Visual Basic .NET - Week 16, 2007

Change Textbox Border Style

Randy - 21 Apr 2007 11:06 PM - 3 messages

I'm trying to loop through all of the textboxes on my form and change some of their properties. I'm stuck on changing the border style to none. Here is my code: Dim c As Control ...

Basic Problem with a listbox control

Gunnu - 21 Apr 2007 8:04 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I am having a problem with 2 listboxes on a form. there are 5 items in the 1st listbox and if i click the first item i want a value to show up in the second listbox . This is working fine, but if i click it ...

binding source position when sorted

Rick - 21 Apr 2007 12:43 PM - 7 messages

VS 2005 I want to make sure I have this concept down correctly. I have a strongly typed datatable and a binding source connected to it. On my windows form a grid is connected to the binding source. When the grid is unsorted the datatable(bindingsource.positon).mycol = ...

Parse shortcuts (LNK files)?

Cross - 21 Apr 2007 10:36 AM - 7 messages

Is there anyone who knows how to parse a windows shortcut (lnk file) on the start menu? How hard could it be, it is just a few values, like Target file, Icon file... I search for in on Internet for a while, but I did not found anything. ...

VB.NET 2005 newby question

Oleg Subachev - 21 Apr 2007 8:58 AM - 6 messages

In VB.NET 2003 there is main form's constructor which contains InitializeComponent() call and a placeholder below to put custom initialization code there. But there is no such constructor in VB.NET 2005 code (though destructor is in place). ...

how to use padright and padleft to aligne text in 2 columns ?

Pascal - 21 Apr 2007 8:32 AM - 5 messages

hello i try to use padright and padleft to beautify the aspect of my prints. I 'd like the text to be print in two columns but i don't know the size of each string before (because they are randomly generated) I thought that padright ...

Bug in NET Framework 1.1

Peter - 21 Apr 2007 4:47 AM - 2 messages

Hi, This is an old bug, I've come to realize, that seems to be behind much of my problem in binding controls to a dataset. I am using the NET Framework 1.1 and trying to edit fields in a child table that has a column expression ...

Assigning/Updating values to DataTable

Jeff - 20 Apr 2007 11:08 PM - 3 messages

in VStudio 2005 visual basic.net How do I change a single value in a single cell in a datatable that already exists. E.g., Dim MyTable As New DataTable <code that reads from a db and places it into MyTable> ...

DSN-less connection for Informix database

Bill Nguyen - 20 Apr 2007 8:50 PM - 7 messages

I have this connection string using ODBC DSN Dim FactorJaco As String = "dsn=jaco;catalog=factor;uid=user;pwd=passord" This requires an ODBC DSN (jaco) at every client PC. I need to use DSN-less connection for terminal server setup. ...

Taskbar Program/Printing

RivaCom - 20 Apr 2007 8:41 PM - 2 messages

I need a program that has a task bar icon and no other form loaded, which pops up a menu when clicked with only a few things. 1. I need to be able to setup a network printer IP, and store it in ...

timestamp column from sql server, how to presist in a class?

Smokey Grindle - 20 Apr 2007 6:23 PM - 5 messages

I need to store a timestamp record from a row in my class as a field that I can use later to verify that the original record hasn't changed... how would you store this? as a byte array? or some other data type? thanks! ...

REGULAR EXPRESSION: two short instead of one long

teo - 20 Apr 2007 5:18 PM - 4 messages

Hallo, I have a phrase with a couple of sentences inside parentheses like this: abtrcd (efug) hilam (nopeq) rsmtvz I need TWO matches like: (efug) (nopeq) unfortunately I get ONE long match like: (efug) hilam (nopeq) ----------------------- I'm currently using: ...

IE7 hangs with Click Once deployment VS2005 - any fixes?

Rich - 20 Apr 2007 4:58 PM - 2 messages

Hello, My workstation has been automatically updating IE6 to IE7. When this happens I have a problem with Click Once deployment (VS2005). What happens is that I can still publish applications - which brings up IE. In IE6 this ...

Reg expression uk postcode

si_owen - 20 Apr 2007 3:57 PM - 3 messages

Hi All, I am new to regular expressions and was wandering if anyone out there could help me with building the expression needed to validate a UK postcode? Any help is much appreciated, Thanks Simon ...

