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Ok, so i've been playing around with some of the more obscure functions in the win32 api, and i have to say that I am startingto lose heart with vb.net. Bearing in mind that both languages are supposed to be equivalent but the 'same' routine can produce such drasticaly different results when...

Ok, so here's the thing. There is always a lot of discussion about making calls GDI32.dll over using the framework wrappers for GDI+. So I just wanted to clear a few things up. Argument. Using GDI32.dll is slower becuase of the marshalling that takes place from managed to unmanaged code...

Ok, so here is a simple example on how to skin a windows form. It should behave exactly like a normal windows form. It's a class library project so compile it, add a reference to it in a winforms app and inherit the custom base form. As far as I can tell it works fine. But any problems and let...

Hi all, so my wife and I are going to start a family and that means that i need to take on some more work to boulster our income. So if anyone has any small projects they would like to out-source to me then drop me a PM. As i'm doing this in my spare time, (and giving up my hobby of fishing!!!)...

This has been bothering me for some time. Does anyone know how to get the GetColorRef Macro to work in VB.Net. Documentation is poor on this subject and i only have a C# example that i can't get to work in VB.Net. Forget the online converters, free or otherwise. As they don't seem to work. I'm...

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Here's one for someone way smarter than me. So i have a window and i am adjusting the region of it to make it the shape i desire. I am also using the CS_DROPSHADOW style in the overriden createparams property to display a dropshadow. This all works fine until i come to use the animatewindow api...

I know this is dead lazy and i should do my own testing but can anyone tell me which of the following loops would execute faster... Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To al.Count - 1 Console.WriteLine(CStr(al.Item(i))) Next Or.. Dim en As IEnumerator = al.GetEnumerator While en.MoveNext...

VS.Net 2005 Hotfix is available and apparently fixes some stability errors in the new IDE. For those of you who cant wait for the release of the service pack more in formation can be found here... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920805/en-us

For those of you out there you use arrays in vb.net, and are setting them to nothing after you are finished with them i would like to introduce you to a little known keyword in vb.net.. Erase When used with arrays this keyword will set all the elements in the array to nothing before you...

I have been having some problems with the VS.Net 2005 IDE. I am developing a custom designer for a control i have written however when i use the IDesignerHost's GetDesigner method the IDE crashes. Does anyone know if this is a known issue with 2005, as it works fine on 2003. Or have there been...

For those of you who are still using .Net 2003 the long awaited SP1 is available. It can be downloaded Here

This is just my take on the future for VB.Net. As we all know Vb.Net's greatest rival is C#, there is always much 'discussion' as to what language is better (faster, more professional etc..) and there are equally good arguments on both sides IMO. However since C# has is an ECMA standard...

Has anyone ever wondered why MS have made it so incredibly hard to customise a form. We are given a standard shape, and a few color schemes via theming. It is possible to alter windows forms but you have to resort to gdi+ and it can get a bit messy. Does anyone know why MS didn't provide us with...

I understand that at the moment if a thread has been answered the OP should change the title to resolved and change the icon to a thumbs up(there doesn't seem to a lot of this going on) I was wondering if it's on the list to have a button or something the OP could click that would do this...

Don't even know what this is. I'd be surprised if it's programming related though.... http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/showthread.php?t=12805

I got a happybirthday message from vb.net forums today in my e-mail. Nice touch guys!!:) :)

Just saw a post in the book club for a on-line dating service. Potential spammer i reckon. Thought i'd better report it. http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/showthread.php?t=12770

Just a quick tip for all those out there who weren't aware how slow the = operator is for comparing strings when timed against the .equals function. Are you ready for this........ The = operator is two orders of magnitude slower than the .equals function!! Believe it or not the =...

Ok i thought it might be nice to get some laid back opinions from the people on this forum about the garbage collector. Here is how i see it. It is there but not understood. It's frankly shrouded in cryptic articles from MS yet when we go to make classes we are supposed to be able to use related...