Best VB.NET Article of April 2014

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Each month at CodeProject we gather together the best of the articles submitted the previous month and ask our readers to choose the best of the best. Entry is automatic - just submit you articke and we'll do the rest.

Check out the submission guidelines for information on posting articles.

Current Entries

Articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Black-Oil MSV

21 Apr 2014Amir Emamjomeh

This application integrates modification, simulation and visualization of Black-Oil model of hydrocarbon reservoirs

WPF

simulator

USB Reset Attribute

6 Apr 2014Prabakaran T

Ultimate USB Reset Attribute with powerful option

Unhide folders

24 Apr 2014mohamedkamaleed

unhide folders after virus attack

Complete Open XML Spreadsheet in VB

25 Apr 2014Frankxcid

Class that allows you to programmatically create an Open XML Excel spreadsheet

XML

Windows

ASP.NET

Be Careful in Printing 'Error:' in Custom Build Events of Visual Studio

20 Apr 2014Zhuyun Dai

Your build will fail if you print 'Error:' in your custom Build Events of Visual Studio.

Handling Casing Issues though Extension Methods in C# and Visual Basic

18 Apr 2014Rion Williams

How to handle casing issues through extension methods in C# and Visual Basic

.NET

Architect

Spline Interpolation - history, theory and implementation

2 Dec 2014Kenneth Haugland

Implementation of Bezier curve, Derivative Bezier curve, Cathull-Rom spline, Bessel-Overhauser spline, Lagrange interpolation and convex hull

VS2010

VS2013

Visual-Studio

Dynamic Connection String

8 Apr 2014Nick Sagriotis

You want to customize the database connection string at run-time? Here is how.

Toggle Controls to Read-Only for an Entire Window

23 Apr 2014George Sefcik

Switch all controls on a window to read-only by clicking a menu item

Auto Filtering GridView Control

15 May 2014rhawk4

A component replacement for the standard GridView that adds filters to the header and does not require code changes on your page.

ASP.NET

Gridview

CQRS on Windows Azure - The Query Side

14 Apr 2014Duncan Edwards Jones

The query side of the Command Query segregation or responsibility architecture

cloud

Azure

Printing Images Quickly and Efficiently to an A4 Page [VB.NET]

1 Jan 2015Benjamin Lifshitz

With this code, you can print images quickly and efficiently, using the largest part of the A4 page for your image.

Leverage the .NET framework classes from VBA

24 Apr 2014Pragmateek

Introduction Following my previous article on a similar subject, Extend your VBA code with C#, VB.Net or C++/CLI, I’ve received an interesting feedback from a VBA developer who wanted to leverage the advanced support of the .Net framework for regular … Continue reading →

Populate MainMenu Dynamically in VB.NET Using Recursion

15 Apr 2014Mike_1989

The following code populates a mainmenu within VB.Net dynamically using recursion, until all items are added to the main menu

Current Participants

Those with articles that match the contest criteria are automatically entered.

Benjamin Lifshitz

Israel

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Duncan Edwards Jones

Software Developer

Ireland

C# / SQL Server developer
Microsoft MVP (Azure) 2017
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic) 2006, 2007

Frankxcid

Software Developer (Senior) Nelson Stud Welding

United States

Over 15 years Experience in I.T. now dedicated to software development. Front end and back end are my home. C#, VB Java .net and ASP to name a few

George Sefcik

Software Developer (Senior) GWSoftware

United States

Independent Software Developer
There are no such things as problems...only opportunities to work harder!

Kenneth Haugland

Chief Technology Officer

Norway

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Mike_1989

Systems Engineer

United Kingdom

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

mohamedkamaleed

Systems Engineer Gizasystems

Egypt

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Nick Sagriotis

Software Developer

Greece

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Prabakaran T

Software Developer (Junior)

India

Workaholic!
Sr Software Developer.
Web Developer and Desktop Application Development.

Pragmateek

Instructor / Trainer Pragmateek

France (Metropolitan)

To make it short I'm an IT trainer specialized in the .Net ecosystem (framework, C#, WPF, Excel addins...).
(I'm available in France and bordering countries, and I only teach in french.)

I like to learn new things, particularly to understand what happens under the hood, and I do my best to share my humble knowledge with others by direct teaching, by posting articles on my blog (pragmateek.com), or by answering questions on forums.

rhawk4

United States

My first computer was a Commodore Pet 2001 and I learned BASIC on it. In college I learned and played with Fortran, Colol, PL/1, ASM, JCL and such. I started working with computers in the early 80s programming Z80, 8088 machine code and then BASIC, Turbo Pascal, Modula-2, 6800 machine code, 6809 machine code and 6502 machine code. By the late 80's I was doing a lot of Borland Pascal and communications/modem programming and making EDI translators and using BTrieve databases. I worked up to C and then Delphi when it came out. By the mid 90's I was a web developer on Netscape servers and then Microsoft NT. I then began to use Classic ASP and started to learn SQL Server and Access. Now I am an IT Manager, but on the side do web development (mostly retail sites and shopping carts) and I sell cat toys online.

Rion Williams

Software Developer (Senior)

United States

An experienced Software Developer and Graphic Designer with an extensive knowledge of object-oriented programming, software architecture, design methodologies and database design principles. Specializing in Microsoft Technologies and focused on leveraging a strong technical background and a creative skill-set to create meaningful and successful applications.

Well versed in all aspects of the software development life-cycle and passionate about embracing emerging development technologies and standards, building intuitive interfaces and providing clean, maintainable solutions for even the most complex of problems.

Taylor Kobani

Engineer

United Kingdom

I'm a Full-stack Software Developer with over a decade of experience at industrial and research projects having my main focus on Microsoft .Net stack.

Zhuyun Dai

Architect

China

Over 10-years experience in using Microsoft technologies.
At present, working as the architect of a clustered real-time data delivery and visualization system, responsible for the design of component architecture, product packaging and deployment, also targeting private cloud solutions for future.

First Prize	Kenneth Haugland - Spline Interpolation - history, theory and implementation
Prize pool	CodeProject T-Shirt - CodeProject


Second Prize	Nick Sagriotis - Dynamic Connection String
Prize pool	Bob Sticker - CodeProject

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