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HowTo: Flush click events to prevent the user from clicking a button while its code is still running in Visual Basic .NET | syntax, API, threading, threads, BackgroundWorker, controls, events, flush events, flush mouse events, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Dynamically create buttons at runtime and give them event handlers in Visual Basic 2005 | control, Button, click, click event, AddHandler, event handler, Visual Basic 2005 | |
HowTo: Add and remove buttons from a scrolled button area | button, add, remove, scroll | |
HowTo: Make a button that shows its borders only when the mouse is over it by using capture | button, mouse, border, capture | |
HowTo: Make a button quiver frantically | button, quiver, move | |
HowTo: Make buttons that repeatedly modify a value when you hold them down | button, repeat button | |
HowTo: Use buttons in a toolbar control in VB .NET | toolbar, button, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Use API capture functions to make a button that changes its caption when the mouse moves over it | button, caption, mouse over | |
HowTo: Display a message when the mouse is over a button | button, message, mouse over | |
HowTo: Make a CommandButton process clicks and spaces but not carriage returns | CommandButton, button, carriage return | |
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that display standard system images (min, max, restore, help, scroll arrows, etc.) | frame, draw frame, buttons, help, close, min, max, restore, scroll | |
HowTo: Make a button that grows when the mouse is over it | button, grow, label | |
HowTo: Make interesting graphical button effects | button, effects | |
HowTo: Make buttons display the picture under them | button, picture, tile | |
HowTo: Make a shaped button in VB .NET | shape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped button, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Make a shaped button | shape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped button | |
HowTo: Make a button's caption bold when the mouse moves over it | button, caption, font, bold, mouse | |
HowTo: Make a button with colored text using a CheckBox | CheckBox, command button, CommandButton, button, colored text | |
HowTo: Make a button with colored text | command button, CommandButton, button, caption, colored text | |
HowTo: Make standard arrows for buttons | button, arrow, standard arrow, font, Marlett | |
HowTo: Make buttons display the picture that is under them | button, command button, picture | |
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HowTo: Use a TreeView to display property pages or option pages in Visual Basic .NET | TreeView, options, properties, property pages, option pages, Registry, save settings | |
HowTo: Use DAO to display a database's structure in a TreeView control | database, DAO, structure, TreeView | |
HowTo: Add nodes to a TreeView control when the user expands a node | TreeView, expanding, collapsing, node | |
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's background color | TreeView, background, background color, backcolor | |
HowTo: Add nodes to a TreeView control at run time, and let the user drag and drop TreeView nodes | TreeView, AddNode, drag and drop | |
HowTo: Select a TreeView subtree when the user selects a node in VB .NET | VB.NET, TreeView, subtree, select | |
HowTo: Display an appropriate popup menu when the user right clicks on a TreeView node in VB .NET | TreeView, popup menu, context menu | |
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's tooltip when the mouse moves over different nodes in VB .NET | TreeView, tooltip, TreeView tooltip, ToolTipText | |
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from a CSV file in VB .NET | TreeView, CSV | |
HowTo: Load a TreeView from a text file with tabs denoting indentation in VB .NET | TreeView, text file, load | |
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from an XML file in VB .NET | TreeView, XML | |
HowTo: Use TreeView and ListView controls together | TreeView, ListView | |
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's tooltip when the mouse moves over different nodes | TreeView, tooltip, TreeView tooltip, ToolTipText | |
HowTo: Edit, save, and load TreeView data | TreeView, edit TreeView, TreeView editor | |
HowTo: Display an appropriate popup menu when the user right clicks on a TreeView node | TreeView, popup menu, context menu | |
HowTo: Display a directory structure in a TreeView controls, and save and restore the hierarchy in a file | TreeView, directory, directory hierarchy | |
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from a text file, let the user edit it, and save it into a text file in VB 6 | TreeView, load, save, edit | |
HowTo: Load a TreeView from a text file with tabs denoting indentation | TreeView, text file, load | |
HowTo: Allow the user to edit some but not all nodes in a TreeView control in VB .NET | TreeView, VB.NET, edit label, edit node | |
HowTo: Let the user drag items from one position to another in a TreeView | TreeView, drag and drop | |
HowTo: Use ADO to read a database's structure | database, structure, TreeView, DataGrid, schema | |
HowTo: Populate ListBoxes from three related Access tables and display TreeView data when records are selected | database, TreeView, master/detail | |
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from a compressed CSV file | TreeView, CSV, compressed | |
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from a CSV file | TreeView, CSV | |
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from an XML file | TreeView, XML | |
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from a file using tabs to indicate indentation | TreeView, tab, tabbed file, indentation | |
HowTo: Search a TreeView control and replace text | TreeView, search, replace | |
HowTo: Drag nodes from one TreeView control to another | Drag and drop, TreeView | |
HowTo: Give a TreeView control option buttons and check boxes | TreeView, option button, check box, OptionButton, CheckBox | |
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HowTo: Let the user select and edit a database table in a DBGrid control | DBGrid, edit database, edit table | |
HowTo: Use the DBGrid control's BeforeUpdate event | DBGrid, BeforeUpdate, validation | |
HowTo: Use an unbound DBGrid control | DBGrid, unbound, unbound data | |
HowTo: Use a TabStrip to manage multiple DBGrid controls | DBGrid, tab | |
HowTo: Use code to select rows and columns in a DBGrid control | DbGrid, select row, select column | |
HowTo: Use a bound DBGrid control | DBGrid, bound DBGrid | |
HowTo: Set and use multiple bookmarks in the DBGrid control | DBGrid, bookmark | |
HowTo: Set and use a bookmark in the DBGrid control | DBGrid, bookmark | |
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HowTo: Set ListBox and TextBox tab stops in Visual Basic .NET | ListBox, TextBox, set tabs, tabs, tab stops, set tab stops, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make ListBox and TextBox extension methods that set tab stops in Visual Basic .NET | ListBox, TextBox, set tabs, tabs, tab stops, set tab stops, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Override a class's ToString method to allow controls such as ListBox to display objects in Visual Basic .NET | ToString, override, ListBox, ComboBox, array, initialize array, initialize object, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Drag and drop strings from one ListBox to another in Visual Basic .NET | drag, drop, drag and drop, ListBox, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Drag and drop objects from one ListBox to another in Visual Basic .NET | drag, drop, drag and drop, objects, ListBox, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Select an item from a ListBox or ComboBox with a given ItemData value | ListBox, ComboBox, list, item, select | |
HowTo: Make a ListBox display chemical symbols in Visual Basic 2005 | ListBox, chemicals, chemical symbols, Visual Basic 2005, subscripts | |
HowTo: Keep track of checked ListBox selections as the user selects and deselects them in Visual Basic 6 | ListBox, selection, track selection, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Give a ListBox a horizontal scroll bar | ListBox, scroll | |
HowTo: Make a ListBox display a different tooltip for each item under the mouse in Visual Basic 6 | ListBox, select, autoselect, ClientToScreen, LBItemFromPt | |
HowTo: Make a ListBox automatically select the item under the mouse in Visual Basic 6 | ListBox, select, autoselect, ClientToScreen, LBItemFromPt | |
Bug: ItemData stores only integers | ItemData, integer | |
HowTo: Save and restore ListBox items when a program stops and starts in Visual Basic 6 | ListBox, save, restore, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Save and restore ListBox items when a program stops and starts in Visual Basic .NET | ListBox, save, restore, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use a checked ListBox | ListBox, checked, checked list, checked ListBox | |
HowTo: Add a horizontal scrollbar to a ListBox in Visual Basic .NET | ListBox, scroll, scrollbar, scroll bar, horizontal scroll bar, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Add a horizontal scrollbar to a ListBox if it is needed in Visual Basic .NET | ListBox, scroll, scrollbar, scroll bar, horizontal scroll bar, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Define tabs in a ListBox in Visual Basic .NET | tab, ListBox, set tabs, defined tabs, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Define tabs in a ListBox in Visual Basic .NET | tab, ListBox, set tabs, defined tabs, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Select items in a ListBox in code in Visual Basic .NET | ListBox, select, SelectedItem, SelectedIndex, SetSelected, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use buttons to slide a ListBox's multiple selection up or down in Visual Basic .NET | ListBox, select, selection, SelectedItem, SelectedIndex, SetSelected, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use buttons to slide a ListBox's selection up or down in Visual Basic .NET | ListBox, select, selection, SelectedItem, SelectedIndex, SetSelected, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use Windows messages to read the choices in a ListBox control | ListBox, API, items | |
HowTo: Load a ListBox from a database query in VB .NET | database, VB.NET, ListBox, load | |
HowTo: Track the ListBox item under the mouse | ListBox, mouse, over | |
HowTo: Let the user type a prefix string to select an item in a ListBox in VB .NET | ListBox, select item | |
HowTo: Use Windows messages to read the choices in a ListBox control | API, ListBox, get choices | |
HowTo: Compare times to load sorted ListBoxes different ways | ListBox | |
HowTo: Quickly locate an item in a ListBox that begins with a certain substring | ListBox, find, SendMessage | |
HowTo: Clear a List control when the user clicks the list but not on any item | ListBox, clear list, click off list | |
HowTo: Use a text file to initialize a ComboBox connected with a ListBox | ComboBox, ListBox, initialize, load | |
HowTo: Set tabs in a ListBox to make items line up nicely | ListBox, tab, tabs, columns | |
HowTo: Add a horizontal scroll bar to a ListBox | ListBox, scroll, hscroll, scrollbar, horizontal | |
HowTo: Make two lists pick corresponding selections in VB .NET | .NET, VB.NET, ListBox, select, pick, corresponding | |
HowTo: Make two lists pick corresponding selections | ListBox, select, pick, corresponding | |
HowTo: Load a ListBox from a text file in VB .NET, skipping blank lines | VB.NET, NET, ListBox, text file, load, initialize, blank lines, blanks | |
HowTo: Load a ListBox from a text file in VB .NET | VB.NET, NET, ListBox, text file, load, initialize | |
HowTo: Load a ListBox using the lines in a file using Split | additem, ListBox, line, file, Split | |
HowTo: Load a ListBox using the lines in a file | additem, ListBox, line, file | |
HowTo: Copy multi-line text into a ListBox using Split | ListBox, copy, additem, text, TextBox | |
HowTo: Copy multi-line text into a ListBox | ListBox, copy, additem, text, TextBox | |
HowTo: Load ComboBox and ListBox controls from a database using ADO | ComboBox, ListBox, load, initialize, ADO, database, data | |
HowTo: Use classes to display data in a ListBox in .NET | VB.NET, NET, ListBox, class | |
HowTo: Load data from a text file into ListBoxes | ListBox, text file, INI file | |
HowTo: Drag items between two ListBoxes | drag and drop, ListBox | |
HowTo: Select newly added items in a ListBox | | |
HowTo: Copy the lines in a file into a ListBox | | |
HowTo: Tell if a ListBox's value changed because of a mouse click or code | ListBox, click or code | |
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HowTo: Programmatically select an entire row in a DataGrid control in Visual Basic 6 | DataGrid, select row, data grid, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Programmatically add a record to a DataSet bound to a DataGrid in Visual Basic 2005 | DataSet, DataGrid, add record, Visual Basic 2005 | |
