Visual Basic .NET » Controls

We have 60 Controls tutorials, you can see below:


The Closest thing to a VB6 control array in VB.NET


With a single method call, turn all your controls on a form into a control array.


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Percent Progress Bar


A project and source code for a progress bar with percentage completed shown.


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Web Browser Link Trapping


How-To find out which link was clicked in a web browser control.


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Internet Connection State Control


This article describes an easy approach to building two controls used to monitor the status of an internet connection and provide the user with some indication of that status.


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Applying Visual Styles to the TabControl in .NET 2.0


Applying the XP-look style with the hot key feature to the TabControl.


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Rotating PictureBox Control


A PictureBox control that lets you rotate images.


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TreeView Style Modifiers


TreeView styles can be changed and customized with the help of these code snippets.


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VB.NET Wav file graphical viewer control


A control to produce a graphical display of any 16bit PCM Wav file.


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Grouped ComboBox


A simple ComboBox with formatted grouping.


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WinForms ListView Find & GetSubItemRect


Overcoming some limitations of the WinForms ListView control.


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Gain Access To DataGridView Canned Controls


How to gain access to the DataGridViewComboBoxEditingControl’s properties, methods, and events.


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MnemonicTabControl - a tabcontrol with accelerator key support


An ownerdrawn tabcontrol supporting accelerator keys to switch between tabs.


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Disable Column Resizing in ListView Report Mode


This article describes how to use the NativeWindow object to take control of the message processing of a ListView\'s column header. This allows the programmer to intercept messages and prevent or respond to things like column resizing.


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DataGrid ColumnStyle as LinkLabel


To create a column style of a DataGrid as a LinkLabel.


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Handy Type Editors. Universal Dropdown Editor


Implementing a universal dropdown type editor.


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XP Button Style in VB.NET


One approach to acheiving XP-style gradient buttons in VB.NET


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Cool Scrollbar - Scrollbar like Windows Media Player's


A cool scrollbar control.


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VB.NET Code Package: Email And Web LinkLabels


Code for email and web LinkLabels including a test to see if the web link is valid.


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VB.NET Class Library: Date Wizard


A toolkit that simplifies working with dates.


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VB.NET Windows Forms ListBox Extension: TemplateListBox


A class that extends the ListBox control by adding collapsable items and providing a simple way to add multiple controls into a ListBox item.


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Eventlog Viewer


A control to view an event log.


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TriStateTreeview in VB.NET


A VB.NET implementation of a treeview with 3-state checkboxes using state image list


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VB.NET User Control: LinkTextbox


A textbox that acts like a LinkLabel.


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How to enable a control on double click in Visual Basic .NET


A simple class written in Visual Basic .NET which enables disabled controls on double click.


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VB.NET User Controls: Extended and Date Textboxes


Two textbox user controls for controlling textbox behavior and for providing a calendar for date selection.


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Collapsible Panels in VB.NET


Expanding and collapsible panels implemented in VB.NET.


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Drag and Drop Persisting TreeView Control (VB.NET)


Extending the TreeView control to support drag and drop and persistance.


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OwnerDrawn ComboBox with Icons, Divider, and a generic data store


Customize the appearance and behavior of a ComboBox without using Windows messaging.


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Multi-column Combo


A multi-column combo in VB.NET.


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A Complete Read Only ComboBox


A ComboBox with a read only property that allows text copy and dropdown viewing.


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Synchro


A control to synchronize folder contents.


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Status Label - Showing Progress


Show application progress via a status label.


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AutoComplete ComboBox in VB.Net


2 Simple Functions to call from ComboBox events to Autocomplete. Will work with Data Bound combos.


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TextBoxValidated - A .NET Windows Forms Control


A textbox control that will validate against any .NET datatype. Supports databinding, max, min, and null values.


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Context Menu and Event Handling in Visual Basic .NET


This article describes ContextMenu and event handling in Visual Basic .NET.


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DiamondControl - A custom button with MouseOver effects


An owner-drawn control with a custom UIEditor for Visual Studio designer.


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Customising the .NET Panel control


An article on customising the .NET Panel control to give it a gradient fill, and round corners.


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Background Highlighting with the RichTextBox the System way.


Adds support for setting the background color in the RichTextBox more directly than volking\'s article.


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Multi-Column ListBox Control


A ListBox control that supports multiple columns. Also shows how to create your own scrollbar.


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MdiTabStrip


Tabbed control for MDI applications


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Rich Design Time Featured TreeList Control


A Tree like component with rich design time features.


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VB.NET Class Library: ListBox Extension


A class that extends the ListBox control by adding item tags, providing a simple way to move items up and down, and adding multiple sorting options.


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An Office 2003-like popup notifier


A nice little control to help the user notice you\'re trying to tell him something...


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Create your own runtime movable Windows Forms controls


A walkthrough on building a Windows Forms label control that can be moved by the user at runtime.


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AlphaGradientPanel, an extended panel


A panel that has rounded borders, gradients, and transparency.


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Flat ComboBox with MS Office XP/2003 style support


An article on creating a flat combobox using VB.NET.


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An All VB.NET Explorer Tree Control with ImageList Management


Explorer TreeView control with Shell Folder access class and Icon management.


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Add Custom Properties to a PropertyGrid


Extend a PropertyGrid with an Item collection; easy customization of properties with custom editor, custom converter and databinding.


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WinForms Custom Container Control


A UserControl for WinForms VB.NET that has child controls that it contains and is scrollable. This example shows how to draw your own controls and build your custom container to list them.


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A multi-purpose XP Office 2003 Style hover and flat button with container bar


A versatile and multi-purpose button and button-bar with full Office 2003 colors and style.


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SQL Server 2005 Circular Progress Bar


Shows a spinning progress bar, identical to the SQL Server 2005 busy indicator, without requiring any code.


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Winsock.NET


A VB 6 Winsock clone for VB.NET.


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A VS2005-like Interface


Apply a theme that resembles VS2005 to the DockPanel Suite, using an Extender class.


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Sharing and inheriting ImageLists across multiple forms and controls


A component that allows ImageLists to be inherited and shared globaly across multiple forms and controls, with full design time support.


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Explorer ComboBox and ListView in VB.NET


A ComboBox (and ListView) displaying the file system, using the system image list.


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A highly configurable MDI tab control from scratchz


A completely configurable tab control to use as tabbed MDI forms.


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Numeric Keypad Web User Control


Use this control when your users don't have access to the keyboard (like at a touchscreen kiosk).


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Customising the .NET Panel control


An article on customising the .NET Panel control to give it a gradient fill, and round corners.


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XP Button Style in VB.NET


One approach to achieving XP-style gradient buttons in VB.NET.


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A ToolBar control with special effects


ToolBar Control with special effects, inherits from the .NET ToolBar control.


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