- VB Tech Tip: Undocumented - the Erl Function
- Feb 1, 2002
- Visual Basic 6.0 retains remnants of its BASIC origins, including line numbers, GoTo, and GoSub. Although most of these are now curiosities, some can be used effectively. Here, Scott Loban demonstrates a use for line numbers and the Erl function.
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- Getting Started with VB 6 and XML
- Jan 25, 2002
- Want to get up and running with XML? This article by Rod Stephens tells you how to get started using XML in Visual Basic 6.
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- Where Was I? Restoring Application State with VB and XML
- Jan 25, 2002
- Want your application to remember where it was when it last exited? Learn how to do it using XML to save an application's session state.
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- Designing, Building, and Working with COM-Based Components
- Nov 16, 2001
- In this sample chapter from Effective Visual Basic: How to Improve Your VB/COM+ Applications, you'll learn 9 rules governing COM techniques.
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- Starting the Project: Design in Visual Basic 6
- Sep 22, 2001
- Learn how to understand requirements and formulating a design with Visual Basic 6.
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- Creating Graphics with DirectDraw Classes
- Sep 7, 2001
- Although DirectDraw was the cornerstone of DirectX technology for most of its life, it has now taken a back seat in DirectX 8. However, there are still many reasons to discuss DirectDraw. Author Keith Sink discusses these reasons in this sample chapter ...
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- Creating Multithreaded Applications
- Sep 7, 2001
- In this excerpt from his book Building Distributed Applications with VB.NET, author Dan Fox discusses the basics of using threads in VB ...
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- Inheritance and VB.NET
- Sep 7, 2001
- In this sample chapter from Sams Teach Yourself VB.NET in 21 Days, authors Duncan McKenzie and Kent Sharkey explain why the addition of inheritance to the Visual Basic language is an important feature.
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- Integrating Messaging in VB.NET
- Sep 7, 2001
- This sample chapter from Building Distributed Applications with VB.NET examines the System.Messaging namespace – first in how queues are programmatically referenced and administered, and secondly in how messages are serialized, sent, and received ...
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- Making a Splash
- Sep 7, 2001
- Your customers' first impressions can mean success or failure to your application. In this article, Rod Stephens shows how you can use a memorable splash screen.
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- Query By Example
- Sep 7, 2001
- In this article, Rod Stephens shows you how to use Visual Basic to build a query by example form that allows users to easily filter records returned from a database query.
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- Tales from the Trenches
- Sep 7, 2001
- In this excerpt from his book Prototyping with Visual Basic, Rod Stephens shares interesting and amusing true-life stories that highlight important prototyping concepts.
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- A Visual Basic.NET Programming Tour
- Aug 20, 2001
- Learning a new programming language can be intimidating, but the first step is building confidence. In this sample chapter from Sams Teach Yourself VB.NET in 24 Hours, James Foxall discusse how to build a simple, yet functional Visual Basic application.
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- Using the XML Classes in VB. NET
- Aug 20, 2001
- Many organizations use XML to pass documents and data within the organization as well as between trading partners and vendors. Sooner or later, developers will need to read and write XML documents, transform them with XSL, and validate them using XML ...
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- Creating Events and Delegates in VB.NET
- Aug 20, 2001
- In this article from Building Distributed Applications with VB.NET, learn even handling and the major uses of delegates in VB.NET. Dan Fox discusses mapping events to delegates, function substitution with delegates, and asychronous processing ...
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- Craig's .NET Cautions
- Aug 6, 2001
- Craig Utley shares some important cautions one should remember when using ...
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- Craig's .NET Tips
- Aug 6, 2001
- Obtain some useful .NET tips from expert Web developer Craig Utley.
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- Preventing Multi-User Concurrency Problems
- Aug 6, 2001
- Applications that support multiple users need to include code that protects against concurrency problems. This article discusses several solution alternatives, and shows how to implement one that works, no matter what architecture you are using.
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- Retaining User State without Sessions or Cookies in ASP Applications
- Aug 6, 2001
- ASP Session variables have a dark side (if cookies aren't enabled, they don't work. What should you do if you don't want your Web application to require cookies? Here's one technique for retaining state that doesn't use Sessions ...
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- Separating the User Interface from the Business Logic
- Aug 6, 2001
- Separating your application's user interface from its business processing logic can make your code more reusable and make your application more scalable. Here's one example that you might consider adapting for your next project.
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