Learn about some of Visual Studio's newer tools to make your coding and debugging a bit more productive.
Visual Studio Tools to Help You Code Faster
Published 03/20/2017
Latest VB Other Controls Articles
Owner Drawn Comboboxes, Listboxes, and Menus in Visual Basic
Published 12/07/2015
This article will provide you with enough background to be able to use the Owner draw methods to add more spice to your controls.
Guide to Building a VS 2008 User Control in VB
Published 05/06/2011
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...
Creating a Rounded Panel Control
Published 12/11/2008
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 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.
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C++ Exception Handling: How to Handle Exceptions in C++
Published 03/24/2017
Learn to implement exception handling mechanism in C++.
TypeScript for the C# Developer
Published 06/05/2017
Learn about TypeScript: what it is, and its type system.
Detecting a Touchscreen in Visual Basic
Published 05/31/2017
Learn how to detect if a touchscreen is available on the device running your application. You'll also see how to display a touch-enabled keyboard!
Using C# 7 Pattern Matching
Published 04/07/2017
Take advantage of pattern matching to check for patterns in your code, improve performance, and simplify your code.
