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This is a list of all the Visual Basic tutorials on this site. It might be more helpful for you to see the Tutorials By Subject the instead.

  • Level3

    Kreiranje naprednog PDF dokumenta u VB

    Ovaj VB tutorial gradi poslednji i pokazuje kako možete da kreirate naprednije PDF fajlove. Ona vas uči kako da napravite višeslojni dokument, sa postavkom zaglavlja, podnožja stranice, brojeve stranica, oblika i slika.

  • Level2

    Pravljenje PDF fajlova u Visual Basic-u

    PDF je skraćenica za prenosivi format dokumenta (portable document format). To je tip formata koji svaki operativni sistem na skoro svim kompjuterima može da čita. To je postao standard za prebacivanje i otvaranje fajlova na lak način. Problem je što Visual Basic nema ugrađene VB6 PDF funkcije. Ovo je razlog zbog koga je ranije bilo veoma teško napraviti PDF fajlove sa VB-a. Nadamo se da će vam kada završite sa čitanjem ovog Visual Basic vodiča pravljenje PDF fajlova biti lako razumljivo i da ćete moći da ga isprobate.

  • Level1

    Kako da dodate menije u runtime-u

    U Visual Basic-u, dodavanje menija u runtime-u se radi na potpuno isti način kao i dodavanje bilo koje druge kontrole u runtime-u. Prvo morate da kreirate niz kontrola u vremenu dizajniranja, a onda tokom runtime-a samo učitate nove kontrole u niz. U ovom tutorijalu ću Vam pokazati sve korake ovog postupka. prvo ću Vam pokazati kako da podesite niz kontrolnog menija tokom vremenu dizajniranja. Onda ću Vam pokazati kako da dodate još menija vašem nizu tokom runtime-a. Кonačno, na kraju, ja ću vam pokazati kako da rukujete klik događajima svih menija koje dodajete tokom runtime-a.

  • Level2

    Visual Basic Power Pack
    Just like classic VB included more and more great controls as years went by, Microsoft has also released more and more helpful components for VB.NET developers. One of the biggest examples of this is the Visual Basic Power Pack (that was released in 2005). This powerpack provide things like Shapes, DataReader, PrintForm, and many others. Check out how to make use of it in your next .NET app.
  • Level1

    VB.NET Input Box
    Sometimes you want to simply get the user's attention and let them know some information. This is easy with the MessageBox. However, what if you not only want to get their attention but you also want them to input some information? In classic VB we would use the InputBox, but where is that in VB.NET. Have no fear this article will show you exactly how to get that same functionality.
  • Level1

    Writing To Text Files
    Once you start developing even the most basic of desktop applications you will hit a point where you need to save data out to a file. The simplest way to do this is to simply save it out into a text file (if you want to get more advanced you can encrypt it). This tutorial gives you the understanding you need to save data out into a simple text format.
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    Reading Text Files
    So you have a file full of text how can you parse and read it. This File Reading VB.NET tutorial explains exactly how. It goes over examples of fixed width files, tab and comma delimited files, and even how to use the .NET TextFieldParser class. After going through these examples you will be handling text files with the best of them.
  • Level2

    Simple Windows API Example
    The Windows API allows any program to have full access to all the inner workings of Windows. This is means as a developer we should be learning what all the Win32 API offers so that we aren't limited by the language or libraries we are using. This tutorial walks through a simple example of how to interact with Microsoft's Windows API.
  • Level1

    Simple and advanced Conditional Experssions
    Comparisons in programming allow us to do the most simple and powerful thing - make a choice. By using comparisons we can do things like branch in different directions if something is true, or loop over a bunch of things until a comparison is false, etc. This tutorial explains all the operations VB.NET supports when doing comparisons. This will provide a solid foundation for some of the more advanced features of Visual Basic .NET.
  • Level1

    VB.NET Strings
    VB.NET has amazing support for handling strings. This includes both the native .NET methods as well as the ones in Microsoft provided Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace (which makes migrating from VB6 over to VB.NET much easier). This tutorial goes through most of the string handling functions in in both these areas and compares them to each other.
  • Level2

    From VB6 to VB.NET with the Microsoft.VisualBasic Namespace
    For everyone coming from a VB6 background Microsoft has provided many great ways to migrate over to VB.NET. One stepping stone in this process is the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace that they provided. This namespace allows VB6 programmers to start developing VB.NET apps quickly and comfortably. This tutorial gives a quick introduction to this namespace and how you can use it to start developing in VB.NET and then move onto the more “pure” .NET functions.
  • Level1

