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  Index: Controls  
Buttons TreeView DBGrid
ListBox DataGrid ComboBox
TextBox ListView Tooltips
Drag and Drop Forms WebBrowser
Slider ImageCombo DBCombo
General OptionButton Focus
Inet Arranging Common Dialog
ImageList ActiveX RichTextBox
Arrays Label PictureBox
Timer FlexGrid CheckBox
MSComm ToolBar Image
Frame MDI Forms Misc
Form TabStrip ScrollBars
Menus Line List
Toolbar ADODC Splitter
Scrollbars CoolBar DBList
Data Winsock Windows Common Controls
MMC ProgressBar SysInfo
Dropdown GroupBox Shape
MSChart StatusBar Components
FileSystemObject MSScriptControl Calendar
NotifyIcon ContextMenu DataReport
Chart PropertyGrid TabControl
RadioButton Panel PictureClip
SplitContainer DataGridView Unload
CheckedListBox PrintPreviewDialog Custom
LinkLabel OpenFileDialog TableLayoutPanel
Dialogs TrackBar
 
 
 
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Buttons

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Flush click events to prevent the user from clicking a button while its code is still running in Visual Basic .NETsyntax, API, threading, threads, BackgroundWorker, controls, events, flush events, flush mouse events, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Dynamically create buttons at runtime and give them event handlers in Visual Basic 2005control, Button, click, click event, AddHandler, event handler, Visual Basic 2005Download
HowTo: Add and remove buttons from a scrolled button areabutton, add, remove, scrollDownload
HowTo: Make a button that shows its borders only when the mouse is over it by using capturebutton, mouse, border, captureDownload
HowTo: Make a button quiver franticallybutton, quiver, moveDownload
HowTo: Make buttons that repeatedly modify a value when you hold them downbutton, repeat buttonDownload
HowTo: Use buttons in a toolbar control in VB .NETtoolbar, button, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Use API capture functions to make a button that changes its caption when the mouse moves over itbutton, caption, mouse overDownload
HowTo: Display a message when the mouse is over a buttonbutton, message, mouse overDownload
HowTo: Make a CommandButton process clicks and spaces but not carriage returnsCommandButton, button, carriage returnDownload
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, scrollDownload
HowTo: Make a button that grows when the mouse is over itbutton, grow, labelDownload
HowTo: Make interesting graphical button effectsbutton, effectsDownload
HowTo: Make buttons display the picture under thembutton, picture, tileDownload
HowTo: Make a shaped button in VB .NETshape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped button, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Make a shaped buttonshape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped buttonDownload
HowTo: Make a button's caption bold when the mouse moves over itbutton, caption, font, bold, mouseDownload
HowTo: Make a button with colored text using a CheckBoxCheckBox, command button, CommandButton, button, colored textDownload
HowTo: Make a button with colored textcommand button, CommandButton, button, caption, colored textDownload
HowTo: Make standard arrows for buttonsbutton, arrow, standard arrow, font, MarlettDownload
HowTo: Make buttons display the picture that is under thembutton, command button, pictureDownload

TreeView

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use a TreeView to display property pages or option pages in Visual Basic .NETTreeView, options, properties, property pages, option pages, Registry, save settingsDownload
HowTo: Use DAO to display a database's structure in a TreeView controldatabase, DAO, structure, TreeViewDownload
HowTo: Add nodes to a TreeView control when the user expands a nodeTreeView, expanding, collapsing, nodeDownload
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's background colorTreeView, background, background color, backcolorDownload
HowTo: Add nodes to a TreeView control at run time, and let the user drag and drop TreeView nodesTreeView, AddNode, drag and dropDownload
HowTo: Select a TreeView subtree when the user selects a node in VB .NETVB.NET, TreeView, subtree, selectDownload
HowTo: Display an appropriate popup menu when the user right clicks on a TreeView node in VB .NETTreeView, popup menu, context menuDownload
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's tooltip when the mouse moves over different nodes in VB .NETTreeView, tooltip, TreeView tooltip, ToolTipTextDownload
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from a CSV file in VB .NETTreeView, CSVDownload
HowTo: Load a TreeView from a text file with tabs denoting indentation in VB .NETTreeView, text file, loadDownload
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from an XML file in VB .NETTreeView, XMLDownload
HowTo: Use TreeView and ListView controls togetherTreeView, ListViewDownload
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's tooltip when the mouse moves over different nodesTreeView, tooltip, TreeView tooltip, ToolTipTextDownload
HowTo: Edit, save, and load TreeView dataTreeView, edit TreeView, TreeView editorDownload
HowTo: Display an appropriate popup menu when the user right clicks on a TreeView nodeTreeView, popup menu, context menuDownload
HowTo: Display a directory structure in a TreeView controls, and save and restore the hierarchy in a fileTreeView, directory, directory hierarchyDownload
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from a text file, let the user edit it, and save it into a text file in VB 6TreeView, load, save, editDownload
HowTo: Load a TreeView from a text file with tabs denoting indentationTreeView, text file, loadDownload
HowTo: Allow the user to edit some but not all nodes in a TreeView control in VB .NETTreeView, VB.NET, edit label, edit nodeDownload
HowTo: Let the user drag items from one position to another in a TreeViewTreeView, drag and dropDownload
HowTo: Use ADO to read a database's structuredatabase, structure, TreeView, DataGrid, schemaDownload
HowTo: Populate ListBoxes from three related Access tables and display TreeView data when records are selecteddatabase, TreeView, master/detailDownload
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from a compressed CSV fileTreeView, CSV, compressedDownload
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from a CSV fileTreeView, CSVDownload
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from an XML fileTreeView, XMLDownload
HowTo: Load a TreeView control from a file using tabs to indicate indentationTreeView, tab, tabbed file, indentationDownload
HowTo: Search a TreeView control and replace textTreeView, search, replaceBook
HowTo: Drag nodes from one TreeView control to anotherDrag and drop, TreeViewDownload
HowTo: Give a TreeView control option buttons and check boxesTreeView, option button, check box, OptionButton, CheckBoxDownloadBook

DBGrid

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Let the user select and edit a database table in a DBGrid controlDBGrid, edit database, edit tableDownload
HowTo: Use the DBGrid control's BeforeUpdate eventDBGrid, BeforeUpdate, validationDownload
HowTo: Use an unbound DBGrid controlDBGrid, unbound, unbound dataDownload
HowTo: Use a TabStrip to manage multiple DBGrid controlsDBGrid, tabDownload
HowTo: Use code to select rows and columns in a DBGrid controlDbGrid, select row, select columnDownload
HowTo: Use a bound DBGrid controlDBGrid, bound DBGridDownload
HowTo: Set and use multiple bookmarks in the DBGrid controlDBGrid, bookmarkDownloadBook
HowTo: Set and use a bookmark in the DBGrid controlDBGrid, bookmarkDownloadBook

ListBox

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Set ListBox and TextBox tab stops in Visual Basic .NETListBox, TextBox, set tabs, tabs, tab stops, set tab stops, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make ListBox and TextBox extension methods that set tab stops in Visual Basic .NETListBox, TextBox, set tabs, tabs, tab stops, set tab stops, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Override a class's ToString method to allow controls such as ListBox to display objects in Visual Basic .NETToString, override, ListBox, ComboBox, array, initialize array, initialize object, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop strings from one ListBox to another in Visual Basic .NETdrag, drop, drag and drop, ListBox, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop objects from one ListBox to another in Visual Basic .NETdrag, drop, drag and drop, objects, ListBox, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Select an item from a ListBox or ComboBox with a given ItemData valueListBox, ComboBox, list, item, selectDownload
HowTo: Make a ListBox display chemical symbols in Visual Basic 2005ListBox, chemicals, chemical symbols, Visual Basic 2005, subscriptsDownload
HowTo: Keep track of checked ListBox selections as the user selects and deselects them in Visual Basic 6ListBox, selection, track selection, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Give a ListBox a horizontal scroll barListBox, scrollDownload
HowTo: Make a ListBox display a different tooltip for each item under the mouse in Visual Basic 6ListBox, select, autoselect, ClientToScreen, LBItemFromPtDownload
HowTo: Make a ListBox automatically select the item under the mouse in Visual Basic 6ListBox, select, autoselect, ClientToScreen, LBItemFromPtDownload
Bug: ItemData stores only integersItemData, integer 
HowTo: Save and restore ListBox items when a program stops and starts in Visual Basic 6ListBox, save, restore, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Save and restore ListBox items when a program stops and starts in Visual Basic .NETListBox, save, restore, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use a checked ListBoxListBox, checked, checked list, checked ListBoxDownload
HowTo: Add a horizontal scrollbar to a ListBox in Visual Basic .NETListBox, scroll, scrollbar, scroll bar, horizontal scroll bar, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Add a horizontal scrollbar to a ListBox if it is needed in Visual Basic .NETListBox, scroll, scrollbar, scroll bar, horizontal scroll bar, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Define tabs in a ListBox in Visual Basic .NETtab, ListBox, set tabs, defined tabs, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Define tabs in a ListBox in Visual Basic .NETtab, ListBox, set tabs, defined tabs, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Select items in a ListBox in code in Visual Basic .NETListBox, select, SelectedItem, SelectedIndex, SetSelected, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use buttons to slide a ListBox's multiple selection up or down in Visual Basic .NETListBox, select, selection, SelectedItem, SelectedIndex, SetSelected, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use buttons to slide a ListBox's selection up or down in Visual Basic .NETListBox, select, selection, SelectedItem, SelectedIndex, SetSelected, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use Windows messages to read the choices in a ListBox controlListBox, API, itemsDownload
HowTo: Load a ListBox from a database query in VB .NETdatabase, VB.NET, ListBox, loadDownload
HowTo: Track the ListBox item under the mouseListBox, mouse, overDownload
HowTo: Let the user type a prefix string to select an item in a ListBox in VB .NETListBox, select itemDownload
HowTo: Use Windows messages to read the choices in a ListBox controlAPI, ListBox, get choicesDownload
HowTo: Compare times to load sorted ListBoxes different waysListBoxDownload
HowTo: Quickly locate an item in a ListBox that begins with a certain substringListBox, find, SendMessageDownload
HowTo: Clear a List control when the user clicks the list but not on any itemListBox, clear list, click off listDownload
HowTo: Use a text file to initialize a ComboBox connected with a ListBoxComboBox, ListBox, initialize, loadDownload
HowTo: Set tabs in a ListBox to make items line up nicelyListBox, tab, tabs, columnsDownload
HowTo: Add a horizontal scroll bar to a ListBoxListBox, scroll, hscroll, scrollbar, horizontalDownload
HowTo: Make two lists pick corresponding selections in VB .NET.NET, VB.NET, ListBox, select, pick, correspondingDownload
HowTo: Make two lists pick corresponding selectionsListBox, select, pick, correspondingDownload
HowTo: Load a ListBox from a text file in VB .NET, skipping blank linesVB.NET, NET, ListBox, text file, load, initialize, blank lines, blanksDownload
HowTo: Load a ListBox from a text file in VB .NETVB.NET, NET, ListBox, text file, load, initializeDownload
HowTo: Load a ListBox using the lines in a file using Splitadditem, ListBox, line, file, SplitDownload
HowTo: Load a ListBox using the lines in a fileadditem, ListBox, line, fileDownload
HowTo: Copy multi-line text into a ListBox using SplitListBox, copy, additem, text, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Copy multi-line text into a ListBoxListBox, copy, additem, text, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Load ComboBox and ListBox controls from a database using ADOComboBox, ListBox, load, initialize, ADO, database, dataDownload
HowTo: Use classes to display data in a ListBox in .NETVB.NET, NET, ListBox, classDownload
HowTo: Load data from a text file into ListBoxesListBox, text file, INI fileDownload
HowTo: Drag items between two ListBoxesdrag and drop, ListBoxDownload
HowTo: Select newly added items in a ListBoxDownload
HowTo: Copy the lines in a file into a ListBoxDownload
HowTo: Tell if a ListBox's value changed because of a mouse click or codeListBox, click or codeDownload

