Macgyver IT: I want my team to use something like del.icio.us to share links. But since this is ask.metafilter, I can't use the obvious right answer. I need to make something like it myself, using bubblegum and string the MS Office 2000 suite and my knowledge of VB. What would be my best approach? [more inside]
posted by Monday, stony Monday on Nov 19, 2009 - 7 answers

Homeworkfilter: I'm using VB 2008 Express and I need some help with checkboxes. [more inside]
posted by icarus on Jun 24, 2009 - 2 answers

Can I port an open-source project to another language without violating its BSD License? [more inside]
posted by DWRoelands on Jun 12, 2009 - 12 answers

Form creation on MS Word 2003 on an XP system. How do I make an MS Word doc with a multiple-selection dropdown listbox? [more inside]
posted by angiep on May 27, 2009 - 4 answers

Visual Basic 6 Filter: Double click on file, my program opens that file. How do I do it? [more inside]
posted by Brettus on May 18, 2009 - 6 answers

Does any know how to create a script to automatically empty the Outlook secure temp folder when exiting Outlook? [more inside]
posted by paulyballs on Dec 9, 2008 - 1 answer

VB Script Help: I would like to put the filenames of my attachments into the message body of my emails. How do I do that? [more inside]
posted by bigmusic on Oct 13, 2008 - 5 answers

Help me go from PHP to VB.net. [more inside]
posted by JPowers on Aug 21, 2008 - 10 answers

Good ASP.NET(VB book)? [more inside]
posted by fx3000 on Jun 18, 2008 - 2 answers

Learning VB.net in one weekend - best free & online resource? [more inside]
posted by randomstriker on Mar 19, 2008 - 9 answers

On Windows 98, while trying to create MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP object in vb6 code, I get Error code: -2147221231 Automation Error. What is the solution ? [more inside]
posted by inquisitive on Feb 2, 2008 - 2 answers

vbFilter: Outputting results to a treeview object in Excel. [more inside]
posted by dnthomps on Oct 21, 2007 - 1 answer

Excel / VBA help needed: moving data from multiple columns to a 2-column format [more inside]
posted by blag on Aug 17, 2006 - 9 answers

I have to write a Visual Basic 6 program that checks that an ActiveX control's properties and methods are correctly documented in a Word document. How do I get a list of a control's properties and methods, given its filename? [more inside]
posted by matthewr on Jul 20, 2006 - 2 answers

Last Minute Visual Basic 6 Help!!! How do I compare a given date to today's date, based on a number of months? [more inside]
posted by fvox13 on Apr 5, 2006 - 4 answers

On the Mac, if I need to munge text in extremis, I prefer to use BBEdit. Recently, on the PC, I am finding myself in need of a text editor which is similar to BBEdit. I will use it both for coding and for text-cleaning. I prefer freeware and shareware but that's by no means the deciding factor. Which programs should I check out? Which should I avoid? [more inside]
posted by mwhybark on Mar 16, 2005 - 21 answers

Is there any way to make Excel macros less stupid? [MI] [more inside]
posted by squidlarkin on Jan 5, 2005 - 15 answers

Anybody know of any good web/book sources for learning about C# and Web Services. Also love to hear accounts of making the transition to .NET from VB or any language for that matter. My company is about to make the change.
posted by kenaman on Dec 19, 2003 - 6 answers