Visual Basic .NET - Week 12, 2007

Recycling Projects

Jeff - 24 Mar 2007 7:52 PM - 3 messages

Is it possible to recycle projects into other projects? When I program VBA excel I can change the name of the workbook and all the code goes with it and I can try new things without altering the original. In VS2005 I don't see any "save as" option so I can do ...

methods for text box

scenic_man - 24 Mar 2007 6:12 PM - 3 messages

I'm playing around with some sample code in VB Express. I have a form with a text box and a button. Naturally, the button causes some code to process what's in the text box. Now I would like to have it so that when the text box has focus ...

html to jpg application

Grey - 24 Mar 2007 5:33 PM - 3 messages

i have to write a tool to convet html page to jpg. the html have words and graphic inside. i have no idea to do that. is there any free tool for doing this or any api i can call because i have to convert many html files in ...

Open a form where mouse clicked

Marcolino - 24 Mar 2007 2:09 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I'm new with VB.net and I comming from VB6 programming. I need to open a little form in Modal and child of MDI, with the top- left corner where the mouse has clicked. I tryed this code but the form show everywhere but not where i need: ...

Playing a Flash Video file (FLV) file inside a VB.net application

Uffe - 24 Mar 2007 1:02 PM - 5 messages

Is it possible to play a Flash Vide file (FLV) inside an VB.net application. (Example [link] ) I have succesfully done similar VB.net applications before, like playing SWF files, by using the com componet Shockwave Flash Object from Adobe. I ...

is serialization required for this?

Bart - 24 Mar 2007 10:56 AM - 3 messages

Hi, i read several articles about serialization. I know now that it is a process of converting an object into a stream of data so that it can be is easily transmittable over the network or can be continued in a persistent storage ...

Getting a Return Value from a Form

pooba53 - 23 Mar 2007 10:12 PM - 8 messages

I am working with VB .NET 2003. Let's say my main form is called Form1. I have to launch a new form (Form2) that gathers input from the user. How can I pass variable information back to Form1 before calling the ...

parent/child grids

Rick - 23 Mar 2007 8:52 PM - 9 messages

VS 2005 I' m setting up a parent/child datagridviews in a form. I am doing a lot of this by hand coding in order to get the feel of things. I want a change in the parent table to trigger a change in the child. ...

File monitor/copy code doesn't catch everything

TwistedPair - 23 Mar 2007 8:39 PM - 3 messages

All, This is sort of a continuation of a previous post of mine. The code below basically reads a registry key to get a path to a folder and it watches for files created in that folder (only created). It also reads another registry ...

DataGridView1 - what is this first gray column on the left?

Joe - 23 Mar 2007 8:26 PM - 3 messages

and how can I initiate this object without it (I don't use it) ...

Remoting and TCP

Marco Trapanese - 23 Mar 2007 5:46 PM - 3 messages

Hi! I've just discovered the Remoting class... I'm able to communicate between two executables on the same machine. Furthermore, I may use a remote TCP/IP connection selecting the appropriate IP address/port number pair in the Remoting configuration. ...

Using System.Threading.Timer (SOS!)

Lauren Quantrell - 23 Mar 2007 5:30 PM - 5 messages

I have just put together a vb.net app and now need to provide it to users. This application needs to run the code in a sub every 60 seconds from a Windows Service application. I have the functionality of the sub working fine but I cannot figure out how to run the timer. ...

Ways to deal with a "-" character

Military Smurf - 23 Mar 2007 5:28 PM - 4 messages

I am trying to use a String as part of a query. Here is the line: strQuery = "Select Filename, Path from d11mw-zes215643.System..SCOPE() where Filename = 'main.swf'" The code works IF I rename the target workstation and remove the - character ...

determine what control on form the mouse is over - like hitTestInf

Rich - 23 Mar 2007 4:48 PM - 2 messages

Hello, What is the way to determine what control the mouse is over on a form? Like if the mouse is over a button you could note this in the form's MouseMove Event '--pseudocode here console.Writeline(mouse.HitestInfo.ToString) ...

