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C#3.0

VB8

VB9

C#2.0

.NET Targa Image Reader

15 Dec 2008 by David Polomis

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

.Net Wizard Control

22 Jul 2007 by Yasin HINISLIOGLU

This article is about creating wizard style user interface

47 Useful Windows Vista Command-Line Utilities

25 Jan 2009 by rspercy65

47 of the most used Vista apps are just 1 click away. NOTE: Vista users only.

A Basic Scheduler

28 May 2008 by Didara F Dosabhai

Define schedules to the program for executing programmer defined jobs

A Better ProgressBar - Using Panels!

29 Dec 2008 by Saul Johnson

Crafting your own progressbar UserControl from scratch.

A Developer's First Look at Visual Studio 2010

19 Sep 2009 by jebarson

New features of Visual Studio 2010 discussed

A FreeCell game using Cards.dll

18 Oct 2008 by Matt Fomich

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

A Full Yahoo! Weather App, Yes Another One

16 Apr 2011 by rspercy65

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

A Generic Specification in VB.NET

5 Apr 2009 by Richard A. Dalton

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

A Guide to using MSChart for .NET

16 Mar 2010 by Wayne Gaylard

A guide to using Microsoft's MSChart

VB9

.NET

Dev

A method for providing software unlock keys

23 Feb 2009 by Rick Hansen

Here is a very simplified method for selling relatively secure unlock keys to your customers. The unlock key you provide will only unlock that specific customer's download instance for a specific feature set or product.

A nullable DateTimePicker that is easy to write and easy to use

15 May 2008 by Gregory Gadow

With Visual Studio 2008, it is easy to create a nullable version of Microsoft's DateTimePicker.

A Process viewer with alert notification

20 May 2008 by Ashutosh Phoujdar

Simple process viewer that is capable of setting alerts for process events.

A Query Builder Class For Visual Basic 2005 Hand Coders

12 May 2011 by Elizalde G. Baguinon

Most programmers prefer hand-coding database queries. This is a class that automates query building, while the code is as readable as the program logic.

A Reflective and Translucent Glass Panel

1 Oct 2008 by Nicolas Wälti

Component derived from Panel that acts like a window (glass)

A Simple Alternative to Windows Forms Data Binding

10 Apr 2008 by Michael L Perry

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

A Simple Specification in VB.NET

5 Apr 2009 by Richard A. Dalton

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

A simple way to snap a form to screen borders

22 Dec 2007 by Hamed.M

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

A TCP/IP Chat Program

20 Aug 2009 by Andrew Courtice

A TCP/IP chat program coded in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET.

A Very Easy Introduction to Microsoft .NET Speech Synthesis (VB, C#, C++)

21 Aug 2008 by noxia

A sample application with source code in three .NET languages (Basic, C#, C++) on using the new (.NET 3.0+) System.Speech Class.

AboutTrees

15 Jan 2008 by Mr.PoorEnglish

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

Access Control Panel Applications With Just 2 Clicks

5 Oct 2009 by Euhemerus, rspercy65

A solution to extensive mouse clicking

Adding automatic updates to your program - Part 1

31 Dec 2007 by Douglas Day

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

Adding custom skins for Forms in VB.Net

12 Jun 2008 by Ferminus Muthu

Custom skins for VB.NET forms, Skinning VB.NET forms, WinForm Skins

ADO.NET and Stored Procedures Code Generator

4 Sep 2008 by Johnny Worker

A VB code generator that reads a SQL Server table and generates ADO.NET code and also Stored Procedures.

ADO.NET for Beginners

22 Apr 2008 by logicchild

How to Create an Application to Access Data

Advanced Bookmark Control

31 Dec 2009 by VisualBas08

Make Bookmarks (or Favorites) for your web browser

Aero Wizard in VB.NET

30 Jul 2009 by pimb2

Create an Aero-style wizard in VB.NET

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Printing in .NET

22 Apr 2014 by Duncan Edwards Jones

Introduces and discusses the Common Language Runtime framework classes used in printing from a .NET Windows Forms application.

An Extension Method for Converting a BitmapImage into a System.Byte with VB 2008

14 Apr 2009 by Alessandro Del Sole

Learn how to implement an extension method in Visual Basic 2008 for converting a BitmapImage object into a System.Byte() array

An introduction to #SNMP, an Open Source SNMP implementation

9 Jun 2013 by Lex Li

This article introduces #SNMP and how to use it to accomplish SNMP operations such as managing SNMP enabled devices.

An Introduction to Jibu for .NET

4 Jan 2008 by jdx256

Jibu is a high-level multithreading API for .NET 2.0 and above.

An SNTP Client for C# and VB.NET

22 Jul 2009 by DaveyM69

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

Another Article on MP3 Players using Windows Media Player

12 Nov 2008 by rspercy65

Play your MP3s with this Audio Player

ArrayList to File...

