Visual Basic .NET - Week 3, 2006

"Global" Class Library: Best Practices?

Graham Charles - 21 Jan 2006 9:51 PM - 6 messages

I've got several generic "library" routines that are used by many of my controls & applications (things like string manipulation, generic error handling, an "about" box generator, etc.). As I transition my apps from VB6 to VB.NET, I'm curious about the best, most efficient way to ...

Threading question....

Justin - 21 Jan 2006 8:47 PM - 5 messages

I am having trouble figuring out the best what to accomplish this fairly simple goal. I have a program that controls a 1-wire network and I can only make requests to it one at a time, but I will need to make new requests ...

Detect if user is logged in

Jarod_24 - 21 Jan 2006 7:35 PM - 5 messages

How do a windows-service detect whether a user is logged or not on a computer? So far i've found nothing in the windows api or any code examples that will allow me to figure this out. The solution i have today is to use Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses and then iterate through the array i get and look for ...

ADO.NET now or LINQ later

Cornjerker - 21 Jan 2006 3:09 PM - 4 messages

I've been resisting learning ADO.NET. I can pound out regular ADO solutions really quick and I haven't hit the breakingpoint that should force me to switch. Now I've seen a new data solution in the next ...

Re: MDI child maximizing doesn't work correctly

geoffteb - 21 Jan 2006 2:21 PM - 2 messages

I didn't have this problem with the VS 2005 beta, including a project that was started in beta and has now been updated to the final release. But in new projects started in the release version I have this problem. ...

How to show a new form.

bokiteam - 21 Jan 2006 10:29 AM - 3 messages

Hi All, In VB6, I can show/hide form by visable.show. It didn't work on VB.net, could you please advice, I have a form2, I want to show it after click button 1 in form1. Thank you very much! ...

vb.net tabpage hiding painting

marfi95 - 21 Jan 2006 6:51 AM - 6 messages

I am having to resort to Mick's methods when it comes to hiding/showing tabpages of my tab control since .NET doesn't work correct. I think I have it finally workign the way I need, but because I can show/hide up ...

Is F1 in VS2005 really dumb?

CMM - 21 Jan 2006 5:57 AM - 17 messages

Is it me or has anyone noticed that F1 is really dumb in VS2005. Since VB3 I have been able to click F1 on an ambiguous method in code and the IDE automatically determines the type based on the code itself and shows the ...

usercontrol events/properties question

iwdu15 - 21 Jan 2006 4:44 AM - 4 messages

how can i have my control that i made, only have my properties and my events, not the premade ones? i hope this makes sense... ...

usercontrol question

iwdu15 - 21 Jan 2006 4:16 AM - 2 messages

hi, how can i create a usercontrol that when added to the form via the toolbox, it shows up like a timer or dialog box? i have my cotnrol "Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Control" but that just puts in on the form....how can i get that to work? ...

Seeking VB.Net Proxy examples

Jim - 21 Jan 2006 4:05 AM - 5 messages

I have seen [link] - but it does not work. I need a working example....if anyone has seen one. Jim ...

Time zones: Pretending to be somewhere else

Nathan Sokalski - 21 Jan 2006 3:34 AM - 9 messages

I use a webhosting service that is something like halfway around the world from me and most of the people that will be viewing my site (and I am assuming their server is too). This obviously has very little effect on what ...

Newbe question, What am I doing wrong

ken - 21 Jan 2006 3:04 AM - 6 messages

Hi, I have two questions the first is: in the example below how can I call an event from within a statement, such as replace Stop1 with cmdStop1 which is a button on my form? My second question again deals with the example below. Shouldn't I see ...

Help Needed in bindings,

Marc R. - 21 Jan 2006 2:18 AM - 3 messages

Hi all, from the child side of the relation, I need to get a parent table's columns value, ex : Customer use a curency (I store the Curency_ID into customer) I need to retreive the Curency_Name from the Curency Table ...

beginner question about classes

me - 21 Jan 2006 1:37 AM - 10 messages

Hi All, I am new to Classes and learniing the ropes with VB.NET express Here's my question - say I have a want to manage a list of books. Each book has an Author, Title and ISBN Now, I am used to using Arrays so I would normally do something like this: ...

