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Best VB.NET article of February 2008

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Current Entries

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8 Feb 2008Brian Donahue
This article explains how to obtain automated reports on the unhandled exceptions thrown by your methods, by integrating Exception Hunter – a new analysis tool from Red Gate Software – with CruiseControl.NET.
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14 Feb 2008Jarno Burger
How to seek and get the position and duration for your DirectShow movie with VB.NET.
14 Feb 2008ThinkGeo - Code Project
These days, programmers need more control over the map data, map rendering, GIS capabilities, security and overall architecture. This article shows you how to build a scalable mapping application utilizing a web service and how to consume the web service from a client application.
19 Feb 2008Mamoon Yunus
Learn SOA Regression Testing techniques through automated data sources and recording base-line tests.
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27 Feb 2008Bryan Symons
Code to do an automated replace of the MainMenu controls
28 Feb 2008Peter Waldschmidt
One of the easiest ways to master NCover is simply to dive into some code and improve tests, so in this article we'll be looking at improving the test quality for an open source project, Json.NET.
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19 Feb 2008Christopher Vinod
A color palette user control developed using WPF
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12 Mar 2008Thomas Stockwell
A remake of the classic falling blocks game in a modern language
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26 Apr 2010Izzet Kerem Kusmezer
With this tool you can download whole .NET Framework source code at once, and enjoy offline browsing. With it, you can have whole the source code without any Visual Studio product installed
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28 Feb 2008Jason Witty
A tutorial for implementing a modal popup window on your web site which will display a Microsoft Virtual Earth map with pinpoints on the locations of everyone who is currently browsing your web site.
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26 Feb 2008Ernest Laurentin
The article describes the P/Invoke Library Visual Studio add-in.
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21 Feb 2008reza shirazi
Resize all images in the source folder and save them in the destination folder
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10 Feb 2008rafaelpb
Class to clean up / remove the RTF from custom merge fields in (RTF) documents.
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20 Oct 2013ASP.NET Community
FacadeThe Facade Design Pattern provides a simple interface and controls access to a series of complicated interfaces and or sub systems.Some of
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13 Jun 2008Yogesh Jagota
Auto build version increment addin for Visual Studio 2005 and 2008
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19 Feb 2008Kamran A
Outlines two useful methods for implementing localization in ASP.NET
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23 Feb 2008pstucke
Implements a custom, checked listbox editor in a property grid.
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12 Feb 2008Jason Witty
An Update to my original article which allows you to search your personal web site using Windows Live Search.
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7 Feb 2008Warrick Procter
Ever wanted to be able to handle triple, quadruple clicks on a Windows Forms control? This will do it.
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1 Feb 2009Manish K Gupta
Encryption & Decryption of Connection Strings inside the Web.config in ASP.NET 2.0
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21 Feb 2008altafsagar
This article discusses how you can create a dynamic Crystal Report and set its Margin at runtime.
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27 Feb 2008salysle
Constructing a simple utility that may be used to locate and evaluate paths within an XML document and testing queries against those paths
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21 Feb 2008Patel Pranav
How to Use XML to Serialize and Deserialize an Object
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19 Feb 2008Kamran A
A customizable cloud generator written in VB.NET.
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7 Feb 2008SamratGhose
Provides Custom Sorting for a ADO.NET bound WPF ListView
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24 Oct 2008Moustafa Refaat
In this article, I will explain how to use Microsoft SQL Management Objects (SMO) to create a Microsoft SQL database from C# code.
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24 Feb 2008Imran A Momin
Provides access to a queue on a message queuing server.
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21 Feb 2008Patel Pranav
How to Use XML to Serialize and Deserialize an Object
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10 Mar 2008Jason Witty
A concept of building a tree and allowing each branch of the tree to associate to any object.
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1 Feb 2008Agha Zair Ali
A way to capture signature on Pocket PC and saving as BMP file
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19 Feb 2008Patel Pranav
Convert any decimal number to word using vb.net
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25 Feb 2008Imran A Momin
Provides access to a queue on a Message Queuing server. We will see how to access it asynchronously.
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16 Feb 2008Jason Witty
Example of a proper Singleton collection in Visual Basic .NET
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12 Feb 2008virtual.aussie
A custom made TreeView with Windows Vista look.
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23 Feb 2008Imran A Momin
Triple Data Encryption Standard algorithms from which all TripleDES implementations must derive.
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20 Feb 2008Scott Bailey
This is a VB.NET project template, using the XNA framework.
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2 Feb 2008Sabarinathan A
Handle all the exceptions easily
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23 Feb 2008Imran A Momin
The Windows Forms ErrorProvider component is used to show the user in a non-intrusive way that something is wrong. It is typically used in conjunction with validating user input on a form, or displaying errors within a dataset.
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23 Feb 2008Imran A Momin
A chat application using a TCP protocol. This application is for VB6 User
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21 Apr 2008Imran A Momin
How to communicate to a serial port asynchronously
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14 Feb 2008Jarno Burger
How to use use brightness, contrast, saturation, hue in your DirectShow.Net filtergraph.
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2 Feb 2008Mostafa Kaisoun
Using Multimedia MCI Control to make animation in VB6
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9 Feb 2008petersgyoung
A message box for ASP.NET to send back server messages to users.
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17 Feb 2008Bhardwaj Deepak
Really Nice Look n' Feel in a DataGridView
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2 Mar 2008Gayan Buddhika
How to Load Windows Form From Data Base

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The ASP.NET Wiki was started by Scott Hanselman in February of 2008. The idea is that folks spend a lot of time trolling the blogs, googlinglive-searching for answers to common "How To" questions. There's piles of fantastic community-created and MSFT-created content out there, but if it's not found by a search engine and the right combination of keywords, it's often lost.