18 Aug 2010 by Koshy Panicker John

Demonstrates a very simple way to create and save Multi-Dimensional (Virtual) ArrayLists to text file

ArrayLists, Generic Lists, Is There A Way To Insert Items Faster?

26 Nov 2014 by Pascal Ganaye

In this article, I try to highlight some issues in the .NET Framework generic list and how to circumvent them

ASM.Net - x86 Emulation

26 Dec 2011 by Drag0nHunter

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

ASP.NET Caching

11 Dec 2007 by James Sullivan

In this article, I would like to share my experience and knowledge about ASP.NET Caching and how it can improve your website performance.

ASP.NET Content Scroller Control

24 May 2009 by Rahul Singla

Scroll any ASP.NET server side or HTML controls vertically or horizontally in any direction

ASP.NET controls to display enum values

9 Apr 2007 by Howard Richards

RadioButtonList and ListBox subclasses that display enum values automatically.

ASP.NET MVC ImageLink HTML Helper

7 May 2009 by meidianto

ImageLink HTML helper for ASP.NET MVC views

ASP.NET PDF Viewer User Control Without Acrobat Reader Installed on Client or Server

19 Sep 2013 by Ron Schuler

ASP.NET PDF document viewer control that does not require any Acrobat product to be installed

ASP.NET Tag/Search Cloud Server Control

19 Feb 2008 by Kamran A

A customizable cloud generator written in VB.NET.

ASP.NET WPF Image Handler

5 Jun 2008 by Claudio Pizzillo

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

Assembly Manipulation and C# / VB.NET Code Injection

26 Apr 2013 by Sebastien Lebreton

Reflexil is an assembly editor and runs as a plug-in for Reflector or JustDecompile. Reflexil is able to manipulate IL code and save the modified assemblies to disk. Reflexil also supports "on-the-fly" C#/VB.NET code injection.

Asynchronous data loading and data binding with Windows Forms

15 Dec 2008 by Ashutosh Phoujdar

This article introduces a reusable library that contains two utility components for data binding and asynchronous data loading.

AsyncWorker - A Typesafe BackgroundWorker (and about Threading in General)

11 Apr 2010 by Mr.PoorEnglish

Generic methods enable typesafe Threading

Auto save/load template server control for the ASP.NET Controls collection

5 Sep 2008 by Vishal Shukla

An ASP.NET template server control demonstrating how we can store/retrieve values of various ASP.NET controls on a page.

Automated PDF Conversion using the PDF995 and FreePDF_XP Freeware Printers

16 Oct 2008 by keenthinker

An object oriented class automating the creation of PDF files from any file using freeware tools.

Automatic Site Translation Using HTTPModules and Machine Translation (MT)

26 Jan 2009 by Tad McClellan

HTTP module and machine translation for automatic site translation.

Automatically Create Data Access Layers and Business Layers From Microsoft Access or SQL Server Databases

27 May 2016 by icemanind

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

Automatically documenting web site projects created in VB with Sandcastle

9 Sep 2009 by bgs264

Build the CHM file automatically when building a "web site project" created with VB.NET - How I combined several steps into a single process.

Bar chart in DataGridView

24 Aug 2010 by Santiago Santos Cortizo

How to show a bar chart in a DataGridView

Barcode Generator

10 Jan 2016 by David Vanson

Generate you own barcodes for your business, Promotional items or to share links with friends.

Base .NET Cryptography Services with Visual Basic 2008

13 Mar 2008 by Alessandro Del Sole

Learn how to be the only one accessing your files, with two simple .NET methods.

Basics of Bing Search API using .NET

31 Oct 2009 by Abhishek Sur

This article will enable you to add custom search rules to your application using Bing Search API with much more

Basics of LINQ & Lamda Expressions

28 Feb 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Basic Examples to work with Language Integrated Query(LINQ) concept that was introduces with C# 3.0 and/or .NET 3.5 (Corresponding VB.NET code included)

Basics of OpenXML (Word 2007) for Beginners

3 Jun 2009 by PuneWala

Introduction to the OpenXML format.

Binding a generic collection to a DataGridView via Visual Basic 2008 code

16 Mar 2008 by Alessandro Del Sole

Binding a generic collection to a DataGridView in VB 2008, with a few lines of code.

Binding the Enum to the Dropdown Listbox and Sorting it on Values

12 May 2008 by Chirag Maisuriya

An article on Binding Enum to DropdownListbox with the SortedList that sorts entries by value instead of by key.

Bug Submitter Dialog

28 Apr 2009 by Jeroen De Dauw

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

Build .NET Applications Without Hand-coding

22 Dec 2007 by Miles Gibson

Iron Speed Designer builds database, forms, and reporting applications for .NET – without hand-coding. Quickly create feature-complete custom applications that integrate Web pages, controls, data access, validation and security. Accelerate development and eliminate infrastructure programming.

