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| Acid Works Software
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| Hosts numerous games programmed in QBasic, QuickBasic 4.5 or QuickBasic 7.1. There is also a message board dedicated to QBasic issues.
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| AckyNet Visual Basic
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| Game, winsock, and graphics source code examples categorized for easy navigation.
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| ActiveX controls for TCP/IP protocols.
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| This Distinct Visual Internet Toolkit includes networking components for ActiveX and DLL for Visual Basic, VC++, VJ++ Delphi and others, a network sniffer, scheduler, full featured applications and more.
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| Advanced Visual Basic
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| Advanced information for the Visual Basic developers. By Duke Engineering.
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| Arcata Pet-Visual Basic Samples
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| Arcata Pet visual basic samples. Arcata Pet produces shareware image viewers, wallpaper managers, and screen savers.
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| BASIC Archives, The
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| This all-in-one site is designed to answer the most commonly asked questions about programming in BASIC.
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| Basic Instincts
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| Query Comprehensions
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| BASIS International
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| solutions for the business BASIC community
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| Black Dirt Software
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| Black Dirt Software is promoting their Visual Basic-to-Java converter program.
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| Brad's VB-32 Programs and Samples
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| A collection of unique 32 bit freeware programs and code samples for the intermediate and advanced Visual Basic developer familiar with the Win32 API.
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| Brush up on option statements in VB.net
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| looks at the three option statements that are supported in VB.NET: Option Explicit, Option Compare, and Option Strict.
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| Bug Proofing Visual Basic Source Code
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| Source example that demostrates how to bug proof your code.Will give an analysis and display fixes for your buggy code.
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| Bundle related elements in VB.NET with enumeration
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| In general, enumerations assist in bundling together related elements in Visual Basic .NET. Here's a tip that shows how enumeration makes code easier to develop and read.
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| Check for leap years in your VB.NET code with IsLeapYear
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| Whenever you need to determine if a year is a leap year in VB.NET, you can use the IsLeapYear function. This tip shows how you can use this function in your development work.
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| Chipmunk Basic Home Page
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| Chipmunk Basic is an old fashioned BASIC interpreter that runs on almost all Macs and is accelerated for PowerMacs.
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| Comparing strings with and without case sensitivity in VB.NET
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| rina Medvinskaya offers an example that shows how VB.NET's String.Compare method can come in handy when you need to compare two string variables.
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| Count words in VB.NET using Split and Replace functions
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| The next time you need to know the number of words in a larger VB.NET string consider using the Split function. This tip provides an example of how to use Split, as well as Replace if you have more than one space between words.
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| Create a date/time value from date parts in VB.NET
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| Irina Medvinskaya shows you how to put together a full date/time value from a combination of its specific parts. This VB.NET tip also includes sample code.
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| Create a temp file with VB.NET
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| Irina Medvinskaya looks at the VB.NET code that allows you to get the name of the file that you can use as a temp file. She also provides sample code that shows how to create a temp file.
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| Create Dynamic Maps with Visual Basic 9.
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| I've always had a bit of a fascination with drawing maps. I also think that Visual Studio® 2008 and Visual Basic® 9.0 are amazing.
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| Creating a VB.NET form that users cannot move
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| In Visual Basic .NET, there are two simple options for making sure that a form you create cannot be moved by users. Irina Medvinskaya discusses both options in this tip.
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| Determine elapsed time in VB.NET with Stopwatch
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| The Stopwatch object is useful for calculating the time that has elapsed between two time intervals in a VB.NET application. View an example to see how you can use this object in your development work.
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| Determine the number of days between dates in VB.NET
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| Trying to figure out how many days there are between two given dates? Find out why you may want to use VB.NET's TimeSpan object.
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| Determine your computer's IP address with VB.
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| Did you know that you can use VB.NET's System.Net.Dns class to find out your computer's IP address? Irina Medvinskaya offers two code samples that show how this is possible.
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| DRT Systems: Developer's Resource
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| offers Visual Basic tutorials, tech reviews, news, free counter download, and more.
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| Dynamic Concepts Inc.
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| business BASIC language solutions for the developer and user.
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| Employ Strong Encryption in Your Apps with Our CryptoUtility Component
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| You know that storing passwords, credit card numbers, or Social Security numbers on your system is risky and can open the door for someone to steal that information.
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| Extreme Visual Basic Forum
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| web based forum where the topics include game programming, directX, and VBA.
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| FreeVBCode.com
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| has free and high-quality code written in Visual Basic. All code is tested before it is posted. New code is added every day.
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| Full Moon Software
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| Full Moon Software offers add-on products and utilities for several Basic languages for DOS.
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| Get tips for using namespaces in VB.NET
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| When you want to place classes within specific .NET namespaces, use a namespace statement with the default namespace that's identified in a project's properties. This VB article explains how.
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| Get VB Refactoring Support Now!
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| is a free plug-in from Developer Express Inc., in partnership with Microsoft, that enables Visual Basic developers to simplify and re-structure source code inside of Visual Studio 2005, making it easier to read and less costly to maintain.
