Visual Basic .NET - Week 15, 2006

Proper way to accept data from sockets?

derSchweiz - 15 Apr 2006 11:25 PM - 4 messages

Hi, Experimenting with sockets, and I think I got it half working. I have the following code: Private Sub socket_receive(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Activated Dim bytesRec As Integer ...

PrivateFontCollection Quastion

al jones - 15 Apr 2006 6:59 PM - 8 messages

Okay, I don't have headaches enough from my toy ... If I were to ty to load several fontfiles into a PrivateFontCollection, how would I then select one to use. Let's say that I have a couple of fonts, uninstalled of course, in some ...

VB equivilent of "internal" in C#?

Brian Henry - 15 Apr 2006 6:19 PM - 3 messages

Is there a .NET equivilent of the "internal" keyword in VB.NET? say if i had this in C# internal bool b_MyBoolean; ...

Ticker Control

Steve Amey - 15 Apr 2006 5:53 PM - 8 messages

Hi All Does anyone know of an LED style ticker control that I can use in my application? I can find lots of examples of ticker controls, but no LED ones. Kind Regards, Steve ...

Writing a Unicode String into file

kenny - 15 Apr 2006 4:21 PM - 5 messages

Hello, I am trying to read the contents of 01.bin (unicode) into a String, to modify it and finally to write it back into an other file named 02.bin. If the file really contains "a b c", then everything is replaced properly. ...

develop .net 2.0 app with winfx runtime - deploy on system without winfx runtime.

hazz - 15 Apr 2006 1:48 PM - 5 messages

will that cause a problem? In some cases? Not at all? Thanks, -greg ...

VB.net windows app questioins

c_shah - 15 Apr 2006 1:46 PM - 4 messages

I am learning developing a windows form app using VB.net and have couple of questions (1) I have a combo box in a form which is bound to a dataset, Is there any easy way to add an item called "--select--" to the combo box ...

Help for 2005

Bernard Bourée - 15 Apr 2006 12:42 PM - 2 messages

Where can I find the updated help corresponding to this MSDN page for 2005 ? [link] ...

Diary/Calendar System

OHM ( One Handed Man ) - 15 Apr 2006 9:27 AM - 2 messages

Hi Guys, Im working on something which requires a method of managing entries for resources in ASP.NET and I need to find a good solution for it. In essence, I want my user to be able to book project codes to a resource. ...

Connection String error in VB.net

Manoj Nair - 15 Apr 2006 7:44 AM - 4 messages

Hi, When I load a csv file into a dataset with the column containing numeric data the header name string does not show up .Where as if the data in the columnis alphanumeric or text then the heading appears. ...

Re: Timer fires inconsistantely

Cerebrus - 15 Apr 2006 6:59 AM - 2 messages

Hi derSchweiz, Your solution to the problem works, but wouldn't it have been simpler to wire up the event to the handler outside the Button_Click event ? Say, in your Sub New() ? Regards, Cerebrus. ...

Anyone to help Newbie?

UBigDummie - 15 Apr 2006 3:34 AM - 18 messages

Hey Guys! I'm new to this newsgroup as well as programming. The only programming I have expereince with is ASP, which I still use from time to time on my personal server. I am wanting to create an application using VB Express (I have downloaded ...

datagridview/delegates

mike604 - 15 Apr 2006 3:26 AM - 3 messages

I am learning vb.net but having trouble with this....: Essentially, I have 2 datagridview's on 2 different forms. I want one of the datagridviews to change based on what the user clicks of the other one.. On the form which the user is clicking I have this: ...

Dynamically-created menus and mdi children

Steve_Black - 14 Apr 2006 11:59 PM - 13 messages

I posted a similar message earlier but we've geared away from the original topic somewhat so I thought I'd post again in hopes of getting input from others. I am creating a MenuStrip dynamically. For each ToolStripMenuItem, I'm ...

