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Home >> Visual Basic >> General >> Misc

Misc

Algorithms


[Updated] Sorting Algorithms In VB
Rating:
Richard Newcombe - 02/13/2008
Cover a few of the better-known sorting algorithms with sample code for VB6.

[Updated] A Big Integer Package for Use in Visual Basic Written in Visual C++
Rating:
Jeffrey Walton - 11/29/2006
A 'How To' for creating a COM Big Integer Library that uses Visual C++ ATL Wizard and Wei Dai's Crypto++ Library.

[Updated] Anti-Aliased Image Rotation (Aarot)
Rating:
msg555 - 11/07/2005
Rotate images using geometry.

Create a Custom Application Block That Decouples Your Code
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 05/31/2005
Implement Paul Kimmel's Radio pattern to separate internal messaging within an application. Along the way, you'll learn how to create a reusable custom application block for the same purpose.

Prime Programming Proficiency, Part 3: Lines-of-Code Counter
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 08/12/2004
You can track the number of projects, files, and lines of code in any given solution implemented with VS.NET. Just invoke a built-in, lines-of-code counter in VS.NET and implement it as a macro that other teams can share.

Selecting a Geometrical Object
Rating:
Lea Hayes - 07/09/2004
Learn about a method of selecting a geometrical object which is described by its vertices. This article might be of use if you are creating 2D or 3D shape related software.

How Visual Basic 6 Stores Data
Rating:
Pinky98 - 06/29/2004
This article describes how VB 6 stores Bytes, Booleans, Integers, Longs, Singles, Doubles, Strings (Fixed- and Variable-Length), Currencys, Dates, Variants, Arrays and UDTs.

VB .NET Tip: Encryption in Just Twelve Lines of Code!
12/24/2003
If you don't want the overhead or complexity of a government-standard encryption technique, there is a simple solution.

Creating a Transposition Table
Rating: none
Ziad Cassim - 09/03/2003
Use a transposition algorithm in Visual Basic. Using any text, the algorithm produces every permutation possible. (The article, demo project, and source code were updated.)

Permutations in Visual Basic -- Generating All Possible Combinations
Rating:
Bruno A. Blank Cassol - 01/16/2003
Generating all possible combinations of a string in Visual Basic.


Console Applications


[Updated] Shutdown Manager
Rating:
TT(n) - 11/16/2009
The Windows "Turn off" buttons are three or more steps away from the desktop work area, depending on your personal settings. This can be not only inconvenient, but downright bothersome at times. These programs can power down the computer, in just one or two steps.

[Updated] How to Build a Simple Event Log Montior/Watcher (Using TCP in .NET)
Rating:
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 Prize Console-ation in VB 2005
Rating:
Josh Fitzgerald - 05/22/2006
Think console applications are old news? Then you haven't tried the cool new console application features available in VB 2005. Check out some of this author's favorites.

Taking the Visual out of Visual Basic
Rating: none
Karl Moore - 09/24/2003
Learn how to creating a DOS-style console application with Visual Basic. The simplicity of doing this may surprise you!


Date


Accurately Storing a Visual Basic 6 Date in an XML DOM Document
Rating: none
Michael Vanhoutte - 10/13/2005
Learn about one possible way to safely store a Visual Basic 6 Date-datatype in an XML Document.

Calculating the Years Between Dates
Rating: none
Karl Moore - 03/18/2004
Business applications often find it useful to calculate the number of years between two particular dates, such as the date a customer first ordered and the present date, perhaps to see whether they apply for a "loyalty" discount or a free gift.

Figuring Out Quarters in .NET
Rating:
Karl Moore - 03/16/2004
Calculating the opening and closing quarter dates for a particular date is a common task for programmers. So, to save you from figuring out how to write that code, here are some ready-to-run functions that do it all for you.

Calculating the Next Working Day in .NET
Rating:
Karl Moore - 03/11/2004
Sometimes you don't just want to add a certain number of days to a date; you want to take working days into account.

Leap Year Validation
Rating: none
Thomas A. Cassano - 01/30/2004
Check if a given year is a leap year - fully Y2K compliant. (Added: 2-May-1999)

Julian Date Code
Rating: none
Thomas A. Cassano - 01/30/2004
Calculate dates from a Julian calendar. (Added: 2-May-1999)


Debugging and Tracing


Running Custom Tracepoint Macros in Visual Studio
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 07/06/2009
Programming is hard,debugging is hard. Doing both well is critical to being a good programmer. To make things easier for us Paul Kimmel demonstrates how to run custom Tracepoint with macros.

