Visual Basic .NET - Week 16, 2006

GetDirectories Performance

Tom Scales - 22 Apr 2006 11:07 PM - 8 messages

I'm writing a VB.NET 2003 program that uses a Treeview to display the drive structure on the computer. I am having a major problem with performance. The are many files on one drive (over a million) and it is killing me. For ...

[DATE - newbie] change and set back

an - 22 Apr 2006 5:57 PM - 12 messages

TOTAL NEWBIE I need to change the date to 05/05/2005, display a messagebox, then set the current date back. In VB6 I use: aaa = Date Date = #05/05/2005# Msgbox "Hallo" Date = aaa In VbNet I'm in a nightmare. ...

A Question of form focus - VB.NET 2003

Sid Price - 22 Apr 2006 5:16 PM - 3 messages

Is there a way of stopping a form getting focus in VB.NET. The scenario I have is a main form and a form used for display only. There are no user controls on the display form and it does not ever need to have the focus. ...

Problem with generating file shortcut in VB

Mike - 22 Apr 2006 5:08 PM - 3 messages

I'm trying to generate a shortcut file from VB. The code below is a cutdown version of some code I found on the net that is supposed to do the job The compiler complains about "WshShell" in the 5th line below. It says ...

Automagically answering another program's dialog

Joseph Sheppard - 22 Apr 2006 4:17 PM - 4 messages

We have a pesky dialog box that appears on our Ascent Capture server 50 times a day, bottle-necking our release process. While we wait for a corrected .dll to prevent this dialog, I would like to write a program that automatically answers it (the dialog has one choice ...

SQL Server ADO.Net error - General network error. Check your network documentation

RJN - 22 Apr 2006 1:42 PM - 2 messages

Hi I'm getting the General Network error, though not consistently. Stack trace is below. Any fix for this? at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, TdsParserState state) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, TdsParserState state) ...

RS232 - Recive = Send????

Henning M - 22 Apr 2006 8:58 AM - 7 messages

Hi all, Im trying to send a command to my uprocessor project, but when i try to read the answer for the uPU I get the same commed I just send to it??? It is as if the command isn't send before I close the connection? ...

projects in vb.net not relateted to data base

yousafjan - 22 Apr 2006 8:33 AM - 3 messages

hi i want to work on projects in vb.net which not relateted to data base.any one agive me same idia abt same projects.thanks ...

Trying to execute something stored in variable

Mike TI - 22 Apr 2006 8:09 AM - 5 messages

April 22, 2006 Hi all I want to execute a command stored in a variable, eg I may store: Form1.Show() or Form2.Show() in the variable and then execute whatever is in the variable. I read about the System.CodeDom namespace in MSDN, however I am unable to ...

Debug.Wrile does not appear on the Output Window

Bernard_Bourée - 22 Apr 2006 7:59 AM - 8 messages

In order to trace my job I placed some Debug.Writeline in my code but they don't appear in the output window! How to solve it? Thanks Bernard ...

GetCurrentProcess.Id vs GetCurrentProcessId API

johnboy - 22 Apr 2006 7:39 AM - 5 messages

How is the "System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess.Id" different from the GetCurrentProcessId API (Kernel32.dll)? I'm trying to convert code from VB6 to VB.NET and supposedly GetCurrentProcess.Id (.NET) is the equivalent of GetCurrentProcessId API, but it doesn't work. I placed both in my .NET app to read the ...

Can't delete an image that is in a picture box

Tom Scales - 22 Apr 2006 1:32 AM - 6 messages

I am having a problem with an application I am writing in vb.net 2003. I display an image (JPG) on the screen using a Picturebox, loading it with image.fromfile. The user can select a key to delete the image. ...

Paste logo on image

Sehboo - 22 Apr 2006 1:30 AM - 4 messages

Hi, We have thousands of images and would like to watermark our logo on those images. Is it possible to put our logo on image programatically? manually it will take years. I don't even know where to begin. Thanks ...

