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

.NET Targa Image Reader

by David Polomis

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

.Net Wizard Control

by Yasin HINISLIOGLU

This article is about creating wizard style user interface

3D Geometry Library (Basic Classes) and 3D Drawing using VB.NET

by _Bala

This article explains a 3D geometry library developed using VB.NET.

A Basic Scheduler

by Didara F Dosabhai

Define schedules to the program for executing programmer defined jobs

A Developer's Survival Guide to IE Protected Mode

by Michael Dunn

Busted features? APIs failing? Use this guide to get your IE plugin up and running again in protected mode!

A fast and performing gauge, now in a dll for vb users

by keno2oo1

A short procedure for adding a nice gauge to your VS toolbox

A FreeCell game using Cards.dll

by Matt Fomich

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

A Generic Specification in VB.NET

by Richard A. Dalton

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

A HotkeyManager Class

by Arman Ghazanchyan

The HotkeyManager class makes it easy to set global hotkeys for applications.

A Query Builder Class For Visual Basic 2005 Hand Coders

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 quick program that will zip source code files

by Member 875909

A quick program that will zip source code files

A Screen Capture Utility

by Ken.Huang

A screen capture utility for developers as well as generic users.

A Simple Alternative to Windows Forms Data Binding

by Michael L Perry

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

A Simple Image Handler

by jrhea

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

A Simple Specification in VB.NET

by Richard A. Dalton

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

A simple thermometer chart for ASP.NET

by Joe Lynds

A simple thermometer chart for ASP.NET.

A simple way to snap a form to screen borders

by Hamed.M

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

A ToolPartHelper to use with ReturnOfTheSmartPart

by .chris

The code helps speed up the devopment of toolparts using SmartPart and SharePoint.

A ToolTip with Title, Multiline Contents, and Image

by red_moon

A tooltip to display separate title, contents, and image of each control, and enable for custom shaped

A Walk through COM-,NET InterOp

by TheKarateKid

This will help you understand, how we can create objects which talks wth .NET and vice versa

AboutTrees

by Mr.PoorEnglish

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

Access Your Pocket PC Over the Internet

by paulyhop

A DynDNS updater for the Compact Framework.

Adding automatic updates to your program - Part 1

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 controls to asp.net dynamically and persisting them

by Varun Mahajan

Adding controls to asp.net dynamically and persisting them

Adding custom skins for Forms in VB.Net

by Ferminus Muthu

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

Adding Updating Calendar,Tasks Appointment using CDO Object

by Hrushikesh Mokashi

How to Add or Update Exchange Calendar/Tasks files using CDOAppointment object

AdHawkMailer - An ASP.NET Component for Sending Emails in VB.NET

by AdamNThompson

AdHawkMailer is an ASP.NET component for sending emails in VB.NET.

ADO.NET and Stored Procedures Code Generator

by Johnny Worker

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

ADO.NET Data Access Component for SQL Server in C# and VB.NET

by AdamNThompson

A data access component for SQL Server in VB.NET.

ADO.NET for Beginners

by logicchild

How to Create an Application to Access Data

Aero Wizard in VB.NET

by pimb2

Create an Aero-style wizard in VB.NET

AJAX IN ASP.NET

by Islam Khalil Saber

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

AJAX Stock Symbol Drop-down List

by Thanh Huu Nguyen (Tony)

Look up a huge list of stock symbols from MS SQL database

Allow the User to Resize Controls at Runtime

by Jesse Chunn

Enable resizing of controls on a form at runtime with this class and two lines of code.

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Printing in .NET

by Duncan Edwards Jones

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

An easy way to add a Ribbon Panel Office 2007 style

by Juan Pablo G.C.

GNU code of RibbonPanel, free software for personal and nonlucrative use, for rest please contact me

An introduction to #SNMP, an Open Source SNMP implementation

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

by jdx256

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

An SNTP Client for C# and VB.NET

by DaveyM69

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

Analog Clock Control

by Arman Ghazanchyan

The analog clock control is a control that has almost all the functionality that a clock control can have, and it is fully modifiable.

Another Article on MP3 Players using Windows Media Player

by rspercy65

Play your MP3s with this Audio Player

Area Based Motion Detection- Boss Watcher

by mikailcetinkaya

Detect and alert according to predefined areas in motion pictures - Alert when somebody passes the door, etc.

ArrayList to File...

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?

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 2.0 FileUpload Server Control

by Wrox Publishing

Wrox author Bill Evjen explains ASP.NET 2.0 FileUpload Server Control

ASP.NET 2.0 VS Custom Renderer - Data Bindable Image Control

by FF77

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

ASP.NET 2.0 VS Custom Renderer - Data Bindable Image Control V.2.0

by FF77

V.2. Code corrected - This project contains a Web Custom Control for rendering images directly from the database. Can be used with image fields, with text, date, or number fields (it generates an image containing the text), and with URL fields (like a regular image control).

ASP.NET Caching

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

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

by Howard Richards

RadioButtonList and ListBox subclasses that display enum values automatically.

ASP.NET Design Time Databinding Custom Controls

by Andrewiski

ASP.NET design-time databinding custom controls when they are inside of a databound composite control.

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

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

by Kamran A

A customizable cloud generator written in VB.NET.

ASP.NET WPF Image Handler

by Claudio Pizzillo

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

Assembly Manipulation and C# / VB.NET Code Injection

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 Serial Port Communication

by Imran A Momin

How to communicate to a serial port asynchronously

Auto Binding a TreeView control from a self referencing table

by Bassam Saoud

A Custom TreeView Control that supports auto binding from a single self referencing table

Automated PDF Conversion using the PDF995 and FreePDF_XP Freeware Printers

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

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

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

by Santiago Santos Cortizo

How to show a bar chart in a DataGridView

Barcode Generator

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

by Alessandro Del Sole

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

Basics of a Falling Blocks Game in VB.NET 2005

by Thomas Stockwell

A remake of the classic falling blocks game in a modern language

Basics of Bing Search API using .NET

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 OpenXML (Word 2007) for Beginners

by PuneWala

Introduction to the OpenXML format.

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

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

by Chirag Maisuriya

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

BindingList Example

by Sean Rhone

An article on how to create business objects.

Bridging the gap between .NET and Extended MAPI

by Helmut Obertanner

An article about how to access Extended MAPI properties, fields and methods from your .NET applications.

Bug Submitter Dialog

by Jeroen De Dauw

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

Build .NET Applications Without Hand-coding

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

by Steve Krile

Expand the usefulness of the AutoComplete Ajax extender

C# Events: Create class events and use that class

by popnadrian

Educational article about C# events

Calculate system idle time without hooks

by Qaiser_Iftikhar

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

Calculator

by Anshul R

New functions added to the calculator , Now currency converter included

Calling MSI.DLL functions through VB.NET

by Nibbs

Useful code for calling MSI.DLL functions through VB.NET.

Capture Entire Web Page

by daniel.esquivias

Capture an entire web page and save it as an image.

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

by SirAsad

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

Change the GridView row color on click without postback

by farazsk11

Article about changing the GridView row color on mouse click without postback

Changing the Systems Cursor in VB.NET

by Dan Dombrowski

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

Changing VS Code Region Coloring Using XML

by Rakusu

This article shows how to change the color schemes of code regions in VS quickly by using XML.

Clean RTF Merge Fields

by rafaelpb

Class to clean up / remove the RTF from custom merge fields in (RTF) documents.

C-like Exports between VB6 and VB.NET

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).