HowTo: Draw certain cells in a DataGrid with different colors in Visual Basic .NET | DataGrid, color, cell, colored cell, cutoff, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Format the columns displayed by a DataTable in a DataGrid control in Visual Basic .NET | DataTable, column, format, align, alignment, DataGrid, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Display a caption for a DataTable in a DataGrid in Visual Basic .NET | DataTable, caption, DataGrid, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Update a DataSet that doesn't have primary keys in VB .NET | DataGrid, DataTable, bind, ADO.NET, data, database, primary key | |
HowTo: Bind a DataGrid to a DataTable at run time in VB .NET | DataGrid, DataTable, bind, ADO.NET, data, database | |
HowTo: Define a relationship between two tables in a DataSet in VB .NET | DataGrid, DataTable, bind, ADO.NET, data, database, relationship | |
HowTo: Display parent and child records in two DataGrid controls in VB .NET | DataGrid, DataTable, bind, ADO.NET, data, database, relationship, parent/child, master/detail | |
HowTo: Bind a DataGrid to a DataTable with read-only columns in VB .NET | DataGrid, DataTable, bind, ADO.NET, data, database, read only | |
HowTo: Bind a DataGrid to a DataSet at run time in VB .NET | ADO.NET, database, DataGrid, DataSet, bind | |
HowTo: Use a bound DataGrid in VB.NET | DataGrid, binding, bind, bound, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use IIF in a SQL SELECT statement to display a warning if a value is too low in VB.NET | DataGrid, binding, bind, bound, VB.NET, IIF, warning | |
HowTo: Bind a collection of objects to a DataGrid in VB .NET | DataGrid, bind, data binding, collection | |
HowTo: Bind a collection of objects to a DataGrid and let it sort on the columns in VB .NET | DataGrid, bind, data binding, collection, sort, IEditableObject, IBindingList | |
HowTo: Display the data in a DataSet by using as DataGrid control in VB .NET | DataSet, DataGrid, VB.NET, data, database, ADO.NET | |
HowTo: Use ADOData controls to and a DataGrid control to display master/detail data | master/detail, master, detail, ADOData control, DataGrid | |
HowTo: Reset a DataGrid control when the data to which it is bound changes in VB .NET | DataGrid, database, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use ADO to read a database's structure | database, structure, TreeView, DataGrid, schema | |
HowTo: Display data in a DataGrid control and see what cell is selected | DataGrid, cell, select | |
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Tip: Set a ComboBox Item at Startup | ComboBox, combo, set item | |
HowTo: Programmatically expand a ComboBox in Visual Basic 2005 | ComboBox, expand, VB.NET, Visual Basic 2005 | |
HowTo: Select an item from a ListBox or ComboBox with a given ItemData value | ListBox, ComboBox, list, item, select | |
Bug: ItemData stores only integers | ItemData, integer | |
HowTo: Expand ComboBox choices while typing, version 2 | ComboBox, combo, expand, autoexpand | |
HowTo: Save and restore a ComboBox's values from a file | ComboBox, save, restore, load data | |
HowTo: Bind a ComboBox to a database lookup table in VB .NET | database, ADO.NET, VB .NET, bound controls, data binding, ComboBox, lookup table | |
HowTo: Use dropdowns in a toolbar in VB .NET | toolbar, ComboBox, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Limit the text in TextBoxes and ComboBoxes | TextBox, ComboBox, limit text | |
HowTo: Update ComboBox choices when the user enters a new choice | ComboBox, update ComboBox, update choices | |
HowTo: Make an auto-completion ImageCombo ActiveX control | auto-complete, ImageCombo custom control, ActiveX control | |
HowTo: Display one field with a DBCombo control but update another when the user changes the value | DBCombo, update field | |
HowTo: Let the user select database records using a ComboBox | ComboBox, database records, select | |
HowTo: Make a popup menu look like a ComboBox | popup, menu, ComboBox, dropmenu | |
HowTo: Make a ComboBox's dropdown area wide enough for its choices, allowing for ScaleMode | ComboBox, ComboBox width | |
HowTo: Use Windows messages to read the choices in a ComboBox | ComboBox, list choices | |
HowTo: Use a text file to initialize a ComboBox connected with a ListBox | ComboBox, ListBox, initialize, load | |
HowTo: Change the width of a ComboBox's dropdown area | ComboBox, ComboBox width | |
HowTo: Expand ComboBox choices while typing | ComboBox, combo, expand, autoexpand | |
HowTo: Determine when a ComboBox is about to drop down | ComboBox, down event, dropdown event | |
HowTo: Make a ComboBox's dropdown area wide enough for its choices | ComboBox, ComboBox width | |
HowTo: Change the height of a ComboBox's dropdown area | ComboBox, ComboBox height | |
HowTo: Make a dynamic ComboBox that saves the user's selections | ComboBox, dynamic | |
HowTo: Initialize a ComboBox using values from a TextBox | ListItem, list, ComboBox, TextBox, add | |
HowTo: Initialize a ComboBox using values from a TextBox with the Split command | ListItem, list, ComboBox, TextBox, add, Split | |
HowTo: Use ComboBoxes and TextBoxes to let the user edit grid values | grid, edit, ComboBox, Textbox | |
HowTo: Load ComboBox and ListBox controls from a database using ADO | ComboBox, ListBox, load, initialize, ADO, database, data | |
HowTo: Select a ComboBox value based on text the user types | ComboBox, type | |
HowTo: Disable a ComboBox's context menu | ComboBox, right click, popup, context menu | |
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HowTo: Make a series of TextBoxes and corresponding Labels at runtime in Visual Basic .NET | TextBox, Label, runtime, create controls, make controls, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Set ListBox and TextBox tab stops in Visual Basic .NET | ListBox, TextBox, set tabs, tabs, tab stops, set tab stops, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make ListBox and TextBox extension methods that set tab stops in Visual Basic .NET | ListBox, TextBox, set tabs, tabs, tab stops, set tab stops, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Detect whether text in a multiline TextBox is wrapped in Visual Basic 6 | TextBox, word wrap, multiline, Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic | |
HowTo: Detect whether text in a multiline TextBox is wrapped in Visual Basic .NET | TextBox, word wrap, multiline, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Show and hide TextBox scroll bars as needed in Visual Basic 2005 | TextBox, scroll bar | |
HowTo: Build a TextBox control that displays a prompt message when the user hasn't typed anything in Visual Basic .NET | TextBox, PromptingTextBox, TextBox prompt, VB.NET, custom control | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox control that displays an image when its value is modified in Visual Basic .NET | TextBox, modified, data dirty, changed, text, image, bitmap | |
HowTo: Highlight the TextBox that has focus by changing its BackColor | highlight, focus, GotFocus, LostFocus, TextBox | |
HowTo: Convert the text the user is typing in a TextBox to Proper Case in Visual Basic .NET | TextBox, convert, proper case, StrConv, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Convert the text the user is typing in a TextBox to Proper Case | TextBox, convert, proper case, StrConv | |
HowTo: Let the user press Ctrl-A to select all of the text in a TextBox | ctrl-A, control-A, select text | |
HowTo: Disable a TextBox's context menu in VB .NET | TextBox, context menu, popup, right-click | |
HowTo: Let the user press Ctrl-A to select all of the text in a TextBox in VB .NET | ctrl-A, control-A, select text | |
HowTo: Let the user drag and drop text to a specific position in a TextBox | drag, drop, drag and drop, TextBox | |
HowTo: Let the user drag and drop text to a specific position in a TextBox in VB .NET | drag, drop, drag and drop, TextBox | |
HowTo: Set tabs in a TextBox in VB .NET | TextBox, tabs, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox that allows only digits in VB.NET | TextBox, lower case, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox convert letters to lowercase in VB.NET | TextBox, lowercase, lower case, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox convert letters to upper case in VB.NET | TextBox, lower case, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use a new WindowProc and SetWindowLong to make a TextBox accept only digits | TextBox, only digits, numeric field, SetWindowLong, WindowProc, subclassing | |
HowTo: Remove the context menu that appears when the user right clicks on a TextBox | context menu, popup menu, TextBox | |
HowTo: Remove several TextBox context menus | context menu, popup menu, TextBox | |
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that allows the user to enter only valid integer within a certain range | field, integer, data validation, validation | |
HowTo: Set the margins for a TextBox | TextBox, margin | |
HowTo: Hide the caret in a TextBox | TextBox, caret, hide caret, cursor | |
HowTo: Limit the text in TextBoxes and ComboBoxes | TextBox, ComboBox, limit text | |
HowTo: Right justify a single line TextBox | text, alignment, right justify | |
HowTo: Compare the speeds of TextBox, RichTextBox, and the MS Forms 2.0 TextBox | TextBox, speed, performance, RichTextBox, MS Forms 2.0 | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox convert text into UPPER CASE or lower case | TextBox, upper case, lower case, uppercase, lowercase | |
HowTo: Track the text insertion position as the user types | TextBox, cursor position, character position, line number | |
HowTo: Relate TextBox cursor position to character and line number | TextBox, cursor position, character position, line number | |
HowTo: Change the TextBox cursor blink rate | caret, cursor, blink rate, blink speed | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox allow only letters and numbers | TextBox, letters, numbers, field, validate, context menu, popup | |
HowTo: Track the caret's row and column in a TextBox | TextBox, track, caret | |
HowTo: See when a TextBox is displaying its last line | TextBox, display, last line, sendmessage | |
HowTo: Set tabs in a TextBox | TextBox, tabs, set | |
HowTo: Copy multi-line text into a ListBox using Split | ListBox, copy, additem, text, TextBox | |
HowTo: Copy multi-line text into a ListBox | ListBox, copy, additem, text, TextBox | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox automatically capitalize input in VB .NET | NET, uppercase, upper case, lowercase, lower case, capitalize, TextBox, input | |
HowTo: Use the Clipboard to copy and paste text | Clipboard, copy, paste, text | |
HowTo: Find a string within a TextBox | find string, find text, find, search, TextBox | |
HowTo: Scroll a TextBox to show new text | scroll, scroll text, TextBox | |
HowTo: Initialize a ComboBox using values from a TextBox | ListItem, list, ComboBox, TextBox, add | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox automatically capitalize input | uppercase, upper case, capitalize, TextBox, input | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox automatically capitalize input using the API | uppercase, upper case, capitalize, TextBox, input | |
HowTo: Initialize a ComboBox using values from a TextBox with the Split command | ListItem, list, ComboBox, TextBox, add, Split | |
HowTo: Use ComboBoxes and TextBoxes to let the user edit grid values | grid, edit, ComboBox, Textbox | |
HowTo: Convert text into proper case, version 2 | TextBox, case, proper case, propercase, StrConv | |
HowTo: Convert text into proper case | TextBox, case, proper case, propercase, StrConv | |
HowTo: Replace a TextBox's standard popup menu with a custom menu | TextBox, popup menu, context menu | |
HowTo: Clear the TextBoxes on a form | TextBox, clear, erase, reset | |
HowTo: Let the user select all text with Ctrl-A in all TextBoxes | textbox, ctrl-a, control-a, select all | |
HowTo: Let the user select all text with Ctrl-A | textbox, ctrl-a, control-a, select all | |
HowTo: Show a TextBox's vertical and horizontal scrollbars only when they are necessary | scrollbar, scrollbars, show, hide, TextBox | |
HowTo: Show a TextBox's vertical scrollbar only when it is necessary | scrollbar, show, hide, TextBox | |
HowTo: Restrict a TextBox to at most four lines using the KeyPress event | TextBox, restrict, lines, carriage return | |
HowTo: Restrict a TextBox to at most four lines using the Change event | TextBox, restrict, lines, carriage return | |
HowTo: Size a TextBox to fit its contents | TextBox, size, fit, resize | |
HowTo: Make a numeric field using the KeyPress and Change event handlers | TextBox, numeric | |
HowTo: Make a numeric field using the KeyPress event handler | numeric field, KeyPress, locked TextBox | |