XML Documents from Comments
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 01/08/2008
Intellisense is a programmer's best friend. The framework is too big to memorize, but Intellisense can make finding things manageable. Extend Intellisense into your own code with XML comments in Visual Studio 8 and 9.

Implementing a Custom TraceListener
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 12/04/2002
A mainstay of software engineering is a concept called tracing. The basic idea is that you insert statements into your code that provide information about your application while it is running. (.NET)


Encryption


Creating Your Own Encryption / Decryption Program Using VB.NET 2005
Rating: none
Hannes du Preez - 07/07/2009
With this article, I will try my best to assist you in protecting valuable information such as Passwords, account numbers and so on.

VB .NET Tip: Encryption in Just Twelve Lines of Code!
Rating:
Karl Moore - 08/05/2005
If you don't want the overhead or complexity of a government-standard encryption technique, there is a simple solution.

Encrypt DataSets for Offline Storage
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 01/28/2005
Learn how to encrypt offline data, .NET style. Paul Kimmel offers you the opportunity to experiment with ADO.NET, XML serialization, streams, and the DPAPI—technologies you can use to encrypt user data.

Combining Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption
Rating:
larryjf - 11/01/2004
Explains symmetric and asymmetric encryption, and then shows how to combine them. The .NET framework is used. All code snippets are written in VB.NET.

Encrypting Data in .NET
09/17/2003
If you want to conceal chunks of data like connection strings or data written to a database or XML file then you could use the simplified class resting on the CryptoAPI demonstrated in this article.


Games and Fun


Changing Mouse Settings With VB.NET
Rating:
Hannes du Preez - 12/16/2008
Learn how to change all the mouse settings through the use of your Visual Basic program and the Registry.

Creating a Rounded Panel Control
Rating:
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.

The TaskBar and VB.NET
Rating:
Hannes du Preez - 12/10/2008
Learn to create an application that can set and apply most TaskBar settings.

VB and Internet Explorer Browsing History
Rating: none
Hannes du Preez - 12/09/2008
Highlights of this article include: the clearing of all the various History settings (this includes the browsing info, cookies, form data, and so on). It also covers how to change Internet Explorer's font settings, and how to access the Organize favourites dialog box from within your program.

The Amazing GroupBox, Part 2
Rating: none
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
Rating:
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.

Creating a Pong Game
Rating: none
Quasar - 06/05/2008
It's a simple game, but this tutorial will get you playing in a very short time.

Animation in VB (Part 1)
Rating:
Richard Newcombe - 02/11/2008
Look at doing a simple stick figure animations, and then use similar methods to create a simple, fast-paced 2D vector animated game.

Developing an Application for Facebook
Rating:
Hannes du Preez - 11/28/2007
Discover, and learn to use, some of the behind-the-scenes technologies used with Facebook, and learn how to write an application that interfaces with Facebook.

[Updated] Wallpaper Changer
Rating:
Hannes du Preez - 11/06/2007
Learn how to create an application that changes your wallpapers after a specified period, as well as how to apply the Tile, Center, and Stretch wallpaper styles.

Customising Your Desktop with Visual Basic.NET 2005
Rating:
Hannes du Preez - 10/09/2007
Learn how to launch, configure, and preview screen savers on your own form; also, learn how to change the computer's Visual style (along with the fonts and colours pertaining to the particular visual style), and other useful things.

A WebCam Class in Visual Basic
Rating: none
Liam Bateman - 07/12/2007
Discover a simple class to control the settings in your Web Cam.

Why Most Code Looks Like a Rube Goldberg Invention
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 01/10/2007
Reliability is a by-product of beautiful code, so conscientious programmers care about the look of their code. But who's got the time to write beautiful code when deadlines and end users couldn't care less what the code looks like? Here's how to make the time.

Old Programmers Never Die, They Just Become Managers. Not!
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 03/17/2006
What young programmers have in energy, we veteran programmers have in experience. Find out how to use that experience to stay one step ahead of the eager youngsters.

More: You Might Be Suffocating in a Constipated Bureaucracy If...
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 06/30/2005
Paul Kimmel sends up the IT workplace with another parody based on the comedy of Jeff Foxworthy. Depending on how close to home these comical scenarios hit, you may not know whether to laugh or cry.