Code Editor (Part 1)

by Jason Barrera

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

Code Quality Assurance in Visual Studio 2005 (C#, VB.NET)

by Alexander Nowak

An article about quality assurance options/tools in/for VS2005 for VB.NET and C# projects.

Code Snippet for Page Heading Comments.

by talk2rsoni

This is just a Code Snippet for Page Heading Comment to manage the code efficiently

Color Grabber

by Michael Rosqvist

A utility to catch a color from the desktop

Color Scale Filter

by Miran.Uhan

Grayscale and color scale filters.

ColorBar - A Gradient Colored ProgressBar

by Copper

ColorBar is a gradient colored progress bar control written using VB.NET.

ColorBlender - Dynamic Gradient Color Blend Creation Control (VB.NET)

by SSDiver2112

How to create a ColorBlend and two color blending UserControls to make it easier.

ColorPicker - ColorPicker with a compact footprint (VB.NET)

by SSDiver2112

An RGB/HSB color selection control with an eye-dropper and quick swatches.

Common Dialog Box - XP Style

by Alaa Jubran

How to implement a Common dialog box - XP style.

Comparing Values for Equality in .NET: Identity and Equivalence

by richnewman

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

Compiling Multiple Projects Without a Solution

by Brian Brewder

An article on creating a build process to compile multiple .NET projects using MSBuild without using a solution file.

Complex class - Working with complex numbers, improved version

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

by Mr.PoorEnglish

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

Computer Controlled Watering System with C# or VB.NET

by Troy Simpson

Setup a simple and cheap computer controlled watering system using VB.NET or C# and a parallel port relay controller

Connecting to Oracle or Access from ASP.NET 2.0

by Wrox Publishing

Wrox authors Devin Rader and Bill Evjen show the ASP.NET 2.0 SqlDataSource and AccessDataSource controls

Context-Sensitive Help for Toolstrip Items

by Ivan Alles

How to bind context-sensitive help to .NET ToolStrip items.

Controlling Text Field Input on Key Press

by The ANZAC

Shows the basics of controlling input on a controls key press event

Convert a normal e-mail to an embedded resource e-mail

by Fabricio Miranda

This article describes, and provides a short (not optimized) function that will convert a normal HTML input to an e-mail with embedded resources.

Convert Image File to Bytes and Back

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 Number to Word

by Patel Pranav

Convert any decimal number to word using vb.net

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

by arinhere

Convert your swf movie file to image

Cracking the Mysteries of .NET 2.0 Configuration

by Jon Rista

Maximize your understanding of the .NET 2.0 configuration framework, avoid common pitfalls, and gain insight into the details of how configuration works in various scenarios and environments.

Create an Outlook 2007 Form Region by using VSTO 2008

by Helmut Obertanner

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

Create Column Charts Using OWC11

by Rupesh Kumar Swami

A column chart (simple,stacked, or 100% stacked column) representation using Office Web Components.

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

by aleksisa

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

Create SQL Server Database using asp.net

by Jatin Prajapati

Here I am showing, How to Create SQL Database and Run SQL Script File Using asp.net.

Create Strongly Typed Swappable Class Libraries

by sbarrack

Create a strongly typed system for plugging in interchangeable class libraries (DLLs), without having multiple versions of your main application.

Creating a BulletedList control to replace the asp:BulletedList

by bgs264

I needed a simple control to display a bulleted list based on a strongly typed list of strings.

Creating a COM DLL with VS 2005: Advanced Walkthrough

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

by CS Rocks

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

Creating a Custom Settings Provider

by CodeChimp

Demonstration of how to write custom settings providers.

Creating a Glass Button using GDI+

by Lukasz Sw.

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

Creating a managed service factory

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

by Spirch

How to create a Sudoku game with speed in mind.

Creating Custom Controls: Casino Royale

by Nick Rioux

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

Creating Property Editors in DesignTime for VS.Net Easily (UITypeEditor Helper)

by S.Serpooshan

This is a base class to help easily create UITypeEditors. It is used to edit control properties in a DropDown window or a Modal-Form in design mode in the Visual Studio IDE

Creating Web Services in a Class Library project

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

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).

Cross-Tab Reports : Dynamically add columns to grid

by apna

Article describing how to work of girds which needs to add columns dynamically at run time.

Currency Input in VB.NET

by Jon Law

A Currency Input Box in VB.NET

Custom Exceptions in Custom Components

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!

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

by _Khallaf

Use IMAP to auto-reply to unread GMail messages while on vacation

Custom Mouse Cursors (VB.NET)

by SSDiver2112

Create Graphic Replacement for standard Cursor

Custom Sort for DataBound WPF ListView

by SamratGhose

Provides Custom Sorting for a ADO.NET bound WPF ListView

Custom Status Animation with VB.NET

by Greg Osborne

Provide eye-candy to your users with custom animations

Custom Templated Pager Control

by NJSMK

A paging control particularly useful when implementing server-side paging.

Customisable WinForms Progressbar Control VB.NET

by David Vanson

A progress bar control you can customize

Customize Color DialogBox

by niting85

Customize Color dialog Box by overriding Window Procedure method

Customize Color DialogBox

by niting85

Customize Color dialog Box by overriding Window Procedure method

Customized ListBox Control: Part 1 - Collection Events

by Calle Mellergardh

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

Dancing Links Library

by Miran.Uhan

A VB.NET library with all necessary classes for exact cover solving with dancing links.

Data Classification Using VB.NET and Genetic Algorithm

by Taylor Kobani

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

Data Driven Unit Testing for a DotNetNuke Private Assembly Module

by Bruce Chapman DNN

Using data driven unit tests with SQL Server CE for DotNetNuke private module development.

Data Entry application with PIVOT processing in GridView

by Ole Oren

Describes building a WorkGroup TimeSheet with GridView

Database Helper v 2.0.0

by hdv212

An open source code generation utility with some useful features to generate procedures,class for tables and .net code for procedures automatically.

DataGridView Custom Headers in VB.NET

by Luca Crisi, MCP

How to give Custom Headers to your DataGridView

DataGridView Filter Popup

by jesseseger

A cool way to filter data in a DataGridView.

DataGridView with Detail Edit Form - VS 2005

by Robert R Freeman

How to create a DataGridView with an associated Detail Edit Form using a strongly typed dataset data layer.

DataGridView with integrated filtering, sorting, and updating changes to SQL

by Andy32

Extended DataGridView with filtering, sorting, automatic saving, and a multicolumn combobox.

DataTable with SelectDistinct in VB

by vacen2

Allows you to perform a Distinct query against a DataTable.

Default Button on a User Control

by Joe Guetzlaff

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

Delegates in VB.NET

by sbrakl

Explain the basic of Delegate in VB.NET

Deploying CAB Files Using ClickOnce Deployment

by DigiOz Multimedia

This article is a step by step explanation of how to modify a ClickOnce Deployment package to include CAB files

Developing a Line Control

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

by Ben Kotvis

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

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

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.

Developing custom ASP.NET Membership and Role providers reading users from custom section in the web.config

by Andreas Botsikas

In this article, we will be developing custom Membership and Role providers which will read user credentials from a custom configuration section in the web.config file.

Developing Windows Services using Visual Studio .NET Explained - Part 1

by DigiOz Multimedia

An overview and step by step guide to developing, using and debugging a windows service

Developing Windows Services using Visual Studio .NET Explained - Part 2

by DigiOz Multimedia

Article explaining the step by step creation and installation of a simple windows service

DirectCast vs. CType

by Tim Greenfield

When to use DirectCast vs. CType.

Dirty Button

by Johnny J.

A button control that keeps track of the form’s dirty state.

Display images from a SQL database - the easy way

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).

