I've just written code bellow to adjust email display name from my contacts on Personal Folders > Contacts > Plaxo Option Explicit Private Sub cmdExecute_Click() Dim blnDirty As Boolean Dim objOutlookApplication As Outlook.Application Dim objOutlookMAPIFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder Dim objOutlookContactItem...

Visual Basic 6 has the Hex function, but no Bin or Oct, so I wrote the silly functions bellow, just to have a bit of fun. Option Explicit Public Function Bin(ByVal lngNumber As Long) As String Do While lngNumber > 0 Bin = (lngNumber Mod 2) & Bin lngNumber = lngNumber \ 2 Loop If (Len(Bin) Mod...

This new article from Ken Getz provides an overview of many of the new features in Visual Basic 2005, including "My", "Edit and Continue", "AutoCorrect", "Just My Code" and more... Check it out here [Via Duncan Mackenzie, Microsoft Developer Network Visual Basic...

A few weeks ago, I asked for recommendations for non-Microsoft VB bloggers. Without further ado, here are the lists... “Community Seal of Approval” Blogs (blogs that got at least one recommendation) Anand M Greg Robinson Richard Tallent Bob Carver, Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell Cory Smith...

A while ago Eric asked “ Who are the best C# bloggers external to MS? ” which sparked a similar question in my own mind: Who are the best VB bloggers external to MS? I have my own opinions, but I'm interested to see who people find helpful and/or interesting. Just add your comments and...

I have created this Visual Basic Addin some time ago to solve a recurring problem I used to have: Deal with big projects with unindented code anywhere. I am not sure it covers 100% VB 6 syntax because I did not find any "VB 6 reserved keywords" list on Internet that time. So try it and extend...

We are happy to announce Visual WebGui new ASP.NET wizard wrapper incorporated into 6.2.1 stabilization version. The new wrapper enables easy and straightforward wrapping of ASP.NET controls such as those of Infragistics, Devexpress, Telerik and others. It lets you developer an opportunity to enrich...

Interested in VB at the Movies , but wanted to pull the video files local? Now you can... Click here to go to the download page . [Via Duncan Mackenzie... ]

I have just read New Features in VB.NET Part 2 -- Generics , from O'Reilly Network Newsletter Although I am Visual Basic 6 programmer, I feel C# sintax more understandable...

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