Latest Basic Syntax Articles - Page 5

Use custom exceptions to add information that will be more meaningful to your users when exceptions occur. And, you still can maintain all the information from the original exception.

Interacting with Office functionality in a .NET application can add a new level of functionality while providing the user with familiar methods of getting work done. In Part One of this series, explore a sample WinForms Outlook contact management application.

Handling exceptions can sometimes be a little tricky. If you are not careful, your code may act on the wrong information. Learn how to bubble up exceptions while keeping the original exception information intact.

Learn how to create your own usercontrols. This is done in several articles of increasing complexity so the reader will be able to follow it easily.

Be a good resource citizen by implementing IDisposable. You will be able to ensure that your objects have the opportunity to release all of their managed and unmanaged resources.

Learn how to implement a Fraction's class—which is ideally suited for overloaded operators and how to overload operators in Visual Basic.