism where the code written in VB.NET, C# or any CLS compliant languages to generate MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language)code which targets the CLR and executes. This is an excellent mechanism to abstract the high level code from the underlying hardware. Using Tablet PC Ink on Windows Controls 2004-05-29  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Any Windows Forms control including a Form itself can be used as a surface to draw using the Tablet PC pen and ink. In this article, I will discuss how to use the Ink functionality to write on various Windows Forms controls. Tablet PC Frequently Asked Question 2004-05-29  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article answers some of the frequently asked questions related to Tablet PC and Tablet PC application development. Setting Ink Overlay Properties in Tablet PC 2004-05-29  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this article, I will write an application that allows us to set the Ink Overlay properties such as height, width, and color of the ink dynamically based on the values selected by the user. Using Map in Pocket PC Application 2004-06-04  Read more>> Author: Shail Srivastav Description: GPS enabled applications are a good example of using a Pocket PC to locate a Pocket PC user. This attached application is a location based Pocket PC application developed using .NET compact framework. Display and Hiding SIP on Pocket PC 2004-06-04  Read more>> Author: John O Donnell Description: When you get your hands on a Pocket PC for the first time you have to wonder just how the heck do you enter information? Getting NASDAQ Quotes with a Pocket PC 2004-06-04  Read more>> Author: John O Donnell Description: This article describes about getting the NASDAQ Quotes with a Pocket PC. If you have been lucky enough to get the Compact Framework or Smart devices extension beta for April 2002 you may. Unit Conversion Tool for Pocket PC with Compact Framework. 2004-06-04  Read more>> Author: Jigar Desai Description: This article explains about the unit conversion tool for Pocket PC. I have created a Unit conversion tool to calculate conversion from 16 different types. Animate with Pocket PC 2004-06-04  Read more>> Author: John O Donnell Description: This article discusses programming for a Pocket PC in general. If you are lucky enough to get the Smart Devices Extensions you will finally be able to target devices. Scramble for Pocket PC 2004-06-08  Read more>> Author: Jigar Desai Description: This article shows you how to write Scramble for Pocket PC. Printing directly to the Printer 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: John O Donnell Description: Using this code enables you to print directly to the printer using WIN32 api calls and therefore should enable you to print at maximum speed rather than relying in the Windows Printing subsystems. Additionally I have added code to show how to send PCL codes to the printer. Interrogating your Printer Queries with WMI 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: John O Donnell Description: In response to a newsgroup query here is the code needed to view the printer queues on your system. Once again this is achieved using Windows Management Instrumentation or WMI. Note this code will display all printer queues if there are documents waiting to be printed. To test this open up a printer queue and pause the printer then use notepad or word etc and print to the paused printer. Editable GridView control in VB.NET 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: .Net gives us a few controls that make printing quite easy and handle much of the details of driving the printer internally. In fact, most of our responsibility in printing the GridView control lies in graphically drawing its contents. The drawing of the GridView control is accomplished using GDI+. Screen capturing of a Form using GDI+ 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: In most cases, GDI+ speeds up your programming of Graphics because (1) It is not a thin veneer over the Windows SDK (2) It makes sense. However, whenever you lose granularity to create a simpler to use architecture, you tend to lose some functionality. Form Capture is one of these cases. In the cases where you say to yourself: "Hey! I could do that in GDI, why can't I do that in GDI+??". The answer is you can. Printing a Ruler in GDI+ and VB.NET 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: If you misplaced your ruler, here's an application that will create one for you on your printer! Unfortunately, you'll still need a ruler the first time using it so that you can calibrate the measurement for your particular printer, but once you know the calibration value, you are all set with a fairly accurate ruler. Below is the simple design of our ruler. The ruler itself is drawn in a Form. Programming Template in Web Server Controls 2002-07-15  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Templates play a major role in managing the layout and format of the data being displayed in ASP.NET data bound controls. Passing Values between User Controls and ASPX Page 2005-01-20  Read more>> Author: Santhi Maadhaven Description: This article is for beginners who are learning. NET. This will be really helpful for them. Beginners will be wondered how to pass values between User Controls and ASPX page .In this article I have listed some of the ways through which you can access and set the User control values in an ASPX page. Empty ListView in VB.NET 2005-10-12  Read more>> Author: lubos ' Description: Have you wondered how you could show text in ListView control if it's empty, just like Microsoft does it in Outlook Express and in some other applications? This article shows you how you can show text in ListView control in a simpler way. Create and Export Custom Classes as Reusable Templates in VB 2005 2006-01-27  Read more>> Author: Alessandro Del Sole Description: This article shows how to create a custom class and export it as a reusable template in Visual Basic 2005. Using the AnyButton to create dynamic Image Buttons 2005-11-07  Read more>> Author: Bobby DeRosa Description: This article describes how to use the AnyButton server control and explains a few extra features. SumColumn: Custom DataGrid Column that automatically shows Sum/Count/Average in DataGrid Footer. 