VB and Mem Usage

Rob Harris - 14 Apr 2006 11:41 PM - 4 messages

When I run my program memory usage under Task Manager's Processes tab indicates about 9 megs. And as I do things with the program memory usage witll top out at about 12 Megs. However, if I minimize the program to the ...

Outlook MSG file reading

Dmitry Akselrod - 14 Apr 2006 10:39 PM - 7 messages

Hello everyone, I am attempting to extract some header information from typical Microsoft Outlook MSG files in VB.NET. I am not after a complete message or attachments that may be enclosed. I am particularly interested in the ...

Timer fires inconsistantely

derSchweiz - 14 Apr 2006 10:36 PM - 4 messages

I have an application that requires the use of a timer and I have created the timer object globally: Private t As New System.Timers.Timer(4000) And I have a button that that triggers an event handler: Private Sub myButton(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As ...

How to get app to explore for Odbc DSN?

Carlo Stonebanks - 14 Apr 2006 10:09 PM - 2 messages

I used to program VB 6 using RDO to access ODBC. When opening an ODBC connection with RDO, it was possible to configure a parameter to allow the ODBC Data Source Administrator to pop up, allowing you to create/edit ODBC data sources on the fly, and then return the DSN of ...

Using Microsoft Access and Enterprise Library 2.0

dhussong - 14 Apr 2006 7:09 PM - 2 messages

I am attempting to use Visual Studio 2005 (Visual Basic) and the Enterprise Library 2.0 Data Access Application Block with a Microsoft Access database. I know the names of my Access databases but I don't know their location until ...

Editing an Excel Worksheet with vb.net

chris.bunch - 14 Apr 2006 7:05 PM - 3 messages

I have written code to open an excel workbook and edit 2 worksheets. The code works great opening and editing a general workbook, but, though it opens it fine, it will not edit the worsheets in the specific workbook I need to edit. Though it has this problem it never throws ...

Editing an Excel Worksheet with vb.net

chris.bunch - 14 Apr 2006 7:04 PM - 2 messages

I have written code to open an excel workbook and edit 2 worksheets. The code works great opening and editing a general workbook, but, though it opens it fine, it will not edit the worsheets in the specific workbook I need to edit. Though it has this problem it never throws ...

Running Apps and Threads

Paul - 14 Apr 2006 5:03 PM - 2 messages

I have a form that functions as a menu. It starts various applications and keeps track of those apps on whether they are open or not. I have used both the Shell and Diagnostics.Process.Start procedures to start ...

Nothing as a char of a string

tommaso.gastaldi - 14 Apr 2006 3:42 PM - 11 messages

I am extracting some field names from a table of a db (it's an OledbSchemaguid table). It occurs for some OleDbSchema driver that NameDBField = cstr(DataRow.Item(3)) return a string that is composed by the characters of the field name, ...

Format Date from Oracle

AZNewsh - 14 Apr 2006 3:34 PM - 3 messages

I am populating a datagrid with a query from Oracle, one column is a date field which I am populating thus: <asp:BoundColumn DataField="DATE_SENT" HeaderText="DATE SENT"> <ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Left"></ItemStyle> ...

Io.FileInfo and comboBox control

R. Harris - 14 Apr 2006 2:37 PM - 2 messages

Here is what I'm trying to accomplish: When my form loads it looks at a specific directory for a list of its files and populates a combo box. Dim a As New IO.DirectoryInfo("c:\dir") ...

Threading a Create Dataset method

Lee Moore - 14 Apr 2006 2:30 PM - 5 messages

I am trying to develop a threaded function to create a dataset from an Oracle database. When querying an elaborate view, queries take a while. I would like to place and animated wait dialog up while the query runs. I ...

Copywriting or protecting your program

Bobo - 14 Apr 2006 1:41 PM - 8 messages

Does anyone have experience with copywriting a program? I'm working on a program that I want to protect somewhat. It's more the finished idea than the source code but that too. Do I need to see some legal people or is there a cookie cutter resource ...

How to show a form of c# in VB.Net from ?

