Visual Basic .NET - Week 8, 2006

How does the community rate .NET 2005 vs. .NET 2003?

Shane Story - 25 Feb 2006 11:10 PM - 11 messages

Is 2005 worth the upgrade? Some time ago, I read it was really slow. Is this true? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Also, how easy is it to upgrade from 2003 app to 2005? Does it break everything in typical, MS "Sorry, that's your problem" style? ...

How to move a menu item to the left?!

Adrian - 25 Feb 2006 10:57 PM - 11 messages

Hi simple question I hope!! Using the menu designer I have a file menu and an options menu with sub items... I have added a Help menu and want it on the right-hand side away from the other menu items, how do I do this? ...

Some thoughts on VB9

Justin Weinberg - 25 Feb 2006 10:07 PM - 36 messages

My thoughts on this.... [link] My thoughts: 1. Regarding Implicit types, I don't use type declaration for the benefits of performance. It's for the benefit of clarity of purpose when reading ...

Sorry, asking again about 'Code Snippets" add-in

Don - 25 Feb 2006 9:56 PM - 3 messages

I've asked before but I thought I'd ask again about a free 'Code Snippets" add-in for VB.Net 2003. Any help will be very much appreciated. Thank you, Don ...

academic version [2003]

matthewtec - 25 Feb 2006 8:53 PM - 8 messages

From what I've read, it looks like the Academic Version of Visual Studio 2003 has all the features of 2003 Professional. Has anyone found that the Academic version does not have the features Professional has, such as Full ...

Set a text in a RowHeader cell

MSNews - 25 Feb 2006 7:54 PM - 10 messages

Hi. I need to set texts to the row headers of a Datagridview, like we can do with column headers. For example: ======================================== ROW 1 | | | | ...

The type initializer for 'MyClass' threw an exception.

ibiza - 25 Feb 2006 4:22 PM - 2 messages

Hi all, I have this class: Public Class KanaConverter Private Shared kana As ArrayList Private Shared romanji As ArrayList Shared Sub New() kana = New ArrayList romanji = New ArrayList ...

at run time database connection

elwaly - 25 Feb 2006 3:45 PM - 5 messages

hi there, I made an application that needs to connect to a server or databases located in a computer other than the one the application installed on. i.e.I want the user to define the databases they want to link to ...

"Sounds like" search code on name

Dean Slindee - 25 Feb 2006 3:27 PM - 2 messages

Can anyone point me to a code example or repository that would allow me to provide some "sounds like" comparison capability when doing a search for LastName? Thanks, Dean Slindee ...

Using 'Function Keys' In vb.net

Newbie - 25 Feb 2006 3:04 PM - 3 messages

Could someone help: I have been searching the web trying to figure out a way to use function key's in my vb.net 2003 program (No luck!). What I would like to do is enable the user to press (for example) F4 and have a search ...

Newbie...

Marion Scheffels - 25 Feb 2006 2:52 PM - 3 messages

Hi @all! I am new to Visual Basic, having just created some Makros (SUBs in English?) and facing a few problems. Please be patient with me... I am not only a newbee but also German and didn't find a German ...

Moving a project to a different location

Martin - 25 Feb 2006 11:18 AM - 5 messages

Hi! How do I move a project (all sources) to a different location. Currently it is located in 'My Documents', but I would like to move it to a directory on the server. When I try the "Save As..." option on the vbproj-file, VS2005 tells me that ...

Tabbed Document Interface

CMM - 25 Feb 2006 11:03 AM - 4 messages

Frankly, I'm stupified that MS hasn't built this in as a control considering MDI has been oficially deprecated for 10 years. I know there are 3rd party options. Some of them are quite good!.... but, 1) they're expensive, and/or ...

Hi Friends

Durga - 25 Feb 2006 11:01 AM - 4 messages

Hi Friends, I have to do a project in vb.net,In that the manager should know the details of his employee working time through server,he has to get login time of employees and logout time of employees can any one help me in ...

Binary Formatter not suitable accross firewalls

Sathyaish - 25 Feb 2006 6:46 AM - 3 messages

[QUOTE src="[link]"] The BinaryFormatter class is generally not appropriate when data is meant to be passed through a firewall. [/QUOTE] Why? ...