DataGrid

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Programmatically select an entire row in a DataGrid control in Visual Basic 6DataGrid, select row, data grid, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Programmatically add a record to a DataSet bound to a DataGrid in Visual Basic 2005DataSet, DataGrid, add record, Visual Basic 2005Download
HowTo: Draw certain cells in a DataGrid with different colors in Visual Basic .NETDataGrid, color, cell, colored cell, cutoff, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Format the columns displayed by a DataTable in a DataGrid control in Visual Basic .NETDataTable, column, format, align, alignment, DataGrid, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Display a caption for a DataTable in a DataGrid in Visual Basic .NETDataTable, caption, DataGrid, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Update a DataSet that doesn't have primary keys in VB .NETDataGrid, DataTable, bind, ADO.NET, data, database, primary keyDownload
HowTo: Bind a DataGrid to a DataTable at run time in VB .NETDataGrid, DataTable, bind, ADO.NET, data, databaseDownload
HowTo: Define a relationship between two tables in a DataSet in VB .NETDataGrid, DataTable, bind, ADO.NET, data, database, relationshipDownload
HowTo: Display parent and child records in two DataGrid controls in VB .NETDataGrid, DataTable, bind, ADO.NET, data, database, relationship, parent/child, master/detailDownload
HowTo: Bind a DataGrid to a DataTable with read-only columns in VB .NETDataGrid, DataTable, bind, ADO.NET, data, database, read onlyDownload
HowTo: Bind a DataGrid to a DataSet at run time in VB .NETADO.NET, database, DataGrid, DataSet, bindDownload
HowTo: Use a bound DataGrid in VB.NETDataGrid, binding, bind, bound, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use IIF in a SQL SELECT statement to display a warning if a value is too low in VB.NETDataGrid, binding, bind, bound, VB.NET, IIF, warningDownload
HowTo: Bind a collection of objects to a DataGrid in VB .NETDataGrid, bind, data binding, collectionDownload
HowTo: Bind a collection of objects to a DataGrid and let it sort on the columns in VB .NETDataGrid, bind, data binding, collection, sort, IEditableObject, IBindingListDownload
HowTo: Display the data in a DataSet by using as DataGrid control in VB .NETDataSet, DataGrid, VB.NET, data, database, ADO.NETDownloadBook
HowTo: Use ADOData controls to and a DataGrid control to display master/detail datamaster/detail, master, detail, ADOData control, DataGridDownload
HowTo: Reset a DataGrid control when the data to which it is bound changes in VB .NETDataGrid, database, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use ADO to read a database's structuredatabase, structure, TreeView, DataGrid, schemaDownload
HowTo: Display data in a DataGrid control and see what cell is selectedDataGrid, cell, selectDownload

ComboBox

Title Keywords  
Tip: Set a ComboBox Item at StartupComboBox, combo, set item 
HowTo: Programmatically expand a ComboBox in Visual Basic 2005ComboBox, expand, VB.NET, Visual Basic 2005Download
HowTo: Select an item from a ListBox or ComboBox with a given ItemData valueListBox, ComboBox, list, item, selectDownload
Bug: ItemData stores only integersItemData, integer 
HowTo: Expand ComboBox choices while typing, version 2ComboBox, combo, expand, autoexpandDownload
HowTo: Save and restore a ComboBox's values from a fileComboBox, save, restore, load dataDownload
HowTo: Bind a ComboBox to a database lookup table in VB .NETdatabase, ADO.NET, VB .NET, bound controls, data binding, ComboBox, lookup tableDownload
HowTo: Use dropdowns in a toolbar in VB .NETtoolbar, ComboBox, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Limit the text in TextBoxes and ComboBoxesTextBox, ComboBox, limit textDownload
HowTo: Update ComboBox choices when the user enters a new choiceComboBox, update ComboBox, update choicesDownload
HowTo: Make an auto-completion ImageCombo ActiveX controlauto-complete, ImageCombo custom control, ActiveX controlDownload
HowTo: Display one field with a DBCombo control but update another when the user changes the valueDBCombo, update fieldDownload
HowTo: Let the user select database records using a ComboBoxComboBox, database records, selectDownload
HowTo: Make a popup menu look like a ComboBoxpopup, menu, ComboBox, dropmenuDownload
HowTo: Make a ComboBox's dropdown area wide enough for its choices, allowing for ScaleModeComboBox, ComboBox widthDownload
HowTo: Use Windows messages to read the choices in a ComboBoxComboBox, list choicesDownload
HowTo: Use a text file to initialize a ComboBox connected with a ListBoxComboBox, ListBox, initialize, loadDownload
HowTo: Change the width of a ComboBox's dropdown areaComboBox, ComboBox widthDownload
HowTo: Expand ComboBox choices while typingComboBox, combo, expand, autoexpandDownload
HowTo: Determine when a ComboBox is about to drop downComboBox, down event, dropdown eventDownload
HowTo: Make a ComboBox's dropdown area wide enough for its choicesComboBox, ComboBox widthDownload
HowTo: Change the height of a ComboBox's dropdown areaComboBox, ComboBox heightDownload
HowTo: Make a dynamic ComboBox that saves the user's selectionsComboBox, dynamicDownload
HowTo: Initialize a ComboBox using values from a TextBoxListItem, list, ComboBox, TextBox, addDownload
HowTo: Initialize a ComboBox using values from a TextBox with the Split commandListItem, list, ComboBox, TextBox, add, SplitDownload
HowTo: Use ComboBoxes and TextBoxes to let the user edit grid valuesgrid, edit, ComboBox, TextboxDownload
HowTo: Load ComboBox and ListBox controls from a database using ADOComboBox, ListBox, load, initialize, ADO, database, dataDownload
HowTo: Select a ComboBox value based on text the user typesComboBox, typeDownload
HowTo: Disable a ComboBox's context menuComboBox, right click, popup, context menuDownload

TextBox

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a series of TextBoxes and corresponding Labels at runtime in Visual Basic .NETTextBox, Label, runtime, create controls, make controls, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Set ListBox and TextBox tab stops in Visual Basic .NETListBox, TextBox, set tabs, tabs, tab stops, set tab stops, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make ListBox and TextBox extension methods that set tab stops in Visual Basic .NETListBox, TextBox, set tabs, tabs, tab stops, set tab stops, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Detect whether text in a multiline TextBox is wrapped in Visual Basic 6TextBox, word wrap, multiline, Visual Basic 6, Visual BasicDownload
HowTo: Detect whether text in a multiline TextBox is wrapped in Visual Basic .NETTextBox, word wrap, multiline, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Show and hide TextBox scroll bars as needed in Visual Basic 2005TextBox, scroll barDownload
HowTo: Build a TextBox control that displays a prompt message when the user hasn't typed anything in Visual Basic .NETTextBox, PromptingTextBox, TextBox prompt, VB.NET, custom controlDownload
HowTo: Make a TextBox control that displays an image when its value is modified in Visual Basic .NETTextBox, modified, data dirty, changed, text, image, bitmapDownload
HowTo: Highlight the TextBox that has focus by changing its BackColorhighlight, focus, GotFocus, LostFocus, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Convert the text the user is typing in a TextBox to Proper Case in Visual Basic .NETTextBox, convert, proper case, StrConv, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Convert the text the user is typing in a TextBox to Proper CaseTextBox, convert, proper case, StrConvDownload
HowTo: Let the user press Ctrl-A to select all of the text in a TextBoxctrl-A, control-A, select textDownload
HowTo: Disable a TextBox's context menu in VB .NETTextBox, context menu, popup, right-clickDownload
HowTo: Let the user press Ctrl-A to select all of the text in a TextBox in VB .NETctrl-A, control-A, select textDownload
HowTo: Let the user drag and drop text to a specific position in a TextBoxdrag, drop, drag and drop, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Let the user drag and drop text to a specific position in a TextBox in VB .NETdrag, drop, drag and drop, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Set tabs in a TextBox in VB .NETTextBox, tabs, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Make a TextBox that allows only digits in VB.NETTextBox, lower case, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a TextBox convert letters to lowercase in VB.NETTextBox, lowercase, lower case, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a TextBox convert letters to upper case in VB.NETTextBox, lower case, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use a new WindowProc and SetWindowLong to make a TextBox accept only digitsTextBox, only digits, numeric field, SetWindowLong, WindowProc, subclassingDownload
HowTo: Remove the context menu that appears when the user right clicks on a TextBoxcontext menu, popup menu, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Remove several TextBox context menuscontext menu, popup menu, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that allows the user to enter only valid integer within a certain rangefield, integer, data validation, validationDownload
HowTo: Set the margins for a TextBoxTextBox, marginDownload
HowTo: Hide the caret in a TextBoxTextBox, caret, hide caret, cursorDownload
HowTo: Limit the text in TextBoxes and ComboBoxesTextBox, ComboBox, limit textDownload
HowTo: Right justify a single line TextBoxtext, alignment, right justifyDownload
HowTo: Compare the speeds of TextBox, RichTextBox, and the MS Forms 2.0 TextBoxTextBox, speed, performance, RichTextBox, MS Forms 2.0Download
HowTo: Make a TextBox convert text into UPPER CASE or lower caseTextBox, upper case, lower case, uppercase, lowercaseDownload
HowTo: Track the text insertion position as the user typesTextBox, cursor position, character position, line numberDownload
HowTo: Relate TextBox cursor position to character and line numberTextBox, cursor position, character position, line numberDownload
HowTo: Change the TextBox cursor blink ratecaret, cursor, blink rate, blink speedDownload
HowTo: Make a TextBox allow only letters and numbersTextBox, letters, numbers, field, validate, context menu, popupDownload
HowTo: Track the caret's row and column in a TextBoxTextBox, track, caretDownload
HowTo: See when a TextBox is displaying its last lineTextBox, display, last line, sendmessageDownload
HowTo: Set tabs in a TextBoxTextBox, tabs, setDownload
HowTo: Copy multi-line text into a ListBox using SplitListBox, copy, additem, text, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Copy multi-line text into a ListBoxListBox, copy, additem, text, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Make a TextBox automatically capitalize input in VB .NETNET, uppercase, upper case, lowercase, lower case, capitalize, TextBox, inputDownload
HowTo: Use the Clipboard to copy and paste textClipboard, copy, paste, textDownload
HowTo: Find a string within a TextBoxfind string, find text, find, search, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Scroll a TextBox to show new textscroll, scroll text, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Initialize a ComboBox using values from a TextBoxListItem, list, ComboBox, TextBox, addDownload
HowTo: Make a TextBox automatically capitalize inputuppercase, upper case, capitalize, TextBox, inputDownload
HowTo: Make a TextBox automatically capitalize input using the APIuppercase, upper case, capitalize, TextBox, inputDownload
HowTo: Initialize a ComboBox using values from a TextBox with the Split commandListItem, list, ComboBox, TextBox, add, SplitDownload
HowTo: Use ComboBoxes and TextBoxes to let the user edit grid valuesgrid, edit, ComboBox, TextboxDownload
HowTo: Convert text into proper case, version 2TextBox, case, proper case, propercase, StrConvDownload
HowTo: Convert text into proper caseTextBox, case, proper case, propercase, StrConvDownload
HowTo: Replace a TextBox's standard popup menu with a custom menuTextBox, popup menu, context menuDownload
HowTo: Clear the TextBoxes on a formTextBox, clear, erase, resetDownload
HowTo: Let the user select all text with Ctrl-A in all TextBoxestextbox, ctrl-a, control-a, select allDownload
HowTo: Let the user select all text with Ctrl-Atextbox, ctrl-a, control-a, select allDownload
HowTo: Show a TextBox's vertical and horizontal scrollbars only when they are necessaryscrollbar, scrollbars, show, hide, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Show a TextBox's vertical scrollbar only when it is necessaryscrollbar, show, hide, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Restrict a TextBox to at most four lines using the KeyPress eventTextBox, restrict, lines, carriage returnDownload
HowTo: Restrict a TextBox to at most four lines using the Change eventTextBox, restrict, lines, carriage returnDownload
HowTo: Size a TextBox to fit its contentsTextBox, size, fit, resizeDownload
HowTo: Make a numeric field using the KeyPress and Change event handlersTextBox, numericDownload
HowTo: Make a numeric field using the KeyPress event handlernumeric field, KeyPress, locked TextBoxDownloadBook
HowTo: Restrict paste in a TextBox's context menuTextBox, right click, popup, context menu 
HowTo: Make a TextBox accept only digitsTextBox, only digits, numeric fieldDownloadBook
HowTo: Make a numeric field using locked TextBoxesnumeric field, KeyPress, locked TextBoxDownloadBook
HowTo: Make a numeric fieldnumeric field, KeyPressBook
HowTo: Disable a TextBox's context menuTextBox, right click, popup, context menuDownload