Nimz - 14 Apr 2006 1:15 PM - 4 messages

Hello, this is antenio, i'm working on a vb.net project. i wanted to ask that is it possible to show a c# form in vb.net ? if yes then how ? ...

is there a way to do this

rodchar - 14 Apr 2006 1:07 PM - 5 messages

hey all, i'm using a listbox in my win form and was wondering if i can load an item to my listbox giving it a name/value pair (like dropdownlist) because i noticed that the available properties shows a Seletected Value and Selected ...

Logfiles VB.NET

Johnny E Jensen - 14 Apr 2006 10:29 AM - 3 messages

Hello I have made a tool in VB6 to track users logging into our RAS Server. The tool opens the logfiles made by the RAS Server. To read the logfile i use scripting textstream. It works fine. Now I want to make the same tool in VB.NET using System.IO.StreamReader or ...

Converting String to date

Joris De Groote - 14 Apr 2006 9:33 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I have a date: "7/10/2006" I convert it with this: Convert.ToDateTime(DocumentDatum) Now I get this: "10/7/2006" How can I make sure that it doesn't change month & day? Thanks Joris ...

Using XMLDocument to load chinese characters

Hitesh - 14 Apr 2006 9:05 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I am using XMLDocument to parse an XML which has chinese characters. It gives an error while using XMLdoc.load(string) The string has chinese characters. Please let me know if you have any idea about the same. ...

An idea to save learning time.

bokiteam - 14 Apr 2006 7:37 AM - 3 messages

Hi All, Here is my idea to save learning time - Personal learning book. What we really need is somebody really familiar our learning experience, and then takes the example to teach us. Save the learning time. For example, a person David who understands JAVA, VB, C programming, he ...

Email Issue due to Antivirus (posting again)

Mike TI - 14 Apr 2006 6:58 AM - 3 messages

April 14, 2006 Hi all I had posted this msg earlier also. If I send an email through my application (VB.NET 2005) it goes immediately. However if I turn 'Internet Auto Protect' feature ON in Norton Antivirus, the email goes only when I close the entire VB application. ...

String Tokenizing - Help!

Ark - 14 Apr 2006 5:46 AM - 3 messages

Hello, I have a text file that has each line that is comma seperated, and I need to get the values into an array. I have worked with Java and have used StringTokenizer, but have been looking for that kind of thing in Vb.NET. ...

Database update problems.

JM - 14 Apr 2006 2:24 AM - 5 messages

Hi, I am an old programmer who is only just getting back into it after about 10 years, and for the life of me I can not work out what I am doing wrong. Firstly, I've recently downloaded and installed the very latest version of ...

How to release a free source code?

bokiteam - 14 Apr 2006 1:50 AM - 12 messages

Hi All, I want to release some free source code, but not all code is done by me. (ex: I use some code from others into my project... ) I think it is too complicate to check every function/routine belongs to ...

Dynamically open forms, reports or call functions

Steve_Black - 14 Apr 2006 12:17 AM - 8 messages

Hello, I'm toying with the idea of loading a MenuStrip (VB.Net 2005) dynamically based on who is logged into my system. Every user has different security settings and I want to customize the main menu instead of showing all possible options and only enabling/disabling ...

OpenFileDialog question

Ron Dahl - 14 Apr 2006 12:08 AM - 3 messages

Is there a way to have the View Menu in the OpenFileDialog to default to showing the files in "Details" view instead of the "List" view? Thanks in advance for any help. Ron Dahl ...

Crypto Question

Mark - 13 Apr 2006 10:58 PM - 3 messages

I have been playing around with encrypting passwords using a class found in a MS KB (see farther down). It seems to work great so long as the original password is comprised of characters on the keyboard. However, if the ...

How to convert a regular VB app into a service to run on a Windows 2003 server?

Bill Nguyen - 13 Apr 2006 9:49 PM - 6 messages

I have a small VB app that I would like to install as a service in 1 of our Win 03 servers. Any suggestion is geatly appreciated. Bill ...