Best ways to source controlling "Code Snippets"

frk.won - 23 Mar 2007 4:31 PM - 22 messages

I am interested in learning how to use the VS 2005 code snippets. However, I wish to know what are the best ways to source control the code snippets? Are there any source safe/subversion add-ons for this purpose? ...

Width/Length of Data Column

schaapiee - 23 Mar 2007 3:19 PM - 3 messages

Is there a way to define how long the data columns are, display wise on the Form? Whether I am using a boolean field (checkbox) or a string field (text url) each displays with the same size. I know you can select all the columns and resize them after the fact, ...

CDO Emails not sent till application is exited

merziyah - 23 Mar 2007 2:59 PM - 8 messages

I'm new to posting issues online, so bare with me... Does anyone have any clues on this: I have an application that is set to run as a service and it sends an email if an error is encountered. The emailing part seems to work fine ...

Using Exception Management Application Block in a Web App

Brett Ossman - 23 Mar 2007 2:02 PM - 2 messages

I'm trying to set up a custome e-mail publisher for a web app using the Microsoft Exception Management Application Block for .NET sample app. Our app already uses the Exception Management Block, but with the default publishing to the Event Log. We have an error handler ...

After Converting a string from Base64 some characters are nothing.

Jeremy Kitchen - 23 Mar 2007 1:56 PM - 9 messages

I have encoded a string into Base64 for the purpose of encryption. I then later decrypted it and converted it back from Base64 the final string returns with four nothing characters. "pass" what the result should be "pass____ what the result is where each underline char is a nothing ...

Update databse frx

Marin - 23 Mar 2007 12:40 PM - 4 messages

I have problems with updating access database from asp.net 2.0 application. I use this code: SQL = "UPDATE Tabela Set Polje1=" & CInt(Text) & " WHERE ID=" & CLng(Session("ID")) cmd = New OleDbCommand(SQL, odbConn) cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() No compile error, no run-time error but database is not updated!! How to ...

GDI+ Crashing!

Smokey Grindel - 23 Mar 2007 12:31 PM - 4 messages

I have an app that runs in the system tray. It takes an icon from the programs resources then draws two rectangles on it and numbers... the wierd thing is its crashing... here is the exception I am getting System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid. ...

Control as bitmap

Martin H. - 23 Mar 2007 9:29 AM - 5 messages

Hello all, I want to get a control (in my case a CheckBox with the states Checked=True and Checked=False) as bitmap. It is important for me that it shows in the desktop theme if the user is using one. ...

Connecting to Sql server 2005 via VPN

steve - 23 Mar 2007 5:49 AM - 3 messages

Hi All Has anybody had experience connecting to SQL server 2005 on a remote site via VPN A client has a warehouse in each capital city in Australia and wants to have them all record sales etc in the SQL server computer running in 1 city only ...

QuickBooks Interface

vovan - 23 Mar 2007 1:32 AM - 15 messages

I have a request from my client to develop a new application in VB2005. It should use MDI design. The client wants it to look similar to Intuit QuickBooks - Outlook like bar on the left side, child windows should appear ...

Shared members, Collections, Events Problem?

Wujood - 23 Mar 2007 1:28 AM - 3 messages

I am trying to solve the following take home assignment problem. I am not sure whether to use Hashtables, events and shared members or could it be done more easily? Also, do I need to implement a Generic Collection for Light ...

How to do "die in php" under VB.net and ASP.net

Benson - 23 Mar 2007 1:18 AM - 3 messages

In php coding: .... if(something wrong) die("stop here"); .... .... How to code the "die" in VB.net and ASP.net? (I dislike using status_variable and exit sub.) Benson VS2005 ...

Cance Add New

Arne Beruldsen - 23 Mar 2007 12:44 AM - 2 messages

I have a form where the user can add new data...however somethings in the middle of adding new info...they opt to retrieve info instead. How do I cancel the Add New process. My Addnew looks like: With ClientsBindingSource ...

Append Node to an XML

Freddy Coal - 22 Mar 2007 8:21 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I would like append a new node with elements in a existing XML file, how make that?. For example: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> - <Configuracion> - <Estaciones> ...

change tabpage headers color

graphicsxp - 22 Mar 2007 5:50 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I know how to change the entire tabpage's background color, but what I don't know is how to change the color of the header of the tabpage (the actual rectangle on which the user clicks). It remains grey ...

