Richard Newcombe takes a look at Bitmap Animations in VB.NET. VB6 made extensive use of API's to load and initialize large quantities of smaller images. .NET has the GDI+ dynamic library, with a large selection of graphic classes and functions, which means that we no longer require API's to manipulate images.
Encryption and keeping secrets depends on large prime numbers that are too big to crack by brute force. .NET framework 4.0 introduces the BigInteger that has no theoretical upper and lower bounds.
Learn how to get your Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application to open in its last location before it was closed using VB.NET and application settings.
Learn a few suggestions for using listviews, comboboxes, and other controls from this code that you can incorporate into your own applications..
Elevate your SQL game (a little bit) with CROSS APPLY and OUTER APPLY.
With custom applications getting bigger and more involved, there is very often a need to supply updates for them. There is also a need to provide them as quickly as possible. Learn how to do this.
Learn more about a few commonly used components and explore their utility and usages.
Take a look at some of the most popular languages to use within the .NET paradigm.
When you need to convert imperial to metric and vice versa, here are some formulas to keep on hand.
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are where you have to be. It's not a matter of if as much as a matter of which.