How to add About... entry to Window (top left) Context Menu?

Joe HM - 13 Apr 2006 9:12 PM - 2 messages

Hello - I was wondering how I can add an entry called About... to the menu that pops up when I click on the icon on the top left of the Dialog Title? By default it has entries like Close and Minimize. ...

string formatting

rodchar - 13 Apr 2006 8:35 PM - 6 messages

hey all, how do i take a string like "123456789" and format it like this: "123-45-6789" thanks, rodchar ...

FileUpload to SQL

Joe - 13 Apr 2006 8:22 PM - 3 messages

I have successfully got FileUpload to work to browse and upload a file from a web page to the web server - but I now want to upload the file into SQL as an IMAGE. Does anyone know of some examples on how to do this? ...

Open Printers Folder

Paul - 13 Apr 2006 5:38 PM - 7 messages

How do you open the Printers folder from code in VB.NET? ...

Is a method/property Me.IsLoading available? (WinForms)

dgk - 13 Apr 2006 5:06 PM - 3 messages

I want to use certain events but only when the form is finished with the Load event. Obviously I can set a boolean flag but I was looking around for anything in Me that might do the same thing but I don't see ...

Warning Text Files Access

AnDrE - 13 Apr 2006 4:21 PM - 6 messages

Hello I'm developing a application in VB .NET 2005 and I need to access text files. I'm using the System.IO.File library and I have this code: Dim oFile As System.IO.File Dim oRead As System.IO.StreamReader ...

.NET 1.1 app runs on .NET 2.0?

johnb41 - 13 Apr 2006 4:19 PM - 8 messages

My development machine had .NET 1.1, then it was upgraded to 2.0. I'd like to know if PCs that ONLY have .NET 2.0 installed will run apps developed in 1.1. I don't see why it wouldn't, but I just need to make ...

IO.File.AppendText error

dc15 - 13 Apr 2006 3:53 PM - 3 messages

I am trying to write an application, taking input from various text boxes and appending it to a text file.... it was working, then I had to create various sub procedures to reflect limits set in place (class: A through C), (type: X, I, S), grade (4 through 6) ...

Crystal "PrintToPrinter" will not print to Zebra Label Printer... HELP!

ATJaguarX - 13 Apr 2006 3:53 PM - 13 messages

I have a Zebra S500 and multiple S600 label printers. [link] They are currently being used in our legacy Foxpro application just fine. We are upgrading to ASP.NET and Crystal XI. I need to automate ...

Duplicate controls on tab pages

stacy - 13 Apr 2006 3:11 PM - 5 messages

I would like to create 4 tab pages in a tab control. 1 tab is for properties, 1 is for status and 2 of the tabs will have the same controls on them, for settings. The two settings tab pages will ...

Accessing a camrea

JJ - 13 Apr 2006 2:24 PM - 8 messages

Whats the best way of way of getting the feed from a USB camera? I have been reading about DirectShow, but it seems that microsoft support for that is dwindling. What methods are available for accessing the feed from camera's in VB .net, that will still be useable in windows Vista? ...

vb.net Automation Issues - COM Interop

SiJP - 13 Apr 2006 1:34 PM - 3 messages

I've been having a few issues recently in creating a vb.net class library (using vs.net 2003), registering it for com interop and then invoking its functions from an object in VB6. The error I am receiving is happening in VB6 when I go to compile the ...

& char in XML document

cj - 13 Apr 2006 1:28 PM - 7 messages

I'm receiving an xml formatted string that I pull data from by reading it into an xml document like this: Dim doc As New Xml.XmlDocument doc.LoadXml(respstr) Dim co_name As Xml.XmlNodeList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("co_name") textbox1.text = co_name(0).innertext ...

Simple way to get an effective memory leak

creator_bob - 13 Apr 2006 1:19 PM - 4 messages

I decided to post here after a little incident where I got an effective memory leak that was immune from garbage collection. I created a simple binary tree, no balancing or deleting. Only two functions from the root--update (add if missing), and read. The ...

