IDE & Language

Take a closer look at the 2 Gb limit that we are plagued with in different languages, and how to get around them.

The current version of the .NET Framework is 3.0.

Use DDE linking to pass text data between two applications or to a previous instance of the same application.

Refactoring can improve the internal structure of your VB code without changing its external behavior. Use it to remove the subjectivity of what is good code and what is less-good code.

Visual Basic was created as a rapid application development (RAD) tool, yet the default IDE settings of Visual Basic do not lend themselves toward effective coding and often result in unnecessary time wastage.

Read about an introduction to new functionality in VB .NET 2005 to define operators.

An introduction to the new Custom Event feature in VB .NET 2005.

For those new to Visual Basic, here is your chance to learn about the topic of looping and how to get your program to execute several lines of code again and again.

Continue your learning of Visual Basic .NET by discovering the syntax for adding logical decisions into your programs.

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.

Learn to highlight (a.k.a. colorize) multiple languages depending on a syntax file specified by the programmer by parsing RTF instead of setting colors using .SelStart, etc (Added: 30-Mar-1999)

Learn how to make an Add-In or Office button have a transparent Bitmap Background. (Added: 19-Aug-1999)

Learn how to capture all the events from your command bars in a Visual Basic Add-In using only one declared event handler. (Added: 19-Aug-1999)