Creating a Five-Star Rating ControlCode download available at: AdvancedBasics0501.exe (144 KB) Browse the Code Online I have to admit it; most of my Windows® Forms controls are an attempt to copy something that already exists. In my October 2004 column I showed you how to create a progress bar that mimicked the one shown during [...]
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Advanced Basics: IntelliSense Code Snippets
Posted by james on October 7, 2011
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Code download available at: AdvancedBasics0604.exe (117 KB) Browse the Code Online IntelliSense code snippets are one of the coolest new features in Visual Studio® 2005. Code snippets are highly customizable code fragments intended to accomplish simple to intermediate tasks quickly; they can be inserted into your code with just a few keystrokes.In this column I’ll [...]
Advanced Basics: Setting Word Document Properties the Office 2007 Way
Posted by james on October 4, 2011
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Setting Word Document Properties the Office 2007 WayCode download available at: AdvBasics2006_06.exe (167 KB) Browse the Code Online The last time I wrote this column (March 2006), I shared an application that allows you to update all the Microsoft® Word documents in a folder and its subfolders. Each time the application finds a document in [...]
Advanced Basics: Advanced Features in Visual Basic .NET and Testing for Scalability
Posted by james on September 16, 2011
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Yukon Basics: XML, T-SQL, and the CLR Create a New World of Database Programming
Posted by james on September 4, 2011
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XML, T-SQL, and the CLR Create a New World of Database ProgrammingThis article was based on Beta 1 of Microsoft SQL Server Code Name “Yukon” and all information contained herein is subject to changeNote: This document was developed prior to the product’s release to manufacturing and, as such, we cannot guarantee that any details included [...]
Advanced Basics: Visual Studio .NET 2003 Usage Tips
Posted by james on August 17, 2011
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Advanced Basics: Extracting Data from .NET Assemblies
Posted by james on July 18, 2011
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Extracting Data from .NET AssembliesCode download available at: AdvancedBasics0403.exe (137 KB) Browse the Code Online Q How can I get a list of all of the methods, properties and events in a particular assembly? For instance, I need to know this information regarding Windows® Forms and ADO.NET. Ideally, I would also like to get information [...]