Raising CustomControl Events from within Class

Gman - 25 Feb 2006 4:41 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I have created a usercontrol, a grid control essentially. Within it I have a class: clsGridRecord. I have coded the events such that when a user clicks on the grid, say, the events occur on the parent form. This ...

How to connect to MS Access....

Pete Smith - 25 Feb 2006 1:28 AM - 6 messages

How to connect to MS Aceess using vb.net & .Net Framework 1.1? System.Data.Odbc or System.Data.SqlClient ? What is the rightway of doing this? Thank you, Pete ...

X & Y within DataGridView

ShaneO - 25 Feb 2006 12:19 AM - 4 messages

Is there a way to discover the starting X & Y position (in Pixels) of a Cell within a DataGridView control on a Windows Form? (VS2005) I've searched everywhere, and tried everything I can think of, but can't ...

How to invoke IE ...

pamelafluente - 25 Feb 2006 12:17 AM - 16 messages

To open a local file with IE I use: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("IExplore.exe", LocalFileName) this works. My problem is that the "LocalFileName" has some script inside that get blocked when the file is on the local machine. IE ...

2003 v. 2005 studio - need some help, please.

matthewtec - 24 Feb 2006 11:13 PM - 6 messages

I realize there are probably many discussions on these two... whether to get now or wait or yadda yadda yadda. My question is that I can continuing training on visual studio.net 2003, and continue to learn and be able to be an experienced programmer. ...

Help get record count and moving forward and backwards!

Adrian - 24 Feb 2006 10:46 PM - 4 messages

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Need help with CDONTS or other object to receive mail in a specific way

Vanessa Lee - 24 Feb 2006 10:22 PM - 2 messages

Hello, Is it possible to write a script using CONDTS object to read all emails from the SMTP IIS "Drop" folder without changing the username and email address in LogonSMTP? or is there completely another way to do it. Here is what I ...

ComboBox

DAL - 24 Feb 2006 9:49 PM - 3 messages

I have a ComboBox (On my Windows App, not ASP.NET) populated with several internet destinations. How do I add a hyperlink so I can select the link and be taken right to the page. ...

Creating a DirectX 3D boxed view (VB.NET 2005)

Rotzooi - 24 Feb 2006 9:03 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I've a database that continuously filled with 3D coordinates. I want to display these points in a DirectX 3D object on a form. Lets says the matrix is with coordinates within 0,0,0 and 40000,40000,40000. The mouse should be ...

Upgrade VB6 to VB.Net

vul - 24 Feb 2006 8:13 PM - 2 messages

I have a pretty big VB6 project. Every day I'm getting requests from my boss to add some new features or change existing ones. So I do not see any easy way to rewrite an existing project using VB.Net, just because I will have to ...

Implicit Type Conversion of Enum?

Joe HM - 24 Feb 2006 8:09 PM - 2 messages

Hello - I have two Enums for which I would like to define type conversions ... Public Enum eA A2 = 0 A2 = 1 End Enum Public Enum eB B1 = 2 B2 = 3 B3 = 4 End Enum Is there a way to define a conversion that maps one Enum to the other ...

program on startup

iwdu15 - 24 Feb 2006 7:45 PM - 9 messages

hi, how can i get my program to start on every boot of the computer? ...

Global Objects

rlrcstr - 24 Feb 2006 7:14 PM - 5 messages

Really what I want is an enumeration that returns strings rather than integers. Since, as far as I know, that's not possible, I thought to create a class with shared members that return strings. Kind of like a qualified ...

Form Wizard not working

Michael - 24 Feb 2006 7:09 PM - 5 messages

Hi Everyone, I'm hoping someone out there can give me some guidance. I'm currenlty using VS2005 and the other day the Form Wizzard stopped working. What I mean, is that the wizzard no longer creates the code in the "Windows Form Designer ...

Headache about Error Handling and Debugging

James Ma - 24 Feb 2006 6:39 PM - 6 messages

Now I am debugging a buggy VB.NET function like following Function foo() Try â€˜ many loops and codes and nested try catch here! â€¦â€¦ ...

Links

DAL - 24 Feb 2006 5:59 PM - 4 messages

How do I link a command button to a program on my computer (ie. Outlook Express), so when I click the button the program launches. Thanks in advance, DAL. ...

