January 2009 - Posts
Pat Tormey shows how to use the new PrintForm Control provided by Visual Studio 2008 SP1. The controls are also available for other versions of Visual Studio if you download and install the Visual Basic Powerpack.
Author: Pat Tormey
Pat Tormey shows how to use the new MS Chart Control in Visual Studio 2008 with the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.
Author: Pat Tormey
Pat Tormey shows how to use compiler constants to selectively include or exclude code. Compiler constants explicitly hide code from the compiler and are a handy tool in a developer’s toolbox, but only if you know how to use them.
Author: Pat Tormey
Pat Tormey shows how (and why) to use “Salt and Hash”. Hashing is essentially a one-way cipher. To make it more secure, we add a “secret” (Salt) to the secret and then hashes the results. Any two secrets can be compared to each other by comparing their results. This allows passwords to be stored in a database or transmitted across the web without the actual password ever being discovered. Note: Watch for a quick lesson on VB PowerToys graphics.
Author: Pat Tormey