Form Visibility Issue VB.NET 2003

Sid Price - 21 Apr 2006 9:10 PM - 4 messages

Hello, I am having a problem with a windows form when controlling its visibility. My application has a form that displays a timing function. Normally the timing form is hidden. An object has a timer that causes some processing to ...

Unused variables that really are?!?

Seigfried - 21 Apr 2006 9:00 PM - 7 messages

There was a previous thread with this title that was closed, so I'm starting a new one because I have exactly the same problem. The original poster never did get a satisfactory answer because "the problem went away as mysteriously as it arrived". ...

Close a msgbox

John Wright - 21 Apr 2006 8:24 PM - 3 messages

How can I close a msgbox programtically. I have a process that can run 24/7. If an operator is not at the station, I want to close the msgbox that appears. How can I do this? ...

Web Browser in Windows App

LisaConsult - 21 Apr 2006 7:59 PM - 10 messages

I'm hoping to verify that we are on the right track. We have a windows based application that we are developing which allows the user to fill out various loan application forms. There are several pages for each loan application ...

Can't add a reference to the specified file.

Al - 21 Apr 2006 7:38 PM - 2 messages

In VB 2005 I created Windows Class Library with a single class, put a check mark at Register for COM interop, compiled it. When I'm trying to add a reference to this dll in VB6 project I get an error 'Can't add a reference ...

temp directory

rodchar - 21 Apr 2006 7:31 PM - 4 messages

hey all, is there a way in vb.net code to access whatever temp folder location any pc is pointing to? thanks, rodchar ...

Launching a Server Side Process

josh.tucholski - 21 Apr 2006 6:50 PM - 2 messages

I am unsure of how to launch a server-side executable that is usually run in a command prompt. The purpose of the executable when run is to fetch a web page and convert it to PDF. Once the process has ...

Off topic--best place to ask a question

cj - 21 Apr 2006 6:43 PM - 3 messages

I need help writing a stored procedure in a sql server database. Which forum would be best to ask for help in? ...

Dragging Borderless Forms

Liz - 21 Apr 2006 6:15 PM - 4 messages

I need to implement dragging a borderless form by clicking/dragging on the form surface. Using the "standard" approach (setting "CanMove" flag on MouseDown, moving the form by the delta of the absolute mouse movement, unsetting the "CanMove" flag on MouseUp) I am getting a lot of "jerky" ...

Newbie: Examples of ExecuteNonQuery

Parasyke - 21 Apr 2006 6:04 PM - 3 messages

Does anyone have any examples of "ExecuteNonQuery"? I've tried to grap this phrase but examples may be my only way of understanding this concept. Any real-world code snipits with a brief description would be so kind. Thanks! ...

VB2005 structures to file

Galen Somerville - 21 Apr 2006 3:50 PM - 2 messages

And yet another VB6 to VB2005 problem. All helpful suggestions appreciated. As you can see in the code below, my structures use fixed length strings and known array sizes. Consequently I can save to files as a large byte array. ...

How I generate a tone programatically without resorting to playing a file such as MP3, WAV, etc.?

alcurb - 21 Apr 2006 3:47 PM - 2 messages

I would like to programatically generate a sine wave, for instance, without resorting to playing a file. My goal is to create waveforms by drawing one cycle on a control and playing it in a loop. The tone should be played through the sound card ...

TableAdapters and true N-Tier

CMM - 21 Apr 2006 3:38 PM - 8 messages

Unless someone has come up with a way, I still don't understand how you can use TableAdapters in a true n-tier infrastructure.... where the DataAccessLayer is in one Dll and *only* the Datasets themselves can be shared across layers. ...

question on dataset

Jake Smythe - 21 Apr 2006 3:17 PM - 2 messages

Hello, I was wondering if/how to do the following. I have a dataset with a column names attention. It has either a 1 or 0 as a value. How can I get the count of rows that have a vaue of 1 from the dataset? Any samples/links would be ...

dotnet security exception issues

Dave Cullen - 21 Apr 2006 1:07 PM - 6 messages

My version of dotnet is 7.0.9955 Studio 2002. The applications I've written refuse to run on our shared network drive, giving security exceptions. I've not been able to find a workaround for this problem and the VS 2002 MSDN stinks. ...