Adding Dataview or datatables to static DataSet

Rico - 24 Feb 2006 5:58 PM - 2 messages

hello, I have a Dataset that I've created without using a data adapter. What I want to do is add values to this dataset (two fields) ad the user goes along i.e. user receives three bikes in this order and enters one line to receive the ...

Scrolling a Datagrid with code

J-Rod - 24 Feb 2006 5:36 PM - 4 messages

Hi all. I am using a datagrid and have removed the scrollbars. I instead put arrow buttons to scroll up or down. The scrolling is way to slow. When i click on the buttons, there is a significant delay ...

New Dialog Result

zacks - 24 Feb 2006 4:42 PM - 3 messages

I am trying to design a custom messagebox type form that has Yes to All and a No to All buttons in addition to Yes, No and Cancel. I would like to return which button was clicked using the standard system dialog ...

SerialPort input mode

DavideR - 24 Feb 2006 4:16 PM - 2 messages

i have a vs2005 oriject converted from vb6 that now use mscomm ocx for serial prot i wanna change the mscomm with serialport class my port was setted in inputmodebinary how to do in serialport ?? Thanks Best regards!! ...

XML Commenting

David S. Zuza - 24 Feb 2006 3:43 PM - 6 messages

I can't seem to get the XML template to show when I type in VB2005 ''' is there a setting that must be turned on? Dave ...

Splitting a large string variable into lines <= 70 chars

Daren - 24 Feb 2006 3:17 PM - 16 messages

Hi, I need to be able to split large string variables into an array of lines, each line can be no longer than 70 chars. The string variables are text, so I would additionally like the lines to end at the end of a word, if you catch my drift. ...

Adding images to image folder in vb.net

reidarT - 24 Feb 2006 3:04 PM - 2 messages

I have oppened a solution in Vb.net with an image folder. When I have opened vb.net and then adds an image to the image folder, it is not updated. I have to strt vb.net all over. Am I missing something? ...

Detect new log entry in EventViewer

Marie Mercier - 24 Feb 2006 2:51 PM - 2 messages

Hi, Does anyone know how to dectect the fact that an entry was just made in the Event Viewer? I need to catch and filter these logs as soon as they are written. thanks ...

Custom size paper problem

Sukh - 24 Feb 2006 2:04 PM - 5 messages

Hi, I am tring to change the paper size from default to custom paper size. In print preview its showing my custom size but when I print it print on default paper size. Can any one help me to figure out this? ...

Saving Rich Text to a SQL Database

Richard Harris - 24 Feb 2006 10:43 AM - 3 messages

Hi I am trying to save data from a Windows Forms RichTextBox control to a SQL 2000 Server database using ado.net and then retreive it again. I have searched all over the internet on the best way to do this and can't ...

Sending Mail via MAPI - VB .NET 2005

Jonathan Wareham - 24 Feb 2006 10:23 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I want to be able to send mail via the PC's default MAPI client using VB.NET 2005 so that I get sent items and the other benefits. Can anybody suggest the best way to go about this - are there any native .NET components ...

Obtaining complete User List

Dave - 24 Feb 2006 9:44 AM - 2 messages

Hi all, My question is: How do you obtain a complete list of all the users that are registered on the local machine? I've been trying for hours now and can't find anything that will help on the groups. ...

BindingList: How to implement Find?

Pieter - 24 Feb 2006 8:31 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I have my own custom BindingList, that inherits from BindingList, and implements IComponent. I would like to implement a Find-method, that will allow me to search for a property of my Items. So basicly: If my Items in the List have a property Name, I would like to be ...

Interview Questions Feb 24, 2006

Jobs - 24 Feb 2006 8:25 AM - 3 messages

What is Native Image Generator (Ngen.exe)? The Native Image Generator utility (Ngen.exe) allows you to run the JIT compiler on your assembly's MSIL and generate native machine code which is cached to disk. After the image is created .NET runtime will use the ...

Can you emulate an ActiveX exe in .NET

Mike - 24 Feb 2006 5:06 AM - 5 messages

Hi there, I'm currently working on converting an ActiveX exe that was written in VB6 to VB.NET. The original application was written as a TSR which lives in the system tray providing integration between a web site and ...

object reference not set to an instance???

labelle - 24 Feb 2006 4:08 AM - 6 messages

this is driving me nuts, and i can't figure it out: i am creating a mapper that updates two tables at the same time, one with "ticket order" information, and the other with "ticket" information. for example, if someone orders 2 tickets, 1 order is placed into the order ...

