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Discussion of isolated storage and in which circumstances you should use it. Continue Reading

How do I convert a SQL server database table into a text file and vice versa?

How do I change the Font properties of a textbox at runtime in VB.NET?

How to find the size of every database in SQL Server 2000

This SQL script will find the size of every database in SQL Server 2000 without using the sp_spaceused function.Continue Reading

Correct link to the Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.dll file

Passing by Value and by Reference in VB.NET

This code sample demonstrates how we can pass a value by Reference and by Value in .NET viz. VB.NET and C#.Continue Reading

Generating JMS (RFH2) messages to a MQSeries queue from a .NET application

A component that automatically adds the necessary headers and formats a message in JMS (RFH2) format.Continue Reading

The Singleton Pattern in VB.NET

Use the Singleton Pattern where there must be exactly one instance of the class.Continue Reading

10 rock-solid UI tips

Give your Web applications that rich-client look and feel using ASP.NET. Lots of code samples in this one.Continue Reading

What's the difference between VC.NET and VC# .NET?

Using the VS.NET debugger to remotely debug VB6 projects

How can I store Word document in a SQL Server table?

How can I pass parameters to my .exe app from ASP.NET?

Your first app with the .NET Compact Framework and smart device extensions

Developers familiar with the .NET Framework should have no problem creating apps for smart devices in the .NET Compact Framework. This tip shows how to create a 'Hello World' app.Continue Reading

Reading and writing to an XML file

With DataSets we can now read and write to an XML file with ease. The following code sample demonstrates how to read and write to an XML file.Continue Reading

'As Any' is not working in my .NET code like it did in VB6

Web application stress testing and Visual Studio

Web application stress testing has been made simple with the Application Center Test inside Visual Studio.Continue Reading

Can we store an image in XML file, just like we store an image file as binary in SqlDatabase?

Defining interfaces in VB.NET

Interfaces solve many problems associated with code reuse in object-oriented programming.Continue Reading

Properties in VB.NET

Properties abstract the data from being manipulated directly by the client. Furthermore, properties also facilitate the defining of actions and data of the interface.Continue Reading

Using the Windows API in VB.NET

How you can use the MessageBox API to display a simple MessageBox.Continue Reading

Install/uninstall MSI using VB.NET

Since the Windows Installer Object Model does not work properly with .NET, try controlling the installation, etc. of MSIs using the API provided in msi.dll.Continue Reading

How to use errorprovider control to validate a textbox

Create an icon that will blink at the right side of the control when validated incorrectly.Continue Reading

Create a DataGrid using a DataView as the source

This tip explains how to use DataView with a DataGrid and access individual fields using text field, checkboxes, etc., on the form outside the DataGrid.Continue Reading

The history.back() problem

Have you ever tried to call history.back() in a .NET page, only to get the same page as before your post-back?Continue Reading

Setting permissions to write to event log

How to set permissions for ASP.NET to write to the registry without making ASP.NET a local admin.Continue Reading

How do I create a control array in VB.NET?

Getting database schema using ADO.NET

ADO.NET provides a rich infrastructure to get the database schema information. Learn how to retrieve it.Continue Reading

How do I open Adobe Acrobat Reader from C# and load the files I want?

My Windows Service text file is hogging my CPU

Using ASP.NET and C#, how ,can I make a file copy to a local drive and open up when a user selects i

COM, COM+ and .NET: The differences

COM, COM+, MTS and .NET functionalities are all explained.Continue Reading

How do I set focus at form load in C#?

Threading in VB.NET

This example introduces you to using threads and assigning priorities to each thread for execution in VB.NET.Continue Reading

Get computer name and IP

This example demonstrates the use of System.NET.DNS namespace to get a computer's name and IP address.Continue Reading

I'm getting a lot of flickering on my application

How can I make a VB6 network app available on the Internet using .NET?

VB.NET app works on my local drive but not on the network drive

ASP.NET client side validation

ASP.NET Web Form controls and HTML Server Controls can execute client side script before posting the page back to server. This tip shows how.Continue Reading

In C#, how can I change the properties of controls on another form?

How do I add images in listview by using VB.NET?

How do I print a form in VB.NET?

How do you use control collection in VB.NET?

Overriding in VB.NET

Write an improved version of the method of the base class without affecting the message passed by the client programs.Continue Reading

Performance enhancements in VB.NET

This article explains some of the finer points in VB.NET that will help you enhance the performance of your applications.Continue Reading

Working with events in VB.NET

Learn the three step procedure for implementing an event in VB.NET.Continue Reading

Word wrapping with T-SQL

If there isn't a suitable front end that can perform the word wrapping task, it can done by SQL Server. Here's how.Continue Reading

Using an array, how can I create a combo box that lists a dropdown menu for units of length?

Integrate mainframe transactions with Visual Studio

This VS add-in makes it incredibly easy to integrate mainframe functionality into Windows computers.Continue Reading

In C#, how do I set focus on first field and then, after barcode input, automatically focus this set

How to use a SQL query to document your database

Here's how to use a single SQL query to document your SQL Server database.Continue Reading

Basic ADO.NET operations

Code and instruuction on the common database tasks of Insert, Update and Delete in ADO.NET.Continue Reading

The low down on the DropDownList control

Overview of the control, how to use it and how to get data into it.Continue Reading

What's the difference between typed dataset and untyped dataset? When do you use which?

The VB DOMDocument class

Discussion of the class.Continue Reading

How to decrypt encrypted stored procedures

Here is a stored procedure used to decrypt compiled T-SQL stored procedures.Continue Reading

Returning a result set in random order

At times you might need to return the SQL Server data to the client in a random order. Here's how.Continue Reading

How to use Visual Basic .NET to create a Web service

This tip shows how to implement a Web service server and client and some of the object-oriented programming issues in designing a Visual Basic .NET application.Continue Reading

Kill the blocking connections

This stored procedure will kill the blockers that have not issued a database command in the specified number of seconds.Continue Reading

How many records in each table?

Easily find number of records in each table in a SQL Server databaseContinue Reading

Join the results of a stored procedure in T-SQL

There may be instances where you have to join the results of a stored procedure with another query. Here's how to do it.Continue Reading

SQL query: That pesky apostrophe

Our tip about substituting for apostrophes in SQL input provoked a storm of responses. Most of them said that we should have just used the Replace function instead. So in the spirit of community building, we offer these folks' responses as this ...Continue Reading

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