All I Want for Christmas Are Words
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 12/03/2004
Dear Santa, all Paul Kimmel wants for Christmas is code that employs whole words and a sane use of capitalization, abolishing funny prefix characters and prefix notations. Is he asking too much?

Moses Delivers the Ten Commandments for Programmers
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 10/22/2004
If you asked Charlton Heston, Moses in the epic film The Ten Commandments, to list 10 useful commandments for programmers, Paul Kimmel believes this would be his answer.

Why Adam Smith Is Right and Software Generalists Are Wrong, an Exemplar in Heroic Couplet
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 09/20/2004
Paul Kimmel offers an ode to the symbiotic relationship between the programmer and the tester, positing that software quality suffers when one generalist assumes both roles.

You Might be Suffocating in a Constipated Bureaucracy If...
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 08/13/2004
If every project you work on has a schedule before it has a plan, you might be suffocating in a constipated bureaucracy. That's just one of the 36 workplace quips you'll find as Paul Kimmel does for programmers what Jeff Foxworthy did for rednecks.

Programming for Fun and Profit
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 01/26/2004
Learn to tap into the cards.dll provided with Windows to give your card games the same professional look used in Windows' card games!

Creating the Brainvita Game
Rating: none
Sachin Arun Chavan - 01/09/2003
A simple VB game program that takes advantage of using the image control's index property. Created with just a few lines of code (less than 10).


Icons


Getting Associated Icons Using VB .NET
Rating:
Parvez Ahmad Hakim - 10/21/2003
Learn how to use Visual Basic .NET with the SHGetFileInfo function to get the icons that are associated with files.


Misc


Creating an Ultra-Thin Client
02/04/2004
Learn two techniques for creating thin .NET clients without the inflexibility of Web applications.

Fast Graphs WITHOUT an ActiveX / OCX Control
Rating:
Felix Haas - 01/30/2004
Create a line-2d graph without the need for a custom OCX. (Added: 31-Dec-1998)

Exporting VB code to RTF or HTML format with Syntax Highlighting
Rating: none
Stefaan Casier - 01/30/2004
Export your VB code in either HTML or RTF format with full syntax highlighting. (Added: 7-Mar-2000)

Polynomial Fit Functions
Rating:
Frank Schindler - 01/30/2004
Learn about a class that provides an easy way to add polynomial regression functionality to any application. (Added: 24-Sep-2000)

An Othello / Reversi Game in VB5 / 6
Rating: none
Stefaan Casier - 01/30/2004
Build a Reversi Game in VB. It also demonstrates some good graphical techniques. (Added: 7-Mar-2000)

Command Line Parsing and More
Rating: none
Mike Poulin - 01/30/2004
Simplify Command Line Parsing (Added: 28-Jun-1999)

Check Credit Card Number
Rating: none
BrewGuru99 - 01/30/2004
Validate a Credit Card number, returning true/false on the results. (Added: 24-Sep-2000)

Detecting Mouse-Clicks Globally
Rating:
Aaron Young - 01/30/2004
Learn how to detect a mouse click anywhere in Windows. (Added: 1-Feb-2000)

Converting Values from Numeric Currency to Word Currency in Microsoft Excel
Rating: none
Yogendra Rawat - 01/30/2004
Use three files and a conversion demonstration of numeric currency to string currency with the help of a macro and Visual Basic in Microsoft Excel. (Added: 20-Nov-2002)

1st, 2nd, 3rd: Using Ordinal Numbers in your App
12/11/2003
Adding ordinals to your applications requires intelligence. Learn to make 1, 2, 3 become 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

The Trick to Temporary Files
12/01/2003
Learn how to create (and then remove) temporary files from your Visual Basic programs.

How Big Is That File'—in English?
12/01/2003
What a human being would call one gigabyte, a computer would call 1073741824 bytes. How do you translate one into the other? Karl shows you how in Visual Basic.

How to Snatch HTML Using Visual Basic Code!
11/25/2003
Discover how to create a Visual Basic function that will grab the HTML from a Web page!

Paul's Recipe for a Perfect Project
08/18/2003
Just for fun, Paul Kimmel provides his recipe for building a successful project.


Multi-Language Support


Slow Chat with the MS Visual Basic Team
Rating: none
Bradley Jones - 08/08/2008
VBForums had a Slow Chat with some of the members of the Microsoft Visual Basic team. Find out what's new and important with VB here.