.Net 2.0 book

Anton Berg - 21 Jan 2006 1:09 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I am a beginner in VB and .Net and searching for a well written book for Visual Basic .Net 2.0. Can you give me an advise? I have a lof of experience in programming, e.g. in Visual C++, C/C++, ...

DataGridView GotFocus

Nathan Franklin - 20 Jan 2006 10:35 PM - 2 messages

I have a DataGridView on my windows form and I am trying to enable buttons on a toolbar when the DataGridView's GotFocus is called and then disable with LostFocus(). The problem is I can only get the GotFocus to fire when I ...

Selecting combobox item at runtime from code

Rayne - 20 Jan 2006 10:13 PM - 3 messages

I have a combobox that is bound to a datasource. It lists the users in the system and I want it to automatically select the current logged on user, so that the screen loads that user's information by default when ...

No Beep with MSGBOX Possible?

fripper - 20 Jan 2006 9:38 PM - 7 messages

Is it possible to display a message box (using the MSGBOX function) without the beep? Thanks. ...

string formatting

soup_nazi - 20 Jan 2006 9:37 PM - 3 messages

I have a one string per line and I want to delete the last part of each string after and including the final "/" character for each line For example: Applications/base/test1 Applications/base/test1/test2 Applications/base/test1/test2/test3 ...

Convert Byte() to System.Drawing.Image?

JackBlack - 20 Jan 2006 9:35 PM - 4 messages

Using VB.Net (VS.Net 2k3)... I'm at a bit of an impasse I think... Is there any way to convert an array of Byte() into a System.Drawing.Image object without writing the array to a file, then reading back into the s.d.i object? Couldn't find anything in ...

using selection in one combo box to populate contents of another c

Jedi10180 - 20 Jan 2006 8:07 PM - 3 messages

I have a combo box that has 5 categories in it. When a user clicks on a category in that list, I need to have a second box populate with a list of pdf files that relate only to that category. Then, when the user clicks on ...

OT: Business Objects - what are they and can they contain objects like sockets?

g18c - 20 Jan 2006 6:14 PM - 2 messages

Hi, i have posted off topic to hopefully pick up a few design tips from the experienced programmers here. I have a number of objects in my current application, two of which are nodes and gateways. The DataGridView is excellent for me because i can add new objects to a ...

Cache problem

robecflo - 20 Jan 2006 6:01 PM - 2 messages

Hi forum, i have a problem with forms. My client fills a form and then submit once it is complete, then it redirects to another page some users sometime clicks on the IE back button. So if the page is back the ...

Destructors

Mythran - 20 Jan 2006 5:46 PM - 2 messages

In C#/C++, you can use the following (almost the same for both) for destructors: // Constructor public ClassNameHere() { } // Destructor: ~ClassNameHere() { } In VB.Net, is Finalize() method the destructor method? Thanks, Mythran ...

Excel Range will not put data into correct Cell

XxLicherxX - 20 Jan 2006 5:08 PM - 7 messages

Hello everyone - new to VB.net working with Excel I am trying to populate data into cells in an Excel spreadsheet using Range.Value. No matter what cell I give as an argument to the Range object, Excel always puts the value in "A1". ...

Best approach - databound controls & ADO.NET

Michael - 20 Jan 2006 4:44 PM - 7 messages

Hi Everyone, I'm currently using VS 2005 and would like to use the databinding of the controls to help ease up some of the coding I have to do (some of my forms have over 120 fields). The problem I find is that in the database we are ...

Programatic uninstall?

Steve Long - 20 Jan 2006 4:30 PM - 2 messages

Hello all, is there a way to programatically uninstall a program via one of the Windows Management classes or one of the Win32 classes? I'm looking for a way to invoke the process that occurs when you click Add or Remove Programs in the ...

ADO, DAO or OleDb?