Cannot send email due to antivirus

Mike TI - 13 Apr 2006 9:13 AM - 3 messages

April 13, 2006 Hi all I am trying to send an email through my application (VB.NET 2005). The email goes as required. However if I turn 'Internet Auto Protect' feature ON in Norton Antivirus, the email goes only when I exit from my VB application. ...

"Cross-thread operation not valid" without threading!!

Pieter Coucke - 13 Apr 2006 9:08 AM - 4 messages

Hi, In my VB.NET 2005 application I'm generating and sending emails using the outlook-object model (2003). When a mail is Send (MailObject_Send), I raise an event in a global class, that is caught by all my forms that than refresh ...

ComboBox in Bound DataGrid (VB 2003)

Aziz - 13 Apr 2006 8:50 AM - 5 messages

Hello, I'm using a DataGrid to add a product to an order. I would like to fill in a child field (a foreign key) by bringing up a ComboBox inside the the datagrid cell (like in the latest Northwind database) so ...

best use of vb.net and multithreading

boo73uk - 13 Apr 2006 8:37 AM - 5 messages

Hi All, I'm going to rewrite a VB6 app to VB.net and I need some pointers. Basically this app spawns simultaneous,multiple, independant ActiveX.exe 'workers' which query a SQL Server database and BCP a load of data out. ...

EndEdit problem in bindinglist

Bryan - 13 Apr 2006 6:51 AM - 4 messages

I am calling BindingList.EndEdit during a 'TextChanged' sub for a texbox. In theory, the key should be pressed changing the value in the text box, the EndEdit call should append the changes to the BindingList datasource, and then a ListChanged event should fire from the ...

Send email

Peter - 13 Apr 2006 4:01 AM - 10 messages

I have created a small windows app that gathers some user entered data, then prints it to a designated printer. A specific person then collects the prints from the printer and processes the info contained thereon. This all happens within an organisation and no external communication is ...

Deleting INI file entry

Adam Honek - 13 Apr 2006 2:01 AM - 6 messages

I'm using GetPrivateProfileString and WritePrivateProfileString for IO to an INI file. How does one delete an trying within an INI file? Thanks, Adam ...

Why can't I get the right control height?

Adam Honek - 13 Apr 2006 1:24 AM - 5 messages

Hi all, Can someone take a look at the below code and see if you can tell me why the control just cannot have a height that reaches the bottom of the form. It always exceeds it by a value of 70 or so. ...

Capture monitor

iwdu15 - 13 Apr 2006 12:39 AM - 5 messages

hi, im trying to create a remoting program that will allow me to access the monitor of any computer on my network. the problem im coming accross with is how i can see relativly real-time images of the remote computer. im guessing ...

Cascade changed data in open forms

Bryan - 12 Apr 2006 11:43 PM - 2 messages

What are some of the methods you guys have used to update data in forms that has been changed by another open form? For example I might open an form to edit an employee, and when I close it I would want to update ...

Changing control's visibility does not rearrange docked controls

Netter - 12 Apr 2006 11:37 PM - 3 messages

I have two controls on a form. The first is Dock top and the second is dock Fill When the first changes from not visible to visible the second does not move down. That is the top of the one that is Dock Fill is covered by the one ...

Should I use XML as a database for a standalone app?

Jim Florence - 12 Apr 2006 11:34 PM - 6 messages

Hi, I've just started work on a project where I need to have a tool to allow people to work offline and then sync data back to a main database when they come back onshore. It's a basic app that would allow people to enter timesheet data, record ...

Mail attachment from memory

Goran Djuranovic - 12 Apr 2006 11:22 PM - 10 messages

Hi all, Does anyone know how to send mail with attachment from memory, rather than from a file on disk? I am using VB.NET 2003. Thanks in advance Goran Djuranovic ...

Why does Replace return Nothing???

