A friend of mine is working on a game while he is twiddling his thumbs waiting for a new gig. He claims that it’s an opportunity (at some point) to “learn about and code up genetic algorithms”. I t...

Someone asked how to make sure their application has focus and how to protect against it losing focus while running. There are actually many applications that could require this sort of capability,...

Jason IM’d me with a question last night about how to split a string using a delimiter with multiple characters. Of course, my first answer was to use the VB Split method (he’s doing this from C#)....

Windows Forms (VB2005): DiamondDash - Boulderdash Clone The goal of the game is to collect a given number of diamonds and exit the level without getting hit by stones or ghosts. The status line t...

Several of us in the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex get together for various technology events (user groups, training events, conferences, etc.) and during these events, it’s difficult to socialize ...

Am I the only one that sees a problem with this picture? Leave a comment with you answer… UPDATE: Jeff and John (in the comments) commented with the correct answer… it’s the fact that the up...

After waiting for nearly two years for a new release of this product, I have to say I’m having some seriously mixed feelings. According to the Windows Application Compatibility page, it states: T...

After receiving input from several individuals, I’ve decided to publish the VB.NET Coding Guidelines. I’m not a big fan of coding “standards”, but do subscribe to the idea of trying to keep a littl...

Introduction First, read the .NET Framework Design Guidelines. These guidelines exist to extend upon those guidelines for the VB.NET developer. Almost all naming conventions, casing rules, etc., a...

I’ve finished working through the existing issues list for the C# version (available GotDotNet) for bugs and missing features. I’ve implemented the missing features in my VB.NET version (although, ...