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Extending Classic (6.0) Visual Basic – Part 1

by Chris Boss

Visual Basic 6.0 just doesn’t want to disappear. Why ? Likely many have written vital applications using VB 6.0 and Visual Basic dot.net is so different that it is not a viable option.

Writing a Debugger - Part 2: The Debug Loop

by Duncan Edwards Jones

Part 2 in the series showing how to write a debugger in VB

COM Mailslots - Designing asynchonous COM components for VB

by Len Holgate

This example COM component provides 3 COM objects for using the Win32 Mailslot IPC mechanism. The component may be useful if you need to communicate from VB using Mailslots.

Quick and Simple WPF Month-view Calendar - Updated

by kirkaiya

A very simple, XAML-based month-view calendar that shows appointments, exposes events, and allows dragging appointments in the current month.

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On How to Mix Two Signals by using Spectral Forecast

by Paul Aurelian Gagniuc

This article shows how to mix two signals into a third, in variable proportions.

Fluid Rocks, Fluid Rolls

by FranciskaR

More on fluid simulation

On Fluid Simulation

by FranciskaR

A new approach to fluid simulation

Extending Classic (6.0) Visual Basic – Part 1

by Chris Boss

Visual Basic 6.0 just doesn’t want to disappear. Why ? Likely many have written vital applications using VB 6.0 and Visual Basic dot.net is so different that it is not a viable option.

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Visual Basic 6

Writing a Debugger - Part 2: The Debug Loop

21 Oct 2003

Duncan Edwards Jones

Part 2 in the series showing how to write a debugger in VB

COM Mailslots - Designing asynchonous COM components for VB

10 Apr 2002

Len Holgate

This example COM component provides 3 COM objects for using the Win32 Mailslot IPC mechanism. The component may be useful if you need to communicate from VB using Mailslots.

Quick and Simple WPF Month-view Calendar - Updated

21 Aug 2009

kirkaiya

A very simple, XAML-based month-view calendar that shows appointments, exposes events, and allows dragging appointments in the current month.

Exposing tabular data from your COM object - Part 2

28 Jul 2000

Len Holgate

The ATL OLE DB Provider templates appear to rely on the fact that your data is kept in a simple array, but that's not really the case at all!

Using Nhibernate in VB.NET

7 Jan 2008

S.SRIVATHSAN

Implementation Nhibernate concept in VB.NET

Selection Overlay DLL

18 Jun 2012

Mark Kruger

API which shows a Selection Overlay and notifies the caller when it's resizing and notifies the final rectangle.

On How to Mix Two Signals by using Spectral Forecast

20 Mar 2022

Paul Aurelian Gagniuc

This article shows how to mix two signals into a third, in variable proportions.

Setting Properties with OLE Automation

5 Aug 2000

Konstantin Boukreev

Describes an ActiveX Control to use OLE Automation to set an object's properties.

Retrieve Size of a file in a Unix server (via SFTP) from VB 6.0 or .NET

18 Feb 2013

gmaran23

Query the properties, or download a file present on a Unix server to a Windows server via SFTP connection

The Six Hat Send Mail Class (Easily Send Email Using VBA)

2 Jul 2016

Six Hat Solutions

Easily Send Emails From Your Microsoft Applications Using VBA and the SendGrid API

On Fluid Simulation

12 Nov 2020

FranciskaR

A new approach to fluid simulation

Exposing tabular data from your COM object - Part 3

28 Jul 2000

Len Holgate

Adding bookmark functionality is relatively easy and it enables our ADO recordset to be used with a greater number of data bound controls.

Sonork VB Engine

7 Nov 2001

Migs

VB engine for the Sonork Instant Messenger

Test Runner Application

2 Nov 2005

Jerry Edens & Doug Eveland

A framework for performing unit tests.

Making ATL OLE DB Provider templates support updating of data - Part 2

20 Feb 2000

Len Holgate

The ATL OLE DB Provider templates only seem to support read-only rowsets and making them support updating of data isn't as easy as you'd expect!

A VB Front End for the VC++ Profiler, Excel, and PROFILER

5 Feb 2001

Dave Richards

A useful tool for generating Excel graphs using Visual Studios built-in profiler

Extending property set control with common OLE DB dialogs for connection string property creation

8 Oct 2001

Ivan Tsygulev

extending existing property browser with OLE DB common dialogs

Add to recent - Automatically create recent items

20 Oct 2007

Ivan0001

Automatically create recent menu items, it's very easy and useful. You just need to define file to save, and menu button (class will automatically create all items).

JavaScript Registration in C# or VB.NET Code

7 Dec 2007

vadimas

Troubles putting JavaScript code inline with VB.NET or C# code

How to use the new AAA syntax in Rhino Mocks 3.5 with VB.Net

6 Oct 2008

chrissie1

An article on how to use the new AAA (Arrange, Act and Assert) syntax using VB.Net. And the difference between the new and the old syntax.

Populating an Access 2003 ListBox with VB6 and solving the comma bug

10 Dec 2008

alfi uziel

Different ways to populate a listbox in Access.

