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Score Base Forms Question
Joe - 13 Jun 2009 8:01 PM - 2 messages
Hi,        I want to use base forms in my desktop application to get a consistent look and feel throughout the application.  I have created a base form with a DataGridView on it, and then created a child form ...
Score What are the Versions of Visual Studio 2005 and what Features are Available in Each?
Yadda - 13 Jun 2009 4:13 PM - 5 messages
I need to get Visual Studio 2005 for development in VB.NET, but I don't know what version I need. I've searched the web, and I can't find any information about the different versions. Can anyone point me ...
Score web
karim - 13 Jun 2009 8:59 AM - 4 messages
Hello all,           Is there a way to get the current web address or public ip address in a text box in a form? thanks.... ...
Score Setting DataGridView.Height to Goldilocks value?
eBob.com - 13 Jun 2009 2:13 AM - 3 messages
How do I set the Height of a DataGridView to just accomodate what I've put in it?  Not too big, not too small. I looked for a property which I could set such that the Height would grow as ...
Score Alternate setup app for vs2008
John - 12 Jun 2009 8:59 PM - 3 messages
Hi I am wondering if there is a slightly better setup app available than the default in vs2008. Basically I am looking for one that easily provides for a precompile on install option. I know it can be done in std vs2008 too but ...
Score limiting combobox....
Brian - 12 Jun 2009 1:08 AM - 7 messages
Hi, I would like to limit the options that users select in a combobox.  I have the values in the list already and only want those values as a choice.  I've not found a way to do this without writing code for it, i would have thought ...
Score Formatting Text on a textbox
HardySpicer - 11 Jun 2009 11:28 PM - 6 messages
I have a list of commands in an array command_string() that I want to display in a textbox. I can get them all in one column easily enough like this For i = 0 To command_string.Length - 1             TextBox1.Text += command_string(i) & vbCrLf ...
Score Enable/Disable windows update
Scott - 11 Jun 2009 3:41 PM - 12 messages
Hi VB.NET Gurus, Is there any way to enable or disable Windows update using vb.net. Please suggest me something. Thanks, Scott. ...
Score Not as 'explicit' as I thought --- What am I missing
Dale Atkin - 11 Jun 2009 3:05 PM - 8 messages
I've been a big fan of explicit variable declaration ever since many years ago when I spent nearly a whole day trying to track down a bug, that was the result of a simple 'typo'. Ever since, I've made sure "Option Explicit" was ...
Score vb.net app not finding application configuration file on Windows 2003 Server Standard
Steve - 11 Jun 2009 5:46 AM - 12 messages
Hi All I have a vb.net 2008 SP1 windows forms app 'SAM' which runs fine on XP / Vista I have an app.config file with <probing privatePath="DLLs" /> This is where my DLLs are stored and all works fine in XP and Vista ...
Score Pass Variable At Design Time
Derek Hart - 10 Jun 2009 11:06 PM - 3 messages
I have a custom control with a property defined as follows. The UITypeEditor is a Windows Form called MergeFieldNameBuilder. How do I pass a variable to this form from this property? Cannot figure out how to set a global variable ...
Score Exiting app with a code
John - 10 Jun 2009 10:25 PM - 2 messages
Hi I have a vb.net app which used SUB Main. How can I at the end of SUB Main exit with an exit code picked up by the app that is calling my vb.net app exe? Many Thanks ...
Score A question about a failing regular expression
Anthony P. - 10 Jun 2009 5:55 PM - 5 messages
Hello Everyone, My application needs to parse some HTML. As is usual in HTML parsing, I just need the data between two HTML tags. So here is my regular expression: Dim myRegex2 = New Regex("<td headers=""re2 e1"" align=""right"" ...
Score Add value to data-bound datagridview during run-time
AY Xu - 10 Jun 2009 3:25 PM - 2 messages
Dear expert, I've a datagridview control bound to dataset/datatable via bindingsource.The datatable has 4 columns, 1st column hidden in datagridview, and value was added by program during run-time, the rest 3 columns enter by user. I've set datagridview allow add/edit/delete. ...
Score change colour of the selectedrow in datagridview
friend - 10 Jun 2009 2:32 PM - 2 messages
hello all, How to change the colour of  the selectedrow in datagridview ?? thank you.. ...
Score Problem with Windows Server 2003 Standard R2
Steve - 10 Jun 2009 4:36 AM - 7 messages
Hi All I have installed Windows Server 2003 and have installed one of my VS2008 SP1 apps When I run the app, either from the desktop icon or .exe directly, the mouse icon changes for a second but the app doesn't start ...
Score Where is ASP.NET Web Site Icon?
ryguy7272 - 10 Jun 2009 2:21 AM - 4 messages
Just downloaded Visual Basic 2008 Express; I’m new to VB and wondering how to find the icon for ASP.NET Web Site.  I’m following an example from the ‘Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook’ book.  I can’t seem to find that icon anywhere.  ...
Score Is this Normal?
Mike - 9 Jun 2009 7:16 PM - 4 messages
I created a windows form class name myForm, and a 2nd class vb file with a partial class myform.  The goal was to separate non-GUI properties and methods from the main form into its own file because it ...
Score Error adding a data provider to a datagridview control
Nobody - 9 Jun 2009 6:43 PM - 4 messages
I can get the connection setup, but when I get to the point where I'll select the objects (using the wizard), I get the following error: An unexpected error occured. Error message: Microsoft.VisualStudio.DataDesign.SyncDesigner.Sync Facade.SyncManager from ...
