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WPF 3D FlipPanel

by Fredrik Bornander

WPF Implementation of the spinning panel frequently used on the iPhone

AJAX-enabled Name Selector User Control

by Steve Krile

Fully AJAX-enabled user control used to select names from a database in a drop-down format.

Flexible WPF ToggleSwitch Lookless Control in C# & VB

by Graeme_Grant

A Modern Toggle Switch - From mock concept to a full custom WPF control that you can plug into your own apps

Create and Send An Email Reply in C# / VB.NET

by JosipK, Marko Kozlina

C# and VB.NET console applications that demonstrate how to create and send an email reply with IMAP and SMTP protocols in .NET Framework

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Redesigned German Cards Game "Schafkopf"

by Jo_vb.net

This article and the demo are about getting started using my Schafkopf_OOP VB.NET project.

Collapsible-Panels

by CODING_MLD

Expanding and collapsible panels implemented in VB.NET

SET Network Parameters with IPCONFIG and Text Files

by Allegra Angelo

Save, read and text recognition of network parameters

Smart Home – Controlling Shelly® Devices (Part 4) - Property-Manipulation with the PropertyDescriptor

by Ralf Meier

This article revolutionizes Shelly device management, providing an updated, efficient, and feature-rich solution for both beginners and advanced users." You will discover new ShellyCom2 features, such as property manipulation using PropertyDescriptor, and a set of valuable helpers and commands.

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SET Network Parameters with IPCONFIG and Text Files

24 Jan 2024 by Allegra Angelo

Save, read and text recognition of network parameters

VB.NET MVVM Toolkit Demo

23 Oct 2023 by Jo_vb.net

How to get started using the MVVM Toolkit

How to Add JS Version before Referencing JS File to the Page

1 Jun 2023 by Junell Zenarosa

Updating referenced scripts realtime

PHP, VBA and SQL Useful Scripts

20 May 2023 by Mirzakhmet Syzdykov

Development process in few steps with the help of scripting software

A Rational .NET Class

3 May 2023 by Xavier Junqué i de Fortuny

A rational class to extend numeric functionality

Getting and Setting Windows System Audio Volume

4 Apr 2023 by Mike Meinz

Demonstrates two functions to retrieve the current Windows System Audio Volume and set Audio Volume.

Handling Menus and Toolbars Using MDICommandSupport Class Library

6 Mar 2023 by Robert Gustafson

Simplifies working with ToolStrip-type menus and tool bars for MDI-parent and other forms; also works with ToolStrip-type context menus

Dynamic Tab Extended Version

21 Feb 2023 by Jo_vb.net

An extended version of the Dynamic Tab article

VB & C# .NET/WinForms: Language Selector ComboBox

16 Jan 2023 by vblover Programmer

Custom DropDownBox with all languages of the world to select a language.Save and reload Selected language using Application Settings

CSV Data Management: Unleashing the VBA Arrays Power

5 Jan 2023 by W. García

Turn Microsoft Office applications into a masterpiece for cleansing, reshaping, managing and analyzing data from CSV files. No more intermediary spreadsheets, no more headaches due to DLL updates that make your implementations stop working, the pure VBA solution is here.

VB .NET/WinForms: Create Form's MainMenu by Load Menu from Resource-Only DLL

5 Jan 2023 by vblover Programmer

Load Menu from Resource-Only DLL (created by VC++) and Set for Form As MainMenu by API Functions.

VB.NET/WinForms: Add MenuItem to SystemMenu

13 Dec 2022 by vblover Programmer

Adding ContextMenu's MenuItem to the SystemMenu of Form in Windows Forms Application

Multi Rename of Files

1 Dec 2022 by Allegra Angelo

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

A Free & Useful Converter from VB project to C# project

3 Jun 2022 by Southmountain

This tip shares some lessons and thoughts after using this converter.

Fixing Unregistered .OCX Files in Running Legacy Application on Windows 10 (64-bit)

18 May 2022 by Southmountain

How to install and register .OCX components for legacy application

Managing GridView/DataGrid Control Programmatically in Visual Studio (C#) Web Form

17 Apr 2022 by Raphael Adeniji

Many a times, we need to programmatically manage GridView/DataGrid in Visual Studio web applications and this looks very difficult because we do not know what properties or events of the control to use. It may also be as a result of time constraint.

