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DataBinding a DropDownList in a FormView
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Paul Kimmel - 05/22/2009
Providing a drop down list in your ASP.NET Web applications help users avoid wasting time with bad data and it's a kinder, gentler thing to do.

Creating a Rounded Panel Control
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Paul Kimmel - 12/11/2008
Round those corners and make your user interfaces a little jazzier with a rounded rectangle Panel control; a fun chunk of code to incorporate into your application.

Handling that Pesky Windows ControlBox
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Paul Kimmel - 09/30/2008
Some things that seem hard are actually quite easy, and some things that seem easy take a little work, like that little [X] on a Windows Form, the ControlBox. Learn how to know just when that little bugger is pressed.

Creating a Most Recents Menu Item with the MenuStrip
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Paul Kimmel - 09/24/2008
The MenuStrip and ToolStripMenuItem are a little harder to use than the Menu from earlier versions of VB. Walk through exercises using the MenuStrip, ToolStrip, and the Command behavior pattern to encapsulate a Recents menu for your applications that operate on files.

The Amazing GroupBox, Part 2
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Hannes du Preez - 07/21/2008
Gain the ability to contain controls and add a little preview for your control in design time.

The Amazing GroupBox, Part 1
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Hannes du Preez - 07/01/2008
Learn how to create your own GroupBox, with added features such as Alignment for the Title, and a scrollbar for child controls.

[Updated] Export DataGridView to Microsoft Excel
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Paul Avery - 05/07/2008
Learn how to export information from a DataGridView to a Microsoft Excel file.

The Bare Basics of the Timer Control
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Richard Newcombe - 01/17/2008
Learn about some simple timer functions that produce some very complex effects.

[Updated] How to Build a Simple Event Log Montior/Watcher (Using TCP in .NET)
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aleksisa - 11/12/2007
Learn how to build a simple event log "watcher" application to monitor event log changes on a remote machine(s).

A First Look at Visual Studio 2008 Shell
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Josh Fitzgerald - 08/10/2007
See what Visual Studio 2008 Shell has to offer and how it can help you.

Implementing Extension Methods in VB.NET
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Paul Kimmel - 05/25/2007
Extension Methods permit programmers to add behavior to a class without creating a wrapper. Here, you will learn how to implement Extension Methods in Visual Basic and .NET.

Creating PowerShell Cmdlets in VB 2005
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Josh Fitzgerald - 05/23/2007
Windows PowerShell not only offers a powerful shell and scripting language, but also an easily extensible interface. Here, you will learn that it is relatively simple to extend the shell and language by creating custom cmdlets.

Creating a Custom DataGrid Paging Control
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mendhak - 02/06/2007
Create your own custom DataGrid paging control over which you, the developer, will have more control.

Getting Past the 2 Gb File Limit
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Richard Newcombe - 01/22/2007
Take a closer look at the 2 Gb limit that we are plagued with in different languages, and how to get around them.

Anti-Aliased Image Transformation (Aaform)
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msg555 - 12/19/2005
Given an image and a quadralateral, Aaform will fit the image onto the quadraleteral passed using geometry.

Speedometer Gauge Class/OCX
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Duane Odom - 02/08/2005
Create a visual speedomer that you can use in your Visual Basic programs.

Filling ListView Dynamically From any Data Sources with VB.NET
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DrDotNet1981 - 09/09/2004
Learn to combine VB.NET, ADO.NET, ListView XML, and SQL Server 2000.

[Updated] Implementing a Progress Bar in Visual Basic Applications
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zipcn046 - 05/19/2004
This database-driven search application keeps the user informed about the search process and thus improves the overall user experience. Informing the user about the processing is the fundamental motive of the Progress Bar.

Send a SMS (Text Message) Via Your Analog Modem
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mikeeball - 05/13/2004
Send a SMS text message from your PC via your modem.

Adding MouseLeave and MouseHover Events to VB6 Controls
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hspc - 04/28/2004
This article is about creating ActiveX controls in Visual Basic 6 that have two extra mouse Events: MouseLeave, MouseHover.

Excel 2 Win!
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Sids - 03/10/2004
This tutorial demonstrates how to copy Excel data into a Windows DataGrid Control from the Clipboard.

A method to reposition standard MsgBox windows from VB
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Aaron Young - 02/07/2004
Use This small BAS module to allow you to reposition any standard MsgBox window. (Added: 1-Mar-2000)

Disabling the Windows Start Button
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Aaron Young - 02/03/2004
Learn how to disable the Windows start button'—use with caution! Remember to turn it back on again later. (Added: 7-Jan-2000)

Windows HotKeys
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Imran Zaheer - 02/03/2004
Learn how to use multiple HotKeys in a single application, with each key assigned a different function. (Added: 14-May-2000)

Disk Serial Number'—Using the WMI Scripting Library
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Gary Allen - 02/03/2004
Use the new WMI interfaces to obtain the disk's serial number. (Added: 24-Sep-2000)