HKSHK - 20 Jan 2006 4:15 PM - 2 messages

Hi guys, I'm currently struggling with my database connectivity for a VB.NET/ACCESS database software. I currently use OleDB, but I find it quite cumbersome compared to DAO. Is there anything of importance (e.g. instabilities, crashes, etc.) ...

Maintaining a response user interface

Marina - 20 Jan 2006 3:34 PM - 6 messages

What is the right way to go about making sure an application is not frozen and unresponsive while a relatively long running process is going on? The process is making updates to the UI, which the user needs to see as they are ...

Simple mask Edit for Hours:Minutes

Bill nguyen - 20 Jan 2006 2:56 PM - 3 messages

I would like to be able to force "HH:MM" format for a text field to show hours and minutes in military format. User can enter 130 or 0130 and the text would display "01:30" Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. ...

NetUserChangePassword Module not found??

AndyL - 20 Jan 2006 2:06 PM - 4 messages

Hi, when i call the NETUserChangePassword from the netapi32.ll I receive "Module not found" error? Here my code: Private Declare Unicode Function NetUserChangePassword Lib "netapi32.dll" (ByVal domainname As String, _ ByVal ...

How to close an application??

pamelafluente - 20 Jan 2006 1:45 PM - 3 messages

Hi Guys, I have a small application which uses a NotifyIcon. The user can set the program so that when he clicks on the form-cancel button "X", the program will instead be minimized in the icon try. See code below. ...

CHANGING DATA TYPE

Savas Ates - 20 Jan 2006 1:21 PM - 10 messages

Dim ProductPropertyValues_Value as string ProductPropertyValues_Value = xx("ProductPropertyValues_Value") it returns error.. Because xx("ProductPropertyValues_Value") returns NULL or "" records? How can i convert it to string or which method should i use it ? ...

sockets or tcpclient/udpclient etc..?

djc - 20 Jan 2006 1:04 PM - 3 messages

I am very new to this... I just started playing around with some network programming. I really only use vb.net. I say that so I don't get the 'use c/c++' answer. Programming is a hobby for me, not a career. I'm only ...

Get information about Dial Up connections?

Lars Netzel - 20 Jan 2006 12:56 PM - 8 messages

Hi How do I get information (read) about the phonenumber in the default Dial Up Connection? Best Regards/ Lars Netzel ...

HOW CAN I PREVENT MY VB.NET APPLICATION FROM CACHING BY IIS

Savas Ates - 20 Jan 2006 12:30 PM - 3 messages

I have a web application. I checked my files they work properly in my local computer. When I try to upload it to our web server it doesnt work what i made a change. Probabyly IIS cache my application. I stopped iis for my root ...

Changed Date on PC, now project doesn't compile source code changes

Martin Horn - 20 Jan 2006 11:55 AM - 7 messages

Hi, I have encountered a problem with compiling my project. Basically what happened was that I noticed my PC date was set a day into the future, so I reset it to the correct date. Now when I compile my project it ignores any ...

Parsing a string - please help

almurph - 20 Jan 2006 11:45 AM - 3 messages

Hi everyone, Hope that you can help me please? I have a string of the form: wordA wordB wordC wordD etc etc I want to de-duplicate it- that is, I want to remeove any repeated ...

Maximized MDI childforms.... Anyone?

Martin - 20 Jan 2006 11:19 AM - 4 messages

A while ago I posted a question on how to load MDI child forms maximized (WindowState=Maximized). When I do this they always load in a sort of in-between state and only when I resize the MDI container they take their ...

Where have the Overrides gone in VS 2005?

Neal - 20 Jan 2006 10:52 AM - 3 messages

Hi All, I have VS 2005 Pro and when inheriting a class in 2003 the drop down combobox at the top of the IDE's text editor showed the overrides + the Events for the class. However in 2005 it just shows the Events, and not the ...

