hi!! I use the following code to operate excel document: Excel.Application excelApp = new Excel.ApplicationClass(); //excelApp.Visible = true; string workbookPath = "c:\\eltina.xls"; Excel.Workbook excelWorkbook = excelApp.Workbooks.Open("eltina.xls",0,false,5,"","",false,Excel.XlPlatfor...more >>

How do i validate text box entry, in VB. net In the event that user does not make a text entry, simply pop-up a warning, thanks rodger ...more >>

Hi All, Does anybody know is it possible in C# call a Beep for system speaker like that one in VB but different from Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction.Beep() Thanks ...more >>

I have a windows service where I would like to launch a script (bat, cmd, vbs, exe, etc) from the service. This script should execute in the background and not require any input from the user (i.e. not interact with the desktop). I have been looking at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start() to la...more >>

Hi, I have 64 pictureboxes that all use the same MouseDown function. How can I detect which picturebox has been clicked upon? Can I add an extra parameter to the Event function? TIA...John. gridCell[count].MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(gridCell_MouseDown); ... ... ... private...more >>

My firewall appears to be blocking an RSS XML feed from being returned even thought port 80 is enabled. Can anyone help? Dim proxyURI As New Uri("http://MyIP:80") GlobalProxySelection.Select = New WebProxy(proxyURI) Dim MyXMLDocument As New XPathDocument(http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/tech)...more >>

We are currently looking into the development of an application for booking resources and are researching the available options for recording and tracking these bookings. The possibilities we have presently for managing and tracking bookings are: a) Store bookings in SQL db and code the calend...more >>

I'm converting over to .net via c# from vb6. There was this great article called the house of bricks that showed you how to create a strongly typed collection class. In .net I have found the CollectionBase and DictionaryBase that I can create these from, but I also noted that I can suppo...more >>

I think that I have found that this is not supported in .net (either vb.net or c#). I would like to have my old default method attribute when I built "classes" in vb6. Is this possible?...more >>

Hi, I have Page Header and Report Footer in my report, the Page Header display its content on every page. But for the Report Footer, I don't want to display the Page Header, or any method to add a page at the end of report without displaying the Page Header? Thank you....more >>

Hey all, Can someone please give me an easy "for instance" of programming to a class' interface and not to it's implementation. Obviously, I'm very new to these terms, so go easy please. Thanks, Rodney...more >>

I am having problems with custom events raised by an object, if an aspx form is the event sink - I had posted earlier about this and found I was having problems changes in the UI not reflected after the event has fired - I am pretty confident that the event is coded in the class correctly, and...more >>

When I create a web site, there are some places that allow user to input html code, like in content of a message. But for security purpose, you can not allow user use all html features, like javascript. I found some sites are using UBB code and claim it is safer. I am wonderring if .NET provides ...more >>

I found my web.config file always in lock mode, when I tried to modify it, I ofter got "Can not create web.config" error. I had to reboot my machine, and before I accessed any site I can modify it. I think microsoft creates the ..NET structure so that user can modify config file easier without re...more >>

First time user of .NET. I've created a simple Email application. Created the Install project and made the setup files. I've tested on two computers and it works fine when I install to the local hard drive. Problem occurs when I install to a folder on another server or PC workstation (Win2000 se...more >>

If you have, can you please point me in the right direction as to how to get this to work. TIA, Dan ...more >>

I keep gettin gvirus email from using the microsoft news groups and microsoft keeps stripping my posts off that mention this problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...more >>

The hard drive on my developement computer got corrupted recently so I reformatted, installed Win2KPro, Visual Studio .net Enterprise Developer (2002) Entering the appropriate "Product Key" - So far, so Good. Then I installed the Visual Studio .net Enterprise Architect (2003) Upgrade (2 C...more >>

(I tried the VB thread, but no one had any answers...) When developing a web page in VS.Net, I see everything in WYSIWYG format. And when I am creating a User Control, I see that drawn the same way. However, when I drag the User Control onto my main page, I see a gray box where the User Co...more >>

I am new to VB .Net. Is there anything close to what a flex grid was in VB 6.0? By this I mean being able to manipulate and add text data that is not in a database. I would be taking data from a text box and adding it or updating data that already exists in the grid. Again I am using V...more >>

I want to send xml to some site and get response (also XML). I am using vb.net,but I don't want to install MSXML 4.0 ....more >>

I have the following code to show all members of a domain global group that is selected from a drop down list. I can display the property "member" just fine which shows a listing like: CN=Jones\, Bill, CN=Group, OU=domain However, I need to go a step further and display other informatio...more >>

Hi all: I'm a newbie in ASP.NET. I need to know how can i upload my files to a remote hosting. I'm finished my asp.net application, but my problem is when y copy all the files of my application to the hosting doesn't function. I make a build in release mode and doesn't function yet. I put al...more >>

I loaded data that is in .txt file into a datatable. Now I would like to run a group by query on that datatable, how can I do that??? If I can't do that, how can I sort and sum the data that is in .txt file in a easiest way in vb.net???...more >>

Hi, XmlTextReaderWriter as I would like to be able to modify an XML value inplace of an existing file which would require both read and write operations. I want to be able to modify like I would a .INI file, inplace. So I can say something like update this node from this value to thi...more >>

Due to the the large numbers of MS trained programmers unemployed we are looking at using MS Development environments. VB programmers are currently 10 a penny. However I find C a bit more logical as I come from a Clipper background. Current;y .NET seems to be the latest fashion, so what is...more >>

Hey, does anybody know where VS.NET stores it's most recently used list that it displays on the Start page when you first open up VS? I would like to kick a item off of there but don't know where it's storing the list Thanks in advance. Steve ...more >>

I am building an ASP.Net web application that records employee incident data over several screens. I have built custom classes to hold this information as the user enters data. In order to persist the data, i am trying to use session memory. The problem is that when i try to cast the class...more >>

Hello, I'm successfully on my way to finishing up a C# Windows Service now, but = now I'm wondering how I can communicate with this service. Services = examples seem to be everywhere on the internet now, but what is the best = practice for communicating with them? =20 1) It seems like a c...more >>

I am not sure where to ask this question but i was hoping somone could put me in the right direction. I have a pda (ipaq) that i would like to synchronize with my outlook. The data is stored across a local pst file and ms exchange server. How can i setup my pda to sync with contacts tha...more >>

Dear all, I have a main VB.NET application which must be self configurable depending of the presence on the system of particular assembly. For example if I have on my system a library named myLib.dll, I would like that this library sends all its information to the main application. ...more >>

I have a couple of pages of asp hyperlink server controls. For some reason, when I display them in the browser, they do not appear as links. I've not had this happen before. What happened? Thank you, Buz...more >>

I am writing an application in c# windows forms. I want to show some text when the cursor holds over a button for a while. In VB6/VBA I used the ControlTip Text property of the control. Is there an equivalent in c#. If not how can I code it? Thanks in advance for any help. Paul...more >>

Hi all, I am using VC++ DOT NET. The database is Sybase. I have established connectivity through ODBC 12.5 Sybase ASE Driver( its not through DSN). There is problem while reteriving values of datatype 'int' or 'small int'. I think its the compatibility issue. Is there any othe...more >>