The following is a list of words that should not be used in VB.Net for variable names as they are already used as part of the VB.Net language. AddHandler AddressOf Alias And AndAlso Ansi Append As Assembly Auto Binary Boolean
How to zero the free space on your hard drive on Linux
The reason you’re reading this tutorial is probably because you have read about how when you delete a file it isn’t actually deleted only the pointer which tells the OS where to find the file is deleted and you want
How to fill your hard drive up with random bits on Linux
You have probably read about how when you delete a file it isn’t actually deleted, only the pointer which tells the OS where to find the file is deleted. As people who want to ensure that our data is as
Create a bit for bit backup of a default installation
So if any of you are like me you find yourself re-installing Windows/Linux every few months to keep it all nice and clean and get rid of any crap that I’ve picked up since the last install. If you are
Response.Write from within a class
In developing websites in ASP.Net I frequently use Response.Write to debug the code behind, but when using classes you cannot directly access Response.Write. The method of performing Respone.Write from within a class is to do the following; HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(“Your text”)
Creating multi panel interface easily
So if you’re like me you want to produce applications which look as professional as possible. One way that we do this is to use many different panels to display the different pages of content on one form. In this article
List of really useful Windows command prompt commands
This is a list of command lines for Windows that I have found really useful. I will be updating this list when I find other command lines that I have found useful. If you know of any command lines that you think should
How to create a Die in code
Something that people sometimes want to do is create a Die in code, I thought I would supply code on one method of doing this. Public Class Die Private Shared rndGen As New Random Private _numFaces As
Folder/Forum layout system
Recently I was asked to create a web based document repository, where the user wanted to be able to have folders and sub-folders. In this article I’m going to explain the method that I used to allow for there to
VB.Net detect Windows shutting down or logging off
If you’ve ever developed an application that minimises the application when the user closes it, you will know that the application can stop Windows from shutting down or you from logging off. There is a bit of nice simple code