Joe HM - 12 Apr 2006 10:15 PM - 12 messages

Hello - I have the following very simple code ... Dim lStringA As String = "" Dim lStringB As String = "" .... lStringB = Replace(lStringA, "DUMMY", "", Compare:=CompareMethod.Text) lStringB.TrimEnd("\"c) According to the documenation, Replace will return a zero-length string ("") if lStringA is zero-length. So why is lStringB Nothing and causes ...

Determine if a File exists

Stephen E. Weber - 12 Apr 2006 10:05 PM - 8 messages

I need to determine if a file exists using code. I tried using the system.io.file.exists function, that will appears to locate the file if I use the complete filespec, when I move the project to the web server, that command will not work because I can not specify the ...

VC6 ATL DLL interop with VB.NET

Dave - 12 Apr 2006 9:59 PM - 6 messages

I have an existing VC6 ATL COM DLL. It has a number of methods within it that take a byte array as the methods parameters. Here's what the IDL looks like in the VC6 DLL: [id(32), helpstring("method GetSystemConfig")] HRESULT GetSystemConfig([in, ...

Title Bar is visible

Al - 12 Apr 2006 9:58 PM - 5 messages

I'm loading Child forms into MDI form. I set ControlBox = False to all children forms at design time. But during loading the blue title bar appears for a portion of a second. This thing along with other delays (populating ...

Redistribute ADOX

adebiasio@sympatico.ca - 12 Apr 2006 8:40 PM - 2 messages

Hello. My application requires an Access database to be created. If the client does not have Access installed, am I allowed to redistribute ADOX that is used to create these databases. Also, can I use ADOX to create a workgroup database without Access ...

Call control's event from a collection

Bryan - 12 Apr 2006 8:38 PM - 4 messages

I pass my form's collection of controls to a public sub in a module that loops through and checks for any ErrorProvider text. The sub returns all the ErrorProvider strings that were found for display in a msgbox to let the user know that there were data errors found. This ...

All the king's horses and all the king's men.......

Jim Hubbard - 12 Apr 2006 8:29 PM - 57 messages

It seems that Microsoft is valiantly trying to undo the harm it has done to itself by destroying VB6 in favor of the more bloated, less-RAD, less-user friendly, less-productive VB.Net. In fact, it is now giving away it's ebook "" in an effort to draw more ...

plugin architecture - repost

Craig Buchanan - 12 Apr 2006 7:36 PM - 2 messages

I am building an application to help researcher record the outcomes of their studies. These outcomes are document across a number of paper forms. The information documented on these forms varies widely. My current approach is to use a Document class with a collection of Question ...

string value to new form instance?

Paul - 12 Apr 2006 7:10 PM - 4 messages

Hi, Suppose you had a listbox1 with 3 items; Form1 Form2 Form3 Now add an event handler for listbox1.selectedindexchanged in which you wish to create a new form instance depending on the value of the SelectedItem.ToString value. i.e. If "Form3" is clicked then a new instance ...

How do I determine if a control has a specific property

rmiller - 12 Apr 2006 6:40 PM - 10 messages

I'm looping through controls on my form and grabbing the TabIndex off each one, but when it hits a control w/out a TabIndex (like a timer) it crashes. So, how do i check to see if the current control has a ...

i need timer interval more than 1 Minute.

Tark Siala - 12 Apr 2006 6:38 PM - 22 messages

hi i am using timer control, its good but if my event doing less than one time in 1 Minute. i want make event every 5 minute, how i can do that? i am using VB6, VB.NET ...

docking in vbnet 2005

glenn - 12 Apr 2006 6:38 PM - 3 messages

hi How can i make a autohide docking tool. I need the same tool that microsoft use in visual studio 2005. Where can i find it. Ore a tool of a example that do the same Greetings Glenn ...

Class Inheritance

AWesner - 12 Apr 2006 6:15 PM - 6 messages

I've been working on a project to help myself better understand how inherited classes work. I think I've learned more about classes by doing this than any other effort I've made. I've tried to create a simple problem by creating a class named TestThis ...

getting application version...