Display Multiple Table Field Data in a Single DataGrid

by call_vino

Display data from multiple tables in a single DataGrid.

Distribute your site's contents with RSS 2.0

by AdamNThompson

Distribute your site's contents with RSS 2.0 using ASP.NET/VB.NET/MS SQL Server 2005.

Does Not Allow Child Controls Error

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

by BlueBit.uy

How to fix dotNetMSN library to easily connect to MSN service

Down and dirty class to retreive assembly data

by Prefict

Inheritable class for retreving assembly data using VB.NET and .NET Framework 2.0.

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

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.

Download Manager for Application Updates

by alex_pa_72

This article describes how to build a component for managing download files of a program.

Downloading Files in .NET With All Information: Progressbar, Download Speed, Supports Cancel and Resume

by Carmine_XX, Jeroen De Dauw

How to download files in .NET with all information about the progess (progressbar, download speed), supports cancel and resume

DropDownContainer - Custom DropDown Container Using the ToolStripDropDown (VB.NET)

by SSDiver2112

This control makes it possible to layout the controls in a ToolStripDropDown at design time.

DropDownPanel - Custom DropDown Panel with a Graphic and a Pushpin (VB.NET)

by SSDiver2112

A ComboBox like dropdown control that controls can be dropped onto and arranged at design time.

DWM - Colorization Color Handling Using DWMGetColorizationColor

by o m n i

Using WM_COLORIZATIONCOLORCHANGED and DWMGetColorizationColor.

Dynamic Creation Of MenuStrip - VB.NET

by Bad Programmer

Implementing Menustrip dynamically from database, the menu names and order will be through backend.

Dynamic ToolTip

by drgbg

Dynamically toggle ToolTip messages from the client side.

Dynamic TreeView

by Christian {CC}

Creating a dynamic tree view in ASP.NET.

Dynamic User Settings

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

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

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

EAN13 Barcode Control

by Tammam Koujan

Demonstrates creating EAN-13 Barcodes with VB.NET

Easier Database Access with Diamond Binding (Part 1)

by Matty22

An introduction to the benefits of ORM using the free Personal Edition of Diamond Binding

Easily Create Your Own Parser

by icemanind

Create a hand made parser in VB.NET or C# easily and fast

Easily Send E-mail in VB.net

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

by John M Bundy

Allow users to customize your forms

Easy String Compression and Encryption

by BTDex

Class module to easily de-/compress and en-/decrypt big strings

Edit XML files using a GridView

by fstrahberger

Editing XML files using a GridView.

Embed an Image in Email using ASP.NET

by jelizondo21

Complete demo of embedding images in an email message.

Embed Web Video

by cannalane

Embed Web Video in your desktop application

Embedding Multiple Icons into .NET Executables

by Ed.Poore

A brief walkthrough on how to embed multiple icons (and native resources) into a .NET executable.

Embedding of VB6 form in .NET applications

by Eduardo Campano

This article explains how to open a VB6 MDI child form inside a .NET MDI form

Encrypt a Querystring with Expiration

by David Bauernschmidt

Create a querystring that is encrypted and expires

Encrypting the app.config File for Windows Forms Applications

by TRON

Encrypting the app.config file for Windows Forms Applications

Enhanced version of VB.NET GetFiles

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

by Raja.Lakshman

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

Error Provider in .NET Framework 2.0

by Imran 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.

Excel Data Manipulation Using VB.NET

by Wahab Hussain

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

Excel File Class for Reading Data

by geekstarexe@yahoo.com

Excel file class for reading data.

Execute DTS Through VB.NET

by Suresh Suthar

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

Export Data to Excel Much Faster

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

by Senthil S

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

Extended NumericUpDown Control

by Claudio Nicora

An extended NumericUpDown control with better focus and mouse wheel management.

Extended RichTextBox

by Razi Syed

Rich Text Box control with built in options

Extending Office 2007 with Tangram Extension Tools for Application

by sunhui

A new method for Extending Microsoft Office 2007 User Interface using MFC/ATL and .NET technologies.

Extending the My namespace

by drummerboy0511

Learn how to extend the My namespace in Visual Basic 2005 / 2008!

Extension Methods in VB.NET

by db7uk

A brief overview of Extension Methods.

Fading forms in and out

by Ashley Staggs

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

Fast Algorithm for Building the Hasse Diagram of a Galois Lattice

by Alaa Jubran

Artificial intelligence

FFMPEG using ASP.NET

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 Association in VB.NET

by Nick Rioux

Easily associate your programs with file types (.jpg, .html, .mp3) with just 2 lines of Visual Basic code

Files Selection Dialog Box / Tree

by Alaa Jubran

A treeview dialog box.

Fill any TableAdapter Using Any of Your Select Methods

by rickwright2000

Avoid the pesky table adapter load error failed to enable constraints.

Find an Element in a SQL Server Database

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

by Sajid.Majeed

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

Finger Print Class

by Johnny J.

Get a unique Finger Print / Machine ID which can be used for licensing purposes.

Fixing infinite redirect loops in DotNetNuke

by Jay Kay

Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

Flag Group

by Ted John

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

Flee - Fast Lightweight Expression Evaluator

by Eugene Ciloci

A .NET expression evaluator that compiles to IL and is designed for speed.

Fluid, Multi-column, Vertically Ordered List using CSS

by Richard Atkins

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

Folder Coder

by Buffalloy

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

Form Changed Control

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)

Form Print Control

by Duncan Edwards Jones

An extender control to make printing a form quick, easy, and flexible

Format Currency Using .NET Code Vs. Legacy VB6 Code

by James Mouchett

To format a string into currency without the dependency of VB6

Formless Notify Icon Application

by mdv113

Shows notify icon, starting an app without a form, unhandled exception handling

Framerate Counter

by codemunkeh

A minimalist framerate counter.

Free Delete (Shred)

by Alberto M.

Eliminar archivos de forma segura con distintos metodos

Fullscreen the form in VB.NET using a class

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.

Game Class Inheritance

by gerudobombshell

A way to simplify your game classes and code for maximum efficency.

Generate Filter String

by Chirag Patadia

Generate Filter String as per user requirment

Generic Background Worker

by DaveyM69

No more unboxing/casting! Use generic type parameters with this background worker. Source code for C# and VB.NET.

Generic grid search and data paging

by KevGUID

Generic grid search and data paging explained.

Generic Record Selector With Filter

by system-zone.co.uk

A Generic Record Selector Windows Form with Data Filter

Generic Record Selector With Filter 2

by system-zone.co.uk

An update to my original generic record selector.

Generic Wrapper for Easy Multithreaded Programming

by siglr2

Event-based, generic wrapper and manager to implement multithreading in your applications

Get all data WMI has to offer

by Jesse Fatherree

This simple function will programatically enumerate all properties and values in any WMI class.

Get an Executable Assembly Name

by hayes.adrian

Use GetEntryAssembly to obtain an executable's assembly name - even from a DLL.

Get any control's value in any type

by dnair926

Gey any control's value in the type specified.

Get Database Server Date and Time

by Hemant.Kamalakar

Get Database Server Date and Time

Get the Values From DataBase and Stored into excell Sheet

by Member 4159567

Get the Values From DataBase and Stored into excell Sheet

Getting Started with VB.NET's Microsoft Outlook Standard Plugin Creator

by Erwin Wolff

Getting started with VB.NET's Microsoft Outlook standard plugin creator

Getting the Clipboard File DropEffect in VB.NET

by Scott Bright

How to access the file DropEffect in VB.NET in order to tell cut from paste for a file DropList.

Gibberish

by jabit

Generates a bunch of gibberish from real text.