ListView

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make an owner-drawn ListView control that draws server status information in Visual Basic .NETcontrols, graphics, ListView, owner draw, owner draws, OwnerDraw, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Determine which ListView row and column are under the mouse in Visual Basic .NETListView, row, column, mouse, click, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a program generate HTML table code for ListView data and display it in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic .NETListView, ListView groups, group items, HTML, table, convert ListView into HTML table, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use groups in a ListView control in Visual Basic .NETListView, ListView groups, group items, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop one or more multi-column values from one ListView control to another in Visual Basic .NETdrag, drop, drag and drop, objects, ListView, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Keep track of ListView columns when the user reorders them in Visual Basic .NETListView, reorder, columns, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NETDownload
HowTo: Make a ListView control display icons in its subitems in Visual Basic 2005ListView, subitem icons, icons, LVM_SETITEM, VB.NET, Visual Basic 2005Download
HowTo: Make a ListView control sort using the column you click in VB .NETListView, sort, clicked column, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: List information about the files in a directory in a ListView using Visual Basic 2005directory, list files, ListView, My, My.Computer, FileSystem, GetFiles, FileInfo, GetFileInfoDownload
HowTo: Load a ListView control from a database in Visual Basic .NETListView, load ListView, database, ADO.NET, Access, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Print the values in a ListView control across multiple pagesListView, print, multipage, multi-pageDownload
HowTo: Load a ListView control from an XML file in Visual Basic 6ListView, load, XML, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Load a ListView control from an XML file in Visual Basic .NETListView, load, XML, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Detect when the user scrolls a ListView controlListView, scroll, detectDownload
HowTo: Display a context menu when the user right-clicks on a ListView control's column headersListView, context menu, popup menu, right-click, right button, API, Download
HowTo: Upload files to keep files on a Web server synchronized with files in a directory in Visual Basic 6upload, synchronize, Web serverDownload
HowTo: Download files to keep files on a Web server synchronized with files in a directory in Visual Basic 6upload, synchronize, Web serverDownload
HowTo: Prevent the user from dragging icons in a ListViewListView, drag, drag items, subclassDownload
HowTo: Give a ListView control flat headersListView, header, flat headerDownload
HowTo: Use TreeView and ListView controls togetherTreeView, ListViewDownload
HowTo: Make a ListView control sort using all of its columns in VB .NETListView, sort, all columns, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Easily make ListView rows programmatically in VB .NETListView, rows, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Easily make ListView column headers programmatically in VB .NETListView, columns, column headers, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make the columns fit the data in a ListView control in VB .NETListView, column width, VB.NETDownload
BUG: Watch for hidden subitems in the ListView controlListView, subitem, hidden item, hidden subitemDownload
HowTo: Use the ListView controlListView, ImageListDownload
HowTo: Display popup menus when the user right clicks over a ListView on or off of an itemListView, popup, context menuDownload
HowTo: Display data from a database in a ListView controlListView, database, ADODownload
HowTo: Click on ListView columns to order a listListView, sort, columnDownload
HowTo: Print the values in a ListView controlListView, printDownload
HowTo: Make a checkbox listcheck box, CheckBox, list, check listDownload
HowTo: Set the selected item in a ListView controlListView, selected itemDownload

Tooltips

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make tooltips remain visible for a very long time in Visual Basic .NETtooltip, tool tip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make an OwnerDraw tooltip that displays an image in Visual Basic 2005OwnerDraw tooltip, tooltip, image, picture, VB 2005Download
HowTo: Make a multi-line tooltiptooltip, multiline tooltip, multi-line tooltipDownload
HowTo: Display a tip in a status bar when the mouse moves over a toolbar buttonToolBar, StatusBar, ToolTipDownload
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's tooltip when the mouse moves over different nodes in VB .NETTreeView, tooltip, TreeView tooltip, ToolTipTextDownload
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's tooltip when the mouse moves over different nodesTreeView, tooltip, TreeView tooltip, ToolTipTextDownload
HowTo: Scroll tooltipsscroll, tooltipsDownload

Drag and Drop

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Drag and drop images while displaying a preview in Visual Basic .NETdrag, drop, graphics, drag and drop preview, drag and drop, drag and drop image, drag and drop image preview, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NETDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop images in Visual Basic .NETdrag, drop, graphics, drag and drop, drag and drop image, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NETDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop one or more multi-column values from one ListView control to another in Visual Basic .NETdrag, drop, drag and drop, objects, ListView, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop strings from one ListBox to another in Visual Basic .NETdrag, drop, drag and drop, ListBox, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop objects from one ListBox to another in Visual Basic .NETdrag, drop, drag and drop, objects, ListBox, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Let the user drag and drop text to a specific position in a TextBoxdrag, drop, drag and drop, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Let the user drag and drop text to a specific position in a TextBox in VB .NETdrag, drop, drag and drop, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Process files dragged onto a formOLE, drag and drop, dropDownload
HowTo: Add nodes to a TreeView control at run time, and let the user drag and drop TreeView nodesTreeView, AddNode, drag and dropDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop data in multiple formats in VB .NETdrag and drop, formats, multiple formats, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop objects in VB .NETdrag and drop, object, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop using VB .NETdrag and drop, drag, drop, VB.NET, AllowDropDownloadBook
HowTo: Let the user drag items from one position to another in a TreeViewTreeView, drag and dropDownload
HowTo: Drag and drop onto ActiveX controlsActiveX control, drag and dropDownload
HowTo: Display a small drag icon with text in itdrag and drop, icon, text iconDownload
HowTo: Drag items from one position in a list to anotherlist, drag, drag and dropDownload
HowTo: Let the user moves items from one FlexGrid control to anotherFlexGrid, move items, drag dropDownload
HowTo: Drag items from one position in a list to another displaying textual iconslist, drag, drag and drop, text iconDownload
HowTo: Drag nodes from one TreeView control to anotherDrag and drop, TreeViewDownload
HowTo: Drag items between two ListBoxesdrag and drop, ListBoxDownload

Forms

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Draw three circles and find circles that are tangent to all three in Visual Basic .NETmathematics, algorithms, graphics, Apollonius' Problem, Apollonius, Apollonian circles, tangent cicles, geometry, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Remove the X Close button from a form's system menu in Visual Basic .NETsystem, forms, remove close button, remove system button, remove X button, example example, program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Catch a form's minimize and maximize messages and optionally cancel them in Visual Basic .NETminimize, maximize, cancel minimize, cancel maximize, catch events, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Move a control to the front or the back of the stacking order at run time in Visual Basic 6stacking order, zorder, z-order, Visual Basic 6, VB 6Download
HowTo: Change control stacking order at run time in Visual Basic .NETstacking order, zorder, z-order, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Easily save and restore all of a form's settings and the values of its controls in the Registry in Visual Basic .NETsettings, save settings, restore settings, Registry, SaveSetting, GetSetting, C#, C# programming, example, example program, Windows Forms programmingDownload
HowTo: Send a window to the top or bottom in Visual Basic .NETsend window to bottom, send window to top, to top, to bottom, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Send a window to the top or bottom in Visual Basic 6send window to bottom, send window to top, to top, to bottom, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Grab the image of another program's form in Visual Basic .NETform image, background, clipboard, PrntScrnDownload
HowTo: Get a form's image with or without decorations in Visual Basic .NETform image, background, clipboard, PrntScrnDownload
HowTo: Build a form from scratch and handle events raised by its controls in Visual Basic .NETform, build form, event, AddHandler, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Restore a window to a known position if you can't find it in Visual Basic 2005restore window, window size, window position, FindWindow, SetWindowPos, Visual Basic, Visual Basic 2005, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Save and restore a form's position when it loads and unloads in Visual Basic 2005save, restore, form, form position, Visual Basic .NETDownload
HowTo: Position a popup form over a PictureBox in Visual Basic 6popup, position popup, PictureBox, Visual Basic, ClientToScreen, ShowWindow, SetWindowPosDownload
HowTo: Set the initial size and window state of a PrintPreviewDialog in Visual Basic .NETPrintPreviewDialog, WindowState, dialog, dialog size, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use DrawToBitmap to capture an image of a form in Visual Basic 2005DrawToBitmap, form image, capture form image, VB 2005, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Remove all Label controls from a form at run time in Visual Basic .NETremove controls, remove labels, label control, form, unload, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Unload an application's forms in reverse order of creationclose, unload, formDownload
HowTo: Unload an application's forms in reverse order of creation, stopping if any don't unloadclose, unload, formDownload
HowTo: Unload an application's forms in reverse order of creation, skipping any that don't unloadclose, unload, formDownload
HowTo: Draw a background grid on a form in Visual Basic 2005background grid, grid, form, BackgroundImage, VB 2005Download
HowTo: Position a popup form on a particular area on its parent form in Visual Basic .NETpopup, form, position, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Set a form's client area size in Visual Basic .NETsize, client area, ClientSize, form, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a TextBox control that does not display a context menu in VB .NETTextBox, context menu, popup menuDownload
HowTo: Reparent controls from one form to anotherreparent, reparent controlDownload
HowTo: Center a form above another formcenter formDownload
HowTo: Make a form that appears semi-transparentsemi-transparent, translucent, formDownload
HowTo: Display a child form over a topmost parent formstretch, image, resizeDownload
HowTo: Let the user name a form to displayform, display, InputBox, show formDownload
HowTo: Restrict a form's minimum and maximum width and heightfile times, last access time, file creation time, lastmodified timeDownload
HowTo: Process files dragged onto a formOLE, drag and drop, dropDownload
HowTo: Create a splash screensplash screenDownloadBook
HowTo: Make a program's main form slide over its splash screensplash screen, slide overDownload
HowTo: Initialize the controls on a new MDI child form by copying them from an existing formMDI, MDI child, initializeDownload
HowTo: Display tips in a rounded popup formform, help, tip, rounded rectangle, region, SetWindowRgnDownload
HowTo: Position a popup form below a TextBoxpopup, position, ClientToScreen, ShowWindow, SetWindowPosDownload
HowTo: Give a form a skinskin, ActiveX control, button, pictureDownload
HowTo: Make a main form send data to subforms by using eventsForm, subform, secondary form, dataDownload
HowTo: Make a main form send data to subformsForm, subform, secondary form, dataDownload
HowTo: Make a form that contains other forms in a PictureBoxForm, subform, SetParentDownload
HowTo: Make a form resize in increments of 50 pixels in VB .NETapplication icon, icon, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Make a form with a fixed aspect ratio in VB .NETapplication icon, icon, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Make a form with a fixed height in VB .NETapplication icon, icon, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Move forms togethermove forms, subclass, API, WindowProcDownload
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that sort of looks and acts like a title bartitle bar, titlebar, caption, ActiveX control, ActiveXDownload
HowTo: Display a shaded title bartitle bar, titlebar, captionDownload
HowTo: Build a calculate with an interesting skin-like appearancecalculator, skin, SetWindowRgnDownload
HowTo: Make an MDI child form that displays only the system close button and no system menuMDI, MDI child, close button, system menu, remove system menuDownload
HowTo: Make a form shaped using text and a PictureBoxCreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form, shaped form, outlined textDownload
HowTo: Provide an MRU list in VB .NETMRU, MRU list, VB.NET, most recently used file listDownload
HowTo: Change a form's icon at run time in VB .NETicon, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Make an MDI application with an MRU listMRU, most recently used files, MRU list, MDIDownload
HowTo: Restrict a form so the user can only move it verticallyform, move, verticalDownload
HowTo: Make an MRU listMRU, most recently used files, MRU listDownload
HowTo: Demonstrate the visible and invisible natures of formsform, invisible, hiddenDownload
HowTo: Prevent a form from moving by using subclassingno move, prevent moveDownload
HowTo: Make a shaped form scroll across the desktopscroll, banner, shaped form, desktop, CreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped formDownload
HowTo: Make a form that can be maximized and minimized but not resized arbitrarilyresize, no resize, prevent resizeDownload
HowTo: Remove the Minimize and Maximize buttons from a form's system menuminimize, maximize, system menuDownload
HowTo: Make a form that displays the desktop image below itself so it looks transparentform, transparent, desktopDownload
HowTo: Give a window a toolbar style title barform, toolbar, titlebar, SetWindowLongDownload
HowTo: Display a form's eventsform, event, loadDownload
HowTo: Create a form without a title barform, title bar, caption, no titleDownload
HowTo: List a form's menu itemsmenu, list menusDownload
HowTo: See if a form of a given type is loadedform loaded, form typeDownload
HowTo: Provide a login form in VB .NETform, login form, password formDownload
HowTo: See if a form with a given name is loadedform loaded, form typeDownload
HowTo: Use a Select Case statement to display multiple instances of a form given its nameform, form name, show formDownload
HowTo: Use a command objects to display multiple instances of a form given its nameform, form name, show formDownload
HowTo: Use a collection to display one instance of a form given its nameform, form name, show formDownload
HowTo: Get the caption of the window that currently has focusfocus window, caption, titleDownload
HowTo: Make a form act modal when it is notform, modal, fake modal, dialogDownload
HowTo: Experiment with extended window stylesextended window styles, window styleDownload
HowTo: Make a window appear modal when it is notform, modal, fake modalDownload
HowTo: Keep track of the number of MDI child formsMDI, subformsDownload
HowTo: Make a form like the CommonDialog controldialog, CommonDialogDownload
HowTo: Disable the close X in a form's upper right cornerform, close, unloadDownload
HowTo: Show a form without activating itform, activate, showDownload
HowTo: Give a form a popup menupopup menu, context menu, right clickDownload
HowTo: Know when the user clicks on any control on a formform, click, controlDownload
HowTo: Set a form's size in inchesform, size, inchesDownload
HowTo: Place a form along an edge of the screen using the SysInfo controlform, screen, edge, SysInfoDownload
HowTo: Make a form stick to the edge of the screenform, screen, edge, subclassing, stickDownload
HowTo: Display a form using its nameform, display, form nameDownload
HowTo: Ignore events during a long process by disabling the formignore events, events, disableDownload
HowTo: Let the user move a 1-pixel wide form without a title barmove form, no title bar, drag formDownload
HowTo: Let the user move a form without a title barmove form, no title bar, drag formDownload
HowTo: Make a text-shaped formCreateFont, SetWindowRgn, region, text-shaped form, shaped formDownload

