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    Plugins

    Creating an Outlook Add-In Part 1

    Learn how to crate an Outlook Add-in to backup Important Email. Part 1 of this article concentrates on Outlook 2003and VB.NET 2003. Part 2 will concentrate on Outlook 2007 & Outlook 2010 with VB 2010.

    Compilers Demystified: Function Pointers in Visual Basic 6.0

    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

    Learn about two add-ins, one for case sensitivity and one for a non-case sensitive search.

    VB and Voice Recognition: Part 4

    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

    Cover the Properties, Methods, and Events of the voice controls.

    VB and Voice Recognition, Part 2

    Delve in a little deeper into Voice recognition and add Voice diction to your Voice text editor.

    VB and Voice Recognition

    Adding voice commands to your application is not as difficult as many may think.

    Everything About Plugins

    A relatively abstract article on building and using plug-ins. The focus is on VB .NET.

    Understanding Plugins

    Learn how to create plugins for your applications using Visual Basic.