Addhandler with parameter ?

Peter Stojkovic - 21 Apr 2006 11:52 AM - 4 messages

Is it possible to add a handler , and the function to add has a parameter ? Or MUST the function have NO parameters ? Thanks Peter ...

NTIER Issue

Jon Vaughan - 21 Apr 2006 11:48 AM - 2 messages

Hello, I have an NTIER Model written in VB.NET, at the moment is running as a client / server. Pushing a pulling data from the client to the server is fine and is done via webservice calls. But how do I go about a call from the ...

Newbie Question about Value and Reference Types

Gabor Törö - 21 Apr 2006 11:22 AM - 7 messages

Hi! I'm new to vb.net (and to programming as well) and last night I tried to make my own picture of the difference of value and reference types. What I find out is that the main difference is how the CLR handles the ...

download

Prakash - 21 Apr 2006 8:59 AM - 2 messages

hello i want to download the file from browser(header attach met) any one help me thanks ...

Can't read xml to Excel (dataset.WriteXml)

Morten Snedker - 21 Apr 2006 8:57 AM - 2 messages

I'm using this code to generate an XML-file: If File.Exists("d:\k2b.xls") Then File.Delete("d:\k2b.xls") Dim fs As New System.IO.FileStream("d:\k2b.xml", ...

Problem in datagrid

Krishna - 21 Apr 2006 6:05 AM - 2 messages

Hi, all I have developed one form which will allow user to enter data through datagrid, that datagrid is bound with comboboxes, textboxes. in thise two textboxes are readonly property is true. Actually the problem is when i update or insert any record it is not ...

Option strict on and detecting a listview Name

James - 21 Apr 2006 3:38 AM - 3 messages

Hi. I'm probably attempting the impossible but what the hey. I'm modifying a multi-paneled form which has 8 different listviews, To allow sorting by columns I've had to add a diffrerent handler Sub for each of them eg. ...

ASP.NET GRID CONTROL.

Edinson - 21 Apr 2006 12:31 AM - 3 messages

Newbe in ASP.NET... :) I want to jump from a textbox to the next one, into a grid by using the enter key. Do I have to use a Java Script or there is another way. I wounld't like to use a Java Script. ...

DragDrop to TextBox

gordonmytuba - 20 Apr 2006 10:50 PM - 3 messages

Please forgive me (or mention the proper thread) if this is the wrong thread. Also doesn't help that i'm new to vb.net I'd like to be able to drag a file from c:\test.txt onto a text box in ...

backgroundworker

John Wright - 20 Apr 2006 10:19 PM - 4 messages

I have a backgroundworker thread that I need to check some data for me every 6 hours or so. I can start the thread and do the check with great success, but I only need this thread to check every six hours. I tried the timer ...

set defaultprinter

masterphilch - 20 Apr 2006 9:43 PM - 6 messages

Hi Is it possible to set a defaultprinter through vb.net? thanks for help philippe ...

Retrieving a list of available fonts on system.

Jonesgj - 20 Apr 2006 9:05 PM - 4 messages

Hi, How would I return a list of available fonts. I'm writing a simple word processor, and have got the font dialog working, but wanted to create a toolbar dropdown with a list of fonts in, instead. I'm not a 'hardened programmer' ;-) so any simple examples out there?? ...

ReadAllText, special characters

kenny - 20 Apr 2006 8:11 PM - 4 messages

I have a problem reading special characters in unicode files like the german ÃŸ. I use the following code: Dim enc As System.Text.Encoding = New System.Text.UnicodeEncoding(False, False) Dim a As String = ...