VB.NET Calculating Linear Regression Slope and Intercept

25 Jan 2022 by Logicisme

Mimic Excel Slope and Intercept functions for datasets

Query Assistant - Connect to Databases with ADO and Execute Queries

24 Jan 2022 by peterswinkels

A Visual Basic 6 program demonstrating how to access databases using Microsoft ADO and how to automate Outlook and Excel.

WinForm VB.NET Hosting WPF Ribbon - Part 2 - Using ICommand with MVVM Pattern

11 Jan 2022 by Jo_vb.net

My idea was to host a WPF user control with Ribbon within a WinForm VB.NET project and try to use MVVM pattern.

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

Merging TIFF Images

22 Nov 2021 by Allegra Angelo

Create a multipage TIFF image from images

.NET Configuration File Corrupts On Write

9 Nov 2021 by Member 12660776

Programmatically Adding New ConfigurationSectionGroup Corrupts Declaration Section With Multiple Group Declarations.

.TS File Convertor to .MP4

4 May 2021 by Mr.Kim2050

How to convert .ts files to .mp4

MessageBox Problem with Large Strings

5 Apr 2021 by Wendelius

When a string longer that 65536 is shown using a message box, the result might be unexpected.

Perform a 2D Fourier Transform with the Package mathnet.numerics

9 Mar 2021 by jkluge

How to compute a 2D Fourier Transform using the nuget package "mathnet.numerics"

Create a MySQL Database Connection Tester in VB.NET

9 Mar 2021 by Member 14866662

A walkthrough of building a MySQL Database Connection Tester application in VB.NET

Reading/Writing Image Data

4 Mar 2021 by jkluge

Fast reading/writing of bitmap data in VB.NET using pointers

Generic Mapper and Validator from DataReader to Custom Class in VB.NET

31 Jul 2020 by Juan F. Paleo

Map a DataReader from any database to a custom Class in your VB.NET Project and validate that content is "correct"

MultiPanelSwitch – How to Implement a Panel Switch Winforms Control

2 Apr 2020 by Padanian

A panel switch replica, resembling electro-mechanical toggle of a switchboard box

Excel Molar Mass Calculator - Molecular Weight

8 Mar 2020 by NewPast

Excel, Pure VBA Macro: Molecular Weight/Molecular Mass Calculator

SMO Scripting Based on Dependency

17 Feb 2020 by Thava Rajan

Prepare script for specific objects

Get NTP Time (and Extras)

28 Jan 2020 by Doug- VisualBasic VB.NET

A quick Function to get UTC / NTP time

SharpCompress Using TreeView & ListView Example

7 Oct 2019 by Florin Pănescu

This example shows how to use SharpCompress library with TreeView & ListView.

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

SSIS Script Task to Copy Table Object with data from One SQL Server to Another using Transfer SQL Server Objects

18 Feb 2019 by Suryakant S. Bharne

SSIS Script task to copy Table Object with data from one MSSQL server to another using Transfer SQL Server

ALTE Azure Table Storage Indexed ORM

29 Jan 2019 by nickdenker

An ORM style layer which turns Azure Table Storage into a cheap and scalable indexed noSQL database - without the costs associated with Azure CosmosDB.

Simple Word Document Viewer

10 Nov 2018 by hussam.it

Simple Word Document File Viewer

DLL Registry Control Easier

6 Oct 2018 by DX90

A simple library to control registry easier

Inverse of a 3x3 Matrix (Excel Minverse Equivalent)

23 Sep 2018 by SREENATH GANGA

.NET Equivalent to MInverse in Excel

Passing DbNull.Value to an SQL Image column

20 Sep 2018 by OriginalGriff

If you try to pass a DbNull.Value to an SQL Image column, you get an exception: "Operand type clash: nvarchar is incompatible with image" - not sure why it's throwing that, but it can be done.

