Go behind the scenes to learn how VB handles User Defined Types (UDTs) internally. See how VB stores UDTs in memory and learn how to use them in non-conventional ways, such as saving them to byte arrays, dumping them to files, and using them to accesses byte values of other data types.
Create multiline tool tips for list-view items using Visual Basic.
Track Federal Express packages using this Web Service written in Visual Basic .NET.
Learn how to create plugins for your applications using Visual Basic.
In his twelfth and final column, industry guru Karl Moore explores the world of Web services. From plugging into Google to zooming in on the Empire State Building through TerraServer, it's all here -- in the last of the .NET secrets series.
Draw shaded tubes using circles and random numbers. Great basis for a screen saver.
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
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...
Learn how to use a for loop to loop through all of the images found on a web page and save them via the DownloadFile method of the WebClient object.
SOLID principles form the base for writing good and clean object oriented code in C#. Learn about the S.O.L.I.D principles and explore C# coding samples for each.
