http://www.getdotnetcode.comTue, 13 May 2008 10:25:16 GMTHow To Resources for .NET(c) 2008aZ Software Developers LLP.5Visual Studio 2005 provides a feature, the 'Data Source Configuration Wizard', for creating a DataSource for a Windows Forms 2.0 application. This article provides step-by-step instructions and a sample Visual Basic 2005 application you can use to learn how make a Microsoft Access database the data source for a Windows Forms application.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030017AutobindDBToWinFormsApp_VB2005/AutobindDBToWinFormsApp_VB2005.htmSat, 26 May 2007 00:00:00 GMTThis article with source code demonstrates how to group ListView Items with the ListViewGroup class and Visual Basic 2005. In the article example, customers are loaded from a database and three groups are created - customer name, region, and country.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030016ListView_ListViewGroup_VB2005/ListView_ListViewGroup_VB2005.htmTue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMTThis is part two of a two part article and source code which explains the lazy initialization pattern and how to implement it in an order entry scenario with VB.NET and Visual Basic 2005. In object-oriented programming (OOP), lazy initialization is the strategy of improving application performance by delaying the creation of an object, the calculation of a value, or some other process until the first time the object is needed. http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030015Lazy_Initialization_VB2005_Pt2/Lazy_Initialization_VB2005_Pt2.htmSat, 27 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTThis article and source code demonstrate how to bind objects stored in a generic List (Of T) to a DataGridView and how to retrieve an individual object when a row header of the DataGridView is double-clicked. The DataGridView Row's DataBoundItem property is used to retrieve the object that is bound to row. http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030014DataGridView_Row_DataBoundItem_VB2005/DataGridView_Row_DataBoundItem_VB2005.htmThu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTThe TryCast keyword, introduced in Visual Basic 2005, provides Visual Basic programmers with a new way to cast reference types. This article and source code demonstrate how to use the TryCast keyword to improve the performance of Visual Basic 2005 programs.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030013How_To_TryCast_VB2005/How_To_TryCast_VB2005.htmWed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTThis article and source code demonstrate how to use Visual Basic 2005 to compare two files to determine if they are equal. The Microsoft.NET HMACSHA1 class is used to compare the contents of two files. This comparison looks at file paths, file lengths, and file contents. NOTE: While a complete Visual Studio solution for VB.NET is not provided, the comparrison code included in this article will work with VB.NET too. Be sure to Import System.IO.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030012Compare_Two_Files_HMACSHA1_VB_2005/Compare_Two_Files_HMACSHA1_VB_2005.htmTue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTThis article and source code demonstrate how to use Visual Basic 2005 to compare two files to determine if they are equal. This comparison looks at file paths, file lengths, and file contents. NOTE: While source code for VB.NET is not provided, the CompareFiles function included in this article will work with VB.NET too. Be sure to Import System.IO. http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030010Compare_Two_Files_VB_2005/Compare_Two_Files_VB_2005.htmSun, 21 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTThis article with source code explains how to associate a file extention with an executable in a VB2005 deployment package. http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030011How_To_Associate_File_Extension_VB2005/How_To_Associate_File_Extension_VB2005.htmSun, 21 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTThis is part one of a two part article and source code which explains the lazy initialization pattern and how to implement it in an order entry scenario with VB.NET and Visual Basic 2005. In object-oriented programming (OOP), lazy initialization is the strategy of improving application performance by delaying the creation of an object, the calculation of a value, or some other process until the first time the object is needed. http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030009LazyInitializationVB2005Pt1/LazyInitializationVB2005Pt1.htmThu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTLearn how to use the FileInfo class' Attributes property to get and setinformation about a file. The Attributes property of the System.IO.FileInfo class is used to get or set file attributes. Some commonly used file attributes are Archive, Compressed, Directory, Encrypted, Hidden, Normal, ReadOnly, System, and Temporary.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030008HowToFileAttributesVB2005/HowToFileAttributesVB2005.htmThu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTThis article and source code demonstrate how to use the .NET Windows Forms FolderBrowserDialog class and Visual Basic 2005 to provide a way to prompt the user to browse, create, and eventually select a folder. Use this class when you only want to allow the user to select folders, not files.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030007HowToFolderBrowserVB2005/HowToFolderBrowserVB2005.htmTue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTVisual Studio 2005 and the .NET framework 2.0 make it possible to build an FTP client library. This article and source code from Howard Richards demonstrate how to build such a library. It's not a full-featured and comprehensive client but it provides all the most frequently used functions and can act as a base to building a more robust FTP client.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030006HowToBuildFTPClient/HowToBuildFTPClient.htmMon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTThis article and Visual Studio Visual Basic solutions provide code that overrides the form OnPaint event to create beautiful gradient backgrounds for a Windows Form. Also included is code that optimizes form drawing. http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030005H2GradientBg4WinFormVB/H2GradientBg4WinFormVB.htmFri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTThis article and code explains how to build strings with the Microsoft.NET StringBuilder class and Visual Basic 2005. The StringBuilder class provides a more efficient way to build strings when you must concatenate more than a dozen strings.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030004MoreEfficientStringsWithStringBuilder/MoreEfficientStringsWithStringBuilder.htmWed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTIn this multipart blog Scott Guthrie explains how to use the the release candidate of the new SQL Server Hosting toolkit to deploy SQL solutions remotely to a hosted environment.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030002DeploySqlDBHostToolkit/DeploySqlDBHostToolkit.htmMon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTBill Vaughn shares a block of code that can be used to enumerate the providers on a system and the services that the provider can see on the network. In other words, it lists the SQL Server instances on the network and puts the list in a DataGridView. http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030003ListSQLServerInstances/ListSQLServerInstances.htmMon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMTScott Guthrie explains how to run an ASP.NET web-site project as a top-level root "/" site using the built-in VS web-server and the VS 2005 Web Site Project model. http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/020021AspWebSiteAsTopLevelRootSite/AspWebSiteAsTopLevelRootSite.htmSun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMTIn this article Gead Mead, a vbCity leader and Microsoft MVP, provides an explanation and source code that shows how to use Visual Basic 2005 to print a landscape oriented document.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030000PrintLandscapeVB2005/PrintLandscapeVB2005.htmSun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMTCatching and dealing with exceptions is a standard programming task. This MSDN article demonstrates how to use a try-catch-finally block to catch an exception.http://www.getdotnetcode.com/nexDotNet/030001HowToCatchExceptions/HowToCatchExceptions.htmSun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT