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"Dirtied Form" in VB.NET

bySonny G
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MisAccess has a form property to determine if any controls on a form are changed. This property is called “Dirty”. Use of the Dirty property in MsAccess determines whether the current record has been modified since it was last saved. Read/write Boolean. I was unable to find a property in VB.NET
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Logical Expressions in .NET

byit_saige
For many programmers something like: if (someState != someOtherState && someState == someOtherOtherState || someState == someOtherOtherOtherState) { .... } Is a common pattern. I am here to discuss alternatives to this pattern which will reduce *code smells* within code analyzers.
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Now you know to call a Web API and it's easy to do so

byRyan Chong
Calling Web API to grab data is pretty common for system integration. In fact, this is the current system development trend where we can see complex systems are tend to be developed in a small scale and distributed into smaller systems.
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A helper class to perform CRUD on Microsoft Office documents Custom Properties - without headache

byChinmay Patel
How many times have you tried using Office InterOp to manage various custom properties? If you have ever tried it then you will see the article image very appropriate. After spending hours trying to solve a question I finally gave up on Office InterOp and took an easier way out - OpenXML SDK.
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ASP.NET Web Form User Control's Basic Interaction

byRyan Chong
An ASP.NET Web Form User Control is not newly introduced in ASP.NET. In fact, it was an old technology yet still playing a role to generate web content, especially when we want to use it to have a better and easy way to control part of the web content that is being generated.
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VBS script to start Windows Updates installation

byHector2016
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If you need to start windows update installation remotely or as a scheduled task you will find this very helpful.
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Key concepts of Delegate using C#

byROMA CHAUHAN
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It was really hard time for me to get the understanding of Delegates in C#. I went through many websites and articles but I found them very clumsy. After going through those sites, I noted down the points in a easy way so here I am sharing that understanding with Experts-Exchange users.
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.NET Working Day Calculator

bykaufmed
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Calculating holidays and working days is a function that is often needed yet it is not one found within the Framework. This article presents one approach to building a working-day calculator for use in .NET.
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Specifying a Toolbox Icon for a Custom Control using Visual Studio 2010

byKalpesh Chhatrala
When a custom control is placed on the toolbox, if it is a professionally made control, it usually …
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Object Oriented Programming in 500 words or less.

byDavid L. Hansen
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Ever wonder how to "do" object oriented programming (OOP)?
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Drawing with .NET and GDI+ [Part 1: The Basics]

byLuis Pérez
With this one you're reading, I'm starting a series of articles focused on creating and manipulating…
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Having fun with graphics, Part II: The Return (to the early '90s)

byLuis Pérez
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Well... probably you have noticed that I have not much time to write articles. But I feel …
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A Peer-To-Peer LAN Chat Application in Visual Basic.Net using TcpClient and TcpListener

byMike Tomlinson
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This article demonstrates how to build a simple peer-to-peer chat application with TcpClient and TcpListener, designed to run behind a firewall, such as in a home network or a small business.
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A New Approach for Custom Colors in a Disabled VB.Net WinForms TextBox

byMike Tomlinson
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A request I've seen often here on Experts-Exchange and out on the internet is for the ability to …
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Configuring XMouse Behavior in Windows via VB.Net and the SystemParametersInfo() API

byMike Tomlinson
What is XMouse behavior?

"XMouse" behavior is a system whereby windows receive focus when …
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How to automate WinRAR to make a single file installer from setup.exe and MSI file

byPaulHews
IntroductionIf you want to create a single file installer using Visual Studio, you can …
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VB .NET Retrieving FX Rates from ECB site and parsing XML into a datatable

bynepaluz
The ECB site provides FX rates for major currencies since its inception in 1999 in the form of an …
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Parsing a CSV file into a datatable using LINQ and Regex

bynepaluz
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Parsing a CSV file is a task that we are confronted with regularly, and although there are a vast …
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Writing a Basic Analog Clock UserControl in Visual Basic.Net (Part 1)

byMike Tomlinson
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Creating an analog clock UserControl seems fairly straight forward.  It is, after all, essentially …
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VB.Net To Excel Usual Stuff

byAvinash Desai
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It’s quite interesting for me as I worked with Excel using vb.net for some time.
Here are some …

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