CBT Hook

bruno - 20 Jan 2006 10:12 AM - 2 messages

In a VB.NET 2005 program, that hooks Kb and mouse inputs for any active desktop application, I've just added a new CBT hook. After that every think work fine, like before, BUT: CBT filter is not actiated, even if SetWindowsHookEx returns a valid hHook ...

Compressing (zipping) files

reidarT - 20 Jan 2006 9:58 AM - 7 messages

I will develop a backup routine with local files (zipped) to an internet server via ftp. How do I zip files in Vb.net? reidarT ...

dispose the login form

jt - 20 Jan 2006 9:13 AM - 7 messages

The program i have has login form. After a user has loged in, formX is loaded and i want to dispose all the forms that where used before (login form). so the result should be the same as when you use formX as your startup object. ...

odd designer error

guy - 20 Jan 2006 9:02 AM - 4 messages

occaisionaly when going into the forms designer i get the message:- "Code generatinon for the property 'Source Module' failed Error was: 'The value 0 is not a valid value for the enum 'EnumSourceModule'.' any ideas what this is? *guy* ...

Job LastRunOutCome??

Phonzo - 20 Jan 2006 8:43 AM - 3 messages

Hi all, I am trying to determine the status of a Job after it has finished running, but I don't get the correct results: I first check if the Job is currently Running: Private Function isJobExecuting(sJobName As String) As Boolean ...

data on datagridview not updated

Danny Nielsen - 20 Jan 2006 8:35 AM - 5 messages

Hi I am new to vb.net 2005 (in fact vb in general as well). I have tried creating a datagridview with 4 columns, with one as a DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn. My problem are that data has been put in the way they should from my db but updates arent visible on this ...

Save lines drawn in the picturebox as an lmage

Yash - 20 Jan 2006 6:46 AM - 5 messages

Have used DrawLine() method to draw some lines in the picturebox (sort of a barcode) in the picturebox paint event. This diagram has to be saved as an image in bmp or tiff format. But the problem is that these lines are not recognized as the image of ...

Change the date modified

Cornjerker - 20 Jan 2006 5:27 AM - 4 messages

I see where I can change the date a file is created.... File.SetCreationTime(path) But how can I change the date a file is modified. Thanks, C ...

vb.net tabpage copying dynamic

marfi95 - 20 Jan 2006 4:47 AM - 8 messages

Hi all, I have an app that contains a tab control with a tabpage on it. As part of the interface, the user keys in a field that basically identifies how many instances of these tabpages to have. So my basic ...

VBExpress on WIN98SE

Al_C - 20 Jan 2006 3:51 AM - 3 messages

Not happy about this, but just saw a note on another forum that VBExpress/.net2.0 does not run on WIN98SE. Can anyone please help me sleep better tonight. Otherwise I need to change dioections again. ...

search within a arraylist

James - 20 Jan 2006 2:53 AM - 4 messages

I've open a file and read the file into arraylist. My text file contents are a.txt=a.bat b.txt=b.bat c.txt=c.bat i want to do a select case statement for filewatcher, if a.txt is created, ...

Question on finding records in a ado.net vb dataset

Newbie - 19 Jan 2006 8:38 PM - 4 messages

Could someone please tell me how or if the following is possible. I have created a small test database and have opened one connection, one DataAdapter, and one Dataset for it in my vb.net (ado.net) program. I ...

installing an icon in the all users startup folder

cj - 19 Jan 2006 7:32 PM - 4 messages

I found a good tutorial for making a windows setup program so I'm doing that. But when I add folders to the target machine list they don't seem to have one for the all users startup folder. I assume this will be a ...

Refresh questions

Mr Newbie - 19 Jan 2006 6:44 PM - 10 messages

Before someone flames me, I know this is the VB.NET groups, nonetheless, the asp.net guys seems to have almost disapeared from the aspnet groups so I thought I would ask this here. I have a problem with an aspx web form in that if I refresh, it simply ...

Application global MouseMove. Help.

Kruno - 19 Jan 2006 6:44 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I need to close main win form after some time inactivity. Users mostly do the work only with the mouse. It's possible to handle mouse move event on application level? Because I don't like to write next statement for each control like ...