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| GFA Basic Windows Programming
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| is designed to give users of GFA Basic Windows help.
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| Iterating through all controls on the form with VB.NET
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| Irina Medvinskaya presents a simple way to change all the controls on a form in runtime with VB.NET.
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| Joe's Sega and QBasic Page
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| Here are a number of games available for downloading, all of which were programmed in the QBasic programming language.
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| K & K Consulting's VB Guru
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| Ask the guru, FAQ, book store, tips, code and snippets, tutorials, links.
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| Language Enhancements in Visual Basic 2005
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| This article explores the many new enhancements to Visual Basic 2005 and provides you with simple code snippets to illustrate how many of them work.
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| Learn the basics about structured exception handling in VB.NET
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| provides information, as well as code samples, about both types of structured exception handling blocks: Try…Catch and Try…Finally.
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| LearningVB.net
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| Resources for the Visual Basic programmer. Includes resources on COM, VBA, VB news, and reference documents.
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| Locate the executable path using VB.NET
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| In this Visual Basic .NET tip, Irina Medvinskaya looks at a simple way to simple way to determine the path where the current executable resides.
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| Make only one instance of an application run with VB.NET
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| Irina Medvinskaya presents a way to allow only one instance of an application run with VB.NET. She presents a code example that uses the System.Diagnostics.Process class to determine whether there is more than one instance of an application running.
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| Make your text stand out by adding a halo with this VB.NET code
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| Here's a VB.NET solution to handle the task, along with a companion application that uses the code to create and format haloed text and add it to a selected image.
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| Microsoft ties high-level code to Web development with Volta
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| The long effort to make it technically feasible for already skilled developers to produce Web applications using high-level languages like C++, may at last be paying off.
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| Microsoft VBScript
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| The Microsoft information site on VBScript.
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| Mircosoft Visual Basic
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| Information about releases, top links, documentation, add-ons, VB related articles, support.
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| Midware Technologies
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| A source of migration products for evolution from proprietary BASIC language environments to Open Systems, UNIX, DOS, Windows, Windows NT, and LANs.
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| Move and resize controls on a VB.NET form
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| When you need to be able move and appropriately resize the controls on a Visual Basic .NET form, Irina Medvinskaya suggests that you use the Anchor property.
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| MSTools
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| MSTools is home to software development tools designed to simplify and speed up the coding process.
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| Need Scripts
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| One stop Web Development Resource providing reviews and articles.
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| Niakwa, Inc.
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| programming tools development company specializing in NPL, and advance form of BASIC.
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| O'Basic95
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| Windows95 system script language.
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| One-Stop Source Shop
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| The collected works of Karl E. Peterson, author of numerous articles and samples.
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| OsloPage
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| Powerful Windows database management tool. Supports SQL and all popular database formats.
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| Padding a string for fixed width display in VB.NET
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| Here's a simple way to pad strings for a fixed width display in VB.NET utilizing the PadLeft and PadRight methods of a String object.
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| Perform actions at set intervals with VB.NET's Timer control
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| VB.NET's Timer control is a convenient way to perform a specific action after a set time interval.
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| PowerBASIC on the Net
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| This product allows your DOS programs to look and act just like a Windows application.
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| PowerBASIC's Home in Germany
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| Claiming they are the oldest PowerBASIC site on the Internet, this organization offers free downloads and news catering to the PowerBASIC community.
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| Programmers Heaven - Visual Basic Zone
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| Source code categorized by file type and other resources.
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| QBasic Page, The
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| tutorials, links, news, and a questions and answers page
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| QBasic Software Pages
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| Here you can find programs that are designed to be easily understood by programmers who are just starting with QBasic.
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| QBasic Station, The
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| Tutorials and free advice. Your questions emailed = personal reply + loads of advice.
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| QuickBasic Cafe
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| offers games, tools, tutorials, and more.
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| RealBasic
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| RealSoftware, Inc. Makers of RealBasic, the premire graphics basic IDE for the Macintosh platform.
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| Realbasic 2008 Release 1 now shipping
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| Real Software has begun shipping Realbasic 2008 Release 1, the latest version of the company’s cross platform development environment. The company said this version includes introspection, the most requested new feature from its users.
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| REALbasic 2008 Release 2 sports 200 improvements
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| REALbasic enables you to develop applications that can run on any of the three operating systems. It's used for full-fledged application development, rapid application development, prototyping and creation of custom enterprise tools and software.
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| Retrieving environment variables with VB.net
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| Irina Medvinskaya shows how you can use VB.NET to retrieve the important information (e.g., computer name and user name) from Windows environment variables.
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| Script Search
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| CGI, C, Java, and JavaScript scripts!
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| Set the current working path with VB.NET
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| If you want to use relative paths instead of absolute paths in your code, the ability to set the current working path can come in handy.
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| Shrinkwrap Visual Basic
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| Source code examples of video capture technigues.
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| Splitting a class across files in VB.NET
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| Partial keyword allows you to split very long classes to multiple physical source files. Learn more about using the Partial keyword, and see a code example.
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| Soft Circuits Programming
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| There are lots of Visual Basic code snippets that you can use in your own programs.