Build .NET Applications Without Hand-coding

22 Dec 2007

Miles Gibson

Iron Speed Designer builds database, forms, and reporting applications for .NET – without hand-coding. Quickly create feature-complete custom applications that integrate Web pages, controls, data access, validation and security. Accelerate development and eliminate infrastructure programming.

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Application Virtualization for Developers

20 Apr 2011

Artem A. Razin

In March 2011, Virtualization Technologies released a new version of the developer library that makes it possible to use virtualization in applications.

product-showcase

Instantly Increase the Value of your Windows Application

12 Oct 2016

gricardi

As users are migrating from traditional desktops to mobile devices, transitioning your Windows application to the web is the next step to increasing your exposure. Thinfinity VirtualUI delivers your Windows applications to users on any device, anywhere.

Compilers Demystified: Function Pointers in Visual Basic 6.0

18 Jun 2007

Bogdan Apostol

Enables applications written in Visual Basic 6 to use function pointers and shows how to embed native code

Secure Web Services via Message oriented Middleware

1 May 2003

Simon Gregory

Describes an approach for delivery of Soap Messages serialised using ASP.NET Web Client Services over MSMQ and MQ

Consuming a Web Service .NET with VB6.0 App

25 Apr 2017

Rene Bustos

I will show you how to get a response from a Web Service developed over .NET (version does not matter)

Understanding The COM Single-Threaded Apartment Part 1

6 Jan 2005

Lim Bio Liong

Learn the fundamental principles of the COM Single-Threaded Apartment Model by code examples.

Creating Pivot Tables and Charts Using ActiveX

20 Jan 2008

Sushant Joshi

This article describes how to generate Excel at client side and embedd "Pivot Tables" and "Charts" into the Excel.

Create Thumbnail Extractor Objects for Your MFC Document Types

21 Nov 2002

Philipos Sakellaropoulos

An article on writing thumbnail shell extensions for your MFC document types

Step by Step: Calling C++ DLLs from VC++ and VB - Part 3

28 Feb 2004

Hans Dietrich

This series of articles is a step-by-step guide to constructing C++ DLLs that include C++ functions and C++ classes, and then calling the DLL functions and classes from VC++ and VB programs.

Redirect

7 Jun 2000

Franky Braem

An ATL-control for redirecting stdout/stdin

Remote Boot and Power Control a PC Slave

23 Jul 2014

Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Remotely controlling a PC to turn it on and off from software control on another PC.

Step by Step: Calling C++ DLLs from VC++ and VB - Part 2

2 Oct 2009

Hans Dietrich

This series of articles is a step-by-step guide to constructing C++ DLLs that include C++ functions and C++ classes, and then calling the DLL functions and classes from VC++ and VB programs.

DayView - An Outlook Like Appointment View

10 Nov 2002

Christian S Andersen

An activeX control that mimics the behaviour of Microsoft Outlook 2000/XP Appointment list view

Image Binarization Using 10 Program Languages

3 May 2016

Lai Taiyu

A simple image binarization

image-processing

RSS Feed Aggregator and Blogging Smart Client

16 Aug 2005

Omar Al Zabir

RSS Feed aggregator and blogging Smart Client which uses Enterprise Library, Updater Application Block, lots of XML hacks and desktop tricks. A comprehensive guide to real life hurdles of Smart Client development.

Visual Basic 6.0: A giant more powerful than ever

14 Jan 2014

ISpliter

When discussing VB6, we should look at the reality of the situation and not on preconceived opinions. New source code projects are made daily in Visual Basic 6.0. The paper proposes the reintroduction of Visual Basic 6.0 on the market, in parallel with Visual Studio line.

22 Aug 2013

ThatsAlok

Opensource Outlook Express automation library

How to Download a File from a WebDAV Server in VB.NET

7 May 2009

CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to download a file from a (HTTPS) WebDAV server in VB.NET

Understanding The COM Single-Threaded Apartment Part 2

18 Feb 2005

Lim Bio Liong

Learn the fundamental principles of the COM Single-Threaded Apartment Model by code examples.

A Beginner tutorial for writing simple COM/ATL DLL

6 Nov 2004

ThatsAlok

An article touching simple issues like events, methods and properties.

Building COM Components Using MATLAB - Part II

2 Mar 2004

A. Riazi

Building COM components that can be called from any IDE that supports COM with MATLAB COMBuilder toolbox.

Scan2PDF

22 Apr 2005

A. Riazi

A utility for bulk scanning, converting the scanned pages to PDF and burning them on CD/DVD for archiving.

XWSAError - a DLL for Winsock error lookup

6 Jan 2005

Hans Dietrich

Add Winsock error lookup to your C++ or VB app with this DLL.

A way for a MFC DLL to deal, at runtime, with BSTR from Visual Basic and from Visual C++

30 Jul 2003

Marcello Bonino

Correct input/output of strings to/from a DLL written in VC++, using BSTR type.

An ASP Thumbnail Solution

19 Nov 2009

Philipos Sakellaropoulos

ASP pages and free COM objects for generation of thumbnails and thumbnail views.

