Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Jason Mauss — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 08:04:00 GMT

There seems to be a lot of requests for a "Hello World" example. I've seen it all over the place.<g>

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Jerry Pisk — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 08:32:00 GMT

Personally I'd like to see the advanced code, anybody with a little time can write a "Hello World" app in a language and environment they've never seen. Just RTFM.

But if you're going to post simple samples at least do it right, do include input validations, write secure code, handle error conditions, do not take any shortcuts.

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Jerry — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 13:33:00 GMT

Simple samples like hello world are ok - but the other simple stuff - with a little googling you can find nearly everything - what gives me a hard time is always WMI, APIs, System Management Stuff, Network Stuff, etc.

But actually I realy want to see fancy samples - like how to use BlueTooth APIs on XP SP1

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Roger Bonine — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:47:00 GMT

I agree, I'd like to see the more difficult samples as well, including WMI and system management. To name one example, I've been searching for VB.NET sample code that initiates a Remote Assistance session for some time now. The only examples that I can find on MSDN are in C and VBscript.

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

DarthPedro — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 17:47:00 GMT

There always seems to be lots of questions on customizing WinForms controls, hosting the WebBrowser control in your app, and getting a WinForms control onto a web page.

Also, a lightweight control that displayed simple HTML formatting. Rather than having to load the WebBrowser control when someone wants to display simple HTML with text, <b>, <i>, lists, links, etc.

Math functions in VB

JJ — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 18:44:00 GMT

What is the best way to do math (such as integration, data regression...) in VB without writing to much code?

Could I get code for frequently use math functions some where?

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Shannon J Hager — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 00:44:00 GMT

I'd like to see real examples. For instance, everyone is linking to the MSDN DateTime best practices article. The article lists the #1 best practice and then, in the very first sentence under that heading, instead of showing how to use that practice, tells of the way that many people work around it. The actual best practice is never demonstrated in the article, only secondary, lesser methods.

Take Outs for 4 March 2004

Enjoy Every Sandwich — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 05:36:00 GMT

You've been Taken Out. Thanks for the post.

Changing BackColor of SSTab

Bibhu Mohapatra — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 07:36:00 GMT

I was wondering how to change the backcolor of sstab.
do reply me soon kindly..

Thanks..
Bibhu

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Bibhu Mohapatra — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 07:37:00 GMT

I was wondering how to change the backcolor of sstab.
do reply me soon kindly..

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Amberite — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 08:21:00 GMT

Please, please please no more beginner's code! I don't think that many beginners in the first place would really be looking at this site in the first place, and anyways the simple stuff can be found all over the internet.

However, I wouldn't say to go into the obscure, really complex stuff either (that MSDN sometimes publishes).

Pick a happy medium -- popular topics that are of interest to intermediate/advanced programmers.

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Chas Dorsey — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 14:45:00 GMT

I would prefer to see simple examples of code with comments where one should include validation code. Since I've been a programmer for 20 years, but just learning VB, I want to quickly see the basic syntax. I can figure out the supporting code.

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Chris K — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 19:19:00 GMT

I am trying to figure out how to create a control that allows me take a record from a web data grid object and and drag and drop it on another object to write to one of the fields. Is there an existing drag and drop control that I can use on a web form or do I have to create my own control?

For example a financial transaction

date Description category amount
3/5/04 Albertsons <not defined> 115.67

on to

a category sum total object(Groceries) = text.box =

End result

dataset record =
date Description category amount
3/5/04 Albertsons Groceries 115.67

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Javad — Sat, 06 Mar 2004 07:01:00 GMT

How can I define a global variable that I can
refer to from every form in the project ?

Database Based Programmes

Michael Jordon — Sat, 06 Mar 2004 07:26:00 GMT

I think since most of the business applications use Database, I would prfere that some really cool and real work examples are posted to the code centre. Validation, Master Detail, Grid, Editing in Grid, Reports both in text format, export to other formats.

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Joku — Sat, 06 Mar 2004 14:32:00 GMT

It's sometimes annoying how most of the code around the net happily skips all the error handling and validation etc. In a book it's understandable, but as a beginner-intermediate when i see how everyone else skips that important code, it's easy to get the feel that you can get without it, atleast for a while.

Also some discussion as to why something was done like it was would be nice, perhaps explaining why this is 'the best practice'.

I'd prefer the examples use async IO where applicable. There's certain cases in .NET when beginner wants to do IO he will find himself having big problems when using synchronous IO, i've had this several times. Then i learned after ton of research into the matter that async is the only way to get something serious done.

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

hooman hakami — Sun, 07 Mar 2004 01:14:00 GMT

hello... please help me !!!
please...
I Want send a data to Com port in Visual Basic..
Please give me Commands in Visual Basic relation Com port with a example ...
Thank you .

I am waiting ...

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Remote Mike — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 10:59:00 GMT

I am a vb6 developer and want to explore vb.net and asp.net now.
What about a reusable database-application skeleton for vb.net and asp.net? I mean, if you break it down to the essentials, what do I need to get started ?
-An Access Table with 5 fields (1 String, 1 Date, 1 integer, 1 currency, 1 boolean)
-A List Records/Filter dialog
-A Find Record dialog
-An edit/update/delete/cancel dialog with reuseable validation code for each type of the fields
-A reuseable Errorhandler
-One Report with the five fields

That's all, I guess, and it will help a lot.

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Steve WI — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:55:00 GMT

I too am a VB6/ASP developer that is in need of some sample code for .NET. I have wrote several sites with shopping carts. What is different in doing this in .NET? I used classes and ASP. Is this still the preferred way in .NET. I am trying to put together a horse training site for a friend and would like to do it with the latest and greatest like XML to SQL Server 2000 and .NET. Any ideas or existing code that I can look at?

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Kingsley Tagbo — Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:21:00 GMT

I am Vb.NET and C# developer and i would like to see more code on web mining, building multi-threaded web applications and data mining html documents

re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

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re: Frequently Asked Questions, or Frequently Requested Code (FRC?)

Matt — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 13:09:00 GMT

I want to see more *GOOD* code.

The VB samples that MSDN publishes are just awful. I mean really, really awful. Awful variable names. Awful error checking. Awful assumptions.

Anyone using MSDN code samples as a learning tool is teaching him/herself to be an awful programmer.

I'd like to see some of the sample code 'fleshed out' into more real-world examples, with error checking, good variable names, option explicit and option strict turned on, etc. Let's see sample code that could pass a code review!

Specific ideas:

I second DarthPedro's request for a lightweight HTML control. I need one real soon in my project!

An overview of namespaces and assemblies and real world sample implementations, to help the VB6 to VB.NET transition.

Security. How to implement security in VB.NET *properly*. Tools that the compiler and the CLR give us to implement security in our apps.

Scripting. Samples on how to integrate scripting into our apps. (Hosting a script engine opens worlds of possibilities, but the iVSASite interface is poorly documented, and the sample VB implementation mentioned in "Script Happens.NET" doesn't exist.)

Multithreading. How to do it right.

how will u oopen a simple excel file using visual basic

murugu — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 03:50:00 GMT

how will u open a simple excel file using visual basic