Archive for February, 2010

Make Fake Virus Warnings

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Here’s a little trick you can play on a friend if you have access to his/her computer. We are going to create a popup dialogue box warning of the presence of a virus. First, open up notepad and type the following line, X = msgbox(“Your Computer has been infected by a virus. Immediate action required!”, [...]

What is Visual Basic?

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Visual Basic is a high level programming language and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) developed by Microsoft. It has evolved from BASIC, its earlier DOS version.Visual Basic is used to create Windows, Web and command-line (console) applications. It includes tools that allow a programmer to build a Windows application without having to write many lines of [...]

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition

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Most of us know what Microsoft Visual Studio is and what it consists of. As students, teachers & professionals many of us might need this release anytime as many still use this release. It is still being used in many schools. Below is a true incident that took place with me: A couple of months [...]

Favicons

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A favicon (short for favorites icon), also known as a website icon, shortcut icon, url icon, or bookmark icon is a 16×16, 32×32 or 64×64 pixel square icon associated with a particular website or webpage. A web designer can create such an icon and install it into a website (or webpage) by several means, and [...]

ICO Plugin for Photoshop

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We all know that Photoshop is a powerful and a widely used photo editor. The only thing it lacks is its inability to create or edit .ico (Icon Files) photos for websites or windows. Thus, using this simple Icon Plugin for Photoshop enhances Adobe Photoshop with an ability to export and import Windows icons (.ico). [...]