About TheScarms(tm)
TheScarms(tm) contains primarily older Visual Basic
and C# related programming information. I am a software developer by trade and
when I come across something I think would benefit other programmers I add it
to this web site. TheScarms also contains some info about my passion for really hot
hot sauces. This is a personal site. I get nothing out of it except the satisfaction of
helping others!
TheScarms Visual Basic and C# pages are dedicated
to providing solutions to hard to solve programming issues and topics that most
developers commonly struggle with. Most of the classic VB 6.0 pages cover the types of
problems that are difficult or impossible to solve with Visual Basic alone. As
a result, many of them rely heavily on Microsoft Windows API functions.
Ninety nine percent of the material on TheScarms was written by me. It was
developed either as part of a project I was working on at the time, or because
I received a lot of requests for the particular topic, or simply because it
intrigued me.
Many of my samples have been published in several distinguished Visual Basic
news letters and very reputable publications. Each sample has been downloaded
tens of thousands of times. My code has shown up in applications world wide! I
always chuckle when a friend informs me they were working on an application for
company XYZ and came across references to TheScarms in their code.
 After high school I started my working career
as an Optician. Five years later I realized that was not what I wanted to do. I
enrolled in college and obtained a dual degree in Electrical Engineering and
Software Engineering. Initially, I wanted to work in the Electrical Engineering
field, but I soon realized it was software development that I truly enjoyed. I
continued my schooling up to just shy of completing my masters in Computer
Science.
I have been developing software since 1981 and have used; .NET Core, ReactJS, Redux, AWS, PCF, MVC, Razor, jQuery, Require.js, C#, VB.NET, Visual
Basic, XML, XSL, CSS, SASS, Web API, PowerBuilder, C, Java Script, SQL, SQR, FOCUS, Assembler,
PL/I, REXX, Fortran, Lisp, PASCAL, PowerFlex, COBOL, FOCUS, and many other
languages. I have programmed under Windows, Unix, HP-UX, MVS/TSO, VM/CMS, DEC
VM, and various other platforms and have worked with every major database you
can think including DB2, Sybase, Oracle, SQL Server, Miscrosoft Access,
FoxPro,...
The breadth of applications I have authored or been involved
with is enormous. They range from the boring e.g. mainframe payroll and human
resource systems, to the more interesting - developing the operating system for
the jet pack worn by NASA astronauts when they buzz around in space.
I have written all types of applications from simple games for
kids to complex numerical programs to solve systems of partial differential
equations. I've written compilers, assemblers, real time embedded operating
systems, developed COM components to implement business rules, n-tier web
applications,...
In the end, it is all software and it is what I enjoy doing!
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