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The Advantages of Sequential Access Files
A computer stores information to its hard drive as an object called a file. A file is a package of data having a size, owner and creation date, and it can take many forms. The most common type is the...
View ArticleHow to Make a Roman Numerals Converter in VB Code
The Visual Basic language does not have an automatic Roman numerals converter, so you must manually set up a set of "switch" statements that determine the numeric value and change the numeric value to...
View ArticleHow to Make a Pop Up in Visual Basic
Pop-up windows may be controversial on the Web, but they can help your Visual Basic application interact with users and extract valuable real time feedback from them. Your Visual Basic applications,...
View ArticleHow to Convert Text in HTML to RichTextBox in Vb.NET
The VB.NET language includes a "WebRequest" and "WebResponse" class that retrieves the content from a Web page and assigns the content to a variable, which you then use to transfer the data to a...
View ArticleHow to Use WMI to Detect VMWare
Use the Windows WMI service, which runs on every Windows computer, to detect software -- including VMWare -- running on a computer. Administrators use this service to verify that software is installed...
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How to Convert an Image to Transparent in Visual Basic
Making all or part of an image transparent is a relatively simple task and can yield visually interesting effects. For example, you can place an image on a Web page and adjust its opacity. Developers...
View ArticleA Command List for QBasic
QBasic is a structured, third-generation programming language that supports a variety of commands, including variable commands, mathematical commands, input/output commands and if/then commands. These...
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Can I Make Android Apps With Visual Basic?
The increasing popularity of smartphones has created a large market for professional and hobbyist programmers to create small, smart and visually appealing apps. Hundreds of thousands of apps are...
View ArticleHow to Build a JSON Parser in VB.NET
JSON is a type of data transmission protocol that standardizes key-values and allows you to parse the data from any internal or external source. To create a JSON parser in VB.NET, you use JSON.NET...
View ArticleHow to Interact With SharePoint From VBA
The Visual Basic for Applications service lets you interface with SharePoint from Microsoft Office applications. SharePoint includes a database that you can use to retrieve data or import documents...
View ArticleHow to Use VBA and Regex
Use the VBScript regular expression class to enable your VBA programs to perform regular expression searches. Regular expressions are text patterns that can help you search for strings with a complex...
View ArticleVB6 Run Time Error 70: Permission Denied
A runtime error is an error that occurs in a program that is usually unforeseen by a programmer and often results in the program crashing. In Visual Basic 6, runtime error 70 indicates that the program...
View ArticleVBA Object Required
When you work in the VBA programming language -- Visual Basic for Applications -- you may encounter the error statement "Object Required." This means your command made a reference to a property or a...
View ArticleThe Use of VLOOKUP in VBA
Excel spreadsheets can contain tens of thousands of rows of data. Even with creative sorting, finding a single piece of data can be a daunting task. Fortunately, the two functions VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP...
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The VBS Script Kill Process
Running processes that are not being used can ultimately cause memory problems in a system. A common problem when working with external programs is not being able to kill a process completely. A...
View ArticleAccess to the Path Is Denied in Visual Studio 2010
Windows 7 and Vista both include security enhancements that limit access to disk files. Unless privileges are raised with administrator access, all files other than the data in the Users folders are...
View ArticleComparison of WinDev and VB.NET
VB.NET and WinDev are object-oriented computer programming environments developed by Microsoft and PC Soft, respectively. Both programming environments are optimized for use on computers running...
View ArticleHow to Redirect to a Different Server
When you move a website or a Web page to a different server, it's important to automatically redirect visitors to the new location so they don't receive a Page Not Found error. It also helps the page...
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How to Create Hyperlinks Based on Folder Names Using VBA
Web links often reflect the directory structure of the website. For example, "http://example.com/images" refers to a folder called "images" in the root folder of the "example.com" website. To...
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How to Add VBScript to Excel
Microsoft Office Excel includes many powerful features that you can use to automate difficult or repetitive tasks or add new functionalities to your workbooks. Excel integrates seamlessly with Visual...
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