JET ISAM driver - permissions?

Spam Catcher - 22 Mar 2007 5:42 PM - 3 messages

Hi all, Does anyone know what sort of permission the JET ISAM driver needs? One of my clients is getting the following message when they try to load up a CSV file with my application: The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file ''. It is already ...

Socket problem

Rob T - 22 Mar 2007 4:15 PM - 4 messages

I have a very simple little program that connects to our email server to send out emails. When I compiled it with .VS2003 (net 1.1), it works fine. with VS2005 (.net 2.0), it hangs on the last ReadInfo ...

Faster than GDI+ ?

Marco Trapanese - 22 Mar 2007 3:52 PM - 7 messages

Hi, I wrote an application that draw on a form complex graphics. Tons of image with transparencies. I used GDI+ of course... but they are so slow! The paint event takes about 250 ms... I need to refresh the screen ...

Another PreMessageFilter problem!

tclancey - 22 Mar 2007 3:26 PM - 2 messages

Hi all. I've managed to get somewhere with this, in fact just about got it sorted except that not all mouse events are being logged. So far I'm checking for 256, 257, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518 ...

Using excel solver in VB.NET

Holger Fitschen - 22 Mar 2007 2:39 PM - 8 messages

Hi to all, I want to use the Excel solver in a VB.Net project. The macro Sub Makro1Solver() Application.Run "Solver.xla!Auto_Open" SolverReset Worksheets(1).Select ...

Is this structure OK: Me.CreateGraphics.DrawImage(Img, 0, 0)

active - 22 Mar 2007 2:10 PM - 7 messages

I did the following and then wondered it's good practice. Me.CreateGraphics.DrawImage(Img, 0, 0) I'm thinking about disposing the Graphics object. A couple of lines after this I exit the sub so I wonder if it'll get ...

fixed field, record length

Jim - 22 Mar 2007 1:06 PM - 3 messages

I need to write a text file that has fixed length fields resulting in a fixed length record. What I'd like to see is something like Cobol (gag) uses 01 rec. 02 field1 pic x(02. 02 field2 pic x(10). ...

WorkingArea

Sofianos George - 22 Mar 2007 1:02 PM - 2 messages

Hello, is there a way to SET Screen.workingArea? Thanks ...

How to verify Exe or Dll files?

yxq - 22 Mar 2007 1:01 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I want to verify the digital signature of EXE or DLL file, in order to know if they published by Microsoft, like the software "Process Explorer", download link is below [link] ...

Help using API.

teejayem - 22 Mar 2007 12:32 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I am new to using API's and am wondering if there are any good tutorials out there that explain how to use api's to control/change external applications in vb.net. Also if someone could help and explain to me how to do the following I ...

same code, different providers => different behaviours??

Bart - 22 Mar 2007 7:20 AM - 3 messages

Hi, I ran the same code with two different providers (oledb abd sqlclient), and i got two different behaviours. The code with OLEDB runs perfect without error. The same code with SQLClient gives an error at line: "dtreader = comd.ExecuteReader" (the second) ...

CrystalViewer control problem

stan.goodvibes - 22 Mar 2007 6:02 AM - 2 messages

Hi there, I've got VB Express installed and working. I downloaded the evaluation copy of Crystal Reports Developer Edition XI, that works fine as well. In VB I went to Tools->Choose Toolbox Items and browsed to C:\Program ...

Trouble attaching to Windows Service process

Rico - 22 Mar 2007 2:40 AM - 4 messages

Hello, I have a windows service that I have created in VB 2005. I have it installed, and running, but it's not functioning correctly. When I try to "Attach to process", my service is greyed out in the list and I cannot ...

End of statement expected??

Ron - 22 Mar 2007 1:57 AM - 3 messages

In this line: iStartPosition = RichTextBox1.Text.IndexOfAny(New Char() {"A"c, "a"c, "E"c, "e"c, "I"c, "i"c, "O"c, "o"c, "U"c, "u"c}),istartposition) at the end of that line the ,istartposition) is underlined in blue ...

