Title	Keywords
HowTo: Detect whether text in a multiline TextBox is wrapped in Visual Basic 6	TextBox, word wrap, multiline, Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic
HowTo: Detect whether text in a multiline TextBox is wrapped in Visual Basic .NET	TextBox, word wrap, multiline, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic, VB.NET
HowTo: Let the user press Ctrl-A to select all of the text in a TextBox	ctrl-A, control-A, select text
HowTo: Let the user press Ctrl-A to select all of the text in a TextBox in VB .NET	ctrl-A, control-A, select text
HowTo: Evaluate mathematical expressions using Excel's Evaluate function	replace, character, remove, unwanted
HowTo: Replace unwanted characters in a string	replace, character, remove, unwanted
HowTo: Replace unwanted characters in a string using Replace	replace, character, remove, unwanted
HowTo: See if a string contains only digits or only letters	string, numeric, alpha, digits, letters
HowTo: See if a string is an integer	string, integer
HowTo: Find a string within a TextBox	find string, find text, find, search, TextBox
HowTo: Break code lines at a specified width	strings, code, break code
How To: Find the text before, between, and after two target strings	strings, before, between, after, target

Parsing

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Use regular expressions and LINQ to list the unique words contained in a text file in Visual Basic .NET	files, regular expressions, LINQ, strings, replace, unique words, words, count words, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET, example, example program, Windows Forms programming
HowTo: Parse user-entered values in Visual Basic .NET	parse, parse values, entered text, user-entered text, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
Tip: Use the Split function easily in Visual Basic .NET	split, Visual Basic .NET
HowTo: Evaluate mathematical expressions using code in Visual Basic 2005	mathematical expression, expression, evaluate, VB.NET
HowTo: Determine whether a year is a leap year with Visual Basic 2005	leap year, year, dates
HowTo: Determine whether a year is a leap year with Visual Basic 6	leap year, year, dates
HowTo: Replace unprintable characters with spaces in Visual Basic .NET	character, ASCII, replace, regular expressions, regex, VB.NET
HowTo: Extract comments from a Visual Basic 6 file in Visual Basic 6	extract comments, comments, Visual Basic 6, Attribute, code
HowTo: Write functions to determine whether a string starts or ends with a substring in Visual Basic 6	StartsWith, EndsWith, substring
HowTo: Verify that the user entered a date in an InputBox	InputBox, validate, verify, date
HowTo: Run a DOS application and capture its output in VB .NET	DOS, stdout, stderr, standard output, standard error, standard out, run, VB.NET
Talk: Three Cool Namespaces	regex, regular expression, XML, serialie, serialization, crypto, cryptography, hash, hashing, encrypt, decrypt, encryption, decryption
HowTo: Use regular expressions to replace characters within parts of a string surrounded by quotes in Visual Basic 6	regular expression, regex, regexp, replace
HowTo: Use Split to replace characters within parts of a string surrounded by quotes in Visual Basic 6	replace, Split, regular expression
HowTo: Use regular expressions to replace characters within parts of a string surrounded by quotes in Visual Basic .NET	regular expression, regex, regexp, replace, VB .NET
HowTo: Write Split and Join functions for VB 5	Split, Join, VB5
HowTo: Write an InStrRev function for VB 5	InStrRev, VB5, Visual Basic 5
HowTo: Evaluate mathematical expressions using code in VB .NET	mathematical expression, expression, evaluate, VB.NET
HowTo: Determine what FRM, BAS, OCX, and CLS files a project file references	VBP, files
HowTo: Evaluate mathematical expressions using the MS Script control	mathematical expression, expression, evaluate, parse, Script control
HowTo: Graph a user-entered function by using the MS Script control	graph, equation, scale, user-entered function, mathematical expression, expression, evaluate, parse, Script control
HowTo: Graph a user-entered function by parsing the function	graph, equation, scale, user-entered function, parse
HowTo: Read all of the values in an INI file	INI file, INI, initialization file
HowTo: Separate an RTF file into paragraphs in separate Rich Text Box controls	RTF, rich text, rich text box, RichTextBox, paragraphs
HowTo: Split a multiline string into pieces in VB 6	split, multi-line, multiline, parse
HowTo: Find regular expression matches in a string	regular expression, string, parsing, parse, replace, RegExp
HowTo: Use regular expressions to replace text in a string	regular expression, string, parsing, parse, replace, RegExp
HowTo: Use regular expressions	regular expression, string, parsing, parse
HowTo: Use regular expressions to replace text in the lines in a string	regular expression, string, parsing, parse, replace, RegExp
HowTo: Find regular expression matches in a string in VB .NET	regular expression, string, parsing, parse
HowTo: Use regular expressions to replace text in a string in VB .NET	regular expression, string, parsing, parse, replace
HowTo: Use regular expressions in VB .NET	regular expression, string, parsing, parse
HowTo: Use regular expressions to replace text in the lines in a string in VB .NET	regular expression, string, parsing, parse, replace
HowTo: Double-click to strike a line in a RichTextBox	RichTextBox, RTF, font, strikethrough, strike through
HowTo: Replace occurrences of a string in another (like VB6's Replace function)	replace, find
HowTo: Validate a credit card number	credit card, Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discover, EnRoute, JCB, Diners Club, Carte Blanche
HowTo: Read tokens from a delimited string	token, delimited string, string
HowTo: Modify mailto links to reduce spam	spam, mailto, mail, email, link
HowTo: See if a date string is valid using regional date settings	date string, validate, validation, regional, international
HowTo: Manually import a delimited text file into a database	database, import, delimited file
HowTo: Recursively find the last occurrance of a substring without using InStrRev	InStrRev, last occurrance
HowTo: Iteratively find the last occurrance of a substring without using InStrRev	InStrRev, last occurrance
HowTo: See if a date string is valid	date string, validate, validation
HowTo: See if a string contains a minimal piece of another string	substring
HowTo: Evaluate mathematical expressions using code	mathematical expression, expression, evaluate

