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- Adding a Setup Wizard to VB.NET applications
- Visual Studio .NET simplifies the process of installing your applications by providing an easy way to add a Setup Wizard to your applications. In this tip, I will create a simple VB.NET Windows application and add a Setup Wizard to it in order to allow the Windows application to install....
- Tags: Application, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Dialog Box, Figure N Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft Development Tools, .Net, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Irina Medvinskaya
- Blog posts 2007-09-27
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- Creating a VB.NET form that users cannot move
- In Visual Basic .NET, there are two simple options for making sure that a form you create cannot be moved by users. Irina Medvinskaya discusses both options in this tip. There are situations that require developers to prohibit users for moving a particular form. This may be required...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, .NET, borderless form, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Microsoft Visual Basic, Border, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2007-01-04
- Determining file version information with VB.NET
- Did you know that VB.NET simplifies the process of obtaining file version information? Irina Medvinskaya shows you how to utilize the FileVersionInfo class and call its GetVersionInfo method to get this information. In Visual Basic 6, you can get the file version information by using the API function...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, FileVersionInfo, version information, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Information, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2006-07-20
- Iterating through all controls on the form with VB.NET
- Irina Medvinskaya presents a simple way to change all the controls on a form in runtime with VB.NET. If you've ever had to change all the controls on a form in runtime, you know how tedious it can be to modify the controls one by one. Here's...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, TextBox, cControl InMe.Controls, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Control, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2007-02-08
- Locate the executable path using VB.NET
- In this Visual Basic .NET tip, Irina Medvinskaya looks at a simple way to determine the path where the current executable resides. It is often useful to be able to determine the path where the current executable resides. A simple way to do this using Visual Basic .NET...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, ListBox1, StartUpPath, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2006-10-12
- Manipulate URIs with Visual Studio .NET's System.URI class
- Irina Medvinskaya explains how you use Visual Studio .NET's System.URI class to work with Uniform Resource Identifiers URIs. This class allows you to represent and easily manipulate a given URI. Uniform Resource Identifiers URIs may represent Web requests, FTP requests, files, news, and e-mail. Whenever you need...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, .NET, Uniform Resource Identifier, strURI, ListBox1, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Class, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2006-12-14
- Move and resize controls on a VB.NET form
- When you need to be able move and appropriately resize the controls on a Visual Basic .NET form, Irina Medvinskaya suggests that you use the Anchor property. Find out why in this tip There may be times when you need to move and appropriately resize the controls on...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, TextBox, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Anchor Property, .NET Newsletter, Control, Property, Anchor, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2007-02-01
- Split a string of characters into separate words in VB.NET
- Irina Medvinskaya explains how you can use a Split method of a String class when you need to split a line of text into separate words. Whenever you need to split a line of text into separate words, it's possible to utilize a Split method of a String...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, strComplete, separator, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Array, Split Method, Corporate Communications, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing
- Technical articles 2006-06-01
- Generating a DynamicAboutBox with VB.NET
- In this VB.NET tip, Irina Medvinskaya explains how you can use System.Reflection classes to determine version information about an application. Whenever you need to determine version information about a VB.NET application, you may want to utilize System.Reflection classes to get this information dynamically and without the need...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, exeApp, exeName, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, System.Windows.Forms.Application, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Information, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2007-01-11
- How to reverse a string in VB.NET
- In this week's VB.NET tip, Irina Medvinskaya shows you how to utilize the Reverse method of an array to reverse the order of characters in a particular string. There are situations that require reversing the order of characters in a string. In the Listing A example,...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, strOriginalText, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, String, Value, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2006-09-21
- Retrieving environment variables with VB.NET
- Irina Medvinskaya shows how you can use VB.NET to retrieve the important information (e.g., computer name and user name) from Windows environment variables. Windows stores some important information (e.g., computer name and user name) in the environment variables. The ability to access these variables to retrieve their values...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, .NET, environment variable, GetEnvironmentVariable, Windows Environment, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Environment
- Technical articles 2006-10-05
- Brush up on option statements in VB.NET
- In this tip, Irina Medvinskaya looks at the three option statements that are supported in VB.NET: Option Explicit, Option Compare, and Option Strict. If you want to properly utilize VB.NET, it is very important to understand option statements. The following is a quick overview of the three ...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, .NET, Programming languages, option statement, Option Compare, Option Strict, Option Explicit, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2006-11-09
- Retrieve current Windows user information using VB.NET
- Irina Medvinskaya offers a VB.NET code sample that shows how to access information about the current Windows user utilizing the WindowsIdentity class and one of its properties. You may encounter situations in which it is crucial to get information about a current Windows user. VB.NET simplifies the process...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, WindowsIdentity, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, WindowsIdentity class, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Class, WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent Method, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2006-09-13
- Create a temp file with VB.NET
- Irina Medvinskaya looks at the VB.NET code that allows you to get the name of the file that you can use as a temp file. She also provides sample code that shows how to create a temp file. Temp files are generally used for temporary storage and data manipulation....
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, temp file, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Sample Code, Name, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2007-05-17
- Perform actions at set intervals with VB.NET's Timer control
- VB.NET's Timer control is a convenient way to perform a specific action after a set time interval. Irina Medvinskaya provides a code example to show you how to work with Timer in your applications. Developers are often required to make a specific action take place on a form...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Timer1_Tick event, Timer Control, Interval property, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Property, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2007-01-18
- Determine your computer's IP address with VB.NET
- Did you know that you can use VB.NET's System.Net.Dns class to find out your computer's IP address? Irina Medvinskaya offers two code samples that show how this is possible. There may be times when you need to know the IP address of your machine, such as when you're...
- Tags: IP, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, computer, host name, IP address, GetHostByName, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Class, Network Technology, Networking
- Technical articles 2006-09-28
- Make only one instance of an application run with VB.NET
- Irina Medvinskaya presents a way to allow only one instance of an application run with VB.NET. She presents a code example that uses the System.Diagnostics.Process class to determine whether there is more than one instance of an application running. It's usually a good practice to make sure that only...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, strModName, strProcName, appProc, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Instance, Application, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2006-10-26
- Explore an overloading method in VB.NET
- Developers often need to define a method with the same name that may perform different functionalities. In order to do that, you should use the Overloads keyword in .NET. In this quick tip, I look at an example function that performs different sets of functionalities with the same name. ...
- Tags: Procedure, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, .Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software, Irina Medvinskaya
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- List directory contents with VB.NET's DirectoryInfo and FileSystemInfo classes
- Irina Medvinskay shows you how to list all the files in a particular directory and then access the files' properties with the VB.NET classes DirectoryInfo and FileSystemInfo. VB.NET offers two handy classes—DirectoryInfo and FileSystemInfo—that allow you to access directories, check their properties, and perform other basic functions...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, DirectoryInfo, Irina Medvinskaya, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, FileSystemInfo Â, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Directory, FileSystemInfo, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Technical articles 2006-06-21
- Remember a form's position between uses in VB.NET
- There are times when it's handy for developers to be able to remember where a form was located the last time the application was used. In this quick VB.NET tip, I'll show you a way of using Application Settings to store and use the last location of the form. ...
- Tags: Form, Microsoft Visual Basic.Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, .Net, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Irina Medvinskaya
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
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