2006-02-20  Read more>> Author: Syed Aziz ur Rahman Description: A normal requirement in any ASP.Net application is to sum/average up the values in a DataGrid column to the Footer. In this article we will compare the normal methods and later create our own custom DataGrid column "SumColumn", derived from BoundColumn to avoid repetition of the same code. A Scheduled Application Launcher Service in VB.NET 2004-10-06  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This an article is on launching scheduled tasks. Not quite as exciting as launching a spaceship into outer space, but…hey, even astronauts have to automate some of their day to day activities. Extracting data from a UML Tool to Word document using COM Interoperability and VB.NET 2003-07-10  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article allows you to read the classes contained inside of WithClass 2000 into a Word Document using COM Interoperability for Word and COM Interoperability for WithClass and presents your classes in a kind of report. The report lists each class which is followed by its list of attribute details and its list of operation details. Creating an Excel Spreadsheet programmatically using VB.NET 2003-06-10  Read more>> Author: G Gnana Arun Ganesh Description: The Interoperability services make it very easy to work with COM Capable Applications such as Word and Excel. This article reveals using Excel from a managed application. Excel is the spreadsheet component of Microsoft Office 2000. The majority of Excel programmatic functionality is exposed through Automation via the type library Excel9.olb. The intention of this article is to express that a managed application can interrelate with Excel as a COM server. Creating and opening Microsoft Word document from VB.NET 2003-07-10  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article is being written in response to a couple inquiries on the question, "How do I open a word document from .NET?". I guess after people read my excel article, they were under the impression that I knew how to do this in Word. Luckily, after some hunting around on the forums and feedback from other C# Corner members I got the gist of it. Weather Update on your Mobile 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Jayachandran Ramadurai Description: In this article, I would show you how you can get weather update on your mobile through .NET mobilding services. Resize a Form programmatically using VB.NET 2001-10-17  Read more>> Author: Sudhakar Jalli Description: Define the size of a form at run time by setting the Size property of the form. The following example shows the form size set to 220 by 100 pixels. Charting in GDI+ in VB.NET 2001-11-07  Read more>> Author: john donell Description: This article shows an example of creating simple charts using GDI+ commands in C#. How do I add records to an Access Database with a Stored Procedure? 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This article shows how to add records to an Access database with a stored procedure. Add ToolTips to Windows Controls in VB.Net 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: Creating a ToolTip object is similar to any other .NET class object. You call Constructor to create a tooltip object. Drawing rubber-band lines and shapes in VB.NET 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: nildo ' Description: I would like to show how we can draw rubber-band lines and shapes in GDI+ with just a few lines of code. How do I delete a directory using VB.NET 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This aricle explains how we can delete a directory using VB.NET.You can delete a directory or sub directory by using Directory class's Delete method. Set Font of a Control or Form programmatically? 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: The Font class of System.Drawing namespace can be used to create a new font. How do I find out if there is no data in the table? 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: You can use ExecuteScaler method of Command object and compare if result is null. Change BorderStyle of a Form programmatically in VB.NET 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: The BorderStyle property is used to change the border of a form. Say I want to change my form's border as 3D look Resize a TextBox on a Form using VB.NET 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: If you want to resize a text box on a form, you need to set AutoSize property FALSE. Make a Form as top most Form in VB.NET 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: You can make a form as top most form in two ways, either at runtime or at design-time. Make my form a default form at start-up instead for Form1 in VB.NET 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: In WinForm applications, Form1 is the default form for start-up when you develop an application using Wizards. What if you want to add one more form want that form as your start-up form. How to create and save Bitmap/Image in VB.NET? 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: The SDK shows how to create and save Bitmap/Image in VB.NET. Make a transparent Form in VB.NET 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: The opacity property of a form handles the transparency of the form. Full transparency starts from 0.0 .. and 1.0 is complete opacity How do I Execute Stored Procedures and Views? 2004-11-16  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: This article explains that how we can execute stored procedures and views.You can execute stored procedures and views using three execute methods of SqlCommand object. How do I fill data in DataSet from multiple tables? 