I/O Ports Programming (Parallel port) Reading / Writing + Surveillance System using VB.NET

18 Sep 2007

Purinda Gunasekara

Input Output Port Accessing and Surveillance System using VB.NET and Introduction to Parallel Ports

Writing Custom Controls Using PowerBASIC

2 Jul 2010

Chris Boss

Writing custom control classes the old fashioned way (no .NET or COM classes) is a lost art, but it is not too difficult to learn.

Creating an ActiveX Button from an MFC owner-draw Button

25 Apr 2002

Davide Pizzolato

Basic steps to transform an MFC button in an ActiveX control

VbScript Editor With Intellisense

13 Aug 2007

Rajneesh Noonia

VbScript Editor With Intellisense

'Encryption/Decryption with .NET' Modified (Frank Fangs' Code) CCW and VB

19 May 2002

Dan Elebash

Modified version of Frank Fang's code ported to VB and made CCW.

VB LINQ SQL Password Verify For Beginners

22 Jun 2009

SteveHarrisBeast

How to make a password verification form in VB that uses LINQ and SQL

Volume Shadow Copies from .NET

7 Jan 2008

Joe Lynds

Use the Windows Volume Shadow Copy service from .NET.

Professional System Library: Introduction

22 Nov 2010

Vitaly Tomilov

A simplified and unified way for accessing most frequently used information about Process, System, and Environment.

VB6 Hybrid Application Architecture

4 Jul 2007

Vijayaraghavan A Iyengar

An article on Interop Forms TookKit 2.0

Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 Tutorial

16 Jun 2007

James Ashley

Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 is a new bridging tool allowing developers to use .NET Forms and .NET UserControls in VB6. This tutorial demonstrates how to add webservices, multithreading, and XAML to VB6 projects. It also provides custom C# Interop UserControl templates for use with the Toolkit.

Lock Windows Desktop

3 May 2005

Antonio Feijao

Restricting Windows access by hiding desktop windows and disabling special keys.

How to do pointers in Visual Basic

3 Sep 2000

Stefan Savev

Show how to use pointers in a C like manner

2 Jul 2002

Brian Aberle

Obtaining data marked up in XML creates the need for Application Layer tools to easily and efficiently work with XML data.

Generic P2P Architecture, Tutorial and Example

14 Mar 2004

dzzxyz

Generic P2P architecture, tutorial and example that covers basic P2P strategy. Upon completing this tutorial, you will be proficient in basic P2P design and coding.

Docking ActiveX Controls: Principles and Implementation

28 Aug 2001

Dmitri Sviridov

The article decribes how to implement docking ActiveX control using MFC and ATL

Using User Defined Types in COM & ATL

17 Jan 2001

ioannhs_s

A Step by Step tutorial on SAFEARRAYs and UDTs in COM

vb.net AT commands to send SMS

25 Mar 2009

namrata khandeparkar

this article allows you to send SMS to any mobile using GSM modem or your mobile connected via USB able to Computer

VB.NET Background File Downloader

20 May 2009

Jeroen De Dauw

A multithreaded file downloader with progress details, speed info and more

ActiveX Control to Use DataGrid in VB6

13 Apr 2008

Mostafa Kaisoun

AciveX for using MSDataGrid with ComboBox and DTPicker

.NET COM+ Interop Component with Classic ASP (Part I)

25 Sep 2008

tomcat1

Call a .NET COM+ Interop component with Classic ASP.

An OpenGL ActiveX Control Developed with MFC

22 Nov 1999

Zhaohui Xing (Joey)

Automatic HTMLHelp Documentation for COM type libraries

6 Mar 2003

Philipos Sakellaropoulos

A tool that automatically generates HTMLHelp documentation of COM type libraries. You can then add explanations and example source code for your methods.

Automation of COM Dialogs in a DLL

28 Apr 2004

intensely_radioactive

Automation of COM Dialogs in a DLL

C# Barcode Generator WebService

31 Mar 2003

Rui Miguel Barbosa

Create a code39 barcode using a webservice in C#

VB.NET, VB6 and C# Interprocess communication via Window Messaging

16 May 2004

angus_grant

Article outlining methods for communicating between VB6, VB.NET, and C# apps using Window Messaging.

Inside the executable: an introduction to the Portable Executable format for VB programmers

6 May 2003

Duncan Edwards Jones

Describes the layout of a Windows executable file and how to read this.

Barcode Generator

10 Jan 2016

David Vanson

Generate you own barcodes for your business, Promotional items or to share links with friends.

FileMonitor

11 Dec 2000

Franky Braem

An ATL control for monitoring your directories and/or files for updates, creation and deletion

C# Com

22 Oct 2014

User-Rock

Accessing a C# .NET DLL in VB6 using Com+ or Com Interop

The TreeListView To End All TreeListViews

10 Jun 2008

Ted Osberg

An extensible, hybrid Listview/TreeListView control

ASP.NET PDF Viewer User Control Without Acrobat Reader Installed on Client or Server

19 Sep 2013

Ron Schuler

ASP.NET PDF document viewer control that does not require any Acrobat product to be installed

Embedding of VB6 form in .NET applications

12 Jul 2007

Eduardo Campano

This article explains how to open a VB6 MDI child form inside a .NET MDI form

Writing an MS Word addin

13 Apr 2003

Amit Dey

Writing a Word Addin using COM and VB Macros

Abstract Class versus Interface

7 Jan 2008

Rahman Mahmoodi

Abstract class versus Interface: Usage and Implementation.