Retrieving file info from ftp server

Dino Buljubasic - 19 Jan 2006 5:16 PM - 5 messages

Hi, I have noticed that when I use Socket.Receive(byte[]) it retrieves all information about files including day, month but without year. Date for directories is full though. What would be reason for this? How can I get full date for files ...

Need to find which text box has the focus.

teddysnips - 19 Jan 2006 5:04 PM - 2 messages

I have an aspx form with 52 text boxes, each one representing a week. On another part of the form I have a further 7 text boxes, each representing a day of the week. I'd really like to be able to mimic the functionality in the VB6 ...

wince, datagrid... no define ><

bokiteam - 19 Jan 2006 4:54 PM - 3 messages

Hi All, I am developing a WinCE project, when I include datagrid, it says no define.. could you please advice? it works on Win32 project by the same code... Thank you very much for you help! Best regards, Boki. ...

installing my app on another computer

cj - 19 Jan 2006 4:22 PM - 9 messages

I've written a very small simple program that uses one com object. I've set the configuration to Release and built the Solution. Now I've heard with .net (2003) that I can just copy the exe in the obj\release ...

sn.exe without SDK

Heinz - 19 Jan 2006 2:08 PM - 2 messages

Hi all, sn.exe is included in .net SDK. Is it possible to use sn.exe even on a system without .net SDK? .net Framework is installed but I don't want to install the 100MB SDB just for sn.exe. I copied sn.exe to another ...

ConnectionString property has not been initialized

tshad - 19 Jan 2006 1:28 PM - 3 messages

I am trying to create an application in my VS 2002 application. I took some of the code from my web page where it works fine. I can connect fine from my Sql Query Analyser to both my local Sql Server ...

[OT] We have a winner!

Mike Labosh - 19 Jan 2006 1:02 PM - 5 messages

Today in my hotmail account, I got my first unsolicited job opportunity for VB 2005: They want 5+ years experience in VB 2005 [get this...] for UNIX BTY, SQL / Oracle experience is a plus. 45K / year. They're kidding, right?!? ...

What are the Files in Visual Studios Project

tshad - 19 Jan 2006 12:23 PM - 2 messages

I am trying convert my projects to other names and was wondering if there is a list of what the different files are used for. For example, when I try to open a Project, I have the choice of the .vbproj ...

memeory release from un managed code

sanu - 19 Jan 2006 11:15 AM - 3 messages

Hi, Need your help, function. The dll function takes a string (consists of huge data) parameter byref. Below code sample. Do we have to take care in .net for the memory allocated in the c++ dll (SysAllocStringByteLen ?). Or does .net on exiting handles this. How ...

Threads Question - updating UI

Flashster - 19 Jan 2006 9:46 AM - 3 messages

I'm new to all this so please forgive me if I use the wrong terms or have used the wrong approach here... I have a thread which gathers some information from the internet for my windows application. It gathers the information fine, but I am having a ...

system.data.oledb

bokiteam - 19 Jan 2006 9:15 AM - 3 messages

Hi All, I am reading data from database, I can use SQL command set to get data. now I wan to use the same function in WINCE, but I can't find "system.data.oledb" in SmartDevice developing enviroment.... Could you please advice? ...

remove blank strings in arraylist

James - 19 Jan 2006 8:27 AM - 3 messages

below is some codes. my arraylist below reads from a file. My files contains blank line (ie carriage return) My message dialog shows all strings being captured. However i do not want my array to contain "blank" string/line/carriage return ...

Farsi Font

Emrani - 19 Jan 2006 7:38 AM - 3 messages

when i write my code (by .net 2005), some labels in farsi that must be shown in right to left manner, my pocket pc(MC50) shows them in left to right manner and in addition it separates characters from each other. ...

Help

Dean - 19 Jan 2006 6:01 AM - 2 messages

hI, How do I make a move in VB.net??? Thanx Dean ...

HElp

Dean - 19 Jan 2006 5:26 AM - 3 messages

How do I run a movie in VB.net?? ...