2005-01-18  Read more>> Author: Praveen Moosad Description: To fill a DataSet from multiple database tables, you fill different DataSet objects using different data adapters and call Merge method of DataSet. Custom Error Handling in ASP.NET 2003-06-01  Read more>> Author: Amit Kukreja Description: Structured exception handling is a fundamental part of the CLR and provides .Net programmers a great way of managing errors. In addition to CLR exception system, ASP.Net also provides ways of handling errors. When a runtime or design-time error occurs in an application, ASP.Net shows a default error page that gives a brief description of the error along with the line number on which the error occurred. ASP.NET and VB.NET Error Handling 2003-04-21  Read more>> Author: Srinivasa Sivkumar Description: One of the main features of ASP.NET over ASP is it's new error handling features. This article shows you how to implement exception handling in ASP.NET using VB.NET. Exceptions and Exception Stack 2003-06-10  Read more>> Author: Luke Venediger Description: VB.NET has introduced possibly the best tool to use for application error trapping: The exception. An exception is an error condition that is raised whenever your application misbehaves or identifies a problem that needs to be dealt with right away. This tutorial requires that you have a basic understanding of VB.NET (or Java) exceptions and that you have used them a few times in your code. Exception Handling in VB.NET 2003-06-10  Read more>> Author: Rajesh VS Description: Exception handling is an in built mechanism in .NET framework to detect and handle run time errors. The .NET framework contains lots of standard exceptions. The exceptions are anomalies that occur during the execution of a program. They can be because of user, logic or system errors. Best practices of Exception Management in VB.NET 2005-03-08  Read more>> Author: Anand Kumar Rao Description: Exception management is one of the key area for all kinds of application development .You should adopt an appropriate strategy for exception management to build high quality and robust application .It is a very powerful concept and makes the development work very easy if its used efficiently. Custom Exception Handling in VB.NET 2005-05-17  Read more>> Author: Susan Abraham Description: This article discusses the implementation of Custom Exception Handling using the existing features of VB.Net. Simple Factory Pattern using VB.Net 2003-01-10  Read more>> Author: nimesh panchal Description: A Simple Factory Pattern returns an instance of one of the several classes depending upon the parameters passed to the shared/non-shared factory method. .NET Data Providers : A Basic Tutorial 2001-09-13  Read more>> Author: Arun Nair Description: The .NET data provider is the layer between the application and the database that takes care of the all the nitty gritties of the database interaction. They are designed for fast, efficient means of data retrieval and reconciliation. In this article I'll deal with the classes the .NET data provider offers and some common functions in each of the classes. Upgrading Great Plains Dexterity customization - Switching to new technologies: SQL, Crystal, eConnect 2004-01-09  Read more>> Author: Andrew Karasev Description: This article is for intermediate Great Plains Dexterity developer. It describes the directions to phase out Dexterity functionality and replace it with newer technologies. Microsoft CRM Integration: Oracle Database Access from MS CRM using VB.NET 2005-02-22  Read more>> Author: BorisM ' Description: This article shows customization possibility demonstration for user web interface of Microsoft CRM. Microsoft CRM customization: MS Exchange Transport SMTP Event Sink in VB.NET 2004-10-18  Read more>> Author: BorisM ' Description: Microsoft CRM has variety of customizations options and tools. The official and the most popular is Microsoft CRM SDK: collection of C#.Net and partially VB.Net classes, methods and code samples. Enterprise Library 1.0 in VB.Net 2005-04-02  Read more>> Author: Anand Kumar Rao Description: Enterprise Library is a set of tested, reusable application blocks that address common problems developers face when developing enterprise-based applications. Microsoft CRM Customization – Programming Email Activity Attachment using VB.Net 2005-11-07  Read more>> Author: BorisM ' Description: Microsoft CRM is now on the scene and it is increasing its market share, due to Microsoft Business Solutions muscles and marketing strategy. It is tightly integrated with other Microsoft Business Solutions products such as Microsoft Great Plains, Solomon, Navision. Best Practices of Coding in VB.NET 2005-04-13  Read more>> Author: Anand Kumar Rao Description: This document covers few recommendations to leverage the quality ,how to avoid bad coding in .NET by using FXCop 1.30 and how to write custom rules through introspection engine. Writing a Generic Data Access Component 2002-07-17  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: ADO.NET library provides different types of data providers to work with different data sources. Three common data providers are OLE DB, SQL, and ODBC. The main reason of using different data providers to maintain the performance and not loose native data provider functionality. Abstract Factory Pattern in VB.NET 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Rajesh VS Description: The abstract factory pattern comes under the classification of Creational Patterns. The creational patterns deals with the best way to create objects. The Abstract Factory provides an interface to create and return one of several families of related objects. Builder Pattern in VB.NET 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Rajesh VS Description: Builder is an object creational design pattern that codifies the construction process outside of the actual steps that carries out the construction - thus allowing the construction process itself to be reused. Command Pattern in VB.NET 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Rajesh VS Description: Command pattern encapsulates a request as an object and gives it a known public interface. Command Pattern ensures that every object receives its own commands and provides a decoupling between sender and receiver. A sender is an object that invokes an operation, and a receiver is an object that receives the request and acts on it. Adapter Pattern in VB.NET 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Rajesh VS Description: During object-oriented developments, some times we have to use an unrelated class along with our existing class hierarchy. The simplest solution is to make a wrapper or adaptor around the foreign class, which is acceptable by the existing class hierarchy. This is what known as the ADAPTOR PATTERN or WRAPPER PATTERN. Implementation of concrete Factory Design Pattern using Reflection in VB.NET 2004-10-04  Read more>> Author: Siva Kumar B