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.

VB8

VB9

VB6

VB7.x

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 Image Handler

14 May 2008 by jrhea

An ASP.NET Handler for resizing and rotating/flipping images dynamically.

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 Smooth Snake Game

26 Feb 2007 by atojha

SIngle Player Game in VB.NET

AboutTrees

15 Jan 2008 by Mr.PoorEnglish

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

ADO.NET for Beginners

22 Apr 2008 by logicchild

How to Create an Application to Access Data

Aero Wizard in VB.NET

30 Jul 2009 by pimb2

Create an Aero-style wizard in VB.NET

AJAX IN ASP.NET

3 Nov 2007 by Islam Khalil Saber

The article show how to implementi AJAX in Asp.Net using XMLHttpRequest Object

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 ASP.NET Thumbs.db Thumbnail Viewer

5 Jun 2007 by Philip Liebscher

A Windows Explorer-style Thumbs.db web viewer.

An Introduction to Jibu for .NET

4 Jan 2008 by jdx256

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

Barcode Generator

10 Jan 2016 by David Vanson

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

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

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.

Building a Better AutoComplete User Control

21 Apr 2009 by Steve Krile

Expand the usefulness of the AutoComplete Ajax extender

C# Code Runner Macro for Visual Studio 2003

26 Sep 2007 by Amol M Vaidya

Using this macro, you can check the output of a code snippet without creating a new project/form. You can do this right from your current code window.

C# Events: Create class events and use that class

26 May 2008 by popnadrian

Educational article about C# events

Calculate and Draw Moon Phase

12 Aug 2010 by Mostafa Kaisoun

Calculate Moon's age and draw Moon Phase on any given day

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.

Code Editor (Part 1)

28 Jun 2007 by Jason Barrera

Create a Code/Text editor. Line numbering with or without wordwrap enabled.

Comparing Values for Equality in .NET: Identity and Equivalence

21 Nov 2012 by richnewman

An article clarifying the various ways of comparing two values for equality in .NET

Complex class - Working with complex numbers

22 Oct 2007 by Ivan0001

This class performs operations and evaluates functions with complex numbers. There are different kinds of available functions (log functions, trigonometric functios...). Check it out.

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 Breadcrumb Menu in VB.NET WinForms

21 Feb 2007 by chrishuff

Provide a dynamic menu for drilling through data, or using the new Vista style of breadcrumbing for menu control.

Create Open File Dialog for Windows Mobile 6 (SmartPhone) Devices

25 Jul 2007 by aleksisa

Create an Open File Dialog for a Windows Mobile 6 (SmartPhone) devices.

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 Rich Label

15 Feb 2007 by Star Vega

Extending the Windows.Forms.Label control.

Creating/Moving/Sizing Controls at Runtime

25 May 2007 by Soumya92

How to create and manage controls at runtime by providing the user with 'handles' for sizing the controls.

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 GridView

26 Sep 2008 by Rajibdotnet05

Configurable Gridview using file or database

Custom Sort for DataBound WPF ListView

7 Feb 2008 by SamratGhose

Provides Custom Sorting for a ADO.NET bound WPF ListView

Customisable WinForms Progressbar Control VB.NET

2 Apr 2016 by David Vanson

A progress bar control you can customize

Customized ListBox Control: Part 1 - Collection Events

11 Jul 2008 by Calle Mellergardh

Create a listbox control that provides events for when adding or removing items.

Data Classification Using VB.NET and Genetic Algorithm

4 Aug 2008 by Amir Emamjomeh

A simple example of how to classify data using genetic algorithm and VB.Net

DataGridView Filter Popup

5 Jun 2009 by jesseseger

A cool way to filter data in a DataGridView.

Default Button on a User Control

22 May 2009 by Joe Guetzlaff

How to make a default button or emulate an AcceptButton on a User Control.

Delegates in VB.NET

28 Dec 2012 by sbrakl

Explain the basic of Delegate in VB.NET

VB8

VB9

VB7.x

Developing a Line Control

24 May 2007 by alhokail

This is a control that takes a starting point and an ending point as objects and draws a line between them

Developing Abstract Functions for Accessing Stored Procedures

3 Apr 2008 by Ben Kotvis

This article explains about developing abstract functions for accessing Stored Procedures.

Developing COM Add-ins for Microsoft Office in VB.NET

29 Oct 2007 by Andrei Smolin

This article describes the ways a VB.NET developer can create a COM Add-in for Microsoft Office 2000, 2002 (XP), 2003, and 2007 in order to customize Office applications including adding UI elements and event handling.

Display images from a SQL database - the easy way

5 Jul 2008 by FF77

This project contains a Web Custom Control for rendering images directly from the database. Can be used with image fields, text, date, or numerical fields (it generates an image containing the text), and with URL fields (like in a regular image control).

Does Not Allow Child Controls Error

16 Aug 2007 by Tommy_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.

dotNetMSN Library Fix

8 Aug 2008 by BlueBit.uy

How to fix dotNetMSN library to easily connect to MSN service

Download all the versions of a file from a SharePoint document library

24 Sep 2007 by Junaid Raza

This code snippet can be used to download all the versions (if exists) of a document from within folders and subfolders inside a given document library.