HowTo: Restrict paste in a TextBox's context menu | TextBox, right click, popup, context menu | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox accept only digits | TextBox, only digits, numeric field | |
HowTo: Make a numeric field using locked TextBoxes | numeric field, KeyPress, locked TextBox | |
HowTo: Make a numeric field | numeric field, KeyPress | |
HowTo: Disable a TextBox's context menu | TextBox, right click, popup, context menu | |
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HowTo: Make an owner-drawn ListView control that draws server status information in Visual Basic .NET | controls, graphics, ListView, owner draw, owner draws, OwnerDraw, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Determine which ListView row and column are under the mouse in Visual Basic .NET | ListView, row, column, mouse, click, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a program generate HTML table code for ListView data and display it in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic .NET | ListView, ListView groups, group items, HTML, table, convert ListView into HTML table, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use groups in a ListView control in Visual Basic .NET | ListView, ListView groups, group items, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Drag and drop one or more multi-column values from one ListView control to another in Visual Basic .NET | drag, drop, drag and drop, objects, ListView, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Keep track of ListView columns when the user reorders them in Visual Basic .NET | ListView, reorder, columns, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET | |
HowTo: Make a ListView control display icons in its subitems in Visual Basic 2005 | ListView, subitem icons, icons, LVM_SETITEM, VB.NET, Visual Basic 2005 | |
HowTo: Make a ListView control sort using the column you click in VB .NET | ListView, sort, clicked column, VB.NET | |
HowTo: List information about the files in a directory in a ListView using Visual Basic 2005 | directory, list files, ListView, My, My.Computer, FileSystem, GetFiles, FileInfo, GetFileInfo | |
HowTo: Load a ListView control from a database in Visual Basic .NET | ListView, load ListView, database, ADO.NET, Access, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Print the values in a ListView control across multiple pages | ListView, print, multipage, multi-page | |
HowTo: Load a ListView control from an XML file in Visual Basic 6 | ListView, load, XML, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Load a ListView control from an XML file in Visual Basic .NET | ListView, load, XML, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Detect when the user scrolls a ListView control | ListView, scroll, detect | |
HowTo: Display a context menu when the user right-clicks on a ListView control's column headers | ListView, context menu, popup menu, right-click, right button, API, | |
HowTo: Upload files to keep files on a Web server synchronized with files in a directory in Visual Basic 6 | upload, synchronize, Web server | |
HowTo: Download files to keep files on a Web server synchronized with files in a directory in Visual Basic 6 | upload, synchronize, Web server | |
HowTo: Prevent the user from dragging icons in a ListView | ListView, drag, drag items, subclass | |
HowTo: Give a ListView control flat headers | ListView, header, flat header | |
HowTo: Use TreeView and ListView controls together | TreeView, ListView | |
HowTo: Make a ListView control sort using all of its columns in VB .NET | ListView, sort, all columns, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Easily make ListView rows programmatically in VB .NET | ListView, rows, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Easily make ListView column headers programmatically in VB .NET | ListView, columns, column headers, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make the columns fit the data in a ListView control in VB .NET | ListView, column width, VB.NET | |
BUG: Watch for hidden subitems in the ListView control | ListView, subitem, hidden item, hidden subitem | |
HowTo: Use the ListView control | ListView, ImageList | |
HowTo: Display popup menus when the user right clicks over a ListView on or off of an item | ListView, popup, context menu | |
HowTo: Display data from a database in a ListView control | ListView, database, ADO | |
HowTo: Click on ListView columns to order a list | ListView, sort, column | |
HowTo: Print the values in a ListView control | ListView, print | |
HowTo: Make a checkbox list | check box, CheckBox, list, check list | |
HowTo: Set the selected item in a ListView control | ListView, selected item | |
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HowTo: Make tooltips remain visible for a very long time in Visual Basic .NET | tooltip, tool tip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make an OwnerDraw tooltip that displays an image in Visual Basic 2005 | OwnerDraw tooltip, tooltip, image, picture, VB 2005 | |
HowTo: Make a multi-line tooltip | tooltip, multiline tooltip, multi-line tooltip | |
HowTo: Display a tip in a status bar when the mouse moves over a toolbar button | ToolBar, StatusBar, ToolTip | |
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's tooltip when the mouse moves over different nodes in VB .NET | TreeView, tooltip, TreeView tooltip, ToolTipText | |
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's tooltip when the mouse moves over different nodes | TreeView, tooltip, TreeView tooltip, ToolTipText | |
HowTo: Scroll tooltips | scroll, tooltips | |
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HowTo: Drag and drop images while displaying a preview in Visual Basic .NET | drag, drop, graphics, drag and drop preview, drag and drop, drag and drop image, drag and drop image preview, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET | |
HowTo: Drag and drop images in Visual Basic .NET | drag, drop, graphics, drag and drop, drag and drop image, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET | |
HowTo: Drag and drop one or more multi-column values from one ListView control to another in Visual Basic .NET | drag, drop, drag and drop, objects, ListView, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Drag and drop strings from one ListBox to another in Visual Basic .NET | drag, drop, drag and drop, ListBox, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Drag and drop objects from one ListBox to another in Visual Basic .NET | drag, drop, drag and drop, objects, ListBox, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Let the user drag and drop text to a specific position in a TextBox | drag, drop, drag and drop, TextBox | |
HowTo: Let the user drag and drop text to a specific position in a TextBox in VB .NET | drag, drop, drag and drop, TextBox | |
HowTo: Process files dragged onto a form | OLE, drag and drop, drop | |
HowTo: Add nodes to a TreeView control at run time, and let the user drag and drop TreeView nodes | TreeView, AddNode, drag and drop | |
HowTo: Drag and drop data in multiple formats in VB .NET | drag and drop, formats, multiple formats, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Drag and drop objects in VB .NET | drag and drop, object, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Drag and drop using VB .NET | drag and drop, drag, drop, VB.NET, AllowDrop | |
HowTo: Let the user drag items from one position to another in a TreeView | TreeView, drag and drop | |
HowTo: Drag and drop onto ActiveX controls | ActiveX control, drag and drop | |
HowTo: Display a small drag icon with text in it | drag and drop, icon, text icon | |
HowTo: Drag items from one position in a list to another | list, drag, drag and drop | |
HowTo: Let the user moves items from one FlexGrid control to another | FlexGrid, move items, drag drop | |
HowTo: Drag items from one position in a list to another displaying textual icons | list, drag, drag and drop, text icon | |
HowTo: Drag nodes from one TreeView control to another | Drag and drop, TreeView | |
HowTo: Drag items between two ListBoxes | drag and drop, ListBox | |
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HowTo: Draw three circles and find circles that are tangent to all three in Visual Basic .NET | mathematics, algorithms, graphics, Apollonius' Problem, Apollonius, Apollonian circles, tangent cicles, geometry, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Remove the X Close button from a form's system menu in Visual Basic .NET | system, forms, remove close button, remove system button, remove X button, example example, program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Catch a form's minimize and maximize messages and optionally cancel them in Visual Basic .NET | minimize, maximize, cancel minimize, cancel maximize, catch events, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Move a control to the front or the back of the stacking order at run time in Visual Basic 6 | stacking order, zorder, z-order, Visual Basic 6, VB 6 | |
HowTo: Change control stacking order at run time in Visual Basic .NET | stacking order, zorder, z-order, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Easily save and restore all of a form's settings and the values of its controls in the Registry in Visual Basic .NET | settings, save settings, restore settings, Registry, SaveSetting, GetSetting, C#, C# programming, example, example program, Windows Forms programming | |
HowTo: Send a window to the top or bottom in Visual Basic .NET | send window to bottom, send window to top, to top, to bottom, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Send a window to the top or bottom in Visual Basic 6 | send window to bottom, send window to top, to top, to bottom, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Grab the image of another program's form in Visual Basic .NET | form image, background, clipboard, PrntScrn | |
HowTo: Get a form's image with or without decorations in Visual Basic .NET | form image, background, clipboard, PrntScrn | |
HowTo: Build a form from scratch and handle events raised by its controls in Visual Basic .NET | form, build form, event, AddHandler, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Restore a window to a known position if you can't find it in Visual Basic 2005 | restore window, window size, window position, FindWindow, SetWindowPos, Visual Basic, Visual Basic 2005, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Save and restore a form's position when it loads and unloads in Visual Basic 2005 | save, restore, form, form position, Visual Basic .NET | |
HowTo: Position a popup form over a PictureBox in Visual Basic 6 | popup, position popup, PictureBox, Visual Basic, ClientToScreen, ShowWindow, SetWindowPos | |
HowTo: Set the initial size and window state of a PrintPreviewDialog in Visual Basic .NET | PrintPreviewDialog, WindowState, dialog, dialog size, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use DrawToBitmap to capture an image of a form in Visual Basic 2005 | DrawToBitmap, form image, capture form image, VB 2005, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Remove all Label controls from a form at run time in Visual Basic .NET | remove controls, remove labels, label control, form, unload, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Unload an application's forms in reverse order of creation | close, unload, form | |
HowTo: Unload an application's forms in reverse order of creation, stopping if any don't unload | close, unload, form | |
HowTo: Unload an application's forms in reverse order of creation, skipping any that don't unload | close, unload, form | |
HowTo: Draw a background grid on a form in Visual Basic 2005 | background grid, grid, form, BackgroundImage, VB 2005 | |
HowTo: Position a popup form on a particular area on its parent form in Visual Basic .NET | popup, form, position, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Set a form's client area size in Visual Basic .NET | size, client area, ClientSize, form, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox control that does not display a context menu in VB .NET | TextBox, context menu, popup menu | |
HowTo: Reparent controls from one form to another | reparent, reparent control | |
HowTo: Center a form above another form | center form | |
HowTo: Make a form that appears semi-transparent | semi-transparent, translucent, form | |
HowTo: Display a child form over a topmost parent form | stretch, image, resize | |
HowTo: Let the user name a form to display | form, display, InputBox, show form | |
HowTo: Restrict a form's minimum and maximum width and height | file times, last access time, file creation time, lastmodified time | |
HowTo: Process files dragged onto a form | OLE, drag and drop, drop | |
HowTo: Create a splash screen | splash screen | |
HowTo: Make a program's main form slide over its splash screen | splash screen, slide over | |
HowTo: Initialize the controls on a new MDI child form by copying them from an existing form | MDI, MDI child, initialize | |
