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Nothing you can do will prevent your video tapes from wearing out. Most VHS tapes wear out somewhere after only 10-15 years even if you don’t watch them. Converting VHS movies to DVD helps add more life to the original tape, while also preserving your investment. Learn how to create DVD menus, add […]
Give new life to some of your favorite recordings by converting them to digital formats with your computer. Whether your collection consists of classical masters, aging rockers, or books-on-tape, our guide will add new life to forgotten recorded gems. Converting Vinyl LPs to CDs illustrates the process of converting cassettes and records using Cakewalk […]
This eBook covers the design and construction of
an Internet Time Component - a class that can determine the current
time with sub-second accuracy. Sample code is provided in both Visual Basic .NET and C#. [ Available in PDF Format for $10 / Download ]
This is a new e-book edition of the bestselling book on component development with VB6.
Refer to the editorial and peer reviews of the print edition (ISBN 1562765760) for more details.
In addition to the complete text of the most recent VB6 print edition, this edition includes additional
new commentary addressing changes since the original publication, and […]
The Exploring VB6 series is a “best of” collction of Dan Appleman’s previously published work
for Visual Basic 6 developers. This second volume is intended for intermediate and advanced developers, and focuses
on system and utility operations. Each article has been brought up to date and includes a new section on
migrating to Visual Basic .NET. [ […]
The Exploring VB6 series is a “best of” collction of Dan Appleman’s previously published work
for Visual Basic 6 developers. This second volume is intended for intermediate and advanced developers, and focuses
on file and directory operations. Also covers advanced API programming techniques and how to migrate them to VB .NET. [ Available in PDF Format […]
The Exploring VB6 series is a “best of” collction of Dan Appleman’s previously published work
for Visual Basic 6 developers. This first volume is intended for intermediate level developers, and focuses
on fundemental issues that every VB6 programmer should know. Most articles have been updated to cover migration to
Visual Basic .NET. [ Available in PDF Format […]
Volume 1 of Hijacking .NET introduced today’s equivalent of
using undocumented Windows API functions. Except that not only are the
functions under discussion undocumented, they are actually private - functions
internal to the .NET framework that were never intended to be used from
outside.
But the same techniques used to hijack hidden features of the .NET framework
can be used […]
Hijacking .NET is today’s equivalent of using undocumented
Windows API functions. Except that not only are the functions under discussion
undocumented, they are actually private - functions internal to the .NET
framework that were never intended to be used from outside. [ Available in PDF Format for $10 / Download ]
This eBook is a collection of 5 shorter articles on a variety of .NET topics. Though most were
previously published, all have been updated and in many cases expanded for this collection.
This articles in this volume are intended primarily for VB .NET developers,
and contain mostly VB .NET specific information, thus C# ports of the
sample code […]
This eBook is a collection of 7 shorter articles on a variety of .NET topics. Though most were
previously published, all have been updated and in many cases expanded for this collection.
Except for VB.NET specific topics, articles include both VB.NET and C# sample code. [ Available in PDF Format for $7.50 / Download ]
In the ideal world, every application and component would be
a black box that would work perfectly the first time, and that would fulfill
its purpose without any need for human intervention or review. In practice, this ideal is rarely achieved.
Real world applications need to be instrumented - meaning that there need to be ways for […]
Did you know you actually ship your source code every time you
distribute a .NET assembly?
One of the consequences of the architecture of .NET is that a great deal of information
about an assembly is kept with the assembly in a part of the file called the Manifest.
This information makes it remarkably easy to not just […]
With the release of Visual Studio .NET, a great deal of attention has been placed on the Visual
Studio .NET languages, Visual Basic .NET, C# and Managed C++ (not to mention the
dozens of others under development by various companies). It might surprise you
to know that yet another language is built into Visual Studio - one […]
In the Visual Studio 2005 “Whidbey” edition eBook by best-selling author Dan Appleman,
you find an in-depth comparison of the two languages. In a feature-by-feature, head-to-head contest, Dan pulls no punches
in calling the winner in each case. A technical comparison is only the beginning. With a keen eye
for the business issues involved in language choice, […]
In the Visual Studio 2003 edition eBook by best-selling author Dan Appleman,
you will find an in-depth comparison of the two languages.
In a feature-by-feature, head-to-head contest, Dan pulls no punches
in calling the winner in each case. [ Available in PDF Format for $10 / Download ]
NT Security is a subject that is intimidating, to say the least.
But if you dig past the confusing acronyms, you’ll find that it’s actually
very easy to understand. This article, based on the author’s well received
talks at VSLive, will help you get started on the right foot with NT security,
and give you the foundation of […]