I would be very curious to record automatically the presence on the net (links!) for all the contacts in my address book. I believe that can be programmed easily in VB by calling the Google API, so could easily be an add-in of Outlook. However, if another easy technology does it, I am open to...more >>

This code: txRate.Text = Format(payRate, "C") (payRate is already succesfully set to a value such as 15D) takes about 3-4 seconds to run the first time, after that it's plenty fast. What makes it slow on the first call? Bob Graham ...more >>

I have a service that I need to use to monitor a folder, but I need to tell it what folder to monitor... a setting that could be changed if needed... what do you guys suggest as the best way to set a setting for a windows service? or how would you guys go about doing it? thanks! ...more >>

Is there a way to access messages or information pertaining to emails on Microsoft Exchange? I am interested in writing an application in VB.net that searches email content and also keeps email statistics (how many messages sent or received per day etc), ...more >>

Hi, How do I add and remove PART of the RTF-text in a RichTextBox? If I use... MyRichTextBox.Text = "New text" & MyRichTextBox.Text .... then all my RTF (higlight, bold, underline and so on) is removed. Thanks! M O J O ...more >>

I have a C# class that works correctly. I translated it to VB and now it runs differently. The C# class evaluates the Public properties and then executes MyBase.New. So default values are set first and then MyBase.New reads in new values (if they exist.) The VB code does it in reverse. It ...more >>

Just popped in to say hello!, I've been working my socks off for the = last week and a half and have not had much time to post, but I'm = learning a few new things so thats good. As Arne would say. I'll be back ! :-) --=20 Best Regards - OHM O_H_M{at}BTInternet{dot}com...more >>

I'm looking for the best way to make a dataset available from multiple Windows forms. The dataset is created from an XML file. I have a main form (frmMain) that loads the dataset and reads the data but then I have other forms that give the ability to add, modify, and delete rows. This of cour...more >>

i have established the connection betweeb oracle & visual studios server explorer and placed a connection in my project, but when i tried to configure the dataadapter, while its creating the sql statements i take an error "ORA-00162: externeal dbid length 21 is greater than maximun (16)" and ask...more >>

I would like to use xml files as the datasource for a few vb.net classes that sit in the business tier. It would make sense to located this files in a subdirectory relative to the location of the DLLs. Is there a way to do this? Thanks, Craig Buchanan ...more >>

Are there any sample code for access Contact items in public folder of Outlook from VB.NET Thanks...more >>

Hi I have a vb.net app and am trying to call a C program from it, perhaps a dll or executable. This is unmanaged code, just wondering if someone could provide a brief example? Thanks Paul....more >>

Has anyone used MSAgents in VB.NET? What can you tell me? Good idea? Bad Idea? Do you think support for MSAgents will go away soon or MS will start charging for it? thanks, Shane ...more >>

Hello, I am looking for a tooltip that looks the the bubbles displayed in comic strips, circle or square that points to a desired point. Is this possible in VB.Net .... I would also like this help bubble to be able to scroll the text displayed in it. If this isn't supported in VB.NET then my...more >>

I found information on PlaySound. I implemented it in my program and it works just dandy. The only little problem is that I have to package the ..wav files and send them along since PlaySound plays a sound file. One of the options I found in a nice description of PlaySound says that there ar...more >>

Hello, i'm having a very strange problem, while every person in this planet could make a parameters procedure from an access database works ......... guess, i'm not. The code lines are the next.... con.Parameters.Add("NumLocal", OleDb.OleDbType.SmallInt).Value = Application("Local") /...more >>

E-Mail address is shown in a textbox on a windows form. Can anyone point me to code that would allow the standard e-mail client of the user to pop up on double-click and have the address filled in? Is there a controol that alrerady has this behaviour built -in? Thanks for any information, ...more >>

I want to call EnumDisplaySettings from a VB.Net project. Is there simply no way to do this? Mark ...more >>

Hi I have been pulling my hair out for the past week trying to call a program (or a query, or CL etc) on an iSeries (as400) from VB.NET and I just can't get it. Jay had written me back and told me to treat it like a StoredProcedure, which I will include a sample of my error-generating code b...more >>