Filtering Rows With SQL Select

latin & geek via DotNetMonster.com - 19 Jan 2006 5:16 AM - 2 messages

hi. ive been trying to filter rows from an access table with the sql select command, this is the line i used: sql1 = "SELECT cus1,wexp,sno, model, invdate, invno,amt, equip, roll FROM amc1 WHERE branch like '" & x & "' AND invdate < 'dateto'" ...

Tray icon to change IP Gateway?

Noozer - 19 Jan 2006 5:01 AM - 2 messages

How to change IP Gateway simply? Just looking for some sample code... Could be VB6 or VB Net 2005.... I want to have a Tray icon. When double clicked it changes the TCPIP gateway to a secondary choice. Double click again and it's back to the original ...

Copying one project to another

tshad - 19 Jan 2006 4:52 AM - 5 messages

I have an old version of VS 2002 and want to make a copy of my Visual Studio project to another project with another name. In VS 2003, you can do it but there is no copy project command in VS 2002 (at least I can't seem to find ...

Insert data in VB.Net

Pankaj - 19 Jan 2006 4:51 AM - 6 messages

Hi i am inserting the data into database throught variables. On click event of button m using this code: Dim objCon As New OleDbConnection(CONNECTION) Dim objCmd As New OleDbCommand(SQL, objCon) SQL = "INSERT INTO linkinfo VALUES('" & Sno & "','" & Website & "','" & ...

How to insert a page break in multi-page document?

James Wong - 19 Jan 2006 3:30 AM - 2 messages

Dear all, For some reason, I have to write my own code to print a document instead of using report writer. The source is an array with dynamic length. If one page is full, I have to insert a page break and print a new page to ...

Can I do this on One line of code?

gregory_may - 19 Jan 2006 12:12 AM - 6 messages

Seems silly I need two lines of code for this. Any way to do it in one? Dim DcArray() As DataColumn = {MyData.Tables(0).Columns("PhoneNumber")} MyData.Tables(0).PrimaryKey = DcArray ...

create user and add to admin group under local system

Philip Wagenaar - 18 Jan 2006 11:52 PM - 5 messages

Can a windows service running under the local system account create users and add them to the administrators group? When I try to do this and try to use process.start with the user created I receive access denied. When I change the windows service to and administrator account, I receive ...

Run code under diffrent user

Philip Wagenaar - 18 Jan 2006 11:39 PM - 4 messages

I have some code that I want to run under another user. I know his password. I want the vb.net code in my program to strart under under that user and not start an external program. This because the application will run as a windows service and I cannot ...

Newsgroup for setup projects

Boni - 18 Jan 2006 11:04 PM - 3 messages

Dear all, what is a good newsgroup for setup projects? Thanks ...

Trick to getting System.Web.Mail to work?

JackBlack - 18 Jan 2006 10:49 PM - 3 messages

Using VS.Net 2k3, 2.0 Framework installed... So, I'm sitting here trying to do a very basic SMTP mailer, and I'm struggling with getting either System.Web.Mail (1.1) to work, or System.Net.Mail (2.0) to work. A note on one of the KB articles says that ...

Calling Java class from VB.net

simon - 18 Jan 2006 8:15 PM - 5 messages

hello, may have a need shortly to call a java class from a vb.net web app. basically the java class would serve as an email creation/sending function. i realize this all could be done in .net, but i'm just curious as to ...

Cpmute values in Dataset Table??

jaawaad - 18 Jan 2006 5:07 PM - 6 messages

Does anyone know how i can compute values from dataset table before assigning datagrid source to it??? My data table looks something like this. DATE CAT STEP VALUE ...

Cpmute values in Dataset Table??

jaawaad - 18 Jan 2006 5:05 PM - 2 messages

Does anyone know how i can compute values from dataset table before assigning datagrid source to it??? My data table looks something like this. DATE CAT STEP VALUE ...