Support - 12 Apr 2006 5:34 PM - 7 messages

My vb.net 2.0 application has a publish version of major = 1, Minor =0, Build = 2 and Revision = 11 with Automatically increment selected. How do I programatically extract that information. Thanks Terry ...

Plugin architecture questions

Craig Buchanan - 12 Apr 2006 4:47 PM - 2 messages

I am building an application to help researcher record the outcomes of their studies. These outcomes are document across a number of paper forms. The information documented on these forms varies widely. My current approach is to use a Document class with a collection of Question ...

Purpose of Keyword "Overloads"?

Arthur Dent - 12 Apr 2006 3:53 PM - 4 messages

Hi all, Im just curious, what is the purpose of the keyword "Overloads" in VB nowadays? I understand conceptually what overloads are and what they do, but im a little puzzled, because if you declare two subs or properties or functions with the same ...

listview usage

Gonzosez - 12 Apr 2006 2:47 PM - 2 messages

I have an application that creates a list view. I want the user to be able to select several items. How do I retrieve then information for several selections. I can do it for 1 but not several. Also the list has check box once the user has selected an item I want the ...

Color Dialog Custom colors

J-Rod - 12 Apr 2006 2:20 PM - 3 messages

Hi everyone/anyone, I am using a button in my app that opens the color dialog, and allows the user to select a color which changes the backcolor of a label. I then store the color in my db as a hash value, since i found this to be ...

Connection to Access Db with a password?

Lars Netzel - 12 Apr 2006 1:38 PM - 9 messages

Hi, I have built an application that is driven by an access database. This is then deplaoy onto about 80 clients through an installation package that also proved a local copy of an emtyp database to start working with. This have ...

Datagrid Error

Agnes - 12 Apr 2006 1:14 PM - 2 messages

I got an one-to-many relationship datagrid. When user process dsUPdate..... (it sometimes got such error) Please see the attached. Does anyone know what's wrong with it. [attached file: inv_error.JPG] ...

Saving a File to the Desktop

Devlei - 12 Apr 2006 1:11 PM - 3 messages

I want to be able to save a file to the Desktop. I realise the Desktop path varies according to the version of Windows being used. Can some-one help me with the following three issues: 1. Is the best option to use 'Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major' to ...

AutoScroll listbox as I type

Selva Chinnasamy - 12 Apr 2006 12:21 PM - 5 messages

I like to implement auto scrolling to the best match in the listbox as I type. Your response is highly appreciated. Selva ...

Send email throught VB.NET 2005

Mike TI - 12 Apr 2006 12:17 PM - 3 messages

April 12, 2006 Hi all I want to send an email through a VB.Net 2005 application. Can someone show me some examples: 1. To send an email through the current default email client, Outlook Express or Microsoft Office Outlook. ...

DataGridView

Art - 12 Apr 2006 11:00 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I'm having some trouble with my DataGridView. I have it bound to a DataTable. One column of the grid is a boolean that says whether a row should be visible. There is also a checkbox outside of the grid that toggles ...

Casting question

Robert Schneider - 12 Apr 2006 10:12 AM - 4 messages

Why is this possible: DirectCast(obj, IList(Of T)).GetEnumerator IList does not have the GetEnumerator method according to the documentation .. Is seems that I get a ICollection interface after the cast. But why? Cheers, Robert ...

Linked tables in Access [VB .Net 2005]

Marchetto - 12 Apr 2006 8:08 AM - 2 messages

Hi all, I found many posts about this problem... but unfortunately I still can't solve it. I have an Access DB with some linked tables (to text files). with no problem.... all works correctly. But..creating a new data connection from Server Explorer in Visual ...

Typing in a ComboBox

Helen Trim - 12 Apr 2006 8:03 AM - 2 messages

Is there any way of getting a combo box to move to an item as the user types? For example, if they type FR in a country list, it scrolls down to France. This is the usual way that a combo box works, but it doesn't seem to happen ...

