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Best VB.NET article of Aug 2007

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13 Aug 2007Rajneesh Noonia
VbScript Editor With Intellisense
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29 Aug 2007BlueLaser05
A powerfully simple .NET utility class for validating and testing credit card numbers in C# and VB.
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24 Sep 2010Arman Ghazanchyan
A single component that contains various Windows hooks
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15 Aug 2007Wrox Publishing
Wrox author Bill Evjen explains ASP.NET 2.0 FileUpload Server Control
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30 Aug 2007LeeBear
This is just a VB.NET class wrapper for the Lotus Notes interfaces.
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15 Aug 2007daniel.esquivias
Capture an entire web page and save it as an image.
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25 Apr 2008Senthil S
Export data from VB.NET Dataset to Excel without using Datagrid/DataTable
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27 Aug 2007NJSMK
A paging control particularly useful when implementing server-side paging.
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24 Sep 2007Abishek R Srikaanth
This article will show how to save changes on the close of the browser or when exiting a page.
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21 Aug 2007Martin Hinshelwood
Creating an event handler with the Team Foundation Server Event Handlers is very easy. You will need to inherit from the AEventHandler class which is part of the RDdotNet.TeamFoundation.dll located in the install directory (I will make an SDK later).
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21 Aug 2007Martin Hinshelwood
There are a number of config options for the TFS Event Handler Prototype. I will describe all of them in depth here. The first step is to set the Windows Communication Foundation service options, which really only requires you to change one value.
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30 Aug 2007Rajneesh Noonia
xDock is a smoothly animated, per pixel alpha-blended application written in Vb.net 2003
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29 Jul 2008DigiOz Multimedia
Article explaining the step by step creation and installation of a simple windows service
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21 Aug 2007WPKF
Send HTML Email with embedded image files instead of external link. Most email client will display inline image directly since there is less security risk. No more broken images.
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22 Aug 2007David Bauernschmidt
Create a querystring that is encrypted and expires
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2 Sep 2007WPKF
To set the Windows Service name in a Setup project instead of in Project Installer of the WIndows Service project
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21 Aug 2007Andrewiski
ASP.NET design-time databinding custom controls when they are inside of a databound composite control.
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13 Aug 2007Ather Ali Shaikh
Add a date picker to your ASP.NET 2.0 applications
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1 Aug 2007Jatin Prajapati
Here i am showing, how user can access network files and folder that are stored on other Server.
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20 Aug 2007Buffalloy
A classic in game history.
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16 Aug 2007Tommy_Segoro
When you create a custom drop-down-list that inherits from System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList and when you try to add controls (e.g., Me.Controls.Add(myControl)), you will get a "does not allow child controls error". Here is the fix.
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14 Aug 2007Jatin Prajapati
Here I am showing how to Implement Windows Vista’s Restart Manager
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21 Aug 2007Martin Hinshelwood
Host any number of services, regardless of whether they are remote or local within a "Server" construct and access that server easily.
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21 Aug 2007C.Olivera
Creating a Data-Access layer and Business objects for HB++
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25 Sep 2008DigiOz Multimedia
An overview and step by step guide to developing, using and debugging a windows service
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23 Aug 2007Tommy_Segoro
Repeater with paging: a custom ASP.NET control.
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21 Aug 2007Sarfraz Munna
Debugging a SQL Stored Procedure in SQL Server 2000 Query Analyzer
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11 Aug 2007chris_wanaka
How to compile and use a .aspx.vb code-behind file as a .dll code-behind file.
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3 Aug 2007nikunj915
Merging text files using the StreamReader class and OpenFileDialog/OpenFolderDialog for selecting files
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26 Aug 2007talk2rsoni
This is just a Code Snippet for Page Heading Comment to manage the code efficiently
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21 Aug 2007Bhaskar Shetty
Repair the DBF file which corrupted by any cause.
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22 Aug 2007Tejas Patel
An article on image stamping with VB.NET GDI+
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16 Aug 2007Sarfraz Munna
File moving/copying source folfer to destination folder, GetPath XML file helps to put the name of Source folder and destination folder with numbers of file to be copy or move
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4 Aug 2010interface Mirror
A few tips concerning the Windows Registry
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16 Aug 2007Wrox Publishing
Wrox authors Devin Rader and Bill Evjen show the ASP.NET 2.0 SqlDataSource and AccessDataSource controls
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18 Sep 2007Matty22
An introduction to the benefits of ORM using the free Personal Edition of Diamond Binding

Current Participants

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United States United States
Andrew DeVries has been a .Net programmer since 2003. He currently works as a consultant designing custom software for windows as well as for the web. Currently he spends his days designing custom web controls and custom data sources.
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India India
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United States United States
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Bulgaria Bulgaria
I was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in1991.

I began programming two years ago, and the firs language I encountered was Pascal. I got to know it very well, but five or six months ago I took up Visual Basic. I still study it, and as far as I can see I have a lot to do, befor I can develop serious apps and games.It's hard to study programming when you are in highschool... Pitty...
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Australia Australia
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New Zealand New Zealand
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United States United States
Web Developer
United States United States
I have worked for Fortune 500 company developing .NET, SAP and Oracle applications. I left the company to spend more time with my family and now work for a local government in Virginia developing web applications for them which is about 10 minutes from home.

I enjoy programming but enjoy my family even more.
Software Developer (Senior) DigiOz Multimedia
United States United States
Pete Soheil is the Creator and Owner of DigiOz Multimedia, a Chicago-IL based company that specializes in the creation of Windows, Web and Mobile Application Development in a variety of Programming Languages, including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ASP, VC++, GCC, PHP and Perl.
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India India
Jatin is Working in .Net Technology Since 2006. He has Completed Master of Science Degree in Information Technology. He Likes to learn Cutting edge technologies. He has good Skills in Asp.net, Vb.net,C#.Net, Crystal Reports,GDI+, Ajax, WCF, Silverlight SQL Server,IIS Admin,TFA ,Application Architecture Designing.
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Romania Romania
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United Kingdom United Kingdom
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India India
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Switzerland Switzerland
Project Manager in .Net field
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India India
Rajesh Soni
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Canada Canada
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