Tutorials

Motivational Quote Selector in Visual Basic

Submitted by Yorkiebar on
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

Submitted by Yorkiebar on
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

Submitted by Yorkiebar on
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

Draw a Text in a Windows Form in VB.NET

Submitted by donbermoy on
In this article, we will create a program that can draw a text in a windows form when we click a button. We will use the Graphics and StringFormat class for this. Now, let's start this tutorial! 1. Let's start with creating a Windows Form Application for this tutorial by following the following steps in Microsoft Visual Studio: Go to File, click New Project, and choose Windows Application. 2.

Get and Display all Computer Ports in VB.NET

Submitted by donbermoy on
In this tutorial, we will going to create a program that will get and display all the computer ports in vb.net. COM Ports are serial communications port on a PC. Now, let's start this tutorial! 1. Let's start with creating a Windows Form Application for this tutorial by following the following steps in Microsoft Visual Studio: Go to File, click New Project, and choose Windows Application. 2. Next, add only one Button named Button1 and labeled it as "Get Computer Ports".

Search Item in a ListBox in VB.NET

Submitted by donbermoy on
This tutorial provides to create a program that can search an item inside a ListBox in vb.net. Now, let's start this tutorial! 1. Let's start with creating a Windows Form Application for this tutorial by following the following steps in Microsoft Visual Studio: Go to File, click New Project, and choose Windows Application. 2.

Switch Function in VB.NET

Submitted by donbermoy on
In this tutorial, we will create a program that can get the name of the country by inputting the capital city using the switch function. Now, let's start this tutorial! 1. Let's start with creating a Windows Form Application for this tutorial by following the following steps in Microsoft Visual Studio: Go to File, click New Project, and choose Windows Application. 2. Next, add only one Button named Button1 and labeled it as "Answer".

Convert Number to Hexadecimal in VB.NET

Submitted by donbermoy on
In this article, we will create a program that can convert a given number into hexadecimal equivalent. Hexadecimal describes a base-16 number system, that is 0 to 9 and A to F. Now, let's start this tutorial! 1. Let's start with creating a Windows Form Application for this tutorial by following the following steps in Microsoft Visual Studio: Go to File, click New Project, and choose Windows Application. 2. Next, add only one Button named Button1 and labeled it as "Convert".

Get Length of the File using LOF Function in VB.NET

Submitted by donzzsky on
In this tutorial, we will create a program that can get the exact length of any kinds of file using the LOF function and without importing the system.IO. Now, let's start this tutorial! 1. Let's start with creating a Windows Form Application for this tutorial by following the following steps in Microsoft Visual Studio: Go to File, click New Project, and choose Windows Application. 2.