HowTo: Display tips in a rounded popup form | form, help, tip, rounded rectangle, region, SetWindowRgn | |
HowTo: Position a popup form below a TextBox | popup, position, ClientToScreen, ShowWindow, SetWindowPos | |
HowTo: Give a form a skin | skin, ActiveX control, button, picture | |
HowTo: Make a main form send data to subforms by using events | Form, subform, secondary form, data | |
HowTo: Make a main form send data to subforms | Form, subform, secondary form, data | |
HowTo: Make a form that contains other forms in a PictureBox | Form, subform, SetParent | |
HowTo: Make a form resize in increments of 50 pixels in VB .NET | application icon, icon, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Make a form with a fixed aspect ratio in VB .NET | application icon, icon, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Make a form with a fixed height in VB .NET | application icon, icon, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Move forms together | move forms, subclass, API, WindowProc | |
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that sort of looks and acts like a title bar | title bar, titlebar, caption, ActiveX control, ActiveX | |
HowTo: Display a shaded title bar | title bar, titlebar, caption | |
HowTo: Build a calculate with an interesting skin-like appearance | calculator, skin, SetWindowRgn | |
HowTo: Make an MDI child form that displays only the system close button and no system menu | MDI, MDI child, close button, system menu, remove system menu | |
HowTo: Make a form shaped using text and a PictureBox | CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form, shaped form, outlined text | |
HowTo: Provide an MRU list in VB .NET | MRU, MRU list, VB.NET, most recently used file list | |
HowTo: Change a form's icon at run time in VB .NET | icon, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Make an MDI application with an MRU list | MRU, most recently used files, MRU list, MDI | |
HowTo: Restrict a form so the user can only move it vertically | form, move, vertical | |
HowTo: Make an MRU list | MRU, most recently used files, MRU list | |
HowTo: Demonstrate the visible and invisible natures of forms | form, invisible, hidden | |
HowTo: Prevent a form from moving by using subclassing | no move, prevent move | |
HowTo: Make a shaped form scroll across the desktop | scroll, banner, shaped form, desktop, CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form | |
HowTo: Make a form that can be maximized and minimized but not resized arbitrarily | resize, no resize, prevent resize | |
HowTo: Remove the Minimize and Maximize buttons from a form's system menu | minimize, maximize, system menu | |
HowTo: Make a form that displays the desktop image below itself so it looks transparent | form, transparent, desktop | |
HowTo: Give a window a toolbar style title bar | form, toolbar, titlebar, SetWindowLong | |
HowTo: Display a form's events | form, event, load | |
HowTo: Create a form without a title bar | form, title bar, caption, no title | |
HowTo: List a form's menu items | menu, list menus | |
HowTo: See if a form of a given type is loaded | form loaded, form type | |
HowTo: Provide a login form in VB .NET | form, login form, password form | |
HowTo: See if a form with a given name is loaded | form loaded, form type | |
HowTo: Use a Select Case statement to display multiple instances of a form given its name | form, form name, show form | |
HowTo: Use a command objects to display multiple instances of a form given its name | form, form name, show form | |
HowTo: Use a collection to display one instance of a form given its name | form, form name, show form | |
HowTo: Get the caption of the window that currently has focus | focus window, caption, title | |
HowTo: Make a form act modal when it is not | form, modal, fake modal, dialog | |
HowTo: Experiment with extended window styles | extended window styles, window style | |
HowTo: Make a window appear modal when it is not | form, modal, fake modal | |
HowTo: Keep track of the number of MDI child forms | MDI, subforms | |
HowTo: Make a form like the CommonDialog control | dialog, CommonDialog | |
HowTo: Disable the close X in a form's upper right corner | form, close, unload | |
HowTo: Show a form without activating it | form, activate, show | |
HowTo: Give a form a popup menu | popup menu, context menu, right click | |
HowTo: Know when the user clicks on any control on a form | form, click, control | |
HowTo: Set a form's size in inches | form, size, inches | |
HowTo: Place a form along an edge of the screen using the SysInfo control | form, screen, edge, SysInfo | |
HowTo: Make a form stick to the edge of the screen | form, screen, edge, subclassing, stick | |
HowTo: Display a form using its name | form, display, form name | |
HowTo: Ignore events during a long process by disabling the form | ignore events, events, disable | |
HowTo: Let the user move a 1-pixel wide form without a title bar | move form, no title bar, drag form | |
HowTo: Let the user move a form without a title bar | move form, no title bar, drag form | |
HowTo: Make a text-shaped form | CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form, shaped form | |
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HowTo: Make a program generate HTML table code for ListView data and display it in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic .NET | ListView, ListView groups, group items, HTML, table, convert ListView into HTML table, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Open a PDF file in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic .NET | PDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, WebBrowser, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Open a PDF file in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic 6 | PDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Display information about the items below the mouse in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic 6 | WebBrowser, Visual Basic, wait, load | |
HowTo: Get the selected text from a frame within a WebBrowser control by using the control's methods | WebBrowser, browser, internet, text, selected text, frame, frameset, frames | |
HowTo: Copy all of the text from a WebBrowser control | copy text, clipboard, WebBrowser, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C | |
HowTo: Get all text or the selected text from a WebBrowser control by using the control's methods | WebBrowser, browser, internet, text, selected text | |
HowTo: Preview and print the contents of the WebBrowser control | WebBrowser, print, print preview, preview | |
HowTo: Set the WebBrowser control's contents explicitly | WebBrowser, HTMLDocument, navigate | |
HowTo: Navigate the WebBrowser control in VB .NET | WebBrowser, navigate, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Set the WebBrowser control's contents explicitly in VB .NET | WebBrowser, HTMLDocument, navigate, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Copy the selected text from a WebBrowser control | copy text, clipboard, WebBrowser | |
HowTo: List the links available at a URL | links, URL, Web | |
HowTo: Make a Web browser that can only view certain URLs | Web browser, restrict, URL | |
HowTo: Make copy, cut, and paste menus for a WebBrowser control | WebBrowser, menu, copy, cut, paste | |
HowTo: Display the HTML code at a URL | Web page, WebBrowser, browser, HTML | |
HowTo: Display a Web document in a Visual Basic application | Web page, WebBrowser, browser | |
HowTo: Print the contents of the WebBrowser control | WebBrowser, print | |
HowTo: Read the links on a Web page | Web, URL, link, WebBrowser | |
HowTo: Capture an image of what's displayed on a WebBrowser control | WebBrowser, image, capture, Web page, URL | |
HowTo: Print and display a Print Preview for a WebBrowser control | print, print preview, WebBrowser, Web page, URL | |
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HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a value bar in Visual Basic .NET | controls, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a needle in Visual Basic .NET | controls, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Select a range with the Slider control | slider, range | |
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HowTo: Write a subroutine in a code module that scales controls without moving them in Visual Basic .NET | subroutine, code module, module, scale control, resize control, stretch control, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Let the user move and resize controls at run time in Visual Basic 6 | drag, move, resize, controls, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Dynamically load controls into a "control array" in VB .NET | control, control array, load control, AddHandler, VB.NET | |
HowTo: See if a control is in a control array | control, control array, index | |
HowTo: Localize control resources at run time in VB .NET | locale, internationalization, globalization, CultureInfo, runtime | |
HowTo: Localize control resources at run time by reloading the form in VB .NET | locale, internationalization, globalization, CultureInfo, runtime | |
HowTo: Localize control resources at run time by reopening the form in VB .NET | locale, internationalization, globalization, CultureInfo, runtime | |
HowTo: Make a scrolled window that contains several other controls | scrolled window, scrolling, scroll bars | |
HowTo: Make a component that has a collection property in Visual Basic .NET | component, collection, collection property, VB .NET, TypeConverter, type converter | |
HowTo: Make a TypeConverter for a collection in Visual Basic .NET | TypeConverter, type converter, PropertyGrid, Properties window, collection, property, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Make a type converter in Visual Basic .NET | TypeConverter, type converter, PropertyGrid, Properties window, property, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Load new Frame controls and their contained controls | Frame, control array, load | |
HowTo: Give PictureBoxes different border styles (raised, sunken, etc.) in VB .NET | PictureBox, border style, raised, sunken, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Give PictureBoxes different border styles (raised, sunken, etc.) | PictureBox, border style, raised, sunken | |
HowTo: Make multiple controls share the same event handler in VB .NET | Handles, event handler, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a "control array" component in VB .NET | control array, component, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Reparent controls from one form to another | reparent, reparent control | |
HowTo: Save and load data when a program starts and stops by using a text file | save, load, control | |
HowTo: Make a button quiver frantically | button, quiver, move | |
HowTo: Change a form's locale resources at run time in VB .NET | locale, internationalization, globalization, ComponentResourceManager | |
HowTo: Localize control resources in VB .NET | locale, internationalization, globalization, CultureInfo | |
HowTo: Create a new ActiveX button using Controls.Add and respond all of its events | button, Controls.Add, event | |
HowTo: Make a control with an object property and display it with a special property editor in VB .NET | VB .NET, property, control, property editor, custom property editor | |
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's background color | TreeView, background, background color, backcolor | |
HowTo: Create new controls using Controls.Add | Controls.Add, controls, create controls | |
HowTo: Load an ActiveX control at run time | Controls.Add, new control, ActiveX | |
HowTo: Use the TypeLib routine Invokehook to find a control's name and invoke a routine | TypeLib, InvokeHook, get name | |
HowTo: Let the user move controls | control, move control | |
HowTo: Change controls faster by preventing window updates | LockWindowUpdate, modify control, change control | |
HowTo: Hide the caret in a TextBox | TextBox, caret, hide caret, cursor | |
HowTo: Add new tabs and controls to a TabStrip | Controls.Add, new control, new tab, TabStrip | |
HowTo: Create a new button using Controls.Add and respond to its click event | button, Controls.Add, event | |
HowTo: Create a new control using Load and put it in a Frame | Controls.Add, new control, Frame | |
HowTo: Use the TypeLib Information library to get a control's properties | TypeLib, control name, TLI, InvokeHook | |
HowTo: Highlight a control when the mouse is over it | control, highlight | |
HowTo: Fill the screen with a form and center the controls it contains | full screen form, center controls | |
HowTo: Get information about all of a control's properties | control property, property information, TypeLib | |
HowTo: Enable or disable all of the controls inside a Frame | frame, enable, disable, controls | |
HowTo: Let the user drag controls to new positions and save the positions between runs | drag control, move control | |
HowTo: Let the user drag a control to a new position | drag control, move control | |
