This installment of Creating a Video Slot game with VB.NET shows you how to determine whether or not three pictures form part of a winning line, how to enable the facility to enter an amount of credits, and how to track them during gameplay.
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Creating a Video Slot game with VB.NET
Hannes du Preez take you through the steps to create a video slot game in VB.NET.
Working with Queues and Stacks
Apart from Hashtables, queues and stacks are probably the most common Collection classes. This article explains the ins and outs of queues and stacks.
Working with Hashtables in .NET
There are millions of Namespaces in the .NET Framework. Coming from a VB 6 background, I was accustomed to arrays and arrays only. Luckily all has changed with .NET, in that the .NET Framework supports Collections, which as its name implies, is a collection of objects that you can store in a certain manner.
Adding File Associations
For some reason, setting file associations is still somewhat of a mystery to many a developer. Hannes du Preez shows you how to create an installer package to do it for you!
Creating your Own Hidden Object Game with VB.NET - Part 3 - Adding Advanced Features
This is the last installment of Creating your own Hidden Object game with VB.NET shows you how to add a Hint Facility, how to change screen resolution, and how to finalize the game.
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.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...

Disabling Titlebar Buttons with VB.NET
Hannes du Preez shows you how to disable titlebar buttons and menus in your programs temporarily.

WebSockets Meets Security
WebSockets are intended to build bi-directional connections between a web browser and a server. This must be done in a safe way. In addition, the WebSockets have a huge disadvantage (to say it politely). Read on to learn more.
