Hi Can somebody please tell me a simple thingy? How can I declare Indexers in VB .NET ??? MSDN comes up with C# topics indtead of VB thought I have filtered !! Its like ten thousan spoons when I need a knife!! Thanks and have a nice and productive day! mEEE...more >>

Hello! I have Windows Forms application form containing TextBoxes, six ComboBoxes, and DataGrid for details. I have created DataSet with needed tables, and created relations between tables, and bound controls to datatables. Everything is working almost fine including saving data, but when I ...more >>

What has happened to my breakpoints? Whenever I start my application from the IDE in Visual Studio then all of the breakpoints show a "?" and a comment says "The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document." Needless to say the program does not stop at the...more >>

How can I read Excel files with VB.NET? Reply's to mail Thx ...more >>

How can I Upload File to ftp server with VB.NET? Replay's to mail Thx ...more >>

Hello, What's the best way to run a client-server interaction using some standardized protocol such as nntp?? That is, should you run a thread that just does a receive loop from the server so that if the server sends anything, it will be received? Or what about if everytime you send data, th...more >>

I need to have an app that will have a queue, but sit dormant until something is placed in that queue, when it realizes the queue has items waiting start executeing the processes for thoes items... whats the best way to do this? I tried do loops and some attempts at threats for this... do lo...more >>

hi, I fire an method to the fetch the user information only once, which I do it like if not ispostback then validateuser() End if Now, there is a datagrid in the same page, ...... <Columns> <asp:HyperLinkColumn DataNavigateUrlField="Cert_ID" DataNavigateUrlForma...more >>

Hi everyone, How would I adjust the following ConnectionString to point to the applications installed path? === Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Password="";User ID=Admin;Data Source=SOME DRIVE\SOME DIRECTORY\THE DATABASE;Mode=Share Deny None;Extended Properties="";Jet OLEDB:System database=...more >>

whats wrong with this ? access 2000 Set Con = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") Con.Open strCon sql = "Select uName, pword from settings WHERE uname = 'kenney"& session("site_username") & "' AND pword = 'homza"& session("site_password") & "'" set rec = Con.execute(sql) if r...more >>

Using VS2003, VB.NET, MSDE... I am looking at a demo program that, to my surprise, has nested classes, such as the example below. I guess it surprised me becuase you cannot have nested subs, and I am not sure why you would want nested classes anyway. Is there a URL that explains the advanta...more >>

I'm trying to consume a web service and use xslt transformation to display a simple HTML table with a record set from a SQL database. I have put together the web form using a static xml file full of data. Now I'm trying to draw the data out using a component and an xsd. With this new setup, ...more >>

VB.NET Via the FontDialog I have retrieved a font. After saving the font (in an XML document) and retrieving it again, I have a string in the following "format"; [Font: Name=Arial, Size=9, Units=3, GdiCharSet=0, GdiVerticalFont=False] How can I convert this string (back) to a font object?...more >>

For reasons I have not yet identified my Help, Search and Help, Index has quit working. That is, in the VB IDE, from the Help menu, I can select Dynamic help or Contents and things work as expected. But when I select Index or Search, the tabs appear but when I click on the Search or Index tab ...more >>

Let me rephrase a question for which I received no answer. I thought dotnet requires MDAC 2.6 or later for data access. I have a dotnet Windows app that uses Access. It won't run on Windows 98 unless I install MDAC 2.5. Does this mean I need to install both MDAC 2.5 and 2.6? Thanks, Jan ...more >>

Hello! I'm using VB.NET 2003 and Windows Forms application type. Question: Why ComboBoxes are not changing their arrearance to XP-Styles look althought other UI Components does when I use the following code in my Sub Main ... System.Windows.Forms.Application.EnableVisualStyles() System.W...more >>

In order to save typing, I've borrowed the text from a post of nearly 12 months ago.....but the problem still exists. I've been banging my head all day with this, so I'm hoping someone has some suggestions for me: I'm trying to either print or export some Crystal Reports in asp.net web appl...more >>

Hi All, What I want to do from a VB/VB.NET application (the steps are appropriate to Acrobat 6.0): 1. Open a specified PDF file. 2. Access the Document | Pages | Crop dialog box and change the crop values and page range to "All". 3. Access the Print Dialog and change the Page S...more >>

Hi, I've been fooling around (noob) with VB.NET and put together a remote-controlled Mediaplayer-based 'server'. Had some troubles configuring interop on Windows XP with VS.NET 2003, but eventually things worked. Problem is I can't run the built output on any computer other than my own.... 'e...more >>