WebBrowser

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a program generate HTML table code for ListView data and display it in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic .NETListView, ListView groups, group items, HTML, table, convert ListView into HTML table, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Open a PDF file in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic .NETPDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, WebBrowser, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Open a PDF file in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic 6PDF file, Adobe, open PDF file, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Display information about the items below the mouse in a WebBrowser control in Visual Basic 6WebBrowser, Visual Basic, wait, loadDownload
HowTo: Get the selected text from a frame within a WebBrowser control by using the control's methodsWebBrowser, browser, internet, text, selected text, frame, frameset, framesDownload
HowTo: Copy all of the text from a WebBrowser controlcopy text, clipboard, WebBrowser, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-CDownload
HowTo: Get all text or the selected text from a WebBrowser control by using the control's methodsWebBrowser, browser, internet, text, selected textDownload
HowTo: Preview and print the contents of the WebBrowser controlWebBrowser, print, print preview, previewDownload
HowTo: Set the WebBrowser control's contents explicitlyWebBrowser, HTMLDocument, navigateDownload
HowTo: Navigate the WebBrowser control in VB .NETWebBrowser, navigate, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Set the WebBrowser control's contents explicitly in VB .NETWebBrowser, HTMLDocument, navigate, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Copy the selected text from a WebBrowser controlcopy text, clipboard, WebBrowserDownload
HowTo: List the links available at a URLlinks, URL, WebDownload
HowTo: Make a Web browser that can only view certain URLsWeb browser, restrict, URLDownload
HowTo: Make copy, cut, and paste menus for a WebBrowser controlWebBrowser, menu, copy, cut, pasteDownload
HowTo: Display the HTML code at a URLWeb page, WebBrowser, browser, HTMLDownload
HowTo: Display a Web document in a Visual Basic applicationWeb page, WebBrowser, browserDownload
HowTo: Print the contents of the WebBrowser controlWebBrowser, printDownload
HowTo: Read the links on a Web pageWeb, URL, link, WebBrowserDownload
HowTo: Capture an image of what's displayed on a WebBrowser controlWebBrowser, image, capture, Web page, URLDownload
HowTo: Print and display a Print Preview for a WebBrowser controlprint, print preview, WebBrowser, Web page, URLDownload

Slider

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a value bar in Visual Basic .NETcontrols, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a needle in Visual Basic .NETcontrols, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Select a range with the Slider controlslider, rangeDownloadBook

ImageCombo

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use an ImageCombo controlImageComboDownload
HowTo: Make an auto-completion ImageCombo ActiveX controlauto-complete, ImageCombo custom control, ActiveX controlDownload
HowTo: Use the ImageCombo controlImageCombo, ImageList, ComboBoxDownload

DBCombo

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Create a Recordset and attach it to a DBCombo controlDBCombo, Recordset, bound column, ADO, database 
HowTo: Use a DBCombo controlDBCombo, database, dataDownload
HowTo: Use a DBCombo control bound at design timeDBCombo, DataCombo, ComboBoxDownload

General

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Write a subroutine in a code module that scales controls without moving them in Visual Basic .NETsubroutine, code module, module, scale control, resize control, stretch control, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Let the user move and resize controls at run time in Visual Basic 6drag, move, resize, controls, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Dynamically load controls into a "control array" in VB .NETcontrol, control array, load control, AddHandler, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: See if a control is in a control arraycontrol, control array, indexDownload
HowTo: Localize control resources at run time in VB .NETlocale, internationalization, globalization, CultureInfo, runtimeDownload
HowTo: Localize control resources at run time by reloading the form in VB .NETlocale, internationalization, globalization, CultureInfo, runtimeDownload
HowTo: Localize control resources at run time by reopening the form in VB .NETlocale, internationalization, globalization, CultureInfo, runtimeDownload
HowTo: Make a scrolled window that contains several other controlsscrolled window, scrolling, scroll barsDownload
HowTo: Make a component that has a collection property in Visual Basic .NETcomponent, collection, collection property, VB .NET, TypeConverter, type converterDownload
HowTo: Make a TypeConverter for a collection in Visual Basic .NETTypeConverter, type converter, PropertyGrid, Properties window, collection, property, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Make a type converter in Visual Basic .NETTypeConverter, type converter, PropertyGrid, Properties window, property, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Load new Frame controls and their contained controlsFrame, control array, loadDownload
HowTo: Give PictureBoxes different border styles (raised, sunken, etc.) in VB .NETPictureBox, border style, raised, sunken, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Give PictureBoxes different border styles (raised, sunken, etc.)PictureBox, border style, raised, sunkenDownload
HowTo: Make multiple controls share the same event handler in VB .NETHandles, event handler, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a "control array" component in VB .NETcontrol array, component, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Reparent controls from one form to anotherreparent, reparent controlDownload
HowTo: Save and load data when a program starts and stops by using a text filesave, load, controlDownload
HowTo: Make a button quiver franticallybutton, quiver, moveDownload
HowTo: Change a form's locale resources at run time in VB .NETlocale, internationalization, globalization, ComponentResourceManagerDownload
HowTo: Localize control resources in VB .NETlocale, internationalization, globalization, CultureInfoDownload
HowTo: Create a new ActiveX button using Controls.Add and respond all of its eventsbutton, Controls.Add, eventDownload
HowTo: Make a control with an object property and display it with a special property editor in VB .NETVB .NET, property, control, property editor, custom property editorDownload
HowTo: Change a TreeView control's background colorTreeView, background, background color, backcolorDownload
HowTo: Create new controls using Controls.AddControls.Add, controls, create controlsDownload
HowTo: Load an ActiveX control at run timeControls.Add, new control, ActiveXDownload
HowTo: Use the TypeLib routine Invokehook to find a control's name and invoke a routineTypeLib, InvokeHook, get nameDownload
HowTo: Let the user move controlscontrol, move controlDownload
HowTo: Change controls faster by preventing window updatesLockWindowUpdate, modify control, change controlDownload
HowTo: Hide the caret in a TextBoxTextBox, caret, hide caret, cursorDownload
HowTo: Add new tabs and controls to a TabStripControls.Add, new control, new tab, TabStripDownload
HowTo: Create a new button using Controls.Add and respond to its click eventbutton, Controls.Add, eventDownload
HowTo: Create a new control using Load and put it in a FrameControls.Add, new control, FrameDownload
HowTo: Use the TypeLib Information library to get a control's propertiesTypeLib, control name, TLI, InvokeHookDownload
HowTo: Highlight a control when the mouse is over itcontrol, highlightDownload
HowTo: Fill the screen with a form and center the controls it containsfull screen form, center controlsDownload
HowTo: Get information about all of a control's propertiescontrol property, property information, TypeLibDownload
HowTo: Enable or disable all of the controls inside a Frameframe, enable, disable, controlsDownload
HowTo: Let the user drag controls to new positions and save the positions between runsdrag control, move controlDownload
HowTo: Let the user drag a control to a new positiondrag control, move controlDownload
HowTo: Access controls by their names as text stringscontrol, controls, nameDownload
HowTo: Enable or disable all controls on a formcontrol, enable, disableDownload
HowTo: Enable or disable a group of controlscontrol, enable, disable, EnableControlsDownload
HowTo: Dynamically create controls at runtime using Load and place them in a scrolled windowLoad, dynamic control, runtimeDownload
HowTo: Dynamically create controls at runtime using Controls.Add and place them in a scrolled windowLoad, dynamic control, runtime, Controls.AddDownload
HowTo: See if a control existscontrol, existsDownload
HowTo: Center the mouse over a controlcenter mouse, mouse, center cursor, cursorDownload

OptionButton

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make the items in a menu behave as a radio button group in Visual Basic .NEToption button, menu, menu items, radio button, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Toggle a disabled option button by using a labeloption button, OptionButton, toggleDownload
HowTo: See which option button is selected using Select CaseSelect Case, option, control, selectDownload
HowTo: Dynamically create OptionButtons at run time using LoadOptionButton, Load, runtimeDownload

Focus

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Highlight the TextBox that has focus by changing its BackColorhighlight, focus, GotFocus, LostFocus, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Keep track of the last control to have the focusfocusDownload

Inet

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a VB program fetch results from an ASP or ASPX pageASP, ASPX, active server pages, Web, browser, fetchDownload
HowTo: Use the Internet Transfer Control's Execute method and GetChunk to download a fileInet, Internet Transfer Control, GetChunk, downloadDownload
HowTo: Retrieve stock prices from the Webstock, quotes, prices, Web, Inet control, Internet Transfer control, downloadDownload
HowTo: Retrieve stock prices from the Web, examplestock, quotes, prices, Web, Inet control, Internet Transfer control, downloadDownload
HowTo: Remove files from a Web serverWeb, file, remove, URL, server, FTPDownload
HowTo: Download a picture from the Web and display itdownload, Web, picture, URL, Inet, Internet Transfer ControlDownload