    Button, Label, Textbox, Common Controls
    As you put together great applications you will find there are certain controls that you will use over and over again. It is important to get a good foundation in how you can use these controls, what functionality they offer, and what their limitations are. This tutorial provides just that foundation.
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    Browse, Open, and Save Dialogs
    Windows has some great built in dialogs for both opening and saving files. As a developer it is easy for us to hook into this built in functionality and provide our users with fully functional open and save dialogs that they expect and are used to through other applications.
  • Level2

    SQL Databases Create, Update, and Query
    If you are worried about making the transition to VB.NET because you are unsure of its database capabilities, have no fear! Handling database front ends has always been Visual Basics bread and butter and .NET carries this to a whole new level. This tutorial will get you off and running in this brave new world of VB DB Dev.
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    Automatic Properties and List Initializers
    Automatic properties and list initializers are not only new if you are coming from the classic VB world, but even if you have done some .NET development these helpful little bits of syntactic sugar didn't show up until VB 2010.
  • Level2

    Calling Windows APIs
    Even though .NET gives us way more power than compared to the old VB6 days. At times we need to fall back to the advanced capabilities that only the Win32 API can offer. This tutorial walks through how you can declare Windows APIs and use them in your VB.NET app. It focuses primarily on some DiskSpace and File APIs but the concepts presented here can easily be built upon for any of your Windows API needs.
  • Level1

    VB.NET Console App That Reads an XML DataSet
    XML is the standard. Virtually any "real" application is able to save its data in XML and with VB.NET we have the same capabilities. This tutorial uses a simple console app so you aren't distracted by any "fluff" and can focus completely on the Visual Basic XML capabilities.
  • Level1

    DateTime Functions
    Visual Basic .NET gives us a DateTime structure for working with Dates and Times. Built into this structure are a bunch of static and non-static methods that allow us to handle some of the more complex thing (like displaying the data in different formats based on cultural settings).
  • Level1

    Intro to VB.NET's DateTime
    What day is it? What time is it? VB.NET provides great support for both dates and DateTimes. With the DateTime structure you can format dates and times to be displayed in different ways and you can add time to an existing date or time. See how long apart two dates are. And many more things (all in an object oriented way).
  • Level1

    VB.NET Arrays

    When developing great applications you almost always need to keep track of lists of data. The VB.NET structure to handle this is the array. In this tutorial we look at arrays - how to create them, modify them, iterate over them, etc.

  • Level1

    Beginning VB.NET - Hello World
    This is the first in our series of VB.NET tutorials that will help anybody moving from VB6 over to Microsoft's .NET stack. This tutorial assumes no prior programming knowledge but if you have a Visual Basic 6 background it will be easy to understand and build upon.
  • Level1

    VB6, Windows 7, Good or No Good?
    So you have all these great Visual Basic 6 applications that have been built with blood and sweat over years of struggle and Microsoft releases Windows 7. Will your applications still run? Are you going to have to do any heavy lifting to make them work? This tutorial walks you through what to look for when verifying your VB apps continue to work on the latest version of Windows. It also gives examples of 5 of the most popular apps and code examples on our site and how they hold up to Win 7.
  • Level2

    VB6 Animated Charts (With FusionCharts)
    Often times when writing a Visual Basic application we need to display boring data in a more appealing way. This is where charts come in handy. This Visual Basic 6.0 tutorial explains how you can create charts from within VB6. It specifically shows how to create animated charts using a third part control called FusionCharts.
  • Level2

    VB6 Downloads
    Want to get a hold of Visual Basic 6.0? Do you have a program written in VB that you wish to run but don't have the VB6 runtime any longer? Have an older program and want to get it running on the latest OS. Read this article for information about downloading VB6 and other VB components.
  • Level2

    Make a Club Penguin Trainer
    Club Penguin is a sweet site where you can make your own fun trainers. This VB 6.0 tutorial shows you how to do so in Visual Basic.
  • Level2

    Convert C Strings to VB Strings
    You will find times that you need to interact with other programs code through DLLs. These can be DLLs written by yourself or others. The most common time you do this is with the Windows API. This tutorial explains how you can convert C style strings like the Win32 API uses into VB strings.
  • Level2

    Activate Any Window With API
    This VB6 tutorial teaches you how you can use Visual Basic coupled with the Win32 API to activate the main window of a program that is running. Very useful if you want to check if a program is running or if you want to bring another program to the forefront.
  • Level2

    VB6 Programming Standards
    When designing a program you will want to think through what standards you should use for yourself and your end users. This VB6 tutorial guides you through how to do this.
  • Level2

    VB6 Naming Conventions
    Developing a standard naming convention for all your Visual Basic objects and variables will make your code easier to understand and update down the road. This VB6 tutorial walks you through the best way of doing this.
  • Level1

    Documenting Your VB Code
    Properly documenting your Visual Basic code will not only help you later as you make changes but it is also something that any professional developer must have a full grasp on. This Visual Basic 6.0 tutorial walks you through some best practices related to that.
  • Level2

