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C# finally gets the BASIC GOSUB feature through local functions, but local functions take that GOSUB-like capability up a few notches. If you're an old-timer like me, you probably remember the ...

Launch and terminate applications in Visual Basic 6.0 Your email has been sent Visual Basic 6.0 gives you the convenient ability to programmatically check on the status of an application before you ...

Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace. Years ago, when ...

Despite renewed developer hue and cry to do something with "classic" Visual Basic sparked by the recent 25th birthday celebration for the programming language, Microsoft is showing no signs of caving ...