Re: Array nullexception

Branco Medeiros - 20 Apr 2007 3:26 PM - 2 messages

Göran Anderssonwrote: <snip> <snip> The instance will be created also if you specify the upper bound of the array. That can be -1 (yep, you read it right) to specify an empty (but valid) array: ...

Transaction Log Too large

Agnes - 20 Apr 2007 3:14 PM - 3 messages

Recently , I find that there is timeout occur when runing 'select . statement' Some said the Transaction Log too large will make SQL become slowly Now, the transaction log is 14407M , is it too large ? Can I delete it ? (Do I need to do backup first ?) ...

How do I Remove lines above a key word, remove the lines below another, and keep the lines between t

Quentin - 20 Apr 2007 2:48 PM - 3 messages

I have a text file with lines that I would like to remove above a certain word and below another word. Example: 1231231231234123423434 2341234123412341242141 234512353764316236234 1235635326235125134534 Recipe 345353453532542353245 52345235452456426515 23452362387487262346 32662356245724572457 234623624526 End Recipe 436452346467 5764743634734646 4563463456345 I would like to remove the lines from above Recipe and remove the ...

Need urgent Active Directory / asp.net help

Steve - 20 Apr 2007 1:56 PM - 2 messages

Hello all, I need to find all the distribution lists/groups a user is a member of using Active Directory when they request an INTRANET webpage. Impersonation is DISABLED on this site. I have a ASP.NET webpage written in VB.NET where when a user loads the page ...

recognizing NULL field in IF statement

Etayki - 20 Apr 2007 11:34 AM - 3 messages

Hello, I am trying to create an IF statement that will recognize whether or not a field in the database table is set to some value or if is NULL. Dim myCommand As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand("SELECT ...

reading and updating database as the same time

Etayki - 20 Apr 2007 11:16 AM - 3 messages

Hi! I am trying to read and update my database at the same time, but it doesn't seem to be working: Dim myCommand As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Keyword", conn) ...

Question about Connection to SQL

ray - 20 Apr 2007 11:14 AM - 3 messages

Dear all, My application is using vb.net and crystal report. While the application is running, it calls the crystal report. However, after the report is closed, the connection to the SQL server is still there. It leads to the ...

Dataset dispose

Agnes - 20 Apr 2007 9:56 AM - 11 messages

Does dataset dispose will lead the related dataadpator , or database will dispose also ? Or I need to dispose them one by one ?? ...

Show Splitter-like box when resize a form

ljlevend2 - 20 Apr 2007 6:14 AM - 7 messages

I want to implement the following: If the user clicks on the border of a form, then I want to show a box around the form that represents the form's bounds. As the user moves the mouse only ...

'Nother, larger binding problem

Peter - 20 Apr 2007 3:47 AM - 4 messages

OK, so in addition to the problem I mentioned before (c.f. "Data Binding to Textbox"), I realized that my comboboxes are not really bound to the internal data set. They are just set to manually change to reflect whatever ...

Proper way to bind data from sqlserver to datagrid

Cylix - 20 Apr 2007 2:55 AM - 2 messages

I am going to show database table to a datagrid. I try to select the table to a sqlDataReader, but I found it is not straight to show it to the datagrid. It needs to convert the sqldatareader to a data table and add the ...

Data Binding to Textbox

Peter - 20 Apr 2007 2:51 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I'm trying to create a form that shows table rows in a listbox. Several comboboxes expand the foreign key fields into text values from the parent tables, and there are also some textboxes for the non-foreign key fields. ...

A value copy, not reference, of SqlParameter?

Tim Zych - 20 Apr 2007 2:11 AM - 7 messages

' Declare a new parameter object Dim param() As SqlParameter = New SqlParameter(0) {} ' Set this to null and make it an InputOutput parameter param(0) = New SqlParameter("@Something, DBNull.Value) ' Can also be non-null, but sometimes is null param(0).Direction = ParameterDirection.InputOutput ...

Load a text file in a Listview

mrjaune - 20 Apr 2007 1:00 AM - 2 messages

Hi Everyone, I try to load a text file into a listview. Here is my text file: 10 "Babar" 9 6 15 "Robert" 3 7 I want: Line 1 in column 1 Line 2 in column 2 Line 3 in column 3 ...