HowTo: Access controls by their names as text strings | control, controls, name | |
HowTo: Enable or disable all controls on a form | control, enable, disable | |
HowTo: Enable or disable a group of controls | control, enable, disable, EnableControls | |
HowTo: Dynamically create controls at runtime using Load and place them in a scrolled window | Load, dynamic control, runtime | |
HowTo: Dynamically create controls at runtime using Controls.Add and place them in a scrolled window | Load, dynamic control, runtime, Controls.Add | |
HowTo: See if a control exists | control, exists | |
HowTo: Center the mouse over a control | center mouse, mouse, center cursor, cursor | |
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HowTo: Make the items in a menu behave as a radio button group in Visual Basic .NET | option button, menu, menu items, radio button, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Toggle a disabled option button by using a label | option button, OptionButton, toggle | |
HowTo: See which option button is selected using Select Case | Select Case, option, control, select | |
HowTo: Dynamically create OptionButtons at run time using Load | OptionButton, Load, runtime | |
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HowTo: Make a VB program fetch results from an ASP or ASPX page | ASP, ASPX, active server pages, Web, browser, fetch | |
HowTo: Use the Internet Transfer Control's Execute method and GetChunk to download a file | Inet, Internet Transfer Control, GetChunk, download | |
HowTo: Retrieve stock prices from the Web | stock, quotes, prices, Web, Inet control, Internet Transfer control, download | |
HowTo: Retrieve stock prices from the Web, example | stock, quotes, prices, Web, Inet control, Internet Transfer control, download | |
HowTo: Remove files from a Web server | Web, file, remove, URL, server, FTP | |
HowTo: Download a picture from the Web and display it | download, Web, picture, URL, Inet, Internet Transfer Control | |
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HowTo: Use the OpenFileDialog control's RestoreDirectory property in VB .NET | Access, image, picture, memo | |
HowTo: Build a custom file selection dialog | dialog, common dialog, file selection dialog | |
HowTo: Use the common dialog control to select a file | common dialog, select file, pick file | |
HowTo: Make a standard dialog | dialog, standard dialog | |
HowTo: Make a Common Dialog start in its last location | Common Cialog, dialog, open file, save file | |
HowTo: Let the user select a font | font, CommonDialog, ShowFont, select font | |
HowTo: Use the CommonDialog control to select a color | CommonDialog, color, get color, select color, ShowColor | |
HowTo: Make an expandable dialog with More and Less buttons | dialog, more, less, expandable, detail | |
HowTo: Easily add filters to a CommonDialog control | CommonDialog, filters | |
HowTo: Let the user select a TrueType font | select font, TrueType, common dialog | |
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HowTo: Use Image and ImageList controls to animate a series of images | Image, ImageList, animate | |
HowTo: Use an ImageList control to animate a series of images in VB .NET | ImageList, animate, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make an icon editor by using the ImageList control's ExtractIcon method | icon, edit icon, ImageList, ExtractIcon | |
HowTo: Use the ListView control | ListView, ImageList | |
HowTo: Display a small drag icon with text in it | drag and drop, icon, text icon | |
HowTo: Allow the user to customize a toolbar | toolbar, customization | |
HowTo: Use a FlexGrid control as a list holding pictures and text | FlexGrid, grid, list, picture | |
HowTo: Build a simple image list without an extra OCX | image list, imagelist | |
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HowTo: Let the user move and resize controls at run time in Visual Basic 6 | drag, move, resize, controls, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Draw a bar-style meter on a PictureBox | meter, bar, PictureBox | |
HowTo: Create an ActiveX control with a parameterized property | ActiveX, property, parameter | |
HowTo: Allow quick upgrades of pictures in an application | picture, upgrade, deploy, deployment | |
HowTo: Make a property page for an ActiveX control | ActiveX control, ActiveX, property page | |
HowTo: Make ActiveX button controls that display different pictures when up or down | ActiveX control, button, picture | |
HowTo: Give a form a skin | skin, ActiveX control, button, picture | |
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that allows the user to enter only valid integer within a certain range | field, integer, data validation, validation | |
HowTo: Load an ActiveX control at run time | Controls.Add, new control, ActiveX | |
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that sort of looks and acts like a title bar | title bar, titlebar, caption, ActiveX control, ActiveX | |
HowTo: Show memory usage while creating and removing windowed and windowless ActiveX controls | memory usage, memory, GlobalMemoryStatus, windowless, ActiveX, ActiveX control | |
HowTo: Make a custom gauge control with a toolbox bitmap in VB .NET | gauge, control, custom control, VB .NET, UserControl | |
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that automatically scrolls text | scroll text, text scroller, ActiveX, control | |
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that fills its parent form when the form resizes | ActiveX control, resize, parent | |
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that resizes itself when its parent form resizes | ActiveX control, resize, parent | |
HowTo: Make a bar gauge ActiveX control | bar gauge, ActiveX control | |
HowTo: Make an elliptical ActiveX picture control | elliptical control, ActiveX control, picture control | |
HowTo: Make an auto-completion ImageCombo ActiveX control | auto-complete, ImageCombo custom control, ActiveX control | |
HowTo: Create an ActiveX control with a borderless menu bar | ActiveX control, menu | |
HowTo: Make a windowless clock control with a transparent background | clock, windowless, analog, transparent | |
HowTo: Make a text control that let the program accept or reject changes | TextBox, accept, reject, cancel, preview, PreviewText | |
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HowTo: Add numbered lists and special bullets to the RichTextBox control in Visual Basic .NET | RTF, RichTextBox, Rich Text, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Add numbered lists and special bullets to the RichTextBox control in Visual Basic 6 | RTF, RichTextBox, Rich Text, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Set tabs in a RichTextBox in Visual Basic .NET | RichTextBox, tabs, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Set formatting for a RichTextBox control all at once | RTF, Rich Text format, RichTextBox, RichText | |
HowTo: Make a RichTextBox print WYSIWYG text | RTF, rich text, rich text box, RichTextBox, WYSIWYG, print, printing | |
HowTo: Combine the contents of two RichTextBoxes, preserving their formatting | RTF, rich text, rich text box, RichTextBox, combine, join | |
HowTo: Separate an RTF file into paragraphs in separate Rich Text Box controls | RTF, rich text, rich text box, RichTextBox, paragraphs | |
HowTo: See what word is under the mouse in a RichTextBox and look it up in a list of known words | RichTextBox, TextBox, word, mouse, cursor | |
HowTo: Double-click to strike a line in a RichTextBox | RichTextBox, RTF, font, strikethrough, strike through | |
HowTo: Display the word under the mouse in a RichTextBox inside a Tooltip | RichTextBox, TextBox, word, mouse, cursor | |
HowTo: Color HTML tags in a RichTextBox | RichTextBox, Rich Text, RTF, HTML, color tags, tag | |
HowTo: Combine values from two RTF text boxes preserving their formatting properties | RTF, Rich Text Box, RichTextBox | |
HowTo: Track the cursor position in a RichTextBox | RichTextBox, cursor position, character position, line number | |
HowTo: Compare the speeds of TextBox, RichTextBox, and the MS Forms 2.0 TextBox | TextBox, speed, performance, RichTextBox, MS Forms 2.0 | |
HowTo: Display chemical symbols in a RichTextBox or on a form | symbol, chemical symbol, superscript, subscript | |
HowTo: See which word in a RichTextBox the user clicked | RichTextBox, scroll, line, print, preview, click | |
HowTo: Position a specific line at the top of a RichTextBox without flicker | RichTextBox, scroll, line | |
HowTo: Show a print preview for a RichTextBox that uses multiple fonts | RichTextBox, scroll, line, print, preview | |
HowTo: Convert RTF text into HTML | RichTextBox, RTF, Rich Text, HTML | |
HowTo: Get the index of the first line visible in a RichTextBox | RichTextBox, scroll, line | |
HowTo: Paste a picture into a RichTextBox | RichTextBox, rich text, rtf, paste, picture | |
HowTo: Save and restore Rich Text File data | Rich Text, RichTextBox, text, file | |
HowTo: See what word is under the mouse in a RichTextBox | RichTextBox, TextBox, word, mouse, cursor | |
HowTo: Size a RichTextBox to fit its contents | RichTextBox, rich text, rtf, tab, drag, reposition | |
HowTo: Let the user reposition tabs in a RichTextBox | RichTextBox, rich text, rtf, tab, drag, reposition | |
HowTo: Use tabs in a RichTextBox | RichTextBox, rich text, rtf, tab | |
HowTo: Make "checkboxes" in a Rich Text Box | Rich Text, ETF, RichTextBox, checkbox, check, choice | |
HowTo: Overlay Rich Text on a picture | Rich Text, ETF, RichTextBox, overlay, picture | |
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HowTo: Dynamically load controls into a "control array" in VB .NET | control, control array, load control, AddHandler, VB.NET | |
HowTo: See if a control is in a control array | control, control array, index | |
HowTo: Load new Frame controls and their contained controls | Frame, control array, load | |
HowTo: Make a "control array" component in VB .NET | control array, component, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Dynamically create controls at runtime using Load | control, load, control array | |
HowTo: Manage a 2-dimensional control array | control array, two-dimensional, 2D | |
HowTo: Safely manage control arrays with missing elements | control array, safe | |
HowTo: Pass a control array to a subroutine as a parameter | control array, parameter, argument | |
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HowTo: Make a series of TextBoxes and corresponding Labels at runtime in Visual Basic .NET | TextBox, Label, runtime, create controls, make controls, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a Label use the largest font it can while still allowing its text to fit in Visual Basic .NET | font, biggest font, largest font, Label, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a Label use the largest font it can while still allowing its text to fit allowing wrapping in Visual Basic .NET | font, biggest font, largest font, Label, wrap, wrapping, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a series of color samples | color, color sample, pick color | |
HowTo: Make a ticker tape display | ticker, scrolling text | |
HowTo: Make a button that grows when the mouse is over it | button, grow, label | |
HowTo: Make a rotated bound ActiveX label control | bound control, data, data control, ActiveX, label, rotate | |
HowTo: Build an ActiveX control that is bound to a Data control | bound control, data, data control, ActiveX, label | |
HowTo: Make a label blink | blink, label, color, flash | |
HowTo: Rotate text in a Caption | text, rotate, Caption | |
HowTo: Make a label display a shadow safely when the mouse is over it | label, shadow, mouse, GetCursorPos, ScreenToClient | |
HowTo: Make a label display a shadow simply when the mouse is over it | label, shadow, mouse | |
HowTo: Display a Label control with a shadow | label, shadow | |
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HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a value bar in Visual Basic .NET | controls, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a needle in Visual Basic .NET | controls, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Crop a picture and save the result in Visual Basic 2005 | crop picture, crop, trim, Visual Basic 2005, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Crop a picture and save the result in Visual Basic 6 | crop picture, crop, trim, Visual Basic | |
HowTo: Use a loop to load pictures into PictureBoxes in Visual Basic 2005 | PictureBox, picture, LoadPicture, Bitmap, loop, Visual Basic 2005 | |
HowTo: Compose four pictures into a single picture and save the result into a file | compose, composition, picture, PictureBox, PaintPicture | |
HowTo: Compose four pictures into a single picture and save the result into a file in Visual Basic .NET | TextBox, convert, proper case, StrConv, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a scrolled window that the user can drag with the mouse (as Adobe Acrobat Reader does) | scrolled window, drag, drag window, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Reader, Acrobat | |