VS 2005 - SQL Express Connection Question

pmclinn - 22 Mar 2007 1:27 AM - 2 messages

I have created a DB from within my Visual studio 2005 development studio. My connection string works well on my local machine but when I copy this to my remote server I get this error: When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the ...

Collection: Find value by key, or key by value?

cmay - 22 Mar 2007 1:06 AM - 4 messages

I have a situation where I need a collection, where I can find the VALUE (e.g. customer name) by it's key (ID value), AND also find the ID value by the customer name. Is there anything that does this? ...

data change notification

Rick - 22 Mar 2007 12:10 AM - 5 messages

I developing a large project that will have numerous text boxes, datetime controls, checkboxes etc. all data bound to a dataset/datatable/tableadapter. I'm wondering what is the normal way to get notification from the program that the user has changed some databound item? I know I can tap into the ...

How would you design this Windows form?

Ronald S. Cook - 22 Mar 2007 12:09 AM - 6 messages

I need ideas on how to best design a Windows form for my particular situation. On a cattle feeding yard there will be between about 300 and 600 pens. On my "Pen Feeding Sequence" form, I want the user to be able to setup and ...

Cannot clear all rows in datagridview

Bill Nguyen - 21 Mar 2007 10:54 PM - 7 messages

I tried almost everything ..Rows.clear() ..rowcount = 0 and the rows in a datagridview still not cleared I populated the Datagridview manually using Row.Add Any help is greatly appreciated Bill ...

VB.net syntax for C# code

Chris - 21 Mar 2007 10:42 PM - 2 messages

Not sure if this is OT I periodically, once every week or so, get an error when trying to read an XML doc stored in cache. I get an 'object not set to a reference' I have a gut feeling it happens when the app is under strain and the moment between ...

Inserting NewLine (line break) into resource string

Penelope Dramas - 21 Mar 2007 10:22 PM - 2 messages

Hello, I'm having problem inserting line break into one of the strings located in project resource. I've tried "Line1/nLine2" (from C#) and it wouldn't work. Tried Line1 + Environment.NewLine + Line2 also no luck. Is there any workaround even if it involves editing resources.xml file ...

How to change database when deploying application

harry - 21 Mar 2007 9:51 PM - 8 messages

I've set my database connection as an Application.Setting using the designer. Since Application.Settings are read only, how do I change the connection properties when deploying to another machine ? Thanks Harry ...

Dynamically calling classes and properties

wisaunders - 21 Mar 2007 9:02 PM - 5 messages

I have several different classes that contain the same four properties. I tell my application property of which class to call in the configuration file. Here are the values from my config file <class>AAAA</class> ...

What is Visual Web Developer?

cj - 21 Mar 2007 8:57 PM - 6 messages

I'm getting started writing WEB program in VB2005. I'm been doing windows apps to date. A friend told me to get Visual Web Developer Express Edition. But I have Visual Studio Pro 2005 and it says I have ...

Subclassing window

Andrius B. - 21 Mar 2007 8:32 PM - 4 messages

Hi all. Could smb provide an Internet site or smth explaining how to use function SetWindowSubclass in vb.net? All examples found by me are in C++ :( Thanks. ...

How to reference a control using its name?

active - 21 Mar 2007 8:31 PM - 3 messages

Suppose I create a control as follows: Dim MyPictureBoxNew As MyPictureBox.ControlPictureBox MyPictureBoxNew = New MyPictureBox.ControlPictureBox MyPictureBoxNew.Name = "PictureBox" & cstr(index) Now I want to access a method: PictureBox22.clear That won't work. Is there something that will? ...

Could you please explain what 'Controls' is used for?

active - 21 Mar 2007 7:09 PM - 2 messages

I tried to use the help on 'controls' to find out what it is used for but there is so many different uses for the word as to make the help useless. So I tried the following. It appears the second statement adds a new tabpage at the right of the ...

XML documentation file name

Bob Altman - 21 Mar 2007 6:55 PM - 4 messages

Hi all, I have a VS 2005 SP1 Visual Basic solution that creates a bunch of assemblies (both main programs and DLLs). All of the projects have "Generate XML documentation file" selected on the Compile tab of the My ...