Description: Reflection is used to dynamically create an instance of a type, bind the type to an existing object, or get the type from an existing object. In this example, we implement Concrete Factory Pattern using Reflection to fetch records from MS-Access and MS-SQL Database. Configuring Applications in .NET 2003-06-06  Read more>> Author: Dipal Choksi Description: The .Net Framework provides a very convenient and flexible way to configure applications at run time. Using Configuration files developers and administrators can modify settings for applications without having to recompile the application, avoiding many of the redistribution /re-deployment hassles. Deploying Programs using VB.NET 2003-06-06  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: Deploying projects in Visual Studio.NET is fairly straightforward. Most of the process is automated for you through some convenient wizards so it doesn't require much effort. Keep in mind, though that you probably need the Windows Component Update Beta 1 on the machine you are deploying to. I suspect you also need the Microsoft .NET Framework, as well (for now). Poorman's Installation Program in VB.NET 2003-06-06  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: Installation programs can be quite expensive these days. Although programs such as Wise and InstallShield have fantastic features and are fairly comprehensive, sometimes you just want to do the easy installation of copying and pasting files into a directory and perhaps placing a shortcut in the start menu. Creating Reports in VB.NET using Crystal Reports with Xml data Definitions 2005-05-22  Read more>> Author: Krishnajina Description: This article explains how to extract data into a Crystal Report created outside a VB.net project using xml data definitions and data sets. File Encryption in Microsoft .NET 2003-06-06  Read more>> Author: Nenad Djodievic Description: The classes in the .Net Framework cryptography namespace manage many details of cryptography for you. Some are wrappers for the unmanaged Microsoft CryptoAPI, while others are purely managed implementations. Cryptography protects data from being viewed or modified and provides secure channels of communication over otherwise insecure channels. Cryptography in Microsoft .NET Part 1: Encryption 2003-06-06  Read more>> Author: Gowry S Paramasivam Description: For any Distributed Framework or Infrastructure to be successful today it has to have an extensive support for developing secured solutions. Microsoft .NET is developed from bottom up with security in mind. It has an eclectic security infrastructure. VB.NET and ActiveX Controls 2003-06-23  Read more>> Author: Anand Narayanswamy Description: VB.NET language provides us a way to call this COM server in a program. When we compile a VB.NET program an Intermediate Language is generated and it is called as Managed Code. This article shows how to create a simple server by using Visual Basic 6.0 and implementing it in a VB.NET client program. Using a COM Components from .NET Clients 2003-06-23  Read more>> Author: Ashish Jaiman Description: The .NET framework exposes COM objects through a proxy called the runtime callable wrapper (RCW). The primary function of RCW is to marshal call between a managed client (.Net) and unmanaged COM object. The runtime maintains a single RCW for each COM object.The example uses a COM component and DotNet client extending the functionality of the COM component using delegation. JIT Coding 2003-06-23  Read more>> Author: Filip Bulovic Description: One not so well known feature of .NET platform is possibility to invoke compiler and practically create code and assembly from running instance of application. It is possible to do that in two ways. First one is a bit simpler and involves namespaces System.CodeDom and System.CodeDom.Compiler, second one is more efficient and utilizes namespace System.Reflection.Emit. Since there are very few examples about how to use System.CodeDom.Compiler I will start with it. Querying COM+ through Web Services 2003-07-10  Read more>> Author: Daniel Stefanescu Description: The most COM+ common administrative tasks (creating a COM+ application, installing/deleting a component, setting a component attribute) can be accomplished manually with the Component Services administrative tool from Management Console. But there a few cases (installing the components or changing a component’s value on a regular basis) when it is necessary to have programmatic access to the COM+ applications, components and interfaces. COM Interoperability in .NET : Part 2 2004-05-11  Read more>> Author: G Gnana Arun Ganesh Description: This article elucidates how to build and install-managed code that will be used from COM applications. A classic COM server is activated using the Service Control Manager (SCM). It looks up numerous information such as CLSIDs, IIDs, ProgIDs etc. Why VB.NET? 2003-04-22  Read more>> Author: Deepak Agarwal Description: This article shows you how to leverage the power of VB.Net Financial base class library using C#. COM Interoperability in .NET : Part 3 2004-05-13  Read more>> Author: G Gnana Arun Ganesh Description: In this article I cover the area how to use a COM server in a .NET client. Existing COM components are precious resources to your managed applications. So now let us observe how you can build a .NET Client that uses a COM Server. Accessing .NET Components using VB.NET 2004-05-21  Read more>> Author: Imtiaz Alam Description: This article explains step by step of accessing .net components using VB. The code is compiled using beta2. Microsoft (R) Visual C# Compiler Version 7.00.9254 [CLR version v1.0.2914]. It can be used with Beta1 with some minor modification. Using your C# Components in Visual Basic through COM 2004-05-26  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: Those of you who may have thought that the .NET environment wouldn't allow you to create Components for Visual Basic or Visual C++ or Delphi, Guess again! Microsoft has created several attributes and utilities to make it easy to place a .NET component into the clutches of good old COM. In this article I'll discuss how you can take an existing component and make it accessible in VBA. Great Plains Dexterity programming secrets – Tips for developers 2004-07-26  Read more>> Author: Andrew Karasev