Hello everyone, Does anyone know if there is a way to control scanner operations directly from a VB .Net Application. I used the Kodak Image Scan control in VB 6 and it worked fine but there is no equivalent control in VB .Net. Any help will be highly appreciated Peter...more >>

I want to be able to automatically preserve the column order of a ListView such that the next time it is displayed I can automatically display it as the user has configured it. But I don't see where to find the "reorder" column view or how I would reset that order on redisplay. Can someone tell ...more >>

Hello, How is everbody??? I'm want to print a plain text file directly to the default printer. I don't want to use PrintDocument.Print. How can I do this???? If there is not posible way to do this in .NET ..., how can I execute a DOS command, I want to be able to execute something li...more >>

question, in VB.net I've setup a listview. Works great. BUT, I'd like to provide the users with singl-click capabilities. I realize I can do it with this line... lvw.Activation = ItemActivation.OneClick but when I run the form, there is this REALLY annoying 1/2 second-or-so delay...more >>

I'm developing an VB.NET Windows Forms application that uses CR for VS.NET (original version shipped with VS.NET 2002 - my VS.NET has the latest SP installed, no SPs for CR). My reports get their data from ADO.NET Datasets that are pre-populated by other modules of the application. What I need ...more >>

I am having trouble using the CustomColors property in the ColorDialog = control. =20 I have created an int array from ARGB values and assigned it to the = CustomColors property of my ColorDialog control. AllowFullOpen has been = set to true. =20 Yet when I execute ShowDialog, the bo...more >>

My winForm application uses ActiveX control from other source.The ActiveX control is shipped as exe file. After click the exe file, it install the software and do some registration in the target machine. In this case, can I combine the installation of the control with my installer? Can I register...more >>

I have combo boxes that use DataTables as the data source and while they load just fine but the problem is that the text for the first entry in the list is always displayed in every combo box (when it should be blank), even though I set the SelectedIndex to -1. I cannot seem to find any way to s...more >>

Hi, I've done this kind of thing in Win32 using Delphi so I would imagine there must be an equivalent in WinForms... How do I embed a form in a panel? This is the most convenient way to implement an SDI style application (like Outlook) that I know of. Some hacks that I've seen involve ...more >>

Hello, After connecting to SQl-server Database thro VB.Net, I would like to Truncate the Tables.Any Ideas Thanks -Irshad...more >>

I have a datagrid with several columns exceeding the viewport of the grid. If I first disable the grid (DataGrid.Enabled=False) and then later re-enable it, the horizontal scrollbar shows but looks like there is nothing to scroll. Any solutions / workarounds for this problem? Please help. ...more >>

I have a collection class, which has windows forms panels as the collection items. I am adding the collection class to a control, which gets added to a form. I have tried countless examples, but when I click on the collection button in the property designer, the next collection property desi...more >>

Hi, I am considering the best place to store application state information. In other words, the settings that have been made to the application during the last user's interraction with it. Such data would include the following: * Window position, size etc at time of last shutdown * Tools --...more >>

If I have a string, say a phone number w/o any formatting in the form "1234567890" and want to apply a regular expression to format it, to get "(123) 456-7890" will any of the .NET classes allow me to do it? I checked Regex.Replace, but couldnt get it to work, and none of the String functions d...more >>

Does anyone know if there are any disadvantages to showing a form with in a panel? I have a main form with panel on it. I want to show other forms with in the panel. Just starting this project and try to make sure I'm not going down the wrong path if there is a better way. I was trying...more >>

Hello All I need to connect to SQL-Server thro VB.Net thro Used Id and Pwd...? Thanks...more >>

Not a forms questions but I always get good responses here in this NG... I have created a setup package. In this package, it detects my = dependents. Some of these are dll files for textbox validation and = stuff. I created another folder under the application folder called = support files....more >>