VB.Net and Crystal Reports Pages
Articles related to Visual Basic .NET only, and articles about running Crystal Reports from VB.Net applications.
VB.Net Save or Print Panel Contents
Here's how I finally managed to output the contents of a panel in vb.net when it's scrolled out of sight.
Multiple-column sub-reports in Crystal Reports
How to add a sub-report to a Crystal Report with multiple columns spanning the page width-wise.
Change Crystal Report Sort Order Programatically
Here is how to change the sort order of the records in a crystal report programatically, using VB.Net.
Stretched MDI Background Image in VB.Net
How to paint a stretched background image across the back of an MDI form in VB.Net so that it stretches to cover the whole form.
Minimise To The System Tray in VB.Net
How to minimise a form to the system tray in VB.Net.
Share Files Between VB.Net Projects
How to share a file between multiple projects in VB.Net.
Split Seconds Into Hours, Minutes And Seconds in VB.Net
A useful object in the .Net framework does to work of splitting seconds into hours, minutes and seconds for us, so we can use our brains even less.
How To Create Rich Text To Fill A RichTextBox
Example of how to fill a rich text box on the fly, in VB.Net.
Icons In Menus Using OwnerDraw Methods In VB.Net
Example of how to add icons to menu items using the OwnerDraw method, in VB.Net.
IRMark With C14N and SHA-1 In VB.Net
How I managed to generate an IRMark hash from C14N canonicalisation and SHA-1 hashing in VB.Net.
Auto-Insert Error Handling Macro In VB.Net
How to automatically insert error handling or other text using macros bound to key combinations in VB.Net
Store Images In SQL Server Using VB.Net and OleDB
How to store and retrieve images/pictures from binary/image blob fields in SQL Server databases using OLEDB and VB.Net.
How To Re-Sort A DataTable in VB.Net
The .Net framework can do the sorting for us if we want to re-sort a DataTable by one of the DataColumns in it. Here's how to re-sort the data in a DataTable using the DefaultView object.
