Rapid Application Development - Is it Really a Need of Today? by Syed Feroz Zainvi
Rapid Application Development (RAD) is a software development methodology. In this competitive world, software product delivery time should be as little as it can be. The RAD is a way to this. As the name suggests, RAD technique allows RAPID application development, with development time,... The code generators, visual tools like Visual Basic (VB) and Visual C++ (VC++), and CASE tools like Rational Rose are based on RAD technique. ... Visual Integrated Development Environments (IDE) are another good example of RAD tools.

Guide to Visual Basic 6 by Jonathan Valentin
Introduction: What are you going to learn out of this guide? You are going to learn how to code correctly in Visual Basic. And maybe pickup a thing or two you did not know before. I am assuming that you are able to pick a control from the toolbox and placing it on the form and setting its... Section E: Compiling real Dll's in Visual Basic like C++ By default Visual Basic does not make dll's with exports, they just make active x dll's. ... Converting C++ Api's to Visual Basic Api's VB Integers = C++ Short VB Longs = C++ Integers Section B: Pointers There is a common myth going around...

Visual C# Express - Projects and Solutions (2nd in a series) by Samuel Mela
When you first begin writing programs in the Visual C# Express IDE (Integrated Development Environment) you will notice that nearly every file you create must be contained in a "project" and every working program you create will consist of one or more projects contained in a "solution". ... These are described in detail below: The Windows Application Project sets up a basic windows program. ... Dealing with all the files in a program as one long list can be confusing, tedious, and error prone; and that is why Microsoft created the notion of "projects" and "solutions" in the Visual C#...

Microsoft Dynamics GP Modifications – Overview by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Dynamics GP Modification, Customization, Custom development, Reporting and Scripting overview. Microsoft Great Plains or Microsoft Dynamics GP currently version 9.0 has variety of customization tools. General directions for so-called Project Green or Microsoft Dynamics project expose... This tool is probably legacy now, because it is going out of the scenes with the advance of Microsoft .Net and VB.Net as the successor of old Visual Basics (which subset is VBA or Visual Basic for Applicatons).

Macromedia Flash For Newbies by Maxine Winters
“Flashers” are not just strange men wearing their birthday suit under their long trench coat- it’s now used when referring to a group of individuals that use Macromedia Flash software. 2 dimensional animations are ideal for website designers, while those who make presentations on their computer... The audio impact of flash is just as much of a “wow” as the visual, for without it just wouldn’t “POP!”- Coordinating the two together is just one of the many amazing attributes of Flash. ... Web surfers are definitely more enamored with the use of Flash on a website, as opposed to HTML for...

ShellAppBar - Convert Your Forms Into Appbars With Autohide, Drag-Docking And Multi-Monitor Support by G Himangi
The ShellAppBar component from ShellObjects makes it very easy to develop Quick Launch like appbars (application desktop toolbars) with complete autohide functionality, support for drag-docking and support for multi-monitor configurations. This article discusses how easy and fast it is to... Editions and supported development tools, environments and technologies ShellObjects comes in two separate editions - ActiveX and .Net ActiveX edition The ActiveX edition fully supports Visual Basic (VB), Visual C++ (VC++, MFC, ATL), Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder and a lot of developing...

Where are We Going: .NET vs Java? by James Arendt
What in the world is going on in the marketplace? Technology is moving so fast that it is sometimes a little difficult to tell what is happening. Let’s take a short trip back to the past. It wasn’t too long ago that applications were designed, developed, and deployed on a single machine. ... The next version of Visual Studio will be called Visual Studio.Net or VS.Net, and the next version of Visual Basic will be titled VB.Net. ... Each one increased power, features, flexibility, and capability, leading up to two major programming languages -- Java and Visual Basic, with each camp feeling...

Start Developing Your Own Software by Daniel Punch
Learning how to program software seems like a daunting task fit only for the geeks and nerds who lock themselves away in dark rooms staring at their monitors for days on end as they pour over thick manuals written largely in zeros and ones. Fortunately the reality is that it’s not as complicated... Visual Basic Visual Basic is a very easy language to use. ... My reasons for this are that Java enforces a certain amount of design and forethought as well as correct programming procedures that are somewhat absent from Visual Basic.

The Many Forms of Adobe Photoshop Tutorials by Mario SG Churchill
When the Adobe Systems Inc developed and launched the Adobe Photoshop in the 1990s, not many people thought the software would reach its current big status. Currently, the Adobe Photoshop is considered the standard computer program for digitally manipulating images and visuals using the Internet. ... If you are just a beginner in using the equipment, it would be recommended that you first familiarize yourself with basic computer applications. ... But once you manage to learn even just the most basic functions and uses, a wide and vast array of opportunities would come your way.

Tools for Customizing Great Plains by Divine Rigor
Microsoft Business Solutions – Great Plains has captured the US market with its integrated business applications for small and mid-size organizations. Its comprehensive accounting and business management capabilities provide businesses with tools to customize various modules of the Great Plains... It allows the deployment of Web-based applications and XML Web Services and can be leveraged by the use of programming languages like Visual Basic .NET, Visual C# and Visual J#. ... It uses a number of different programs including Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Basic objects and extensible markup...