This walkthrough shows you how to use the <xref:System.Security.Cryptography.DESCryptoServiceProvider> class to encrypt and decrypt strings using the cryptographic service provider (CSP) version of ...

There are several different ways to analyze and manipulate your strings. Some of the methods are a part of the Visual Basic language, and others are inherent in the String class.

I love the String object's Format method. It's an unusual application where I'm not using it to build messages. (Long ago and far away, I used to use it to assemble SQL statements.) Typical code looks ...

In my recent article, "Is Visual Studio LightSwitch the New Access?", I looked at the suitability of LightSwitch as a replacement tool for departmental applications developed in Microsoft Access.

When engaging in cross-language development, it's important to worry about nothing – the Visual Basic Nothing keyword, that is, and how it varies from the C# null counterpart. When initializing ...

I'm just learning Visual Basic in college right now, and I've searched the web everywhere, but I can't seem to find an answer for this. Just using code (no .exe compressors), how can I keep string ...