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Visual Basic

Setting Enumerators From Questionable Data Sources (for C# and VB)

9 Jul 2011 by #realJSOP

Avoid exceptions when setting enumerators from unknown/untrusted sources.

No More Session Variable Misspellings

23 Jun 2011 by #realJSOP

One way to guarantee uniqueness and avoid misspelling your session variable names

ASP.NET

Reverse of a string without using the Reverse function in C# and VB

23 Jul 2011 by #realJSOP

I wouldn't create a class for this. I'd make it an extension method, and then do this:public static class String Extensions{ public static string Reverse(this string value) { value = // do your reverse code here; return value; }}// Usage:string x...

C#4.0

DataSet to String to DataSet

10 Nov 2011 by #realJSOP

This is an alternative to "DataSet to String to DataSet".

How to dynamically retrieve results from a LINQ Query

3 Dec 2010 by -james

Iterate through the results and extract using system.reflection

LINQ

Centralise a Form on the Current Screen

5 Jul 2016 by _Matt_Wilkinson_

How to centralise a Form when using multiple screens

.NET

WinForms

Dev

Schedule task in Windows 7 with VB.NET

30 Aug 2013 by _Niharika Saxena

Schedule task in windows 7

Implementing IComparable and IEquatable safely and fully

22 Jun 2012 by A. Ganzer

Using snippets to create a full and correct implementation of complex interfaces

Draw to Screen without using API

25 Jun 2011 by a_pess

Draw to Screen without using API

Why My Thread Safe Generic List Does Not Respect My Enumerator

22 May 2014 by a_pess

ThreadSafe Generic List

VB12

Fill a ListBox with Text of an Enum

12 Dec 2010 by aaroncampf

Serialize objects into XML strings

31 Mar 2014 by Abdallah Al-Dalleh

C#3.5

.NET

serialization

Conveniently Remove a List of Items From Another List

14 Aug 2012 by Abdul Quader Mamun

Convenient way to remove items from list when items exist in second list.

.NET

AlSayed Color TrackBar

5 Jun 2012 by Abed AlSayed

AlSayed ColorBar is a TrackBar best for professional color picker, like the one used in Adobe Photoshop.

Parsing an HTML document by using a recursive function

28 Sep 2011 by ac-2008

Maybe this would have saved you some efforts: http://developer.mindtouch.com/SgmlReader[^]. I have already developed a project (Delivery Predictor) with this reader: http://achristov.info/Projects.aspx[^]

XML

HTML

ASP.NET

MVC HtmlHelper for HTML5 datalist Tag

8 Sep 2015 by Adam A Black

MVC HtmlHelper for HTML5 datalist Tag

Yet Another Color Picker for C#, VB.NET WinForm

17 Aug 2013 by adriancs

An Office 2010 Style Color Picker for .NET WinForm.

Why Use ASP.NET for Web Development

13 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

A slight comparison of ASP.NET upon other (web) programming languages in the market and a discussion of me and some other (web) programming language developers.

Resigning a signed assembly

18 Dec 2012 by Ahmad Dekmak

In this project we learn how to resign a signed assembly with another one of your choice

.NET

Increase productivity with Visual Studio extensions

30 May 2012 by Ahsan Murshed

This article gives ideas to developers to increase development time productivity using the free Visual Studio 2010 extensions.

Converting and Compressing a Dataset to Byte array

24 Jan 2011 by ahsan sarfraz

Convert a Dataset to bytes array and then compress that array.

ASP.NET

webservice

Get Viewable Text From Textbox

4 Mar 2013 by Ajit Amare

Get the viewable text for your textbox.

.NET

Dev

How to detect if an image is a transparent GIF

6 Jul 2012 by Ajitchahal

This is quite useful if you are building a crawler or need to download images from public sources. Transparent images can be easily discarded.

C#3.5

.NET

Dev

Text Max Length Programmatically | Tested on WinPhone APP

31 May 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Choose your text maximum length programmatically and show a message whenever the length = the maximum length

Arrays Generator

26 Jul 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

Convert Vertical List to String Array

24 Sep 2010 by Alan Burkhart

Convert Vertical List to String Array

27 Sep 2010 by Alan 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...

DataSet to String to DataSet

10 Nov 2011 by Alan Tuscano

Converting DataSet to String to DataSet

Dealing with a SerializationException: The type System.Windows.Forms.CurrencyManager is not marked as serializable.