Trouble referencing a series of pre-defined arrays within a loop.

Doug_J_W - 19 Apr 2007 11:21 PM - 2 messages

I have a Visual Basic (2005) project that contains around twenty embedded text files as resources. The text files contain two columns of real numbers that are separated by tab deliminator, and are of different lengths (e.g. usually between 25 and 45 rows. The columns in ...

Must inherit forms don't show up in list.. is this a bug?

Ronald S. Cook - 19 Apr 2007 9:21 PM - 2 messages

I have many forms in my Windows project. When I go to create an inherited form, I see all my forms in the list of choices. HOWEVER, if any form is marked as must inherit, then it doesn't show up in ...

Formatting string

John - 19 Apr 2007 8:47 PM - 2 messages

Hi How can I format a string in format xxx xxxx xxxx ie 3 chars then space then 4 chars then space then 4 chars? This should work even if there are insufficient characters. Thanks regards ...

How change default 8.25 pt size?

Ronald S. Cook - 19 Apr 2007 8:43 PM - 9 messages

Is there a way I can change the default font size in my Windows project? Thanks ...

count records in table

Etayki - 19 Apr 2007 8:39 PM - 2 messages

Hi! I am trying to find the number of records stored in my table within a MS SQL database. This is part of a Console Application. Here is my code: Sub RecordCount() Dim cmd2 As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand("SELECT ...

Stringbuilder / XmlTextWriter does not allow Encoding override

Rob - 19 Apr 2007 8:24 PM - 5 messages

VB.net I need to create xml using Windows-1252 encoding... So I try... Dim sw as new StringWriter Dim tw as new XmlTextWriter(sw, Encoding(1252)) But I get an error stating that... System.IO.StringWriter cannot be converted to string ...

using the quote mark in a string

Tracey - 19 Apr 2007 7:20 PM - 4 messages

Is there a way to include the quote mark/character when using the MessageBox.Show? In other words is there an alternative/secondary delimiter for strings in VB2005? <"> denotes the desired use/position of the quote mark/character: ...

Move DataRow to Top of DataTable

Mike - 19 Apr 2007 6:46 PM - 2 messages

Hi. Excuse me if this is a simple question, but I can't seem to figure it out. Can a specific datarow within a datatable be moved to be the first datarow of the datatable? For example - If I have a datatable with 30 rows, how ...

Vb.net application - progress update screen

tedqn - 19 Apr 2007 5:57 PM - 4 messages

I have simple vb application that loops through a list of filename and perform a System.IO.File.Copy from one server to another. I have a readonly textbox where I append messages showing what's going on. ie. Processing .. ...

ClickOnce

vovan - 19 Apr 2007 3:59 PM - 2 messages

I'm new to the ClickOnce deployment. I have VB 2005 project and want users to install it from mapped drive (located on the server). I also want automatic updates. My development machine has the same mapped drive. If I select Install From UNC path or file share and give the path like ...

Converted app to a Windows Service

Blasting Cap - 19 Apr 2007 3:39 PM - 5 messages

I have an application that was converted from a VB application to a windows service. I pass in parameters in a file that tells the application where to pull a file from & read it and put it into a web page. ...

Open Access form through from VB.net

Vayse - 19 Apr 2007 3:02 PM - 2 messages

Using Vb 2005 and Access 2000. From within VB, I'd like to open a form in Access. frmCustomer is the form, and I'd like to view the form for a particular CustomerID. I remember doing something similiar a few years ago in VB6, so it should be ...

.NET Project Compatability

zacks - 19 Apr 2007 2:59 PM - 7 messages

Using VS2005. Are .NET projects written with different languages compatable with each other? In other words, can I reference a VB.NET class library in a C#.NET application and vice-versa? ...

Print spooler status

James Wong - 19 Apr 2007 2:01 PM - 3 messages

Hi everybody, I would like to know whether there is a method to know how many pending jobs to be printed in print spooler from VB .NET 2005. My problem is that if a large document is sent to printer, then another document is sent almost at ...

using VB to drop connections to XP

cj - 19 Apr 2007 1:58 PM - 3 messages

Seems XP allows for a maximum of 10 users to connect to a PC's resources. This is presenting a problem for us as more than 10 people now want drives mapped to a particular PC. Is there a way using VB that ...

