Learn interesting methods of producing gradient filled text within a picturebox. (Added: 20-Jan-2000)
Creating Gradient Text
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Extracting Path / Filename from a String
Published 02/07/2004
Take a Windows compatible path and break it into the filename with extension and without extension, the extension alone, the path, and whether it's a valid file or not. (Added: 9-Jun-1999)
Improved Mid$ Statement
Published 02/07/2004
Learn how to wrap the VB Mid$ statement into an error free piece of code. Negative values are automatically checked and handled. (Added: 12-May-1999)
Standard Name Formatting Routine
Published 02/07/2004
Discover a standard routine for formatting a name in a string'—useful for formatting fields from databases (such as ForeName, Surname, Initial etc). (Added: 12-May-1999)
String Function - CountWords
Published 02/07/2004
Learn how to code a routine to return the number of words in a string (including strings containing CR/LF codes). (Added: 4-Apr-2000)
VB Syntax Coloring
Published 02/07/2004
Learn about another method to color code VB Syntax in an RTF control. (Added: 9-Jun-1999)
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
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.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
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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...
Obtaining External Window Handles and Window Captions with Visual Studio 2012
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Learn how to obtain an outside application's window handle, in order to manipulate that window from inside your program, using either VB.NET or C#.
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