Is there a way to see if a file is in use?

Anthony Ho - 20 Apr 2006 7:55 PM - 7 messages

Hi, I use the following: FileOpen(taskmgrfile, "C:\trend.csv", OpenMode.Random, OpenAccess.Read, OpenShare.LockRead) to open a file, but it returns err.number 75 "The process cannot access the file "C:\trend.csv" because it is being used by another process." ...

Maximize form problem->bottom hidden by start bar

Mrozu - 20 Apr 2006 5:46 PM - 6 messages

Hi When I maximize a form in VB.Net 2003 the bottom of the form gets hidden by the start bar (so my status bar is invisible). How can I get my app to maximize to the usable screen area above the start bar? ...

Datagrid binding problem

no - 20 Apr 2006 4:59 PM - 4 messages

Hi all, I have a dataset that contain 2 tables and a relationship between them (master detail). I bind this dataset to a form that include some textboxes that bind to the parent record, and a datagrid that is binded to the detailed records. ...

Mutable Types and Read-Only Fields

Mythran - 20 Apr 2006 4:58 PM - 4 messages

[link](VS.80).aspx * Do not assign instances of mutable types to read-only fields. I would have to disagree with this "Field Design" guidelines...to an extent. Example: public class SomeClass { ...

Getting Exception on Command Line Args, but works within IDE debug

David B - 20 Apr 2006 3:53 PM - 11 messages

I am writing a console App with VB 2005 where I accept a text file as input, parse it and insert the text data into an SQL table. I have written the code correctly as well as I can tell because it works ...

VS2005 - Passing NumericUpDown into a class method?

Len Weltman - 20 Apr 2006 3:03 PM - 6 messages

I am trying to pass a NumericUpDown object into a class method using Visual Studio 2005, but the control type is not found in Intellisense and the type declaration is flagged as an error. Here is a code sample (which doesn't ...

DX9 SDK (Feb 2006) / .NET 2.0

Alex C. Barberi - 20 Apr 2006 2:32 PM - 4 messages

I just upgraded one of my projects from VB.NET 2002/DX9.0c to VB 2005/DX9 Feb 2006 and I am getting lots of errors like this one: 'Device' is ambiguous in the namespace 'Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D' ...

Creating an inherited control

ben m - 20 Apr 2006 2:27 PM - 2 messages

Hi all - we've recently switched up to 2005, and I'm having trouble getting the hang of some things, among them, creating a control for the project. Currently, we use a combination of controls on a TabControl - mainly a grid on one tab, and a checkboxlist on the other, that ...

deploy windows service

gabe - 20 Apr 2006 2:00 PM - 3 messages

Does anyone have a resource for deploying a windows service? - creatng a setup project to deply a windows service project, getting InstallUtil.exe to execute (and reference the correct framework path) after the service is installed. gabe ...

Editing Multiple DataGridViews

jpenn44 - 20 Apr 2006 1:59 PM - 3 messages

I have multiple datagridviews on one form. I am allowing editing in the grid, and am performing error checking. I am validating the data, if it isn't valid, I am cancelling any other events fired. My problem is, I am validating in grid A, if they click in Grid B, I am popping up a message box informing them of the error, but if they click ok on the message box, and then click in grid B again, it goes on. The following is a code snippet: ...

Multi-line comments

cj - 20 Apr 2006 1:27 PM - 9 messages

Has MS included in VB2005 any multi-line comment methods like in C? /* This is a multi-line comment in C */ It's something I'd like to have. I did read somewhere that I could use Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C and Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U ...