Trouble with TableLayoutPanel

David S. Zuza - 24 Feb 2006 4:01 AM - 3 messages

I want to add a lable at a specific cell in table layout Panel how? ...

Field token out of range (System.BadImageFormatException)

Roger Aikin - 24 Feb 2006 3:11 AM - 5 messages

I've converted a VB6 project to VB.Net 2005. (Actually using vstudio pro 2005). I'm on a machine that also has VB6 and Vstudio.net 2003 on it. The project uses Word, Excel, MapPoint and SqlClient (database is SqlServer 2000). OS is ...

"The path is not of a legal form" error - WinFoms designer

Richard Bysouth - 24 Feb 2006 2:58 AM - 3 messages

Hi When attempting to view inherited forms in design mode I have been getting the message "The path is not of a legal form" and am unable to view the designer. I can't seem to find any further information on this error - does anyone ...

After export to Excel, that excel cannot open

Agnes - 24 Feb 2006 2:27 AM - 4 messages

Dim dsExcelExport As New System.Data.DataSet Dim daExcelExport As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter Dim Excel As New Excel.Application Dim strExcelFile As String ...

Late binding equivalent

John - 24 Feb 2006 1:34 AM - 5 messages

Hi What is the late binding equivalent of the below code? Many Thanks Regards Dim O As Outlook.Application Dim F As Outlook.MAPIFolder Dim iCon As Outlook.ContactItem Dim oContact As Outlook.ContactItem ...

VB 'Phone Home'

al jones - 24 Feb 2006 1:13 AM - 4 messages

I've tried this another way and gotten no response. So, I'll try differently. I have a VB (VS 2005) application which insists that it wants internet access. From within the program there is nothing - NOTHING - that asks for ...

possible to create one control array with different controls?

Rich - 24 Feb 2006 12:34 AM - 5 messages

Hello, I have 3 textboxes and 1 combobox on a form. On entering the control I want to select all the text. I can make an array of textboxes like this: Dim arrTxt As TextBox() = {txt1, txt2, txt3} ...

send email problem

iwdu15 - 24 Feb 2006 12:04 AM - 8 messages

hi, ive read all the past posts about sending emails in VS 2003 and 2005 but i have a slight problem. i try to import "System.Web.Mail" but it cannot find that class in VS 2003 nor VB Express 2005. Am i missing somethign here? i ...

Drawing on panel removes graphics.

Shawn - 23 Feb 2006 11:50 PM - 4 messages

I know the answer to this is right under my nose, but I think I'm too tired to recall it. I have a form that uses a picture as it's background upon loading. I then have a panel on top of it that is used to click on and ...

dealing with images of varing sizes on a form.

Aussie Rules - 23 Feb 2006 11:11 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I have an application that allows a user to select a jpg/gif file and display them in a picture box. The issue is that the pictures are of course different sizes, and therefore they need to be resized some how to fit the space the picturebox uses on the ...

vb2005 propertybag

Galen Somerville - 23 Feb 2006 10:25 PM - 7 messages

My vb6 user control used a propertybag. A typical form would use 6 of these user controls. The setting of one never affected the others. Now I'm supposed to use serialization to replace the property bag. But, the examples I have show saving and retrieving from a file. Since the ...

BackColor not gray when enabled = False

Bruno - 23 Feb 2006 8:55 PM - 2 messages

Hello, When I use a listview and I set enabled = False,, BackColor is grey, and I can't change It. I found on the net lots of same problem, but without answers. Please help me... ...

Activate Save button in BindingNavigator

reidarT - 23 Feb 2006 8:54 PM - 2 messages

I have entered a BindingNavigator toolbar in a bound form and can manage to browse records and I am able to enter data in a new record. I am ot able to save the data and therefore I have entered the save-button. ...

Data Binding Anyone?

Tim Baur - 23 Feb 2006 7:53 PM - 4 messages

I'm a VB6 developer who's just beginning to make the move to .Net 2005, and I'm wondering if data binding is worth the effort. After a lot of fighting with it in VB6, I finally realized the best practice was to leave it alone. ...