17 Aug 2014 by Alejandro Gaio

A simple solution to a serialization problem with IBindingList-implementer classes.

.NET

Windows

Create Documentation for SQL Server Tables

27 Jun 2011 by Alexandros Pappas

This tool reads the descriptions of the columns of the SQL server and creates a Word document using SoftArtisans' WordWriter.

Apps Key in DevExpress GridControl

29 Jun 2011 by Alexandros Pappas

Display of a context menu when pressing the Apps key in a DevExpress GridControl

.NET

Windows

WinForms

DataTable Merge Performance

1 Jul 2013 by Alexandros Pappas

This project measures performance of the DataTable.Merge method.

Windows 7 Files

12 Nov 2014 by Alexandros Pappas

Lists the files that are installed with Windows 7 on a Virtual PC

SQL

Windows

server

Windows Services Cannot Create More than a Certain Number of Processes

20 Jan 2016 by Alexandros Pappas

Windows Services cannot create more than a certain number of processes, whereas Console Applications seem not to have a limit.

.Net Progress Bar - Single or Multi-Threaded

15 Jul 2014 by AlexF185

A dynamic progress bar control easy to use and literally plug and play

VBA : encrypted / password protected PDF for MS Office

19 May 2015 by algor-AG

VBA : encrypted / password protected PDF for MS Office

Post-back Targeting

9 May 2012 by Ali Al Omairi(Abu AlHassan)

Overwriting the __doPostBack() function to target the post-back form according to eventTarget

Javascript

.NET

ASP.NET

How to Export Data to Excel in VB.NET

17 Oct 2013 by Alireza C

I want to show how we can export data from data table to Excel simply.

REINSTALLMODE=amus

17 Feb 2010 by alisissa

When you are working on a windows application and deploying your solution every now and then, you should be aware on not deleting all files on reinstall like the database file and some files generated by the user.But when changing you application setup project version number you will notice...

installer

Multi Rename of Files

1 Dec 2022 by Allegra Angelo

This tip intends to discuss how to rename multiple files in VB.NET.

Win10

.NET

win11

Merging TIFF Images

22 Nov 2021 by Allegra Angelo

Create a multipage TIFF image from images

.NET

Windows

TIFF

SET Network Parameters with IPCONFIG and Text Files

24 Jan 2024 by Allegra Angelo

Save, read and text recognition of network parameters

.NET

Win32

Storing Dataset in a file using Object Serialization

26 Aug 2010 by alrosan

AutoComplete ComboBox Control From Database

26 Aug 2010 by alrosan

Customize DataGridView row without iteration

18 May 2011 by ambarishtv

Hide Report Group Tree in WPF

8 Jul 2011 by Amey1202

In WPF, just set the ToolPanelView property of CrystalReportViewer to None. That is enough.

WPF

Fixed or Sticky header or ASP.NET webpage

19 Dec 2010 by Amit Kumar Tiwari

Fixed or Sticky header or ASP.NET webpage

HTML

ASP.NET

Call Functions Until One Meets Condition

19 Jun 2012 by Andreas Gieriet

This is an alternative for "Call Functions Until One Meets Condition"

An Easy Way To Query a Database

14 Feb 2011 by Andrew Rissing

The following samples should take advantage of using statements and furthermore built in features of the ADO.NET framework. Furthermore, if you open a connection, make sure you open it at the latest time possible and close it as soon as possible.Edit: While I was originally not trying to...

VB.NET wrappers for much of the Windows API

7 May 2012 by andrewbb@gmail.com

Includes most API functions except for graphical ones.

Windows

API

VB.NET wrappers for much of the Windows API

15 Apr 2012 by andrewbb@gmail.com

Includes most API functions except for graphics.

SendKeys using ScanCodes to Citrix

6 Jan 2012 by Andrewiski

A modified version of SendKeys to allow sending of keyboard input to Citrix

Windows

Resize and Rotate Shapes in GDI+

9 Dec 2021 by Andy De Filippo

Draw a shape-like editor implementing the use of anchors to resize and rotate a selection rectangle

Transparent Label in VB

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

Label1.Paren...