Description: This article is for advanced Great Plains Dexterity and VS.NET developers. It describes the technique of direct COM objects calling in Dexterity. ValidationScriptGenerator in VB.Net 2005-03-16  Read more>> Author: kuralmani.elango ' Description: This article gives you a solution for generating a client side validation script in a component model that you can reuse in an ASP.NET project. Tutorial: Assemblies Ins and Outs 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Chris Rausch Description: This article is the first part of a three part series of articles covering the .Net assemblies. In Part 1, I will cover what exactly an assembly is, and what an assembly contains. Part 2 of the series will discuss both Private and Shared assemblies and how to create a "Shared Assembly". Building Assemblies using VB.NET 2003-09-03  Read more>> Author: Seakar Krishna Description: This article discusses how to build assemblies and secure them from being tampered. How to call a .NET assembly from a SQL Server scheduled Job using VB.Net? 2005-04-27  Read more>> Author: Frank Gutierrez Description: This article shows you a step-by-step implementation of a COM client (a SQL Server scheduled Job) using .NET and VB.Net. Leveraging VB.NET Base Classes 2003-04-22  Read more>> Author: Caonabo Ruiz Description: This article shows you how to leverage the power of VB.Net Financial base class library using C#. The .Net unify class architecture model allows .Net languages to leverage class libraries implemented in other class libraries. Introduction to Microsoft Application Test Center 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: shrijeet ' Description: Application Center Test is designed to stress test Web servers and analyzes performance and scalability problems with Web applications, including Active Server Pages (ASP) and the components they use.Application Center Test simulates a large group of users by opening multiple connections to the server and rapidly sending HTTP requests. Will Java and .NET Framework Co-exist? 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Ashish Banerjee Description: To evaluate the possibilities of Java and .NET framework convergence.The article begins by briefly probing what constitutes the Java platform and .NET framework. Net DDE to DOT NET Remoting 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Ashish Banerjee Description: This article travel through time to trace the genesis of Dot Net Remoting right from RPC to RMI till SOAP. C# or VB.NET: World War III 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Srinivasa Sivkumar Description: I know many .NET developers have this question in their mind. Which language do I use to develop .NET applications? C# or VB.NET? Well, In this article I'm going to go under the hood and show you want really happens to the applications developed in C# and VB.NET. Creating and using Namespaces in VB.NET and C# 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Srinivasa Sivkumar Description: We all know namespaces are the basic building block for the .NET framework. In this article, I'm going to show how to create and use namespaces with VB.NET and C#. AI: Population based Incremental Learning in VB.NET 2005-05-22  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: In this article I would like to discuss another offshoot of the genetic algorithm called Population Based Incremental Learning (PBIL). Building Stacks with VB.Net 2005-06-23  Read more>> Author: Erika Ehrli Description: The following article presents a general definition of the stack data structure and its most common functions. This article explores a sample stack implementation as a .NET class in VB.Net, as well as some interesting usage scenarios. How Count Sort works in VB.NET 2005-01-15  Read more>> Author: Razi Rais Description: Count Sort is Linear Sorting algorithm which sorts elements in O(n) time , the other linear sorts include Bucket and Radix sorts. Shopping Cart in ASP.NET using VB.NET 2006-02-14  Read more>> Author: Munir Shaikh Description: Shopping Cart using ASP.Net, VB.Net and SQL server, very light weight small complete application. which uses dynamic HTML Rows and columns generation, i have covered add to cart, update item, delete item, continue shopping method using collection Using Transformations in GDI+ and VB.NET 2003-06-18  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: The documentation on transforms in GDI+ is a little sparse in MSDN right now, so I decided to right an article on an sample program on how to use them. Transforms are matrices that allow you to rotate and translate your graphics shapes. In this example we are going to rotate a very powerful element in VB.NET called the GraphicsPath. Drawing transparent Images and Shapes using Alpha Blending 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: A transparent image is an image, which you can see through. To test this, you draw some graphics shapes on a surface and draw image on top of those shapes and you should be able to see the shapes. Alpha blending is a process of mixing colors and generating a transparent affect. Working with GDI+ Pens and Fonts in VB.NET 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Pens and fonts are two common and most used objects in GDI+. This tutorial explains how to use pens and fonts in your VB.NET applications. How to write and read a Color in VB.NET 2004-12-09  Read more>> Author: Tiberiu Ionescu Description: This article shows how to transform a color in hexadecimal representation. Creational Pattern - Abstract Factory in VB.NET 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Ashish Jaiman Description: An abstract factory provides an interface for creating families of related objects without specifying their concrete classes. Sometimes one wants to construct an instance of one of a suite of classes, deciding between the classes at the time of instantiation. Creational Pattern - Builder in VB.NET 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Ashish Jaiman Description: The Builder pattern allows a client object to construct a complex object by specifying only its type and content. The client is shielded from the details of the object’s construction. DTS Custom Task in VB.NET 2003-06-23  Read more>> Author: Filip Bulovic Description: During last year I wrote