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.
Creating a Rounded Panel Control
Published 12/11/2008
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Creating a Most Recents Menu Item with the MenuStrip
Published 09/24/2008
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.
The Amazing GroupBox, Part 2
Published 07/21/2008
Gain the ability to contain controls and add a little preview for your control in design time.
The Amazing GroupBox, Part 1
Published 07/01/2008
Learn how to create your own GroupBox, with added features such as Alignment for the Title, and a scrollbar for child controls.
The Bare Basics of the Timer Control
Published 01/17/2008
Learn about some simple timer functions that produce some very complex effects.
Implementing Extension Methods in VB.NET
Published 05/25/2007
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.
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Using Common Visual Basic Maths Conversion Functions—Imperial to Metric
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The Value of APIs
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Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are where you have to be. It's not a matter of if as much as a matter of which.