Communication between forms

Selva Chinnasamy - 20 Apr 2006 1:19 PM - 9 messages

I have multiple Mdi Child forms. Form1 is displaying all the orders list, Form2 is displaying all the product list. When I rename a Product name on Form3, I wanted to update contents in Form1 and 2. Right now the Function renaming the Product is calling ...

security issues with an upgraded VB6 program

garyme2 - 20 Apr 2006 1:05 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I'm not a professional developer. I have several in-house VB6 programs that I have upgraded to VB.NET. One of them runs fine while I'm in the VisualStudio.NET environment, but the .exe will not run standalone. I get ...

publisher file

rodchar - 20 Apr 2006 12:36 PM - 6 messages

hey all, is there a way to use a dataset for the datasource of a publisher mail merge? thanks, rodchar ...

Legacy Connection Object - I need a new one

thejamie - 20 Apr 2006 10:54 AM - 4 messages

My question: "What is the correct connection object to use in VS 2005 for a text connection?" will need some background. I am placing code at the end showing how I am reading data from a text file (comma delimited) into a ...

Login from service

Jake - 20 Apr 2006 10:31 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I would like to make login from service that I have coded vb.net. Actually it have to log in when some hw conditions are correct. How it is possible can service make login? jake ...

IE Privacy - DNS Problem - ASP.NET

rawCoder - 20 Apr 2006 10:14 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I have a case where my application built in Visual STudio .NET 2003 and ASP.NET ( VB/C# ) is installed on IIS 6.0, windows server 2003. Problem is that when I reach the site( using IE) through the public IP ...

Execute something stored in a variable

Mike TI - 20 Apr 2006 10:05 AM - 3 messages

April 20, 2006 Hi All Thank you every one for your help, I have now started to get the feel of VB.Net 2005. How can I execute something stored in a variable. For example, I want to store: UserControl1.Show() or ...

Name of Active User Control Docked in Panel

Mike TI - 20 Apr 2006 10:00 AM - 2 messages

April 20, 2006 Hi All Is there a way I can tell the name of the user control docked in a Split Container Panel. I am using VB.Net 2005. e.g. if I dock a user control using the code below: ...

Reading registered file types in windows

news.microsoft.com - 20 Apr 2006 7:56 AM - 2 messages

Hello, is there anyway I can get the complete list of extensions in the registered file types in vb.net? (in explorer: Folder options -> tab file types) Grtz. ...

Run job on a seperate thread

Mike TI - 20 Apr 2006 7:46 AM - 2 messages

April 20, 2006 Hi all I want to invoke a job on a seperate thread and then close it on completion. Can anyone point me out to a working example. Thank you. Mike TI ...

77 lines code need 30MB ram ?

Boki - 20 Apr 2006 6:39 AM - 5 messages

Hi All, Only 77 lines codes, need 30MB ram.... is that large? Can I use single webbrowser control to open two page at the same time? Best regard, Boki. ...

Are there any tools that can generate call graph for Visual Basic .NET source codes?

Rose - 20 Apr 2006 6:06 AM - 5 messages

Hi, guys, Is there such a tool? I also hope it is free. Thanks! Rose ...

Form1 can't getfocus again...

Boki - 20 Apr 2006 5:58 AM - 4 messages

Hi All, After enter the textbox1 ( whatever type text in or not ), I can't make the Form1_GotFocus event again.... I use that event to change form apparel..... Best regards, Boki. ----------------------------- Public Class Form1 Private mouseOffset As Point ...

textbox enter or GotFocus

Boki - 20 Apr 2006 5:51 AM - 3 messages

Dear All, What is the different between Enter and GotFocus events? Best reagrds, Boki. ...

Finding A Record in a Dataset by index

DavidB - 20 Apr 2006 4:36 AM - 4 messages

New to .net....sorry if this seems repetitive I have a dataset ordered by date (SQLDataAdapter SelectCommand uses Order By) and want to find a record by a UniqueID(Identity Column). Then I want to change the position (BindingContext) in the dataset to ...

Waiting for ThreadPool

Michael D. Ober - 20 Apr 2006 2:18 AM - 4 messages

If I use standard Threading.Thread threads, I can issue a Join on the thread variable and wait for it to complete. How can I do this on the Background Worker Threads in a threadpool without looping. Basically, I will be ...

