In manuals theres a lot of useless info about the data grid (connect to internet, agendas, bussnies info storge etc..), I want to focus in xml (local data) and I would like to perform MATH with the datagrid DATA , How can I get the values from the datagrid do some math and display the re...more >>

Can you use VB.NET for use on a PDA that has the Windows CE 3.0 OS installed? Simple idea, a couple of input controls for data and then some calculations in the background and display the answer, just a fancy calculator. Fred ...more >>

I see examples in both languages. Is one of these better than the other, or is it a decision on what you already know, VB or C++ Fred ...more >>

I want to make some simple animations in program (for example when showing some piece of form or some information on click) but I don't know how. I can change left property of form but there are no animations. Any ideas? timer, ....? thx -- -----------------------------------------------...more >>

I bought the VB.NET (Standard) a couple of years ago. I did install it and later uninstalled from my PC. In a cleaning mode, my wife removed the disk from the original box and put the disk into a CD holder and threw out the box. Now I want to reinstall it and the box had the key needed fo...more >>

I have a program setup to pull data from a database. My database table has things such as (category, Item, price, etc.) In my program I want to have multiple list boxes that will have a pull down list of different categories. The category is stored as a number and the item is stored as a string...more >>

Hi I've installed the "free" ComponentOne software in the VB Resource Kit, however, I don't seem to be able to see any of the items in the ToolBox e.g. Chart. I can run the example files but don't know hot to drop a Chart, for example, onto a form. Does anybody know how to do this? Thanks i...more >>

Does VB.Net provide any means of mimicking the behaviour of the auto hide/docking controls, such as the solution explorer and toolbox?...more >>

VB.NET 2002. I have a large group of CheckBoxes. I want to check/uncheck all the boxes whenever the "Check All" box is checked/unchecked. I also want to be able to fill an array of flags based on which boxes are checked/unchecked. Any way to do this kind of thing in a loop instead of writin...more >>

Hi I am converting VB6 to VB. Net it is refereeing to DLL as follow. I am not sure how I can convert it to VB.Net statement. Declare Function Chain_DES Lib "chaindes.dll" (ByRef Data As Any, ByRef key As Any, ByVal TripleDES As Short, ByVal Blocks As Integer, ByVal method As Integer) As ...more >>

Hi all, I've successfuly compiled, obfuscated and strong named my assembly (typical windows application) and also have verified the assembly if it is valid or not. Upon running it on my development machine Windows XP & other Windows XP machines my assembly works. However, when running it on a W...more >>

Hi Does anybody use the Visual Basic Resource Kit? I have a question about it and I've either discovered a bug in it or have a problem with my installation. Geoff ...more >>

I asked this in the .dotnet.general group but got no replies... If a namespace contains another namespace, and a class with the same names how can one differentiate them? Eg Namespace foo Class doSomething ........ End Class Class classOne ........ End C...more >>

Hello, When inserting a label into a group box, if the label exceeds the width dimensions of the group box, the group box lines (or a portion thereof) disappear. In a panel i just <send to back>. This doesn't seem to work to for a group box. How can i ensure the border lines of group box a...more >>

Hi all Is there an easy way to install a network printer by code in Vb.Net (Meaning connecting to a printer from a server for eg \\MyServer\MyPrinter, so no drivers are required or anything like that). In vb6 i used Wsh to install it, should i continue using the same method or does .NET have a...more >>

Hi experts, I am using stringbuilder in a funtion for a fix length text delimited file for banking stuff. I received an error on strResult.Insert(141, "".PadLeft(21, " ")) Error: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException Message: "Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than t...more >>

Hi, I have a little trouble with the function "Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()". It seems that it keeps into memory the path of the Debug version of my application. It doesn't work correctly in Release version. Did anyone already have such problem ? thanks, Maileen...more >>

I wish to bind a DataTable to a Panel Control but not bind any specific columns to any controls. How can I do this and then recieve Events in the Panel Class when the DataTable is changed? I also wish to be able to determine what column and row changed in the DataTable from from the Panel ...more >>

Is there any recommended way of creating a new version of an existing project inVB.Net? Or maybe an add-in that facilitates this process? Like most people I guess, I tend to develop projects in stages. When I've got the code working for a certain notional version say v0.4, I want to freeze tha...more >>

I have two forms.One form is for settings. In the settingsform I want to have the name of the source-file (folder and file name) in a textfield and the target-file. The purpose of the program is to copy the source-file to the target-file, referring to the text in the two textfields in the set...more >>

Hi, I am looking for Smart Card samples in preferably Vb.Net but C# or other languages would be fine. I am specially looking for ATM example code for Smart Cards. Any suggest as where I should search for is appreciated. Thanks in advance Al ...more >>

Hi all, I need to populate a listbox from a table column. The column has multiple entries of usernames and I need to pull a unique set of usernames. The table is part of an untyped Dataset that is created during runtime. There is no DataAdapter. On an SQL server I would just pull a Unique Set ...more >>

I have a project that contains a usercontrol, some forms and a module. The only thing in the module is one variable that is there so that it can be used by the control and all the forms. Couldn't I put the variable in the usercontrol and somehow set it so that it can be used by usercontrol...more >>

im trying to read an image(*.bmp) from file and then color the black pixels in it to the color i want using argb. Below is the code of what im trying to do but this gives me an error "setPixel is not supported for images with indexed pixel format" Please tell me what im doing wrong. Dim c1 A...more >>

I've been trying for several days to get a Crystal report to display in a Windows form in VS 2003. I'm not new to .NET, nor to Crystal, but I've never tried to display a report until now. I'm trying to connect to an Oracle 8.1.7 database. I can connect to the database no matter how I try ...more >>