Language Feature Highlight: Extension Methods
Rating: none
Mark Strawmyer - 10/29/2007
Discover what extension methods are, the syntax for using them, and why they are important.

Using Satellite Assemblies for Multi-Language Programming
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 09/26/2003
With just a modest amount of work you can prepare your Visual Basic .NET applications for customers that speak other languages.


Numbers


Base Number Conversion Routines
Rating:
John Pirkey - 01/30/2004
Learn to convert decimal numbers to any base system (up to base 36) and back again. (Added: 3-May-2000)


OOP


OP-ED: Do You Hear the Sirens' Song?
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 11/21/2007
Everyone has ideas about how to build software. Explore some common fallacies and collect some hints that may help you along the way. All of the ideas are the opinion of the author (who is sometimes wrong).

Design a Football Engine and Learn How to Apply Design Patterns (Observer, Decorator, Strategy)
Rating: none
Anoop Madhusudanan - 06/12/2006
Learn how to model a very simple football game engine and identify the design problems in it.

When OOP Becomes POO
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 03/31/2005
Many people who understand OOP well enough to use it are trying to create it too. Paul Kimmel says that's often when OOP becomes POO.

Has Visual Basic Lost Its Way?
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 02/22/2005
Paul Kimmel says the next big paradigm shift in programming will be based on .NET. Find out what he predicts VB's role will be in this coming change, and why he wonders whether Microsoft dropped the ball with VB.NET.

It Is a Matter of State
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 06/02/2004
Learn about the State pattern, which permits an object to change its behavior dynamically by changing its internal state, creating the illusion that the object has changed.

Data Transfer Object Pattern Goes VB.NET
Rating: none
Achtermeier Andre - 04/29/2004
How to implement the dto-pattern in VB.NET, so that the client side has nothing to know about the data structure.

An Introduction To Object Orientated Programming with VB4/5/6
Rating: none
Chris Eastwood - 02/05/2004
Learn the concepts behind OOP and how they relate to programming with VB. (Added: 22-Feb-2000)


PDF


A PDF Solution for All Programming Platforms
Rating: none
Victor Volkman - 07/12/2006
To begin writing raw PDF files, you need a solid working knowledge of PostScript—and that's not pretty. In reality, you need a complete PDF library that handles all your document-creation needs.

Write to a PDF File From VB
Rating:
Dinesh Asanka - 11/14/2003
Learn how to create a PDF file using Visual Basic. (The source code and demo project were updated.)


Plugins


Compilers Demystified: Function Pointers in Visual Basic 6.0
Rating:
Bornish - 06/21/2007
Learn how to enable VB6 applications to use function pointers and how to embed native code without using external DLLs.

Add-Ins for Ms-Excel
Rating: none
Nileema Sadar - 08/16/2006
Learn about two add-ins, one for case sensitivity and one for a non-case sensitive search.

VB and Voice Recognition: Part 4
Rating:
Richard Newcombe - 03/03/2006
Although many use text to speech, this covers most of the controls, properties, and how to add it to a diction application.

VB and Voice Recognition, Part 3: The Voice Controls
Rating: none
Richard Newcombe - 01/27/2006
Cover the Properties, Methods, and Events of the voice controls.

VB and Voice Recognition, Part 2
Rating: none
Richard Newcombe - 01/26/2006
Delve in a little deeper into Voice recognition and add Voice diction to your Voice text editor.

VB and Voice Recognition
Rating:
Richard Newcombe - 12/13/2005
Adding voice commands to your application is not as difficult as many may think.

Everything About Plugins
Rating:
B. Westerbaan - 10/07/2003
A relatively abstract article on building and using plug-ins. The focus is on VB .NET.

Understanding Plugins
Rating:
David Zimmer - 06/27/2003
Learn how to create plugins for your applications using Visual Basic.


Printing


Report Solution Patterns and Recipes: Greenbar Reports
Rating: none
Paul Turley - 06/19/2006
A solution recipe to mimic reports printed on greenbar paper.

Printing with Formatting in VB .NET
Rating: none
Jereme Guenther - 05/04/2006
Learn about a printing class that allows text to be formatted at the character level.

An EMF Spoolfile Viewer
Rating: none
Clearcode - 05/19/2005
Windows NT (and decendants) has the option of spooling print files in EMF format. This application allows you to view these files onscreen as they would appear on the printed page.