Arranging

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Resize specific controls to take advantage of form sizeresize, specific controls, form sizeDownload
HowTo: Resize controls to fit a resizing formresize, controls, fitDownloadBook
HowTo: Center the controls on a formcenter controlsDownload

Common Dialog

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use the OpenFileDialog control's RestoreDirectory property in VB .NETAccess, image, picture, memoDownload
HowTo: Build a custom file selection dialogdialog, common dialog, file selection dialogDownload
HowTo: Use the common dialog control to select a filecommon dialog, select file, pick fileDownload
HowTo: Make a standard dialogdialog, standard dialogDownload
HowTo: Make a Common Dialog start in its last locationCommon Cialog, dialog, open file, save fileDownload
HowTo: Let the user select a fontfont, CommonDialog, ShowFont, select fontDownload
HowTo: Use the CommonDialog control to select a colorCommonDialog, color, get color, select color, ShowColorDownload
HowTo: Make an expandable dialog with More and Less buttonsdialog, more, less, expandable, detailDownload
HowTo: Easily add filters to a CommonDialog controlCommonDialog, filtersDownload
HowTo: Let the user select a TrueType fontselect font, TrueType, common dialogDownload

ImageList

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use Image and ImageList controls to animate a series of imagesImage, ImageList, animateDownload
HowTo: Use an ImageList control to animate a series of images in VB .NETImageList, animate, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make an icon editor by using the ImageList control's ExtractIcon methodicon, edit icon, ImageList, ExtractIconDownload
HowTo: Use the ListView controlListView, ImageListDownload
HowTo: Display a small drag icon with text in itdrag and drop, icon, text iconDownload
HowTo: Allow the user to customize a toolbartoolbar, customizationDownload
HowTo: Use a FlexGrid control as a list holding pictures and textFlexGrid, grid, list, pictureDownload
HowTo: Build a simple image list without an extra OCXimage list, imagelistDownload

ActiveX

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Let the user move and resize controls at run time in Visual Basic 6drag, move, resize, controls, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Draw a bar-style meter on a PictureBoxmeter, bar, PictureBoxDownloadBook
HowTo: Create an ActiveX control with a parameterized propertyActiveX, property, parameterDownload
HowTo: Allow quick upgrades of pictures in an applicationpicture, upgrade, deploy, deploymentDownload
HowTo: Make a property page for an ActiveX controlActiveX control, ActiveX, property pageDownload
HowTo: Make ActiveX button controls that display different pictures when up or downActiveX control, button, pictureDownload
HowTo: Give a form a skinskin, ActiveX control, button, pictureDownload
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that allows the user to enter only valid integer within a certain rangefield, integer, data validation, validationDownload
HowTo: Load an ActiveX control at run timeControls.Add, new control, ActiveXDownload
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that sort of looks and acts like a title bartitle bar, titlebar, caption, ActiveX control, ActiveXDownload
HowTo: Show memory usage while creating and removing windowed and windowless ActiveX controlsmemory usage, memory, GlobalMemoryStatus, windowless, ActiveX, ActiveX controlDownload
HowTo: Make a custom gauge control with a toolbox bitmap in VB .NETgauge, control, custom control, VB .NET, UserControlDownload
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that automatically scrolls textscroll text, text scroller, ActiveX, controlDownload
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that fills its parent form when the form resizesActiveX control, resize, parentDownload
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that resizes itself when its parent form resizesActiveX control, resize, parentDownload
HowTo: Make a bar gauge ActiveX controlbar gauge, ActiveX controlDownload
HowTo: Make an elliptical ActiveX picture controlelliptical control, ActiveX control, picture controlDownload
HowTo: Make an auto-completion ImageCombo ActiveX controlauto-complete, ImageCombo custom control, ActiveX controlDownload
HowTo: Create an ActiveX control with a borderless menu barActiveX control, menuDownload
HowTo: Make a windowless clock control with a transparent backgroundclock, windowless, analog, transparentDownload
HowTo: Make a text control that let the program accept or reject changesTextBox, accept, reject, cancel, preview, PreviewTextDownloadBook

RichTextBox

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Add numbered lists and special bullets to the RichTextBox control in Visual Basic .NETRTF, RichTextBox, Rich Text, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Add numbered lists and special bullets to the RichTextBox control in Visual Basic 6RTF, RichTextBox, Rich Text, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Set tabs in a RichTextBox in Visual Basic .NETRichTextBox, tabs, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Set formatting for a RichTextBox control all at onceRTF, Rich Text format, RichTextBox, RichTextDownload
HowTo: Make a RichTextBox print WYSIWYG textRTF, rich text, rich text box, RichTextBox, WYSIWYG, print, printingDownload
HowTo: Combine the contents of two RichTextBoxes, preserving their formattingRTF, rich text, rich text box, RichTextBox, combine, joinDownload
HowTo: Separate an RTF file into paragraphs in separate Rich Text Box controlsRTF, rich text, rich text box, RichTextBox, paragraphsDownload
HowTo: See what word is under the mouse in a RichTextBox and look it up in a list of known wordsRichTextBox, TextBox, word, mouse, cursorDownload
HowTo: Double-click to strike a line in a RichTextBoxRichTextBox, RTF, font, strikethrough, strike throughDownload
HowTo: Display the word under the mouse in a RichTextBox inside a TooltipRichTextBox, TextBox, word, mouse, cursorDownload
HowTo: Color HTML tags in a RichTextBoxRichTextBox, Rich Text, RTF, HTML, color tags, tagDownload
HowTo: Combine values from two RTF text boxes preserving their formatting propertiesRTF, Rich Text Box, RichTextBoxDownload
HowTo: Track the cursor position in a RichTextBoxRichTextBox, cursor position, character position, line numberDownload
HowTo: Compare the speeds of TextBox, RichTextBox, and the MS Forms 2.0 TextBoxTextBox, speed, performance, RichTextBox, MS Forms 2.0Download
HowTo: Display chemical symbols in a RichTextBox or on a formsymbol, chemical symbol, superscript, subscriptDownload
HowTo: See which word in a RichTextBox the user clickedRichTextBox, scroll, line, print, preview, clickDownload
HowTo: Position a specific line at the top of a RichTextBox without flickerRichTextBox, scroll, lineDownload
HowTo: Show a print preview for a RichTextBox that uses multiple fontsRichTextBox, scroll, line, print, previewDownload
HowTo: Convert RTF text into HTMLRichTextBox, RTF, Rich Text, HTMLDownload
HowTo: Get the index of the first line visible in a RichTextBoxRichTextBox, scroll, lineDownload
HowTo: Paste a picture into a RichTextBoxRichTextBox, rich text, rtf, paste, pictureDownload
HowTo: Save and restore Rich Text File dataRich Text, RichTextBox, text, fileDownload
HowTo: See what word is under the mouse in a RichTextBoxRichTextBox, TextBox, word, mouse, cursorDownload
HowTo: Size a RichTextBox to fit its contentsRichTextBox, rich text, rtf, tab, drag, repositionDownload
HowTo: Let the user reposition tabs in a RichTextBoxRichTextBox, rich text, rtf, tab, drag, repositionDownload
HowTo: Use tabs in a RichTextBoxRichTextBox, rich text, rtf, tabDownload
HowTo: Make "checkboxes" in a Rich Text BoxRich Text, ETF, RichTextBox, checkbox, check, choiceDownloadBook
HowTo: Overlay Rich Text on a pictureRich Text, ETF, RichTextBox, overlay, pictureDownloadBook

Arrays

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Dynamically load controls into a "control array" in VB .NETcontrol, control array, load control, AddHandler, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: See if a control is in a control arraycontrol, control array, indexDownload
HowTo: Load new Frame controls and their contained controlsFrame, control array, loadDownload
HowTo: Make a "control array" component in VB .NETcontrol array, component, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Dynamically create controls at runtime using Loadcontrol, load, control arrayDownload
HowTo: Manage a 2-dimensional control arraycontrol array, two-dimensional, 2DDownload
HowTo: Safely manage control arrays with missing elementscontrol array, safeDownload
HowTo: Pass a control array to a subroutine as a parametercontrol array, parameter, argumentDownload

Label

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a series of TextBoxes and corresponding Labels at runtime in Visual Basic .NETTextBox, Label, runtime, create controls, make controls, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a Label use the largest font it can while still allowing its text to fit in Visual Basic .NETfont, biggest font, largest font, Label, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a Label use the largest font it can while still allowing its text to fit allowing wrapping in Visual Basic .NETfont, biggest font, largest font, Label, wrap, wrapping, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a series of color samplescolor, color sample, pick colorDownload
HowTo: Make a ticker tape displayticker, scrolling textDownload
HowTo: Make a button that grows when the mouse is over itbutton, grow, labelDownload
HowTo: Make a rotated bound ActiveX label controlbound control, data, data control, ActiveX, label, rotateDownload
HowTo: Build an ActiveX control that is bound to a Data controlbound control, data, data control, ActiveX, labelDownload
HowTo: Make a label blinkblink, label, color, flashDownload
HowTo: Rotate text in a Captiontext, rotate, CaptionDownload
HowTo: Make a label display a shadow safely when the mouse is over itlabel, shadow, mouse, GetCursorPos, ScreenToClientDownload
HowTo: Make a label display a shadow simply when the mouse is over itlabel, shadow, mouseDownload
HowTo: Display a Label control with a shadowlabel, shadowDownload

PictureBox

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a value bar in Visual Basic .NETcontrols, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a needle in Visual Basic .NETcontrols, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Crop a picture and save the result in Visual Basic 2005crop picture, crop, trim, Visual Basic 2005, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Crop a picture and save the result in Visual Basic 6crop picture, crop, trim, Visual BasicDownload
HowTo: Use a loop to load pictures into PictureBoxes in Visual Basic 2005PictureBox, picture, LoadPicture, Bitmap, loop, Visual Basic 2005Download
HowTo: Compose four pictures into a single picture and save the result into a filecompose, composition, picture, PictureBox, PaintPictureDownload
HowTo: Compose four pictures into a single picture and save the result into a file in Visual Basic .NETTextBox, convert, proper case, StrConv, VB.NETDownload
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, AcrobatDownloadBook
HowTo: Provide print previewprint, print previewDownload
HowTo: Provide print preview with different scalesprint, print preview, scaleDownload
HowTo: Stretch a PictureBox image to fit the controlstretch, image, resizeDownload
HowTo: Use an array of StdPicture objects to hold images without using a controlStdPicture, picture, imageDownload
HowTo: Display a picture at different scales by using PaintPictureresize, PaintPicture, bitmap, scaleDownload
HowTo: Make a ticker tape displayticker, scrolling textDownload
HowTo: Make a resizable PictureBoxresizable PictureBox, PictureBoxDownload
HowTo: Make a resizable toolbox inside a formtoolbox, resizable toolbox, PictureBoxDownload
HowTo: Graph a parametric function (X(t), Y(t)) on a PictureBoxgraph, parametric, parametric equations, PictureBoxDownload
HowTo: Make a picture box with a hole in itPictureBox, shape, region, SetWindowRgn, shaped PictureBoxDownload
HowTo: Resize a picture using PaintPicture and save it into a bitmap fileresize, PaintPicture, bitmapDownloadBook
HowTo: Copy an image of an MSChart's graph into a PictureBoxMSChart, graph, database, chart, copy, PictureBoxDownload
HowTo: Make an ActiveX control that asynchronously downloads images directly into a PictureBoxpicture, PictureBox, downloadDownload
HowTo: Let the user drag a control to a new positiondrag control, move controlDownload
HowTo: Display checkboxes in an MSFlexGrid controlcheck box, CheckBox, gridDownload
HowTo: Make a checkbox listcheck box, CheckBox, list, check listDownload
HowTo: Make a grid of checks without using CheckBox controlscheck box, CheckBox, gridDownload
HowTo: Use a small map window to let the user view a larger picturemap, map window, drag, key, scrollbars, thumbnailDownload
HowTo: Use BitBlt, StretchBlt, and PaintPicture and compare their speedsBitBlt, StretchBlt, PaintPicture, performance, copy pictureDownload
HowTo: Verify that JPG files are smaller and slower than BMP filesJPG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, bitmap, image, size, speedDownload
HowTo: Make a text-shaped PictureBoxtext-shaped picture box, SetWindowRgn, region, shape, PictureBoxDownload
HowTo: Make selected text blink in a PictureBoxblink, text, PictureBox, color, flashDownload
HowTo: Print a PictureBox and any controls that are on top of or inside itPictureBox, print, keybd_event, fit to printerDownloadBook