Formatting

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Make a ransom note style message by drawing text using different fonts for each character in a RichTextBox in Visual Basic 6	ransom note, text, string, random fonts, random characters, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Make a ransom note style message by drawing text using different fonts for each character in a RichTextBox in Visual Basic .NET	ransom note, text, string, random fonts, random characters, Visual Basic .NET, VB .NET
HowTo: Convert strings between Pascal case, camel case, and proper case in Visual Basic 6	Pascal case, camel case, proper case, Pascal-case, camel-case, proper-case, capitalize, capitalization, Visual Basic 6, VB 6
HowTo: Use a second method to convert strings between Pascal case, camel case, and proper case in Visual Basic .NET	Pascal case, camel case, proper case, Pascal-case, camel-case, proper-case, capitalize, capitalization, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Convert strings between Pascal case, camel case, and proper case in Visual Basic .NET	strings, camelCase, PascalCase, Pascal case, camel case, proper case, add spaces, Visual Basic .NET, VB.NET
HowTo: Make a String extension method to URL encode and decode strings in Visual Basic 2008	string, extension method, URL encode, URL decode, Visual Basic 2008
HowTo: Make a String extension method to replace spaces with non-breaking spaces in Visual Basic 2008	string, nbsp, extension method, Visual Basic 2008
HowTo: Compress spaces in a string	compress spaces, space, compact, duplicate
HowTo: Build a function to compress consecutive spaces into one space in Visual Basic 6.	space, spaces, compress, replace
HowTo: Build a function to compress consecutive spaces into one space in Visual Basic 2005	space, spaces, compress, replace, Visual Basic .NET, Visual Basic 2005
HowTo: Make a function to split a string into an array of strings by using multiple separators in Visual Basic 6.	split, string, separators
HowTo: Trim leading and trailing non-printing ASCII characters from a string in Visual Basic .NET	trim, ltrim, rtrim, TrimWhitespace, LTrimWhitespace, RTrimWhitespace, non-printing, ASCII, carriage return, linefeed, line feed
HowTo: Trim leading and trailing non-printing ASCII characters from a string in Visual Basic 6	trim, ltrim, rtrim, TrimWhitespace, LTrimWhitespace, RTrimWhitespace, non-printing, ASCII, carriage return, linefeed, line feed
HowTo: Calculate escalating royalties	escalating royalties, royalties, calculate, percent, FormatCurrency, GetPercent
HowTo: Calculate escalating royalties in Visual Basic .NET	escalating royalties, royalties, calculate, percent, FormatCurrency, GetPercent, VB.NET
HowTo: Use GetCurrencyFormat to format a currency value using locale defaults or custom formatting	format currency, GetCurrencyFormat, locale
HowTo: Use the FormatCurrency function in Visual Basic 6	FormatCurrency, format currency
HowTo: Use GetNumberFormat to format a number using locale defaults or custom formatting	format number, GetNumberFormat, locale
HowTo: Use the FormatNumber function in Visual Basic 6	FormatNumber, format number
HowTo: Use the FormatCurrency function in Visual Basic .NET	FormatCurrency, format currency, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the FormatNumber function in Visual Basic .NET	FormatNumber, format number, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the FormatDateTime function in Visual Basic .NET	FormatDateTime, format date, format time, format datetime, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the FormatPercent function in Visual Basic .NET	FormatPercent, format percentage, format percent, percent, percentage, VB.NET
HowTo: Use the FormatDateTime function in Visual Basic 6	FormatDateTime, format date, format time, format datetime
HowTo: Use the FormatPercent function in Visual Basic 6	FormatPercent, format percent
HowTo: Verify that the user entered a date in an InputBox	InputBox, validate, verify, date
HowTo: Convert the text the user is typing in a TextBox to Proper Case in Visual Basic .NET	TextBox, convert, proper case, StrConv, VB.NET
HowTo: Convert the text the user is typing in a TextBox to Proper Case	TextBox, convert, proper case, StrConv
HowTo: Pad strings on the left or right in Visual Basic .NET	pad string, PadLeft, PadRight, String, format string, VB .NET