Getting byte size of image

Jerry Spence1 - 19 Apr 2007 11:50 AM - 3 messages

I am trying to come up with a focussing routine for a camera and I need to detect when the image is in focus. As I understand it, JPG Image size goes up sharply when it is in focus as it ...

Strange GC behaviour - or - my inexperience :-)

lothar.behrens@lollisoft.de - 19 Apr 2007 9:41 AM - 8 messages

Hi, I have figured out that .NET CLR implements object destruction on the knowledge of usage of these objects. My DBHelper class closes the connection when refcount goes to zero. That happens inside Finalize. The sample code at the end crashes when I not do a call to getReader ...

How to set the datagrid with datasoure from datareader

Cylix - 19 Apr 2007 8:57 AM - 2 messages

As the title, I have already set the datagrid.datasoure = datareader, but the datagrid show nothing ... How can I do so? thanks. ...

reference a form

Mike J - 19 Apr 2007 1:01 AM - 4 messages

Hi i have a class running how do i reference from within the class the form class myclass { } public myclass(object ofrm) i can't see the form at develop time to see its type if i use object will not compile ...

WAN IP Address

ShaneO - 19 Apr 2007 12:54 AM - 6 messages

Does anyone know how to obtain the WAN/Public IP Address (not LAN) using VB .NET 2005? I have an existing Service, which I wrote, that cheats by using System.Net.WebClient to access a Remote Server, but I would now like to ...

Quick seelct query record count

John - 19 Apr 2007 12:06 AM - 5 messages

Hi I need to check if a record exists (or not) in a table for a particular id. Is there a quick way to do this (like ms access dlookup function or similar)? Thanks Regards ...

Properties: Catch 22

pbd22 - 18 Apr 2007 11:26 PM - 5 messages

Hi. I am caught between 2 errors. When I have: Public Property Subtitle() As String Get Return _subTitle End Get ...

Reflecting methods

billsahiker - 18 Apr 2007 10:23 PM - 4 messages

How can I use reflection to inspect any assembly and get only the methods written by the developers of the assembly, not all the built- in methods. When I use GetMethods on the Module, it returns all the built-in methods, so for a Form, I get ...

Collections and memory

billsahiker - 18 Apr 2007 10:16 PM - 3 messages

Is the capacity of collections, such as arraylist, limited by available RAM, or do they use virtual memory, caching to disk when needed? I tested this by writing a simple console application that declares an arraylist and using a for loop that adds 75 million items, ...

Reading a Rich Text File

pooba53 - 18 Apr 2007 9:26 PM - 3 messages

I have the following code that is successfully opening my *.rtf file: If File.Exists(FilePath) Then Try Dim MyFileStream As New FileStream(FilePath, ...

Closest method to a VBA recordset

Rob - 18 Apr 2007 9:11 PM - 7 messages

Hi Remember back in VBA, you could easily create a recordset, loop thru the rows, and store the values of the columns to variables... I am not even talking about writing back to the data... It looks to me like I can use a forward only "datareader" which appears to ...

suppress CRLF after Console.WriteLine

Tracey - 18 Apr 2007 6:48 PM - 4 messages

How I can have the cursor remain at the end of the 2nd Console.WriteLine - (without a <carriage-return>/<line-feed>) Console.WriteLine("Hello World") Console.WriteLine("Press <enter> to continue: ") <--- have ...

Variable scope

tshad - 18 Apr 2007 5:57 PM - 4 messages

I have a class with a variable employeeID as global variable. I also have a subroutine that uses the same name: Sub GetEmployee(employeeID as String) Get the data Assign the Global variables. End sub ...

excel process not terminating properly

chuckie_9497 - 18 Apr 2007 5:28 PM - 14 messages

hello all you gurus. I am struggling with releasing com objects. I have isolated the problem to the code below. Objects are released and the process ends until I use "int k = sheet.Count;" Then the process does not end. So I feel ...

Threading Info

Charlie Brown - 18 Apr 2007 4:25 PM - 2 messages

I am looking for any good books or online articles dealing with vb.net threading in .net 2.0 Yes, I could google this info myself, but I want good information that others found useful and would recommend, not just random books, site ...