COM Interoperability in .NET Framework: Part I

6 Mar 2005

Prashant M. Tailor

Using COM components in .NET framework.

Embed an Image in Email using ASP.NET

21 Dec 2008

jelizondo21

Complete demo of embedding images in an email message.

9 Feb 2000

Russell Morris

How to take a snapshot of an OCX without using HWNDs.

Small ATL Tricks: Part One

1 Oct 2002

Ashutosh Arya

This series of articles demonstrates how to use some of the cool features of ATL in a time and energy saving manner.

Easy Detection of Memory Leaks

4 Aug 2005

Michael Gopshtein

Describes a tool for easy detection of memory leaks.

Using VB to Create & Check License Keys

23 May 2007

maz2331

Generate and check license keys embedding 16-bit configuration information

Gibberish

7 May 2009

jabit

Generates a bunch of gibberish from real text.

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 3 - Learn to break Strong Name .NET Assemblies

31 Oct 2004

Chua Wen Ching

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 3 of 3

Placing an icon in the system tray from an ATL COM server - with minimum hassle

23 Jun 2002

Jon Taylor

This article describes a helper class that assists with placing an icon in the shell (aka "system tray"), and changing the tip text. You can get this functionality by simply deriving your ATL object from the helper class.

CaptureConsole.DLL - A Universal Console Output Redirector for all Compilers

28 Oct 2010

Elmue

Capture Console Output

FFMPEG All in One Video & Audio Converter Interface

1 May 2008

Sabarinathan A

Graphical Interface for FFMPEG all in one Video & Audio Converter

Drawing in Windows 101

26 Jun 2010

Chris Boss

The basic concepts of drawing in Windows.

Editable History ComboBox

11 Feb 2004

pbrooks

Demonstrates how to easily simulate an editable combobox that can persist previous entries (Like Internet Explorer).

Overriding Keydown in a User Control using ProcessKeyPreview

7 Feb 2008

Laughing.John

How to easily override key processing in a form or user control

ATL Grid control

6 Feb 2000

Mario Zucca

A grid control for displaying tabular data, based on Chris Maunder's grid control

Show dialogs in Microsoft XP Media Center UI from an external application

8 Apr 2005

Christoph Buenger

This article explains how to show dialogs in Microsoft's Windows XP Media Center UI from an external application.

Find And Replace Method For RichTextBox

18 Mar 2006

Chatura Dilan

An artcal about richtextbox control

Detect System Wide Mouse Events

7 Mar 2014

Kazi Zakir Hossain

How to detect system wide mouse events in your application

WPF Glass Brush Markup Extension

18 Jun 2009

LarryCharlton

A WPF XAML markup extension with a "Glass" look

Running the Microsoft AppLocale Utility in an Automated Batch Script

30 Oct 2009

Austin Rappa

Getting AppLocale to run in a batch script

An ATL Toolbox control like that of VS.NET 2003

4 Oct 2005

Jozef Bozek

An ATL toolbox control.

CMapiAdmin - MAPI wrapper

25 Jan 2000

Jason Troitsky

A class to encapsulate extended MAPI functions.

Using .NET DLL in VB6

8 Nov 2017

Ismael M.

A generic DLL that call any .NET DLL in VB6.

Reorderable ListView

14 Dec 2009

konikula

Inherited ListView which enables user to order multiple items by mouse, and automatically scrolls if necessary

Timer Functionality without a Timer Control in VB6

14 Sep 2008

Kazi Zakir Hossain

A VB6 project describing how to implelement timer functionality without a timer control

How To Use a .NET Class with Lists in VB6

9 Jan 2009

chihuase

It's easy to create a wrapper for .NET classes that you can use in VB6, but there are some difficulties with the types, specially Generic lists

How To Set An Appointment Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

5 Sep 2009

Md. Marufuzzaman

This article is about how to create / place an appointment using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 API

Webserver

24 Mar 2005

konma

This application is a simple webserver with winsocks

VB.NET TreeListView

18 Dec 2003

SimonCampbell

A Treeview/Listview hybrid, inheriting from Control, all custom drawn...

VB-JSON Parser - Improved Performance

17 Jun 2014

Sam Gerené

Factor 2 improved performance on VB-JSON Parser

TextBox whith Validation Functions and MaskEdit

30 May 2003

machocr

Custom control that inherits from TextBox class and adds input validation functions, required validation functions and MaskEdit.

Settings/Options DialogBox 2005

2 Aug 2013

Chris Kolkman

Generate an Options dialog box from the settings you create in the My.Settings namespace.

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Printing in .NET

22 Apr 2014

Duncan Edwards Jones

Introduces and discusses the Common Language Runtime framework classes used in printing from a .NET Windows Forms application.

