I was wondering how I would go about programmincally selecting a listView item in a listView since the Selected val is read-only. I can't seem to find any other method that will do this for me. I'm using a listView to list some items and want to be able to delete one, then have it select the next...more >>

Amazon wins patent for ordering forms, Collapsing and Maximizing Form Areas.... NAME OF PATENT Method and system for displaying and editing of information # 6,615,226 http://tinyurl.com/m7v8 **** CLAIM #10 **** __________________________ 10. A method in a computer system for ed...more >>

I'm sorry about my ridiculous posts. I know I've angered a bunch of you. Here's the deal. I'm a washed up Cobol programmer who was never good at much of anything. I often post on newsgroups and pretend to be a big time programmer that venture capitalists clamor for while droning on an...more >>

When I hardcode a MailMessage To property: strEmailTo="judetherude@hotmail.com"; it successfully sends the email. However, when I read the property from a database query (strEmailTo =myReader["email"].ToString();) it doesn't send the email and I don't get an error message. The email just...more >>

Hi, Trying to create a registration form for members of organizations. I have three tables, Users user_id, user_name, user_mail, etc. Orgs org_id, org_name, org_description, etc. Locs loc_id, loc_address, loc_town, loc_st, loc_zip, etc. GOAL: I want users to... Registe...more >>

Hi all. Does anybody know if there is a way to create .net applications from command line. Is there any tools similar to nmake.exe from previous VS versions? Thank you in advance. Evgeniy? ...more >>

How many users have .NET installed on their Windows 98 systems?...more >>

I'm trying to have a method in a page which checks the database for user's email. The query populates the variable strEmailTo and then sends the email: MailMessage msg = new MailMessage(); msg.To = strEmailTo; msg.From = strEmailFrom; msg.Subject = "whatever"; msg.Body = "whatever"; ...more >>

For a c# web application, I created a user control that includes a form in control. The idea is, on the main Page, when the user clicks Submit from the master form, that makes the user control visible and gives it new functionality, but retains the look of the top half of the master page....more >>

Hi Everyone, I have been researching this for days. Brain is simply without any excitement on this. I have a Login page in .Net. It does see my Username and Password in SQL and transfers me to the next page. I need to grab 2 fields (FirstName / Lastname) based on the Username and ...more >>

Hello, I have a design question regarding Tracing and Trace Switches. I understand that Trace Switches can be configured through an application's .config file. When a switch is instantiated, the application automatically checks the configuration file for a matching named switch. If the...more >>

I set breakpoints but it will not stop on them. Please advise. Thanks in advance. KT ...more >>

Hello, We have a COM object that works fine under VB5/ASP and other non-.NET environments. Using the same COM object in a VB .NET application yields a "string too long" error (code=-2147352567). Has anyone experienced this "string too long" error in a .NET application? Is there any...more >>

NEWS.COM Amazon wins patent for ordering forms # 6,615,226 http://tinyurl.com/m7v8 http://news.com.com/2100-1017-5070569.html In its latest patent, the online retailing giant outlined a method for expanding portions of the ordering form, then collapsing that portion of the form and re...more >>

I have a .Net web page that is posting twice after the submit button is clicked once. How can that happen? I have turned tracing on and it writes two records to the trace log and posts twice. Is this possible? What can I do to stop this from happening? ...more >>

Hello! I'm not sure if this is the right group to post to but I was hoping to find out if, 1) VS .NET 2002 development is supported on Windows Server 2003, and 2) Applications (Windows or Web) developed using VS .NET 2002 are supported on Windows Server 2003. If anyone can help me under...more >>

Hi, I'm using a Crystal Report in my c# app. The problem is that I'm unable to set the width of the report. Any ideas? Thanks in advance....more >>

can you please tell me how to open the exe file and recode it please i am using vb.net with xp...more >>

i want to make a a btn to save when it is clicked as the extension i want and i want & maid some thing like (exmaple.ber) some thing with my icoin i maid please send me the code for it...more >>

i want to make a splash screen with sound as ram or as mp3 and that sound i will take from the cd so i can open the music from the cd please send me the code with vb.net and thank you ...more >>

I have a asp vb.net webform that uses a dataset to bind from a mssql backend via a stored proc and displays its results in a datagrid. In one of the datagrid columns i have a field called status - if this field is "READ" i want the backcolor blue, if it is "IMPORTANT" i want the backcolor red ...more >>

Is there a common defintion of Clear that applies to both objects and collections? If so, where is it documented. My preconceived notion is that Clear means "reset the object to its initial state" and this applies to both collections and objects. The problem is that I cannot find anyt...more >>

I am trying to add the text of several textboxes as a sum using the + sign but even converting to integer it is concatenating. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Dim price1 As Integer Dim price2 As Integer Dim price3 As Integer Dim price4 As Int...more >>

Hi, there, When I open a VB6 application on VB.net, it automatically upgrade to VB.net. But I got the error message said: "Upgrade failed: Exception occurred: The referenced components CommonDialog SSTab are missing design time licenses." I can't find than answer on the support centre,...more >>

When my application starts it gets the process collection with GetProcessesByName() on the local machine to see if a copy of the application is already running, if so, it ends. The on some machines the call fails with the error, "Couldn't get process information from remote machine". Thi...more >>

Hello, I am interested in anyone's preference as to creating datasets in code vs generating them using the UI. I know typing is an advantage of the latter method. But any other information would be welcome. Thanks in advance! Jack...more >>

How I can read and set <AppSettings> in Machine.Config file ? Thanks...more >>

Hello I want to use a COM control that has a Variant Parameter of type: VT_ARRAY. How should i use the COM control?. thanks! ...more >>

Hi, I want to run in my .Net Windows Form this statement System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(strURLCommand) to open the browser and navigate to the specified URL. The URL is an ASP.Net Web Page with authentication mode="Forms". In this way, the browser displaies the authentication ASP.N...more >>

Here's my problem, I create a windows service and it work fine but now I want to add a winform to let user set parameters in App.Config file. How I can do this ?...more >>

I'm working on a VB.Net project of about 35,000 lines (excluding all those " Windows Form Designer generated code " ones). It's nothing special, containing forms, user controls, access to a SQL 2000 database using Data Adapters, etc. When I load the project, Task Manager indicates that devenv....more >>

We have a Solution with about 30 VB.NET projects in it. The build runs fine on most PC's. We have one notebook, however that the build runs very slow on. CPU usage is minimal (<5%) and HDD activity is also very low. THe build takes about 20-30 seconds on most PC's and about 5-10 minutes on ...more >>

Vb.net I have 2 windows forms One is used as the splash screen I have the timer set to 5000 and enabled I want the first screen to close and open a second form the splash screen closes and then the second form never opens. Under the tick event me.close() dim form1 as new form1 form...more >>

Is it normal that a .NET windows application takes about 10M just to run an empty form? ...more >>