    Naming Database Objects
    When creating complex database applications in Visual Basic it is very helpful if you use a standard naming convention for your database objects. This might seem trivial but in the long run will save you development time down the road.
  • Level2

    Access SQL
    Microsoft Access allows you to create, retrieve, and manipulate data using the SQL language. This tutorial explains all the main ways you will want to use this SQL language within your Visual Basic application or other programs.
  • Level3

    Access Security
    Microsoft Access is a great database application that is easy to interface into from within Visual Basic. A key thing you might want to learn is how to implement the proper security for your database.
  • Level2

    VB6 With Access
    Microsoft Access is a very useful and effective database application. It uses the Microsoft JET database back end and your Visual Basic applications can easily interact with it.
  • Level3

    Using Jet Data Access Objects
    Microsoft has a great database back end called JET. It is most known because the program called Microsoft Access uses it. You can also use this same database in your VB6 applications. This Visual Basic 6.0 tutorial explains how.
  • Level3

    Optimizing Database Applications
    Optimize, Optimize, Optimize! This is how you can create the best, fastest, most user friendly apps. In this tutorial you learn what the optimum way to do database development is.
  • Level3

    Database Design
    As you begin to program more advanced programs that store data in databases you will need to understand how to layout the database in the most efficient way. This will allow you to create Visual Basic applications that run as quickly as possible.
  • Level1

    What are databases and why do I care?
    Database development is very confusing if you don't understand how databases work and what the heck you are supposed to do with them. This article teaches you exactly what you need to know to get started with databases.
  • Level3

    Using The Win32 API
    The Win32 API is a bit complex but very powerful. This tutorial shows you how to easily use the Windows API in a simple way. It explains the safety steps you need to take and how to write excellent API code.
  • Level1

    Variable Scope and Duration In VB
    Understanding how variables work is very important. Learn how Visual Basic handles scope and duration with this tutorial.
  • Level1

    Optimizing Visual Basic Applications
    Visual Basic is a great language that can be used to create full featured applications. Learn how to optimize your code to create faster, more efficient, and user friendly applications.
  • Level1

    Error Handling In Visual Basic
    Errors happen. This is how programming works. Your goal is to handle runtime errors in a graceful way. At times this means simply displaying them to the end user in a pretty way. Other times you have to handle them yourself. Learn how with this Visual Basic tutorial.
  • Level1

    Event Programming In VB6
    Visual Basic allows you to easily create event driven applications. Depending on your background this might be very new for you to understand. This tutorial shows you exactly how to begin as an event driven programmer.
  • Level1

    What edition of VB to choose
    There are many versions of Visual Basic to choose from. How do you decide which version to use? This guide will help you make this decision.
  • Level1

    Using VB Help Files
    Visual Basic comes with a bunch of help files. These are great for reference, but they can also be used by the beginner to see samples and to begin learning. Learn the best way to go about this.
  • Level1

    Using the VB IDE as a Learning Tool
    Some good advice as you start to learn Visual Basic, this tutorial introduces the VB6 IDE and helps the beginner think through how to start tackling this great programming language.
  • Level2

    PlaySound API In Visual Basic
    The PlaySound API is a simple and very useful function that allows you to play any WAV file from within your Visual Basic application. This includes playing built in Windows sounds that are set through the control panel.
  • Level2

    Move The Mouse in VB
    You can use the Windows API to move the mouse cursor around the screen. Learn how with this VB6 tutorial.
  • Level2

    Advanced Shell In Visual Basic
    Visual Basic has a built in Shell command however it is very limited. This tutorial describes how you can use the Windows API functions to create a "Super Shell". This will allow you have more advanced program launching abilities.
  • Level3

    Subclassing in VB6 ActiveX Tutorial
    Sub classing in Visual Basic is a very powerful concept. However, it fails when you try to implement it from within an ActiveX control. Learn how you can handle window sub classing from withing your active x controls with this tutorial.
  • Level1

    Emulating C Macro Functions
    When interfacing with the Windows API from within Visual Basic you many times get return values that are made up of complex data types. C has built in functions to handle these but you need to write your own in VB6. Learn how with this Visual Basic tutorial.
  • Level2

    Interfaceing with the intellimouse
    The Scroll Mouse (or intelli-mouse) has been around for a long time. Sometimes you might want to catch the scroll events in your application. You can do this with Windows API calls. Learn how in this VB6 tutorial.
  • Level2

    Getting Extended Info From WAV Files In Visual Basic
    WAV format is a very common format for sound files. You can not get all the information you might want directly using Visual Basic built in commands. However, by utilizing a few Windows API calls. This tutorial shows you how you can get extended WAV info such as the bit level and format.
  • Level2