VS2005 IDE Status bar question

CMM - 12 Apr 2006 4:58 AM - 10 messages

This might be common knowledge... but, what does this animated icon in the VS2005 IDE mean? ([link]) it's a VS icon... animated... slowly blowing up). I've personally never noticed it ...

property access from the form

Vivek Sharma - 12 Apr 2006 3:58 AM - 5 messages

Hi, I have a form in a windows application. In that form I have declared the public property InvoiceNo. I am trying to access this property from the other form. In the other form I declared the first form as ...

Add User settings to My.Settings at Runtime

Shane - 12 Apr 2006 2:29 AM - 3 messages

Does anyone know how to add user scoped settings to My.Settings at runtime? I know how to use the 'My Settings' designer to add user settings at design time. I also, know how to create a class that inherits from the ...

Tool strip size

Adam Honek - 12 Apr 2006 12:44 AM - 5 messages

Hi all, The tool strip control is set to flow layout, no autosize and to anchor top, left. When the form is maximized all the icons and text fit in one line across the screen. The menu strip stays with the default height causing there to be a space ...

Tree view node selection

Adam Honek - 12 Apr 2006 12:20 AM - 8 messages

Hi all, How do we select a tree view's node outside of a tree view event? Looking through the lists there's no select function, the nearest I can find is GetNodeAt but this seems to want the screen coordinates. ...

Ending the appliation reliably

Maximize/Minimize form without API

ASP.NET page, hiding certain controls when printing

How to draw graphics on a bitmap ?

Access Database Access within code

Displaying customer data

Shared Methods In A Class

ListView FocusedItem

Request for permission of the type 'System.Security.Permissions.RegistryPermission...' failed

file system watcher prevents PC shutdown

Check if TIF file in use

form refresh? repaint? doevents?

Form On Error event

Tabbing not working in vb 6.0 forms

Data form wizard in VS.NET 2005

Tabelle collegate in Access [VB .Net 2005]

Is there really no way to turn the background compiler in VB.NET?

Touch Screen programming?

Delegate problems

MSDN-Example with Collection(of T)

Instantiate a byte array with hex values

Simple question

Reading block of text from file

will service/console app built with VS2003 run in a .NET 2.0 only host?

Error connectiong to database

How do I find and use a Window Handle?

"Looksalike" algorithm

Saving Jpeg/Exif info Please Help.

Total VB.Net newbie - Directory.Exists question

How to simplifying boolean algebra expression?

close automatically a form

How do I extend My.Resources

seek tutorial on .bmp manipulation

System.Timers.Timer.Elapsed event not firing

Link in a richtextbox

Edit and Continue doesn't work

simple queue

Tree view node selection error

Sub Main() refusing to work

VB 2005 Express: Line graph

Filling resized panel with form

Impersonate

.net framework

Inherent form controls resize

Reading .csv files containing the "-" character

remote registry access?

No accessible overloaded 'DataRowCollection.Add' can be called without a narrowing conversion.

file upload download on aspx problem

Center in Child

Inability to trap form.show event

Add new items to combobox after the datasource is set

DrawString with Hotkey Character Underlined

Data Access Application Block

scope - integer

Class Instantiation

Creating Multiple Listviews in Code

Disable objectdatasource-control

docking in vb

Open Excel file with ASP.Net

SQL query on Datatables [VB 2005]

Validating Data in a DataGrid

private font collection - delete

Datagridview cell background color?

Visual Studio.Net - two web projects in one solution

arraylist to use in another form

Textbox Click Event needed.

simple thread question

'System.Security.SecurityException' with .NET 2005 Only

Drawing a square (or circles) before each item of a treeview

After 2003 to 2005 Upgrade Wizard, Getting System.Security.SecurityException

Looking for a License Package

appending colored / fonted <?> text to a richtextbox

Drawing points in degrees!!!

32bit image quality in menus and tool bar strips

VB2005 - Secure Access to SQL Server through Application Only

How to get the icon in shell32.dll?

mousehover