Better URL Building with Flurl

19 Jun 2018 by tmenier

An introduction to Flurl, an open-source .NET library for fluently building URLs

VBA Code for Parsing US Address Information

25 May 2018 by Clifford Nelson

VBA Code that will take a string and attempt to pull out the company name, street address, city, state, zip code, phone number, and web address

How to create a navigation-wizard with a Windows Form Project

24 May 2018 by Mark Springer

Allow navigation - forward, backward, branching, and loops with a few changes to your existing projects

.NET-Compiler-Platform

Easy Dynamic Formula Evaluation

22 Apr 2018 by DerekT-P

Use .NET function to evaluate your custom formulae

Visual Clues to Website Environment Under IIS

27 Mar 2018 by DerekT-P

Detection and reporting of website environment under IIS

Datagridview with Multisort

4 Mar 2018 by MarioRainer

Here is a simple way to sort the datagridview by Multi-Columns

GMaps Control Simplified in VB.NET

16 Feb 2018 by Len van den berg

GMaps Control Simplified in VB.NET

WPF TextBlock Highlighter

9 Feb 2018 by Meshack Musundi

How to highlight TextBlock text using attached properties

How to Return/Serialize JSON in VB.NET

23 Jan 2018 by The Myth

How to return Json in VB.NET in multiple ways

VB.NET Code 128 (B) Barcode Generator/Creator

20 Jan 2018 by fah_q_2007

Creating Code 128B barcodes with VB.NET

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

Mixing WinForm ListView with WPF

8 Dec 2017 by Jalapeno Bob

Grouping and sorting in a WinForm listview fails in a WPF application unless Visual Styles are enabled.

A High-Quality IconBitmapEncoder for WPF

11 Nov 2017 by Herbert Lausmann

An IconBitmapEncoder that produces high-quality icons, written in VB.NET and C#, WPF

RDP Session Keep Alive

22 Oct 2017 by Michael L L

Keep those RDP sessions alive and unlocked

DRY-ing up your Code with Delegates

18 Sep 2017 by Thomas Corey

Using the Action(T) delegate to reduce repetitive coding

SimpleThreading Makes Threading Easy!

4 Aug 2017 by Sharp Ninja

Threading can be a daunting topic. This library takes much of the worry (and mistakes) out of multi-threaded application programming.

Drag Multiple Controls with Shadows Effects

27 Apr 2017 by Vincenzo Barone

This tip shows how to make a multiple controls drag effect in winform.

Be Kind, Rewind

12 Apr 2017 by Duncan Edwards Jones

Thoughts for writing code for the next developer to use (or how to apply the golden principle to code)

Easy JSON Recursion in VB.NET with Nested Levels

16 Mar 2017 by Robert Bettinelli

Easy JSON Recursion in VB.NET with nested levels

A SQL-Like IN function for C# and VB.NET

10 Mar 2017 by CHill60

Simplify complex if-statements with "where value in list"

DMath is DirectXMath for All

5 Mar 2017 by Jose A Pascoa

Part 1 - Using DMath from C#

Updating a UI Element from Multiple Threads

18 Feb 2017 by BeardyMcBeardFace

How to update a UI element from multiple threads

Opening an Excel File with Multiple Sheets in a Windows Form using EP Plus

8 Feb 2017 by Shivi Gupta Lucknow

Using EP plus, an Excel file is loaded onto a Windows Form with multiple sheets as buttons aligned horizontally below the gird, to give the look and feel of an Excel sheet.

How to Use EPPlus in VB

19 Jan 2017 by Neha Ambasta

This tip describes how to convert the data table/grid into Excel sheet.

How to Create Show / Hide Details Dynamically in a DataGridView

15 Jan 2017 by Tino Fourie

Catering for user needs in a dynamic manner using a DataGridView

Big Design Up Front or Emergent Design?

28 Nov 2016 by Zebedee Mason

Or why not both? This shows how.

Get a Collection of All Running Excel Instances

26 Nov 2016 by JamesFaix

Get a collection of all running Excel interop Application objects (not just the active one)

How to Secure Your Application with Matching Processor Id Complete [the DLL source code]

23 Nov 2016 by skhurams

the source code is available

Custom DataGridView (Nested DataGridView / TreeGridView)

12 Nov 2016 by Mang Irpan

This control is a datagridview that can contain control as its node, and it can contain unlimited node control

Writing Unicode Characters to an ASCII INI File (Yes, You Can!)

25 Oct 2016 by Cees Verburg

Writing /reading Unicode Characters and INI files in ASCII format

Mail Chimp Add/Update e-mail to List and Subscribe API V3

19 Oct 2016 by Member 551133

How to add, and update an existing, entry on MailChimp list, using API V3. Optionally, you can add to one or more groups easily. Written in VB.NET, but could be easily converted to C#

Capturing Audio and Replay It Using Direct Sound in VB

22 Sep 2016 by Farai Chikwetu

This tip describes how to capture audio and then replay it using Microsoft Direct Sound DLL.