A Query Builder Class For Visual Basic 2005 Hand Coders

12 May 2011

Elizalde G. Baguinon

Most programmers prefer hand-coding database queries. This is a class that automates query building, while the code is as readable as the program logic.

Upgrading VB6 to VB.NET

22 Dec 2008

CS Rocks

This article discusses various things to consider when upgrading a VB6 app to VB.NET.

Creating a COM DLL with VS 2005: Advanced Walkthrough

7 Jul 2009

CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to manually create a COM DLL with VS 2005.

How to write a Super compact Super Fast C++ Dll for Visual Basic

3 Nov 2001

Shrishail Rana

Exporting functions for VB from a VC++ DLL using ATL

Easy Drag And Drop of Controls at Run-time

16 Jul 2009

John M Bundy

Allow users to customize your forms

Empty Template Text Box

4 Oct 2012

stebo0728

This guide shows how to extend a standard TextBox to have an "empty value" template

Using .NET Controls in VB6

31 May 2007

Ed.Poore

An article on using .NET controls in VB6

Sandcastle Conceptual Help: Quick Start

30 Dec 2007

Paul Selormey

Learn how to write user manuals with the Sandcastle Help Compiler.

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 2 - Learn to protect your .NET assemblies from being tampered

31 Oct 2004

Chua Wen Ching

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 2 of 3

HUD window 64-bit (DWM composition)

2 Jan 2014

zapsolution

DWM composition

Make Your Own Tic Tac Toe Game

13 Jul 2014

CodeMaster9

This will help you make you're own advanced tic tac toe game

artificial-intelligence

How To Check if Computer has .NET Installed

24 Nov 2010

Kambaa

How to check whether .NET is installed in PC Visual Basic 6 code

VC++ & VB Inter Process Communication Plus Introduction To VB Subclassing

16 Nov 2005

Axonn Echysttas

How to communicate between a VC++ DLL and a VB 6 application (but not only).

Image Cropping with Image Resizing Using VB.NET

17 Jun 2008

Senthil Sambandam

Simple Image Cropping with Image Resizing Using VB.NET

QuickSort Revisited, Optimised, and Stabilised

10 Jan 2008

Warrick Procter

QuickSort revisited, with optimisations to minimise machine cycles, stabilised to retain original order, and generalised for convenience.

Using Microsoft Agent Control 2.0 - Merlin

21 Jun 2004

spiderfreak3000

Shows the main features of Microsoft Agent Control 2.0

Take Control of Your Non-Client-Area!

31 May 2008

o m n i

Learn how to control your non-client-area, while keeping all the stuff Vista puts on it.

Discover WIN32. How to use a sync/async retrieve HTTP content in your ASP & VB projects.

19 May 2002

Adrian Bacaianu

This article shows how to create one ATL COM component using the WinInet functions, how to use it in ASP programs and how to test it from the Visual Basic client. It also shows how to use multithreading support in this component.

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 1 - Learn to break a .NET Assembly

31 Oct 2004

Chua Wen Ching

Building Security Awareness in .NET Assemblies : Part 1 of 3

Creating Client/Server Application using Winsock

4 Nov 2001

S.S. Ahmed

This article shows you how to use Winsock in a client server environment, we will create two separate applications, one of which will be a server and the other will be a client.

A Checkbox Tree Control for Use in Filtering Selections

23 Feb 2003

Magerusan Grigore Cosmin

An ATL filter control

Detect CD / DVD Insertion / Ejection

20 Sep 2008

Kazi Zakir Hossain

How to detect the media insertion / ejection in ROM in VB6

Create Table with AutoNumber Indexed Field

6 May 2009

Mostafa Kaisoun

Create a new Table and re-create Table to set existent Field as Primary Key

Administer SQL Server remotely

4 Nov 2001

S.S. Ahmed

This article shows how to create tasks in the SQL Server remotely.

USB IR with c8051

18 Jul 2014

ingvar8

USB IR with c8051

PDA Browser Control for ASP.Net

20 Dec 2007

petersgyoung

Web user control that simulates a PDA browser

Transfer Data from MSFlexGrid to Graph Chart

30 May 2008

Mostafa Kaisoun

View one row numeric data of MSFlexGrid as Graph Chart

Use of free SocketPro package for creating super client and server applications

23 Feb 2002

Yuancai (Charlie) Ye

A set of socket libraries for writing distributed computing applications over the internet

parallel-processing

Export to Excel using VB.NET

25 Apr 2008

Senthil S

Export data from VB.NET Dataset to Excel without using Datagrid/DataTable

Importing CSV Data and saving it in database

25 Aug 2005

Mukund Pujari

This article shows how to import CSV data and store it in database.

SQL-server-2000

Custom Data Binding Through Reflection

12 Apr 2005

Nick Parker

Using reflection and a custom attribute to bind data to UI elements.

VB6 and VBA: Creating a Variable and an Array that Points to Same Data

10 Mar 2014

EiadXP

This is a very fast way to access string (or other) data with minimum memory consumption.

