Relatively few .NET developers are familiar with resource files. After all, why should you bother storing a string in a resource file when you can simply type it in code or, at worst, load it from a ...

You can simplify application deployment and customization greatly by keeping as many configuration settings as possible in a configuration file. Configuration files support XCOPY deployment, and you ...

Every once in a while, you have a file open in one of your Visual Studio tabs and the file is updated on the disk. Unlike when any unopened files/folders in Solution Explorer are changed, Visual ...

Reading and writing text files is an essential task in any programming language. Follow this step-by-step approach to working with text files in VB .NET using the System.IO namespace. Years ago, when ...

This post explains how to open DLL Files in Windows 11. DLL files tend to run in the background most of the time. They are hidden deep inside program-specific folders and do not require opening under ...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.79.0 (May 2023 release) with several new features including a read-only mode for specific files and folders in your workspace. If you’ve been using GitHub ...