Global events for your application

by Daniel Ch. Bloch (MCSD, MCAD, MCTS)

How to use events through your application for multiple receivers.

Global Windows Hooks

by Arman Ghazanchyan

A single component that contains various Windows hooks

Google Earth Network Link

by robertosari

This article aims to show the creation of Network Links for Google Earth.

gTimePicker- Control to Pick a Time Value (VB.NET)

by SSDiver2112

Stop using the DateTimePicker for time values. This control makes it easy to pick a time, and if you act now, get the matching Nullable gDateTimePicker at no extra cost.

gTrackBar - A Custom TrackBar UserControl (VB.NET)

by SSDiver2112

TrackBar with custom coloring, value display, label, and increment buttons.

Handling Specific Exceptions in the Web.config

by call_vino

Handling exceptions with the Enterprise Library.

Hierarchical XML Data Builder

by asithangae

Data builder that builds XML from a SQL query in hierarchical format.

Hotel Reservation System

by Jomar Pabuaya

An explanation of the useful code within Hotel Reservation System

How do we speed up our VB.NET Web application

by GgAben

Some tips to improve efficiency of your web application

How to Access Network Files using asp.net

by Jatin Prajapati

Here i am showing, how user can access network files and folder that are stored on other Server.

How to add Click Event on TextBox

by imran afzal

How to add Click Event on TextBox

How to add javascript or stylesheet to header of asp.net page?

by Armin Kabir

This article will show you how to dynamically add javascript or stylesheet to the header of asp.net page.

How to Browse Network Folders using Folder Dialog Box Control ?

by Jatin Prajapati

An article on how to browse network Folders using VB.NET using Folder Dialog box Control

How to Build a Simple Event Log Montior/Watcher (Using TCP in .NET)

by aleksisa

How to build a simple event log montior/watcher (using TCP in .NET) to monitor event log changes on a remote machine(s).

How to build simple HTML Calendar

by Mohm'ed Melhem

Idea to generate Calendar can be applayed on Win or web apps

How to capture a piece of the desktop

by Michael Rosqvist

A utility to capture a bit of the desktop.

How to create a reusable custom Project Template for VS.NET 2005

by Matt Sciotto

This article describes the basic procedures for creating a Project Template in VS.NET that can be reused as a custom template for other projects.

How to Develop Restart Manager Aware Application: Test Case 30

by Jatin Prajapati

Here I am showing how to Implement Windows Vista’s Restart Manager

How to Download a File from a WebDAV Server in VB.NET

by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to download a file from a (HTTPS) WebDAV server in VB.NET

How to Generate (and Validate) CD-Keys for your Software

by dawmail333

An example of how to implement and validate non-personal CD-Keys (ideal for distribution on the back of CD cases)

How to Get a Reference to Parent Form from a Component

by David Catherman

Components don't have a .Parent property like controls do. Getting a reference to the instance of the parent form the component was on is very difficult.

How to Keep Your Sanity and Multiple Projects Version Numbers in Sync

by Herbrandson

A simple solution to keeping multiple projects version numbers in sync

How to list all Programs installed on Computer and Uninstall Them

by vbCoder21

List and Uninstall ALL Programs installed in the Client's Computer.

How to Load Windows Form From Data Base

by Gayan Buddhika

How to Load Windows Form From Data Base

How to make content of RichTextBox unselectable.

by chanderp, Yash Bharadwaj

you want to display some text in your application and side-by-side you want to prevent the user from copying the content. . One way to implement this use label, but label do not support the formatting of the text and RTF formats.

How to persist changes to My.Settings.ConnectionString

by mjmeans

This article describes a solution for persisting changes to the ReadOnly My.Settings.ConnectionString with nearly trivial code.

How to persist DIRs past SETUP wizard

by KinnMirr

How to Find Directory Path before and after setup wizard deployment

How to Program for Windows Registry

by Mohd Arshad Malik

This article will guide you how to create/retrieve/delete key entries in Windows Registry.

How to programmatically create an Outlook home folder page in the Outlook Today style

by Andrei Smolin

Outlook Today is a sample of a custom Outlook home folder page. In this article, you will learn how to create such a page in VBScript and in .NET (VB, C#, C++).

How to Read an EBCDIC File in VB.NET

by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to read an EBCDIC file in VB.NET, translate it to ASCII and write it out to a file.

How to Send Mails from your GMAIL Account through VB.NET or C#. Windows Programming, with a Bit of Customization

by Abhishek Sur

Sending Mails from your Windows Application

How to Use a DLL as a Code Behind File

by chris_wanaka

How to compile and use a .aspx.vb code-behind file as a .dll code-behind file.

How To Use a Single Resource Component for your Images and Mixing C# and VB in the Same NETCF Solution

by becker666

Snippets show the steps and workarounds of issues while implementing it

How to use the new AAA syntax in Rhino Mocks 3.5 with VB.Net

by chrissie1

An article on how to use the new AAA (Arrange, Act and Assert) syntax using VB.Net. And the difference between the new and the old syntax.

How to Utilise the Shell32 Library in .NET as a COM Import – A Neat little Hack

by Justin Porteous

Using the Shell32 Library to write Files or Folders to a Zip File

How to zip a folder in ASP.NET

by V K Sumesh

Explains how to zip a folder in ASP.NET.

HTML Parsing using .NET Framework

by Fabricio Miranda

In this article, i will be showing how to parse and modify a peace of HTML code using a nice and helpfull .NET assembly.

Hue Saturation Lightness Filter

by Miran.Uhan

A VB.NET class implementing an image Hue/Saturation/Lightning adjustment.

Image Cropping with Image Resizing Using VB.NET

by Senthil Sambandam

Simple Image Cropping with Image Resizing Using VB.NET

ImageMagick Command Line Execution in ASP.NET

by arinhere

Perform ImageMagick operations in ASP.NET using command line

Images' Steganography

by Alaa Jubran

Using images for encrypted text transmission

Implementing an Excel-like formula engine

by Eugene Ciloci

A library to parse and evaluate Excel-style formulas and recalculate in natural order

Improved and Recoded RibbonMenuButton

by Juan Pablo G.C.

A new version with many functionalities

INI Reader / Writer Class for C#, VB.NET, and VBScript

by Ludvik Jerabek

Read and write to INI files in VB.NET and VBScript

Introduction to the Specification Design Pattern

by Richard A. Dalton

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

Invoking a Java/AXIS Web Service from .NET

by rospy

Invoking a Java/AXIS Web Service from a .NET-based client. Using the automatic web reference addition provided by VS.NET may cause an empty (null) response.

Is My Application on Top?

by Tomzhu

A function to estimate whether a form is on the top of all other windows.

JavaScript Registration in C# or VB.NET Code

by vadimas

Troubles putting JavaScript code inline with VB.NET or C# code

Json Web Editor in ASP.NET

by surine

Easy json text web editor in ASP.NET

K3YK4Y String Hasher

by trecool999

Advanced/Not-So Advanced string and password hash.

Label with ProgressBar [in a StatusStrip]

by Hypercubed

An article showing how to create a very simple text label with a meter/progress bar.

LayerGenMMX

by icemanind

Easily create Business and Data Layers!

LCS based generic diff in VB.NET

by PuReBRaiNZ

How to create a diff script for a list of objects in VB.NET.

Line to Region

by Taylor Kobani

This class gets an array of pointf() and returns the corresponding line region with custom width.