an article about DTS and how to use it in VB.NET. In that article I stated that I didn’t manage to solve the problem related to CustomTask. Today I finally forced myself to tackle that problem again and here is the result. Visual Basic .NET for VB 6.0 Developers 2003-04-04  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Visual Basic .NET is a major component of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET suite. The .NET version of Visual Basic is a new improved version with more features and additions. After these new additions, VB qualify to become a full object-oriented language such as C++. In this article, I will try to introduce you to VB.NET and will cover new additions to the language. I will also compare VB 6.0 and VB.NET and how to develop simple applications in VB.NET. A quick view from C, C++ to VB.NET 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Hudai Godel Description: This article is a VB.NET conversion of C# version posted on C# Corner ( www.c-sharpcorner.com ). To see C# version of this article, visit C# Corner ( www.c-sharpcorner.com). A Journey - From Binary to .NET: Part I 2003-06-11  Read more>> Author: Rahul Sharma Description: Right now, everybody is discussing about .NET and its future in the near future. Is this all stuff only for advance users (developers)? Well ! Nobody is worried about that because the final aim for everybody is, Do I know this? If yes then what's next? and if the answer is no then Who is going to answer my problem? Extreme Programming (XP) in VB.NET- An Overview 2004-09-16  Read more>> Author: sakthivel.arumugam ' Description: Extreme Programming is new development technique getting adopted in the software development and the key strength of this methodology is simplicity, team work, quality and testing. Starting with Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 2005-02-11  Read more>> Author: santoshkumar.singh ' Description: When I started working with Sharepoint Portal Server 2003, I was expecting a small application but when I start working on it, it was much more than what I imagined. This article gives you an introduction of Sharepoint Portal Server 2003. A Generic Data Access Component using Factory Pattern in VB.NET 2003-06-17  Read more>> Author: Michael Bouck Description: Easy way to Writing a Generic Data Access Component, to utilize the System.Activator class and a factory pattern to create the concrete provider classes as was pointed-out in Dan Fox's article "Design an Effective Data-Access Architecture" (.netmagazine, vol. 2, no. 7). Accessing Excel Database using ADO.NET 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This simple program shows how access an access database using ADO.NET. It opens a database mcTest.mdb from your application directory. Accessing MySql Database using ADO.NET 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: In this article, I will show you how to access MySQL server database using ODBC data provider. There are two ways to access MySQL Server database using ODBC data providers. First, using ODBC data source name and second by passing connection string direct in the OdbcConnection object. Accessing Oracle Database using ADO.NET 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Srinivas Kandru Description: This source code shows you how to connect to an oracle database and do operations such as select, insert, update and delete. The GetChanges of DataSet and DiffGrams 2003-06-25  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Recently there was a discussion related to DataSet’s HasChanges and GetChanges methods. This article discusses the basics of DiffGrams and how DiffGram format is utilized by a DataSet to in this context. Using SQL Queries in ADO.NET 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: Johnny Eradus Description: In this article, I will show you how to execute SQL queries from your VB.NET applications. Saving and reading Objects 2003-07-20  Read more>> Author: Lee SangEun Description: There are many occasions when you want to save data in form of objects. An object is a memory stream, which is hard to write using the normal methods. In this article, I show how you can save objects in a database and read back from the database. Data transfer from SQL Server to Excel 2003-07-20  Read more>> Author: Levent Camlibel Description: In this application, we will see how we can transfer data from Microsoft SQL Server into Excel spreadsheet. ADO.NET Enhancements in .NET Framework 2.0 for SQL Server Data Provider: Part I 2006-01-04  Read more>> Author: Muhammad Mosa Description: ADO.NET 2.0 includes enhancements for SQL Server client application developers. Understanding these enhancements will help you design and implement effective client applications on the .NET Framework 2.0 platform Playing with a DataGrid Control 2003-07-20  Read more>> Author: Tushar Ameta Description: The article shows you the importance and versatility of a DataGrid control. In this article, you will see how display and save data from a database. It will also show you how you can add ComboBox, CheckBox, Text and other columns types to the DataGrid. Flash Cards Program : How to read and save images in a SQL Server database 2003-07-20  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: I thought it would be fun to write a simple program that displayed flashcards from a database and at the same time, show you how to read and write images to the database. This program is a simple flashcard program that talks to a single table in a Sql Server Database. Implementing paging in ADO.NET 2003-09-15  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Unlike RDO and ADO recordset mechanism, ADO.NET does not direct paging support through data-bound controls. This article shows you how to implement your own custom paging in ADO.NET. Reading and writing BLOB in ADO.NET 2003-09-21  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Often you may need to save user images in a database and then read back from a database when needed. For an example, we’ll save an author’s photo in a database so it can be read later to display in the author’s article. In this article, you will learn how to read and write BLOB data using ADO.NET. Using OleDbDataReader to read data 2004-05-05  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: OleDbDataReader