Number Systems for Computer Programmers.As a computer programmer, you might have to work with different types of number systems. Starting from well known Decimal Number Systems to Binary and Hexadecimal are the most usable number systems in programming.In this tutorial Im going to explain what t...

Continuing in Beacon's steps, I'll continue with a basic introduction to ADO.NET. The very first thing you'll need is a database. A database sample has been provided in the attachment ( http://vbforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=56571&d=1178184352), which consists of a few s...

By the end of this tutorial you should be able to run PHP scripts through a Microsoft Internet Information Services web server.This tutorial uses IIS version 5.1, as shipped with Windows XP Professional. The IIS 6 administration console is different but the steps in this tutorial may be adaptabl...

I see a lot of beginners posting in these forums, or maybe even folks like me who are former programmers who are getting back into the swing of things after a long break and need some helpful reminders of the little, simple things. So I decided to create a short topic of helpful tips that you ca...

Most the tutorial has been written already, but I have not included it all, as I will be tidying bits of it up as I post them in the forum.There will be basically two sections two this:1.) Introducing assembly language on its own2.) Integrating it into your VB6 apps.Well here is the startIntrodu...

I've created two in a series of short videos on using the Visual Studio Class Designer. These are Videos, so you need a broadband connection:First Look at the Class Designer http://www.twominutetips.com/archives/05-24-06.htmlDiscover how to visually create the code for your classes in your V...

You may have already read the Goto My PC for FREE tutorial. In this tutorial I explained how you make a secure remote desktop connection to a PC using the free software SSH, VNC and Putty.In reponse to this I received a following question:I would like to access a PC that resides on an internal n...

Services like GotoMyPc (https://www.gotomypc.com/), allow you to access your computer securly from any location in the world via a web interface. But, at a price. In this case $17.95 per month. This in my opinion is a little bit costly as I have worked out how to do it for free. And guess what,...

Do you want to create or read an Excel file from your program? Perhaps you want to create a report with some data, a few formulas, and some graphs, or maybe get some particular data out of a spreadsheet?The good news is that Excel has been designed to let you do all of this and more; you can tr...

The proper way to use the Randomize StatementThe randomize statement is used to initialize the random number generator and should only be called once in your program before any use of the Rnd Function. The Rnd function is used to generate the next "random" number in a sequence of pseudo-random...

I'm sure that many of the experienced database developers in here already know about this technique, but for the rest of you I though it would be nice to have a tutorial on how you can query multi-level parent-child data, both one to many and many to many relationsships.Examples of a one to...

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- |Rot13/Rot-N Encryption Tutorial| - What is Rot13 encryption? Rot13 simple means rotating alphabet by 13 characters. It is a very primitive encryption method which can be easily decrypted on knowledge. But for a non-technical user it still remains an unsolved mystery. Rot13 encryption is...

I've seen a few people asking about how to create resource files for their games etc.Instead of answering all of them, I desided to make a tutorial on the subject.The first thing you need to know when creating a file format (a resource file in this case) is what to put in it, and where to p...

Loading objects at runtime is not used much in VB(5/6). In a lot of other programming languages it is the only way to do it. But in VB most users like just to drop the desired object on the form, and costumize them in the IDE.Some times it can be better to do this at run time. You can save some...

------------------------------ ARTICLE NAME : IMPLEMENTING YOUR ACTIVEX CONTROLS SAFE FOR SCRIPTING AND INITIALIZATION ARTICLE TYPE : Tutorial for ActiveX developed in Classic Visual Basic CREATION DATE : 12 May, 2005 AUTHOR : Neo <neo at triotex.com> REFERENCE : Microsoft KB...

This tutorial will show how to make an accurate game loopusing QueryPerformanceCounter API.The first thing we need to do is to declare the API functions:Private Declare Function QueryPerformanceCounter Lib "kernel32" (lpPerformanceCount As Currency) As LongPrivate Declare Function QueryPerforman...

Installing PHP, MySql and Apache on WindowsN.B: This tutorial contains images. Over a dial up connection, it will take approximately 90 seconds to download all supported images.It is often useful to have an installation of PHP on your local system for testing purposes. This tutorial will show yo...

Well, i had to search a long time to find all this code, and to make sure it all works. To begin, there are numerous ways to open a text file. I am going to show you the two that i think are the easiest, and best way to do it. CommonDialogFirst off we have something called commondialog. It le...

attention everyone: you should never ever be using "" to mean an empty string. use the constant vbNullString."" makes the computer generate a null stringvbNullString simply is a null stringbreak the "" habitbut, before you change all your If statements, consider this:If StrTemp = vbNullString...

Introduction:This tutorial will teach you how to draw anti-aliased (AA) pixels.For those who don't know what an anti-aliased pixel is, here's an explenation:When drawing pixels you are limited to the resolution of the monitor, but withAA-pixels you can simulate that you draw pixels inb...

Author:MadboyDescription:TutorialRequirments:Visual Basic 6 Below is a few simple methods of the basics to using Visual Basic 6. Please note that the information may be wrong, or different to your methods. But this tutorial shows the basics, and gives the user an understanding to using Visual Ba...

Many questions in VB are regarding random numbers. In this tutorial I will try and explain the basic ideas regarding random numbers so it'll be easier for you to create your applications.Intro - The Rnd FunctionThe first thing you need to know is the function that generates a random number....

This is a tutorial on how to make a BitBlt snake game. This is not the simplest way to do it. If you are completely new to game programming in VB. You should try to look at part 1 of my game programming tutorials. It is using pictureboxes, it is a little bit easier. If you have read that tutoria...

This is a tutorial on how to make a basic snake game. There is plenty of ways to complete such a task. I have chosen to start off with probably one of the simplest ways I can imagine, so if you are new to games programming in VB, this is a great tutorial for you. So I think we should just jump i...

This is a short tutorial that will teach how to implement a game loop that is the most used structure in games today. The code are only tested in VB6, but is probably running fine in VB5 and can probably be easy imported to VB.NET too. You should have some understanding about loops from before,...

This is a tutorial to show you two ways of moving objects on a form in VB. The code has only been tested in VB6, but I guess it can be used for VB5 and easily implemented in .Net too. You should have some knowledge of arrays, and some knowledge of simple VB programming from before. It is not rec...

Attached is an excellent CR 8.5 example which is fully documented and explains how to connect to a record source from VB6.0. This example helped me to understand the potential of CR 8.5 as well as how easy it is to program compared to the datareport which I was prevouisly using. I hope it helps!!

The following attached text document was written by a user who submitted this to www.developerfusion.com<br/>It exaplains how to write a Text to Speech program, with a link to a file needed.

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