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Best VB.NET article of April 2010

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6 Apr 2010seejay1120
A Fast Way to Update Treeview Nodes Using a Database as a Source
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4 Apr 2010Eugene Sichkar
Actually .net 3.5 have non-repeatable collection class - HashSet class and ISet interface.
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15 Apr 2010Paulo Morgado
Getting Interface Property Implementations
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7 Apr 2010John Wigger
A utility class allowing you to deal with form data as a collection.
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5 Apr 2010nan49
'All business logic access to the database can make use of this 'function if one is using a stored procedure.'--------------------------------------------------------------Public class classDbAccess#Region "DML OPERATIONS USING ORACLE STORED PROCEDURE" 'This take the necessary...
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14 Apr 2010Joao Tito Livio
Introduction...
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10 May 2010lidialee 1 alternative  
I have a report which can be viewed in Crystal Report viewer in VS. Client needs to generate a PDF file with a click of a button and the PDF should pop up upon finishing exporting and let the client decide where to save the file.'vb.netImports...
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4 May 2010Gregory Gadow
Write an application that launches in the notification area.
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21 May 2010Mohammad Elsheimy
VB.NET and C# + twitto; a simple desktop Twitter
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12 Apr 2010jpaulino
XML Literals allow you to use XML syntax in your code. It’s easy to work with XML files this way, since you have that Tags in the code, but it’s also quicker to access information rather than the traditional methods.
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19 Apr 2010jleonorlane
Architecture Tools in VS 2010 supports UML (Unified Modeling Language 2.1.1) diagrams to help you understand your application, such as the Architecture Explorer and Dependency Graphs.To create the following UML diagrams, as well as to use the Architecture Explorer, requires Visual Studio...
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20 Dec 2011emolina
Public Sub DisableSound() Dim keyValue As String keyValue = "%SystemRoot%\Media\" If Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major = 5 AndAlso Environment.OSVersion.Version.Minor > 0 Then keyValue += "Windows XP Start.wav" ElseIf Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major = 6 Then ...
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22 Apr 2010Oguz Bastemur
An article of how you can create serious web applications via PokeIn Comet Ajax library in minutes
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15 Apr 2010Jalapeno Bob
Adding a Submenu to a Context Menu via Visual Basic
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4 Apr 2010Mohammad Elsheimy
A brief discussion of RSS. Incorporating RSS into a simple RSS bar control written in VB.NET.
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2 Jun 2010Mohammad Elsheimy
Programmatically Enumerating, Attaching, and Detaching SQL Server Databases via SQL statements and stored procedures
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16 Apr 2010Meshack Musundi
Learn how to enable resizing of a custom WPF window
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6 Apr 2010ckuroda2001@yahoo.com
Cross browser support for a scrollable GridView.
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21 Apr 2010yincekara
This article is a guide to building a .NET component, using it in a VB6 project at runtime using late binding, attaching its events and get a callback.
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7 Apr 2010O.G.I.
2D collision detection system with VB.NET
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2 May 2010Thomas van Veen
Visual Studio 2005/2008 AddIn for browsing exported methods of native libraries
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7 Apr 2010User 992674
This sample code tells you how to create a series of folders using folder names stored in an Excel spreadsheet.
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1 Jul 2010William Dyson
RSS Reader
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21 Apr 2010e.bonavero-miller
make sure that web.config contains these config sections: ...
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10 Apr 2010NavnathKale
I dont get why someone what to relate between DataSource and TabStop. Dim DataGridView1 As New DataGridViewDim TextBox1 As New TextBoxTextBox1.TabStop = (DataGridView1.DataSource IsNot Nothing)
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19 Apr 2010Pratik M Mahajan
Public Class Form1 '********************************************************************************************************************************* 'I am just printing messagebox 'you can replace this with other calling values 'for eg. Dim com As New OleDbCommand ' ...
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14 May 2010Dave5709
The Math.Round function in the Compact Framework only allows for ToEven behavior, not the AwayFromZero functionality as listed here:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.midpointrounding.aspx[^]This code will allow you to emulate the MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero functionality of...

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Java and Visual Basic and database driven application development.
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Gregory Gadow recently graduated from Central Washington University with a B.S. that combined economics and statistical analysis, and currently works for the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife as an IT developer. He has been writing code for 30 years in more than a dozen programming languages, including Visual Basic, VB.Net, C++, C#, ASP, HTML, XML, SQL, and R.
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BSEE 1972, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
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Jorge Paulino
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Experienced C# software developer with a passion for WPF.

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Mohammad Elsheimy is a developer, trainer, and technical writer currently hired by one of the leading fintech companies in Middle East, as a technical lead.

Mohammad is a MCP, MCTS, MCPD, MCSA, MCSE, and MCT expertized in Microsoft technologies, data management, analytics, Azure and DevOps solutions. He is also a Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Quranic Readings college (Al-Azhar) graduate specialized in Quranic readings, Islamic legislation, and the Arabic language.

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Name: Ognian Gantchev Ivanov

Current Age: 27

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Computer Languages: VB, C#, C++

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About me:
I'm an enthusiast game developer. I love computers, art and science.
Software Developer (Senior) Pagos
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creating an application is a life style. not a job!
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