I currently am programming apps using the vb.net language and haven't seen to many problems with it, since migrating from vb6. I love the enviornment, and the ease of use but wonder could my apps be better in c#? I have studied vb6, vb.net, and c++, and am currently learning alot about c#, and w...more >>

Hi, In VB6, when you wanted to set a property on an ActiveX control to a default value when the control is first created, you use the InitProperties event. What is the equivalent for this property in .NET? I need to initialize some properties to certain values only when the control is first a...more >>

Hello, I have nearly finished a project with multiple forms, and I would like to do another project that is similar to the first, only with a few added features and a few features taken out. The forms that are the same I would like to be able to modify only once in one project and have them b...more >>

..NET Events and class method overrides through inheritance provide similar functionality for class consumers. Does anyone know (for sure) which performs better? How much better? Also interested in all opinions about the strategy of choosing one over the other? Perhaps general or specific situat...more >>

here is the code: Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim start As Integer = 4 Dim top As Integer = 25 Dim i As Integer Dim nowdate As DateTime = DateTime.Now Dim mybutton(10) As Button ...more >>

I've seen questions of how to check if Excel is already running. If the user has already started Excel normally; call this Excel(User), then vb.net code runs: myXL = CreateObject("Excel.application") Does this new instance of Excel(VB) work completely separate from the Excel(User)? If yes...more >>

Hi, I would like to create dynamic a variable count (1 to 50 - or more) of buttons on my form. Is it possible to use easily only one procedure to handle every click event of each button? Thanks nnb295 ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- ...more >>

Hello I'm stuck. Why doesn't this work? Short ----- Protected Sub Page_Error(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Error Response.Write("An errror occurred: ") End Sub Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Sys...more >>

Hey group, I`ve looked everywhere for this one but it dosn`t seem to be documentsed for VB.Net on C#. All is in VB.NET and Access 2002 Here goes, I have a Datagrid bound to a Tabled Called Users, the Users Table has a feild called Site, which is a lookup to a Feild in the Sites Table cal...more >>

Hello Does anybody know if there is a way to dynamically have a dataset linked to a predefined crystal report? The project initially was created to deal with a few static reports but now my client has the need for much more reporting and it would be much easier to do this dynamically, if at al...more >>

I have a settings file that is in the same dir as my local VB.NET exe winform application. From my winform application how do I reference the "current directory" to access the file? NOTE: I don't want to use Environment.CurrentDirectory because this exe is launched locally from a website a...more >>

I am using a streamreader to read a log file into my application. Now I want to be able to scan for error messages, such as "failed", "error", "permission denied", so I can take action such as send an email. I am not quite sure how to approach this as far as scanning the content. I currentl...more >>

I am trying to "front-end" an access dbase that I created. I have gone through all kinds of articles and technet information regarding connecting to my database and that sort of thing. I have successfully connected to it (with an OLEDB Connection) but I do not know how to pull data from it. The dat...more >>

Hi I saw a post about numlock but I can't not read it. I would like to check the state of the numlock key and if it's not active, set its status on active. How can I accomplish that in vb ? Stan ...more >>

Hell I'm wondering if anyone can shed some light on this? I'm trying to enumerate the uninstall registry key (to display installed applications) with VB.NET and WMI I'm pretty stuck. When I try to collect the installed software via a call to EnumKey, I get a type mismatch (the exact erro is...more >>

I am using a few ActiveX ListViews in my VB.NET Windows Forms application. I have the ListView's HotTracking property set to False, yet when I move the mouse over an item in the ListView (without clicking), the item gets selected. Is there a way can work around this problem besides changing all ...more >>

I created a .dll in VB and a service using .NET which reads a table and prints a report When I step through my code it prints the report, however when I use the service the repor does not print. There are no errors, it just does not print. Has anyone encountered this problem?...more >>

My boss's boss has heard a rumour that C# is faster than VB.NET and is now concerned because we are writing stuff with VB.NET. My first reaction is that this is absurd. They both compile to the same IL, right? Now I've done a little C#, but on the whole I suffer from curlybraceaphobia, so I'm ...more >>

Hi, I don't know how to create and handle a serial communication with VB .Net. If you know somenthing, please tell me. Thank you very much, Silvia ...more >>