How to execute a Perl script from VBA

25 Sep 2006

fstrahberger

How to execute a Perl script from VBA.

Using SQL DMO to Script Tables

12 Apr 2003

Vinod Kumar M

This article shows the power of using SQL-DMO with SQL Server 2000 to script out objects. In this example we would script out tables.

SQL-server-2000

Functors in VBA

7 Mar 2012

Yiannis Spyridakis

This articles describes the implementation of functors (of sorts) for VBA using C++ ATL.

Inter process communication using registered messages from Visual Basic

18 Mar 2003

Duncan Edwards Jones

This article shows how you can register custom windows messages and create windows solely for dealing with these messages, and use these to communicate between your applications.

Read Text File (txt, csv, log, tab, fixed length)

9 Jun 2008

Pradeep KV

This article is mainly focused on reading text files efficiently. It includes log, csv, tab delimited, fixed length files, etc. Instead of using StreamReader(.NET)/FileSystemObject (VB 6.0), we consider the file as a database table and read the data by querying it.

Extension Methods in VB.NET

26 Nov 2008

db7uk

A brief overview of Extension Methods.

The best Unit Test Framework (UTF) in town

26 Jan 2004

Bnaya Eshet

Unit Test Framework that support security context and multi threading stress

A Tab Control Similar to that of Internet Explorer 7

8 Dec 2006

christophilus

A (fairly) simple tab control with closeable tabs

Display Database File using TreeView, ListView and ADO

18 Oct 2009

Mostafa Kaisoun

How to use ADO to display Tables, Fields and Records in TreeView and ListView

Smart Grid

24 May 2000

Alex Turc

Build a grid using ATL, STL and Win32 API.

Miner3D_viewer ActiveX control (for Miner3D game)

25 Feb 2004

ICE_WIZARD

A solution for writing game 3D using VC combined with VB.

How to Print Invoice using VB6?

13 May 2011

Mostafa Kaisoun

Using Data Report and VB6 code to design and print Invoice

Verify the integrity of directory trees using Checksum Verifier

15 May 2008

Ashutosh Phoujdar

A small utility to verify checksums.

Making ATL OLE DB Provider templates support updating of data - Part 1

20 Feb 2000

Len Holgate

The ATL OLE DB Provider templates only seem to support read-only rowsets and making them support updating of data isn't as easy as you'd expect!

27 Nov 2001

AlexanderRegueiro

This is a tutorial which shows you how to create a simple program that will speak anything!

Decode /FlateDecode PDF Stream To Plain Text using ZLib Inflate Function in VB

9 Dec 2008

VBboy136

Do you want to use zLIB Inflate function in VB? - This sample decodes a PDF (stream...endstream) to plain text. Extract plain text from PDF file

Protecting Your Software Using Simple Serial Number/Activation Key Pair

12 Aug 2008

Yasser M. Jaffal

This article guides you to simply, yet effectively, prevent your software customers from copying your product without your authorization. I admit it is not a top-security solution, and it will be easy to crack without protecting your compiled code, but it is just for conveying the idea.

How to create a virtual directory with C#

5 Jul 2001

Gaston

A simple example of using the DirectoryServices namespace in .NET

Create VB Add-Ins

4 Nov 2001

S.S. Ahmed

The article shows how to create VB Add-Ins, it also explains Extensibility Object Model (EOM).

Adding MouseLeave, MouseHover events to VB6 Controls

24 Apr 2004

Hesham Amin

This article is about creating ActiveX controls in Visual Basic 6 that has two extra mouse Events: MouseLeave, MouseHover

Simple Example to show the functioning of ActiveX control with VB client in ATL COM

6 Aug 2002

MADHANMOHAN

Using an ActiveX control in COM Server. Accessing the Server using a VB Client.

Loading Bitmap pictures from external DLL on VB 6.0

4 May 2004

WillianBR

Loading Bitmap pictures from external DLL on VB 6.0 - (run-time).

MCL Global Hotkey ActiveX control

12 May 2003

Duncan Edwards Jones

A system wide hotkey control written in VB6

Gamma correction slider

3 Nov 2002

DCUtility

Slider control class to perform gamma correction.

Passing an array from VC++ DLL to VB

24 Apr 2002

User 4838655

This article shows how to pass an array from a VC++ DLL to VB

How to Generate (and Validate) CD-Keys for your Software

6 Aug 2012

dawmail333

An example of how to implement and validate non-personal CD-Keys (ideal for distribution on the back of CD cases)

Using TreeView and TextBox to Display Records from MDB File

26 Oct 2009

Mostafa Kaisoun

Display, Add, Edit, Delete records using TreeView and TextBox control

Using DataGrid and Data Controls to Access an Access Database

8 Jan 2003

Hesham Amin

Using DataGrid and Data Controls to Access an Access Database

SAWZip - zip file manipulation control

29 Aug 2001

Franky Braem

An ATL based control for reading and writing zip files.

An ATL Component in C++ that fires COM events

14 Jun 2004

Neville Dastur

A COM component that implements interprocess communication, and illustrates firing events to a COM container such as Visual Basic

Programmatic administration of COM+ Applications with the COM+ Admin objects in VC++

25 Jan 2001

Ranjeet Chakraborty

An introduction to the COM+ administration objects used to provide a way to access and manipulate all of the COM+ configuration data.

