Checkboxes in any Cell in a ListView

The built-in Checkbox functionality for ListViews will put a checkbox at the beginning of each row. I only needed to put the check box at the beginning of certain rows. The following posting show a simply way to achieve this requirement. I did not use this method exactly as it is shown, but it was definitely a good start:

http://bytes.com/topic/visual-basic-net/insights/880195-putting-checkboxes-any-cell-listview

DiffMerge - Tool to Compare and Merge Files

A free tool to compare and Merge files and folders:

http://www.sourcegear.com/diffmerge/downloads.html

VB.NET and C# Comparison

Great posting that compares VB.NET and C#:

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/vbnet_csharp_comparison.html

Sorting Collections (Generic.List)

Here is a simple example for sorting collections (such as a Generic.List) based on particular attributes in the objects:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/438715/how-sort-a-system-collections-generic-list-in-vb-net

Here is another:

http://www.codedigest.com/Articles/CSHARP/84_Sorting_in_Generic_List.aspx

Serializing Objects in .NET as XML or Binary

This posting provides a good summary of serializing .NET Objects as XML or Binary:

http://devcity.net/Articles/113/1/dotnet_serialization.aspx

Rectangle Structure

Here is a pretty good link that shows all of the different results using the different method from the Rectangle class such as Union, Intersection, Inflate, etc.:

http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/VB/0300__2D-Graphics/CreateRectangleFromSizeAndPoint.htm

Simple XOR String Encryption

Here is a posting I found on how to Encrypt Strings with an XOR operation:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/8b53894c-a889-4914-8c46-122980cc44ae/simple-xor-encryption.aspx