User "sticky" profile

mabond - 23 Feb 2006 7:43 PM - 6 messages

Hi all This question is one of "theory" rather than a search for the specifics of a solution. I need some pointers as to how to proceed with my project. Here goes. My application allows the user to select from menu options. Some of the ...

Running a Program in 'Silent' Mode

John R. Dougherty - 23 Feb 2006 7:40 PM - 2 messages

I have written a VB.NET application, and want to be able to invoke it with parameters, to run without a user having to interact with it. I do still want to see any status messages the program generates (dialog boxes are ...

Newbie: trying to run one forms event from another form.

Rico - 23 Feb 2006 7:33 PM - 8 messages

Hello, I'm trying to run an event in form1 from form2. The code I have is similar to this; Dim RunFrm as form1 RunFrm.form1ActiveateEvent() But I keep getting an "Object is not set to an instance of an object" error. ...

Windos XP/2000 reboot

paulr - 23 Feb 2006 6:36 PM - 2 messages

Hello, i have problem with rebooting windows Declare Function InitiateSystemShutdown Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "InitiateSystemShutdownA" (ByVal lpMachineName As String, ByVal lpMessage As String, ByVal dwTimeout As Int32, ByVal bForceAppsClosed As Long, ByVal bRebootAfterShutdown As Boolean) As Boolean sub test Systemshutdown = InitiateSystemShutdown(Nothing, "rebooting", 30, True, ...

Instance a class at runtime

Ernesto Díaz - 23 Feb 2006 5:21 PM - 4 messages

Hi I need to instance a class at runtime, at runtime a can get the name in a string, i would like to know if its possible to instance the class at runtime with the name in a string. Thanks for your assistance. ...

Install ADO Problem

Vayse - 23 Feb 2006 4:56 PM - 3 messages

I published my app in Visual Studio 2005. I'm getting a problem installing on one PC. During the install, the following error appears: "Unable to run or install the application. The application requires that assembly ADODB 7.0.3300.0 be installed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) ...

Access FreeDB from VB.NET

rzaleski - 23 Feb 2006 4:48 PM - 4 messages

Does anyone know how to access freeDB ([link]) from VB.NET? ...

Does this look good?

cj - 23 Feb 2006 4:29 PM - 12 messages

Public Class MyStringLogger Private Shared m_loglock As New Object Public Shared Sub Write(ByVal str As String) SyncLock (m_loglock) ...

Re: UML tool for vb.net

Søren Reinke - 23 Feb 2006 3:15 PM - 2 messages

Sorry i did press the wrong key :( I am using Visual Studio Team Editon for Software Developers. The builld in UML is not good enough. Best regards Søren Reinke ...

UML tool for vb.net

Søren Reinke - 23 Feb 2006 3:14 PM - 3 messages

Hi there Could anybody suggest a good UML tool for use with VB.net ? I need to be able to make use-cases, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, and stuff like that. If the tool can output VB.net code it would be great, and even better if it ...

Capture username of who is connecting to my machine

Marie Mercier - 23 Feb 2006 3:01 PM - 2 messages

Hi, would anyone know how, in VB.NET to capture a username of anyone who accesses my machine from our LAN. I have used System.Diagnostics, but I get no username or machine name. I have been asked to detect when someone is ...

get ip address of NIC

Jason - 23 Feb 2006 2:45 PM - 2 messages

Imports System.Management I've got the following code, that gets the mac address of the card I'm looking for, but how can I also get the ip address of that card??? Thanks Dim scope As ManagementScope = New ManagementScope(ManagementPath.DefaultPath) ...

Destroying objects.

qwert - 23 Feb 2006 2:23 PM - 14 messages

Hello, I have multiple references to an object. Is it possible to destroy the object using one of the references, and setting the rest of them to Nothing? Dim objA as New A Dim objAR As A objAR = objA objA = Nothing ...

Silent install needed for Visual Basic Express

rolszyk - 23 Feb 2006 2:10 PM - 6 messages

I am trying to create a silent install for the free version of Visual Basic Express. Currently I am working on creating an msi, but it keeps failing to install the program on my virtual machine. I would like to know if there are any command line parameters ...

