Minatek FlatFle Converter 1

Minatek FlatFle Converter 1

Some applications create data exports or "print-outs" using a fixed-width scheme, where a field always appears at a specific location with the data following it. These can be tricky to use in an application. This utility allows you to define where these fields are and then have your custom software load the data file and appear as a dataset to you.

This free utility allows you to define fields in a fixed-width or separated-values data file and consume such a file in your custom .Net application as a dataset, file, Excel spreadsheet, or XML document.

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Add and manage skins for your VB project.

Add and manage skins for your VB project.

Add and manage skins for your Visual Basic project with Skin Control Light 1.0.

Adding an attractive skin to your application is as easy as dropping the control on the form and adding 1 line of code. It is compatible to work with Aligned Controls and Visual Basic Menus are features.
There is no need to write special code for resizing events or activation\deactivation of the skin control as the control automatically moves all controls contained on a form to compensate for skin borders.

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How to add your application to Windows Startup

How to add your application to Windows Startup

This small tips will help to starting your application when Windows boots using various ways.
  1. Add a string entry in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. The entry's name should be the name of your application (ex: MyApp). Its value must be the short path to your application (ex. C:\Windows\MyApp.exe).
  2. Display Modal Message Box on Window's Startup.
    Windows can display a modal dialog box when it boots. You can specify the dialog’s caption and text. Add or change:
    HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon
    LegalNoticeCaption = "enter the caption"
    LegalNoticeText = "enter the text"

    or

    HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon
    LegalNoticeCaption = "enter the caption"
    LegalNoticeText = "enter the text"


Related tips on How to add your application to Windows Startup from codeproject.com

Suppressing Window's Start Up Logo
To suppress the animated Microsoft logo bitmap edit C:\MSDOS.SYS using Notepad.
Be sure you can view hidden and system files in Explorer to see this file.
You can also enter C: then ATTRIB -R -S -H MSDOS.SYS at a DOS prompt.
Once you edit the file, find the [Options] line and insert logo=0 as the next line.
If you see a line that says logo=1, delete it. then save the file.
The logo will not display the next time you boot up.