class is very useful when you need to read fast data. The OleDbDataReader class is defined in the System.Data.OleDb namespace. So before you use this class, you need to add these namespaces before using ADO.NET components. Getting a Database Tables 2004-05-06  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: OleDb data provider's connection class (OleDbConnection) provides a method GetOleDbSchemaTable that returns a database schema. The code listed in Listing 1 shows you to call this method. I am using Access 2000 Northwind database. Displaying data in a DataGrid in VB.NET 2004-05-07  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article explains you how easy is reading a database and Displaying data in a DataGrid using DataSet. Working with ADO.NET Database Components in VS.NET 2004-05-16  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Working with ADO.NET Database Components in VS.NET and WinForms is so fun. You write few lines of code and these controls take care of rest for you. In this article, I'm going to show you how to use these database Components in your .NET WinForms applications using VB.NET. Working with Data-bounds controls 2004-05-16  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: Working with data-bound controls in VS.NET IDE is a fun. You just set couple of properties and you're all set to view, add, and update data using these data-bound controls. Some of these common controls are DataGrid, DataCombo, and ListBox. Countries/Cities of US States (Webservice/ADO.NET Demo) 2004-05-17  Read more>> Author: Arun Nair Description: Here in this example, I'll demonstrate the use of ADO.NET through a webservice and make you realise that its not a monster replacement to ADO 2.5. Redirect Web Visitors by Country using C# or VB.NET 2006-01-12  Read more>> Author: Ivy Tang Description: There are times when it is useful to redirect a visitor to different default web page based on the visitor's country of origin. One practical usage is to redirect visitor to web page with the language recognized by the visitor. This article shows you how by using .NET component, it can be done. Storing Images into a Database using VB.NET 2004-10-18  Read more>> Author: aghiondea2 ' Description: In order to provide your application with cool pictures you can employ two techniques (at least). One of them is that you can save the pictures in a folder and store the path to each one in a database or configuration file. The other one is to store the entire file into a database, along with its file name. How to Insert a Date into DateTime Column using ADO.NET & VB.Net 2005-02-04  Read more>> Author: Ashish Singhal Description: In this article, we will show how to insert a date into a date column using ADO.NET and VB.Net.The article shows how you can convert a date into a proper data which database accepts. Overview of ADO.NET 2005-09-26  Read more>> Author: Manoj Kumar Description: In this article you can able to understand the basic concept of ADO.NET technologies and objects that we are using to manipulate with data source.In ADO.NET, new objects are introduced like DataSet, DataReader, DataAdapter. Difference between passing reference types by ref and by value 2005-11-07  Read more>> Author: Sachin Nigam Description: This article gives difference between passing reference types by ref and by value. Handling the Queuing of Messages in a Multithreaded Program 2005-11-10  Read more>> Author: Mike Gold Description: This article gives brief description about how to handle the queue of messages in a multithreaded program. Understanding ODBC .NET data provider 2003-06-26  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: The ODBC .NET data provider provides access to ODBC data sources with the help of native ODBC drivers in the same way that the OleDb .Net data provider accesses native OLE DB providers. One of the best things about working with ADO.NET data providers is all data providers define the similar class hierarchy. The only things you need to change are the classes and the connection string. Notepad like Editor in VB.NET 2003-10-15  Read more>> Author: shrijeet ' Description: The attached source code is a project written in VB.NET. This project contains the code for a Notepad like simple editor. Using this editor, you can open a text file, change the color and font of the text, and do some other additional things such as word wrap, and editing. My First Tablet PC application using VB.NET 2004-05-29  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This step by step tutorial shows you how to create your first Tablet PC application using Visual Studio .NET and C# with the help of Microsoft Tablet PC API. A comprehensive view of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 in VB.NET : Part II 2004-11-29  Read more>> Author: klaus_salchner ' Description: Enterprise portals are an important part of today's enterprise IT infrastructure. Portals are used as an entry point for a specific topic, organization, project or team. Many enterprises have an enterprise portal, opened by default when an employee opens up a browser, which shows general information about the enterprise, its strategy, its departments, etc. A comprehensive view of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 in VB.NET : Part I 2004-11-05  Read more>> Author: klaus_salchner ' Description: There are many portal solutions on the market, for example from IBM, Microsoft, Plumtree, Vignette, etc. Microsoft's latest portal solution is "Windows SharePoint Services" and "SharePoint Portal Server 2003". This article will not evaluate different portal solutions but rather explain how to use and develop for "Windows SharePoint Services" and "SharePoint Portal Server 2003" from Microsoft. Context Menu and Event Handling in VB.NET 2005-02-25  Read more>> Author: Mahesh Chand Description: This article aims for those who are not yet worked in ContextMenu in .NET environment and would like to understand a little easy way how ContextMenu and its associated event handler works. How can a context menu for a notify icon be programmatically generated when the user right clicks on the notify icon? As a prerequisite, you should know a little bit idea of object oriented programming. Design Issues & Architectures in .NET Application Development using VB.NET 2005-03-09  Read