Hi, I used NT administrator account to run a msi file for installing an application. I'd like to know if there is a way to run msi with any regular accounts as the administrator right? Thanks Li...more >>

The datacontrol available in vb6 toolbox is not available in vb.net toolbox. where can I find it....more >>

Hi I have a program that I had written in Managed C++ that writes messages to the console while running. I wanted to allow the user to enter commands at the console as well, but this became difficult since the console was continuously being updated with messages. I thought to write a VB fron...more >>

Hi SendMessage LB_SETTABSTOPS works for ListBox but does not work for CheckedListBox. The CheckedListBox does have UseTabStops=True and does in fact show the tab spacing. The problem is that the tabstops are in awkward places for my data. Any suggestions? Is this "by design" for the CheckedListBo...more >>

in vb6 it was very common to use the functions chr() and asc() to perform various kinds of string manipulation ... these are still available in .net ... but i would guess that it would be better to switch to "the .net way of doing things" ... any ideas anyone? ...more >>

how to prevent application to run more than one instance ? ...more >>

I am binding a datagrid to SQL Adapter. I am wanting to clear it out and populate with a different data set based on user action. I can not seem to find the equivalent to a VB6 Clear method. Can anyone please help me with this, I'm sure very simple task. Thanks ...more >>

Hello I'm starting to do a little application for fun with VB.NET and would like to store some information about the user (name, point already won), loaded from a Xml file after login identification. Is there a way to store those information easily in an object global to the whole application ?......more >>

Hi, Is it possible to add a text box to capture some extra data in the fileopendialog control. If not, is it is to mock up a copy of it ? ...more >>

Hi! How do i check: if "NetworkStream.Null = true then" it says .Null does not supports type Boolean Thanks /Kai ...more >>

Is there any way to have a custom property display the window that appears when an invalid property value is entered in a PropertyGrid control? I'm refering to the window that has the title "Properties Window" and displays the message "Invalid property value." The window also has the "Details" but...more >>

in my program options, users can reorder DB grid columns( in listbox) Then, i want to programmatically simulate col move event and reorder the columns. Help plz ...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to handle two projects in one solution (.net 2002, both projects are VB). The first project contains only some public constant definitions (for the moment) and compiles into class libarary. The second one is builds an executable which has a reference to the assembly of the f...more >>

how to handle environment variable that difference in design time, such as database server name, even in program and Crystal Report. thx. Hei ...more >>

I have an MDI application that has about a half dozen child forms. 3 or 4 of them create the exact same dataset to retrieve information from a SQL Server database and populate a combo box. I was thinking that if I could simply create the datasets (2 of them) in the parent then I would save a l...more >>

The Combobox1.item.clear doesn't seem to work for me correctly. I have a Combox with a datasource bind to it. When I try to clear the Combobox with the following code: Combobox1.DataSource = Nothing Combobox1.items.Clear Even though the items in the dropdown list are gone now, I still ...more >>

Hello! I'm using VB.NET 2003 and application type is Windows Forms. I have created into DataSet a table named as 'Teams' containing columns (fields) ID, Team, and Description. After that ComboBox (cboTeam) is populated using this 'Teams'-table like ... cboTeam.DataSource = ds.Tables("Te...more >>

Hi Many thanks in advacne, does anyone know how to display contenet of a Html page on a VB form.? can this be display in a RichRextBox? if yet how.. Many thank Al...more >>

I'm new to the .NET world and am in the process of learning about VB.NET classes. I've tried to find information on class attributes (overview, when/why to use them, etc.) but every link from MSDN says "page not found". Can anyone point me to basic information on class attributes or is there some...more >>

Hi Does anybody knows hot to Get all directories and files in a HDD. I took a look at System.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStoregeFile but I could not specify the HDD that i want (for example D: or C: If somebody has any idea... Thanks.......more >>

I use a Synclock in a secondary thread and also stop the thread using the abort method. If the abort occurs while the thread is in the Synclock will the SyncLock always be released before the thread stops or do I need to add some extra code to avoid Synclock staying on after the thread has been ...more >>

I added items to a listbox as follows: Dim datDrivers As New SqlConnection(SQL_CONNECTION_CB) Dim adpDrivers As New SqlDataAdapter(MySelectStatement,datDrivers) adpDrivers.Fill(DriverData, DRIVER_TABLE_NAME) lstDrivers.DataSource = DriverData.Ta...more >>

Hello all, I have no problem accessing another form in my app.. however, when I try to access a ListView on a different form, I come up empty... Basically, Dim pForm As New frmMain Dim iCount As Integer iCount = pForm.lvJobList.Items.Count iCount is zero? Yes, there are items there. :)...more >>

I know how to do this stuff so easily in VB6......... 3 questions. I have loaded a grid by binding it to a dataset. All is well with that. 1) How do I retrieve the value of a column when a user clicks on a row? I use a Sheriden grid in VB6 and would do something like: MySt...more >>

Hi, I have a form which has a panel which has a picturebox inside of that. When a user clicks on the picture, it zooms by x2. The panel has autoscroll set to true, so when the image is larger then the panel, I can scroll to a different part of it. What I'm looking to do is when a user clicks ...more >>

In our VB.Net Windows form application we have a combobox pre-populated with a list of items. What I need is simply clear everything from it's dropdown, when a button is clicked. I tried everything I can think of, such as set data source to nothing, etc., but still not been able to make it...more >>

When typing the name of a label, followed by a period: Label1. The dropdown list of properties and methods ALWAYS defaults to highlighting the "TextAlign" property. What's worse, if I type: Label1.Text and press the spacebar, ".Text" is automatically changed to ".TextAlign" I...more >>

Hello How can I convert a string to double with a decimal point as seperator? ***CODE**** strNumber ="12.00" dblDouble = Cdbl(strNumber) **** dblDouble holds now the value 1200. But I want it to hold 12.00. I am not very familar with CurrentUIculture,CurrentCulture,Thread.CurrentTh...more >>

vb --- Open "lpt1" For Output As #FileNu Print #FileNum, "abcd and some chinese characters --- Only a-z and 0-9 will be printed ...more >>

Attempting to use BULK INSERT to transfer data from a csv to a table in a dbo on an instance of sqlServer (MSDE). I’m very new at both sql server & vb.net. I keep getting an error Unexpected End-Of-File (EOF) encountered in data fil The destination table has been created just for this data & I...more >>

Does anyone know how to create file shortcuts in a VB program?...more >>

I am trying to display a bunch of rows from a database in a DataGrid, and I want to sort them by year. I decided to use the "WHERE (yearID BETWEEN ? And ?)" query in the OleDbDataAdapter to get only the rows from the database that were between two different years (which are specified at run-time)...more >>

Dear friends Help me with an array task, I'm too old for this. I have an two dimensional array myArr(x,y), imagine y is rows. I want to preserve the existing array and add a new row to it. Then I want to move every existing row down one row and make place for new items in myArr(x,0) Regar...more >>

I am working on a project that requires VB.Net code in one project in the solution to call C++ code in another project in the same solution. I have already figured out that I have to set up the C++ class like this: Header file- typedef unsigned char u8; typedef unsigned int u32; Cpp file...more >>

I have this tiny problem. I have learned that an xpath expression can be bounded by either single or double quotation marks. But sometimes I want to search for a title containing both a single and double quote. Any way to do this? The user enters the title, so now it is in a String variabl...more >>