LineNumbers for the RichTextBox

by nogChoco

LineNumbers that dock to a RichTextBox or show as an overlay on top of it

Location Aware Phone Book

by Joel Ivory Johnson

An article on using the Microsoft Live Search API to make a location aware phone book

log4net XmlConfigurator Simplified

by Joseph Guadagno

This article covers the configuration of log4net using the XmlConfigurator. This article also demonstrates how to create multiple log files for your application.

Logging System for .NET SOA Applications

by Anders Revsgaard

No matter how well you design your system, a distributed SOA application is always complex. When a SOA application fails, it can be difficult to track down the cause of the problem and the Web service where the error occurred. To handle this difficulty, you need a logging system such as UptoLog.

LogViewer - A Simple Log Listening Utility

by Ashutosh Phoujdar

Simple log listening utility that listens to logs events from multiple sources, e.g. TCP/UDP, File logs, Remoting channels

Lotus Notes COM Class Wrapper for .NET

by LeeBear

This is just a VB.NET class wrapper for the Lotus Notes interfaces.

Magic Graphics

by Abd Allah Diab

A library that lets you easily manipulate your drawings

Mail Enable with Exchange 2007 using LDAP

by LiQuick

How to mail enable AD accounts using LDAP and Exchange 2007.

Make ClickOnce Work With ASP.NET Forms Authentication

by David P Henry, Graham Murray

A solution for securing access to a ClickOnce application using ASP.NET Forms authentication.

Making the Script.aculo.us Drag & Drop and ASP.NET play nicely!

by TimMadeThat

Step by Step instructions on how to Drag & Drop with the Script.aculo.us library in ASP.NET.

Manage ViewState Using ASP.NET 2.0 Provider Architecture

by Oleg Sobol

Serverside ViewState management using custom providers based on ASP.NET 2.0 provider pattern architecture.

Managing transactions with Access

by FrankNight

This is an Add-in for Microsoft Access that allows writing and execution of SQL statements with transaction control

MaskingText for ASP.NET

by Paresh Rathod

TextBox Control for ASP.NET with masking facility

MergedDataGridView Control

by jpaulino

A DataGridView control that allows to show some extra information in a merged row. Uses Visual Basic.NET 2008 and Framework 3.5.

Methods Navigation with a Drop-Down List

by Barry G. Hynum

An easy to use, low real estate Methods DDL navigation tool.

Microsoft Reporting Services - Part II

by jpaulino

This article shows some tips to improve Microsoft Reports like embedded reports, showing stored images, and images from a path, using custom code and custom assemblies, exporting reports, and printing reports without the ReportViewer control.

Microsoft Reporting Services (Sub Reports, Charts, Parameters, Expression Editor, etc.)

by jpaulino

This article shows the basic steps of creating a report, define the data source at runtime, work with parameters, include images, use the expression editor, and how to feed data to a subreport and charts. Finally it will demonstrate some easy customizations to ReportViewer.

Migrating Web Application VS 2003 - VS 2005

by Rahul Bansode

Process/Step tp Migrate Web Application VS 2003 - VS 2005

ModelStudio

by Terence Wallace

Class diagram and code generation tool.

Move a Form whose Border Isn't Visible

by Damon88

A class which enables the user to Drag the form by clicking Form's Surface

MS Office-like TaskPane Control

by Patrick Etc.

A .NET TaskPane control, with full design-time support.

MultiColumnTree

by red_moon

A treeview with multiple columns

Multiplication Table Practice Tool

by James Ritchie Carroll

A kid friendly program for practicing multiplication tables; a good example for embedding the Windows Media Player control in an application.

NHibernate Templates for Smart Code Generator

by Danilo Mendez

Describes how to generate NHibernate objects and ASPX pages using Smart Code

Normal Casing of an Upper Case Paragraph Using .NET Regular Expressions

by Steve Killick

Illustrates a method of taking a multi-sentence string that is in all caps, and converting to to normal case.

Not just another color picker...

by Elkay

An advanced color picker control for your VB.NET applications.

Notepad.NET - Creating a clone of notepad in Visual Basic

by Anshul R

Creating a clone of notepad in Visual Basic

NumericUpDown with unit measure

by CTR (centro-tecnologia-rocci)

How to create a NumericUpDown control with unit measure. Support Vista styles!

Object - Collection - Binary File: Using serialization and deserialization to work with binary files based on collections

by Joe Blauth

In this tutorial, we will take a closer look at a technology that allows you to store objects externally with ease, retrieve them effortlessly, and work with them as if you were dealing with some kind of simple database.

Object Initialization Expressions and Anonymous Types in Visual Basic 9.0

by Alessandro Del Sole

An introduction to some new cool features of the Visual Basic 9.0 language syntax.

Online active users counter in ASP.NET

by SalarSoft

With this tool which is written for ASP.NET, it is possible to count the number of online users, members, and guest users in websites.

Open Regedit and Connect to Remote Host

by DavidHolland

Code to open regedit and connect to remote host

by jamesfancy

Macro to find related .h/.cpp files and do some action.

Overriding Keydown in a User Control using ProcessKeyPreview

by Laughing.John

How to easily override key processing in a form or user control

Own your phone - Taking back control of your mobile phone

by BrainThump

We'll build a call management application for Windows Mobile 5.x/6.x which can programatically ignore, send to voicemail, or SMS-respond to unwanted calls.

Owner drawn ListBox

by Eric P Schneider

A listbox which supports custom drawing properties for each list item.

P2P Secure File, Encrypt and Decrypt Any File with Password

by Atanu Maity

Protect any file by encryption and decryption with password. It encrypts the file and saves as secure XML with binary format, and stores file password as custom PK encrypter routine.

Parent Process Window

by Enver Buzoku

Shows how to get the process ID and show a modal window on the parent processes window

PDA Browser Control for ASP.Net

by petersgyoung

Web user control that simulates a PDA browser

PDF Security Remover

by Patricker

Remove security from PDF files.

Performance Monitor Made Easy!

by NewLaw

Using .NET Diagnostics to extract data from any Windows performance monitor, to make your own!

Phase Progress Bar

by dmstrat

A custom control to provide phase progress using polygonal shapes.

Ping Monitor

by Alberto Venditti

Yet another Ping Monitor utility written in VB.NET on .NET Framework 2.0

Playing Cards

by jrhea

A set of classes that represent a typical set of playing cards.

Plug-ins in C# 2.0: Generics Enabled Extension Library

by Redth

A follow up to my previous article, this article takes the plug-in concept and encapsulates it in a Generics enabled library, including support for source code compilation at runtime.

PngSkin - Per Pixel Forms Skin

by Rajneesh Noonia

PngSkin – ActiveX Control used to apply eye catching skins to Windows Forms with minimal code

Pocket PC Simulated Resizable Browser

by petersgyoung

A mini browser for PDA web developers.

POS Printing: The Easy Way

by PeaceTiger

VB6 Printer object supports printing to POS printers too. In this article, we will see Why and How.

Power yourself against XSS

by albert arul prakash

XSS gaining popularity to hack into websites. This article describes how to power yourself against XSS

ProcAmp for DirectShow.Net

by Jarno Burger

How to use use brightness, contrast, saturation, hue in your DirectShow.Net filtergraph.

Processing with C# and Oracle PL/SQL

by Dimitar Madjarov

An article which describes an alternative way of cooperation between Oracle PL/SQL and C#

Productivity macros for C# in Visual Studio 2005

by Aleksey Bykov

How to automate typical routine coding tasks in C# with the help of macros

Professional System Library: Introduction

by Vitaly Tomilov

A simplified and unified way for accessing most frequently used information about Process, System, and Environment.

