VB.NET

‘ Get the text in the clipboardFunction ClipboardGetText() As String Return CStr(Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetData(DataFormats.Text))End Function

Shared Function _ GetShortPathName(ByVal lpszLongPath As String, _ ByVal lpszShortPath As System.Text.StringBuilder, _ ByVal cchBuffer As Integer) As IntegerEnd Function’ Play an AVI file in a PictureBox synchronously.” fileName is

‘ Add a style to the selection of a RichTextBox,’ without deleting the current styles that may be already’ present in the selection or in portions of it” Example: AddFontStyle(richTextBox1,

You can use the usual UCase, LCase, and StrConv functions to convert a string to upper, lower, and titlecase (e.g. “This Is A Title”). However, VB.NET offers is much more

‘ Strip all control characters (ASCII code < 32)'' If the second argument is True or omitted,' CR-LF pairs are preservedFunction StripControlChars(source As String, Optional KeepCRLF As Boolean = _

‘ Returns True if an array contains duplicate values’ it works with arrays of any typeFunction HasDuplicateValues(arr As Variant) As Boolean Dim col As Collection, index As Long Set col

‘ Filter out duplicate values in an array and compact’ the array by moving items to “fill the gaps”.’ Returns the number of duplicate values” it works with arrays of