Bind a date null to textbox

SilviaLl - 21 Mar 2007 6:39 PM - 2 messages

Hello, I've a textbox binded with a date field. The problem is when I clear the textbox the old value is set. In the parse event: Select Case sender.control.FieldType Case TipusCampBdD.TBdDDateTime Or TipusCampBdD.TBdDSmallDateTime If e.Value IsNot DBNull.Value Then ...

Draw a string vertically

Smokey Grindel - 21 Mar 2007 5:45 PM - 3 messages

I want to draw a string that is at a 90 degree angle instead of left to right it would be rotated 90 degrees... how would you go about doing this? thanks! ...

System.IO.File.Exists Method

Mike - 21 Mar 2007 5:42 PM - 5 messages

Hi. I'm building a program which allows users to upload files (located both on their computer and on our network) onto a file server. However, it appears that the Internet Guest Account on the webserver must have access to ...

Borderless Form Right Click

James Arnold - 21 Mar 2007 5:35 PM - 9 messages

I currently have a borderless form, which I am subclassing to allow dragging & dropping: Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As Message) Select Case m.Msg Case 132 'Click & Drag Form ...

how to determine if fontstyle is bold or regular in a datagridview

Rich - 21 Mar 2007 5:13 PM - 3 messages

I have code to bold text in a datagridviewcell: Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click Dim cs As DataGridViewCellStyle, fnt As Font For Each c As DataGridViewCell In dgrv1.SelectedCells ...

HTML to PDF

Oenone - 21 Mar 2007 4:57 PM - 3 messages

Can anyone recommend a good way of converting HTML (which is using CSS for its presentation) to a PDF file? Free or commercial solutions would both be considered if they will do the job. TIA, ...

Dll issue

marcotrapanese - 21 Mar 2007 4:40 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I have a simple class which contains data used by two VB.NET projects. I wrote a dll based on that class to read/write data values (one update them and the other has to read them). Into the two projects I added the reference to my dll and I get no ...

Need to send email in outlook without the Security warning popup

mike11d11 - 21 Mar 2007 4:21 PM - 2 messages

I am using this code to create an email to send automaticaly in my program, the only problem is I get the security warning and I just want the email to go out on its own without the warning. I heard this ...

Error Message: Binding Failure was detected

Jeremy Kitchen - 21 Mar 2007 3:39 PM - 2 messages

I get the following error Message when I attempt to create a new instance of my webservice. BindingFailure was detected Message: The assembly with display name 'PhoenixAuthentication.XmlSerializers' failed to load in the 'LoadFrom' binding context of the AppDomain with ID 1. The cause of ...

internal connection error

Agnes - 21 Mar 2007 3:36 PM - 2 messages

I got sql statment "select a,,,,,,z from myTable " (26 fields, 4 fields 's size is nvarchar(200) ) When the table got over 5000 records and I want to fill in the dataset. It will show "internal connection error" ...

generic list with contains item

Smokey Grindel - 21 Mar 2007 2:57 PM - 3 messages

I have a list of items that is in the list of <T> format... and then in that are objects I created that implement the IComparable interface... now if I took this list and did a contains(objectThatIsAlreadyInList) would it find ...

Data binding problem

sthomaso@phmining.com - 21 Mar 2007 2:10 PM - 6 messages

Hello. I'm having trouble getting a combobox bound to a property of an object. I am populating the combobox using data binding, but I can't get the SelectedValue property to bind to an object; it never gets updated. I've included my short sample below, it's from a form with just one ...

datagridview column headers don't show

Rick - 21 Mar 2007 1:36 PM - 4 messages

I'm adding columns to a datagridview in code. When I run the program the data is bound correctly, but none of the column headers show. Can someone point out what obvious mistake I am making? Tnx, Rick Dim x As Integer ...

Opening an XLS file

Pete Vickers - 21 Mar 2007 12:54 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I am using Excel as a com object in VB.Net - anyone know how I can open an xls file please. Research seems to give me Axspreadsheet1.Workbooks.Open() but that doesn't exist. I can use the activesheet and copy/paste enter values in cells etc, but how ...