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.

Machine Finger Print - The Right and Efficient Way

8 Sep 2016 by Zeev Goldstein

Protecting your work - use the right way to identify your client machine

25 Aug 2016 by Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

Manhattan plot in VisualBasic, application of the cross platform VisualBasic in the data science

VisualBasic CLI Pipeline

21 Aug 2016 by Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

How to use pipeline feature for linux programming

Create Windows Form Application without Visual Studio

13 Aug 2016 by Zdenek Jagrik

A template for Windows Form Application written and compiled without Visual Studio.

Azure Table: Clearing Out A Partition (Tip)

4 Aug 2016 by Duncan Edwards Jones

How to clear out a partition in an Azure table

Sample VB.NET Program using Google APIs for .NET V3 with YouTube

26 Jul 2016 by Mike Meinz

Provides a sample program using Google APIs for .NET V3 with YouTube

SQL Schema Support Multi Version Tables

14 Jul 2016 by Simon Korenfeld

SQL schema with multi version tables support

Enable DataGridView DoubleBuffered Property

8 Jul 2016 by GhostHost

Increase DataGridView performance

GetLastError Error Codes

7 Jul 2016 by Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

GetLastError error codes

Centralise a Form on the Current Screen

5 Jul 2016 by _Matt_Wilkinson_

How to centralise a Form when using multiple screens

DBReport: DataBase Reporting Tool for DataBase Administrator

2 Jul 2016 by Patrice Dargenton

Database Administrators need to compare database structures. DBReport shows only (and all) significant information that makes sense for daily administrator work.

File2XL : Open a csv file into MS-Excel with pre-formatted cells

26 Jun 2016 by Patrice Dargenton

File2XL lets you open any text file into MS-Excel

Use of IReadOnlyDictionary and IReadOnlyList Properties in .NET Objects

28 May 2016 by Michael B. Erickson

Control the changes to structured data exposes by your .NET objects

Generate Markdown From Your Nuget Package

25 May 2016 by Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

Generate markdown from your nuget package

A VB.NET Implementation of the Douglas-Peucker Algorithm without Recursion

21 May 2016 by veen_rp

An add-on tip to articles already posted on Code Project

computational-geometry

Fast Calculation of Week Days Between Two Dates

24 Apr 2016 by Emmanouil Gimissis MSc ICSD

Fast calculation of week days between two dates using DateDiff

[You can do it] How to Create a Web service in ASP.NET

21 Apr 2016 by Subodh Raghav

A web service is a web application (a piece of software component) which is available on the internet.

Auto Clearing Label by Extension

14 Apr 2016 by veen_rp

This message will self destruct in 5 seconds...

Updating Business Models With Only Differing Property Values

27 Mar 2016 by Jacob Himes

An automated approach to updating business models intelligently, by updating a destination model with a source model only on properties whose values differ.

Rename Labels to Text Content Plus lbl

23 Mar 2016 by Kayosblade

Quickly rename thousands of labels in a Designer File without manual intervention

Find total weeks in a given month

26 Feb 2016 by Rajesh Londhe

Its needed to work with different factors of date. To find out total number of weeks in months is one of important task in it.

ExcelDNA Packing Tool Manifest Writer

23 Feb 2016 by JamesFaix

Automated build tool for ExcelDNA projects to add referenced libraries to packed ExcelDNA add-in

FFMPEG Video Converter with Progressbar VB.NET

24 Jan 2016 by David Vanson

How to make a video converter that shows the conversion progress to the user using ffmpeg

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.

Windows-service

Coordinate Transformation Using Proj4 in .NET

17 Jan 2016 by veen_rp

Use and benchmark of coordinate transformation using the C++ proj4 library in VB.NET and C#

Converting Geographic Coordinates

15 Jan 2016 by veen_rp

Geographic coordinates from decimal degree to degrees, minutes & seconds. And vice versa.

Avoid Out-of-memory Troubles with Very Large Lists(Of T)

15 Jan 2016 by veen_rp

Big lists (>1,000,000 items) can cause out-of-memory errors raised by .NET. Manage them by a List of List(Of T)