Hello, I have successfully created an oledbconnection (oleconn) to an Access mdb file along with an oleaDBdapter (oleda) and a dataset (ds1). If I loop through the dataset For i = 1 to 10 For Each col in ds1.Tables(0).Columns... Console.Write col....(0,i), ...(1,i)...(2,i) Next ne...more >>

Can I raise (throw) an event that is normally created by, say, a button click on a form? I would like to react to a given situation exactly as if the user had clicked that button. Is it "legal" to Throw that kind of event? ...more >>

hi guys how do i load buttons on load time For example, i have one button on the form, when i load the form, i want to put another button next to it, how do i do that NEED CODE PLEASE Thanx in advance...more >>

I would like to add training card help to my VB.NET app and/or maybe the MS agents. How can I do these? Can I add training card help to a VB.NET app? I have never done it in any version or language. Please give instructions or links if there are some or tell me if it isn't doable without hac...more >>

I am trying to set my Form's Icon property at run time based on certain parameters. I have a imglist in the form for other purposes I would like to use the same image list to keep the Forms icon and set the icon. How do I get this done.. VJ ...more >>

I can't make the Random,Next(1,13) to work ! In Dim NrForDefekteEmne As Random = New Random.Next(1, 13) Random.Next is marked as "not defined" - I have "Imports System" What is wrong here ? KS, Denmark ...more >>

I have declared some externally defined methods. One of them takes a pointer to function as a parameter. I created a delegate type matching the signature of the function expected, then used that delegate type in the DECLARE statement. In some instances the method expects a null pointer to be ...more >>

Hi, How can I achieve that a childs constructor is only callable from it's parent? Must I declare the class Private within A? Thanks in Advance Public MustInherit Class A Protected Sub New() End Sub Public Shared Function CreateInstance() As A Return New B End ...more >>

Hey guys, i have a quick questions how do i find out if the key pressed is the "ENTER" Key from a text box ?? NEED THE CODE PLEAS Thanx in advance...more >>

Greetings, Is there an API for getting a file from the Internet Explorer cache and information about it? For example, I want to be able to retrieve not only the file name but also the url that it derives from (as you can see when you view the directory directly in Explorer). I've seen some e...more >>

Ok, I know you all do six impossible things before breakfast, but I don't do breakfast, so I can't do anything much at all. Which is why I'm posting this, videlicet: ASP.NET VB.NET *My* client receives a report from *his* client in Postscript format (NOT PDF, probably LaTeX or something, ...more >>

I have a PictureBox that is created as part of an object and has a Click event assigned to it whenever the object is instantiated. How can I call the that Click event from code? Basically I want to do MyObject.PictureBox.Click(). The Sub that handles the Event is private, so I can't call it directly...more >>

Hi I am new in VB .NET and would like to ask a question I've create 4 buttons at run time, let's say MyButton1, MyButton2, MyButton3 and MyButton4 Also I want to create a click event for each of them. How can I do it After the process, the 4 buttons and their events must be remove Thanks for h...more >>

In my Webform I am building in VS.NET, I need to position and reposition a number of panels at runtime from within my Code Behind. Can someone tell me what namespaces I need to import, what the code is, and where, exactly I put that code. In addtion to the... <%@ Page Language="vb" (etc, et...more >>

Hi all, I know that it is a .net board & I use vb6, but... Can anyone help me? I need to have several lines in a caption of a label (like \n in php). Is there any analog in vb6? Thanks ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfe...more >>

Hello, I have a solution with mixed Code (VB.net and C#-Projects). When I'm trying to build an instance of a C#-Class in a VB.Net-Project there will not be a problem. But if I further try to hand over another class to the instanced C#-Class (which should be done by a property) I 'll be faced wit...more >>

What i have to do to make an dll in VB, and than have acecess to the functions in the dll, from another aplications How i export the functions in the dl Thaks...more >>

Having a SQL table contains many columns. One of them contains integers of corresponding descriptions;i.e 1 for ready, 2 for done .... And i read the values and display the corresponding item list. How to do that? Thanks indeed....more >>

Is it possible to create a single .EXE that can be launched either as a service or as a standard application (with configuration screens, status windows, etc...)? I have an existing program that currently runs as a standard application. When the user runs the app they can monitor its progress,...more >>

H I need to detect when a user plugs in his network cable. I can't find any example on how to do this without constantly looping to check for a default gateway or something. Any ideas? /Martin...more >>