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Technical Lead Interglobe Technologies
India India
Hello, I am Deepak Bhardwaj. I am working as Module Lead at Interglobe Technologies (IGT) in Microsoft .NET Technologies. I have worked on Winforms and WPF.
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United Kingdom United Kingdom
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India India
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United States United States
Ernest is a multi-discipline software engineer.
Skilled at software design and development for all Windows platforms.
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MCSD (C#, .NET)
Interests: User Interface, GDI/GDI+, Scripting, Android, iOS, Windows Mobile.
Programming Skills: C/C++, C#, Java (Android), VB and ASP.NET.

I hope you will enjoy my contributions.
Software Developer (Senior) MyCare
New Zealand New Zealand
Gayan worked as a Senor Software Engineer and a Team Lead in AmSafe Bridport. He has completed his Master Degree in IT and he is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in SharePoint 2010 application development. Gayan has more than 7 years of software development experience with Microsoft technologies including .NET, SQL, SharePoint, IIS, Silverlight, Expression Blend 4 and many more. Currently he is reading for his Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration at AIS in Auckland, New Zealand.
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India India
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Turkey Turkey
.Net Developer From Istanbul Turkey.
You can reach my blog at http://www.kodyaz.com/blogs/unknown_tales_from_kerem/default.aspx
Netherlands Netherlands
Jarno Burger
i am videojockey for festivals.
i am getting fed up with the vj programs at the moment , so i am trying to go and write my own one.

if you wanna read some more stuff about directshow.net , then you can read some chunks of info on my blog , with some extra handy links to more articles and forums.

http://jarnoburger.blogspot.com/
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Hi, I'm Kamran Ayub aka Kamranicus. I specialize in helping people build usable, reliable, and resilient technology solutions with a primary focus on web-based technology.
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Software Developer (Senior) Diaspark
India India
I am Manish Gupta, i m Software Developer
Egypt Egypt
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Architect
Canada Canada
As a well-established IT leader with a passion for architecture, design, coding, refactoring, and development, I possess 20+ years’ success spearheading large teams to deliver the end-to-end development of 30+ innovative software solutions on time and under budget on a US and international level.

Throughout my career, I have made it my priority to utilize current technologies and new techniques to develop elegant, creative technical solutions across all project phases. Comfortable in collaborative and independently-driven roles, I am a forward-thinking leader with refined analytical and critical thinking skills, and I can adapt and revise my strategies to meet evolving priorities, shifting needs, and emergent issues. As a dynamic leader with experience as Technical Lead and Senior Manager, as well as on the Board of Directors, I have led numerous teams to create a new employees experience with Workday, roadmap for people systems (JDA WFMR, Kronos, Infor, Workday, and monitoring with Splunk), and architecture for 20+ projects at Loblaw. Furthermore, I have spearheaded As a well-established IT leader with a passion for architecture, design, coding, refactoring, and development, I possess 20+ years’ success spearheading large teams to deliver the end-to-end development of 30+ innovative software solutions on time and under budget on a US and international level.

Throughout my career, I have made it my priority to utilize current technologies and new techniques to develop elegant, creative technical solutions across all project phases. Comfortable in collaborative and independently-driven roles, I am a forward-thinking leader with refined analytical and critical thinking skills, and I can adapt and revise my strategies to meet evolving priorities, shifting needs, and emergent issues. As a dynamic leader with experience as Technical Lead and Senior Manager, as well as on the Board of Directors, I have led numerous teams to create a new employees experience with Workday
Software Developer (Senior)
India India
Pranav Patel
B.Sc, MCSD

I am serving my company as Sr. Software Engineer. I have more than 4 years of experience in Microsoft Technologies specially VB 6, VB.Net,C#,ASP.Net and MS SQL Server
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Founder Bisware Technology Limited
Hong Kong Hong Kong
I am an IT consultant and software developer based in Hong Kong.

Please click here to see my blog and my company at biswaretech.com
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United States United States
An instructional designer by trade, I have been a hobbyist developer since '96.
Software Developer
Netherlands Netherlands
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Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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India India
I have been programming for last 20 years on various platforms including .NET, Visual Basic 6, Oracle and SQL server.

I decided to write articles when I have free time hoping to share my thoughts with you.

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India India
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President ThinkGeo LLC
United States United States
Clint Batman is co-founder and President of ThinkGeo, a
software company specializing in geospatial software with an emphasis on software development tools and GPS tracking solutions.
Software Developer University of Michigan-Flint
United States United States
I am currently a Database Administrator & Developer for the International Center at the University of Michigan. My expertise is GUI design with WinForms and WPF.
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Croatia Croatia
28 years of experience with computers, 8 with BASIC and Z80 assemblers (ZX Spectrum), 6 years VB, 6 years MS Office Macros, 1 year C#, 10 years MS SQL, 1 year MySQL, 5 years ASP and 3 years PHP. Playing with javascript in last couple of months.
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A DEC PDP/11 BasicPlus2 developer from the 80s.
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