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| Tarak's Tower
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| Home to QBasic RPG's, Tutorials, and links, come take a look.
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| The BASIC Archives - Home Page
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| Welcome to the BASIC Archives
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| The VBBox
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| A collection of VB related source code, tools and documents. Home of the CodeBox windows UI framework classes.
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| The Visual Basic Programmers Lair
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| is for Visual Basic programmers who are looking for a place to start their learning. You can find tutorials, programs, source codes and a forum. You can also submit your own programs.
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| Using My.Settings in Visual Basic 2005
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| This article discusses how the My.Settings class has made storing application and user settings much simpler in Visual Basic 2005.
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| Using RS232 Ports in BASIC
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| A tutorial on using BASIC to send and recieve ASCII data via a com port. Uses an ADR101 data acquisition interface as an example.
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| Using the MsComm Control for Serial Data Acquisition
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| A tutorial on the use of the MsComm control for serial data acquisition. user an ADR112 to read analog voltages.
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| VB ActiveX Toolbox
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| Complete code tricks and tips for faster, more versitle applications, complete with screenshots and step by step directions.
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| VB City
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| Complete program source code and also a large snippets library.
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| VB Square
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| provides articles, tips, source code, and more.
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| VB Techniques
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| VB Techniques is a site devoted to developers who can't find enough good technical material on the web.
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| VB X Zone
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| Contains monthly articles on various programming topics, weekly API Tip section with articles and examples on how to use various API functions, a daily link to a cool VB website.
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| VBA Code Samples
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| ProgrammingMSAccess.com makes available many tools for Access and Office developers, including this selection of VBA code samples.
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| VBA Excel Tips
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| offers code, functions, formulas, and database tools and tips.
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| VBCE.com
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| For Visual Basic/CE Developers providing news, downloads, source code, training, consulting, and more.
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| VB-Helper: Stick to the Script
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| No matter how hard you try, you can never anticipate every user's needs. And whether you get paid by the hour or by the product release, constantly adding new features can be alluringly profitable, although often tedious.
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| VBnet
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| The Visual Basic Developers Resource Centre - Has everything Visual Basic related packed into one page
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| VBScript FAQ
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| Frequently asked questions about VBScript.
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| VBWire.com
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| VBWire is your ultimate source of Visual Basic news. Our editors scour the net every day to bring you the hottest news so you don't have to.
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| Visual Basic
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| A place for the Novice VB programmer. Includes source code, tutorials and sample programs.
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| Visual Basic 911
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| Sample projects, FAQs, tips, and resources.
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| Visual Basic Cell
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| Great for both newbies and advanced programmers with source and step by step tutorials. Also has many descriptions of MS Knowledge base articles.
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| Visual Basic Code
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| Free code. Copy and paste code from your browser directly into Visual Basic.
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| Visual Basic Explorer
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| features tutorials, forums, book reviews, downloads, toolbox, source code, contests and more for the novice to intermediate level programmer.
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| Visual Basic for Applications: Anthony's Page
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| Visual Basic for Applications is very similar to the Visual Basic programming language.
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| Visual Basic MCI Command Post
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| Source code for MCI programming.
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| Visual Basic Programming Zone
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| VB code, samples, utilities, and tutorials. Includes a five-lesson "Learn Visual Basic" course.
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| Visual Basic Source Code
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| Example code demonstrating many useful interface enhancement techniques and system functions.
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| Visual Basic Thunder
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| VB source, reviews, help, reference, software, tutorials.
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| Visual Basic Web Ring
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| This is the official home to the Visual Basic Web ring.
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| Visual Basic Windows Forms over Data Video Series
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| This how-to video series is dedicated to getting Visual Basic developers productive on areas of data-based Windows Application development. The series starts with the basics of database development with SQL-Server 2005 Express then walks through the details of connecting to and querying databases, and Windows Forms development basics using the built-in designers in Visual Basic 2005.
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| Visual Basic Zone
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| A comprehensive source of technical and how-to information on Visual Basic programming. Articles, tips, product reviews, jobs, conferences and more.
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| Visual Basic: Anthony's VBA Page
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| This home page provides examples in Visual Basic for Applications for Excel.
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| Walker Brothers Visual Basic Development
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| Source code for Visual Basic v4 and 5. All code is 32 bit.
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| Watermark your images with this VB.NET code
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| Watermarking is a useful technique for branding or copyrighting images, and with a little bit of code, you can handle the task dynamically. Justin James explains how to create a watermark class that creates a watermark on a source image using either another image or text--and he's thrown in a watermarking application, complete with full source code and the class file, so you can see it in action.
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| Windows API Guide
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| guide to various Windows 95 API functions, designed with Visual Basic users in mind.
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| YABASIC
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| YABASIC, which stands for Yet Another BASIC program, is a free interpreter for Unix and Window 95.
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| Zarr's VB Web Site
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| Source code, hints, tips, articles, news and many other resources.
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| ZCurve Software
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| makers of MacStandardBasic, a powerful BASIC for the Macintosh, and the Auction Browser, for tracking online auctions.
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