mvps.orgWelcome to the MVPs.org home page!

This is your jumping off point to a number of interesting offerings being provided for you by a few folks associated with the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) program. Plan to check this page every so often as new subwebs and subdomains are bound to show up from time to time. This home page has been somewhat organized to categorize our offerings, in the hope of narrowing down your quest for information. The sites that are described below are those hosted by this domain. The MVP Links page points to all known MVP sites. Development Applications Platforms Site Info Application Development Alex Angelopoulos’ Windows Scripting Site Resources for Windows scripters, focusing primarily (but not exclusively) on WSH. Topics include extension of scripting with COM, tools for scripters, performance analysis, numerical scripting, scripting and programming interoperability, scripting philosophy, and the ever-popular Rube Goldberg memorial scripting page commemorating bizarre scripting solutions. Randy Birch’s VB net VB net is Randy’s Visual Basic ’classic’ code site focusing primarily on utilizing the Windows APIs from VB. With contents gleaned from poring over the MSDN and other API references, as well as provided by friends and contributors, VB net is nearing the 80 million page-view mark. vbnet.mvps.org Common Controls Replacement Project The CCRP is was a unique project, combining the extensive talents of Windows developers whose aim is was to provide smaller, faster, more fully-featured and free replacements to the Microsoft-provided Common Controls and Common Dialogs. The untimely end was not foreseen. ccrp.mvps.org Eric DeBrosse’s DirectX Cool Fool A great resource for Visual Basic developers utilizing DirectX technologies. Provides downloads, articles, tutorials and FAQs related to multimedia and game development topics. Robert Dunlop’s X-Zone A useful resource for game developers and others using the DirectX SDK for multimedia development. Includes samples, how-to articles, FAQs for the various DirectX APIs, and more! Also includes support information for Sam’s Teach Yourself DirectX 7 in 24 Hours , by co-author Robert Dunlop. L.J. Johnson’s Slightly Tilted Software All of the code from articles that L.J. has done for VBPJ over the years. Mainly NT administrative-type programs and utilities, but many are useful for anyone who uses NT and Visual Basic. Extensive use of some of the more esoteric API programming under NT (including file security). A sampling of WMI and ADSI programming is also included, along with photos of other MVPs and well-known VB personalities from VBits. Felix Kasza’s Win32 Samples The Win32 page contains a variety of Win32 samples, covering areas such as LSA, MIDL and RPC, Network, NTFS streams, Processes, Security, and a few others. Note that Felix does not speak VB. win32.mvps.org David Liske’s HTML Help Center This subweb contains the results of research conducted in the area of Microsoft HTML Help. Developers and help authors alike will find high-quality samples, source code, and tools for working with HTML Help, along with a couple of items to assist the users of help systems. frogleg.mvps.org Brad Martinez’ VB-32 Programs & Samples A unique collection of 32-bit freeware programs and code samples catering to the intermediate and advanced Visual Basic programmer familiar with the Win32 shell common controls, and API. btmtz.mvps.org Bob Moore’s Win32 Tip Site An eclectic selection of Win32 programming tips in C/C++. Topics covered range from UI techniques through to processes and threads, with each tip trying to solve a common problem or explain a concept. Basic MFC knowledge useful for some of the tips, but not essential. bobmoore.mvps.org Eduardo Morcillo’s Edanmo’s VB Page Source code for Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET, targeted to intermediate and advanced programmers. Karl E. Peterson’s One-Stop Source Shop Dedicated to Classic VB programming, this subweb contains a collection of the samples, demos, and tools that Karl has put together over the years. Many were originally written for VBPJ and have since been enhanced. Others are simply FAQs. If you use Classic VB (this is a certifiably .NET-free zone) you’re likely to find something useful here. vb.mvps.org Bryan Stafford’s vbVision A collection of Visual Basic samples, articles and tips with what may be considered a slightly different vision than other VB sites. The site is dedicated to exposing the limitless possibilities that are achievable using VB and the Win32 API. Harvey Triana’s Visual Expert A collection of articles and tips written by Harvey Triana, documents that that go beyond the standard documentation of Visual Basic. The articles describe implementations applied to development problems, from which enterprise software has been created. Una colecci�n de art�culos y tips escritos por Harvey Triana, material que va m�s alla de la documentaci�n estandar de Visual Basic. Los art�culos describen implementaciones aplicadas a problemas de desarrollo, y de las cuales que se ha creado software para empresas. vexpert.mvps.org Visual C++ MVP FAQ A recollection of answers to the most common questions asked in the Visual C++ and Win32 public newsgroups, provided by MVPs. The site covers several areas of Visual C++ and Windows development in C/C++. vcfaq.mvps.org Herfried K. Wagner’s VB.Any A website dedicated to Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET programming. This subweb contains a growing number of samples, code snippets, articles, and links to related web sites, and a collection of answers to the most common questions asked in the VB.NET public newsgroups. All information is presented in German. dotnet.mvps.org Application Resources Juan M Afan de Ribera’s Access & VBA FAQ This site is dedicated to providing answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions, in Spanish-language Access newsgroups, on the topics of VBA and Access. Sitio (en Espa�ol) dedicado a responder las preguntas m�s frecuentes (FAQ) para Access y VBA hechas en los grupos de noticias para Access en espa�ol. accessvbafaq.mvps.org Francisco Javier Garc�a Aguado’s La Web de Access del B�ho Spanish site completely dedicated to Access and VBA, with more than 1000 fully operative code examples. Sitio en Espa�ol dedicado en exclusiva a Access y VBA con mas de 1000 ejemplos de codigo completamente operativo. accessbuho.mvps.org Dev Ashish’s The Access Web A collection of answers to various questions (some Frequently Asked, some rarely) asked in Usenet and Microsoft newsgroups, covering anything and everything Access/VBA related. A combined effort of several contributors, the website also maintains a comprehensive Resources section and few useful utilities. Maintenant disponible en fran�ais. Entourage Help Page A resource for Microsoft Entourage:mac, provided by Microsoft Mac MVPs. Find helpful hints for e-mail, contacts, tasks and calendar management. Sections include FAQs, troubleshooting, and general getting started help. entourage.mvps.org Chirag Dalal’s OfficeOne A website dedicated to Microsoft Office Tips, Tricks, Add-ins and Solutions. A large collection of add-ins and and VBA code snippets. officeone.mvps.org Orlando Magalh�es Filho’s VBA and Excel Site Excel knowledge and examples to share with others including mainly utilities, code suggestions, and tips related to Excel and Excel macros in VBA. Also includes materials on Word, Word macros in VBA, Office and, VB. orlando.mvps.org John Marshall’s Visio Page Website This website contains information ing Visio and has several examples of using VBA to work with Visio. The website also has a list of websites that offer extra stencils and templates for Visio. David McRitchie’s Excel Pages This site provides Excel macros and other problem solving hints for those working with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Topics covered generally include a Related Area for additional information. Shyam Pillai’s OfficeTips A collection of samples, articles...