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In announcing Windows Template Studio 1.3, Microsoft yesterday hinted that work has begun to support Visual Basic programming in the wizard-driven dev tool for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps.

Open a Notepad and copy-paste the following: Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") MsgBox ConvertToKey(WshShell.RegRead("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId")) ...

Windows Forms Designer Preview 1 (source: Microsoft). And, even though Loeffelmann deemed VB ready to go in .NET 5 and VS 2019 v16.8, he seemed to indicate that the delays caused by the aforementioned ...

Microsoft has announced the release of its .NET Framework 4.8.1 (KB5011048) for members of the Windows Insider Program in the Release Preview Program. The update specifically covers Windows 11, ...

I've built a Windows Service application. Now, I'd like to build a GUI application to monitor and control that service. But I can't find a good way to get information from the service to this GUI ...

I havent used VB6 in forever but I recall there should be a project properties dialog where you can change the name of the project.

Comparing strings with and without case sensitivity in VB.NET Your email has been sent Irina Medvinskaya offers an example that shows how VB.NET's String.Compare method can come in handy when you need ...