Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Get SelectedValues from Listbox Control in VB.NET


Hi. In this tutorial I will show you how to get the selected values in ListBox control in VB.NET. Many VB.NET developers might wonder why there's no (SelectedValues) property for ListBox control while there's (SelectedItems) property. Same I ask. Well, (SelectedValues) property is not provided in VB.NET assuming that you can get the selected values in the ListBox control from (SelectedItems) property. Using the (SelectedItems) property to get the selected values is not a clear approach.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

How to Remove Mistyped Auto-Complete Entries in Forms

Welcome everybody. In this post I will show you a simple useful trick that can help many of you. Many websites have log-in forms that supports auto-complete when you start typing in form fields. Note that this trick is not only for log-in forms, but it can be applied to other forms. Also, this trick can be applied on other browsers, not just Firefox, like Chrome, Safari and IE only if auto-complete option is enabled in the browser's preferences. For example, let's apply this trick in Yahoo!. When you want to sign-in in Yahoo, you will fill the sign-in form as shown below.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Display Part of Post with (Read more) Link

Welcome everyone. In this tutorial I will show you how you can display part of your post after you publish it, and let visitors have the choice to view the full version of your post by clicking on the (Read more) link.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Designing AutoLogger with AutoIt3


AutoIt Website: https://www.autoitscript.com

As I explained that AutoIt3 scripting language can be used to automate many tasks on your Windows computers. A simple example of an automated task is an auto-login. Sometimes you feel lazy entering your username and password to log-in to Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, or Skype. This tutorial will help you to make an auto-login script for Google Talk using AutoIt3. The same procedure can be followed for other chatting programs with few code modifications. Before we start, I assume that you at least skimmed through the first four AutoIt3 tutorials. If you didn't, please visit the page of AutoIt3 Tutorials.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Getting Familiar with Aut2Exe Program

AutoIt Website: https://www.autoitscript.com

Hi folks. In this tutorial, I will show you how to convert AutoIt3 scripts to executable files (.exe). First, let's run the Aut2Exe program by clicking on its shortcut as the following image describes.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Getting Familiar with AutoIt3 Window Info Tool


AutoIt Website: https://www.autoitscript.com

Hello everyone. In this tutorial, I will help you to get familiar with a very useful tool that was integrated with the full installation package of AutoIt3. The tool I'm talking about is called (AutoIt Window Info), and the following image show where you can locate its shortcut to run it. Let's run this tool, and discover its importance in developing AutoIt3 scripts.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Getting Familiar with AutoIt3 Script Editor


In this tutorial, I will help you to get familiar with the script editor of AutoIt3, and its features that makes programming with AutoIt3 easier than any text editor. This script editor was part of the full installation package that we installed in the previous tutorial: Installing AutoIt3 Full Package.