Display value of a structure or member variable

RicohDeveloper - 18 Apr 2007 4:14 PM - 4 messages

I have a class library project that uses unmanaged C dll to perform some image handling. This DLL requires me to pass in a structure containing image coordinates. In VB6, I could use a type/endtype and define left, top, right, ...

Listbox

kerfunkle3 - 18 Apr 2007 3:44 PM - 6 messages

When i create a listbox and run the program the text options that i entered as strings are not visible but i can still click on the options as if they were there... what exactly is going on? ...

Console.WriteLine Hebrew

Etayki - 18 Apr 2007 3:27 PM - 2 messages

Hi! I am trying to print Hebrew characters: Module Module1 Sub Main() Console.WriteLine("××™×ª×™") End Sub End Module And the output is: ...

Printing PDFs

cj - 18 Apr 2007 3:07 PM - 9 messages

In windows explorer if I select a group of pdfs, right click and select print, the files are printed. I notice it launches Acrobat Reader but it never asks me anything just prints them. How can I from within a VB program achieve similar functionality. Say ...

Console.WriteLine Hebrew

Etayki - 18 Apr 2007 3:05 PM - 3 messages

Hi! I am trying to print Hebrew characters: Module Module1 Sub Main() Console.WriteLine("××™×ª×™") End Sub End Module And the output is: ...

Select Distinct on a DataTable

Doug Bell - 18 Apr 2007 2:57 PM - 8 messages

Hi, I have a DataSet with a DataTable that has a number of duplicate rows (except for one column that has a unique value). Each row has OrderNo, OrderLineNo, etc and there are multiple rows with the same OrderNo and OrderLineNo. ...

Emulate HyperTerminal

C a r l o s A n t o n i o - 18 Apr 2007 2:29 PM - 9 messages

Hello, I have to submit a file via HyperTerminal using my PC's internal modem on a daily basis. Does anybodoy know how to accomplish this in VS2005? Any language is good, VB preferred. Thanks. Regards, C a r l o s A n t o n i o ...

Opening of a Cash Drawer

Connull - 18 Apr 2007 2:28 PM - 14 messages

I need to open a Cash Drawer from my Windows App when the user issues and prints (Epson Receipt Printer) a Receipt. I beleive I need to pass the printer a string of (#027 + #112 + #000 + #025 + #250). I would appreciate ...

Name of type to class instance?

Smokey Grindle - 18 Apr 2007 2:00 PM - 7 messages

Is it possible to create an object of a specific type just by knowing its name as a text string? Say I have the string System.Windows.Forms.Textbox how would I go about turing that string into an object of that type? I think its possible with reflection, but not sure ...

Formatting Text in Rich Text Box Control

pooba53 - 18 Apr 2007 1:40 PM - 2 messages

I have a rich textbox control and a long string of characters that I will assign to it's .text property. How can I bold some characters and apply italics to others? ...

Remote MySQL Connection using VB 2005 Express

RivaCom - 18 Apr 2007 1:28 PM - 3 messages

Is this possible? I know you can do local connections but I have yet to see a remote connection though VB 2005 express. Can anyone help me out? ...

Access queries/ Search criteria

RivaCom - 18 Apr 2007 12:17 PM - 12 messages

I am using a Access Database to search/add a bunch of information in MS VB.net 2005 express. In the query (querybuilder) everything seems right, but in the WHERE statement I use [Number] = me.textbox.text . Then in the statement I have an if statement ...

Dynamically Adding MenuStrip and its MenuItems in VB.Net 2005 ?

Luqman - 18 Apr 2007 11:26 AM - 6 messages

How can I dynamically Add menuStrip and its menuItems through code using VB.Net 2005 ? Best Regards, Luqman ...

More on the Tab Control Enable - Please

Dave Griffiths - 18 Apr 2007 9:31 AM - 3 messages

Hi All I follow the newsgroups for interest as I am a inexperience VB programmer. I am interested in the Tab Control post and the answer from Eric Moreau, I have followed the web link he supplied [link](incomplete)-TabControl.aspx ...