    Oracle and Visual Basic using ADO
    We can interface with Oracle databases very easily from within Visual Basic. However, it is slightly different from how we normally use ADO with a SQL database. This tutorial shows you how to still use ADO but in a way that it will work with and Oracle back end.
  • Level2

    Creating a Visual Basic Screen Saver
    You knew you could create database apps with VB6 but this tutorial walks you through how you can create a Visual Basic Screen Saver. The sky is the limit once you learn how to do this.
  • Level1

    Understanding Subroutines and Functions in VB
    Subroutines and functions allow you to break your program up into smaller and more manageable chunks. You will use both of these many times when you develop VB applications you must learn them well.
  • Level1

    GoTo and GoSub in Visual Basic 6
    There is only one very important time to use the GoTo statement in error handling. You almost never need to use the GoSub function but this tutorial explains it in case you see it in other peoples code.
  • Level1

    Joining strings in VB6
    Many times when programming you will need to join strings together or a string with some other data type such as a currency or a number. This tutorial explains how to properly do this in Visual Basic 6 using the & (ampersand) or plus operator.
  • Level1

    Arithmetic in Visual Basic
    VB's arithmetic operators allow you to actually do things with numbers. You have all the basics (like you'd find on your calculator) plus many more advanced operators at your disposal.
  • Level1

    Assignments and Expressions In VB
    In VB assignments are very easy to use. However, this tutorial explains all the details of what VB does when you use the simple = statement and gives examples of valid and invalid assignments.
  • Level1

    Statics and Constants in VB6
    Constants in Visual Basic are like variables that you define right away and can never change. Static variables are variables that maintain their value even when they go out of scope. This VB tutorial explains both.
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    User Defined Types (UDT) in VB
    User Defined Types allow you to define your own structures in Visual Basic. Many programming languages allow you to do this and it is very handy when you want to make up a structure to fit your program.
  • Level1

    VB6 Variable Scope
    Variables can be declared in different scopes so that they can be accessed from within different areas of a program. Once you start creating applications that have any complexity you must understand variable scope.
  • Level1

    Using Variables In VB6
    Variables store data. This is the same in every programming language. Visual Basic has many different variable types to store different types of data. Learn how to use them in this tutorial.
  • Level1

    VB File Structure and Scope
    A VB project is made up of many different files that each have a different purpose. Data in files have a defined scope that dictates what other parts of the program can access the data. This VB tutorial explains how all of this works.
  • Level1

    Introducing the VB6 IDE
    This is a beginner tutorial that explains what the Visual Basic 6 IDE looks like and how you can use it effectively as you begin developing full fledged VB6 applications.
  • Level1

    Working with projects and controls in VB6
    This VB tutorial helps a beginner understand what a project is and how it works in VB. It also gives some basic examples on how to use and format controls in your Visual Basic applications.
  • Level1

    A little more advanced Hello World program
    This is another program that says hello to the world. However, it uses a few more controls and says hello in a bit of a fancier way. Learn how to write a simple VB6 app using command buttons and label controls with this VB tutorial.
  • Level1

    Beginners Tutorial To the VB6 IDE
    Learn how to use the Visual Basic environment to run, save, and reopen a project you are working on. This covers some of the "Visual Basics" you will need to know if you want to ever develop full applications in VB6.
  • Level2

    Common Dialogs Allow A professional VB app
    The common dialog control allows you to do exactly what you would expect: use common dialogs with in your Visual Basic application. This allows you to use things like the print dialog box, file save and open dialog box, the color selector, and font selector dialog boxes. With this simple control you can display all the common dialogs your used to on a windows system.
  • Level2

    Using Toolbars in Visual Basic Tutorial
    Toolbars allow you to provide a simple and effective way to present users with access to different functions within your application you develop. Visual Basic makes it easy for you to add tool bars to your VB6 application. Check out this tutorial to learn exactly how to add this great future to your next program.
  • Level2

    Working with Menus in VB6
    This tutorial explains how you can work with Menus in Visual Basic. It covers both normal (on the top) menus and pop-up menus (that "popup" when you right click). You will use both these types of menu's in almost any Visual Basic application you develop.
  • Level2

    Creating your own Drag and Drop apps in VB6
    You've probably used Drag and Drop in other windows applications. Its a useful feature and it adds a bit of flair to any application you develop. Learn how to use Drag and Drop in this Visual Basic tutorial.
  • Level2

    Using The VB6 Scroll Bars Control Tutorial
    Many times within your Visual Basic application you will need to implement your own scroll bars for selection or to display different pieces of a larger graphic or document. Many controls have scroll bars built in but when you are handling things yourself you can learn how with this VB6 tutorial.
  • Level2