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

30 Jun 2008 by junnark

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

Building a Better AutoComplete User Control

21 Apr 2009 by Steve Krile

Expand the usefulness of the AutoComplete Ajax extender

C# Events: Create class events and use that class

26 May 2008 by popnadrian

Educational article about C# events

C-like Exports between VB6 and VB.NET

26 Jun 2007 by venom00

In this article, we'll talk about VB6-.NET interoperation without involving COM. How? Making C-like exports of some functions from a VB.NET DLL. First, I'll introduce the technique used with a very simple sample and then it will be explained how to set a global hook just using VB (6 and .NET).

Calcium: A modular application toolset leveraging PRISM – Part 3

21 Nov 2009 by Daniel Vaughan

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

Calculate system idle time without hooks

27 Jun 2009 by Qaiser_Iftikhar

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

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

13 Jan 2008 by SirAsad

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

Changing the Systems Cursor in VB.NET

15 Jul 2008 by Dan Dombrowski

Replace a cursor system-wide and restore it to the original cursor.

Chess Application Class Design Using the Abstract Factory Design Pattern

17 Jul 2008 by Louwgi

A class design using the Abstract Factory Design Pattern for a chess application.

Child's Learning Center - Pre-schoolers 3 to 5 Years of Age

8 Jul 2009 by rspercy65

A Learning tool to help prepare your child for pre-school

Color List Box

2 Dec 2009 by Mehdi Ghiasi

A list box with color name and previews

Compare SQL Database Schema

16 Jan 2008 by Paritor

Application to show differences between two SQL Server databases.

Complex class - Working with complex numbers, improved version

30 Oct 2007 by Ivan0001

This is a new ComplexMath class. The new version supports much more functions and it is much better.

ComplexConverter - make configuration still more flexible

17 Apr 2008 by Mr.PoorEnglish

Converting complex Object-structures to string and reverse. Storing the result in an application-setting improves configurations flexibility substantially

Context Sensitive History. Part 1 of 2

24 Feb 2010 by Daniel Vaughan

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

Context Sensitive History. Part 2 of 2

13 Mar 2010 by Daniel Vaughan

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

Convert Image File to Bytes and Back

20 Dec 2008 by Imran A Momin

Its a small piece of code, that converts the image file into array of byte which can be stored into database at type image

Convert SWF movie to Image [.jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp]

15 Jan 2008 by arinhere

Convert your swf movie file to image

Create a SQL Database Programmatically

24 Oct 2008 by Moustafa Refaat

In this article, I will explain how to use Microsoft SQL Management Objects (SMO) to create a Microsoft SQL database from C# code.

Create a System Tray Application in VB.NET

4 May 2010 by Gregory Gadow

Write an application that launches in the notification area.

Create an Outlook 2007 Form Region by using VSTO 2008

1 Jan 2008 by Helmut Obertanner

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

Creating a COM DLL with VS 2005: Advanced Walkthrough

7 Jul 2009 by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to manually create a COM DLL with VS 2005.

Creating a COM DLL with VS 2005: A Walkthrough

14 Aug 2008 by CS Rocks

The article demonstrates how to create a COM DLL in VS2005.

VB9

VB8

COM

Creating a Glass Button using GDI+

26 Mar 2013 by Lukasz Swiatkowski

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

Creating a managed service factory

21 Aug 2007 by Martin Hinshelwood

Host any number of services, regardless of whether they are remote or local within a "Server" construct and access that server easily.

Creating a Sudoku game

12 Mar 2009 by Spirch

How to create a Sudoku game with speed in mind.

Creating Custom Controls: Casino Royale

21 May 2012 by Nick Rioux

Learn to create your own casino-themed controls from scratch.

Creating Pivot Tables and Charts Using ActiveX

20 Jan 2008 by Sushant Joshi

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

Creating Web Services in a Class Library project

29 Nov 2007 by Bruno Piovan

This article explains how you can create Web Services in a Class Library project

Creating your own event handler for the TFS Event Handler Service

21 Aug 2007 by Martin 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).

Currency Input in VB.NET

29 Mar 2009 by Jon Law

A Currency Input Box in VB.NET

Custom Exceptions in Custom Components

25 Sep 2007 by Artem Smirnov

This article is about when to throw an exception, why take some effort and define a custom exception class, how to provide more information to the developers that consume your component, and, finally, how to unit test your exceptions.

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

1 Dec 2010 by Scott Rippey

A string template method that allows you to fill a string with data. Easy to use, fast, extensible, and extremely powerful! Uses Reflection, Conditional Formatting, iterating through Arrays, and more!

Custom GMail Vacation Auto-Responder

27 May 2009 by _Khallaf