HowTo: Provide print preview | print, print preview | |
HowTo: Provide print preview with different scales | print, print preview, scale | |
HowTo: Stretch a PictureBox image to fit the control | stretch, image, resize | |
HowTo: Use an array of StdPicture objects to hold images without using a control | StdPicture, picture, image | |
HowTo: Display a picture at different scales by using PaintPicture | resize, PaintPicture, bitmap, scale | |
HowTo: Make a ticker tape display | ticker, scrolling text | |
HowTo: Make a resizable PictureBox | resizable PictureBox, PictureBox | |
HowTo: Make a resizable toolbox inside a form | toolbox, resizable toolbox, PictureBox | |
HowTo: Graph a parametric function (X(t), Y(t)) on a PictureBox | graph, parametric, parametric equations, PictureBox | |
HowTo: Make a picture box with a hole in it | PictureBox, shape, region, SetWindowRgn, shaped PictureBox | |
HowTo: Resize a picture using PaintPicture and save it into a bitmap file | resize, PaintPicture, bitmap | |
HowTo: Copy an image of an MSChart's graph into a PictureBox | MSChart, graph, database, chart, copy, PictureBox | |
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that asynchronously downloads images directly into a PictureBox | picture, PictureBox, download | |
HowTo: Let the user drag a control to a new position | drag control, move control | |
HowTo: Display checkboxes in an MSFlexGrid control | check box, CheckBox, grid | |
HowTo: Make a checkbox list | check box, CheckBox, list, check list | |
HowTo: Make a grid of checks without using CheckBox controls | check box, CheckBox, grid | |
HowTo: Use a small map window to let the user view a larger picture | map, map window, drag, key, scrollbars, thumbnail | |
HowTo: Use BitBlt, StretchBlt, and PaintPicture and compare their speeds | BitBlt, StretchBlt, PaintPicture, performance, copy picture | |
HowTo: Verify that JPG files are smaller and slower than BMP files | JPG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, bitmap, image, size, speed | |
HowTo: Make a text-shaped PictureBox | text-shaped picture box, SetWindowRgn, region, shape, PictureBox | |
HowTo: Make selected text blink in a PictureBox | blink, text, PictureBox, color, flash | |
HowTo: Print a PictureBox and any controls that are on top of or inside it | PictureBox, print, keybd_event, fit to printer | |
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HowTo: Make a countdown timer in Visual Basic 2005 | countdown timer, timer, alarm, Visual Basic 2005, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a countdown timer in Visual Basic 6 | countdown timer, timer, alarm, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Make a bouncing ball animation in VB .NET | bouncing ball, animation, animate, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Animate a series of images stored in a PictureClip control and display blocking and non-blocking message boxes | PictureClip, animate, animation, Timer, blobk, MessageBox, MsgBox | |
HowTo: Use Image and ImageList controls to animate a series of images | Image, ImageList, animate | |
HowTo: Use an ImageList control to animate a series of images in VB .NET | ImageList, animate, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a timer fire each time the clock ticks off a minute | timer, clock, minute | |
HowTo: Make a program that has no forms but that uses API timers | Timer, Timer control, time, speed, performance | |
HowTo: Use API functions to create a timer that can wait as long as 23 days between events | Timer, Timer control, time, speed, performance | |
HowTo: Make a program with no forms that uses API timers and Sleep | Timer, Timer control, time, speed, performance | |
HowTo: Play a WAV file repeatedly by using a Timer | sound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, continuous | |
HowTo: Play a sound while displaying a progress bar | sound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, ellapsed time | |
HowTo: Play a sound while displaying ellapsed time | sound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, ellapsed time | |
HowTo: Make a timer wait a long time between events | timer, long timer, wait | |
HowTo: Make a REALLY annoying flashing password screen | password, flash, game | |
HowTo: Trigger an event at 5, 10, 15, ... minutes after the hour. | alarm, hourly | |
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HowTo: Align and color cells in a FlexGrid control | FlexGrid, align, cell, color | |
HowTo: Let the user check items in a grid in Excel VBA | Excel, VBA, grid, editable, FlexGrid | |
HowTo: Display a form with an editable grid in Excel VBA | Excel, VBA, grid, editable, FlexGrid | |
HowTo: Use checkmark images to let the user check items in a grid in Excel VBA | Excel, VBA, grid, editable, FlexGrid | |
HowTo: Print a FlexGrid control's data across multiple pages vertically and horizontally | FlexGrid, print, grid, multi-page, multiple pages | |
HowTo: Save and restore FlexGrid data in a file when a program starts and stops | FlexGrid, save, restore | |
HowTo: Display FlexGrid data in an HTML table | FlexGrid, sort, grid, HTML, Web | |
HowTo: Sort the columns in an MSFlexGrid control | FlexGrid, sort, grid | |
HowTo: Print a FlexGrid control's data | FlexGrid, print, grid | |
HowTo: Sort the columns in an MSFlexGrid control by using a Data control | FlexGrid, sort, grid, Data control | |
HowTo: Edit data in a FlexGrid control | FlexGrid, edit FlexGrid | |
HowTo: Copy array data into a FlexGrid control | FlexGrid, array, data | |
HowTo: Let the user moves items from one FlexGrid control to another | FlexGrid, move items, drag drop | |
HowTo: Search for values in a FlexGrid control and sort it by columns | FlexGrid, search, sort | |
HowTo: Color FlexGrid entries greater than a certain value | FlexGrid, cell, color | |
HowTo: Save and restore FlexGrid column widths | FlexGrid, column width | |
HowTo: Make a FlexGrid's columns fit its data | FlexGrid, fit, autofit, ColWidth | |
HowTo: See which FlexGrid rows the user has selected | FlexGrid, selected, rows | |
HowTo: Display a matrix in a FlexGrid control | FlexGrid, matrix | |
HowTo: Display a different tip for each cell in a FlexGrid control | FlexGrid, cell, tip | |
HowTo: Make a FlexGrid's selected rows more distinctive | distinctive, FlexGrid, rows | |
HowTo: Use a FlexGrid control as a list holding pictures and text | FlexGrid, grid, list, picture | |
HowTo: Use ComboBoxes and TextBoxes to let the user edit grid values | grid, edit, ComboBox, Textbox | |
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HowTo: Use a tristate CheckBox to let the user select all or none of a group of other CheckBoxes in Visual Basic .NET | controls, ComboBox, tristate, tri-state, indeterminate, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use a tristate CheckBox in Visual Basic .NET | controls, ComboBox, tristate, tri-state, indeterminate, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a GroupBox that uses a CheckBox in its caption to determine whether its items are enabled in Visual Basic .NET | GroupBox, CheckBox, enable, disable, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a Frame that uses a CheckBox in its caption that determines whether the items it contains are enabled in Visual Basic 6 | Frame, CheckBox, enable, disable, Visual Basic 6, VB 6, Visual Basic, VB | |
HowTo: Make menu items behave like check boxes in Visual Basic .NET | check box, checkbox, menu, menu items, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a GroupBox that includes a check box to enable and disable its controls in Visual Basic .NET | control, custom control, GroupBox, CheckBox, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET | |
HowTo: Use a checked ListBox | ListBox, checked, checked list, checked ListBox | |
HowTo: Make a tristate checkbox | tristate, tri-state, checkbox | |
HowTo: Bind controls' properties to each other in VB .NET | binding, data binding, VB.NET, DataBinding, properties, property | |
HowTo: Display checkboxes in an MSFlexGrid control | check box, CheckBox, grid | |
HowTo: Make a checkbox list | check box, CheckBox, list, check list | |
HowTo: Make a grid of checks without using CheckBox controls | check box, CheckBox, grid | |
HowTo: Make a button with colored text using a CheckBox | CheckBox, command button, CommandButton, button, colored text | |
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HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops | toolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration | |
HowTo: Let the user decide which ToolBar buttons are visible in VB .NET | ToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops in VB .NET | ToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Add hidden buttons to a toolbar | toolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration, hidden buttons | |
HowTo: Let the user drag a toolbar between a form's edges | toolbar, drag, dock | |
HowTo: Display a tip in a status bar when the mouse moves over a toolbar button | ToolBar, StatusBar, ToolTip | |
HowTo: Use the toolbar control | toolbar, form | |
HowTo: Use dropdowns in a toolbar in VB .NET | toolbar, ComboBox, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Use buttons in a toolbar control in VB .NET | toolbar, button, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Use the CoolBar control | CoolBar, toolbar | |
HowTo: Use the CoolBar control with various controls | CoolBar, toolbar | |
HowTo: Give MDI child forms different toolbars | MDI, MDIForm, toolbar | |
HowTo: Allow the user to customize a toolbar | toolbar, customization | |
HowTo: Make a dockable toolbar | dockable, ToolBar | |
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HowTo: Use Image and ImageList controls to animate a series of images | Image, ImageList, animate | |
HowTo: Verify that JPG files are smaller and slower than BMP files | JPG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, bitmap, image, size, speed | |
HowTo: Let the user resize an image with the mouse | resize, image, mouse | |
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HowTo: Make a Frame that uses a CheckBox in its caption that determines whether the items it contains are enabled in Visual Basic 6 | Frame, CheckBox, enable, disable, Visual Basic 6, VB 6, Visual Basic, VB | |
HowTo: Load new Frame controls and their contained controls | Frame, control array, load | |
HowTo: Use the TabStrip control with frames | TabStrip, Frame | |
HowTo: Enable or disable all of the controls inside a Frame | frame, enable, disable, controls | |
HowTo: Change a Frame control's background color | Frame, control, BackColor, background, color | |
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HowTo: Draw on an MDI parent's background in VB .NET | MDI, MDI parent, background, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Change the color of an MDI parent form's background in VB .NET | MDI, MDI parent, background, background image, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Tile an MDI parent's background with an image in VB .NET | MDI, MDI parent, background, background image, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Display a progress bar inside a status bar on an MDI form | ProgressBar, progress bar, StatusBar, status bar, MDI | |
HowTo: Initialize the controls on a new MDI child form by copying them from an existing form | MDI, MDI child, initialize | |
HowTo: Make an MDI application with an MRU list | MRU, most recently used files, MRU list, MDI | |
HowTo: Make an MDI application replace MDI container menus with child menus in VB .NET | MDI, Multiple Document Interface, mergereplace, menus, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make an MDI application in VB .NET | MDI, Multiple Document Interface, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make an MDI application combine MDI container menus with child menus in VB .NET | MDI, Multiple Document Interface, mergereplace, menus, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Keep an MDI form on top of other programs | form, top, on top, topmost, ontop | |
HowTo: Arrange MDI child forms | MDI, child form, subform | |
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Tip: GotDotNet Visual Basic Power Pack Going Away | GotDotNet, Visual Basic Power Pack, Power Pack | |
HowTo: Build a big survey form in a scrolling panel at run time in Visual Basic 2005 | survey, scroll, scrolling panel, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Set or clear all check boxes in a CheckedListBox in Visual Basic .NET | CheckedListBox, set check boxes, clear check boxes, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Scroll a PropertyGrid control to make a particular property visible in Visual Basic .NET | PropertyGrid, scroll, property | |
HowTo: Make a PictureBox control that has a bindable FileName property in VB .NET | bind, data, bindable, PictureBox, NamedPicture | |