Progress Bar Best Practices

by Tim Greenfield

How to show progress notification for long operations

ProgressBar with Percentage

by Jeroen De Dauw

Component that extends the native .NET progress bar with percentage properties and the ability to display it in the progress bar.

Protecting Your Software Using Simple Serial Number/Activation Key Pair

by Yasser M. Jaffal

This article guides you to simply, yet effectively, prevent your software customers from copying your product without your authorization. I admit it is not a top-security solution, and it will be easy to crack without protecting your compiled code, but it is just for conveying the idea.

Quick and Simple WPF Month-view Calendar - Updated

by kirkaiya

A very simple, XAML-based month-view calendar that shows appointments, exposes events, and allows dragging appointments in the current month.

Quickly Insert Rows Using Your Gridview With No Control Naming

by Prefict

If you hate naming controls in the footer row of your gridview to do an insert, this article is for you.

QuickSort Revisited, Optimised, and Stabilised

by Warrick Procter

QuickSort revisited, with optimisations to minimise machine cycles, stabilised to retain original order, and generalised for convenience.

QVFS - A FAT32 Based Virtual File System Powered by VB.NET 2005

by TonyTonyQ

A virtual file system created using VB.NET, an easy way to store multiple folders and files in two real physical files.

Raising Events from Other Threads

by Mr.PoorEnglish

A generic function helps to avoid "CrossThreadCall-Exception" when raising events from side-threads

Random Desktop Background Changer

by Joss

Create a program that can programatically change the background image, and convert images to BMP.

Read and Write Excel Files

by Vivek.Net

Read and Write Excel Files using VB.NET

Read Only ComboBox Provider

by RanceDowner1234

How to create a read only combobox user IExtenderProvider.

Reading and writing an Excel file using VB.NET

by Raman Tayal

This code helps the user to interact with an Excel file using the OleDBDataProvider in VB.NET.

Reading from Parallel Port using Inpout32.dll

by phebejtsov

Using the Signal Port to read in data instead of Data Port

Really Dynamic Master Pages

by szukuro

Creating ContentPlaceHolders and Contents programmatically

Realy Nice DataGridView

by Bhardwaj Deepak

Really Nice Look n' Feel in a DataGridView

RegEx feed parser for RSS, Atom, OPML ...

by the retired

Is it possible to find an easy way for parsing feeds without the format and versioning traps of XML schemas? The idea becomes reality, thanks to Regular Expressions...

RegexTextBox: A Windows Control Library

by MijaeDjinn

A textbox with regex masking and validation.

Registry Clean Automation for Windows Service

by Jayakrishnan Venkatramanan

This application demonstrates to create custom subkeys in registry while installing/uninstalling windows service.

Remoting Proxy Support for Rhino Mocks

by Ivan Krivyakov

Rhino Mocks version 3.3 can mock any MarshalByRefObject.

Reorderable ListView

by konikula

Inherited ListView which enables user to order multiple items by mouse, and automatically scrolls if necessary

Repeater with Paging: Performing Postback on a Custom Control

by Tommy_Segoro

Repeater with paging: a custom ASP.NET control.

Replacing IFrames with Panels under AJAX

by Oakman

How to maintain scrolltop in AJAX.

Rewritable Web Parts Library

by BrantBurnett

A system for using ASP.NET 2.0 web parts in combination with URL rewriting.

Rich Design Time Editing with UITypeEditors (VB.NET)

by SSDiver2112

How to use UITypeEditors, Smart Tags, ControlDesigner Verbs, and Expandable Properties to make design-time editing easier.

RSS Enclosure Downloader

by Darren Fieldhouse

Using LINQ to XML to download RSS enclosures.

Running DotNetNuke 4.0.2 on Windows XP Home or on any other system lacking IIS

by Vlad Hrybok

This article describes how to run DotNetNuke content management system on UltiDev Cassini web server, which unlike IIS can run on Windows XP Home and can be redistributed along with the DotNetNuke applications.

Running the Microsoft AppLocale Utility in an Automated Batch Script

by Austin Rappa

Getting AppLocale to run in a batch script

Sandcastle Conceptual Help: Quick Start

by Paul Selormey

Learn how to write user manuals with the Sandcastle Help Compiler.

Save Changes on Close of Browser or When Exiting the Page

by Abishek R Srikaanth

This article will show how to save changes on the close of the browser or when exiting a page.

Schedule your web tasks with the WebTaskScheduler

by SalarSoft

This tool provides easy web task scheduling, designed for ASP.NET and uses Caching.

Screen Capture Class

by Arman Ghazanchyan

The SCapture class allows an application to capture still screen images

Screen Shot Application

by Arman Ghazanchyan

Screen Shot is a simple application that allows a user to quickly capture images from the screen and save them in a user predefined folder.

Screen Snaper SideBar Gadget

by DCUtility

Screen Snaper is perfect to quickly share a picture-perfect representation of anything on your screen.

Scrollable GridView

by Jay Stacey

Creating a scrollable GridView with a fixed header.

Secure Persistent ASP.NET Forms Authentication

by BrantBurnett

An ASP.NET system for having two authentication cookies, one secure and one insecure, to have multiple tiers of security by folder.

Seeking and getting the position snippets for DirectShow.NET

by Jarno Burger

How to seek and get the position and duration for your DirectShow movie with VB.NET.

Selective Grayscale Filter

by Miran.Uhan

Convert image to grayscale except predefined color

Send Inline Image Email (VB.NET 2.0)

by WPKF

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.

Send Lotus Notes Email Using C#

by kheaton1111

How to send email to Lotus Notes from C#.

Send strings to another application by using Windows messages

by Tomzhu

A way to send strings to another application by using Windows messages instead of Remoting.

Sending SMS using .NET

by PooranPrasad

This article covers some of the ways of sending SMS using .NET

Serializable Generic Collection

by Behnam Yousefi

A Generic collection that can be serialized in XML format.

Serializing Nested XML

by Rekhender

Serializing and deserializing nested XML.

Show All TextBox Text After Resize

by hayes.adrian

If a TextBox is wide enough to show all text, this method ensures it is visible after a resize.

Silverlight 3: Displaying SQL Server Data

by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to display SQL Server data in a Silverlight DataGrid.

Simple Class to Convert Numbers into Text

by The ANZAC

Takes numbers up to hundreds of trillions and converts them into text

Simple Image Annotation - How to dynamically add rotated text to an image

by SSDiver2112

Add outlined text to an image, rotate it, and move it around with the mouse.

Simple POP3 Email Class

by Luke Niland

A simple POP3 class to download emails from a mail server.

Simplified .NET Configuration

by vbfengshui

A simplified wrapper to the .NET Configuration namespace.

Simplify Code Using NDepend

by Abhishek Sur

Using this article you will get the basic idea of how you could use NDepend to control/analyze your application. It allows to apply design rules and refactor code.

Single Instance Application A Simple Way!

by skullz_softwares

Making Single Instance Application a Simple Way!!

Single web.config file across all environments (dev, test, prod)

by kubben

Have you ever had the issue where every time you release a website to a new environment, you have custom settings in the web.config that need to change for each environment? This article shows a solution where you set up your web.config once and then let the code do the rest of the work.

Singleton Collection in VB.NET

by Jason Witty

Example of a proper Singleton collection in Visual Basic .NET

Small Alarm,Programmed By VB.NET

by nma202000

my first program.

Smart Numerical Analysis Textbox (SNAT)

by Taylor Kobani

Helpfull control for solving a shared equation in textboxes.

SmartCalc, A scientific calculator for SmartPhone.

by Mehran Ghanizadeh

This lite calculator, written in VB.NET, not only can be useful for installing on your smartphone as a real powerful scientific calculator, but also, can be used for learning some good ideas which I've learnt while developing it.

