VB 6 Tutorials & Articles
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An Internal Application Message Bus in VB.Net
by John Rivett-CarnacWorking with threads gets complicated quickly as you work to stop them falling over each other. One way to organise threads so that they co-operate without tripping over each other is to use a messaging mechanism to communicate between them. John Rivett-Carnac looks at one such implementation of internal application messaging.
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Prototypes in JavaScript
by Ian ElliotIan Elliot reveals another gem in the JavaScript collection, and how to use its prototype feature
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The Future of .NET Languages
by Damon ArmstrongWondered why Microsoft always seems to release different language features for each language? Discover how .NET 4.0 will reduce the disparity between C# and VB.NET with some great new features for both languages, plus a new dynamic language runtime and new functional and parallel programming languages.
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New C# 3.0 Language Features
by Scott GuthrieLearn about some of the new features in C# 3.0 including automatic properties, collection initializers, extension methods, lambda expressions and anonymous types.
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Have you seen the Silverlight?
by Dave WheelerSo you want fancy, sexy streaming media in the UI? And you want cool animations, fancy glow-in-the-dark buttons and decent, scalable vector graphics? And you want to run your application in a browser on both Windows and Mac OSX? If you’re already reaching for your copy of How to Wow with Flash, stop. There’s a new kid muscling onto the somewhat crowded Rich Interactive Application (RIA) block, and it’s coming from Microsoft.
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Custom Combo in Visual Basic 2005
by Ian ElliotIf you miss the Drive ComboBox control that used to be in VB6, the good news is that it's easy to create your own in VB 2005
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Creating Applications for Handheld Devices Using eMbedded Visual Basic
by Rob BickelA no nonsense tutorial designed to give Visual Basic developers an insight into developing VB applications for handheld devices such as PDAs.
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High-Performance .NET Application Development & Architecture
by Dimitrios MarkatosThis article demonstrates the art of creating and architecting high-performance and scalable .NET applications, covering all stages, from planning to development and their perspective best practices.
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Visual Basic 6.0 - How to create a Slide Menu
by conwayjdVisual Basic 6.0 - How to create a Slide Menu. The first is a bare-bones approach and second example is focused on layout and design.
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Visual Basic 6.0 - Exporting a DataReport to Microsoft Word
by conwayjdThis article is a simple yet effective way to export a DataReport to MIcrosoft Word using the DataEnvironment and DataReport. This walk-through starts with creating a simple database in Microsoft Access and then creating a User Interface in Visual Basic 6.0.
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DataGrid/GridView Paging and Sorting Using A DataReader
by Dimitrios MarkatosThis article will demonstrate two ways one could implement the DataReader to bind a DataGrid, that includes caching, paging and persistent bi-directional sorting, all without the use of a DataAdapter/DataSet at all, and includes ASP.NET 2.0 GridView version!
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Multithreading in VB.NET
by John SpanoMultithreading, a very powerful technique, is essential for modern software development. Software users expect to work with a very responsive program that they don’t have to wait on, which is a very reasonable demand with the processor speeds that are currently available. Enter multithreading. This article shows you how.
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Generate Thumbnail Images from PDF Documents in .NET
by Jonathan HodgsonThis article presents VB.NET code to create thumbnail images from a directory of Adobe Acrobat PDF documents using the .NET Framework.
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Number Systems
by Mitch ★Most programmers are aware of a few number systems. Decimal, Binary, Octal, etc. VB.NET allows you to work with these number systems, but these alone. What about Duodecimal, Quinquevigesimal, or Roman Numerals? A proof of concept article.
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Collection Controls with Rich Design Time Support
by Tim DawsonThis extensive article details the process of creating complex list-based controls with rich design time support similar to my DotNetWidgets and OutlookBar controls.
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Using ADO.NET with SQL Server
by James CrowleyAn extensive examination of using ADO.NET to access SQL Server databases, from establishing connections and executing stored procedures, to connection pools, data readers and data sets.
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Make your Classic ASP code work like in ASP.NET
by Christian CalderonDeveloping in Classic ASP using the same technics as in ASP.NET?. If you have to work in Classic ASP, why don't do it the right way? By using a similar framework not only your code will be more organized and efficient, but it will take you a fraction of the time to port to ASP.NET!
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Introduction to Designers
by Tim DawsonDesigners are essential in creating professional controls with polished design time behaviour. This article serves as an introduction to writing your own.
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Hosting Windows Forms Designers
by Tim DawsonShows how to write the code needed to host the Windows Forms Designers in your own application. Sample code is provided to display a form in design mode and allow normal editing like in Visual Studio.
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The Quick & Dirty .NET Guide to C#/VB OOP
by Dimitrios MarkatosAlthough this article won't be an exhaustive OOP treatise, its objective nevertheless is to present in a quick and dirty manner C#/VB Object-Oriented Programming. Moreover, even though this article may be slightly geared more towards C#, all important VB assessments or similarities are addressed and demonstrated. By the way, keep in mind C# is very case sensitive. Incidentally, don't be put off at the length of this article, a lot of it is simply repeated code examples for both languages.