Can anyone tell me if there is an easy way to capture the text from a window that is running in an external application? Best wishes Paul Bromley ...more >>

I am trying to override the keypress fucntion in a form as the following Private Sub rtbInput_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles rtbInput.KeyPress If (e.KeyChar = Chr(13) And rtbInput.TextLength = 1) Then Beep() rtbInput.Clear() ...more >>

I want to display a new form (named as launchPuzzle2) to the user and I use the following code : Dim nextStep As New launchPuzzle2 In an event handler where I want the window to appear, I write the following code : nextStep.ShowDialog() When I place the former code in...more >>

Anyone can tell me how to use the constant of Excel.object in VB.NET?! Such as xlPaperA4..... ___ Newsgroups brought to you courtesy of www.dotnetjohn.com...more >>

I have a CMMS application that I wrote in Access. I am trying to create the same application using vb.net. I have a Work Order form where work orders are created then completed. I have everything working properly with the exception of some combo boxes. I can't seem to see any data in the f...more >>

This is slightly off topic I know but Im tearing my hair out and have not had any real luck in the word newsgroups. Word 2003, Windows XP Code runs on new document which sets text from a userForm at various bookmarks I have set up. Receipients address, Subject Line, and Dear ??? etc all ...more >>

How do I install or make sure I have the correct Provider for OleDbDataReader. On my development machine (XP Pro, SP2, VS.net 2k3) everything works and I have the 'VFPOLEDB.1' provider available. How do I a) make sure this provider is provided and installed in my setup package or b) get t...more >>

Hi all Is there a way to search a string and count the amount of newline or crlf's that are inside it ? Under vb6 i could search for vbcrlf using Instr and a loop. Is there a similar method under .net ? ...more >>

It is possible to format the numeric value of the NumericUpDown control For example : display numbers in 2 digits, instead of 1 display 01, 0 -> 00 , 9 -> 09 Any idea -- Ceci est une signature automatique de MesNews. Site : http://www.mesnews.net ...more >>

et al, Does anyone have any good links as to where to start in writing a program like this? I want to make something custom so that I can pull certain websites, extract certain data from them, store in a SQL server to search against. I'm sure there's lots out there, I just can't seem to ...more >>

What is an easy way to save an XSD schema into SQL server database? I have a dataset which I have access to both its data and the schema. I read that from a CSV file. There are more than 50 fields. I would like to find an easy way to create and modify the tables in the SQL database while h...more >>

Hello, I am working on a project that required to implement sending meeting requests with an attachment. I have researched many posts from web, but I cannot see any one talking about how to implement it. Can anyone help and let me know where I can find a sample code for that? Many thank...more >>

My regional setting is "yy-MM-dd" for the date But for my application I have to use the format date "dd/MM/yyyy" I convert the date to dd/MM/yyyy with this code : m_curSel.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") But I have error : "Cast of the string "23-12-2004" in type Date is non valide" WHY ? A...more >>

When running a program in the debugger, what would cause it to crash without any error messages? I get "The program has exited with code 0 (0x0)". The program is a MDI app with threading for several serial ports. It only crashes when data is being received on one or more of the serial ports. ...more >>

The following sql statement is used to fill a datareader Select dbo.SessionsFTP.DateEtHeure AS DateEtHeureRecue, dbo.PigesRecuesViaFTP.IdentificationDuPoste as CarrierSiteID, dbo.PigesRecuesViaFTP.NumeroReservoirDuFournisseur as TankId, dbo.PigesRecuesViaFTP.CodeCarburant as CarrierProductCod...more >>

Hi, I want to make a project that calls and executes a function (VB code) made in a seperate file in the Application Folder. I know I can create the function in my project and call it internally, but I want to put the function's code in an external file, so that future updates to the function...more >>

Hi Guys I have just found a c++ dll that should allow me to communicate with my phone system, can I use this in VB.net if so how, I have all the documentation for it in c++ but unfortunatly I dont know that language. ...more >>

