Windows Programming

The right image improves the look and feel of any Windows based game. However, it is essential that any sprites remain in the correct games area, and don't wander off

Oct 18, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

VBScript is a powerful scripting language and supports object oriented languages. It is, therefore, an excellent learning tool for anyone new to OOP or games programming

Sep 27, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

VBScript Ubound d can be used to get the number of elements in a multidimensional array. However, the number of dimensions must be known. A simple function will help

Sep 22, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

Methods are a vital part of any class. They enable programmers to use the objects effectively, and for objects to communicate with each other.

Sep 20, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

A VBScript programmer can use multidimensional arrays in their applications. By using these they organize their data into lists, rectangles or even into a matrix

Sep 17, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

A VBScript programmer can quickly produce an application that will calculate the mortgage for any budget, interest rate and repayment period

Aug 18, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

The VBScript programmer can easily add a mortgage calculator to an application. This will calculate the monthly payments due on any compound interest loan

Aug 18, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

VBScript is a powerful computer programming language. A VBS script file can be used to create, copy and delete files. And by combining those command it can rename a file

Aug 15, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

Today VBScript programmers can become Perl programmers without learning any new code. Well, almost no new code. They will have to learn how to load a module.

Aug 5, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

With a Windows Scripting file a programmer no longer has to worry about learning new languages. For example, a VBScript developer can use PerlScript or JScript with ease

Jul 26, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

A property in a VBScript class is some much more than just a variable. A programmer can add code to the get and let statements that will control the object's operations

Jul 26, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

If a VBScript programmer adds variables to a class, they may need default values.One way to do this is to use subroutines that run when the class is initialized.

Jul 26, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

For the VBScript programmer object oriented programming is particularly easy. With just a few minutes programming they can develop classes that they can use and reuse

Jul 26, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

One of the key tasks that any CGI web page must do is to process the GET and POST variables sent from forms. This can be difficult, but not for the VBScript programmer.

Jul 24, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

VBScript does not have the associative array (or hash) data type. However, what it does have is the scripting dictionary. If anything, it's even better than a hash.

Jul 22, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

CGI (the Common Gateway Interface) is traditionally the domain of languages such as Perl. However, there is no need for the VBScript programmer to set aside their skills

Jul 21, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

VBScript is not normally considered as a cgi programming language. However, with just a little tweeking, it is as easy (if not easier) to use as Perl.

Jul 20, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

One real advantange to using the Microsoft .NET framework is that the same objects (such as a data reader) can be used in multiple applications using different languages.

May 15, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

C# and MySQL make a very powerful combination, and it's all made possible by using the MySQL .NET connector

May 5, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

A programmer can make Windows forms simpler to use for their users by adding tabs, and this can be easily achieved by using some C# code.

Apr 28, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

The Date Time Picker is an interactive calendar used in many Windows applications, and it canbe programmed by using C# code.

Apr 27, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

A Date Time Picker is a visual way of choosing a date in a Windows application. This interactive calendar can added to a form and customized with C#.

Apr 27, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

VBScript is very easy to distribute. However, to protect the code the programmer may wish to consider creating an installation package with IExpress

Jan 16, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

VBScript is Visual Basic's powerful scripting language and can be used, for example, to obtain the contents of a web page and then search it for any important information

Jan 13, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain

A web page can be downloaded very easily to a computer by using VBScript and some of the objects built into Microsoft Windows

Jan 12, 2009 - Mark Alexander Bain