[VBnet Links] MVP Sites

MVP Sites
Visual Basic Developers Resource Centre

Verified December 26, 2011

The MVP designation is Microsoft's way of saying thank you to developers who display the willingness to share their knowledge with others in the development community through online participation in Microsoft developer tool-related newsgroups. Visit Microsoft Support for detailed information on the MVP program (opens in a new window).

All sites below are hosted by Microsoft MVPs containing content of actual value to developers. For a complete list of MVP web sites covering all aspects of Microsoft products and services, check out Karl Peterson's comprehensive MVP links listing.

Visual Basic

Ben Baird's 'Visual Basic Thunder'
Visual Basic API methods to implement the newest Windows interfaces.

Deborah Kurata's 'VB Tips and Tricks'
The author of Doing Objects in VB, Deborah's site has informative topics such as VB features and bugs, building client/server systems, key capture techniques, and of course, how to work with objects.

Jim Mack's MicroDexterity Inc
Home of Stamina - functions for sorting arrays, disk files, searching strings, arrays, files and drives; CRC and checksum calculations; date format conversions, plus 250 others all written in 32-bit assembly language, and designed to be called directly from VB4, VB5, or any other OLE-aware 32-bit language.

Brad Martinez' 'VB Programs and Examples'
Familiar to VBnet regulars, Brad's site contains an assortment of intermediate and advanced VB / Win32 API cose samples and discussions. Primarily shell/common control oriented.

Constance Petersen's 'Designing Ways'
Software and Web designer, freelance writer and contributing editor for Windows Tech Journal, Constance writes about software design, programming, and usability. User-centered design approach goes hand-in-hand with usability testing techniques that focus on user feedback.

Karl E. Peterson's 'One-Stop Source Shop'
Well known amongst VB developers as a VBPJ author and contributing editor, Karl's site is packed with plenty of code that works and a great list of top-notch links.

Access / VBA

Dev Ashish's Access Web
Immense collection of answers to various questions (some Frequently Asked, some rarely) covering anything and everything Access/VBA related. A combined effort of several contributors, the website also maintains a comprehensive Resources section and useful utilities.

Win32 SDK

Feliz Kasza's 'INS Utilities and Win32 Samples'
Utilities for Microsoft's MCIS, (Commercial Internet System), and a variety of hard-core, under-the-hood Win32 samples, covering areas such as LSA, MIDL and RPC, Network, NTFS streams, Processes, Security, and others.

InterDev/Active Server

Michael C. Amundsen's amundsen.com
The official site for Using Visual InterDev 6.0 and Teach Yourself Database Programming with Visual Basic.

Wayne Berry's 15 Seconds
The largest free independent resource for Active Server. Tons of resources and info.

Manohar Kamath's Active Server Corner
Resource for various Internet technologies, especially the latest Active Server technology from Microsoft.