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Explore an overloading method in VB.NET

Developers often need to define a method with the same name that may perform different functionalities. In order to do that, you should use the Overloads keyword in .NET.

Developer

Remember a form’s position between uses in VB.NET

There are times when it's handy for developers to be able to remember where a form was located the last time the application was used. This quick VB.NET tip shows you a way of using Application Settings to store and use the last location of the form.

Developer

Create shortcut menus for forms in VB.NET using ContextMenuStrip

In order to implement shortcut menus for a form, you can add the VB.NET ContextMenuStrip control to your form. Irina Medvinskaya explains how to use this control.

Developer

Sharing the event logic between controls in VB.NET

Whenever you write the code logic that may be used for more than one control, it makes sense to try to save time by creating only one procedure that will handle the event and perform that logic. Here's how to share the event logic for multiple controls on a VB.NET form.

Developer

See how simple it is to create a fading form in VB.NET

Even though you may be able to implement purely cosmetic features in an application, it's important to keep the functionality in mind. In this VB.NET tip, Irina Medvinkskaya shows how to give users a form that fades out when it's closed.

Project Management

Creating a Web service with VB.NET

VB.NET allows you to use Web services as if they were entirely local objects since most of the marshaling between the client and the server is taking place in the background. This tip shows you how to create a simple Web service.

Developer

Adding a Setup Wizard to VB.NET applications

Visual Studio .NET simplifies the process of installing your applications by providing an easy way to add the Setup Wizard to your applications. In this tip, Irina Medvinskaya will create a simple VB.NET Windows application and add the Setup Wizard to it in order to allow the Windows application to install.

Printers

Using the PrintDocument component in VB.NET applications

If you want to allow users to print form components in run-time, the PrintDocument component lets you offer users this functionality. The PrintDocument component is an object that allows users to send an output to a printer from Windows Forms applications. In this tip, I show you how to use the component in your VB.NET ...

Developer

Split data onscreen logically with VB.NET’s Tab Control

VB.NET developers are often tasked with having to display a lot of necessary information on the screen with limited space. If you can split the data on the screen logically into different sections, you should consider using the Tab Control. In this tip, I will show you how to use the Tab Control to allow data ...

Developer

Let users pick a file to open via OpenFileDialog in VB.NET

Whenever you need to allow a user to open a particular file without forcing the user to type the full path and file name, you can use the OpenFileDialog class. OpenFileDialog has a number of properties and methods that make it a flexible way to get users to pick a file. In this tip, I ...

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