‘ Serialize an object to file in binary format’ It can handle types that the SOAP serialization can’t’ Requires:’ Imports System.IO’ Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.BinaryPrivate Sub SaveBinaryData(ByVal path As String, ByVal o
Printing con be quite difficult in VB.NET (or any other .NET language), especially if you not only have to print plain text, but also tables, images, bulleted lists, text with
‘ Return the HTML code for the specified Color’ Example: MessageBox.Show(Color2Html(Color.Red)) ==> #ff0000Function Color2Html(ByVal clr As Color) As String Return “#” & clr.ToArgb().ToString(“x”).Substring(2)End Function
‘ Deserialize an object from a file in binary format’ It can handle types that the SOAP serialization can’t’ Requires:’ Imports System.IO’ Imports System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.BinaryPrivate Function LoadBinaryData(ByVal path As String) As
‘ Return the array of IP addresses for the local host’ Note: Requires Imports System.Net’ Example:’ Dim ipa As IPAddress’ For Each ipa In GetLocalHostIpAddresses()’ Debug.WriteLine(ipa.ToString())’ NextFunction GetLocalHostIpAddresses() As IPAddress()
In software design, you should plan ahead the interface of a class hierarchy to make sure that all related concrete classes share a common interface. This can be achieved by
If you install a COM+ application proxy on a client and open its Properties dialog, you’ll see that the field “Remote Server Name” is set to the server where you
‘ Return a collection of strings that identify the installed versions of the ‘ .NET Framework’ Note: this function require the EnumRegistryKeys and EnumRegistryValues ‘ functions’ Example:’ Dim version As
I happened to come across a serious problem when installing my own software with Visual Installer 1.1: the installation of my product on Windows 98 computers caused a system crash