I have a app I have written that when the program is opened it logs out to a logfile. What I can't figure out is that "X" button at the top. If a user clicks on that instead of my menu item close how can I call the log sub and write a closed program log entry ? 'Add any initialization after...more >>

I need to keep my application settings in a file that users can copy/backup/etc. Before I start using the old INI file standard, is there any easy way to use XML files to hold application settings? What is the standard method of saving user settings for VB.Net apps? ...more >>

I am working on getting my application to automatically update itself from a server. I've got all the code working to test that the application needs updating... However, I want to update the application by downloading and running the msi installation file that I've created in my project (...more >>

I am using Label1 = 15 and Label2 = 18. When I run the procedure I get a value of 0. I should get 3. I can't figure out what is going wrong. Sub gcd() Dim tmp As Long Dim remainder As Long Dim a As Integer Dim b As Integer Dim c As Integer ' Make a >= b. a = Label1.Text ...more >>

Hi, is there a way to know the height of a string printed in a rectangle? I mean. I would like to create a rectangle high enough to contain all the string but I don't want to increase the width so I have to determine the height the string will have when printed in order to create a high enou...more >>

Hi Guys I have just taken this article from msdn and it is coming up with an error any ideas why? If any one wants to see where I found it http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconusingudpservices.asp There error i get is 'Sub Main' is declared mor...more >>

Hi, is there a way to know the height of a string printed in a rectangle? I mean. I would like to create a rectangle high enough to contain all the string but I don't want to increase the width so I have to determine the height the string will have when printed in order to create a high enou...more >>

Hi there, I've asked before but never got an answer that could get me completely to where I was heading. I have an arraylist that contains defined objects and I would like to sort this arraylist based on the values of one of the object's members. Here is a bit of code to illustrate my setup: ...more >>

I'm developing a website and for one of the pages I need to create a number of coloured rectangles - its part of a legend and the user has control over the actual colours used which is why I want to create it dynamically. I've put together an aspx.vb page which creates a rectangle as a jpeg in th...more >>

Hi, Thank for Harry and Ken for guiding me the installation process of Pocket PC. Now, seem to be able to install with one cab file under my ini file. Anyway I have another problem here. I tried to add a new Folder named DatabaseFolder with database.sdf under my Setup Project / Applicati...more >>

Hi I am trying to program a VB.Net Windows application (in a client server environment with multiple users) and am seeking some help about a possible technique to handle concurreny issues. I am using ADO.Net, typed datasets, and data binding through code. Is there any way that when a user p...more >>

I'm trying to get an app I can run from Task Scheduler. Can I run it without a form? If so how? ...more >>

I'd like my VB.NET app to run from the Task Scheduler. So I need to eliminate the "click on the button" bit of launching it. Has anyone an example or a reference to how to do this? ...more >>

I'm new to programming and alot of the tutorials and books i'm looking at have things like Public Sub, Private Sub, Public Function, etc what is the difference on the 3 and when should each one be used? ...more >>

Hi: The parent class have 3 version of constructor: public class Parent public sub New() end sub public sub New(i as integer) myclass.New() ... end sub public sub New(i as integer, s as string) myclass.New() ... end sub end class public class...more >>

How can I add a 1 second pause between each loop iteration? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I have a doubt. I have to open a predefined templet using VB.NET whenever i apply a button click and at the same time i have to add some data to the predefined templet using VB.NET i.e handling the The word document through VB.NET code. plz help me. Regards, krishna....more >>

When I use self-defined database, sometimes the dataadapter can't auto create insertcommand, updatecommand and deletecommand, it just only create selectcommand? But when I use these database such as Pub or Northwind in SQL Server to create dataadapter, it can auto create updatecommand and delete...more >>

I'm building a treeview from an xml file. The node values point to various paths, some of which are network paths. Next to every node I'd like to display an "offline" image (if that the path is not accessible). I'd like to do this either before or after the user selects that particular node. ...more >>