Now that we have seen how to develop an application with Visual Basic .NET, what about your existing applications? Do you leave them as is, or should you upgrade them? There are different factors to ...

64-bit-capable machines are everywhere. It's time you start thinking about 64-bit support as you develop your Visual Basic applications. There was a time when 64-bit computing was an exotic idea, but ...

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 ...

Tathagata serves as a tech journalist at XDA, where he delves into the intricacies of hardcore computer hardware. Leveraging his past experience in hardware inventory management, he offers a distinct ...

Rocket Software is introducing the Rocket MV BASIC for Visual Studio Code 1.6.0 extension, now available on the Visual Studio Code Marketplace. Rocket MV BASIC for VS Code (MVVS) allows BASIC ...

Low-code development tools like Microsoft’s Power Platform are more than a way for users to build the apps they need when they need them. They’re a way to rapidly building code that’s needed urgently.

This chapter is dedicated to all of you who are committed and dedicated to good old General Working (GW) Basic. Like me, you don t want to change to this complex Windows Visual Basic (VB) [*]. I have ...

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Microsoft wants Windows developers to write Windows 8-specific, Metro-style, touch-friendly applications, and to make sure that they crank these apps out, the company has decided that Visual Studio 11 ...

But why? The VBA editor is to edit embedded scripts, not standalone ones. All the editor lets you do is edit htm and txt files.