Enhancing the SHBrowseForFolder API Function
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Stephen Fonnesbeck - 02/03/2004
Extend the functionality that was given in the MSDN Knowledge Base article Q179497 "HOWTO: Select a Directory Without the Common Dialog Control". (Added: 22-Feb-2000)

Determining the Active Window
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Aaron Young - 02/03/2004
Learn how to find the active window on the Windows desktop. (Added: 15-Feb-2000)

Locating Desktop Icon Positions using Memory Mapped Files
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Paul Pavlic - 02/03/2004
Learn how to manipulate the desktop using Windows memory-mapped files. (Added: 9-Jun-1999)

A DataGrid Control as a Disconnected Data Entry Tool
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Lothar Haensler - 02/03/2004
Learn how to use the VB6 DataGrid as a data-entry tool with a Disconnected ADOR RecordSet'—very small and very useful! (Added: 7-Dec-1999)

A 'real' Round Tool Tip Control
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T Ravi Kiran - 02/03/2004
Learn how to modify the tooltip window to get a true 'shaped' API tooltip window for your controls. (Added: 7-Dec-1999)

MDI TaskBar
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Marcin Swiatek - 02/03/2004
Learn about an UserControl transferring concept of Windows 95 TaskBar to MDI application. (Added: 31-Dec-1998)

A 3D Label Control
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John Meller - 02/03/2004
Learn to create a 3D Label. (Added: 3-May-2000)

Create Controls Dynamically (VB6)
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Manoj Tuli - 02/03/2004
Learn how to create controls at runtime using the Controls.Add method (VB6 only) (Added: 7-Nov-2000)

Extended Timer Control - Intervals greater than 60000+ milliseconds
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Ovidiu Crisan - 02/03/2004
Learn how to create a timer control compatible with the standard VB control but that handles intervals greater than the standard VB timer control allows. (Added: 9-Nov-1999)

Create your Own TaskBar Control in VB5/6
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David Newcum - 02/03/2004
Learn how to create your own OCX that will turn a form into a Windows 'TaskBar'. (Added: 13-Jul-1999)

An Owner Drawn Clock Control VB5/6
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Stefaan Casier - 01/30/2004
Create your own Analogue clock control in Visual Basic 5 / 6. (Added: 4-Apr-2000

A Splitter WIndow Control For VB
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Rene Lang - 01/30/2004
Build Splitter Window capability into any VB project easily and quickly. (Added: 3-Sep-2000)

A Tab Control - VB5/6
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Stefaan Casier - 01/30/2004
Create your own tab control without using the common controls or the Windows API. (Added: 4-Apr-2000)

A Custom Message Box ActiveX Control
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John Meller - 01/30/2004
Create an ActiveX control that will produce a message box. This code is based upon Netscape's new message box. (Added: 14-May-2000)

An Owner Drawn Calendar Control VB5/6
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Stefaan Casier - 01/30/2004
Create your own professional calendar control in VB5/6. Completely customizable with many different styles. (Added: 4-Apr-2000)

Displaying the File Properties Dialog
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Lothar A. Haensler - 01/27/2004
Learn how to display the file properties dialog for any file on the system with one function call. (Added: 6-Aug-1999)

Enumerating CD Devices on Your System
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Aaron Young - 01/27/2004
Learn how to determine all the CD-ROMdrives you have connected to your computer. (Added: 20-Jan-2000)

Display the Browse For Folder Dialog
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Gilles ROY - 01/27/2004
This BAS module allows you to display the 'Browse Folders' dialog with one function call. (Added: 20-Aug-1999)

Easy Method of Writing And Reading Small Text Files
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Konstantin Komissarchik - 01/27/2004
Learn an easy way of reading and writing strings to individual text files in VB (Added: 12-May-1999)

Four Different Methods to Display the Find Files Dialog
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Ovidiu Crisan - 01/27/2004
Learn about four different methods of displaying the 'Find Files' dialog from within a Visual Basic Program. (Added: 11-Apr-2000)

Create your own Outlook bar
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Oliver Marohn - 10/13/2003
(Originally posted December 23, 1998.)

Raising ColumnResize event in MSFlexGrid (VB 5.0)
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Bogdan V. Chernyachuk - 10/13/2003
This article demonstrates how to capture the Column Resize event in a MSFlexGrid Control (VB5 - maybe VB6). (Originally posted April 12, 1999.)

Editable FlexGrid/Grid Control in VB4/5/6
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Atakan Devrim Pakkan - 10/13/2003
This code shows how to use a TextBox control with a Grid.OCX (VB4) or a MSFlexGrid.OCX (VB5/6) control to make an editable grid control. It also demonstrates how to copy the selected Cells to the ClipBoard. (Originally posted May 7, 1999.)

Drop-down the DataComboBox in VB6
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Johan Ooghe - 10/13/2003
Shows how to drop down the DataComboBox in VB6 when the SendMessage API call doesn't work. (Originally posted May 2, 1999.)

How to add a new node to a Sheridan Active TreeView control without popup boxes
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Aaron Scribner - 10/13/2003
This code shows how to add nodes to a Sheridan TreeView control with popup menus - the code can easily be converted for use with a standard TreeView. (Originally posted July 1,1999.)

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