I love the String object's Format method. It's an unusual application where I'm not using it to build messages. (Long ago and far away, I used to use it to assemble SQL statements.) Typical code looks ...

Visual Basic 6.0 gives you the convenient ability to programmatically check on the status of an application before you act on it. We’ll walk you through the simple API steps to add this functionality ...

Data variables in C# and Visual Basic normally define themselves by the amount and type of data they hold. The string type, with its ability to store 2 billion characters, is often seen gloating about ...

Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace. Years ago, when ...

Unicode lets you display extended characters in your Visual Basic 6 forms. This means that you can display characters, for instance Chinese or Russian letter, in a form that is used by an English user ...