The times, they are a-changin'
Wednesday July 30, 2003
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
For the times they are a-changin'.
... Bob Dylan - 1964
Recent news articles have featured something that ... Read More
Measuring HashTable Performance
Tuesday July 22, 2003
The Measurements
Yesterday's Blog announced part two of a series about the VB .NET Hashtable object. In yesterday's Blog, I complained that some unexected time was taken trying to make sure ... Read More
The VB .NET Hashtable object
Monday July 21, 2003
Last week, part one of a two part article about both VB 6 (arrays, the Collection object, and the VBScript Dictionary Object) was posted and a promise was made to ... Read More
A Natural Recursive Loop Problem !
Friday July 18, 2003
The Forum today features a great question (and answer! --complete with a downloadable Access database incorporating a VBA solution) that is one of the few natural examples that (it seems ... Read More
Download the ProcFind Utility
Wednesday July 16, 2003
One of the really great things that you can find at the better web sites is dedicated readers who are also talented coders. Since About Visual Basic is clearly a ... Read More
Will Companies Be Forced To Upgrade to .NET?
Saturday July 12, 2003
"Phil" asked this question in the About Visual Basic Forum. (To follow this thread in the Forum, click here.)
What happens to a company that has invested years and tons of ... Read More
Synergy and Web Technical Tutorials
Friday July 11, 2003
First ... The first part of a two part mini-tutorial about the VB 6 Collection object, the VB Script Dictionary object, and the VB .NET the Hashtable object has just ... Read More
The MSOOP Language
Tuesday July 8, 2003
Frequent About Visual Basic Forum contributer, Dale E Lehman, responded to a recent thread by mentioning that he had been "thrown for a lOOP" the first time he tried to ... Read More
Manifestly Xtra Pretty Forms
Monday July 7, 2003
A new article has just been added to the site that explains how to pretty up your VB forms and components with XP styling. The main 'secret' is the use ... Read More
New Stuff in VB .NET (an almost endless series ....)
Thursday July 3, 2003
Here's a fun one. The new Windows Forms gives you a new ErrorProvider component. This is mainly used to pop up an icon to tell the user that something is ... Read More
Learn VB 6 or VB .NET ?
Wednesday July 2, 2003
CDHM, a new visitor to About Visual Basic asked this question:
To someone just starting in programming, would it make sense to start by learning VB 6, or should I go ... Read More
What Happened To "In The Spotlight"?
Tuesday July 1, 2003
Regular readers of this page might notice something new today. Instead of the menu of articles, the page is filled with ... hmmmm .... looks like .... a BLOG!
Yep! That's ... Read More