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Best VB.NET article of September 2010

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10 Nov 2017knockNrod
Creating Embedded Controls for WonderWare InTouch and WinCC
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24 Sep 2010Ron Beyer
You may want to take a look at String.Join:Your code can be compressed to:Dim str as Stringstr = Chr(34) + String.Join(Chr(34) + "," + Chr(34), arr) + Chr(34)(My VB skills are a bit lacking, so the syntax may be a bit off, but you get the idea).
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15 Oct 2010401unauthorized
Allows working with most .NET classes in any COM-aware programming or scripting language
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21 Sep 2010Mohammad Elsheimy
This is another article that talks about URL shortening services. Today we are going to talk about Cligs, one of the popular shortening services on the web.
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27 Sep 2010Willem Hijlkema
SQL Blob field into picture box
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16 Sep 2010Martin Hinshelwood
Team Foundation Server 2010 Event Handling with Subscribers
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21 Sep 2010Mohammad Elsheimy
Just another article of the URL shortening services series. Today, we are going to talk about another hot and easy-to-use service, it's Tweetburner. If you haven't used it before, then it's the time to. We're going to discuss how to use Tweetburner first. After that, we'll inspect its API and learn
20 Sep 2010DBI Technologies Inc.
What’s the best method for binding schedule controls to a database? A response is normally focused on the needed implementation; however, business rules can be used to define strategic implementations. This Showcase uses Warehouse Shipments and Dock Scheduling as a metaphor for exploring the topic
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23 Sep 2010Sams Publishing
A quick tour of Visual Basic that takes you step by step through creating a complete, albeit small, Visual Basic program
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27 Sep 2010Alan Burkhart
I'd never used String.Join before. Didn't even know it was there. :laugh: However, part of the idea is to skip all empty lines AND not end up with an empty string at the end (which my first code didn't address) AND insert the quotes. To get all this done with String.Join, it still took 8...
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15 Dec 2011shynet
Stream a live camera video stream or single images between applications using the TCP protocol.
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21 Mar 2012Adel Khayata
An article that describes how to convert a number to written words in English and Arabic
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16 Sep 2010PeaceTiger
VB6 Printer object supports printing to POS printers too. In this article, we will see Why and How.
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21 Sep 2010Mohammad Elsheimy
This is the first article of our series that talks about accessing URL shortening services programmatically. Here we introduce new concepts like the REST API. We also have a brief discussion of URL shortening services APIs and how you can access them. In addition, we are going to talk about .NET sup
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24 Sep 2010Alan Burkhart
Quickly resize, rename, change formats and add simple effects to multiple images.
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23 Sep 2010Minhajul Shaoun
This articles provides a guideline on how to create a ASP.NET weather control that will show weather using Google Weather API. This control also contains some property that will let user select the location it will show weather.
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4 Oct 2011SSDiver2112
Simulates standard titlebar on a borderless form for easy placement of additional controls on the titlebar, freeing up space on the form. It can also be put on a panel to simulate an MDI Form.
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2 Sep 2010Gregory Gadow
A simple framework for documenting the events of master and child pages and web controls.
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25 Sep 2010ja_benetti
Macro to backup the contents of a solution with a simple click
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28 Sep 2010Tim_w
Radio buttons in Gridview without JavaScript
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21 Sep 2010Mohammad Elsheimy
Another article of our series that talks about accessing URL shortening services programmatically. This article is talking about is.gd shortening service, how you can use it, and how to access it via your C#/VB.NET application.
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7 Sep 2010Raymund Macaalay
Running Applications on a Higher Priority
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18 Sep 2010Tajwer Jalal
Data Entry Form made Easy, Enabled / Disabled controls on Data Entry Form
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24 Sep 2010Alan Burkhart 3 alternatives  
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6 Oct 2010Tamus
A ReaderWriterLock that cannot deadlock, and thread-safe example collections
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7 Sep 2010Richard A. Dalton
A short program that demonstrates some fundamental programming techniques that every student should understand.

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Software Developer (Senior) Taiba
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Republic
MCSE,MCSD,MCTS,MCITP
Working as I.T Manager for Taiba Gold & Jewels (http://khayata.org)
United States United States
I'm not an IT guy. Programming has been a hobby for me (and occasionally useful) ever since a sister in-law introduced me to a TI-99 4/A about a million years ago.

The creative challenge is relaxing and enjoyable. As such, I'd never mess up a fun hobby by doing it for a living.

Now, if I can just get Code Project to add "Truck Driver" to the list of job titles in the profiles...
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United States United States
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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Microsoft MVP, Uses Microsoft Visual Studio ecosystem building web and desktop solutions
Software Developer (Senior) TenovaCore
United States United States
Rod currently works in The Burgh using .Net technologies to create Human-Machine Interfaces for steel-making furnaces. He has 7 years in the steel industry, and 12 years of experience working in the nuclear industry at Savannah River Site in Aiken, SC. He enjoys riding his Honda Goldwing through the winding Pennsylvania farmlands, and taking his Jeep offroad.
Instructor / Trainer naked ALM
United States United States

About the Author: Martin has worked with many customers in government, finance, manufacturing, health and technology to help them improve their processes and deliver more. He provides management and technical consulting that intends to expose processes and practices to gain transparency, uncover impediments to value delivery and reduce cycle-time as part of an organisations path to agility. Martin is a Professional Scrum Trainer as well as a Visual Studio ALM MVP and Visual Studio ALM Ranger. He writes regularly on http://nakedalm.com/blog, and speaks often on Scrum, good practices and Visual Studio ALM.


You can get in touch with Martin through naked ALM.

Program Manager Zybersoft Technologies
Bangladesh Bangladesh
I am a dynamic person always eager to keep me update. I finished B.Sc in G&M from Rajshahi University. Now working as Program Manager in Zybersoft Technologies, Thrissur, Kerala. I live in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Visiting historical place is my favourite job that i am finding. I am a self learned .net programmer and i like it very much.
Technical Lead
Egypt Egypt
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.

Mohammad was born in Egypt. He loves his machine and his code more than anything else!

Currently, Mohammad runs two blogs: "Just Like [a] Magic" (http://JustLikeAMagic.com) and "مع الدوت نت" (http://WithdDotNet.net), both dedicated for programming and Microsoft technologies.

You can reach Mohammad at elsheimy[at]live[dot]com
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http://nz.linkedin.com/in/macaalay
http://macaalay.com/
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President 6D Systems LLC
United States United States
I studied Software Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering for 2 years before switching to Management of Information Systems for a more business oriented approach. I've been developing software since the age of 14, and have waded through languages such as QBasic, TrueBasic, C, C++, Java, VB6, VB.NET, C#, etc. I've been developing professionally since 2002 in .NET.
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Software Developer Nemex Studios
Israel Israel
My name is Shay and I'm 21 years old.
At age 16 I created Nemex Studios (www.byshynet.com), an application development "company" (not official).
I'm the developer of "Mouse Recorder Pro", "Mouse Shaker" and many other applications, developed to help the community.
Software Developer
United States United States
I first got hooked on programing with the TI994A. After it finally lost all support I reluctantly moved to the Apple IIe. Thank You BeagleBros for getting me through. I wrote programs for my Scuba buisness during this time. Currently I am a Database manager and software developer. I started with VBA and VB6 and now having fun with VB.NET/WPF/C#...
Program Manager
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Web Developer
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Web Developer
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