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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

VB Other Controls

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.)