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 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.

Gain the ability to contain controls and add a little preview for your control in design time.

Learn how to create your own GroupBox, with added features such as Alignment for the Title, and a scrollbar for child controls.

Learn about some simple timer functions that produce some very complex effects.

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.

Create a visual speedomer that you can use in your Visual Basic programs.

Send a SMS text message from your PC via your modem.

This article is about creating ActiveX controls in Visual Basic 6 that have two extra mouse Events: MouseLeave, MouseHover.

Create your own Analogue clock control in Visual Basic 5 / 6. (Added: 4-Apr-2000

Build Splitter Window capability into any VB project easily and quickly. (Added: 3-Sep-2000)

Create your own tab control without using the common controls or the Windows API. (Added: 4-Apr-2000)

Create an ActiveX control that will produce a message box. This code is based upon Netscape's new message box. (Added: 14-May-2000)

Create your own professional calendar control in VB5/6. Completely customizable with many different styles. (Added: 4-Apr-2000)