I love the String object's Format method. It's an unusual application where I'm not using it to build messages. (Long ago and far away, I used to use it to assemble SQL statements.) Typical code looks ...

The most common type of data to manipulate in most applications is textual data, which developers usually store in strings. String handling has always been a strong point for the Basic family of ...

In my recent article, "Is Visual Studio LightSwitch the New Access?", I looked at the suitability of LightSwitch as a replacement tool for departmental applications developed in Microsoft Access.

I've had to do a lot of work with pointers when working with the API. Hopefully some of you might find these items useful when you have to do the same.<BR><BR><BR>Obviously, you will need StrPtr, ...

Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace. Years ago, when ...

Launch and terminate applications in Visual Basic 6.0 Your email has been sent Visual Basic 6.0 gives you the convenient ability to programmatically check on the status of an application before you ...