Merging data received via TCP

Winger - 20 Apr 2006 1:42 AM - 5 messages

Hi, I'm having a weird problem... Part of code first: Dim bytes(tcpClient.ReceiveBufferSize) As Byte Dim DataChunk as String Dim FullData as String Do While EOF = False If networkStream.DataAvailable = True Then networkStream.Read(bytes, 0, CInt(tcpClient.ReceiveBufferSize)) ...

Threading a form

Adam Honek - 20 Apr 2006 1:09 AM - 2 messages

In VB.Net we have nice simple threading as follows: Thread1 = New Threading.Thread(AddressOf DoSomething) The only problem so far I've come across is that the addressof must be a pointer to a sub. It won't accept a form. ...

Textbox data entry validation

Adam Honek - 20 Apr 2006 1:00 AM - 3 messages

I have a form. It has serveral text boxes for user data entry. I could of course write code to check if each is empty before proceeding to save this data to a file. Is there any global way to control if any of these text boxes is empty or ...

Instead of form_activate()

Adam Honek - 20 Apr 2006 12:03 AM - 3 messages

In VB6 and earlier we had a form_activate() event whereby it always fired every time the form gained was focussed. In VB.net I don't see it and we have a _activate() event. What event would I use for the background form to refresh once the ...

How to extract multiple occurrences of a substring

Tony Girgenti - 19 Apr 2006 11:02 PM - 14 messages

Hello. Using VS.NET 2003 VB. If i have a string similar to the attached, how would i extract the "Truckname=" data from it in a loop and stay in the loop until the end of the string is reached ? As you can see the first truckname is ...

Converting BSTR in VC++ to String in VB .NET

vanisathish - 19 Apr 2006 10:07 PM - 2 messages

Hi, How do i convert the VC++ BSTR to String datatype in VB .NET Thanks Vanitha ...

Frustration with OpenFileDialog()

Vic Joseph - 19 Apr 2006 9:33 PM - 2 messages

I want OpenFileDialog to open in Thumbnail view. At the moment it always opens in list view, so to select a graphic file by image the user has to change the view every time. It's quite frustrating because creating a ...

Integrate Outlook in App

Chris - 19 Apr 2006 8:45 PM - 3 messages

Is it possible to have my VB.Net 2005 program open a new outlook email window, let the user enter their email and then if the send button is hit, to have my VB program capture what was in the email? ...

Windows Forms Question

John Wright - 19 Apr 2006 8:09 PM - 2 messages

Is there a way I can capture the event on the form and react to it. I have some textboxes that I want to capture which textbox is firing the textchanged event. I can tie all the textboxes to the one event using the ...

SQL Server reporting services...

Brad Pears - 19 Apr 2006 7:59 PM - 3 messages

Has anyone used SQL Server Reporting Services to develop reports with using vb .net ?? We are wondering whether or not to stick with Crystal (hence purhcase the pro version of .net) or go with the SQL Server product (hence go with teh cheaper standard .net product). I have not heard anything - good ...

Regex.Replace

cj - 19 Apr 2006 6:50 PM - 6 messages

I just ran across this in the VB help. Sounds perfect. Only they don't tell me what namespace must be imported to use regex. I guess that's the problem cause I pasted this into a test program and it tell me Regex ...

COM usage problem?

Dursun - 19 Apr 2006 6:24 PM - 3 messages

I have created a COM class library in VS2005 useing VB.Net. Everything seem to be OK with the creation. I created a new VB Win project, and wanted to use the component (a function, not a control). When I try to include this COM ...

Publishing with ClickOnce

Dustin Davis - 19 Apr 2006 5:21 PM - 3 messages

This is my first attempt at using ClickOnce. It seems it is publishing OK, but I can't run the install. If I use IE, I just see XML in the web browser. If I use Firefox, I download a setup file, run it, then see XML ...

Wait while processing dialog boxes (threading?)