DWM - Colorization Color Handling Using DWMGetColorizationColor

24 Mar 2008 by o m n i

Using WM_COLORIZATIONCOLORCHANGED and DWMGetColorizationColor.

Dynamic formula calculator/evaluator in VB.NET

19 Apr 2007 by Amir Pournasserian

This class will help you to calculate/evaluate formulas based on a string which could be changed at run-time.

Dynamic Objects, Factories, and Runtime Machines to Boost Performance

27 Nov 2007 by Philip Liebscher

An examination of dynamic object instantiation and runtime machines to boost performance.

Dynamic User Settings

22 Mar 2008 by Trevor Tubbs

Dynamic User Settings

Dynamically adjusting the size of a drop-down list and adding color to the back-ground and fore-ground of the list items

11 Mar 2008 by Sushant Joshi

To adjust the size of the drop-down list dynamically at the client-side and adding back-ground and fore-ground color to the drop-down list.

Dynamically creation of rows using Datagrid

17 Jan 2008 by Sushant Joshi

In ASP.Net we frequently create dynamic controls (rows) using ASP.Net Web Control table. The major reason behind it is the ease of creation. Most of the times the developers prefer the “System.Web.UI.WebControls.Table” over datagrid because it is analogous to the HTML table. In our project we opted

Easily Send E-mail in VB.net

12 Sep 2008 by Gagan.20

This is an easiest program that allows you to send e-mails by only defining SMTP Server name.

Easy Drag And Drop of Controls at Run-time

16 Jul 2009 by John M Bundy

Allow users to customize your forms

Edit XML files using a GridView

3 Apr 2007 by fstrahberger

Editing XML files using a GridView.

Embed an Image in Email using ASP.NET

21 Dec 2008 by jelizondo21

Complete demo of embedding images in an email message.

Enhanced version of VB.NET GetFiles

21 Nov 2008 by LeeBear

This is an inline enumeration of files instead of building an array first.

Enterprise Library Wrapper Class to Implement Run-time Dynamic Connection Strings Without Using Config File

2 Jul 2009 by Raja.Lakshman

Enterprise Library wrapper class to implement run-time dynamic connection strings without using config file

Excel Data Manipulation Using VB.NET

11 Dec 2007 by Wahab Hussain

This will help you manipulate an Excel file through your code. You can update the Excel file as well.

Execute DTS Through VB.NET

22 Dec 2009 by Suresh Suthar

How to execute DTS packages through VB.NET and use global variables.

Export Data to Excel Much Faster

24 Dec 2009 by Suresh Suthar

Export data to Excel using three methods: a basic method and two advanced methods which are very fast.

Export to Excel using VB.NET

25 Apr 2008 by Senthil S

Export data from VB.NET Dataset to Excel without using Datagrid/DataTable

Extended RichTextBox

8 Nov 2008 by Razi Syed

Rich Text Box control with built in options

Extension Methods in VB.NET

26 Nov 2008 by db7uk

A brief overview of Extension Methods.

Extracting and displaying icons with VB.NET

21 Mar 2007 by Pixa

Uses pure VB.NET code to extract and display icons as bitmap objects.

Fading forms in and out

2 Sep 2008 by Ashley Staggs

This article will explain how to fade a form in and out, using VB.NET.

FFMPEG using ASP.NET

8 Jul 2008 by arinhere

This piece of code will show you to convert any video file format to high quality flv and stream it on web server

File moving/copying source folfer to destination folder

16 Aug 2007 by Sarfraz 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

FilesystemTree Control in .NET

22 May 2003 by User 30735

A FilesystemTree view control in VB.NET. Developed with VS.NET, using the system.management namespace

Find an Element in a SQL Server Database

2 May 2011 by Roberto Cervantes Rivero

If you need to find a word in all tables and views in a SQL Server database, this is the easy solution.

Finding performance bottlenecks and their resolutions in windows services

21 Jan 2008 by Sajid.Majeed

This article will address tools and technologies to identify bottlenecks and key consideration points for performance improvement.

Flag Group

16 Sep 2008 by Ted John

A structure that stores up to 32 booleans in a 32-bit integer.

Fluid, Multi-column, Vertically Ordered List using CSS

19 Nov 2019 by Richard Atkins

Create a fluid, multi-column, vertically ordered list using nested, floating divs

Folder Coder

11 Dec 2007 by Buffalloy

A way to convert a folder into a file...

Form Changed Control

26 May 2008 by Duncan Edwards Jones

A component that allows you to monitor all the controls on the form and list any that have changed (for dirty checking)

Format Currency Using .NET Code Vs. Legacy VB6 Code

31 Mar 2009 by James Mouchett

To format a string into currency without the dependency of VB6

Free Delete (Shred)

20 Jan 2008 by Alberto M.

Eliminar archivos de forma segura con distintos metodos

Fullscreen the form in VB.NET using a class

26 Jun 2010 by chanderp, Yash Bharadwaj

In some application we need to fullscreen the App .Here is simple class that can fullscreen any App. Just create a variable of this class type and call the function using the class variable.