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Learn what enabling the application framework in VB actually does and what an invariant culture is and how you take advantage of it. Q What happens when I check "Enable application framework" in my ...

In its day, circa 1991, Microsoft Visual Basic (aka VB) disrupted Windows development by making it possible for novices to drag and drop their way to runnable Windows applications built from forms and ...

What are we going to do with all this Visual Basic? If you’re a project manager with a portfolio of Visual Basic applications to maintain, that’s no idle question. Microsoft’s newest version of its ...

Since their introduction in 2002, Microsoft’s pair of .NET programming languages, C# and Visual Basic.NET, have been close siblings. Although they look very different—one uses C-style braces, brackets ...

Test applications often call for a clock signal. Rather than tie up a function generator, you can build a programmable clock generator with just two ICs. You can then control the clock generator with ...

Sure, you could build some kind of numerical counter to keep track of new YouTube subscribers. But does an increasing digit display truly convey the importance of such an event? Of course not. What ...

Nothing like having your app generate automated e-mail notices to impress people. It's easy when you use Outlook and Visual Basic. These steps guide you through the process. Given the popularity of ...

Despite renewed developer hue and cry to do something with "classic" Visual Basic sparked by the recent 25th birthday celebration for the programming language, Microsoft is showing no signs of caving ...

Q What happens when I check "Enable application framework" in my Visual Basic application? Why does my Sub Main disappear from the Startup Object dropdown, what happens with the different shutdown ...