Timer

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a countdown timer in Visual Basic 2005countdown timer, timer, alarm, Visual Basic 2005, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a countdown timer in Visual Basic 6countdown timer, timer, alarm, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Make a bouncing ball animation in VB .NETbouncing ball, animation, animate, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Animate a series of images stored in a PictureClip control and display blocking and non-blocking message boxesPictureClip, animate, animation, Timer, blobk, MessageBox, MsgBoxDownload
HowTo: Use Image and ImageList controls to animate a series of imagesImage, ImageList, animateDownload
HowTo: Use an ImageList control to animate a series of images in VB .NETImageList, animate, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a timer fire each time the clock ticks off a minutetimer, clock, minuteDownload
HowTo: Make a program that has no forms but that uses API timersTimer, Timer control, time, speed, performanceDownload
HowTo: Use API functions to create a timer that can wait as long as 23 days between eventsTimer, Timer control, time, speed, performanceDownload
HowTo: Make a program with no forms that uses API timers and SleepTimer, Timer control, time, speed, performanceDownload
HowTo: Play a WAV file repeatedly by using a Timersound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, continuousDownload
HowTo: Play a sound while displaying a progress barsound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, ellapsed timeDownload
HowTo: Play a sound while displaying ellapsed timesound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, ellapsed timeDownload
HowTo: Make a timer wait a long time between eventstimer, long timer, waitDownload
HowTo: Make a REALLY annoying flashing password screenpassword, flash, gameDownload
HowTo: Trigger an event at 5, 10, 15, ... minutes after the hour.alarm, hourlyDownload

FlexGrid

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Align and color cells in a FlexGrid controlFlexGrid, align, cell, colorDownload
HowTo: Let the user check items in a grid in Excel VBAExcel, VBA, grid, editable, FlexGridDownload
HowTo: Display a form with an editable grid in Excel VBAExcel, VBA, grid, editable, FlexGridDownload
HowTo: Use checkmark images to let the user check items in a grid in Excel VBAExcel, VBA, grid, editable, FlexGridDownload
HowTo: Print a FlexGrid control's data across multiple pages vertically and horizontallyFlexGrid, print, grid, multi-page, multiple pagesDownload
HowTo: Save and restore FlexGrid data in a file when a program starts and stopsFlexGrid, save, restoreDownload
HowTo: Display FlexGrid data in an HTML tableFlexGrid, sort, grid, HTML, WebDownload
HowTo: Sort the columns in an MSFlexGrid controlFlexGrid, sort, gridDownload
HowTo: Print a FlexGrid control's dataFlexGrid, print, gridDownload
HowTo: Sort the columns in an MSFlexGrid control by using a Data controlFlexGrid, sort, grid, Data controlDownload
HowTo: Edit data in a FlexGrid controlFlexGrid, edit FlexGridDownload
HowTo: Copy array data into a FlexGrid controlFlexGrid, array, dataDownload
HowTo: Let the user moves items from one FlexGrid control to anotherFlexGrid, move items, drag dropDownload
HowTo: Search for values in a FlexGrid control and sort it by columnsFlexGrid, search, sortDownload
HowTo: Color FlexGrid entries greater than a certain valueFlexGrid, cell, colorDownload
HowTo: Save and restore FlexGrid column widthsFlexGrid, column widthDownload
HowTo: Make a FlexGrid's columns fit its dataFlexGrid, fit, autofit, ColWidthDownload
HowTo: See which FlexGrid rows the user has selectedFlexGrid, selected, rowsDownload
HowTo: Display a matrix in a FlexGrid controlFlexGrid, matrixDownload
HowTo: Display a different tip for each cell in a FlexGrid controlFlexGrid, cell, tipDownload
HowTo: Make a FlexGrid's selected rows more distinctivedistinctive, FlexGrid, rowsDownload
HowTo: Use a FlexGrid control as a list holding pictures and textFlexGrid, grid, list, pictureDownload
HowTo: Use ComboBoxes and TextBoxes to let the user edit grid valuesgrid, edit, ComboBox, TextboxDownload

CheckBox

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use a tristate CheckBox to let the user select all or none of a group of other CheckBoxes in Visual Basic .NETcontrols, ComboBox, tristate, tri-state, indeterminate, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use a tristate CheckBox in Visual Basic .NETcontrols, ComboBox, tristate, tri-state, indeterminate, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a GroupBox that uses a CheckBox in its caption to determine whether its items are enabled in Visual Basic .NETGroupBox, CheckBox, enable, disable, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a Frame that uses a CheckBox in its caption that determines whether the items it contains are enabled in Visual Basic 6Frame, CheckBox, enable, disable, Visual Basic 6, VB 6, Visual Basic, VBDownload
HowTo: Make menu items behave like check boxes in Visual Basic .NETcheck box, checkbox, menu, menu items, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a GroupBox that includes a check box to enable and disable its controls in Visual Basic .NETcontrol, custom control, GroupBox, CheckBox, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NETDownload
HowTo: Use a checked ListBoxListBox, checked, checked list, checked ListBoxDownload
HowTo: Make a tristate checkboxtristate, tri-state, checkboxDownload
HowTo: Bind controls' properties to each other in VB .NETbinding, data binding, VB.NET, DataBinding, properties, propertyDownload
HowTo: Display checkboxes in an MSFlexGrid controlcheck box, CheckBox, gridDownload
HowTo: Make a checkbox listcheck box, CheckBox, list, check listDownload
HowTo: Make a grid of checks without using CheckBox controlscheck box, CheckBox, gridDownload
HowTo: Make a button with colored text using a CheckBoxCheckBox, command button, CommandButton, button, colored textDownload

MSComm

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Dial the computer's modemmodem, dial, phone, MSCommDownload

ToolBar

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stopstoolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configurationDownload
HowTo: Let the user decide which ToolBar buttons are visible in VB .NETToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops in VB .NETToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Add hidden buttons to a toolbartoolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration, hidden buttonsDownload
HowTo: Let the user drag a toolbar between a form's edgestoolbar, drag, dockDownload
HowTo: Display a tip in a status bar when the mouse moves over a toolbar buttonToolBar, StatusBar, ToolTipDownload
HowTo: Use the toolbar controltoolbar, formDownload
HowTo: Use dropdowns in a toolbar in VB .NETtoolbar, ComboBox, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Use buttons in a toolbar control in VB .NETtoolbar, button, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Use the CoolBar controlCoolBar, toolbarDownload
HowTo: Use the CoolBar control with various controlsCoolBar, toolbarDownload
HowTo: Give MDI child forms different toolbarsMDI, MDIForm, toolbarDownload
HowTo: Allow the user to customize a toolbartoolbar, customizationDownload
HowTo: Make a dockable toolbardockable, ToolBarDownload

Image

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use Image and ImageList controls to animate a series of imagesImage, ImageList, animateDownload
HowTo: Verify that JPG files are smaller and slower than BMP filesJPG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, bitmap, image, size, speedDownload
HowTo: Let the user resize an image with the mouseresize, image, mouseDownload

Frame

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a Frame that uses a CheckBox in its caption that determines whether the items it contains are enabled in Visual Basic 6Frame, CheckBox, enable, disable, Visual Basic 6, VB 6, Visual Basic, VBDownload
HowTo: Load new Frame controls and their contained controlsFrame, control array, loadDownload
HowTo: Use the TabStrip control with framesTabStrip, FrameDownload
HowTo: Enable or disable all of the controls inside a Frameframe, enable, disable, controlsDownload
HowTo: Change a Frame control's background colorFrame, control, BackColor, background, colorDownload

MDI Forms

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Draw on an MDI parent's background in VB .NETMDI, MDI parent, background, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Change the color of an MDI parent form's background in VB .NETMDI, MDI parent, background, background image, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Tile an MDI parent's background with an image in VB .NETMDI, MDI parent, background, background image, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Display a progress bar inside a status bar on an MDI formProgressBar, progress bar, StatusBar, status bar, MDIDownload
HowTo: Initialize the controls on a new MDI child form by copying them from an existing formMDI, MDI child, initializeDownload
HowTo: Make an MDI application with an MRU listMRU, most recently used files, MRU list, MDIDownload
HowTo: Make an MDI application replace MDI container menus with child menus in VB .NETMDI, Multiple Document Interface, mergereplace, menus, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make an MDI application in VB .NETMDI, Multiple Document Interface, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make an MDI application combine MDI container menus with child menus in VB .NETMDI, Multiple Document Interface, mergereplace, menus, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Keep an MDI form on top of other programsform, top, on top, topmost, ontopDownload
HowTo: Arrange MDI child formsMDI, child form, subformDownload

Misc

Title Keywords  
Tip: GotDotNet Visual Basic Power Pack Going AwayGotDotNet, Visual Basic Power Pack, Power Pack 
HowTo: Build a big survey form in a scrolling panel at run time in Visual Basic 2005survey, scroll, scrolling panel, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Set or clear all check boxes in a CheckedListBox in Visual Basic .NETCheckedListBox, set check boxes, clear check boxes, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Scroll a PropertyGrid control to make a particular property visible in Visual Basic .NETPropertyGrid, scroll, propertyDownload
HowTo: Make a PictureBox control that has a bindable FileName property in VB .NETbind, data, bindable, PictureBox, NamedPictureDownload
HowTo: Allow quick upgrades of pictures in an applicationpicture, upgrade, deploy, deploymentDownload
HowTo: Display a Web page in a new Internet Explorer browser windowIE, Internet Explorer, Web, browserDownload
HowTo: Resize controls to fit when a form resizesstretch, controls, resize, stretch controlsDownload
HowTo: Let the user scroll a picture using arrow keysscrolled window, scroll, arrow keysDownload
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 .NETstretch, Dock, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Make a dialog that stretches controls on the bottom and right to take advantage of its full size in VB .NETstretch, Anchor, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Make a dialog that stretches controls on the right to take advantage of its full size in VB .NETstretch, Anchor, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Keep track of the last control to have the focuslast control, focusDownload
HowTo: Create a vertical splitter using only VBsplitter, vertical, paned window, sashDownload
HowTo: Make a text-shaped PictureBoxtext-shaped picture box, SetWindowRgn, region, shape, PictureBoxDownload
HowTo: Make a shaped button in VB .NETshape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped button, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Make a shaped buttonshape, polygon, button, SetWindowRgn, region, shaped buttonDownload
HowTo: Know when the user clicks on any control on a formform, click, controlDownload
HowTo: Make a progress bar using only VB's intrinsic controlsprogress bar, status bar, progress, statusDownload

TabStrip

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Let the user select a TabControl tab by pressing accelerator keys such as Alt-B in Visual Basic .NETcontrols, TabControl, tab control, tabs, owner drawn, owner draw, TabDrawMode, OwnerDrawFixed, C#, C# programming, example, example program, Windows Forms programmingDownload
HowTo: Build images for a TabStrip control's tabs at run time in Visual Basic 6TabStrip, control, tab, tab images, Visual Basic 6Download
HowTo: Use the TabStrip control with framesTabStrip, FrameDownload
HowTo: Use the TabStrip controlTabStripDownload
HowTo: Add new tabs and controls to a TabStripControls.Add, new control, new tab, TabStripDownload
HowTo: Use a TabStrip to manage multiple DBGrid controlsDBGrid, tabDownload
HowTo: Programmatically select a tab in a TabStriptab, tab strip, tabstrip, select tabDownload