Decimal To Fraction

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

Converts a given decimal number to fraction

HugeInt - N Digit Arithmetic Class

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

A class for N-Digit Arithmetic

Commenting

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

Shortcut for Commenting

Conversion Between All .NET Languages

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

The Perfect Translation/Conversion of Code

Saving Settings

21 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

Saving a form's settings

Multiple Event Handling for the Lazy Ones

24 May 2011 by Anshul R

Handle code redundancy for many controls in one subroutine

VB9

VB10

VB8

Whats My IP Address ?

21 Sep 2011 by Anshul R

Private Sub GetIPAddress()Dim strHostName As StringDim strIPAddress As StringstrHostName = System.Net.Dns.GetHostName()strIPAddress = System.Net.Dns.Resolve(strHostName).AddressList(0).ToString()MessageBox.Show("Host Name: " & strHostName & "; IP Address: " &...

C#2.0

Quick RSS

14 Mar 2013 by Anshul R

Quick way to read RSS

Non-Repeatable Collections

4 Apr 2010 by Anthony Daly

Download source - 30 KBDownload library - 5 KBIntroductionThis set of Non-Repeatable Collections has a very simple concept - to only allow one item of each type to be added, meaning that you cannot have duplicate items in the collection.BackgroundAlthough the .NET Framework...

Exception Handling Library

9 Sep 2013 by Anthony Daly

A simple library for dealing with unhandled exceptions, with email support.

.NET4

.NET

Dev

Excel Macro to Generate Database Insert Script

19 Jul 2019 by Anurag Gandhi

An Excel macro that generates SQL insert script that can be executed against database directly

Whats My IP Address ?

20 Sep 2011 by Archimedes24

I find this useful:Dim st As System.IO.StreamDim sr As System.IO.StreamReaderDim req As System.Net.WebRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create("http://www.whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp")Dim resp As System.Net.WebResponse = req.GetResponsest = resp.GetResponseStreamsr =...

C#2.0

Using a Persian calender in .NET 4

19 Jun 2013 by aref.bozorgmehr

How to use a Persian datetime picker and calendar in your applications.

C++

.NET

ASP.NET

How-To Create a CLR Function with EffiProz Database

17 Mar 2010 by arith silva

EffiProz(www.e...

.NET

ADO.NET

database

VS2010 Macro - Collapse Lines of Code Between Comments

18 Aug 2013 by ARNOULT

Visual Studio 2010 Macro : Collapse all sections of code between 2 lines of comment

VS2010

Visual-Studio

macros

Migrating VB Project (which are using .tlb references) to VB.NET (yellow exclamation mark error in references)

3 May 2012 by AshishSaxena19

Migration of a VB project which is using .tlb refrences, to VB.NET

Multi-Line Lambdas in C# and VB.NET

2 Feb 2011 by AspDotNetDev

Lambdas can be composed of multiple lines of code.

Get TinyMCE Value from Server-Side in ASP.NET 4.0

3 Mar 2011 by AspDotNetDev

Using TinyMCE is fairly simple, but attempting to access the value entered by the user in ASP.NET 4.0 presents with some problems.

Javascript

ASP.NET

Call Functions Until One Meets Condition

1 May 2012 by AspDotNetDev

Call a series of functions until the return value meets a condition without a chained-if or short-circuiting.

Call Functions Until One Meets Condition

2 Apr 2011 by AspDotNetDev

VB.NET Version (C# Version)Thanks to cechode for inspiring this tip/trick. Suppose you have the following functions:Function Step1() As Boolean Return TrueEnd FunctionFunction Step2(ByVal val1 As Integer, ByVal val2 As Integer) As Boolean Return val1 = val2End...

No More Session Variable Misspellings

22 Jun 2011 by AspDotNetDev

This can be automated and streamlined with generics. First, create a SessionVariable class:public class SessionVariable{ private string VariableName { get; set; } private System.Web.SessionState.HttpSessionState Session { get; set; } public T Value { get ...

ASP.NET

Navigate a Silverlight WebBrowser to a URL with a Hash (Fragment Identifier)

26 Sep 2011 by AspDotNetDev

The Silverlight WebBrowser won't navigate to some URL's, but this can be worked around.

Silverlight

ASP.NET Conditions in Markup Using Bound Data

18 Oct 2012 by AspDotNetDev

You can't use an if statement in a bound code block, but you can still use conditions in your markup based on bound data.