Events and List(Of ...)

marcotrapanese - 21 Mar 2007 12:06 PM - 3 messages

Hello! I wrote a class "Layers" with one event "DataChanged": Public Class Layers Private _Value as Object Public Property Value() As Object Get Return _Value ...

Hard Disk Serial Number

Adele le Roux - 21 Mar 2007 10:22 AM - 8 messages

Hi All, How can I get the hard disk serial number of a remote computer's C:? The drive will NOT be mapped as a network drive. Thanks, Adele ...

how to create setup

Jwalant Natvarlal Soneji - 21 Mar 2007 9:59 AM - 3 messages

Dear friends, can anyone please guide me or suggest a site to me to create a great setup using visual studio 2003. thanks, ...

Need ideas on how to approach this.

Anders B - 21 Mar 2007 8:51 AM - 3 messages

I want to make a program that reads the content of a LUA array save file.. More precicely a save file from a World of Warcraft plugin called CharacterProfiler, which dumps alot of information about your characters into that save file. ...

intellisense

Rahul - 21 Mar 2007 5:38 AM - 5 messages

Hi, I have a class called "myclass", with a property "Deal" I want to show my prgrammers (while they are using the object to myclass) available "Deals" which are available in XML file as intellisense ex. objmyclass.Deal. <All values from xml> ...

Re: Is VB Caca??

Michael D. Ober - 21 Mar 2007 2:05 AM - 3 messages

Which version of VB are you comparing to C#? C# takes the C concept of semi-colon delimited statements. VB takes the opposite concept of EndOfLine delimited statements. More languages take the EndOfLine method. VB 2005 is ...

Add greenbars to richtextbox?

Luke - 21 Mar 2007 1:33 AM - 3 messages

I want 3 lines of green bars in richtextbox to be displayed every other 3 lines which can be toggled on and off. (3 lines of white background, 3 lines of green background, 3 lines of white background, ... and so on) ...

vista install

Anthony Jones - 20 Mar 2007 9:10 PM - 10 messages

Help! Want to install vs 2005 on vista. Have sp1 and the vista update for vs. I plan to install vs, then s1 then the vista update. Will this work? Is there anything else I should be aware of? Thanks in advance. ...

calling a sub/function whose name is the value of a variable?

H - 20 Mar 2007 8:54 PM - 6 messages

dim subName = "GetTable" & strCtr & "()" I want to now call the GetTable1() sub or GetTable2() sub, depending on the value of strCtr. How can I call the function whose name is in the variable subName? thanks... ...

how can one empty-out DataGridView1 object?

Joe - 20 Mar 2007 8:21 PM - 6 messages

does anyone have any clue?? ...

Local IP Address?

Spam Catcher - 20 Mar 2007 7:50 PM - 4 messages

Hi all, What's the best way to retreive the local IP addresses in a .NET winforms app? Thanks! ...

DataGridView will not show on Production machines

Charlie Brown - 20 Mar 2007 7:43 PM - 2 messages

I have a large project where I added a datagridview. The form works great on my development machine, but when I deploy it to another machine, the control will not display any data. It just shows a thick ...

GetEnumerator returns a Specified cast is not allowed error

Ted - 20 Mar 2007 6:22 PM - 3 messages

I have been asked to change an existing program which Implemented a Collection Class The current class had what is below (its just a summary of the code) Public Class FieldList Implements System.Collections.IEnumerable Private thisColl As Collection ...

Problem with CSV Date column

Bill Nguyen - 20 Mar 2007 5:58 PM - 8 messages

I'm reading a CSV file with the date colum formatted as "YYMMDD" -> "070310" when viewed in notepad or similar trext editor. However, in my app, using ODBCReader, the column value becomes "70310" (integer value). This invalidates my attempt to convert the field into a ...

table copying in ado 2.0

ray well - 20 Mar 2007 5:41 PM - 5 messages

i need to copy in code a table from a legacy dbase III file into an access mdb file. both source and destination tables have the same table names, field names, field types, & field sizes. the access table has an index attached to it, and starts with a empty table. ...

Trying to read CSV file into VB.NET 2005

Zim Babwe - 20 Mar 2007 4:43 PM - 4 messages

I have some code and I know the Connection string is wrong, but I don't know the correct syntax. Can someone help please? I want to read a .CSV file and input the data into a table. Am I on the right track? Any ...

