Implement Paul Kimmel's Radio pattern to separate internal messaging within an application. Along the way, you'll learn how to create a reusable custom application block for the same purpose.
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"Search and Replace" in Visual Basic Applications
Implementing "Search and Replace" functionality in your VB application is very easy. The straightforward and to-the-point algorithm that I developed for this will make it easier for you to understand it.
Prime Programming Proficiency, Part 3: Lines-of-Code Counter
You can track the number of projects, files, and lines of code in any given solution implemented with VS.NET. Just invoke a built-in, lines-of-code counter in VS.NET and implement it as a macro that other teams can share.
Selecting a Geometrical Object
Learn about a method of selecting a geometrical object which is described by its vertices. This article might be of use if you are creating 2D or 3D shape related software.
How Visual Basic 6 Stores Data
This article describes how VB 6 stores Bytes, Booleans, Integers, Longs, Singles, Doubles, Strings (Fixed- and Variable-Length), Currencys, Dates, Variants, Arrays and UDTs.
VB .NET Tip: Encryption in Just Twelve Lines of Code!
If you don't want the overhead or complexity of a government-standard encryption technique, there is a simple solution.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
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
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.