HowTo: Allow quick upgrades of pictures in an application | picture, upgrade, deploy, deployment | |
HowTo: Display a Web page in a new Internet Explorer browser window | IE, Internet Explorer, Web, browser | |
HowTo: Resize controls to fit when a form resizes | stretch, controls, resize, stretch controls | |
HowTo: Let the user scroll a picture using arrow keys | scrolled window, scroll, arrow keys | |
HowTo: Make a dialog that stretches controls on the bottom and right to take advantage of its full size using the Dock property in VB .NET | stretch, Dock, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Make a dialog that stretches controls on the bottom and right to take advantage of its full size in VB .NET | stretch, Anchor, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Make a dialog that stretches controls on the right to take advantage of its full size in VB .NET | stretch, Anchor, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Keep track of the last control to have the focus | last control, focus | |
HowTo: Create a vertical splitter using only VB | splitter, vertical, paned window, sash | |
HowTo: Make a text-shaped PictureBox | text-shaped picture box, SetWindowRgn, region, shape, PictureBox | |
HowTo: Make a shaped button in VB .NET | shape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped button, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Make a shaped button | shape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped button | |
HowTo: Know when the user clicks on any control on a form | form, click, control | |
HowTo: Make a progress bar using only VB's intrinsic controls | progress bar, status bar, progress, status | |
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HowTo: Let the user select a TabControl tab by pressing accelerator keys such as Alt-B in Visual Basic .NET | controls, TabControl, tab control, tabs, owner drawn, owner draw, TabDrawMode, OwnerDrawFixed, C#, C# programming, example, example program, Windows Forms programming | |
HowTo: Build images for a TabStrip control's tabs at run time in Visual Basic 6 | TabStrip, control, tab, tab images, Visual Basic 6 | |
HowTo: Use the TabStrip control with frames | TabStrip, Frame | |
HowTo: Use the TabStrip control | TabStrip | |
HowTo: Add new tabs and controls to a TabStrip | Controls.Add, new control, new tab, TabStrip | |
HowTo: Use a TabStrip to manage multiple DBGrid controls | DBGrid, tab | |
HowTo: Programmatically select a tab in a TabStrip | tab, tab strip, tabstrip, select tab | |
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HowTo: Show and hide TextBox scroll bars as needed in Visual Basic 2005 | TextBox, scroll bar | |
HowTo: Make a scrolled window that the user can drag with the mouse (as Adobe Acrobat Reader does) | scrolled window, drag, drag window, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Reader, Acrobat | |
HowTo: Use a scroll bar to let the user scroll a picture vertically | scroll bar, VScrollBar, vertical, vertical scroll bar, scroll | |
HowTo: Add and remove buttons from a scrolled button area | button, add, remove, scroll | |
HowTo: Make a scroll bar's thumb proportional to the number of visible items | ScrollBar, thumb | |
HowTo: Use a scrolled window in VB .NET | scrolled window, scroll bars | |
HowTo: Work with scrollbars in VB .NET | ScrollBar, VB.NET, LargeChange | |
HowTo: Use a small map window to let the user view a larger picture | map, map window, drag, key, scrollbars, thumbnail | |
HowTo: Stop a ScrollBar from blinking | ScrollBar, scroll bar, blink | |
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HowTo: Create menu items at run time with images, shortcut keys, and event handlers in Visual Basic .NET | menus, runtime menus, run time menus, create menus, create menus at runtime, create menus at run time, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make an infinitely cascading series of menu items in Visual Basic .NET | menus, runtime menus, run time menus, create menus, create menus at runtime, create menus at run time, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make menu items behave like check boxes in Visual Basic .NET | check box, checkbox, menu, menu items, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make the items in a menu behave as a radio button group in Visual Basic .NET | option button, menu, menu items, radio button, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Determine when the user closes the main menu | menu, main menu, close, subclass, WindowProc | |
HowTo: Remove system menu items from another program | system menu, remove menu, remove system menu, other program, RemoveMenus, DeleteMenu, FindWindow | |
HowTo: Put text with a color background in menus | menu, font, colored menu, ModifyMenu | |
HowTo: Use menus with custom fonts | menu, font, WndProc, subclassing | |
HowTo: Save and restore a popup menu's selected choice when a program starts and stops | SaveSetting, GetSetting, popup, Registry | |
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider that adds images and different fonts to MenuItems in VB .NET | ExtenderProvider, integer range, range, validation, validate | |
HowTo: Remove the context menu that appears when the user right clicks on a TextBox | context menu, popup menu, TextBox | |
HowTo: Remove several TextBox context menus | context menu, popup menu, TextBox | |
HowTo: Make menus display pictures in VB .NET | OwnerDraw, menu, custom menu, picture | |
HowTo: Align a form's Help menu on the right side of the menu bar | align help menu, justify help menu, help menu | |
HowTo: Display a message when the user opens a menu item | menu, status | |
HowTo: Make an owner drawn menu using non-standard fonts and items that are bold, underlined, and italic. | owner draw menus, custom menus, bold, underline, italic | |
HowTo: Make an owner drawn menu with bitmaps | owner draw menus, custom menus, bitmap, bold, underline, italic | |
HowTo: Make an MDI child form that displays only the system close button and no system menu | MDI, MDI child, close button, system menu, remove system menu | |
HowTo: Implement standard File and Help menu commands | menus, standard menus, editor | |
HowTo: Provide an MRU list in VB .NET | MRU, MRU list, VB.NET, most recently used file list | |
HowTo: Make an MDI application with an MRU list | MRU, most recently used files, MRU list, MDI | |
HowTo: Make an MRU list | MRU, most recently used files, MRU list | |
HowTo: Display an appropriate popup menu when the user right clicks on a TreeView node in VB .NET | TreeView, popup menu, context menu | |
HowTo: Display multiple popups depending on whether Ctrl or Shift is pressed | popup menu, popup, context menu, PopupMenu, Ctrl, Shift | |
HowTo: Make a popup menu | popup menu, popup, context menu, PopupMenu | |
HowTo: Make an MDI application replace MDI container menus with child menus in VB .NET | MDI, Multiple Document Interface, mergereplace, menus, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make an MDI application combine MDI container menus with child menus in VB .NET | MDI, Multiple Document Interface, mergereplace, menus, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a shortcut key with no menu item in VB .NET | shortcut, menu, hidden, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Display multi-column menus and popups | menu, multi-column menu, column | |
HowTo: Put bitmaps in menus | menu, picture, bitmap, image | |
HowTo: Use a control's ContextMenu property to display a context menu in VB .NET | ContextMenu, context menu, dropdown menu, popup menu | |
HowTo: List a form's menu items | menu, list menus | |
HowTo: Display popup menus when the user right clicks over a ListView on or off of an item | ListView, popup, context menu | |
HowTo: Prevent the user from resizing another program | menu, resize, minimize, maximize | |
HowTo: Add (non-working) menu items to another application | menu, other program | |
HowTo: Create menus flexibly at run time | menu | |
HowTo: Create an ActiveX control with a menu bar | ActiveX control, menu, menu bar | |
HowTo: Create an ActiveX control with a borderless menu bar | ActiveX control, menu, menu bar | |
HowTo: Create an ActiveX control with a popupmenu | ActiveX control, popup menu, context menu | |
HowTo: Change a popup menu's items at run time | popup, dynamic popup, context menu, dynamic context menu | |
HowTo: Dynamically create and remove menu items at run time | menu, dynamic menu | |
HowTo: Make a popup menu look like a ComboBox | popup, menu, ComboBox, dropmenu | |
HowTo: Manage menus in an MDI application, approach 2 | MDI, background, draw, MDIForm, child menus | |
HowTo: Manage menus in an MDI application, approach 1 | MDI, background, draw, MDIForm, child menus | |
HowTo: Add an About dialog to the system menu and create menus at run time | About dialog, menu, custom menu, system menu | |
HowTo: Give a form a popup menu | popup menu, context menu, right click | |
HowTo: Display a menu when the mouse is near the top of the form | menu, hide, show, top | |
HowTo: Make OwnerDraw menu items in VB .NET | OwnerDraw, menu, custom menu | |
HowTo: Add pictures to a popup menu | popup, menu, picture, bitmap, image | |
HowTo: Easily add bitmaps to menus | menu, picture, bitmap, image | |
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HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops | toolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration | |
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops | toolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration | |
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops | toolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration | |
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops | toolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration | |
HowTo: Let the user decide which ToolBar buttons are visible in VB .NET | ToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops in VB .NET | ToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Add hidden buttons to a toolbar | toolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration, hidden buttons | |
HowTo: Add hidden buttons to a toolbar | toolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration, hidden buttons | |
HowTo: Let the user decide which ToolBar buttons are visible in VB .NET | ToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops in VB .NET | ToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Let the user drag a toolbar between a form's edges | toolbar, drag, dock | |
HowTo: Display a tip in a status bar when the mouse moves over a toolbar button | ToolBar, StatusBar, ToolTip | |
HowTo: Use the toolbar control | toolbar, form | |
HowTo: Use the toolbar control | toolbar, form | |
HowTo: Use the toolbar control | toolbar, form | |
HowTo: Use the toolbar control | toolbar, form | |
HowTo: Use the toolbar control | toolbar, form | |
HowTo: Use the toolbar control | toolbar, form | |
HowTo: Use the toolbar control | toolbar, form | |
HowTo: Use the toolbar control | toolbar, form | |
HowTo: Use the toolbar control | toolbar, form | |
HowTo: Use dropdowns in a toolbar in VB .NET | toolbar, ComboBox, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Use buttons in a toolbar control in VB .NET | toolbar, button, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Use the CoolBar control | CoolBar, toolbar | |
HowTo: Use the CoolBar control with various controls | CoolBar, toolbar | |
HowTo: Give MDI child forms different toolbars | MDI, MDIForm, toolbar | |
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HowTo: Programmatically adjust the position of the splitter in a SplitContainer control in Visual Basic .NET | splitter, SplitContainer, adjust splitter, controls, programming, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
Bug: SplitContainer control properties cause errors | SplitContainer splitter, splitter control, VB.NET, VB 2005 | |
HowTo: Create a vertical splitter (paned window) using only VB | splitter, paned window, sash | |
HowTo: Create a four-way vertical and horizontal splitter (paned window) using only VB | splitter, paned window, sash | |
HowTo: Create a horizontal splitter (paned window) using only VB | splitter, paned window, sash | |
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HowTo: Show and hide TextBox scroll bars as needed in Visual Basic 2005 | TextBox, scroll bar | |
HowTo: Make a scrolled window that the user can drag with the mouse (as Adobe Acrobat Reader does) | scrolled window, drag, drag window, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Reader, Acrobat | |
HowTo: Use a scroll bar to let the user scroll a picture vertically | scroll bar, VScrollBar, vertical, vertical scroll bar, scroll | |
HowTo: Use a scroll bar to let the user scroll a picture vertically | scroll bar, VScrollBar, vertical, vertical scroll bar, scroll | |
HowTo: Add and remove buttons from a scrolled button area | button, add, remove, scroll | |