Score mcisendstring stereo problem
mickey - 9 Jun 2009 3:43 PM - 3 messages
Hi All I'm using vb.net to record a wave file with mciSendString. I can record from the microphone or from a line in jack. However, I can only record mono, 8 bits, 11025 sample rate. channgin anyone of these parameters results in ""The specified parameter is ...
Score Run a vb net procedure when sql table insert is triggered
Gum - 9 Jun 2009 1:24 PM - 3 messages
I need to run a VB.Net 2008 procedure whenever there is an insert on a sql table.  Conceptually, I could create a trigger (either within Visual Studio or SQL Server Mgmt Studio) that would be external.  How can I create a VB.net ...
Score Autosize the last column in a ListView control using WndProc
Co - 9 Jun 2009 10:33 AM - 4 messages
Hi All, I'm trying to override the wndproc to resize the last column of my listview. The code however doesn't do anything. What am I doing wrong? Public Class LvSort     Inherits System.Windows.Forms.ListView ...
Score FILE I/O Inheritance? Interface?
Mike - 9 Jun 2009 7:10 AM - 6 messages
Folks, I have a need to create, I guess in .NET terms, a provider for a file I/O interface. For example, in VB.NET   ' open local file to read   Dim sr As New BinaryReader(File.Open("c:\file.txt", FileMode.open)) ...
Score Organising datasource file .xsd
Steve - 9 Jun 2009 3:26 AM - 2 messages
Hi All I am using VB .net 2008 SP1 and have a Datasource for reporting with many tableadapters When I try to find an adapter to make a change it is nearly impossible to find it Is there any way to sort the tableadapters in the .xsd file? ...
Score Variable String Limit
Freddy Coal - 8 Jun 2009 10:14 PM - 13 messages
Hi, I have an strange error; I have a 200Mb txt file, for speed I try to load that in memory (my PC have 3Gb in Ram with Win XP 32Bit), my problem is trying to load that in an ...
Score [2008] Collection of DipSwitches
tim8w via DotNetMonster.com - 8 Jun 2009 9:12 PM - 2 messages
I have a simple control called DipSwitch. It consists of a PictureBox and an ImageList. Here is the code: [CODE] Imports System.ComponentModel Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D Public Class DipSwitch     Private m_state As Boolean = False     <CategoryAttribute("Appearance"), DefaultValueAttribute(""), _ ...
Score OT: App respository
John - 8 Jun 2009 8:47 PM - 5 messages
Hi I plan to develop a db app for free distribution but do not wish to provide source code. Is there a repository like SourceForge.net available which is not for open source? Many Thanks Regards ...
Score Creating a list of a class
Dale Atkin - 8 Jun 2009 6:38 PM - 4 messages
Still trying to come to grips with all the new features .NET gives me (migrating from VB6), and I'm feeling like a real newbie here. I'm sure there is an easy way to do this, but for some reason the 'obvious' solution ...
Score form top most when ran from sub main
Brian - 8 Jun 2009 6:24 PM - 13 messages
Ok.. starting to tick me off now... simple.. works when I just start the app from a form.. but when I choose to start from a sub main.. I can not get the form to stay top most... even thought the top most ...
Score Manipulate results of sql query from ADO
Gum - 8 Jun 2009 4:26 PM - 2 messages
ADO.net discussion group said that this is out of scope.  I have the following:     Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load         'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'myDataSet.myFunction' ...
Score Copy Constructor needed in VB.NET 2.0?
Joe Duchtel - 8 Jun 2009 3:05 PM - 14 messages
Hello - I always thought that if I wanted a deep copy of an object, that I needed to implement a copy constructor.  However, I tried the following code in VB.NET 2.0 and it worked just fine ... Public Class cTestClassA ...
Score Web Site Images
Brett Ossman - 8 Jun 2009 3:01 PM - 4 messages
We previously used the System.Drawing namespace for image management in our web app.  System.Drawing is not reliable for web apps, and even Microsoft says that in their page about System.Drawing. Should I be looking at Silverlight now? ...
Score Problem when upgrade from VB 6 to VB.NET 2005
Mr. X. - 8 Jun 2009 1:42 PM - 3 messages
I got the message : upgrade failed exception occurred could not load referenced component : ms-comm32.ocx richtxt32.ocx What should I do in order fixing the problem? Thanks :) ...
Score Shared Assembly
Denis - 8 Jun 2009 10:19 AM - 5 messages
Hi all, I have the problem to share a dll to 2 different executables. Every executable ha a reference to the same dll but I need to access to the same shared objects but it seem that every executable instantiate a ...
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Score Merging Dlls using ILMerge
muzammal.naseer - 8 Jun 2009 6:49 AM - 2 messages
I 'm using ILmerge tool to merge some .dll in myapp.exe, but i am getting error when it loads the main form. Main form have some themes which refer a .dll which is one of them. i'm using the following command ...
Score Accessing oledb reader without moving to next record
John - 7 Jun 2009 10:28 PM - 3 messages
Hi How can I check if an oledb reader returned any records after ExecuteReader, without fetching the next record? Thanks Regards ...
Score Text Popup
HardySpicer - 7 Jun 2009 8:02 PM - 5 messages
I have a listbox with a list of commands. When I put the mouse over each element I want a small text box to pop-up with help commands. I dont' want to click the mouse - just overlay it. Hardy ...
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