Simple question - Datagrid - how to detect change in a row cell?

Bill nguyen - 23 Feb 2006 2:07 PM - 3 messages

Please tell me the Datagrid events that I can use to detect data entry in a single cell of the active row. I need to put a value in another cell based on user input on other cells in the active row. ...

Simple Question - Enter "Ding"

Al Reid - 23 Feb 2006 1:55 PM - 3 messages

I'm using vb2005. The users want to use the enter key to navigate instead of or in addition to the tab key. That's easy enough. How do I get rid of the ding when hitting the enter key. I have e.Handled in the KeyUp event where I use SelectNextControl. That ...

Run a Citrix App

Art - 23 Feb 2006 1:38 PM - 6 messages

Hi, We have some applications that run on a Citrix server. I would like to run one of them, a reporting app, from within a VB.net application. If I log into the Citrix server with remote desktop, I can type a command ...

Master-Detail Relationship

Good - 23 Feb 2006 12:57 PM - 2 messages

Hi all I have created a master-detail relationship dataset under VS2005. However, when I update the tables, it seems the foreign key information couldn't be passed from the master table, therefore, the update is failed. Do you know ...

How to work with My.Settings?

Simon Says - 23 Feb 2006 9:47 AM - 2 messages

Hi all, I've a class ("Class1"), with an auto-generated a "Class1.exe.config" for use with the My.Settings function calls. If my "Class1" is a window form, everything just works fine, i.e., I could open up "Class1.exe.config", change some values in it, launch my Class1.exe ...

Listview + Treeview

IlQlo - 23 Feb 2006 8:52 AM - 6 messages

Hi! I'm working with Vb.Net 2005 to do an application that need a simple listview with sorting function but also with a tree layout to show the informations. A commercial examples is "Glacial TreeList". Has someone information about open source/freeware project/code? Thanks. (Ilqlo) ...

How to hide the messagebox ?

zhangyl - 23 Feb 2006 6:15 AM - 4 messages

I use a WebBrowser control to open an office Document in my form (like open an attached file in IE). but every time when I open a file, there a dialogbox named "File download" showed asking "Whether you want open or save ...

Custom Configuration file Sections in 2.0

Richard Bysouth - 23 Feb 2006 4:59 AM - 4 messages

Hi I'm trying to create a series of config files for my Windows app (some of which may reside in arbitary locations unrelated to the exe file) and have been reading various examples using the System.Configuration namespace. However, I just can't get anything to work using these examples e.g. ...

ComboBox HELP Pleasse!

D - 23 Feb 2006 3:55 AM - 6 messages

I am using the following code as an example. Once the user selects an item from the combobox (e.g., "Martin"), how can I access the value of that item (e.g., "1")? Dim dtAdjuster as new DataTable dtAdjuster.Columns.add("Names") ...

vb.net sorting multi dimensional array

Christopher Miles - 23 Feb 2006 3:06 AM - 2 messages

Hello, I am trying to sort this array by the time field , and have all the other fields move accordingly to match .. Group_Array(0) - name Group_Array(1) - severity Group_Array(2) - Time Group_Array(3) - Tier Group_Array(4) - Description Group_Array(5) - Group ...

is it Possible?

Brian Shafer - 23 Feb 2006 12:25 AM - 4 messages

Hi, I want to MDI forms, with a Tree View control. I also want to use a splitter and also a menu bar, toolbar and status bar. Everything works fine, with the exception, that the toolbar and startus bar only streach across from ...

Using the System.IO.Directory services...

adamrobillard - 22 Feb 2006 11:15 PM - 5 messages

I am very new to vb.net and am using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. This is my function that essentially looks at a directory to see if it is valid: 'Local variables ...

Holding a reference

Dagoberto Aceves - 22 Feb 2006 10:55 PM - 4 messages

I'm having trouble with references. Specificly i want to maintain a reference to a string. So that after I pass it to the constructor, other methods can have at it. I can do this is C/C++, but I can't seem to make ...

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

YYZ - 22 Feb 2006 10:37 PM - 4 messages

I get this error in my Task List periodically when going into design mode for a usercontrol -- it is annoying because I see .Net freeze for about 10 seconds, then eventually is slides up the Task List window with this error -- I know it is coming, and I can't do anything to stop ...