HowTo: Format the columns displayed by a DataTable in a DataGrid control in Visual Basic .NET	DataTable, column, format, align, alignment, DataGrid, VB.NET
HowTo: Convert a string into bytes and vice versa	convert, string, bytes, unicode
HowTo: URL decode a string	URL, encode, decode, code, string
HowTo: Use regular expressions to replace characters within parts of a string surrounded by quotes in Visual Basic 6	regular expression, regex, regexp, replace
HowTo: Use Split to replace characters within parts of a string surrounded by quotes in Visual Basic 6	replace, Split, regular expression
HowTo: Use regular expressions to replace characters within parts of a string surrounded by quotes in Visual Basic .NET	regular expression, regex, regexp, replace, VB .NET
HowTo: Tip: Use LCase$ and UCase$ instead of the CharLower and CharUpper API functions	CharLower, CharUpper, case, LCase, UCase
HowTo: Compare the speeds of Trim$(s) and s.Trim() in VB .NET	trim, Trim$, VB.NET, string
HowTo: Generate HTML versions of all of a Word document's tables	HTML, Word, Microsoft Word, table
HowTo: Draw text centered at a position	text, center text, font
HowTo: Draw text centered at a position in VB .NET	text, center text, font
HowTo: Use VBA macros to accept revisions in a Word document between two dates	code, format, Word, VBA
HowTo: Use VBA macros to format text in Word to look like code	code, format, Word, VBA
HowTo: Use standard formatting strings to format Doubles in VB .NET	format, format specifier, string, VB.NET
HowTo: Use a composite format specifier in VB .NET	format, format specifier, string, VB.NET
HowTo: Use standard formatting strings to format Dates in VB .NET	format, format specifier, string, VB.NET
HowTo: Use custom formatting strings to format Dates in VB .NET	format, format specifier, string, VB.NET
HowTo: Use custom formatting strings to format Doubles in VB .NET	format, format specifier, string, VB.NET
HowTo: Format dates and draw an analog clock	format date, clock, analog clock
HowTo: Format a TimeSpan in days, hours, minutes, and seconds in VB.NET	TimeSpan, VB.NET, format
HowTo: Convert text to proper case using StrConv	StrConv, proper case
HowTo: Set formatting for a RichTextBox control all at once	RTF, Rich Text format, RichTextBox, RichText
HowTo: Split a multiline string into pieces in VB 6	split, multi-line, multiline, parse
HowTo: Encode and decode special HTML characters by using XML documents	HTML, code, encode, XML, DomDocument
HowTo: Left- or right-align text in VB.NET	align, align text, format, VB.NET
HowTo: Draw mathematical equations with super scripts on a form	equation, superscript, math
HowTo: Combine values from two RTF text boxes preserving their formatting properties	RTF, Rich Text Box, RichTextBox
HowTo: Right justify a single line TextBox	text, alignment, right justify
HowTo: Use GetDateFormat to format a date value using locale defaults or custom formatting	format currency, GetCurrencyFormat, locale
HowTo: Use GetTimeFormat to format a time value using locale defaults or custom formatting	format time, GetCurrencyFormat, locale
HowTo: Get internationalization information from the registry	internationalization, registry
HowTo: URL encode a string	URL, encode, code, string
HowTo: Find ordinal extensions (as in 1st, 2nd, 143rd, etc.)	ordinal extension, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
HowTo: Strip out extra tabs, CrLf and multiple spaces	clean, string
HowTo: Left or right pad a string with a character	pad, fill
HowTo: Prefix mail text	prefix mail text, email, break lines

Code

Title	Keywords
HowTo: Use the StringBuilder class to concatenate strings quickly in Visual Basic .NET	strings, variables, StringBuilder, concatenate, catenate
Tip: Use the Split function easily in Visual Basic .NET	split, Visual Basic .NET
HowTo: Make a String extension method to URL encode and decode strings in Visual Basic 2008	string, extension method, URL encode, URL decode, Visual Basic 2008
HowTo: Make a String extension method to replace spaces with non-breaking spaces in Visual Basic 2008	string, nbsp, extension method, Visual Basic 2008
HowTo: Convert a string into bytes and vice versa	convert, string, bytes, unicode
HowTo: Write Split and Join functions for VB 5	Split, Join, VB5
HowTo: Use VBA macros to format text in Word to look like code	code, format, Word, VBA
HowTo: Time different methods for testing whether a string is blank to see which is fastest	time, speed, performance, string
HowTo: Generate random text	code, random text