I am totally confused !! Although I am a novice in VB.NET and PDA programming, coding below appears to be correct. If OpenFiledialog1.ShowDialog.Cancel Then txtTaxcode.Text = "No selection made" Exit Sub End If If OpenFiledialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResu...more >>

I would like my windows service application to log all exceptions that occur, on any of its threads, to the windows event log. Is this possible? If so, can anyone give me an example of the necessary code? ...more >>

This is really weird. I have provided to a client a means for which they can store text in a database and insert into a word document. Originally they entered the text into a textbox. However when they copied and pasted text in there apparently formatting symbols came over as well but they ...more >>

Using VS 2003, VB.Net, MSDE... The example below from help shows that the Sub Main contains an explicit Application.Run. Is this required? Are there pros and cons of doing it this way? I have not been using application.run on my Main_Thread (i.e. sub main) and it seems to be Ok. Under wh...more >>

Hi There, What would be suitable options to exchange data between a Dot net program and a java program? Thanks Jyotsna Sharan ...more >>

Is there any way to exit multipe for nested, instead using goto? -- Cheers, Crirus ------------------------------ If work were a good thing, the boss would take it all from you ------------------------------ ...more >>

Can I use DirectCast to convert a object to it's base or should I use CType? I have a instance of a class as Object. The run-time tipe is a derived of a class, but I need to refer to that instance as to the base class Ex: Class BaseCl Class DerivCl Inherits BaseCl 'R...more >>

Hi, Good Day! How can I read data from excel file and save them into a recordset? Can someone help? Thanks in advanced. rgds, Phoebe. ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to insert a large (12 000+) set of items into a listview and it takes forever to do it (maybe 70 sec). Currently I'm using an xpath query to find the nodes I need from a large xml doc and add each item found in a for each.... loop. Is there any way to speed things up? Rega...more >>

I have an ASP table that I need to convert to a datagrid, but I have calulations like this: row1.cell1(column1) X row1.cell2(column2) = row1.cell3(column3) I also need to get grand totals in the footer - I've found articles on how to do this in VB, so am good to go with the grand t...more >>

I'm a VB.Net Newbie who has previously used VB6. How do you make a Splash Screen with a Continue button, where the Continue button calls up the next form of the program (and then the Spash Screen disappears). In other words, how do you make a button that shows a new form, then hides itself....more >>

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I am looking for what the server requirements and client restrictions will be for applications run from a web server using web forms. (I have not upgraded yet, am still using VB 6 Professional Ediiton). For example, in VB 6 you have either DHTML or IIS internet applications. DHTML runs on the cli...more >>

I am writing a VS .NET Addin and I need to create menu items (CommandBarButtons) at run-time. I can do that but the event handlers do not work. They are registered using AddHandler (wich was created for that, isn't it?), but I think I am using it wrongly, because only the last registered button ...more >>

Hello All, Hope somebody wouldn`t mind helping me, i have a problem and as a newbie I don`t know where im going wrong: I keep getting the following error "An unhandled exception of type 'System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException' occurred in system.data.dll" on the line that says: "daPatientsIDs.Fil...more >>

Hello I REALLY appreciate the help. At the moment, while I am stumbling through the Platform SDK, I am just starting at trying to open the device. Here is my declaration: Declare Function mixerOpen Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "mixerOpen" (ByVal phmx As Long, ByVal uMxId As Long, ByVal dwCallbac...more >>

i would like play some short wav files in my VB.net program, how would i do this? thanks gary...more >>

I got a project called "Forms" that hold some forms and stuff in my solution. A argument at startup defines wether to use a From or Console. My plan was to create a myConsole class that would also allow my application to display a Console, but i don't seem to be allowed to do this. I don'...more >>

Using VS 2003, VB.NET, MSDE ... I am surprised that certain things are creating threads listed in debugging threading window (with no name or information, just the ID). For example, the opening an SQL connection creates a thread, that remains after the connection is closed. Such as the line...more >>

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Using VS 2003, VB.net , MSDE .... I am confused by the help example below. In a sub main (whether in a module or winform), do you have to explicitly start the Main_Thread, as they do in this example? If the answer is not always, when and where would you and for what reasons? I don't explici...more >>