Fill a combobox with current defined printers
Rating: none
Andri Masson - 01/30/2004
Populate a list/combo box with a list of all installed printers on your system. (Added: 22-Jun-1999)

The Secret Rebirth of Visual Basic's .PrintForm
Rating: none
Karl Moore - 01/30/2004
Like a number of older features, Visual Basic's .PrintForm got sold out in the name of 'standardization.' Learn how to bring it back!

A .NET Text Printing Class... That Works!
10/31/2003
Because not all of Microsoft's examples work as expected, Karl will show you how to have your applications print from the .NET Framework.


Samples


Text to Speech Using Windows SAPI
Rating: none
saifi hasan - 06/26/2007
Learn how to use the Windows Text-To-Speech (TTS) API.

[Updated] Sample Code: Sudoku in VB .NET
Rating:
Michael Champion - 12/22/2006
Sudoku is a logic-based location puzzle game normally played using numbers. This is simply an introduction to some of the facets of VB .NET using the mathematics behind Sudoku.

An Orcas Preview: Go Inside the Next Version of VB
Rating: none
Josh Fitzgerald - 07/07/2006
Visual Basic 9 (codename: Orcas) promises exciting new features to make developers' lives easier, especially in the areas of data access and management. Get a feature preview of a few standouts.

Test Driven Development from Scratch with NUnit 2.2.0, TestDriven.Net 1.0, and VB.NET
Rating: none
Victor Damian - 03/29/2005
This is a very simple example to get TDD newbies started with NUnit 2.2.0 and Test Driven.Net 1.0 in VB.NET.

Discovering Visual Basic .NET: Using Functions and Arguments
Rating:
Bill Hatfield - 12/30/2004
A lot of functionality it already done for you. Learn how to use built-in functionality in Visual Basic .NET. with this installment of our Visual Basic .NET tutorials.

[Updated] Writing Your Own GPS Applications: Part I
Rating:
Jon Person - 12/29/2004
What is it that GPS applications need to be good enough to handle in-car navigation? Also, how does the process of interpreting GPS data actually work? This two-part series will cover both topics and give you the skills you need to write a commercial-grade GPS application that works with a majority of GPS devices in the industry today.

[Updated] Hottest Forum Q&A on CodeGuru for the week of March 7, 2004
Rating:
Sonu Kapoor - 03/26/2004
Lots of hot topics are covered in the Discussion Forums on CodeGuru. If you missed the forums this week, you missed some interesting ways to solve a problem.

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

DuckHunt - a game
Rating: none
John M Whittle - 01/30/2004
Program a look-alike of a classic game. (Added: 31-Dec-1998)


Text


"Search and Replace" in Visual Basic Applications
Rating: none
zipcn046 - 03/24/2005
Implementing "Search and Replace" functionality in your VB application is very easy. The straightforward and to-the-point algorithm that I developed for this will make it easier for you to understand it.

String Function - CountWords
Rating: none
M. Tufail - 02/07/2004
Learn how to code a routine to return the number of words in a string (including strings containing CR/LF codes). (Added: 4-Apr-2000)

VB Syntax Coloring
Rating: none
Sam Huggil - 02/07/2004
Learn about another method to color code VB Syntax in an RTF control. (Added: 9-Jun-1999)

Formatting Strings
Rating: none
clabbott76 - 02/07/2004
Learn how to left, right, or center text within a specified length. EG. format "Hello" right justified within a length of 10 characters. " Hello". (Added: 9-Jun-1999)

Removing Characters and Strings from a String (VB6)
Rating: none
Konstantin Komissarchik - 02/07/2004
Learn how to wrap the VB6 Replace command to remove any characters from a string, eg. StripOut("abcdefg", "bdf") This will return a string that had all of its 'b', 'd', and 'f' characters removed. (Added: 12-May-1999)

String Functions - Library of Routines
Rating: none
Craig Shea - 02/07/2004
Learn about a BAS file with a powerful collection of routines to handle string parsing / splitting. (Added: 4-Apr-2000)

Extracting Path / Filename from a String
Rating: none
clabbott76 - 02/07/2004
Take a Windows compatible path and break it into the filename with extension and without extension, the extension alone, the path, and whether it's a valid file or not. (Added: 9-Jun-1999)

Standard Name Formatting Routine
Rating: none
Konstantin Komissarchik - 02/07/2004
Discover a standard routine for formatting a name in a string'—useful for formatting fields from databases (such as ForeName, Surname, Initial etc). (Added: 12-May-1999)

