Hannes DuPreez

Introduction Who knew back in 2004 that Facebook would have such a big influence in everybody’s lives ten years on? I used to abhor Facebook and saw no interest in it whatsoever; now, I set my Facebook profile up nicely so that it contains only feeds and people I am really interested in. Today, I […]

Instagram is a nifty little app that allows you to share photos on social media. There is one caveat with Instagram, though; it is available solely on a mobile platform. Today, I will show you how to create a little Instagram app with Visual Basic. Getting Started As stated throughout my social media article series […]

Introduction It seems as if I have a fetish for social media apps this month… Probably. Twitter is basically a short message service system for the internet. I have always felt a bit limited with only 140 characters, but I guess Facebook makes up for it. With today’s article, I will demonstrate how to make […]

Introduction Question: What would the 21st century be without YouTube? Answer: Quite boring. Apart from all the funny and interesting videos on there, the main reason that 99% of people visit YouTube is because of the music videos. Today, I will show you how to make a very small YouTube application. The YouTube SDK (Software […]

Introduction Persisting information means to save information (of any type) and to retrieve it from the location to which it has been saved. With today’s article, I will show you two ways to save colors. Now, the first question that pops into your head might be: Why? Well, the answer is simple. People like saving […]

Introduction We all know what an SMS is (hopefully!), but sadly, SMS is said to be a dying medium of communication. I honestly do not actually think it is, because most countries are still battling with proper internet communication, and the fact that internet prices are quite expensive, especially in South Africa. Anyway, enough rambling… […]

Introduction I dare to say that no one loves music more than I. Music is literally my life and my job is my hobby. That is just how serious I am about music. Now, as an avid music lover, I always try to find new things to do to a song, and with Visual Basic, […]

Introduction For those few of you who frequently read my articles, first of all, thanks, and second of all, you may find it weird that I write yet another article about databases in Windows 8.1; but, as you will see, this technique works entirely differently than in the previous articles. Today, I will demonstrate how […]

Introduction Welcome to today’s article! As you may know, I am very curious and I like to know how things work. Today’s topic is no exception! Today, I will show you how to unzip a file, or files, with VB 2013 and Windows 8.1. Let us get started. Zip Files I know I am probably […]

Design Start Visual Studio 2013 and create a new Windows Phone VB application, by clicking File, New Project, Windows Phone Apps, Blank App, as shown in Figure 1: Figure 1: New Windows Phone app Once the framework has been created, add the following onto your MainPage.xaml page: One list box with the following items: Button […]

Introduction Hello and welcome to my article. Today, I will demonstrate how simple, yet complicated, printing is inside your Windows 8.1 apps. Design Start Visual Studio 2013 and create a new VB Windows Store application. If you are uncertain on just how to get started, feel free to read the following articles: 25 Tools You […]

Introduction DevExpress has been around for a very long time and their control suites are little short of amazing. This article will introduce you to some of DevExpress’ controls for Visual Basic. DevExpress DurationEdit The DurationEdit control is very handy to use with scheduling tasks. I could have used a control such as this one […]