Dustin Davis - 19 Apr 2006 5:05 PM - 4 messages

I'm doing image conversion in my application and it seems to take some time on some tasks. I'd like to show a "Converting..." type message in a dialog box or splash screen of sorts. The problem is that when I call ShowDialog() the app waits for the ...

Best Practices

BK - 19 Apr 2006 5:02 PM - 6 messages

We've got a fairly large scale development process under way in .NET 2003. We are about a month away from go-live for phase 1, second phase is rather short and all work should be completed in the next 2 months. ...

Enumerating MDIList Menu Item at Run-Time

pa.singer - 19 Apr 2006 4:29 PM - 5 messages

I have an MDIList menu item that I want to enumerate at run-time and possibly change the text shown for some of the MDI children included in that list. When I enumerate the collection for that menu item, none of ...

plugin and addin

Mr:waly - 19 Apr 2006 3:59 PM - 2 messages

hi there; how can I build an addin or plugin for an application that allready running ! any help appreciated. tnx. ...

Replacement code for Threading.Thread.Sleep

Sam - 19 Apr 2006 3:52 PM - 9 messages

Hello everyone, Can anyone provide me some idea on how to replace the Sleep method. Major Disadvantage that I face with the Sleep method is that the application freezes and does not respond to any other events. I am looking for somedata on how to use Waitable Timer APIs with VB.NET ...

VB2005 Control Arrays

Galen Somerville - 19 Apr 2006 3:41 PM - 6 messages

Just looking for thoughts on converting VB6 Control arrays. Here's the way I did it. The control happens to be a Usercontrol, CircVol, but could be any control. I would appreciate any suggestions on a better way to do it. ...

Copying from Novel

Jeries Shahin - 19 Apr 2006 3:21 PM - 4 messages

Hi I am trying to copy files from a folder on a Novel machine, the folder is in the UMC format (i cannot map a network drive for some business reasons). Upon copying, it fires an IOException saying that the file does not exist. ...

.empty

cj - 19 Apr 2006 2:33 PM - 15 messages

What is string.empty used for? I can't say: if string.empty then I have to use: if string = "" then which is ok, I just want to know what .empty is for. ...

Visual Studio 2005 Outlook 2000

jww.salt - 19 Apr 2006 2:28 PM - 6 messages

Hello, Has anyone had success deploying an add-in for Outlook 2000 written with Visual Studio 2005? I cannot even make a msgbox "Hello World" onConnection with outlook. I am not using Visual Tools for Office and I am compiling with the office 9.0 Object library. Any ideas on what I ...

difference between cstr vs .ToString vs Ctype

c_shah - 19 Apr 2006 1:38 PM - 6 messages

Very beginner question.. What's difference between cstr vs .ToString vs Ctype for converting to String? ...

Rnd() vs. Long ...no joy with LSB!

bogusexception - 19 Apr 2006 1:27 PM - 12 messages

(or.. "I'm getting too much Tails and not enough Heads") I'm running into a very strange problem with random numbers and long numbers. To demonstrate the problem, I've created a simple test. Consider that a series of coins are to be "flipped" all at once. The ...

Timeout

Lou Civitella - 19 Apr 2006 1:11 PM - 4 messages

I am setting the source of a crystal report and sometimes get a Timeout error. How can I increase the timeout? It seems to timeout after 30 seconds. Here is a snippet of the code that I use. Using VB 2005 ...

FTP with SSL

Hugh Janus - 19 Apr 2006 10:10 AM - 20 messages

Hi group, Has anyone ever used the Indy project to ftp files over SSL? I have a requirement to securely transfer files and it is proving too hard! My inital reaction was to use SSH/SFTP but this is impossible for me ...

making 600 dpi A3 size images

Nikhil - 19 Apr 2006 10:09 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I am trying to write a program, which will let me arrange 5 5x7 images into an A3 sheet(12x18), 600 dpi. I have a 3Ghz 512MB RAM machine. Basically, I make a 7200 by 10800 pixel (12x18) bitmap and then arrange ...

