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vb.net: Creating registry keys made simpler with My.Computer.Registry

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:01:17 GMT

Example showing how to create registry keys in vb.net the easy way

30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET - Part II

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:01:02 GMT

In the previous article, 30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET - Part I, we explored 15 common String operations while working with the String class. In Part II of the article, we will continue with the series and cover 15 more.

30 Common String Operations in C# and VB.NET - Part I

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:01:08 GMT

This article compiles some common String operations that we encounter while working with the String class. In Part I, 15 common string operations have been covered .

What has respect in web development?

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:35:44 GMT

"ASP .net has no respect." Rick Strahl writes. Then, what has respect in web development? Java, Python, Php, ruby, ...?

VB.Net: Single Instance application the better way

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:35:14 GMT

A better way to create a single instance application

LINQ ElementAt and ElementAtOrDefault

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:18:41 GMT

We can use the ElementAt extension method of LINQ to return the element at a specified index (zero based) in a sequence. However the ElementAt extension method would throw the System.ArguementOutOfRangeException when the specified index is a negative value or not less than the size of the sequence. In such a scenario, we can use the ElementAtOrDefault extenion method which would return the default value of a type instead of throwing the System.ArguementOutOfRangeException. Read this article for code example (both in C# and VB.NET) with comments

Custom List Box Control with DblClick for Click and Double Click Event

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:22:42 GMT

Great example of how to extend the listbox control to have click and dblclick events.

Slow Chat with the MS Visual Basic Team

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:03:18 GMT

In this brief article, we condensed some of the questions and provided the answers that members of the VB team provided. I've also added my thoughts to a few of the answers as well.

Reduce ASP.NET Page size and complexity using JQuery-Part 2

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:16:02 GMT

This is part 2 of my series for ASP.NET AJAX and JQuery comparison. You can read part 1 here. In my last 2 articles (Dynamically create ASP.NET user control using ASP.NET Ajax and Web Service and Dynamically create ASP.NET user control using JQuery and JSON enabled Ajax Web Service), I explained how to access JSON data from ASP.NET AJAX script service using ASP.NET AJAX client side framework and JQuery. In this post I will compare response/ request for these two implementations.

Creating a Custom Control UI Container Extending the power of Panel

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:18:14 GMT

How to extend the power of a panel but creating a custom control container. very useful if you need to drop multiple UI elements on a page and have a consistant look and feal.

Convert Your VS 2008 Website to a Web Application

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:49:47 GMT

You can use the workaround of converting a VS 2008 website to a web app, even though the option exists only for web applications.

Dynamically create ASP.NET UserControl using JQuery & Ajax Web Service

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:16:03 GMT

Few thing you need to consider when you are accesing ASP.NET webservice through JQuery. * Request verb Type * Content- length with IIS6+ * Default contentType * JSON object formatting * Maximum length exceed exception I am explaining these issues and workaround to make JQuery work fine with ASP.NET Ajax enabled web service.

BackgroundWorker Component For .NET Framework 1.1 with vb.net

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:21:08 GMT

I was asked to work in 1.1 of the Framework with doesn't have some of our helpful things that we have gotten used to in later versions of the framework. I was asked to write a backgroundworker component developers could use for SQL operations within this .NET Framework 1.1.

Extract Legitimate Links or URLs from Collection using vb.net

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:59:23 GMT

the task before me, which seemed simple, was to get all legitimate links from a collection. As you know, you can get a lot of crap links when looking in your Internet history that start with "JavaScript" or other stuff you don't necessarily want to see. So using regular expressions I came up with something. we don't even need to compare case! It isn't a lot of code but it was actually quite challenging.

Replace and/or Translate Legacy File Characters in vb.net

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:57:11 GMT

I had to find a way to translate what those systems do in a file to make a line break happen, a tab and etc. Usually though those files when brought to the Windows side would represent these markers as a simple square. It would do that because to Windows these characters had no meaning. But the actual information was there. It was just a matter of determining what was in it and what it meant. So here is what I came up with.

Getting all groups that an Active Directory user is a member of in vb.

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:55:03 GMT

my topic today we want to find out all groups a given user belongs to. This was written some time ago at a time when we were trying to reorganize an active directory structure.

Working for a big company changes how I learn and grow

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:54:02 GMT

Because I don't have the pressures I used to I am going to have to force myself to keep learning on my own. Working in a small company I was forced to learn by every day events so at home work wasn't as important. I bought a server for home study a couple years ago and have been administering a web server, Windows Server 2003, Exchange and all that stuff. If I put my hands on it I will learn. I will have to stay motivated to keep learning the new technologies. Otherwise I fear my skills will become outdated. There is nothing sadder than to see a guy let go in an IT position that he has had for years because he didn't keep pace with the times. I've seen it happen before. I must resist the urge to "get comfortable" with where I am at. It's not what got me here and it certainly won't keep me here. This is part of the reason this blog exists. Every day I post something new I am doing and if I don't I get upset with myself. I see way too many developers relying on code they have written for the past number of years and then never doing anything new to push themselves.

What a C# Coder Should Know Before They Write VB

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:31:12 GMT

"I just had an e-mail exchange with someone looking for a VB lead in Colorado Springs. I think they are going to have trouble filling it with an existing VB expert, and it occurred to me that someone who had led a successful VB 6 -> C# project could fit the bill, if they knew some key things about VB. I told the recruiter I thought the right person with a C# background and the right (respectful) attitude could be a good fit with two weeks work."

Dynamically create ASP.NET user control using Ajax and Web Service

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:31:09 GMT

To make web UI dynamic and more responsive to the various situations and modes, several techniques are used by the developers like making irrelevant controls invisible, disabling unused controls. This technique makes you page complex and heavy in size. Dynamic user control is another story. With dynamic control creation you will get the unmatched flexibility and innovation with robustness. Using this technique you can add any usercontrol to any page as per demand without postback or update panel.

Vb.Net one better than C#

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:31:02 GMT

This is the first time I have envied VB over C#. Here's a thing that is useful and you can do in Vb.Net, but not in C#.

Get Window Handles Associated With Process in vb.net

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:58:26 GMT

For an application, it became necessary to find all handles (hWND) associated with that process and not just the main window.

Map Or Disconnect a Network Drive in vb.net

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:57:05 GMT

There are times when working with network drives it becomes necessary in an application to create or remove a network share. We don't want an unhanded exception if the path is not mapped correctly or if it does not exist.

Get Value Of Node in XML Response From HTTP Request in vb.net

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:55:03 GMT

Basically it is in a memory stream and we are trying to get a specific value of a node in the response.

USPS Standards for Check Digit Computation in vb.net

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:41:49 GMT

implement a check digit sum number for this address correction service. When a alpha+number is given, it should convert to this check digit algorithm Eg if I input ID1234, the check digit sum would be : ID12343

Export DataSet to Excel Using An Array

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:39:21 GMT

The example for writing the data to an array and sending it to a spreadsheet at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;306022 is great and where my thinking on this began. It was inadequate however to deal with datasets and the problems encountered in dynamic data.