Hi, I have a textbox that a user inputs a time that I then insert into SQL server. In the code behind I add a date to the existing content. When I try to insert into the database (field is smalldatetime) I receive and error. The error occurs because the value does contain a colon. How would ...more >>

I have an application developed in VB.NET. We have automation testing taking place on two separate machines. On one machine the automation suite completes 100% of the time. The other machine is a beefier dual proc machine. On this machine the program sponaneously quits, throws memory could not b...more >>

Hello, How do I pass object to the current running process? For example my assembly is called program.exe. Once program.exe is running sometime I want to call it again ie: program.exe /m do_stuff Now how do I pass that "do_stuff" to the currently running instance? At the moment I use t...more >>

Hi, I've encountered a weird TrackBar issue, it seems to hang completely when the TrackBar.Maximum is set to certain large values.. what's going on? Have tried this on a few different 2000/XP environments and it seems the behaviour is universal. Btw, before attempting the test below it's a ...more >>

Hi, I wonder if anybody can comment if what I see is normal in FW 1.1 and how to avoid this. I have .Net assembly, which creates literally thousands of temporary strings and other objects when running. Usually it is something like { string s=some value; some local processing here ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to display a currency value formated according to the current culture in ASP.NET: decimal x = 125345.54M; string currencyString = String.Format("{0:c}",x); what gets retured is 125,345.54 without the currency symbol of $ I checked and re-checked my regional settings and tri...more >>

Is there a way to flush the events generated by user? IE, having a user clicking like a fool, trap the first click, handle it on some way and then at the end of the processing flush away all the queued clicks netween the first click and the now. hope this was clear, Giulio ...more >>

Hi there I am a bit new to vb.net. I have figured out how to use a data reader to get column and row information from my MS Access database using OLEDB. The problem is that while I can easily get the column names, I can NOT seem to get any properties associated with a given col For example, I h...more >>

Hi, I am reading a text file using a StreamReader in C# but the reader is unable to handle some of the characheters. Using the default encoding the program cannot handle accented characters. I tried opening the file using other encodings e.g. UTF7. UTF7 fixed the accents but cannot hadle th...more >>

Hi I have an .aspx page thats part of a site, its usually called by a user in a browser with an ID in the querystring from where it does lots of exciting things and database reads to produce the page - nothing too different or exciting there. However, what I'd like to be able to do is to ha...more >>

Hi I have 2 classes, layout1 and layout2, both return different table layouts In my controlling program I create one of these tables using Table myTable = new layout1 I need to parameterise the 'layout1' part of this statement, so I can choose a different layout at runtime. Is this possible ...more >>

Hi there, I'm developing a shape recognition application for the tablet PC for a) fun b) university project. Currently I'm working on the learning stage using neural networks, and have to store a load of learning data (a 25 by 25 matrix) each shape group has a number of user drawn shapes, t...more >>

Hi all, Im attempting to use a COM class in C# via .NET interop. The class has two modes - synhrounous and asynchronous. The mode is determined by the use (or not) of an optional out parameter: COMClass test = new COMClass(); object results = null; test.DoWork(arg1, arg2, out results);...more >>

Does anyone know if there is a way to track changes in a text field like word does? I am using a SQL2000 database and can use either VB.Net or Access. The field is either ntext or Varchar. I would like to show users the changes other users have made to a text field using a other font or font...more >>

Hi guys. I'm back on the threading gig again. It's the age-old question about waiting for something to happen without wasting time doing it. Take two threads: the main thread and a worker thread. The worker thread is reading the serial port, waiting for something to happen (a service reques...more >>

Hi All, I'm trying to chunk a long string SourceString into lines of LineLength using this code: Dim sReturn As String = "" Dim iPos As Integer = 0 Do Until iPos >= SourceString.Length - LineLength sReturn += SourceString.Substring(iPos, LineLength) + vbCr...more >>

I want to extract an image from sqlserver 2000 table and display it in picture box in vb.net form using ado.net and vb.net The image in the sql server 2000 table is stored in 'image' datatype. Can anyone help me how to do this Thanks in advance PS...more >>

I want to display the image from database to picture box through ado.net and vb.net I have some images present in a sql server 2000 table stored under 'image' datatype. I want to extract and display them in a picture box present in a vb.net form I appreciate any help on this Thanks PS...more >>

How can I read the output from a command line utility such as ping, nslookup, etc, from within my app??? I know that it is possible to output the results to a text file using the > function in a command window and then read the file, but doing this for 1000+ files will cause a lot of unnecessary...more >>

Hi, How to set the web form to use others account instead of aspnet under = trusted connection for SQL server ? Thanks in advance Wilson...more >>

Hi, I have a database where i keep 4 tables. the modules table: mdlID mdlName mdlstatus the submodules table: subID subname mdlID subparentID (I put this because there can be more nests) subStatus the events Table: eventID eventNAme subID eventStatus the m...more >>

Is it possible to install IIS on WIN XP Home? If not, which other server could I use instead to be able to develop ASP.Net stuff with Visual Studio.Net??? I tried to install IIS, and on the Visual Studio CD I found the following instruction: --------------- To install Internet Information Se...more >>

How do I encode double quotes and quotes and in a string in VB.NET? It also has to be save for MS SQL Server... Stefan ...more >>

Hi there, I know in .NET you can watch files and/or directories for changes. I forgot the namespace that does this. What I want, is to detect when a user is in a shared folder, know which one and what files it accesses. Anybody any clue on how to implement this? Thanks in advance, D...more >>