Software's List Installed on Windows Machine

by SurendraKishore

This program gets the list of softwares installed on Windows running machine

Solution for URL Rewriting in ASP.NET

by SHatchard

Powerful solution for URL rewriting and handling rewritten parameters in ASP.NET.

Sort generic collection

by Armin Kabir

This article describe how to sort generic collections

Sorting Gridview using Jquery with ASP.NET

by Sailung Limbu

This article demonstrate flexible client-side table sorting

Source code generator for any data type

by Guillaume Hanique

How to extend Visual Studio so it can generate code for any data type.

SQL Connection Dialog

by TWallick

SQL Connection dialog and saving the connection string

SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 XML Extensions

by Alexander Nowak

In SSRS2005, a new provider is available: XML Data provider. This enables you to create reports from ADO.NET datasets or XML documents from URL-addressable resources, e.g. Web services. This article shows a step-by-step example (basic report, no parameters) how to use this new SSRS 2005 feature.

SQL Stored Procedure Debugging from SQL Query Analyzer

by Sarfraz Munna

Debugging a SQL Stored Procedure in SQL Server 2000 Query Analyzer

SqlServer2000 Backup Control

by Rai Shahid

This control will allow user to backup SqlServer

Statistic Class

by Hossein Narimani Rad

This class has some Statistical function such as mean , variance,...

StringEnum That Works Like System.Enum

by N Jones

A base class for closely simulating enum behavior with the underlying type of string.

Sudoku Algorithm: Generates a Valid Sudoku in 0.018 seconds

by The ANZAC

An article about the simple, yet often annoying to achieve, backtracking algorithm for Sudoku generation.

Switch the wireless adapter state on, to low-power, and off on a Windows Mobile device

by Johan H. Roux

Use PInvoke to control a wireless adapter's power status.

Synchroniq CodeBase v1.0 (Access database backend version)

by MalakieUSN

Code storage tool for any language but developed using Visual Basic .NET 2005. Includes syntax coloring for VB code and can load via the tools menu external option in Visual Studio 2005.

Synchroniq CodeBase v1.0 (SQLServer database backend version)

by MalakieUSN

Code storage tool for any language but developed using Visual Basic .NET 2005. Includes syntax coloring for VB code and can load via the tools menu external option in Visual Studio 2005.

Tabs Which Will Cover Everything

by David Bauernschmidt

How to create a dropdown tab which covers everything

Take Control of Your Non-Client-Area!

by o m n i

Learn how to control your non-client-area, while keeping all the stuff Vista puts on it.

Targeting the .NET Framework 2.0 with Visual Studio 2008

by Robin Jet

Upgrading to a new Visual Studio means installing on a few developer machines - upgrading to target a new framework (3.5) means ensuring that every client of the application has the new framework installed. With Visual Studio 2008, it's possible to target the older frameworks (2.0 and 3.0).

TB-Stickfigure

by Nasenbaaer

Combine graphic objects to create own scenes

Template Based Code Generator

by Rudi Breedenraedt

A template based, command-line oriented .NET code generator

Testing, tracing and debugging in Project Hoshimi

by Raptor.XP

Learn how to trace and debug your Project Hoshimi program with Visual Studio

Text Log Viewer

by özk@n

Text Log Viewer

TFS Event Handler Prototype Configuration Demystified

by Martin 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.

The Amazingly Forgotten 2-Way .NET Rijndael CryptoStream

by _Khallaf

How To Do Precise 2-Way Rijndael CryptoStream Communication

The Arabic Writer

by knightofbaghdad

Write Arabic in programs that don't support the Arabic language, using Unicode.

The AtLeastOneOfValidator Control

by jcoehoorn

Use this validator control to require that at least one control in a list has a value.

The Dark Shadow of Overrides

by Jason McBurney

This article hopefully will assist you in minimizing your learning curve.

The Generalized Theory of GA

by Alaa Jubran

Representation of real variables in a single chromosome.

The Old Mighty Pong

by Buffalloy

A classic in game history.

The TreeListView To End All TreeListViews

by Ted Osberg

An extensible, hybrid Listview/TreeListView control

The WinForms ReportViewer and Multiple Report Definition Files

by richardw48

All the information you need to get the WinForms ReportViewer to display a report in a .rdlc file.

This class has some nice statistical functions

by Hossein Narimani Rad

It has some Statistical function such as mean , variance,...

Three State Treeview - Part 2

by Mr.PoorEnglish

Treeview with Checkboxes supporting 3-state-logic

Time Zone Class

by Arman Ghazanchyan

The TimeZoneInfo class provides properties and methods for any time zone on the system.

TinyWebServer, an ideal portable webserver for ASP.NET project development

by Mehran Ghanizadeh

A tiny portable webserver, called TinyWebServer, which can be used wherever IIS is not availabe.

Tips for Beginner when Creating First Desktop Application

by Rupesh Kumar Swami

An article for beginners that describes that how can we apply form level validation and some common database functions

Titles - Easy Control Over MessageBox, InputBox, and Form Titles

by Drew Stegon

Simple enum and method to set MessageBox, InputBox, and Form titles.

Token Replacement in Office Documents

by Rahul Singla

A new productive way of producing Office documents with dynamic content substitution.

Transparent Label .NET Control

by Koshy Panicker John

This article explains how to create transparent Label controls in .NET Framework, uLabelX Transparent Label Control that support border styles, Images, and parent controls with gradient backgrounds

Tri-State TreeView in Visual Basic .NET

by grega007

A tri-state TreeView using VB.NET.

Turn an Enum into a DataTable

by Edelman

Need to bind controls to pre-set enums? Here's how!

Ultimate .NET Credit Card Utility Class

by BlueLaser05

A powerfully simple .NET utility class for validating and testing credit card numbers in C# and VB.

Unit Testing a DotNetNuke Private Assembly Module

by Bruce Chapman DNN

This article describes how to create unit tests that will test out code for a DotNetNuke custom module.

Unit Testing Database Library

by stavinski

Introduction to unit testing against a database and how the supplied library can help.

universal printing without office

by delcatto

With the free wordviewer 2003/2007 and some xml docs you can print everthing any time

Universal Web Services Consumer Using HTTP POST

by Pramirez

Call Web Services methods without adding a web reference.

Updating the UI from a thread - The simplest way

by Thulasee Shan

A piece of reusable code that implements the functionality to update a UI element from a thread.

Upgrading VB6 to VB.NET

by CS Rocks

This article discusses various things to consider when upgrading a VB6 app to VB.NET.

Uploading files to the SharePoint Document Library and updating any metadata columns

by Junaid Raza

How to upload files to the SharePoint Document Library and update any metadata columns.

Use the .NET framework to shorten a path string with an ellipsis

by Tim Greenfield

Compact a path or any string using built in .NET framework API

Use the XNA Framework in Visual Basic .NET

by Scott Bailey

This is a VB.NET project template, using the XNA framework.

UserControl Textbox

by nareshkumarmasetti

windows Textbox UserControl for only numeric, only alphbates, alphanumeric

Using a Message Queue Asynchronously in .NET Framework 2.0

by Imran A Momin

Provides access to a queue on a Message Queuing server. We will see how to access it asynchronously.

Using ExecWB with the native .NET 2.0 WebBrowser control

by Rocco Labellarte

How to zoom the standard WebBrowser control by accessing ExecWB.

Using Information Retrieval Techniques as an Alternative to Commercial Web Services

by Yasser M. Jaffal

In this article, I discuss an example of how you can use information retrieval to grab data out of MSN Money pages to get a free Web Service for currency exchange rates and other quotes.

