Internet Transfer Control (ITC) is a handy control for Internet programming, but there is another control that is even more robust and helps programmers create more flexible applications. In this article, S.S. Ahmed shows you how to create client/server applications using the Winsock control. You will also learn how to access a database in your client/server application.

Quite often we need a VB control that has requirements that don't quite exist within the current control set, such as all data-entry controls be on a single page with scroll bars. Read on to learn more...

Learn how to enumerate the files and folders on a computer with LINQ, managing access exceptions along the way.

Do the verbs of a file, like Run as administrator, and Pin to Taskbar.

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.

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.

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.

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 how to export information from a DataGridView to a Microsoft Excel file.

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

Learn how to build a simple event log "watcher" application to monitor event log changes on a remote machine(s).

See what Visual Studio 2008 Shell has to offer and how it can help you.

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.

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.

Create your own custom DataGrid paging control over which you, the developer, will have more control.

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

Given an image and a quadralateral, Aaform will fit the image onto the quadraleteral passed using geometry.

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

Learn to combine VB.NET, ADO.NET, ListView XML, and SQL Server 2000.

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 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.

This tutorial demonstrates how to copy Excel data into a Windows DataGrid Control from the Clipboard.

Use This small BAS module to allow you to reposition any standard MsgBox window. (Added: 1-Mar-2000)

Learn how to disable the Windows start button'—use with caution! Remember to turn it back on again later. (Added: 7-Jan-2000)

Learn how to use multiple HotKeys in a single application, with each key assigned a different function. (Added: 14-May-2000)

Use the new WMI interfaces to obtain the disk's serial number. (Added: 24-Sep-2000)

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)

Learn how to find the active window on the Windows desktop. (Added: 15-Feb-2000)

Learn how to manipulate the desktop using Windows memory-mapped files. (Added: 9-Jun-1999)

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)

Learn how to modify the tooltip window to get a true 'shaped' API tooltip window for your controls. (Added: 7-Dec-1999)

Learn about an UserControl transferring concept of Windows 95 TaskBar to MDI application. (Added: 31-Dec-1998)

Learn to create a 3D Label. (Added: 3-May-2000)

Learn how to create controls at runtime using the Controls.Add method (VB6 only) (Added: 7-Nov-2000)

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)

Learn how to create your own OCX that will turn a form into a Windows 'TaskBar'. (Added: 13-Jul-1999)

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)

Learn how to display the file properties dialog for any file on the system with one function call. (Added: 6-Aug-1999)

Learn how to determine all the CD-ROMdrives you have connected to your computer. (Added: 20-Jan-2000)

This BAS module allows you to display the 'Browse Folders' dialog with one function call. (Added: 20-Aug-1999)

Learn an easy way of reading and writing strings to individual text files in VB (Added: 12-May-1999)

Learn about four different methods of displaying the 'Find Files' dialog from within a Visual Basic Program. (Added: 11-Apr-2000)

(Originally posted December 23, 1998.)