    Using VB6 File System Controls
    Learn how to use the DriveListBox, DirListBox, and FileListBox to interact with the Windows file system from within your own VB6 environment. This VB tutorial teaches you how to create a file browser and viewer from within Visual Basic.
  • Level2

    Visual Basic Combo Box Tutorial
    Visual Basic combo boxes are like list boxes but they allow you to have a drop down list and/or be able to type in your own list items instead of only selecting one of the current items. This VB6 combo box tutorial teaches you everything you need to know to use combo boxes in your Visual Basic application.
  • Level4

    Generating your own VB reports with Control Break concepts
    Control Break concepts allow you to break apart and display fields from a sorted sequential file. In this Visual Basic tutorial you learn how this can be used to generate your own reports from a database or your own file format. This is especially useful if you don't want to use some other report generator (like Crystal reports).
  • Level3

    Using the FSO (File System Object) in VB6
    The VB6 File System Object (FSO) allows you to do many things that aren't built into the normal VB commands. With the FSO you can do all sorts of file and folder manipulation, querying, reading, writing, and many many other things.
  • Level2

    Working with the File System in VB6
    Visual Basic has many built in functions that allow you to manipulate files, directories, and other file system properties. This VB tutorial shows how you can use these functions to manipulate and change Window's file system objects.
  • Level2

    Working with Random Access Files in VB
    Random Access files allow you to read from a specified area of the file with out having to read everything before it. This works great if you want to read the 50th record of your data with out reading all 49 records before it. Check out how to do this in this Random Access VB tutorial.
  • Level2

    Reading and Writing Binary Files In Visual Basic
    If a file doesn't have a standard text format you will need to read and write to it using VB's binary functions. This works well for files such as pictures, zip files, exe's, and other resource files that aren't just text. Learn how to manipulate binary files in this VB6 tutorial.
  • Level2

    Writing files in VB6 using Write and Print
    Many times you need to write data from your VB application to a file. This tutorial explains how you can use the Write # and Print # commands to write out your variables into a sequential file.
  • Level2

    Reading Cobol Stlye Files In Visual Basic
    COBOL is a classic programing language that many people have used. Even if you don't ever write any COBOL programs yourself you might very well have to work with data that was produced by a COBOL program written in the past. This VB6 tutorial explains how you can interact with these ancient COBOL files within Visual Basic.
  • Level2

    Reading Fixed Width Files In VB6
    Many times you need to read a file that has each field a fixed width. This can be used to keep track of data (like a poor mans database) or if you are reading in a file that a different program printed out.
  • Level2

    Error handling in Visual Basic
    Once you start learning how to create even slightly complex VB programs you will inevitably need to implement some basic error handling. This allows you to capture errors and handle them in a graceful way instead of having your fancy Visual Basic application crash and burn.
  • Level2

    Understanding Array Sorting in Visual Basic Tutorial
    Many times, when programming, you need to know how to sort a bunch of items. One of the easiest ways to do this is to use an array and some of the built in VB6 functions. This Visual Basic tutorial shows you exactly how to do this!
  • Level2

    Searching Arrays in Visual Basic 6
    This VB6 tutorial explains how you can easily search an array in Visual Basic. It gives examples of both serial (or linear) searches and binary searches.
  • Level3

    Understanding VB6 Arrays (Advanced)
    This VB6 tutorial demonstrates how you can pass arrays to functions, how User Defined Type (UDT) arrays work, and how variant arrays work. It is a little more advanced then the beginner tutorial but is still very easy to follow.
  • Level3

    Understanding the Windows API in VB
    Many times you want your VB6 application to interact with other dlls and applications. This can occur if you want to use one of the functions that Microsoft wrote in their Windows API Dlls or if you want to call a function written in a different language such as c or c++. To do this you need to understand how VB6 handles API's this VB tutorial explains how.
  • Level1

    How to customize the Visual Basic 6 IDE
    The VB6 IDE is very easy and effective to use but sometimes you want to customize it to fit your own needs this tutorial shows you how.
  • Level2

    Understanding Arrays
    Arrays are used to hold collections of data. They are like variables but slightly different. This Visual Basic Tutorial explains how to use them.
  • Level3

    Creating Advanced PDF documents in VB
    This VB tutorial builds off the last and demonstrates how you can create more advanced PDF files. It teaches you how to create a multi-page document, with page headers, footers, page numbers, shapes, and images.

    In the previous tutorial we looked out how to create a simple PDF document that was one page and was only text. If you've seen many PDF documents on the web or elsewhere you know that they usually include more than just text. Fortunately we are able to do these things as well.