Translucent forms and property grids

jarnie - 20 Mar 2007 4:31 PM - 4 messages

I am attempting to make a form which has alpha transparency that varies across the form, similar to the Adobe splash screens and launchy: [link] After a few different approaches, I have ended up overriding the ...

Drag/Drop/Upload Functionallity

Webbyz - 20 Mar 2007 3:47 PM - 11 messages

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way that I can enable my application to accept a file such as a .pdf that when dropped onto the document, it will upload the file to my database or a directory. ...

Report By Year

Ryan - 20 Mar 2007 2:53 PM - 9 messages

I have a SQL view that shows data by Category and Year - so the data may look something like this. Category - Year - Amount Fruit - 2006 - $12,000 Fruit - 2007 - $16,000 Vegetables - 2006 - $15,000 Vegatables - 2007 - $25,000 Say I want to show that data in Tabular view with Category being the Y-Axis ...

Security Blues

smjawad@gmail.com - 20 Mar 2007 10:34 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I am developing a system on which multiple front-end kiosks machines will be connected to a central server. I am being asked for the authentication mechanism for the machines, like how will the central server authenticate the machines on the network. IP authentication or ...

Compressing library

Samuel - 20 Mar 2007 8:14 AM - 4 messages

Is there a library that can be used to compress/decompress files within the ..NET framework (2.0) If not what then is available Thank you, Samuel ...

Are All the Static/Shared Methods in .NET Thread Safe?

Laser Lu - 20 Mar 2007 8:08 AM - 14 messages

I was often noted by Thread Safety declarations when I was reading .NET Framework Class Library documents in MSDN. The declaration is usually described as 'Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.' ...

How to fix this String to Long Error??

Ron - 20 Mar 2007 3:27 AM - 13 messages

I am getting an error Option strict on disallows implicit conversion from string to long I get it for this code iStartPosition = InStr(iStartPosition + 1, RichTextBox1.Text, "A" Or "a" the "A" and "a" are underlined in blue. How can I fix this? ...

Moving item from 1 listbox to another listbox

perrycheung221 - 20 Mar 2007 1:32 AM - 4 messages

Hi guys, I got 2 listboxes in a window form, one on left and one on right. The 1st listbox have some items while the 2nd listbox is empty. Also there are 2 buttons between the 2 listboxes which used to move item from/to ...

Trouble of GDI+ generic error!

James Wong - 20 Mar 2007 1:32 AM - 15 messages

Hi everybody, I'm facing a serious trouble relating to GDI+ generic error. The error message is "A Generic error occured in GDI+" and the following information is stored in Excepton object: System.Drawing.Graphics.CheckErrorStatus(Int32 status) ...

question about serialization

Casper - 19 Mar 2007 10:16 PM - 9 messages

Hi, i read several articles about serialization. I know now that it is a process of converting an object into a stream of data so that it can be is easily transmittable over the network or can be continued in a persistent storage ...

Sendkeys Send ascii code that not printable like chr(20)

mtczx232 - 19 Mar 2007 9:37 PM - 3 messages

How can send ascii code as chr 20 (h16 Device)? ...

Memory leak?

Carlo - 19 Mar 2007 7:57 PM - 5 messages

Hi, I've a problem with a simple application and I don't know how to solve it. Create a simple vb project, create a class with some member and one event, add a timer with an interval of 10 ms. Every tick execute a "for" cycle for ...

PrintPage Call Event for redrawing

Manekurt - 19 Mar 2007 7:02 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I have a PrintDocument and PrintingPreview controls in a form. When the form is loaded, the PrintPage event of the PrintDocument, is raised when loaded and it previews the page. I need to call the event, when a button is ...

dll not useable?

Converting Strings to decimals and displaying in forms or textbox

PreFilterMessage

Get Webpage Source Code

Calling methods or handling events in derived classes.

Listbox Issue

How would I do this??

module versus class?

Could not load type 'Global'.

Connection String being stored in the XSD files

Help with a long running process?

POS Printing

DataGrid ComboBox

Limit size of Rich text box

stream reader

form(s) not available for edit

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