WebBrowser1.Navigate makes program hold

Boki - 19 Apr 2006 9:36 AM - 2 messages

Hi All, I feel that WebBrowser1.Navigate will make program hold until it complete the document, am I right? Can any way to solve it? or that is not a good feeling for users to control my app ... ><~~ ...

Calling Access based Modules from Vb.Net

Nikhil - 19 Apr 2006 9:31 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I have defined a module called "Utility Functions" in MS-Access. In that module, I have defined a function called NullToZero. I used this function in one of my stored Queries in Access. This works fine when I run the query in Access itself. ...

How to prevent "Input string was not in a correct format" in DataGridView

Pieter Coucke - 19 Apr 2006 9:29 AM - 4 messages

Hi, When a user types a non numeric-value in a numeric column in a DataGridView, and he tries to leave the cell, he gets this "Input string was not in a correct format."-exception. Is there a (nice) way to get rid of this exception? And just put a "0" in ...

Crystal Reports not in VB .NET 2003 Standard

Aziz - 19 Apr 2006 9:10 AM - 3 messages

I bought VB.NET 2003 Standard, in the box it says Crystal Reports is included but I can/'t see it when I try to create a new Crystal Report in Add>Add New Item or in the Toolbox>Add/Remove Items. ...

SQL Connection help needed

Backwards - 19 Apr 2006 9:09 AM - 7 messages

I'm using visual studio 2005 and SQL 2000, trying to connect to a sql database as a differnent user. Here is my current connection string that is using my own NT login: Dim message As String = "Data Source=" + ...

button with drop down

how to extract icon (or resource) ?

Printing rotated text

How to call IE to open a new page.

xxxx .csproj is not installed.

how to move a form that FormBorderStyle is None

webbrowser System.IO.FileNotFoundException

Listview item key

Listview SubItems image index

Upgraded VB6 program to 2003, spits it in 2005

Spacing in INI files

Writing INI section failing

1.1 and 2.0 .Net framework in same application?

Emailing with default client

Is it possible to compile an image file into a DLL or EXE file?

upgrading to VB .net 2005

field: NonSerializable

Print rows from DataGrid matching criteria

Dynamically reading structure fields

Two way collection

Problem opening/creating VS2002 service project under Windows 2003

VS2002 windows service crashing under Windows 2003 SP1

Limits of the datagrid

Regular Expression Help...Line Break

Desktop integrated file browser

checking for element in xml document

Reference different versions of an ActiveX-dll

Free unzip plug-in for VB.NET?

CreateObject internet access

Byte to int Conversion ..??

Conversion Problem? byte to int

Dropdownlist

Using Network folders in VB.NET

Embedd SQL Express in an Application Install

Weather board, how to get html data.

Easy Q: 0.0 --> Output as string?

PNG control graphic abnomality

Checking occurances in a txt/ini file

Store Item Template with Project

Get table names from MSAccess Datasource

Detecting ComboBox change in a DataGrid

devenv.exe CPU 100%

Newbe help with Receive Serial Data Function

Ubound()

stopping current execution

help with converting from VB4.0

App.comfig file in vb.net

collection question

Looking for a line graph control.

reading a file in use

Help for this pls stored procedure

CapitalExpenditure

knowing when file has been totally transferred

urgent: formatting XL cells

Reusing VB.NET Form dialogs in VC apps

Debug - No output

Generating random string

Examples of ADO Net

Continuous integration tools for VB6?

Combobox, Count Entries

Reading application settings

Successfully executing queries

Rich text limiting text

Working with data adapter/binding source at runtime

Registry Help Needed

Is there a Filename.IsValid function anywhere?

radio button user settings

Starter Kit Problem

Using new control that inherits from Form

Confused Using VB in VS2003

Populating a combobox from dataset

Service with VB.NET 2003

Console output

MsChart error message in VB 2005