Exposing tabular data from your COM object - Part 1

28 Jul 2000

Len Holgate

ADO seems to be the ideal way to expose tabular data from your own COM objects and the ATL OLE DB Provider templates can help!

Writing Scalable Server Applications using IOCP

5 Feb 2001

Oz Ben Eliezer

An article about using I/O Completion Ports and Winsock to write robust and scalable Windows server applications

Edit Flex Grid with Combo Box in VB 6

29 Jan 2009

Mostafa Kaisoun

Using new ActiveX to edit Microsoft Flex grid with Combo box in VB 6

Building a Better AutoComplete User Control

21 Apr 2009

Steve Krile

Expand the usefulness of the AutoComplete Ajax extender

Getting the Clipboard File DropEffect in VB.NET

19 Jan 2009

Scott Bright

How to access the file DropEffect in VB.NET in order to tell cut from paste for a file DropList.

CryptIt

7 May 2000

Dan Madden

Keep sensitive data safe via encryption

Timers & Sockets

7 Apr 2005

Lymington

Control of timers, timings, offered services, and used services.

Updating the UI from a thread - The simplest way

23 Dec 2008

Thulasee Shan

A piece of reusable code that implements the functionality to update a UI element from a thread.

Counter based c8051

22 Feb 2009

ingvar8

Counter based c8051

Object Initialization Expressions and Anonymous Types in Visual Basic 9.0

9 Mar 2008

Alessandro Del Sole

An introduction to some new cool features of the Visual Basic 9.0 language syntax.

Weather Using VB.NET and Yahoo RSS!

7 Nov 2008

nedal_jo_jo

Weather Using VB.NET and Yahoo RSS!

ATL COM and ADO

3 Apr 2001

Amit Dey

An ATL Component that uses ADO for data.

"Grid Snaps to Value" - Implementation-detail of Autoscaling Chartcontrol

7 Jan 2008

Mr.PoorEnglish

Compute "SnapValues" with minimum of fractional digits, useful in autoscaling Chart-control

ActiveX Controls for interactive Runtime Debugging of COM Objects

21 Mar 2001

Frank Boettger

Three ActiveX controls that allow the runtime-browsing of the object model hierarchy of a COM-Object, its implemented interfaces and the browsing and interactive changing of its properties and methods (a somewhat extended combination of VB's property- and debug-windows).

A COM component offering Internet download utilities

22 Dec 2002

Philipos Sakellaropoulos

A COM component written in C++ that offers functions for multiple parallel downloads, Internet cache access, URL and path resolving.

RunTime COM Object Inspection

9 Oct 2003

TRiVo

How to inspect COM object contents at runtime.

Quickly Insert Rows Using Your Gridview With No Control Naming

30 Aug 2009

Prefict

If you hate naming controls in the footer row of your gridview to do an insert, this article is for you.

Enterprise Library Wrapper Class to Implement Run-time Dynamic Connection Strings Without Using Config File

2 Jul 2009

Raja.Lakshman

Enterprise Library wrapper class to implement run-time dynamic connection strings without using config file

Dynamic Creation of DTS-packages in VB

29 Sep 2009

Andrey Chuvahin

Example dynamic configuration of DTS-packages for transferring DBF files to SQL Server with VB

SQL-server-2000

RegexTextBox: A Windows Control Library

4 Jun 2008

MijaeDjinn

A textbox with regex masking and validation.

Progress Bar Best Practices

11 Mar 2008

Tim Greenfield

How to show progress notification for long operations

XML Serialization - Part 1

21 Feb 2008

Patel Pranav

How to Use XML to Serialize and Deserialize an Object

All about PrintForm component 1.0

30 Jun 2007

vridhichowdhry

How to print a Form in VB.NET using the Printform Component. Describes the various ways with examples on how to customize the printed output according to your need.

Writing a LINQ query on an XML data file: Step by step explanation in VB.NET (VS2008)

2 Jun 2008

Ravindranath Maddela

VB.NET LINQ query on an XML file.

Format Currency Using .NET Code Vs. Legacy VB6 Code

31 Mar 2009

James Mouchett

To format a string into currency without the dependency of VB6

A FreeCell game using Cards.dll

18 Oct 2008

Matt Fomich

Instructions for using the Cards dynamic Link library. FreeCell game included.

Circular Reference-proof ATL Object Collections

13 Jul 2017

Midi_Mick

Using ATL and STL to create collections of COM objects without circular references

COM Object Serialization

21 Oct 2003

Paul Welter

Serializes and deserializes COM objects into and from XML documents

Property list ActiveX control

4 Nov 2004

Alex Hazanov

Property list similar to VB.NET, implemented as ActiveX control.

Get all data WMI has to offer

5 Oct 2009

Jesse Fatherree

This simple function will programatically enumerate all properties and values in any WMI class.