ASP.NET

ASP.NET Conditions in Markup Using Bound Data

18 Oct 2012 by AspDotNetDev

C# version

ASP.NET

Alternating Types in Bound Repeater

15 Jul 2013 by AspDotNetDev

In this alternate version, we take into account the possibility that binding to a list of different types may cause compile errors.

ASP.NET

File renaming algorithm to mimic Windows copy+paste renaming

31 Aug 2012 by atamata

File renaming algorith to mimic Windows copy+paste renaming

.NET

Dev

recursion

Some of the Anti Patterns

16 Jul 2013 by Atulkumar P Patel

Anti Patterns are wrong practice followed by Developers. They are opposite to Design Patterns.

Generate a PDF document from exported stream of a crystal report

10 May 2010 by atverweij

The last part can be written much easier in VB:Private Sub msGPDF_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles msGPDF.Click Dim Stream As IO.Stream = objRpt.ExportToStream(ExportFormatType.PortableDocFormat) Dim Buffer(CInt(Stream.Length)) As Byte ...

Visual-Studio

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

11 Sep 2016 by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

.NET Get Correct Caret Position from TextBox Control

8 Jul 2014 by B.O.B.

How to get correct caret position from Textbox control

.NET

ComboBox DataSource AddItem Extension

19 Nov 2015 by B.O.B.

A simple extension to add an item that has a data source bound to combobox.items

ISupportInitialize.BeginInit problems?

29 Mar 2012 by barrd

Fix an exception related to ISupportInitialize.BeginInit and learn why it happens.

Easily Zip / Unzip Files using Windows Shell32

22 Oct 2013 by Bashar Tahir

Easily zip / unzip files using Windows Shell32

Updating a UI Element from Multiple Threads

18 Feb 2017 by BeardyMcBeardFace

How to update a UI element from multiple threads

.NET

Convert filesize (bytes) according to highest possible size scale (KB, MB, GB, TB, PB)

5 Apr 2013 by bEGI23

Convert filesize (bytes) according to highest possible size scale (KB, MB, GB, TB, PB).

Retrieve information about your IP

10 Mar 2013 by bEGI23

Retrieve information about your IP from a website.

HTML

Windows

Drag and Resize - Borderless Form

17 Dec 2012 by bEGI23

This code allows to drag and resize a borderless form!

Shortcut for format code file with proper spacing or tab

19 Oct 2010 by Behzad Talebpour

Alternatively, you can erase your closing bracket (}) and VS will format the whole block (between opening & closing bracket). This works only if there is no syntax error in that block.

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

1 Jan 2015 by Benjamin Lifshitz

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

Animations made easy in WPF.

19 May 2015 by Bhanu Pratap Singh Rathore

Animate Controls with ease using the MAnimation class developed by myself and can be used by anyone.

WPF

animation

Parsing/Reading XML from URL in VB.NET

27 Dec 2017 by Bhanu Pratap Singh Rathore

This tip contains easy steps to extract XML data from URLs in VB.NET

XML

WPF

parsing

Bulk Copy/Insert from a CSV file to SQL Directly

14 Jan 2016 by Bhishma Anil Kajaria

Browse and Copy data from your CSV file to SQL directly without any Windows application...

ADO.NET

SQL-Server

What is the Difference between ArrayList and List Class?

21 Dec 2014 by Bhushan Mulmule

ArrayList is a non-generic collection class and resides in System.Collection namespace whereas List is a generic class and resides in System.Collections.Generic namespace

.NET

Use Icons for cursors, not ".CUR"

16 Mar 2010 by Bill9603

Many developers use ".cur" cursor files. Using them myself in Visual Studio 2008, they are not the easiest things to work with for many reasons.They are not easy to create without expensive software. (unless you are using the editor within Visual Studio)They cannot easily be ported in the...

.NET

Visual-Studio

Check the input Query syntax from VB.NET

25 Dec 2011 by bluesathish

If you build the Query executer tool in a VB.NET, you need to check the input query syntax before getting the results. This tip gives you a small idea of how to get the syntactic errors from the VB.NET front end screen by calling already created stored procedure.

Oracle

syntax

SQL Bulk copy method to insert large amount of data to the sql database

3 Jan 2012 by bluesathish

Fastest and most efficient method to insert large amount of records to a SQL Server database from our system generated datatable.

SQL