ScrollBars

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Show and hide TextBox scroll bars as needed in Visual Basic 2005TextBox, scroll barDownload
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, AcrobatDownloadBook
HowTo: Use a scroll bar to let the user scroll a picture verticallyscroll bar, VScrollBar, vertical, vertical scroll bar, scrollDownload
HowTo: Add and remove buttons from a scrolled button areabutton, add, remove, scrollDownload
HowTo: Make a scroll bar's thumb proportional to the number of visible itemsScrollBar, thumbDownload
HowTo: Use a scrolled window in VB .NETscrolled window, scroll barsDownload
HowTo: Work with scrollbars in VB .NETScrollBar, VB.NET, LargeChangeDownload
HowTo: Use a small map window to let the user view a larger picturemap, map window, drag, key, scrollbars, thumbnailDownload
HowTo: Stop a ScrollBar from blinkingScrollBar, scroll bar, blinkDownload

Menus

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Create menu items at run time with images, shortcut keys, and event handlers in Visual Basic .NETmenus, runtime menus, run time menus, create menus, create menus at runtime, create menus at run time, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make an infinitely cascading series of menu items in Visual Basic .NETmenus, runtime menus, run time menus, create menus, create menus at runtime, create menus at run time, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make menu items behave like check boxes in Visual Basic .NETcheck box, checkbox, menu, menu items, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make the items in a menu behave as a radio button group in Visual Basic .NEToption button, menu, menu items, radio button, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Determine when the user closes the main menumenu, main menu, close, subclass, WindowProcDownload
HowTo: Remove system menu items from another programsystem menu, remove menu, remove system menu, other program, RemoveMenus, DeleteMenu, FindWindowDownload
HowTo: Put text with a color background in menusmenu, font, colored menu, ModifyMenuDownload
HowTo: Use menus with custom fontsmenu, font, WndProc, subclassingDownload
HowTo: Save and restore a popup menu's selected choice when a program starts and stopsSaveSetting, GetSetting, popup, RegistryDownload
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider that adds images and different fonts to MenuItems in VB .NETExtenderProvider, integer range, range, validation, validateDownload
HowTo: Remove the context menu that appears when the user right clicks on a TextBoxcontext menu, popup menu, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Remove several TextBox context menuscontext menu, popup menu, TextBoxDownload
HowTo: Make menus display pictures in VB .NETOwnerDraw, menu, custom menu, pictureDownload
HowTo: Align a form's Help menu on the right side of the menu baralign help menu, justify help menu, help menuDownload
HowTo: Display a message when the user opens a menu itemmenu, statusDownload
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, italicDownload
HowTo: Make an owner drawn menu with bitmapsowner draw menus, custom menus, bitmap, bold, underline, italicDownload
HowTo: Make an MDI child form that displays only the system close button and no system menuMDI, MDI child, close button, system menu, remove system menuDownload
HowTo: Implement standard File and Help menu commandsmenus, standard menus, editorDownload
HowTo: Provide an MRU list in VB .NETMRU, MRU list, VB.NET, most recently used file listDownload
HowTo: Make an MDI application with an MRU listMRU, most recently used files, MRU list, MDIDownload
HowTo: Make an MRU listMRU, most recently used files, MRU listDownload
HowTo: Display an appropriate popup menu when the user right clicks on a TreeView node in VB .NETTreeView, popup menu, context menuDownload
HowTo: Display multiple popups depending on whether Ctrl or Shift is pressedpopup menu, popup, context menu, PopupMenu, Ctrl, ShiftDownload
HowTo: Make a popup menupopup menu, popup, context menu, PopupMenuDownload
HowTo: Make an MDI application replace MDI container menus with child menus in VB .NETMDI, Multiple Document Interface, mergereplace, menus, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make an MDI application combine MDI container menus with child menus in VB .NETMDI, Multiple Document Interface, mergereplace, menus, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a shortcut key with no menu item in VB .NETshortcut, menu, hidden, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Display multi-column menus and popupsmenu, multi-column menu, columnDownload
HowTo: Put bitmaps in menusmenu, picture, bitmap, imageDownload
HowTo: Use a control's ContextMenu property to display a context menu in VB .NETContextMenu, context menu, dropdown menu, popup menuDownload
HowTo: List a form's menu itemsmenu, list menusDownload
HowTo: Display popup menus when the user right clicks over a ListView on or off of an itemListView, popup, context menuDownload
HowTo: Prevent the user from resizing another programmenu, resize, minimize, maximizeDownload
HowTo: Add (non-working) menu items to another applicationmenu, other programDownload
HowTo: Create menus flexibly at run timemenuDownload
HowTo: Create an ActiveX control with a menu barActiveX control, menu, menu barDownload
HowTo: Create an ActiveX control with a borderless menu barActiveX control, menu, menu barDownload
HowTo: Create an ActiveX control with a popupmenuActiveX control, popup menu, context menuDownload
HowTo: Change a popup menu's items at run timepopup, dynamic popup, context menu, dynamic context menuDownload
HowTo: Dynamically create and remove menu items at run timemenu, dynamic menuDownload
HowTo: Make a popup menu look like a ComboBoxpopup, menu, ComboBox, dropmenuDownload
HowTo: Manage menus in an MDI application, approach 2MDI, background, draw, MDIForm, child menusDownload
HowTo: Manage menus in an MDI application, approach 1MDI, background, draw, MDIForm, child menusDownload
HowTo: Add an About dialog to the system menu and create menus at run timeAbout dialog, menu, custom menu, system menuDownload
HowTo: Give a form a popup menupopup menu, context menu, right clickDownload
HowTo: Display a menu when the mouse is near the top of the formmenu, hide, show, topDownload
HowTo: Make OwnerDraw menu items in VB .NETOwnerDraw, menu, custom menuDownload
HowTo: Add pictures to a popup menupopup, menu, picture, bitmap, imageDownload
HowTo: Easily add bitmaps to menusmenu, picture, bitmap, imageDownload

Line

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a line control in Visual Basic 2005line control, custom control, Visual Basic 2005Download
HowTo: See if the user clicked on a Line controldistance, point-to-line, line-to-line, point, line, Line control, clickDownload
HowTo: Rotate Line controlsLine controlDownload

List

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a checkbox listcheck box, CheckBox, list, check listDownload
HowTo: Drag items from one position in a list to anotherlist, drag, drag and dropDownload
HowTo: Drag items from one position in a list to another displaying textual iconslist, drag, drag and drop, text iconDownload

Toolbar

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stopstoolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configurationDownload
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stopstoolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configurationDownload
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stopstoolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configurationDownload
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stopstoolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configurationDownload
HowTo: Let the user decide which ToolBar buttons are visible in VB .NETToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops in VB .NETToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Add hidden buttons to a toolbartoolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration, hidden buttonsDownload
HowTo: Add hidden buttons to a toolbartoolbar, SaveToolbar, RestoreToolbar, configuration, hidden buttonsDownload
HowTo: Let the user decide which ToolBar buttons are visible in VB .NETToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Save and restore toolbar configuration when a program starts and stops in VB .NETToolBar, customize, customization, configure, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Let the user drag a toolbar between a form's edgestoolbar, drag, dockDownload
HowTo: Display a tip in a status bar when the mouse moves over a toolbar buttonToolBar, StatusBar, ToolTipDownload
HowTo: Use the toolbar controltoolbar, formDownload
HowTo: Use the toolbar controltoolbar, formDownload
HowTo: Use the toolbar controltoolbar, formDownload
HowTo: Use the toolbar controltoolbar, formDownload
HowTo: Use the toolbar controltoolbar, formDownload
HowTo: Use the toolbar controltoolbar, formDownload
HowTo: Use the toolbar controltoolbar, formDownload
HowTo: Use the toolbar controltoolbar, formDownload
HowTo: Use the toolbar controltoolbar, formDownload
HowTo: Use dropdowns in a toolbar in VB .NETtoolbar, ComboBox, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Use buttons in a toolbar control in VB .NETtoolbar, button, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Use the CoolBar controlCoolBar, toolbarDownload
HowTo: Use the CoolBar control with various controlsCoolBar, toolbarDownload
HowTo: Give MDI child forms different toolbarsMDI, MDIForm, toolbarDownload

ADODC

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use ADOData controls to and a DataGrid control to display master/detail datamaster/detail, master, detail, ADOData control, DataGridDownload
HowTo: Bind controls to an Access 2000 database using the ADO Data Control (ADODC)bound control, database, data, ADO, ADODCDownload

Splitter

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Programmatically adjust the position of the splitter in a SplitContainer control in Visual Basic .NETsplitter, SplitContainer, adjust splitter, controls, programming, example, example program, Windows Forms programming, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
Bug: SplitContainer control properties cause errorsSplitContainer splitter, splitter control, VB.NET, VB 2005 
HowTo: Create a vertical splitter (paned window) using only VBsplitter, paned window, sashDownload
HowTo: Create a four-way vertical and horizontal splitter (paned window) using only VBsplitter, paned window, sashDownload
HowTo: Create a horizontal splitter (paned window) using only VBsplitter, paned window, sashDownload

Scrollbars

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Show and hide TextBox scroll bars as needed in Visual Basic 2005TextBox, scroll barDownload
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, AcrobatDownloadBook
HowTo: Use a scroll bar to let the user scroll a picture verticallyscroll bar, VScrollBar, vertical, vertical scroll bar, scrollDownload
HowTo: Use a scroll bar to let the user scroll a picture verticallyscroll bar, VScrollBar, vertical, vertical scroll bar, scrollDownload
HowTo: Add and remove buttons from a scrolled button areabutton, add, remove, scrollDownload
HowTo: Make a scroll bar's thumb proportional to the number of visible itemsScrollBar, thumbDownload
HowTo: Use a scrolled window in VB .NETscrolled window, scroll barsDownload
HowTo: Work with scrollbars in VB .NETScrollBar, VB.NET, LargeChangeDownload

CoolBar

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use the CoolBar controlCoolBar, toolbarDownload
HowTo: Use the CoolBar control with various controlsCoolBar, toolbarDownload

DBList

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use a DBList controldatabase, DBListDownload

Data

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use ADOData controls to and a DataGrid control to display master/detail datamaster/detail, master, detail, ADOData control, DataGridDownload
HowTo: Use Data controls to display master/detail datamaster/detail, master, detail, data controlDownload
HowTo: Sort the columns in an MSFlexGrid control by using a Data controlFlexGrid, sort, grid, Data controlDownload
HowTo: Use a database with a Data controlData control, databaseDownload
HowTo: Use the Data control with a password protected Access 2000 databaseData control, Access, password, DAODownload

Winsock

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Set the computer's time using the NIST atomic clocktime, clock, NIST, atomic clockDownload

Windows Common Controls

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Play an AVI animation inside your program by using the Animation controlAVI, video, play, Animation, Animation controlDownload

MMC

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Play a WAV file repeatedly by using a Timersound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, continuousDownload
HowTo: Play a sound while displaying a progress barsound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, ellapsed timeDownload
HowTo: Play a sound while displaying ellapsed timesound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, ellapsed timeDownload
HowTo: Play a WAV file repeatedly by using a For loopsound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, continuousDownload
HowTo: Play a WAV file asynchronouslysound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, asynchronouslyDownload
HowTo: Play an AVI videoAVI, video, play, MMC, multimedia controlDownload
HowTo: Play a WAV file by using an MMC controlsound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMCDownload

ProgressBar

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Add progress indicators to a StatusBar controlStatusBar, ProgressBar, animation, progress indicator, workingDownload
HowTo: Display a status bar showing the steps in a long taskStatusBar, steps, stages, progress, ProgressBarDownload
HowTo: Use API functions to change a ProgressBar's foreground and background colorsProgressBar, foreground, background, ForeColor, BackColorDownload
HowTo: Place progress indicators above a StatusBar controlStatusBar, ProgressBar, animation, progress indicator, workingDownload
HowTo: Play a sound while displaying a progress barsound, WAV, WaveAudio, MMC, ellapsed timeDownload
HowTo: Use a ProgressBar to give the status of a long taskprogress bar, ProgressBar, long task, statusDownload
HowTo: Use a ProgressBar with a long task without timerprogress bar, ProgressBar, long task, statusDownload

SysInfo

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use the SysInfo control to get the operating system versionSysInfo, OS version, operating system versionDownload

Dropdown

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use dropdowns in a toolbar in VB .NETtoolbar, ComboBox, VB .NETDownload

GroupBox

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a GroupBox that uses a CheckBox in its caption to determine whether its items are enabled in Visual Basic .NETGroupBox, CheckBox, enable, disable, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a GroupBox that includes a check box to enable and disable its controls in Visual Basic .NETcontrol, custom control, GroupBox, CheckBox, VB.NET, Visual Basic .NETDownload
HowTo: Find the area in which you should place things in a GroupBox in VB .NETDisplayRectangle, ClientRectangle, GroupBoxDownload

Shape

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Experiment with shapes, colors, and fill stylesshape, FillColor, BackColor, border colorDownload
HowTo: Draw and drag shapesshape, ellipse, rectangle, circle, drag, barrel, diskDownload

MSChart

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Let the user interact with an MSChart controlMSChart, graph, database, chart, interactiveDownload
HowTo: Copy an image of an MSChart's graph into a PictureBoxMSChart, graph, database, chart, copy, PictureBoxDownload
HowTo: Use MSChart to graph data in a text fileMSChart, graph, data file, chartDownload
HowTo: Graph XY plots using MSChartMSChart, plot, XY plot, graph, equation, chartDownload
HowTo: Use MSChart to plot two curves with unrelated X valuesMSChart, graph, database, chartDownload
HowTo: Graph an equation Y = F(X) using MSChartMSChart, graph, equation, chartDownload
HowTo: Graph data in a database using MSChartMSChart, graph, database, chartDownload

StatusBar

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Add progress indicators to a StatusBar controlStatusBar, ProgressBar, animation, progress indicator, workingDownload
HowTo: Make an extender provider that automatically displays status messages when controls receive the focus in VB .NETVB .NET, extender provider, status, StatusBar, focusDownload
HowTo: Make an extender provider that automatically displays status messages when the mouse is over controls in VB .NETVB .NET, extender provider, status, StatusBar, hoverDownload
HowTo: Display a status bar showing the steps in a long taskStatusBar, steps, stages, progress, ProgressBarDownload
HowTo: Use a status barStatusBar, status bar, Panel, PanelsDownload
HowTo: Display a tip in a status bar when the mouse moves over a toolbar buttonToolBar, StatusBar, ToolTipDownload
HowTo: Place progress indicators above a StatusBar controlStatusBar, ProgressBar, animation, progress indicator, workingDownload

Components

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider to validate TextBoxes by using a regular expression in VB .NETRegex, regular expression, ExtenderProvider, validation, validateDownload
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider that adds images and different fonts to MenuItems in VB .NETExtenderProvider, integer range, range, validation, validateDownload
Tutorial: Introduction to ExtenderProviders in VB .NETExtenderProvider 
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider to validate TextBoxes containing integers within a range in VB .NETExtenderProvider, integer range, range, validation, validateDownload
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider to validate required fields in VB .NETExtenderProvider, required, validation, validateDownload
HowTo: Make an ExtenderProvider to validate TextBoxes by using the LIKE statement in VB .NETLIKE, ExtenderProvider, validation, validateDownload

FileSystemObject

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Search a directory hierarhcy and list the files' names, creation dates, and sizes by using the File System Objectdirectory hierarhcy, file names, File System Object, FSO, creation date, FileSystemObjectDownload

MSScriptControl

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use VSA to let the user execute scripts in Visual Basic .NETVSA, Visual Studio for Applications, script, VB.NETDownload

Calendar

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Display weekly database data with the calendar controlcalendar, weekly, databaseDownload

NotifyIcon

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a program shrink to the system tray when the user clicks the close button in Visual Basic .NETsystem try, tray, shrink, hide, close, NotifyIcon, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Grab part of the desktop image from a tray icon in VB .NETdesktop, grab pixels, image, background, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenuDownload
HowTo: Use a System Tray icon in VB.NETSystem tray, tray icon, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenuDownload

ContextMenu

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Grab part of the desktop image from a tray icon in VB .NETdesktop, grab pixels, image, background, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenuDownload
HowTo: Use a System Tray icon in VB.NETSystem tray, tray icon, VB.NET, NotifyIcon, ContextMenuDownload

DataReport

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use IIF in a SQL SELECT statement to make a DataReport display a warning if a value is too low in VB.NETDataReport, VB.NET, IIF, warning, CrystalReportViewer, CrystalReport, CrystalReportsDownload

Chart

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Capture an image of a MSChart controlMSChart, chart, control, imageDownload

PropertyGrid

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Select a particular property in a PropertyGrid control in Visual Basic .NETPropertyGrid, property grid, select property, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Select a particular property in a PropertyGrid control concisely in Visual Basic .NETPropertyGrid, property grid, select property, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a component that has a collection property in Visual Basic .NETcomponent, collection, collection property, VB .NET, TypeConverter, type converterDownload
HowTo: Make a TypeConverter for a collection in Visual Basic .NETTypeConverter, type converter, PropertyGrid, Properties window, collection, property, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Make a type converter in Visual Basic .NETTypeConverter, type converter, PropertyGrid, Properties window, property, VB .NETDownload
HowTo: Scroll a PropertyGrid control to make a particular property visible in Visual Basic .NETPropertyGrid, scroll, propertyDownload

TabControl

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use a TabControl with owner-drawn tabs in Visual Basic .NETTabControl, OwnerDraw, owner drawn, tab, control, DrawMode, OwnerDrawFixed, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Detect when the system performs a Windows XP fast user switch Visual Basic .NETfast user switch, VB.NETDownload

RadioButton

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a ColorRadioButton control that changes color when checked and unchecked in VB .NETRadioButton, ColorRadioButton, control, VB.NETDownload

Panel

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Build a big survey form in a scrolling panel at run time in Visual Basic 2005survey, scroll, scrolling panel, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a Panel control that raises a Scroll event in Visual Basic .NETscroll, Panel, AutoScroll, scroll event, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Synchronize two scrolling Panel controls in Visual Basic .NETscroll, Panel, AutoScroll, scroll event, synchronize, VB.NETDownload

PictureClip

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Animate a series of images stored in a PictureClip control and display blocking and non-blocking message boxesPictureClip, animate, animation, Timer, blobk, MessageBox, MsgBoxDownload

SplitContainer

Title Keywords  
Bug: SplitContainer control properties cause errorsSplitContainer splitter, splitter control, VB.NET, VB 2005 

DataGridView

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Programmatically add new rows to an unbound DataGridView control in Visual Basic .NETDataGridView, add rows, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET, controlsDownload
HowTo: Make a DataGridView display numbered row headers in Visual Basic .NETDataGridView, row headers, header, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Create a DataTable with row cell errors, and display it in a DataGridView in Visual Basic .NETDataGridView, DataTable, error, row error, cell error, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Make a DataGridView control use an array of objects for a data source in Visual Basic .NETDataGridView, data source, array, objects, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Programmatically add a record to a DataSet bound to a DataGridView in Visual Basic 2005DataSet, DataGridView, add record, Visual Basic 2005Download
HowTo: Find the location of a cell in a DataGridView in Visual Basic 2005cell location, cell position, DataGridView, Visual Basic 2005Download
HowTo: Change the way a DataGridView control navigates when the user presses the Enter key in Visual Basic 2005DataGridView, Enter, Return, navigate, focus, cell, row, column, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005Download
HowTo: Color the current row in a DataGridView control in Visual Basic 2005DataGridView, color row, current row, row, column, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005Download
HowTo: Detect changes to the editing text when the user changes a DataGridView's data in Visual Basic 2005DataGridView, edit, edit cell, TextChanged, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005Download
HowTo: Remove the current row from a DataGridView control in Visual Basic 2005DataGridView, remove row, delete row, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005Download
HowTo: Change the color of a DataGridView control's editing control in Visual Basic 2005DataGridView, edit, edit cell, color, cell color, Visual Basic 2005, VB 2005Download
HowTo: Color a column header in a DataGridView in Visual Basic 2005color header, header, DataGridView, VB 2005, databaseDownload
HowTo: Color a DataGridView control's cells dynamically as their data changes in Visual Basic 2005color cell, dynamic, DataGridView, VB 2005, databaseDownload
HowTo: Color specific cells in a DataGridView control in Visual Basic 2005color cells, DataGridView, VB 2005, databaseDownload
HowTo: Make a DataGridView control use a DataTable built at run time in Visual Basic 2005DataGridView, DataTable, VB 2005Download
HowTo: Make a DataGridView control that has its own data source loaded at run time in Visual Basic 2005DataGridView, DataTable, VB 2005Download

Unload

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Remove all Label controls from a form at run time in Visual Basic .NETremove controls, remove labels, label control, form, unload, VB.NETDownload

CheckedListBox

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Set or clear all check boxes in a CheckedListBox in Visual Basic .NETCheckedListBox, set check boxes, clear check boxes, VB.NETDownload

PrintPreviewDialog

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Set the initial size and window state of a PrintPreviewDialog in Visual Basic .NETPrintPreviewDialog, WindowState, dialog, dialog size, VB.NETDownload

Custom

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make an inactivity timer in Visual Basic 6inactive, inactivity, user activity, time out, timeoutDownload
HowTo: Make an inactivity timer in Visual Basic 2005inactive, inactivity, user activity, time out, timeoutDownload
HowTo: Build a TextBox control that displays a prompt message when the user hasn't typed anything in Visual Basic .NETTextBox, PromptingTextBox, TextBox prompt, VB.NET, custom controlDownload
Tip: GotDotNet Visual Basic Power Pack Going AwayGotDotNet, Visual Basic Power Pack, Power Pack 
HowTo: Make a TextBox control that displays an image when its value is modified in Visual Basic .NETTextBox, modified, data dirty, changed, text, image, bitmapDownload

LinkLabel

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Make a link label that opens a Web page in Visual Basic 6link label, LinkLabel, Visual Basic, WebDownload
HowTo: Make a link label that opens a Web page and that changes appearance when the mouse is over it in Visual Basic 6link label, LinkLabel, Visual Basic, Web, changing font, hoverDownload

OpenFileDialog

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Let the user select mutliple files in Visual Basic 2005files, select files, multiple files, open file dialog, OpenFileDialog, Visual Basic 2005Download

TableLayoutPanel

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use the TableLayoutPanel control in Visual Basic .NETcontrol, TableLayoutPanel, grid, cellsDownload
HowTo: Make a form with a fixed-sized column between two other columns that share the remaining available space in Visual Basic .NETform, columns, table, TableLayoutPanel, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload

Dialogs

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use standard dialogs in Visual Basic .NETdialog, standard dialog, FontDialog, OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog, ColorDialog, use standard dialogs, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, VB, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use standard dialogs in Visual Basic 6dialog, standard dialog, FontDialog, OpenFileDialog, SaveFileDialog, ColorDialog, use standard dialogs, Visual Basic, Visual Basic 6, VB, VB 6Download

TrackBar

Title Keywords  
HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a value bar in Visual Basic .NETcontrols, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload
HowTo: Use a PictureBox to make a slider with a needle in Visual Basic .NETcontrols, PictureBox, slider, TrackBar, MouseDown, MouseMove, MouseUp, ToolTip, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NETDownload

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