Creating Gradient Text
Rating: none
Osama Abdel-Karim - 02/07/2004
Learn interesting methods of producing gradient filled text within a picturebox. (Added: 20-Jan-2000)

Improved Mid$ Statement
Rating: none
Konstantin Komissarchik - 02/07/2004
Learn how to wrap the VB Mid$ statement into an error free piece of code. Negative values are automatically checked and handled. (Added: 12-May-1999)

Insert Strings into a String
Rating: none
John Stendor - 02/07/2004
Learn how to insert strings inside an existing string with different alignments. Good for building fixed page headers on reports. (Added: 27-Jul-1999)

Improved Trim$ Statement
Rating: none
Konstantin Komissarchik - 02/07/2004
Learn how to wrap the VB Trim$ statement to trim all the whitespace in a string (or any other character that you want). (Added: 12-May-1999)


Tips


Installing SQL Server 2008
Rating: none
Greg Larsen - 11/20/2009
Need your server and your site up and running quick? Let Greg Larsen show you what you need to know to get SQL Server running and configured.

Undo/Redo Framework
Rating: none
Etienne Nijboer - 11/11/2009
Explore an Undo/Redo framework for editing controls in a Windows application.

A Web Developer's Look at Windows 7
Rating:
Jason Gilmore - 11/06/2009
The new Windows 7 user interface features can offer Web developers significant productivity gains in terms of organizing, finding, and navigating to commonly used resources. This article introduces you to the improvements which can cut significant time from otherwise mundane daily workflow tasks.

OK-CANCEL vs CANCEL-OK
Rating:
Mugunth Kumar - 07/30/2009
What order should the OK and Cancel buttons appear? Should it be like Windows or like the Mac? Are there any "rule of thumb" as to when certain standard should be followed or is it just a matter of taste?

Visual Basic 10 Is One Step Closer to Being C#
12/20/2008
Visual Basic developers will be happy with the new simple feature coming to Visual Basic - a feature languages like C# have had all along....

OP-ED: Software Development from Core to Cosmetics
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 11/25/2008
Few projects end up having too much time. Successfully completing a project often depends on tackling core, significant, and risky aspects of any custom solution first—like the long hard march up hill—and finishing with the trim, or cosmetic work, last.

OP-ED: The Realities of an Uncertain Economy
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 10/23/2008
When handed a crate of lemons, make lemonade. Success in a tough economic climate is about perspective and attitude.

OP-ED: What Kind of Boss...
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 09/16/2008
Wisdom is figuring out whether every time you encounter a pointy-headed manager you are going to roll over and save your sanity (and possibly your job) or stand up, be counted, and risk greatness or the guillotine. There is a temporary sense of safety in staying with the herd, but all herd-roads lead to the butcher.

Op-Ed: Fish or Cut Bait
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 07/16/2008
If a person or group does something successfully one time, ten times, or a hundred times, there is an increasingly better chance that group will succeed again. All of the books in the world won't turn a ten year old kid into Gordy Howe or Wayne Gretzky. There is an element of talent. Find the talent.

Unit Testing with Service Stubs or Mock Types
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 05/19/2008
Build your applications with built-in "mock types" (aka "services stubs") to facilitate continued development and unit testing even when essential systems services are unavailable.

OP-ED: Fixed-Price Software Projects, or, The Quickest Way to a Financial Calamity
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 02/15/2008
Successful software projects have to begin with the premise that a fixed price, time, and project that is accurate may be a fantasy because there are too many unknowns—people sometimes being the worst offenders. Fix a time and price to what can be fixed and pay for what must be paid for.

Sanity Checks for Your ASP.NET Web Site
Rating:
mendhak - 02/01/2008
Discover a few points to keep in mind during and after the creation of your web site, such as form referrer check, URL canonization, and so forth.

OP-ED: Monday Morning Quarterbacking Is Alive and Well
Rating:
Paul Kimmel - 12/21/2007
A Monday morning quarterback is a person who, after the event, offers advice or criticism concerning decisions made by others; or, one who second guesses. Too many Monday morning quarterbacks on Sunday evening can screw up your Focus IQ. Learn what "Focus IQ" is, why you want the score as high as possible, and how to get it there.

Project Estimation Geometry
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 09/10/2007
Learn how to estimate projects (the tangible and intangibles) effectively in the real world to ensure success.

Speeding Up .NET
Rating:
Bill Hatfield - 07/31/2007
.NET programmers can become a little lazy when it comes to performance optimization. Discover a few easy tips to keep performance at a peak!

