Hi guys and gals, I'm going to be using an Access database for a small program that I'm making. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if Access supports Connection Pooling. I'm going to be using C# to make the application. I don't know if connection pooling is something that is implemente...more >>

It looks like I have some kind of memory leak in my Visual Basic program. I am grabing about 250K of memory every 10 seconds. I have all kinds of stuff happening (Threads spinning in the backround & all kinds of timers going off) and I cant tell where memory is getting sucked up. Does VB/Vis...more >>

I'm trying to create an installer that will deploy my web application onto a webserver http://www.myserver.com. Instead, it's forcing me to install into a virtual directory of the localhost webserver. What can I do? _____ DC G ...more >>

Hi All We have compiled our VB.Net dlls in Visual studio .net 2002 (Framework1.0) and registered with com+ (using Regsvcs.exe) in Windows 2000 professional machine. We exported the proxy and when we try to install it in Windows XP machine it is throwing the error and cancelling the installation....more >>

Hi, Basic Question, difficult answer 1) Thread one; Open Context Menu. 2) Thread two; it needs close the Context Menu without Mouse interaction. Thread two has all the information about the Context Menu Somebody knows how to do it? Basically I need close the Conte...more >>

I've got a regular COM DLL that I wrote in VB6 that I'm trying to use in VB.Net. It's giving me a "Type Mismatch" error when I try to assign a .Net string value to the COM property, which is also defined as a string. Any ideas? Todd...more >>

I'm trying to receive events from a running instance of Internet Explorer. So far I've only been able to receive events from an instance I launch from code, but I need to receive events from all running instances of Internet Explorer (I mean those that the user launches himself). I know this i...more >>

Hi, I'm using the odbc driver to connect to MySQL and would like to be able to add a new database & tables using my ASP.NET application. Is there a simple procedure I need to follow? Marcus ...more >>

how , can i post message to other thread in net ? is there somthing with net that i can do ? or i need 2 use win32 api's ? ...more >>

When opening a file in two different threads at the same time, it will cause an exception if the FileShare modes are incompatible with the FileAccess modes. Is there some way to test whether access will be allowed to the file without having to try opening it and get an exception? ...more >>

Hi In order to make it easier for my colleagues to write their school reports I thought I might attempt to write a (simple) program. At the moment I am working mentally through the steps I would have to code just to make sure that I can do everything before I start. I have come to a halt with...more >>

I am attempting to learn how to program in VisualBasic.Net after many years as a Cobol programmer. I've done some simple things in VisualBasic.net and have a good understainding of SQL, but I still have trouble with the concept of Objects and how to use the code sharing features of VisualBasic. ...more >>

Hi, I've developed a C# app for internal use on our LAN. I've deployed the app with a setup project. The problem is, when I make updates to the exe, I don't want to reinstall the app on everyone's computer. So I think, simple, I'll move the .exe to a network location, create a shortcut to th...more >>

I am developing an application where I need to secure a workstation for periods of time. I can use BlockInput to stop users from task switching or messing with the keyboard, but I would like to disable Ctrl-Alt-Delete. It seems there seems to be only one real way I know about: Write a r...more >>

My app. sees an exception from the kernel at an obscure address, 0x7c59ba9d. When running under the VC++ 6.0 debugger, I can trap this each time it occurs. If I want to trap it in my program and just tell the program to just continue (i.e. not pass the exception up the chain) how do I do this? ...more >>

Hey Frank, I'm a novice with this taking over someone elses application. I'm attempting to add a dataset to a page. I have the query to populate the page and I have the walkthrough instructions. Visual Studios does not want to cooperate. This is what I'm following: To generate a dataset Fro...more >>

Hi, I am using VB.NET2003 on a Windows XP. I tried to write a simple program to send email with attachment (see below for the code). I add reference to "Microsoft CDO 1.21 library" and "Microsoft CDO for Windows2000library". It was compiled successfully. But I got run-time error message...more >>

Hi, When constructing StreamWriter with the following.. FileStream f = new FileStream(..); StreamWriter s = new StreamWriter(f); Then attempt to write out åäö letters they become garbage. BUT If we call StreamWriter as follows... FileStream f = new FileStream(.....more >>

I am trying to use this method to get a MethodInfo object but the method always returns a null. See my sample code below: this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button(); this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler (this.button1_Click); private void button1_Click(object sender, System....more >>

I wanted to know how I can switch between the "Obtain an IP address from a DHCP Server" and "Specify an IP Address". In addition, how I can assign a static IP to the my network adapter....more >>

Hello to all,=20 I need some help understanding why this is happening to=20 me plaase. I have the following routine written in=20 vb.net. I am trying to return data from a log table using=20 the sqlhelper dll. The query that ivestigates the=20 database generates the "System.InvalidCastExcepti...more >>

Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am developing a document storage application for an intranet that will store various Word, Excel, and PDF documents. Most of the examples I see utilize SQL Server and an image field rather than the FileSystem Object to store documents...more >>

I have put together two small (testing) applications, one using the full blown .net framework(for win32) and the other using the compact framework(for pocket pc). The applications are identical in code and perform 10 calls to a web service (each call the same method). The web service m...more >>

I remmember trying a .net class a while ago. it allowed u to extract information from static, dynamic or even secure sites using table structures and other methods. it even allowed you to fill in forms and some other stuff,it would basicly allowed you to do anything on the net right form u...more >>