Hi, Is there any way to disable the "Normal" button of the form? A button displayed between the Minimum and Maximize button? I want the user to be allowed to either minimized or maximized, but not set the window state to normal. thanks! -Yasutaka ...more >>

I have a small problem with my windows service. The first time I start the service everything works the way it's suppose to, but randomly the service fails. The jist of the service is to use the filewatcher component to watch a directory. On create only, the service will read the small XML file, p...more >>

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/040203/markets_oil_1.html Reuters Oil Falls as Speculators Take Profits Tuesday February 3, 1:54 pm ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday as speculators took profits from Monday's dramatic rally. U.S. light crude futures (CLc1) were down 51 cents a ...more >>

I use NotifyIcon to minimize my app to the system tray. I also check everytime my app runs for the previous instance, if it is running, call SetForegroundWindow to bring its window up front and exit the second instance. The problem is it doesn't bring the app out of the system tray. It works ...more >>

Hi all I require a calendar control in .NET in Japanese. But how do I convert this into the year convention followed in Japan, as I understand that it is different from ours?? Please help me here. Thanks a lot!! ...more >>

hi all i use FindControl to get a textbox, and i get a textbox object, but it's ..Text property is empty. some background info: i have a DataList, which has a template column in it, and in that template column i define a textbox. <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Quantity"> <ItemTemplate>...more >>

Hello! I need to recover the list of SQL servers and the databases for each SQL server. I try to use the code that I used in VB6, but when the line oNames = oSQLApp.ListAvailableSQLServers() run, an exception ocurr : "QueryInterface for interface SQLDMO.NameList failed." Please help me.....more >>

I have file in one computer in the other country and I would like to copy it to my computer every night. What is the procedure? Any suggestion or example? Thank you, Simon ...more >>

Have a DropDownListBox where I want to give users the option to select one of the values, but allow them to enter a freeform text value if they choose to do so in lieu of the proffered values. Kind of like leaving "limit to list" OFF in similar controls in earlier versions of VB. Can this be done,...more >>

Hi I am writing a Windows Service in VB.NET I read a walkthrough on the net about how to do it, and it states that I should use the "installutil" that comes with the .NET framework to get the Windows Service running as a service. What if I'd like to install the Windows Service on a machin...more >>

Hi, I am wondering why my comments do not appear in intellisense. I have written the following method: /// <summary> /// testing /// </summary> /// <param name="stem">will this work?</param> public void test(string stem) { } If I compile/build this code, and try to ...more >>

Hello! Could anyone help me please. I tried the following - I created an application in .NET 2003. The project is a MFC Application a CDialog. I ran the application fine. I changed the properties for the app - so I should use Managed Code (Use Managed Extensions = YES). It still ran fine. I...more >>

Hi, I have a problem installing MS VS.NET 2003. First of all, I have all the pre-requisites installed and I have the requirements in system and in OS. (Win2000 SP3, etc..) Now, I had to install this on a client's machine, for some strange reasons, it had to be installed on their productio...more >>

Windows App, VB.Net. Using the web browser control. Viewing a html document with named anchors in it. Triggered by a button outside of the web browser control, how I do navigate to the anchor within the document....more >>

Hiya I have a nodeReader object that I am looping through in order to retrieve the values from the attributes, but now I need the attribute name as well, does anyone know how to do this? I will post the code I have below: -------------------------- '// Element example: <TextBox parent='Form' ...more >>

Hi i have a few questions regarding crystal reports that im hoping u guys may be able to help me o 1) I ahve got rid of the grouptree by setting the DisplayGroupTree to false but the space for the group tree is still left in my report viewer!! How would i get rid of this gap that appears in ...more >>

As I got no reply to my first post ("Serious bug in ngen.exe") within few business days but having MSDN Universal Subscription I posting this problem again (with just registered nospam alias). I have found a serious bug in ngen related to stop catching derived exception in multi dll application....more >>

I went to the compression newsgroups, but all I saw was spam. So, I thought I'd post his question here to get the best info I could from other programmers. Which compression algorithm offers the fastest compression of text data? Which compression algorithm offers the best compre...more >>

Hallo. Ich habe folgendes Problem: Ich baue gerade eine Art Framework für meine Firma, das diverse Grundklassen enthält, die nicht Projekt- oder Produktbezogen sind und allgemein verwendet werden können. Ich möchte dieses Framework, welches komplett in einer einzigen Assembly (Dll) liegt, n...more >>