I have a windows service written in VB.NET which uses DSOFile.dll to look at the properties of a MSOffice document. Everything seems to work fine for me here.<BR><BR>But on my client's machine, it ...

BR><BR>I'd like to use a wizard-style interface to gather the info I need from the user, but can't figure out how it <I>should</I> be done.<BR><BR>I tried using different forms and switching ...

The first VB 16.9 feature is support for Default Interface Methods. This highly controversial C# 8 feature allows new methods to be added to interfaces with an implementation. Effectively this ...

Extension methods provide a great way for extending a class functionality -- but it's interfaces that let you use those methods anywhere you want. Extension methods let you add functionality to an ...

Eric Vogel covers some practical uses for the long awaited interfaces, IReadOnlyList and IReadOnlyDictionary in .NET Framework 4.5. The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 includes the IReadOnlyList, ...

This tip contains sample code that shows you how to generate GUIDs with VB.NET. Developers use globally ... GUIDs identify objects such as interfaces and class objects. A GUID consists of one ...