Extended RichTextBox

8 Nov 2008

Razi Syed

Rich Text Box control with built in options

An Example of ATL 7.0 ActiveX Control Simulating A PS (Particle Swarm) Dynamic System

14 Nov 2004

smartnose

An article on ATL 7.0 and dynamic system simulation.

Fading forms in and out

2 Sep 2008

Ashley Staggs

This article will explain how to fade a form in and out, using VB.NET.

Find an Element in a SQL Server Database

2 May 2011

Roberto Cervantes Rivero

If you need to find a word in all tables and views in a SQL Server database, this is the easy solution.

The Arabic Writer

5 Jul 2009

knightofbaghdad

Write Arabic in programs that don't support the Arabic language, using Unicode.

Discover COM. Realtime feed for Excel

28 Jun 2002

Adrian Bacaianu

This article will demonstrate how to build and use a COM Add-In using Visual Basic. An useful sample is also provided.

Small Web Agents using VB - Part II

12 Aug 2002

Gopi Subramanian

Small Web Agents using VB - Part II

Capturing Screenshot of Desktop Programatically in an Easy Way in Visual Basic

11 Oct 2009

Rajesh Naik Ponda Goa

The code shows an easy way to capture desktop to file.

Using the .NET Library and XML in VB6

11 Mar 2008

Nelson Kosta Souto

How to use the .NET Library and XML in VB6.

Beware of global variables in Visual Basic COM objects

17 Feb 2000

Jeremiah Talkar

A note for C++ programmers about global varaibles in Apartment threaded VB COM objects

Registering a COM DLL with VS 2005: A Walk-Through

18 Aug 2008

CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to register a COM DLL with Visual Studio 2005.

Custom Auto Complete for Visual C++ 6

17 Mar 2004

Ilan Shapira

Add-In that enables customized auto complete to code/comment blocks in Developer Studio IDE

Bug Submitter Dialog

28 Apr 2009

Jeroen De Dauw

Dialog that enables user to submit various types of bugs via a webservice

Collection Wizard

6 Oct 2001

frans

This program was written to make implementing a collection in ATL a snap

Windows Forms Validation w/ ErrorProvider Control Quickly (Validate Whole Form at Once)

26 Apr 2008

tricos

Windows Forms Validation w/ ErrorProvider Control Quickly (Validate Whole Form at Once)

dotNetMSN Library Fix

8 Aug 2008

BlueBit.uy

How to fix dotNetMSN library to easily connect to MSN service

Generic Record Selector With Filter

10 Nov 2009

system-zone.co.uk

A Generic Record Selector Windows Form with Data Filter

Working with Multiple Images with Each TreeNode

14 Jun 2008

Mohd Arshad Malik

Working with Multiple Images with Each TreeNode

Brick 2005 Game Engine (formerly Tetris 2005 Game Engine)

16 Nov 2012

Mohit Soam

A Game engine tutorial describes how to play the game and how to customize the game. The game is user friendly that lets you to change the view, difficulty, etc. without changing the VB code.

ASP.NET Tag/Search Cloud Server Control

19 Feb 2008

Kamran A

A customizable cloud generator written in VB.NET.

Aero Wizard in VB.NET

30 Jul 2009

pimb2

Create an Aero-style wizard in VB.NET

Create flexible and robust reports using VB's datareport utility

4 Nov 2001

S.S. Ahmed

This application shows how to create flexible and robust reports using VB's data report utility.

Data Grid - Free Grid Control

20 Oct 2007

Ivan0001

The best free grid control, you can choose any format (font name, bold, italic...) for each field and much more

[A Simple] AI Chatbot Wizard: Create, Train and Chat

8 Jan 2004

dzzxyz

This application demonstrates how to Create, Train and Test an AI Chatbot.

artificial-intelligence

Custom Sort for DataBound WPF ListView

7 Feb 2008

SamratGhose

Provides Custom Sorting for a ADO.NET bound WPF ListView

Fullscreen the form in VB.NET using a class

26 Jun 2010

chanderp, Yash Bharadwaj

In some application we need to fullscreen the App .Here is simple class that can fullscreen any App. Just create a variable of this class type and call the function using the class variable.

A workaround to overlap an ActiveX with an HTML element

10 Nov 2005

George Mamaladze

This workaround allows you to show HTML elements on top of ActiveX elements (an tag).

Control your PC with Mobile Phone

5 Aug 2004

rasheed1979

Shutdown your PC from anywhere in this universe using mobile phone, with lesser cost.

Accessing WebCam in Visual Basic 6

11 Mar 2006

dixanta

Accessing WebCam in Visual Basic 6

A High Performance TCP/IP Socket Server COM Component for VB

25 Jun 2002

Len Holgate

Although socket based TCP/IP servers using IO Completion Ports are often written in C++, it's sometimes useful to write such a server in Visual Basic.

C-like Exports between VB6 and VB.NET

26 Jun 2007

venom00

In this article, we'll talk about VB6-.NET interoperation without involving COM. How? Making C-like exports of some functions from a VB.NET DLL. First, I'll introduce the technique used with a very simple sample and then it will be explained how to set a global hook just using VB (6 and .NET).