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Multi-Threaded Applications in Visual Basic

Introduction: This tutorial is on how to create a multi-threaded application in Visual Basic. Design: There really is no design needed for this application, although if you wanted to, you can add a button. What Is a Thread? A thread is the part of your .NET program which runs everything else, your UI, your functions and your classes. Without a thread, your program would not be able to run. Why Multiple Threads? Once a thread has a lot of processing to do, problems begin to arrise.

Spell Check Tool in Visual Basic

Introduction: This tutorial is on how to create a spell check tool in Visual Basic. Dictionary: First we need to get a dictionary of some sort, I am just going to create a simple text dictionary by opening a new Notepad document and typing: they're their there Note; we put one word per line so we can easily distinguish which words are which later on within our program.

Motivational Quote Selector in Visual Basic

Introduction: This tutorial is on how to create a motivational quote selector to show you one random quote every day that will get you thinking. The Website: First we need a source of the random quotes, I've found this website which has an entire list of good, motivational quotes with the author listed as well... http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinkruse/2013/05/28/inspirational-quotes/ Design: Next we need the design for our program... well, actually there is no design.

Internet Explorer Cleaning Tool in Visual Basic

Introduction: This tutorial is on how to create a temporary file cleaner for Internet Explorer in Visual Basic. Information: The path Internet Explorer currently uses for storing the temporary files and folders is; C:\Users\{User name}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE Design: This form simply uses one button to delete the contents; we can keep its name the default 'button1' since it is the only component on the form.

File Manager in Visual Basic

Introduction: This tutorial is on how to create a file manager in Visual Basic. Design: This program requires the following: {component} {name} {text} {use} Button button1 Open To open the directory or file selected. Button button2 Root To reset to the C:\ (drive). Button button3 Delete To delete the selected directory or file. Listbox listbox1 - To list the directories and files held within the current directory the user is browsing. Variables: We need to keep track of the current path of the listbox so we n

Creating a Management Solution in Visual Basic #4 Filtering Records #3 Modify GUI For Previous Record Altering

Introduction: This tutorial is going to be on how to create a record management solution in Visual Basic. This Tutorial: Since this is a multi-part tutorial series, this tutorial is going to be on creating the third and final part of the filter records GUI, the modify GUI. Design: First add a new Windows Form to your project by going to Project > Add New Windows Form > Windows Form > Filter Modify GUI > OK. Then give it the following design, it's very similar to the add record GUI... Textbox, textbox1, information will be entere

Creating a Management Solution in Visual Basic #3 Filtering Records #1 Design and Filtering Function

Introduction: This tutorial is going to be on how to create a record management solution in Visual Basic. This Tutorial: Since this is a multi-part tutorial series, this tutorial is going to be on creating the first part of the filter records GUI. What Will Filtering Do? The filtering within the program will allow the user to filter through the entire file of results and perform additional changes to any single record or a group of records based off the filtering criteria. The filtering GUI will allow the user to search by a single piece of

Creating a Management Solution in Visual Basic #2 Add Record

Introduction: This tutorial is going to be on how to create a record management solution in Visual Basic. This Tutorial: Since this is a multi-part tutorial series, this tutorial is going to be on creating the add record function to append a new record to the management file. Add Record Form: As mentioned in the previous tutorial, the first part, we created the main form design, made the writeToFile function, and I mentioned that this addRecordButton component would link to a new form where the user is able to add, remove and modify as many

How to Create a 'What Should I Do?' Program in Visual Basic

Introduction: Welcome to my tutorial on how to create a 'What Should I Do?' program to make decisions for you in Visual Basic. Steps of Creation: Step 1: First we want to create a form with; textbox1 - contain new options to add, button1 - add new option contained in textbox1, button2 - choose which option to do! Lets also create a list of string which will contain our options. We also need a