Array nullexception

latin & geek via DotNetMonster.com - 18 Apr 2007 9:26 AM - 4 messages

dear all, hi. i have a little sub routine which works fine in my dummy test program, but when i insert it in my main program it throws errors. this is the subroutine: Public Sub TagListing() 'adds a tag category from the tag stack into the unique tag ...

Application version not incrementing

John - 18 Apr 2007 2:30 AM - 3 messages

Hi I am using the application version using Application.ProductVersion.ToString. The problem is that the version number returned is always 1.0.0. and never changes despite many changes and rebuilds of app. How can I make it auto ...

Printing HTML in VB .NET

MATT - 18 Apr 2007 1:52 AM - 3 messages

What i am trying to accomplish is programatically creating Invoices and then Printing them out. I don't really need to "View" them before they print. How I am trying to do this is I have created a "Template" of the invoice in ...

provider cannot be found

tshad - 18 Apr 2007 1:47 AM - 3 messages

I am trying to connect to my Sql Server 2000 database from my VS 2003 program and get the "provider cannot be found" when I try to connect to the database. It sees the Server fine but when I tell it to connect using the ...

Find a word in a string

Chris Mahoney - 18 Apr 2007 1:04 AM - 6 messages

Hi I have a string containing a phrase, and I want to search for a particular word and get its index. I've tried a couple of things already: InStr(phrase, word) - this doesn't work because it finds "subwords", ...

Inserting data to MS SQL Database

Etayki - 17 Apr 2007 10:00 PM - 2 messages

Hi! I am trying to insert data into a MS SQL Database from a Console Application written in VB.net I have already created the table in the database and I am able to read values. When I insert a value using the Table Adapter's Query ...

Is the usual Event format the only way to go?

active - 17 Apr 2007 8:00 PM - 15 messages

Because of a strong recommendation I saw in this NG all my events are of the form: Public Event HeightChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As HeightChangeEventArgs) where: Public NotInheritable Class HeightChangeEventArgs Inherits EventArgs .... I always wondered about the need for that format and figured I'd look into ...

Windows Datagrid - Add Radiobutton Column

Kevin Humphreys - 17 Apr 2007 5:23 PM - 2 messages

Hi, Is is possible to to add a new column to an Windows app unbound datagrid where I can place a radiobutton control? What I am trying to do is to have a radio button for each row on the ...

Make a new graphics object have all the properties of the old graphics object

active - 17 Apr 2007 4:56 PM - 7 messages

I have an image and a graphics object created (FromImage) from that image. I need to create a new image and create a new graphics object from the new image. I want the new graphics object have all the properties of the old graphics ...

Re: Using Variables to store a Button's Name and Disable it Using the Variable Value

John Smith - 17 Apr 2007 4:44 PM - 4 messages

Hi Rowe, thanks for replying. Well.. I cannot store the button into the variable. I'm supposed to only know the button name. I've tried to set the variable as a string, then as an object, but so ...

Visual Source Safe

BRAHM - 17 Apr 2007 4:40 PM - 7 messages

Hi Folks, I am finding out a dozen of problems to get VSS 2005 working for my vb.net projects. is there any "how to" about VSS ? I have browsed a dozen of links.. and I have found only features. ...

datasource updates not persistent

Ted - 17 Apr 2007 4:02 PM - 5 messages

This is driving me nuts. I've tried everything I can think of. I'm using VS.net2005 and I backtracked to trying code straight out of the Microsoft "simple data application" tutorials with no luck. I have a simple single table access database added to my project, drag ...

BindingSource.AddNew Method

Thammarat charoenchai. - 17 Apr 2007 2:47 PM - 3 messages

After I use BindingSource.AddNew Method. (in my code is OrderBindingSource.AddNew). How can I set field value. like Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click OrderBindingSource.AddNew() ...

programming dvi o/p

AMushri - 17 Apr 2007 2:41 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I am new to vb .net. I need help in order to develop a program to send test patterns to monitor over a dvi o/p of my computer. Can anyone tell me how to accomplish it. Thanks, Arshad ...

Add-in Express for .NET 2007 - is it worth it

Ben - 17 Apr 2007 2:07 PM - 8 messages

Hi We need to create a few add-ins for our company for Outlook & Excel. Having racked our brains a little when trying to create one for Outlook we are looking to simplify the process as much as possible (without spending a ...