  • Level2

    Creating PDF files in Visual Basic
    Creating PDF documents in Visual Basic has always been a difficult task. Many times people have to purchase controls to do it for them. Not with this Visual Basic tutorial. PDF documents can be created in a snap using the mjwPDF class. This is the first in a series of tutorials. It covers the creation of a basic PDF document.
  • Level2

    Understanding Repetition (Loops in VB)
    When writing a program you will often need to do something repeatedly. Visual Basic makes this very easy using different kinds of loops. This tutorial focuses on VB6's Do, While, and For loops.
  • Level2

    Learn if, else, and select statements in VB6
    Selection statements in VB6 allow you to branch based on conditions. Use the Visual Basic if, else, and select statements.
  • Level2

    Conditional expressions in Visual Basic Tutorial
    Understanding conditional statements are a necessity if you are going to write any sort of real world applications. This tutorial walks you through it.
  • Level2

    VB6 Number System Functions (Hex, Oct, Etc)
    Learn how to use VB6 to convert numbers that are in different bases. For example convert a decimal to a hexadecimal or to octal.
  • Level2

    Learn VB6's Trig, Math, Financial, Boolean, and Random functions
    This tutorial shows you how to use the Visual Basic Math, Financial, and Boolean functions. It has examples for Abs, Atn, Cos, Exp, Fix, Int, Log, Round, Rnd, Sgn, Sin, Sqr, and Tan VB6 functions.
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    Learn how to convert Visual Basic data types
    Many times in a VB6 program you will need to convert data between variables of different data types such as converting an integer to a string or a string to a date variable. Learn how to do this in this Visual Basic data conversion tutorial.
  • Level2

    Learn howto use the Visual Basic DateDiff function
    Compare dates in Visual Basic with the built in DateDiff function. This VB6 tutorial explains how to use this valuable function.
  • Level2

    Understanding VB6's DateAdd function
    Visual Basic 6 has many Date and Time functions to help in development. Learn how to use the VB6 DateAdd function using this tutorial.
  • Level2

    Date Time Functions In Visual Basic
    Learn how to use the time and date functions in Visual Basic. This VB6 tutorial introduces you to the basics of these functions leading you through everything you need to know to handle dates and times in VB.
  • Level2

    VB String Array Functions - Split, Join, Filter
    Visual Basic has a few built in string array functions including Split, Join, and Filter. This VB tutorial explains how to use them.
  • Level2

    Visual Basic 6 String Functions
    This tutorial explains all the main vb6 string functions that allow you to manipulate strings including the Len, Mid, Left, Right, UCase, LCase, Instr, InstrRev, String, Space, Replace, StrReverse, LTrim, RTrim, Trim, Asc, Chr, and the ASCII table. This Visual Basic tutorial should meet all your needs.
  • Level2

    Formatting Numbers, Currency, and Percents in VB
    This Visual Basic Tutorial explains how you can format Numbers, Currency, and percents using VB6 Format functions.
  • Level3

    Nesting the Format Function
    By nesting the VB6 Format function inside of itself we are able to format some pretty amazing strings. Check out this Visual Basic Tutorial to see how.
  • Level3

    Advanced Formating using Multi-Part Formats
    The Visual Basic 6 Format function can be used to format some very advanced data. This tutorial explains how to use Multi Formats to do this.
  • Level1

    Using the Format Function with Custom String Formats
    Custom string formatting can be accomplished in Visual Basic using specific characters recognized by the Format function. This VB6 tutorial explains how.
  • Level1

    Formating dates and times in VB6
    This VB6 tutorial explains how you can format dates and times using the Visual Basic format command.
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    Understanding the VB Format Function with Custom Numeric Formats
    The VB6 Format function can be used to format numeric, date, time, and string data. This Visual Basic tutorial explains exactly how this can be done using Custom Numeric Formats.
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    Understanding the VB Format Function with Named Formats
    The VB6 Format function can be used to format numeric, date, time, and string data. This Visual Basic tutorial explains exactly how this can be done using Named Formats.
  • Level1

    Printing in VB6 using the Printer Object
    Almost any application needs to support printing of some sort or another. Whether its reports, graphics, documents, or something else, most of the time your VB apps must allow the user to print. This simple tutorial shows how to use the VB6 printer object to easily print some data out to an hard copy from your Visual Basic program.
  • Level1

    Printing a form In Visual Basic
    The PrintForm method sends an image of the current form to the default printer. This Visual Basic tutorials shows you how you can use this method to print a VB6 form.
  • Level1

    Understanding the MsgBox command in Visual Basic
    This Visual Basic tutorial explains everything you need to know about displaying a message box using the VB6 MsgBox command.
  • Level1

    Printing with the Space Function
    This vb6 tutorial explains in detail how you can use print method along with the space function to format a clean print onto forms or into Visual Basic picture boxes.
  • Level1