Really stupid question I believe...

JB - 22 Feb 2006 10:31 PM - 4 messages

So I am beginning to dabble in the express editions that MS is offering currently. I am trying to write a basic program, but am having issues. Here is the code so far: Public Class testprog Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As ...

More icons for toolstrips

Homer J Simpson - 22 Feb 2006 10:12 PM - 9 messages

Where can I find more icons for the toolstrips that match those used in VB ..Net etc.? ...

Callback from a thread

sidprice - 22 Feb 2006 9:55 PM - 5 messages

Hello, I have a worker thread ( a shared method in a class) that needs to callback to another (monitoring) class on certain events. I have been unable to figure out how to pass the callback address of a delegate in the monitoring ...

Sending/Receiving SOAP Message using VB.NET

Julio Delgado - 22 Feb 2006 9:38 PM - 2 messages

Hi, Again sorry for my ignorance first time interfacing to a remote server that is not a web service but it uses SOAP protocol to talk through a particular TCP port. I need to develop a VB.NET application to send a SOAP Message to ...

Form StartUpPosition

Jason - 22 Feb 2006 9:21 PM - 6 messages

I've got a small form (400 X 310) and I want it to start up in the lower right corner of the screen. Is there a way I can easily do this? Thanks ...

SQL question in VB.net and Access

Newbie - 22 Feb 2006 9:16 PM - 3 messages

Could someone please help with an SQL question. First Let me explain what I'm trying to accomplish. I have a small Address book application that has a search feature. Currently you have to type the Firstname ...

Putting an application into my vb.net control (like a panel)

Nonee - 22 Feb 2006 8:56 PM - 3 messages

Hello- I know there is a way to put an program that I run into one of my controls in my vb app but I don't remember how. I create the process, myProcess, and then start it but I don't know how to put it into say, ...

trying to understand classes

cj - 22 Feb 2006 8:56 PM - 14 messages

Stephany Young provided me with the following code to count threads created by my program. Public Class MyThreadCount Private Shared m_lock As New Object Private Shared m_threadcount As Int32 = 0 ...

How to query the key and value pair in ComboBox

Dursun - 22 Feb 2006 8:09 PM - 3 messages

I am using the following code as an example. Once the user selects an item from the combobox (e.g., "Martin"), how can I access the value of that item (e.g., "1")? Thank you, DD Dim dtAdjuster as new DataTable ...

MDI Child Forms

m.fisher - 22 Feb 2006 7:28 PM - 5 messages

I have a MDI app in Visual Basic.Net 2003. When I open the first child form it opens in the correct location at the top left. If I open another it again opens correctly, slightly below and to the right of ...

SendKeys Doesn't Always Work?

Phil Galey - 22 Feb 2006 7:14 PM - 4 messages

I have a VB.NET application that uses SendKeys to close the open document in QuarkXPress 5.0 I'm using the following commands: AppActivate(QXP_Process_ID) SendKeys.SendWait("^{F4}") in an effort to close the document currently open in QuarkXPress. However, ...

User interface ideas?

RaiseEvent not working correctly

initialize a complex constant in a class

Resetting Properties Panel

GetChanges gives null column value in error

Text from a Word.Doc

webbrowser control border

Help with ADODB.Command Error

check box data binding in VB.Net 2003

Is it possible to save a JPEG file as a Tif with specifically the JPEG compression in Vb.net? If yes

What does CRC error mean?

VB.net sleep problems

Access member variable directly or through property within the class it is defined?

Network.IsAvailable

VB2005 - Databound MaskedTextBox controls lose mask in MdiChild Forms.

Convert Words in Strings to Caps

Remote DNS Zone Creation with WMI and VB.NET

First chance exception

Talk to me about debugging

Clear a RTB

Printing Problem

axWebBrowswer Context Menu (VB 2003)

Settings.Settings

CLS-complaint

bitblt Function in VB 2005

Is it better to use Try or to use Resume Next?

Text Files: Number of Lines

Q: Dataview and a grid

Multilanguage support?

Memory Leaking in VB.NET

How to change color line by line in a rich textbox?

vb.net2005 got error when put object

Items property

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Changing CheckedState or Checked-value without raising ItemChecked-event

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