HowTo: Make a scroll bar's thumb proportional to the number of visible items | ScrollBar, thumb | |
HowTo: Use a scrolled window in VB .NET | scrolled window, scroll bars | |
HowTo: Work with scrollbars in VB .NET | ScrollBar, VB.NET, LargeChange | |
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HowTo: Use ADOData controls to and a DataGrid control to display master/detail data | master/detail, master, detail, ADOData control, DataGrid | |
HowTo: Use Data controls to display master/detail data | master/detail, master, detail, data control | |
HowTo: Sort the columns in an MSFlexGrid control by using a Data control | FlexGrid, sort, grid, Data control | |
HowTo: Use a database with a Data control | Data control, database | |
HowTo: Use the Data control with a password protected Access 2000 database | Data control, Access, password, DAO | |
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HowTo: Play a WAV file repeatedly by using a Timer | sound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, continuous | |
HowTo: Play a sound while displaying a progress bar | sound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, ellapsed time | |
HowTo: Play a sound while displaying ellapsed time | sound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, ellapsed time | |
HowTo: Play a WAV file repeatedly by using a For loop | sound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, continuous | |
HowTo: Play a WAV file asynchronously | sound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, asynchronously | |
HowTo: Play an AVI video | AVI, video, play, MMC, multimedia control | |
HowTo: Play a WAV file by using an MMC control | sound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC | |
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HowTo: Add progress indicators to a StatusBar control | StatusBar, ProgressBar, animation, progress indicator, working | |
HowTo: Display a status bar showing the steps in a long task | StatusBar, steps, stages, progress, ProgressBar | |
HowTo: Use API functions to change a ProgressBar's foreground and background colors | ProgressBar, foreground, background, ForeColor, BackColor | |
HowTo: Place progress indicators above a StatusBar control | StatusBar, ProgressBar, animation, progress indicator, working | |
HowTo: Play a sound while displaying a progress bar | sound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, ellapsed time | |
HowTo: Use a ProgressBar to give the status of a long task | progress bar, ProgressBar, long task, status | |
HowTo: Use a ProgressBar with a long task without timer | progress bar, ProgressBar, long task, status | |
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HowTo: Make a GroupBox that uses a CheckBox in its caption to determine whether its items are enabled in Visual Basic .NET | GroupBox, CheckBox, enable, disable, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a GroupBox that includes a check box to enable and disable its controls in Visual Basic .NET | control, custom control, GroupBox, CheckBox, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NET | |
HowTo: Find the area in which you should place things in a GroupBox in VB .NET | DisplayRectangle, ClientRectangle, GroupBox | |
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HowTo: Experiment with shapes, colors, and fill styles | shape, FillColor, BackColor, border color | |
HowTo: Draw and drag shapes | shape, ellipse, rectangle, circle, drag, barrel, disk | |
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HowTo: Let the user interact with an MSChart control | MSChart, graph, database, chart, interactive | |
HowTo: Copy an image of an MSChart's graph into a PictureBox | MSChart, graph, database, chart, copy, PictureBox | |
HowTo: Use MSChart to graph data in a text file | MSChart, graph, data file, chart | |
HowTo: Graph XY plots using MSChart | MSChart, plot, XY plot, graph, equation, chart | |
HowTo: Use MSChart to plot two curves with unrelated X values | MSChart, graph, database, chart | |
HowTo: Graph an equation Y = F(X) using MSChart | MSChart, graph, equation, chart | |
HowTo: Graph data in a database using MSChart | MSChart, graph, database, chart | |
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HowTo: Add progress indicators to a StatusBar control | StatusBar, ProgressBar, animation, progress indicator, working | |
HowTo: Make an extender provider that automatically displays status messages when controls receive the focus in VB .NET | VB .NET, extender provider, status, StatusBar, focus | |
HowTo: Make an extender provider that automatically displays status messages when the mouse is over controls in VB .NET | VB .NET, extender provider, status, StatusBar, hover | |
HowTo: Display a status bar showing the steps in a long task | StatusBar, steps, stages, progress, ProgressBar | |
HowTo: Use a status bar | StatusBar, status bar, Panel, Panels | |
HowTo: Display a tip in a status bar when the mouse moves over a toolbar button | ToolBar, StatusBar, ToolTip | |
HowTo: Place progress indicators above a StatusBar control | StatusBar, ProgressBar, animation, progress indicator, working | |
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HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider to validate TextBoxes by using a regular expression in VB .NET | Regex, regular expression, ExtenderProvider, validation, validate | |
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider that adds images and different fonts to MenuItems in VB .NET | ExtenderProvider, integer range, range, validation, validate | |
Tutorial: Introduction to ExtenderProviders in VB .NET | ExtenderProvider | |
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider to validate TextBoxes containing integers within a range in VB .NET | ExtenderProvider, integer range, range, validation, validate | |
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider to validate required fields in VB .NET | ExtenderProvider, required, validation, validate | |
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider to validate TextBoxes by using the LIKE statement in VB .NET | LIKE, ExtenderProvider, validation, validate | |
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HowTo: Make a program shrink to the system tray when the user clicks the close button in Visual Basic .NET | system try, tray, shrink, hide, close, NotifyIcon, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Grab part of the desktop image from a tray icon in VB .NET | desktop, grab pixels, image, background, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenu | |
HowTo: Use a System Tray icon in VB.NET | System tray, tray icon, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenu | |
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HowTo: Grab part of the desktop image from a tray icon in VB .NET | desktop, grab pixels, image, background, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenu | |
HowTo: Use a System Tray icon in VB.NET | System tray, tray icon, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenu | |
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HowTo: Select a particular property in a PropertyGrid control in Visual Basic .NET | PropertyGrid, property grid, select property, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Select a particular property in a PropertyGrid control concisely in Visual Basic .NET | PropertyGrid, property grid, select property, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a component that has a collection property in Visual Basic .NET | component, collection, collection property, VB .NET, TypeConverter, type converter | |
HowTo: Make a TypeConverter for a collection in Visual Basic .NET | TypeConverter, type converter, PropertyGrid, Properties window, collection, property, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Make a type converter in Visual Basic .NET | TypeConverter, type converter, PropertyGrid, Properties window, property, VB .NET | |
HowTo: Scroll a PropertyGrid control to make a particular property visible in Visual Basic .NET | PropertyGrid, scroll, property | |
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HowTo: Build a big survey form in a scrolling panel at run time in Visual Basic 2005 | survey, scroll, scrolling panel, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a Panel control that raises a Scroll event in Visual Basic .NET | scroll, Panel, AutoScroll, scroll event, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Synchronize two scrolling Panel controls in Visual Basic .NET | scroll, Panel, AutoScroll, scroll event, synchronize, VB.NET | |
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HowTo: Programmatically add new rows to an unbound DataGridView control in Visual Basic .NET | DataGridView, add rows, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET, controls | |
HowTo: Make a DataGridView display numbered row headers in Visual Basic .NET | DataGridView, row headers, header, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Create a DataTable with row cell errors, and display it in a DataGridView in Visual Basic .NET | DataGridView, DataTable, error, row error, cell error, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Make a DataGridView control use an array of objects for a data source in Visual Basic .NET | DataGridView, data source, array, objects, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Programmatically add a record to a DataSet bound to a DataGridView in Visual Basic 2005 | DataSet, DataGridView, add record, Visual Basic 2005 | |
HowTo: Find the location of a cell in a DataGridView in Visual Basic 2005 | cell location, cell position, DataGridView, Visual Basic 2005 | |
HowTo: Change the way a DataGridView control navigates when the user presses the Enter key in Visual Basic 2005 | DataGridView, Enter, Return, navigate, focus, cell, row, column, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005 | |
HowTo: Color the current row in a DataGridView control in Visual Basic 2005 | DataGridView, color row, current row, row, column, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005 | |
HowTo: Detect changes to the editing text when the user changes a DataGridView's data in Visual Basic 2005 | DataGridView, edit, edit cell, TextChanged, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005 | |
HowTo: Remove the current row from a DataGridView control in Visual Basic 2005 | DataGridView, remove row, delete row, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005 | |
HowTo: Change the color of a DataGridView control's editing control in Visual Basic 2005 | DataGridView, edit, edit cell, color, cell color, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005 | |
HowTo: Color a column header in a DataGridView in Visual Basic 2005 | color header, header, DataGridView, VB 2005, database | |
HowTo: Color a DataGridView control's cells dynamically as their data changes in Visual Basic 2005 | color cell, dynamic, DataGridView, VB 2005, database | |
HowTo: Color specific cells in a DataGridView control in Visual Basic 2005 | color cells, DataGridView, VB 2005, database | |
HowTo: Make a DataGridView control use a DataTable built at run time in Visual Basic 2005 | DataGridView, DataTable, VB 2005 | |
HowTo: Make a DataGridView control that has its own data source loaded at run time in Visual Basic 2005 | DataGridView, DataTable, VB 2005 | |
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HowTo: Make an inactivity timer in Visual Basic 6 | inactive, inactivity, user activity, time out, timeout | |
HowTo: Make an inactivity timer in Visual Basic 2005 | inactive, inactivity, user activity, time out, timeout | |
HowTo: Build a TextBox control that displays a prompt message when the user hasn't typed anything in Visual Basic .NET | TextBox, PromptingTextBox, TextBox prompt, VB.NET, custom control | |
Tip: GotDotNet Visual Basic Power Pack Going Away | GotDotNet, Visual Basic Power Pack, Power Pack | |
HowTo: Make a TextBox control that displays an image when its value is modified in Visual Basic .NET | TextBox, modified, data dirty, changed, text, image, bitmap | |
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HowTo: Use standard dialogs in Visual Basic .NET | dialog, standard dialog, FontDialog, OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog, ColorDialog, use standard dialogs, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, VB, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use standard dialogs in Visual Basic 6 | dialog, standard dialog, FontDialog, OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog, ColorDialog, use standard dialogs, Visual Basic, Visual Basic 6, VB, VB 6 | |
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HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a value bar in Visual Basic .NET | controls, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a needle in Visual Basic .NET | controls, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET | |
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