Using MAPI properties and events in .NET with the MAPI Store Accessor

by Andrei Smolin

A simple WinForms application that shows MAPI folders and items in your mail profile.

Using MessageQueue in the .NET Framework 2.0

by Imran A Momin

Provides access to a queue on a message queuing server.

Using Nhibernate in VB.NET

by S.SRIVATHSAN

Implementation Nhibernate concept in VB.NET

Using Single EXE to Deploy Multiple Windows Service

by WPKF

To set the Windows Service name in a Setup project instead of in Project Installer of the WIndows Service project

Using the Specification Design Pattern

by Richard A. Dalton

The final part of a four part series of articles on the Specification Design Pattern.

Using VB to Create & Check License Keys

by maz2331

Generate and check license keys embedding 16-bit configuration information

Using VBScript and WMI to Access Vista's BcdStore

by Ross Johnston

An example showing how to use VBScript and WMI to access Vista's BcdStore.

Using Windows Forms

by logicchild

This article is meant to explain Forms and how logic is inserted into the UI.

Using XML as datagridview Source

by Indra PR

An article about linking datagridview with XML file

Validating data with Flat File Checker

by byapparov

An article on data validation with a flat file schema generated in Flat File Checker.

VB LINQ SQL Password Verify For Beginners

by SteveHarrisBeast

How to make a password verification form in VB that uses LINQ and SQL

vb.net AT commands to send SMS

by namrata khandeparkar

this article allows you to send SMS to any mobile using GSM modem or your mobile connected via USB able to Computer

VB.NET Background File Downloader

by Jeroen De Dauw

A multithreaded file downloader with progress details, speed info and more

VB.NET to MySQL Database Connection

by jopascual

Connecting from VB.NET to a MySQL database.

VB.NET/C# and JavaScript communication

by Qaiser_Iftikhar

VB.NET/C# and JavaScript communication, how to.

Verify the integrity of directory trees using Checksum Verifier

by Ashutosh Phoujdar

A small utility to verify checksums.

Vista Thumbnail-Enhanced Virtual Desktop Manager

by Z-Human

A full virtual desktop manager enhanced by a full screen for desktop preview with drag and drop live Window thumbnails rendered using Vista's thumbnails API.

Visual Basic 6.0: A giant more powerful than ever

by ISpliter

When discussing VB6, we should look at the reality of the situation and not on preconceived opinions. New source code projects are made daily in Visual Basic 6.0. The paper proposes the reintroduction of Visual Basic 6.0 on the market, in parallel with Visual Studio line.

Visual Studio 2005 Auto-versioning Add-in

by ]Whatever[

An add-in that handles incrementing assembly and file version numbers under certain conditions.

Volume Shadow Copies from .NET

by Joe Lynds

Use the Windows Volume Shadow Copy service from .NET.

Waiting Control / IE 7 Progressbar Control using WPF

by jebarson

Timeless or non-progress based waiting / progress control using WPF

WCF Operation Timeout Exception

by Sadish Kumar.V

WCF Operation Timeout Exception

Weather Using VB.NET and Yahoo RSS!

by nedal_jo_jo

Weather Using VB.NET and Yahoo RSS!

Web Message Box for ASP.NET

by petersgyoung

A message box for ASP.NET to send back server messages to users.

Weekday of Month Calculation

by Wauna

Calculate this same weekday of month last year

What is a PGN file and how to write PGN files

by Louwgi

What is a PGN file and how to write PGN files

Who's Online?: A Virtual Earth And User Session Mashup in ASP.NET

by Jason 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.

Windows Forms Bindings: A best practice oriented to code generation (Part I)

by FrankNight

This article shows an example of how to build a software component according to best practices that is customizable through code generation techniques.

Windows Forms Validation w/ ErrorProvider Control Quickly (Validate Whole Form at Once)

by tricos

Windows Forms Validation w/ ErrorProvider Control Quickly (Validate Whole Form at Once)

Windows Vista Treeview

by virtual.aussie

A custom made TreeView with Windows Vista look.

Winsock Revamped

by Chris Kolkman

A fairly simple to use Winsock component, allowing simple networked applications. Built modeling the VB6 component of the same name, with enhancements.

WMI wrapper

by Eric Marcon

A wrapper to provide WMI classes for .NET solutions.

WMP Power Hour APP

by Froz3n

Using the Windows Media Player Component

WordWrap with PrintDocument

by Greg Osborne

Code to ensure word wrapping in a PrintDocument object.

Workaround when SQLDataSource doesn't Maintain SelectCommand on Postback

by Mustafa Basgun

This small piece of article explains how to solve the issue when the SQLDataSource doesn't maintain the latest SelectCommand between postbacks.

Working in ASP Net with EventLog

by ddrakonn

Working in ASP Net with EventLog

Working with Active Directory in VB.NET

by Psycho-*Coder*-Extreme

This article explains how to perform tasks within the Active Directory in a Windows 2000+ network.

Working with CLR Objects in SQL Server 2005 or Above Part 2

by Abhishek Sur

Gives an introduction of how to create SQL CLR managed objects in SQL server.

Working with Multiple Images with Each TreeNode

by Mohd Arshad Malik

Working with Multiple Images with Each TreeNode

Working with Project Template and Wizard Extension

by Joshi, Rushikesh

Create a customized project template, and let your team use it for repaid development.

Working with UTF8 characters...

by JustChiragPatel

it is not difficult to work with UTF 8 characters anymore...

World's Easiest Multi-Select TreeView

by terpy

A quick and easy way to enable multi-select in a TreeView, and an easy way to iterate selected nodes.

Wpf ErrorProvider - Integrating IDataErrorInfo, WPF, and the Validation Application Block (VAB)

by Rahul Singla

A WPF validation control integrated with VAB and IDataErrorInfo.

WPF Glass Brush Markup Extension

by LarryCharlton

A WPF XAML markup extension with a "Glass" look

WPF ProcessingContentControl

by Yaakov Davis

A ContentControl that displays continuously progressing view when its content is being processed.

Writing a custom Structure to a binary file in Visual Basic 2008

by Alessandro Del Sole

Techniques for writing custom data types written in Visual Basic 2008 to a binary file.

Writing a LINQ query on an XML data file: Step by step explanation in VB.NET (VS2008)

by Ravindranath Maddela

VB.NET LINQ query on an XML file.

Writing CLS-Compliant Structures in Visual Basic 2008

by Alessandro Del Sole

Techniques for writing your own Structures which adhere to the Microsoft CLS, using Visual Basic 2008.

WSSE Authentication for WebRequest/Response

by rei_codeproject

An implementation of WSSE authentication method for AtomAPI using IAuthenticationModule interface

Xml Database Demo

by CS Rocks

This article walks you through creating a simple windows database with an Xml file as it's datasource.

XML Serialization - Part 1

by Patel Pranav

How to Use XML to Serialize and Deserialize an Object

XML Writer for MP3 Tags, with XSD Validation Using LINQ to XML

by rspercy65

Creates MP3 tag XML files and validates them

YCC Trainer – Tutorial for Yahoo! Messenger

by tansqrx101

YCC Trainer is a sample application showing you how to program for the Yahoo! Messenger protocol

Yet Another ASP.NET Combobox - Part 1

by Swift coder

Create ASP.NET Combobox using Javascript, CSS and ASP.NET

yet another XPathTester

by Mr.PoorEnglish

...trying to be designed ergonomic

Zipping files in a custom pipeline

by Venky Gundlapally

This article will tell us how to compress and encrypt a zip file in a custom send pipeline.