    Printing with the Tab Function
    The Visual Basic print method can be used to print information onto forms or into picture boxes. This tutorial shows you how to print with the tab() function.
  • Level1

    Printing with the Comma Separator
    The Visual Basic print method can be used to print information onto forms or into picture boxes. This tutorial shows you how using a comma for a separator.
  • Level1

    Understanding semicolans and the print method
    The Visual Basic print method can be used to print information onto forms or into picture boxes. This tutorial shows you how using a semicolon separator.
  • Level1

    Clear Screen with the Cls Method
    The clear screen method has existed and been used since the first BASIC language. Visual Basic still has it in its commands and you can use it to clear a VB6 form or picture box.
  • Level1

    Using the InputBox
    The Visual Basic InputBox is an easy and much used way to get input from a user in VB6. This tutorial shows you how you can use the InputBox effectively.
  • Level1

    Creating A VB Test Harness
    Follow this tutorial to create a test harness for any sample VB6 programs you want to try out. Many other tutorials on this site use this test harness.
  • Level1

    How to read simple text files
    This tutorial explains in detail how you can open text files in different formats and read them into your Visual Basic program.
  • Level1

    How to compile to a stand alone executable
    Learn how you can compile your VB6 code into a stand alone executable program. You can then distribute it to other computers.
  • Level3

    Using ADO and stored procedures
    Learn how to use ADO along with stored procedures in this VB6 tutorial. It shows examples using an access database, SQL database, and oracle database.
  • Level3

    Amazing things you can do with the Listbox control
    Learn everything about the Listbox control. From simple to advanced to very advanced things you can do with this neat control.
  • Level2

    Using standard controls to write a Fractional Math Game
    This tutorial creates a complete program that uses forms, timers, check boxes, radio options, and other basic controls to make a fractional math game.
  • Level1

    Understanding Check Boxes
    Check boxes are used many times in programming for settings - this shows how they work in Visual Basic 6.
  • Level1

    Using Option Buttons aka Radio Buttons
    Learn how to use the option buttons aka radio button controls in your Graphical User Interface (GUI).
  • Level1

    Understanding control arrays
    This explains the very useful feature of control arrays. Control arrays allow you to create controls at runtime.
  • Level2

    Working with images in all different ways
    Learn many different ways to work with images in - such as resizing them, displaying them, using icons, etc.
  • Level2

    Multiple Form Splash Screen
    Learn how you can use multiple forms. This example shows how to display a splash screen to your program before it starts.
  • Level1

    Understanding the timer control
    The timer control is very useful learn how to use it effectively.
  • Level1

    Understanding Forms and form events
    This explains in detail how forms work in Visual Basic. It demonstrates how to create them and handle events.
  • Level1

    VB6 Control Basics
    This shows you how to use the standard Visual Basic controls in your GUI.
  • Level2

    Database Access with RDO (Remote Data Objects)
    This demonstrates how you can use RDO (remote data objects) in Visual Basic to access a database.
  • Level2

    Using Crystal Reports
    Combine your VB6 skills with the power of Crystal Reports to display a nice report from your database. This vb6 crystal report tutorial explains exactly how to interact with data using the great features Crystal reports provides.
  • Level3

    Using DAO (Data Access Objects) Code
    This demonstrates a full working application using nothing but DAO code (no data control) this gives you the advantage of having full control over everything.
  • Level2

    Database Access with the Data Control
    See examples of developing database applications using the data control that ships with Visual Basic 6.
  • Level3

    Introduction to SQL (Structured Query Language)
    This explains in great depth how the SQL language works. It has many examples and uses access databases to demonstrate the SQL syntax.
  • Level2

    Using ADO and the ListView control
    See how to create a program that reads data using ADO and displays it in a nice ListView control in this VB6 tutorial.
  • Level2

    Visual Basic & ADO Tutorial
    This VB6 tutorial explains how to access a database using ADO in. It uses two different access databases for the back end.
  • Level2

    Windows API use
    This explains how you can declare and call Windows API functions from within your program.
  • Level1

    Basic Graphical User Interfaces
    This tutorial explains the basics to creating a graphical user interface (GUI) in. It focuses in on some simple GUI elements such as MsgBox, InputBox, and the Form.
  • Level1

    Functions and subroutines
    To break a chunk of code up we use functions and subroutines. Learn how both of these work and when to use them.
  • Level1

    Understanding For, Do, and while Loops
    This tutorial explains all of the Visual Basic 6 loop commands (the do loop, do-while loop, do-until loop, and for loop) all with code to demonstrate.
  • Level1

    Understanding if statements and conditionals
    This explains exactly how to use conditional if statements. It provides all the ways you can use them and gives detailed examples.
  • Level1

    Understanding variables and types
    To write any decent program you must have a basic understanding of how variables and types work.
  • Level3

    An advanced multiple client server chat program using Winsock control
    This tutorial explains how you can use the Winsock control to create a server that accepts multiple clients. A lot like how IRC works.
  • Level2

    A Client server Chat program using the Winsock control
    See how easy it is to create a simple chat program. This tutorial explains how to create both the client and server sides of the program using the Winsock control.