OP-ED: Process is Irrelevant
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 07/25/2007
Knowledge, flexibility, and the discretion of smart individuals beats a one-size fits all rule book any day.

Exploring the Value of .NET Users Groups
Rating: none
Paul Kimmel - 03/14/2007
Participating in your local .NET users group can lead to greater job satisfaction, money, and prestige. Don't doubt it; the author is living proof.

[Updated] Fuzzy Matching Demo in Access
Rating: none
DataClean - 01/30/2007
Dare to enter the world of approximate string matching with this introduction, tutorial, and Access 2000 database demo with a 99% precision/recall.

Can $ Reduce the Size of VB6 Applications?
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Homaioon Eslami - 12/11/2006
Study the effect of the dollar sign on reducing the size of Visual Basic 6.0 applications.

Your Guide to Fast, Fail-Proof Software Development
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Paul Kimmel - 10/03/2005
Software projects fail because some critical management principles remain largely ignored. Find out what the prerequisites are for building software as quickly as humanly possible.

Why I'm Testy About Tests
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Paul Kimmel - 07/29/2005
Paul Kimmel says tests are impersonal, impractical, and inefficient for evaluating potential. Worst of all, they promote laziness in personnel departments that use them as the determining factor for hiring.

Working with ASP.Net and Crystal Reports 9 with and Without RAS 9 Server
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Muhammad Musa Ali - 06/22/2005
You know the problems that you face when working with Crystal Reports due to its poor and confusing documentation. See ready-to-go code to access reports developed in Crystal Reports 9 (with or without RAS 9) using ASP.NET.

When Did a Cubicle Become Such a Prize? And Other Rants
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Paul Kimmel - 02/03/2005
Paul Kimmel speaks out on behalf of all the mistreated contractors out there.

FAQ: How to Open a URL or Send an E-Mail from a VB Application
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Nabermana - 12/14/2004
Open a URL or send an e-mail with a click of a button from within a VB application.

Generate Excel Pivot Reports Using VB 6.0
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Ramdeep Bhattacharya - 10/07/2004
Learn how a common procedure can be written in VB to generate Excel pivot reports using COM.

[Updated] Populate Table Control Dynamically from DataReader According to a Format Given in an XML File
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Muhammad Musa Ali - 09/28/2004
Learn how to develop a generalized method for displaying the results of different search pages on your Web site.

Update Tables in WISE Using VBScript
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OsnatHassner - 08/12/2004
Learn how change a Property value (in the Property table) in Wise using a VBScript.

Creating Excel Spreadsheets and Charts from VB
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jp140768 - 08/10/2004
Learn how to fill in a work sheet, create new worksheets, and also create a chart based on details of your sheets.

VB .NET Versioning
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Josip Medved - 06/04/2004
Use VB6 AutoIncrement versioning in .NET projects.

Hottest Forum Q&A on CodeGuru from the week of March 14th, 2004
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Sonu Kapoor - 03/22/2004
Lots of hot topics are covered in the Discussion Forums on CodeGuru. If you missed the forums this week, you missed some interesting ways to solve a problem.

Handling Multiple Command Line Arguments
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Konstantin Komissarchik - 02/05/2004
how to handle multiple command line arguments that can be used with a VB EXE program. (Added: 12-May-1999)

Date Function : IsGoodFriday
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Thomas Cassano - 02/05/2004
Learn how to check whether a date is the 'Good Friday' holiday. (Added: 12-May-1999)


User Defined Types (UDTs)


Anonymous Types (or Projections) in VB9
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Paul Kimmel - 06/08/2007
Anonymous types (or projections) are a new feature that permits you to define strong types on the fly without writing the nominal—full class—definition. Learn how to implement Anonymous types in VB9.

[Updated] Flags Enumerations
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David Oldfield - 12/22/2006
The documentation on Microsoft's flags enumerations is rather sketchy at best, but offers a more ideal solution for a great many problems. The problem is, with such little documentation it can be very time consuming to figure out how to use them correctly. Here is a small walkthrough explaining a relatively simple means of interacting with them through use of the bitwise OR operator.

Understanding UDTs
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David Zimmer - 07/22/2003
Go behind the scenes to learn how VB handles User Defined Types (UDTs) internally. See how VB stores UDTs in memory and learn how to use them in non-conventional ways, such as saving them to byte arrays, dumping them to files, and using them to accesses byte values of other data types.

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