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How to Find Web Design Inspiration Online

By Elizabeth A

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Gone are the days of cluttering your bookmarks with the plethora of web pages that strike your fancy or maybe you're one of the 'screengrabbers' that save web page frames to a desktop folder called 'Web Page Frames'. Whether you're looking for ... more »

How to Use a RequiredFieldValidator

By Socrates

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When you need to make sure a field is filled out by the people visiting your website, you don't need a lot of complicated code in a variety of scripting languages. VB ASP.NET is up to the task!.. more »

How to Compare the Value of Two Fields

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Comparing the value of two fields in ASP VB has never been easier. With a few short clicks and drags and a few additions, your ASP server will do all the work for you... more »

How to Create a Directory List Box in Visual Basic

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Visual Basic forms often make users choose a file from their computers' hard drive. The directory list box control, along with the drive list and file list controls, make that process relatively easy. The directory list box's function is to allow ... more »

How to Create a Text Box in Visual Basic

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Visual Basic makes it easy to create an interface that elicits information from the user, and the text box is the most obvious and straightforward way to do so. Text boxes can accept text, date or numeric data from the user, and the information ... more »

How to Use Session States Instead of Cookies

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Cookies are old-school. Session states are the new thing. Find out how to use them and join the revolution... more »

How to Add Date & Time to ASP pages

By webzarus

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many web sites want to display the visitors current date and time. JavaScript has been the answer for many designers, but more and more people are becoming security conscious with their browsers and turning off JavaScript... more »

How to Create a Check Box in Visual Basic

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Visual Basic allows you to create an interface that gathers information from the user, and for situations where you want to give the user only two options, the check box is the best way. Check boxes are familiar and their usage intuitively ... more »

How to Create a Combo Box in Visual Basic

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Many programmers use Visual Basic when they want to create an interface that requires information from the user, and in situations where you want to give the user a list of options but still afford the possibility of an unforeseen choice, the ... more »

How to Create a Drive List Box in Visual Basic

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Visual Basic forms often require that the user select a file from the computer's hard drive. The drive list box control, along with the directory list and file list controls make that easy. The drive list box's function is to allow the user to ... more »

How to Create a List Box in Visual Basic

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When you want to request information from the user, you can create an interactive interface using Visual Basic. Creating a list box is useful in situations where you want to give the user a list that does not leave room for an unforeseen choice. ... more »

How to Create an Image Box in Visual Basic

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Visual Basic forms, in addition to holding and eliciting textual data from the user, can also display graphic images. Image boxes can display a variety of image file types, including gif, jpg, ico, bmp and wmf. An image box can also be linked to ... more »

How to Determine Acceptable Use of Open Source Code

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The terminology of the software development world can be hard to understand sometimes. Put simply, "Open Source" means free for use, distribution and modification, but it still can be difficult to determine the acceptable use of open ... more »

How to Create a File List Box in Visual Basic

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An interface you create using Visual Basic can require or allow the user to select a file from the computer's hard drive. The tools to use for such a situation include the file list box control, along with the drive list and directory list ... more »

How to Create a Picture Box in Visual Basic

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Visual Basic forms, in addition to holding and eliciting textual data from the user, can also display graphic images. Picture boxes can display a variety of image file types, including gif, jpg, ico, bmp and wmf. A picture box can also be linked ... more »

How to Create an Option Box in Visual Basic

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When they want to create an interface that extracts information from the user, Visual Basic is a common solution for programmers. Visual Basic makes it easy to a group of option boxes, the best way to handle a situation where you want to present ... more »

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