Command Descriptions - Visual Basic tutorial

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This tutorial will teach you how to open a text file into a textbox. It uses the Common dialog.

In this tutorial we will take an in-depth look at Variants and discuss the benefits and pitfalls of programming with them.

In this tutorial I will cover how to perform file transfers between your PC and a web server.

Using INI files with VB.NET - Learn how to use external INI files with .NET

So, you're interested in having your functions act at specific time intervals, eh? Naturally you would turn to the Timer Control included with VB. Unfortunately, the timer control has a resolution of ~55ms. 55ms seems like a very short time to us, but to the computer, 55ms is an agonizingly long time. Don't torture your computer! Use accurate and high-resolution timing methods.