    In this tutorial we will learn how to write a simple client server chat program in Visual Basic 6 using the Winsock control. We will right both the server and client side of this program. One of the ways computers can communicate to each other through the internet is by using TCP/IP. In windows there is a Winsock.dll that programmers can leverage to help in this communication. This DLL is very annoying to use in Visual Basic.

  • Level1

    Object Types and Naming Scheme
    Learn all the different data types and objects Visual Basic has to offer. It also explains a standard naming convention that helps keep your code clean.
  • Level1

    Getting to know the VB6 IDE
    This tutorial helps the beginner (and even more experienced users) understand a lot of the cool features the VB6 environment has to offer.
  • Level2

    Building a highscore manager for your game
    Every good game allows you to input your name in a high score board. Learn how we can do that using the GetSettings and SaveSettings VB6 functions.
  • Level4

    Learn to build a scripting language
    Have you ever wanted to write your own scripting language? Learn how you can use Dynamic Classes to do just that. You can examine a class at runtime and use it for scripting.
  • Level2

    Using Windows Resource Files
    Sometimes we want to use windows resource files to store our resources. Learn how you can store bitmaps, waves, AVI's, icons, strings, etc. in a Windows resource file and access it from your VB program.
  • Level2

    Store data in resource files like Visual Basic does
    Visual Basic stores resource in the forms .frx file. We can do the same things with our custom resources by using property bags.
  • Level3

    Create your own custom Resource Files
    Windows resource files are sometimes a pain to use. Instead we can store resources in binary format in our own custom resource file using only Visual Basic 6. Than to read the resources you do the same in reverse.
  • Level3

    Handling Bitmaps
    This tutorial explains how to manipulate Bitmaps in VB6. Once you know this you can manipulate pictures, do screen captures, etc.
  • Level2

    How to utilize binary flags in your program
    Binary is sometimes a confusing thing, but if you use binary operators you can store a lot more data in a simple integer. See how this can be used to store properties for game characters.
  • Level4

    Using the mouse to click in 3D space with DirectX 8
    This Visual Basic 6 tutorial shows how to select objects in a 3D space using Microsoft DirectX 8 - Very useful for any 3D game development.
  • Level3

    Time based modeling algorithm for games
    If you are creating a game that has cutting edge graphics you want to take advantage of every CPU cycle you can. By learning Time Based Modeling you can take full advantage of your computer's FPS.
  • Level3

    Seeking and Fleeing AI Algorithms
    In a good game we need our enemies to seek after the main character (like pacman and the ghosts) or we need them to flee (like the ghosts when pacman eats a pill).
  • Level3

    Rectangular and Circular Collision Detection
    Games aren't much fun without collisions. Ships collide into astroids little mushrooms collide into mario. We must know how to detect these collisions - and it turns out to be pretty easy.
  • Level3

    Simulate a flock of objects
    Many times in a game you want a bunch of objects to move as if they are a flock. It is not too complicated with a little math to make this happen.
  • Level2

    Basic Encryption with the XOR command
    Sometimes all you need is some simple encryption so users don't easily see something you don't want them to. Learn how you can do that with the XOR function.
  • Level1

    Understanding the if conditional statement
    For the beginner it is often hard to understand how conditionals work, but if you see a few examples it makes a lot of sense. You will use these all the time in development.
  • Level4

    Display your program in the system tray by the clock using APIs
    Have you ever wanted to display your program in the system tray (next to the clock). You can buy a control to do this or you can do it yourself using Windows API calls only.
  • Level2

    Start the Windows Screen Saver Using a Win32 API
    A fun thing maybe a useful thing. See how in you can call a Windows API function in order to tell Windows to start the default screen saver.
  • Level3

    Using the FlashWindow API to get the users attention
    The FlashWindow Win32 API call allows you to do some fun things. This tutorial shows you how to declare and call it from your app.
  • Level1

    Understanding variables
    You will use variables all the time. Why not learn how to declare and use them properly.
  • Level1

    Beginner Tutorial - Hello World
    Create your first working application that says "Hello, World!". A standard in all programming environments.
  • Level2

    Adding Menus at runtime
    Many times you want to add menus at runtime based off of config files or other info. Learn how to do that simply by using menu control arrays.
  • Level2

    Mimic a Cell Phone Using Control Arrays
    Learn how to create a full working application that mimics a cellphone keypad. We do this with control arrays and a timer.

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