DataGridBoolColumn - Greyed Out

NetRacer - 18 Jan 2006 3:13 PM - 3 messages

hi, i have a DataGrid with a DataGridBoolColumn. The assigned Column is a TinyInt and the values are only 0 or 1. I set these values to the TrueValue und FalseValue Property, but the CheckBox doesn't show the values but is greyed out. ...

How to know if Windows Update is ON or OFF?

Lars Netzel - 18 Jan 2006 2:34 PM - 5 messages

Hi Is it possible to get information on how the settings are set in windows thru vb.net? best regards /Lars Netzel ...

vb.net asp converting

marfi95 - 18 Jan 2006 2:13 PM - 3 messages

Hello all, I have an application that has been running great in production for well over a year now. It is a Windows form app, has FTP connectivity, Oracle DB connectivity, fairly complex form usage and logic, using listviews, splitters, etc.... ...

Typed DataSet

Jørn Jensen - 18 Jan 2006 1:14 PM - 6 messages

According to a Microsoft article a typed dataset is available through intellisense and can be accessed like in this example: TextBox1.Text = NorthwindDataSet.Customers(3).ContactName I have created the Typed DataSet after microsoft recomandations and it's available in the object browser, but this is where my problem begins.. ...

Output from process.start

Philip Wagenaar - 18 Jan 2006 12:55 PM - 3 messages

How can I get the output from a process.start. Example: Process.Start("c:\windows\system32\rp", PrintQueue & " " & filename, Username, pass, ComputerName) How do I get the output of this into a string? ...

Confusion: VB Express/VC Express/Sql Server Express Edition

msnews.microsoft.com - 18 Jan 2006 12:22 PM - 4 messages

Hello Can any one tell me that if I buy Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional for dotnet, do I get following product Visual Basic Express Visual C# Express Sql Server Express Web Devlopment Express Edition I know these tools are availabe for free download from microsoft. ...

The free format?

kurt sune - 18 Jan 2006 11:44 AM - 8 messages

VB is supposed to have free format. I have tried, most for fun, to write a property on ONE line. I have not succeded. Can you? <Bindable(False), _ Description("Sets the CSS class of the button."), _ Category("CssClasses"), _ ...

Using control array run time with different control names

AB - 18 Jan 2006 11:21 AM - 5 messages

Hi All, I would like to add controls that stored in DB dynamically, and I don't know their names or their number. The names of the controls is important therefore I can't create cmbArr(0), cmbArr(1),and so on. The ...

Column Width for MSFlexGrid

Steven - 18 Jan 2006 11:12 AM - 2 messages

I develop the application which contains MSFlexGrid to display data. When I try to fill the grid with the text data, I want to adjust the column width so that the width is adjusted to the maximum pixel width of the column text ...

How to know if Windows firewall is on or off?

Lars Netzel - 18 Jan 2006 10:56 AM - 3 messages

Hi How do i (in vb.net) get the information if the windows firewall is turned on or off? best regards /Lars ...

new features

guy - 18 Jan 2006 10:46 AM - 3 messages

this has probably been asked before but is there a site where we can post suggestions for new vb9 features? *guy* ...

Generate all possible maches from a regular expression.

mac.speed - 18 Jan 2006 9:59 AM - 6 messages

Hi! i have set of over 100+ regular expressions, instead of checking user input against these regex i want to store all possible matches in a database and search against them. like if a regex is "what is your (home|office|cell|mobile) phone number" ...

MsgBox("test") no msg box?

bokiteam - 18 Jan 2006 7:48 AM - 13 messages

Hi All, I dont' know why I can not pop up a message box. MsgBox("test") it is ok in vb6... Best regards, Boki. ...

Type 'OleDbConnection' no define

bokiteam - 18 Jan 2006 7:22 AM - 7 messages

Hi All, I have this error msg, but I have already import lib, could you please advice? Imports System.Data.OleDb Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Dim cn As OleDbConnection Dim cmd As OleDbCommand Dim dr As OleDbDataReader ...