Polling a file

Distalgesic - 17 Apr 2007 2:06 PM - 3 messages

I need to monitor a folder for files being dropped in and then process the file and remove it from the folder. I have got filesystemwatcher working OK for the files coming in, but I can't seem to find a reliable method of telling me when the file has ...

Calling variable across subs

Jeff - 17 Apr 2007 1:59 PM - 9 messages

Still new to vb.net in VS2005 web developer... What is the proper/standard way of doing the following - setting the value of a variable in one sub and calling it from another? E.g., as below. The code below draws an error as ...

Binding navigator button states

Rick - 17 Apr 2007 1:26 PM - 4 messages

VS 2005 The short version: How can I set the enabled state of a button depending on if a strongly-typed datatable has a DeleteCommand? *************************** The long version: I have a windows form with a binding navigator. ...

tabcontrol question....

Localbar - 17 Apr 2007 9:19 AM - 2 messages

Hi all, In tabcontrol, can make each tabpage enabled = false or true ? Thanks ...

File types

ats@jbex - 17 Apr 2007 8:49 AM - 5 messages

I am working on a program that will look in a folder and if it finds a particular file type (i.e. a .TRN or a .BAK file), it will move the file to another location. In VB 6 I was able to do this using a wildcard statement ...

VS2005 - change IDE language?

Steve Marshall - 17 Apr 2007 8:11 AM - 3 messages

When I installed VS2005 on my own computer I nominated VB as the default language. I have also worked on VS2005 on another computer where C# was the default language. But sometimes I want to use C#. How do I change the IDE to work with C#? ...

How Do I? - Access Database via Visual Studio 2005

samadams_2006 - 17 Apr 2007 6:37 AM - 2 messages

Hello, I have the following scenario and I was hoping that someone would help me determine the best way to approach this situation in Visual Studio 2005: 1) I have questions in a database which I would like to display on a ...

Can I change the connection time out for MS Access (using OLEDbConnection) ?

fniles - 17 Apr 2007 5:00 AM - 9 messages

Can I change the connection time out in VB.Net 2003 and MS Access (using OLEDbConnection) ? When I use Connect Timeout = 60 in the connectionstring, I get an error "Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors. Check each OLE DB status ...

ExecuteReader requires an open and available Connection. The connection's current state is Open, Exe

fniles - 17 Apr 2007 4:25 AM - 6 messages

I am using VB.Net 2003 and MS Access (connecting using OleDBConnection). I read using DataAdapter and DataSet, not DataReader. When many people try to access the database at the same time, I get the error "ExecuteReader requires an open and available Connection. The ...

Problem with dataset references

Peter - 17 Apr 2007 3:12 AM - 4 messages

Hi, Let's assume I have a project called Main that contains most of the forms and functionality of my application. Within the Main project is a definition of a strongly-typed dataset and an instance of that dataset. The dataset ...

Dumb question

rdufour - 17 Apr 2007 2:37 AM - 3 messages

Downloaded a sample that is supposed to show how to localize a web site and started playing with the code, its in Vs2003, so I figure I would take code and put it in Vs 2005 and doing so use it a bit as a walkthrough on how ...

Confusion about shared vs. public vs. ?

Jeff - 16 Apr 2007 11:30 PM - 4 messages

....still new to vb.net and vs 2005 web applications. I remain confused about the "shared" variable/table designation and the difference between "public" etc. I wish to place an entire table from a DB into a datatable and then use it in a variety of different subs not unlike ...

Difference Between VS regular and express versions

Peter - 16 Apr 2007 10:55 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I can't find a real concrete answer to the question, "What is the different between Visual Basic 2005 and Visual Basic 2005 Express?". In other words, what has been removed from VB to turn it into Express, and what ...

Connection pooling question

How can I instantiate objects dynamically in VB.NET.

connection pooling for MS Access using OleDBConnection

Data Table Help

Connecting to a axis web service

new toolbox controls are font bold

What Kind of Box is This???

Listbox with multiple checkboxes

disable/turn off active scripting/javascript in webbrowser control .net

Midly OT: SQL Regex Patterns

Error on Update

Serialization problem between 2 apps

How to loop thru all the files in a folder ?

Re: array single element delete

SetSocketOption error

Text parser

Form Icon at Design Time

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