Latest OCX Controls Articles

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.