more>> Author: Saradha Gnanavel Description: The design and structure of an application is more important, as the technical details of its implementation. This article will provide some idea on the designing issues in a .NET application. Content Management and Collaboration using SPS 2003 in VB.NET 2005-05-16  Read more>> Author: Kiran Khambete Description: This article would be providing a brief introduction about the role which Share Point Portal Server is going to play in coming future. Application to send Mails using ASP.NET and VB.NET 2005-04-26  Read more>> Author: Vikram Joshi Description: I have made a small application, which is used to send mails, in ASP.Net and using VB.NET as the coding language. I have provided the zip file comprising of mail.aspx , which will use the mail.vb file to do the server side functioning. This application also demonstrates how the presentation has been separated from the business logic. OOPs concepts and .NET Part 1: Classes, Objects, and Structures in VB.Net 2005-06-22  Read more>> Author: Erika Ehrli Description: The following article kicks off a three-part article series that will present definitions and samples for different Object-Oriented Programming concepts and its implementation in .NET. The first part will examine the concepts of classes, objects, and structures. The second part will examine the concepts of inheritance, abstraction, and polymorphism. The third and last part will examine the concepts of interface, multiple interface inheritance, collections, and overloading. Insert Master-Detail Data using Transact-SQL in VB.Net 2005-11-07  Read more>> Author: Erika Ehrli Description: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SQLXML allows among other things to manage batch operations in a database, which reduces significantly the need of more than one round-trip to a database. OpenXML is a Transact-SQL statement that allows to represent data in XML format and can be used to insert, update, and delete more than one row (represented by an element) in a table or group of tables. Web Service using SOAP Toolkit 2003-06-19  Read more>> Author: Srinivas Sampath Description: The world of web services has taken applications by storm. From an era where applications were tightly bound to one another, we have reached a time wherein applications are delivered as a "service". .NET Color ListBox 2005-04-26  Read more>> Author: Alex ' Description: .Net ListBox control itself works fine, however as a base class for further derivation it is fundamentally flawed. The root of evil is in the Windows API ListBox. .Net ListBox is just a wrapper for this control. How to generate unique integer IDs across multiple systems? 2004-11-30  Read more>> Author: Stan Gershengoren Description: This article show to generate unique integers across environments. Generally repeating IDs in different environments are not a problem, but once in a while you need to migrate something from dev to staging, or from staging to production. Digging Deeper - Structures in VB.Net 2005-02-22  Read more>> Author: Saradha Gnanavel Description: Structures in VB.Net are similar to structures in C and C++ but with several prominent differences. In VB.Net, structures are value types. Timers sample - Two timers working in tandem 2005-06-07  Read more>> Author: Rahul Chadha Description: The sample uses two timers and demonstrates how to tame them. Using MAPI Control to Send Mail 2004-05-22  Read more>> Author: Vishal Kulkarni Description: This piece of code is in the initial stage. This is a way towards automating the E-Mail client like Outlook Express. The next version will send and receive messages. Hang on friends for my code for sending messages by Winsock. Exploring VB.NET Array 2004-05-04  Read more>> Author: Srinivasa Sivkumar Description: There are few differences between VB6 and VB.NET arrays. Let’s find out how VB.NET arrays differ from the VB6 arrays. The main difference between VB.NET and VB6 based arrays are VB.NET arrays always starts from the element zero (Arrays in .NET enabled languages are inherited from the System.Array class). Understanding Properties in VB.NET 2003-06-13  Read more>> Author: Rajesh VS Description: In VB.NET, properties are nothing but natural extension of data fields. They are usually known as ‘smart fields’ in VB.NET community. We know that data encapsulation and hiding are the two fundamental characteristics of any object oriented programming language. Attributes Programming in VB.NET 2003-06-03  Read more>> Author: Deepak Dutta Description: An attribute is a new code level language construct in all major .NET languages. It provides integration of declarative information to assemblies, classes, interfaces, members, etc. at the code level. The information can then be used to change the runtime behavior or collect organizational information. In this article, I illustrate the power of attributed programming by examples that show a modular approach to issues that can crosscut many classes. Web Proxy Server in VB.NET 2003-08-02  Read more>> Author: Pramod Singh Description: Web Proxy Server is HTTP proxy server written in VB.NET. It is Multithreaded so many clients can access the web through this WebProxy Server. URL Extractor Client 2005-04-26  Read more>> Author: Arun Nair Description: This example demonstrates the use of Event handling in VB.NET. This application references the URLUtils DLL which is included along with the ZIP file. The URLUtils DLL which I made in VB uses the Winsock control to retrieve a URLs contents(with or without the header), it also retrieves the content length. Introduction to Pocket PC 2005-04-19  Read more>> Author: John O Donnell Description: At the time of writing (Oct 2001) Microsoft has shipped Pocket PC 2002 and also has just released the Visual Studio .NET. SMTP and POP3 Server Application in VB.NET 2005-04-26  Read more>> Author: Pramod Singh Description: This application code in bare minimum implementation of SMTP and POP3 protocol and is just intended to show the capability of Visual basic .NET Multithreading, Socket and IO. Application is not tested much but it work with bare minimum functionality. I am testing it and will upgrade it as it is done. This application at present require some directory structure to be followed.

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