Getting the hWnd of an IE window from an NT service

MrBewsher - 18 Jan 2006 5:54 AM - 6 messages

Hi, I'm using VB.Net and writing an NT service that runs in the system account in the background with no interaction with the desktop. I'm running it on XP Pro. I'd like to get the URL of any Internet Explorer process a logged in ...

Variable that holds the record count of a result set?

simon - 18 Jan 2006 5:23 AM - 6 messages

Hello is there a variable that is available to me that contains the number of rows contained in a dataset return from a database call? have a class that runs a stored proc and returns a dataset/resultset looking to simply assign an integer this value if it is possible ...

VB.Net 2003 - Build Solution vs Re-Build Solution

Project Notes and Journals

Question on Dataset navigation vb.net

How do I schedule events for execution ?

How to check datatable.select

TrackBar vs Slider

Disable Datagrid Cell Based On Initial Value

Changing my ProcessName?

looping through datareader

How do menu list with one check

Using SP_Password with VB.NET but keep getting "old (current) password incorrect for user"

LIKE operator question

Custom Property

How to set opacity of form

ShellExecute in VB2005

array of interface?

How to minimize to system tray ? VS 2003

Keep software running

Working with structures and the New keyword

Threadpool timeout

Detect Remote Shutdown

Alignment problem displaying .txt file in window's textbox?

Binding sources question in Vs2005

The Irish fada (áéíóú/ÁÉÍÓÚ) and encryption/decryption problem!

How to create a "DataSource" & "Items" properties on Custom Combob

calling a C# method asynchronously from VB

New to XML

Encyrption in VB and Decryption in VB.NET

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility

System.Data.NoNullAllowedException: Column 'frDateCreated' does not allow nulls

Load an MDI child maximized...

DataTable.Expression

Save image sequence as AVI

Problem with SHAppBarMessage

Impersonation without credentials ?

Read HDD sr no and lock my application with no

BUG? SqlDecimal = Single/Double: 4.475 becomes 4.4749999999999996D ????

Generate reports programmatically with reporting services & SQL server 2005

When I get the image from the file the file remains locked

Unwelcome forced pauses during code development in VS 2005

Is MDI child open or not?

Process that copies a prn file to a network printer under username

Errors make my map exit from the debugger

VB.Net Setup Project

VB.Net 2003 SetUp Project

Thread state after it's initiator exits.

Problem with DataAdapter Fill method, Ithink

Unsigned types and CLS-compliance

controls collection

Attaching controls in runtime...

ListView SortKey

Dynamic variable/object name reference. how to do in VB.NET?

Click in VB the Combobox

Guidance on remoting

Multiple Catches in Try/Catch

Scroll bar buttons

How to convert a selectedIndex to SelectedValue for ComboBox

Data Grid Selector Bars

Image dimensions?

ms.public.dotnet.vb.general - an "ex group"

Append to XML?

Enter key vs Return key

Code for Convert RTF Text to HTML

User Control

Colour Question

help me with an algorithm please

Question on VB.Net security for the application to run on network drive

How do I extract a page from word and insert into a new word document using VB

Display the contents of a folder in a listbox?

Reading dll-Functions and execute them

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Webbrowser & XML

HTML help Workshop first page not Display at Runtime

how to kill a thread

Is MDI supported by .Net?

how to prevent multiple instances of 2nd form?

reuse query results for multiple object populations? (and dynamic variable names?)

Wordwrap in VB.Net listbox?

aggregation simple .net code

column subtotals in a datagrid

ShouldSerialize problem in inherited control

Crystal Report parameter dialog box

Checking a string for filename compliance

VB for .NET Recommended?

They do this in C# can't we do it in VB??

application.run with control

reuse form objects like a class

Moving a drawing

C DLL Callback to VB.NET 2005

A VB - Datbase question

Using protected storage How?

Getting info from a service running on anather computer- HOW?

SCOPE_IDENTITY()

Formatting the ComboBox editing window

vbexpress and sql2000

I want my message recived as the way I send it

Which database should I use?

help !!!! databinding with text box

How to set the TextBox digital only?

help urgent

USB disk detection and formatting