I'm finding that this line of code works rpt.PrintOptions.PaperOrientation = CrystalDecisions.[Shared].PaperOrientation.Landscape while this line of code does not rpt.PrintOptions.PaperSource = CrystalDecisions.[Shared].PaperSource.Manual for no apparent reason. Any ideas?? Th...more >>

How can I detect that the user has modified the data on the page where several textboxes, checkboxes and dropdownlist exist. Ton ...more >>

Is there a decent explanation of how menu merging with MDI forms work in VB.NET? I've read through the online help and it still seems that whenever I change menus around or whatever, it breaks everything. VB6, as repetitive as it was to retype menus, was at least consistent. It seems that VB.N...more >>

I developed a module that converts money amounts into words; this module is essential in all financial applications like cheques, invoices, bills etc. I need to know in detail how to make it callable or usable by any other project or application; how to make it usable like all built in fun...more >>

Usinb VS2003, VB.net, MSDE... Is there any advantage to these three alternatives as the start up object in the solution property pages for a winform solution on a stand alone desktop? 1 - Sub Main in module that starts WinForm_Main 2 - Shared Sub Main in WinForm_Main itself 3 - Us...more >>

Is there a way to store a negative value in a byte data type value? I have to store values between -50 and 50 and to use int16 is waiste of space -- Cheers, Crirus ------------------------------ If work were a good thing, the boss would take it all from you --------------------...more >>

I have a text box select items in a listview as text is being typed into the text box. I get the select bar to move correctly in the Listview control. If the user presses the down or up key in the text box, I want to move to the selected item in the listview box. The down or up arrow does s...more >>

Hello again I have this issue. I need to design a game weapon. I made a base class Weapon Each weapon have: - range(max 1-16), - ToHit array of values that gives percent that should be returned by a random in order to apply damage to enemy -Power ... the damage to apply to a hitted target ...more >>

I develop in VB.NET and the dataset that I create gets missing. Any help?...more >>

I need to display a timer ticking down. Example: 11h:52m:39s to 00h:00m:00s How can I do this? Thanks, Trint .Net programmer trintsmith@hotmail.com *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!...more >>

Are there any performance or memory-usage benefits of placing public functions and subroutines in a Class Module rather than a standard module?...more >>

So I'm working with PureIRCD (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pure-ircd) and everything was fine untill yesterday when the server crashed. So I did a cold restart and staretd the server back up now it's throwing this stream of errors right away. DOes anyone have any idea what they mean. I havn...more >>

Team .Net, I'm looking for a component or anything that will alow me to take string data formated in HTML and convert it to a pdf. I have browsed throught the compnonet shopper and have not yet found a single program that will accomplish this task? Any ideas? -Peter...more >>

have one solution 3 project in it 1. Stok 2. Muhasebe 3. Connection1 (Startup project) i have a clas in it baglan 1. project i make a dll 2. project also dll 3. exe i try to reference 3 proje to the others but its startup one so help me about 1. i am at the dll file proje...more >>

What kind(s) of file I/O is most portable to VB .NET? How does the VB6 version work? Because I'm upgrading old code, my current output statements in VB6 look like: Print #2, Format(dTau, JDFMT) #2 is the file, dTau is the variable, JDFMT is the format. (I have separate...more >>

My problem is in datagrid witch don't want to update allways? Problem is : i have to select row in datagrid (witch i have added new or edit ) and than click on button (datagrid1.update (dataset)) and only then changes will update. If i make change on some data and then go to some other row changes w...more >>

I have a program that I want to open a file and then save it as a different type (i.e. open a .txt file and save it as a RTF). How can I do this programatically?...more >>

I am sorry for this but I am not getting an answer elsewhere so I thought I would try here. It seems the safer way to go prior to deployment is to change my early binding to late binding to prevent lots of issues occuring, especially those on Office versions other than mine. (I have 2003). suc...more >>

I need to develop a macro that upon building a project in VB.NET will copy a configuration file from the project directory to the \Bin directory. Based upon the active build configuration, the macro will determine the correct configuration file to copy and the correct \Bin directory to copy it ...more >>

i have one solutio 3 project in i 1. Stok 2. Muhasebe 3. Connection1 (Startup project) i have a clas in it baglan 1. project i make a dl 2. project also dl 3. ex i try to reference 3 proje to the other but its sturtup on plese help for making the startup project dll file...more >>

Suppose I have a client/server environment. The client connects to the server via a variety of ports. 1) Is there any way to monitor the packets that the client is communicating with the server? 2) Is there any way to intercept those packets and possibly change them? Forwarding same, chang...more >>

What's the trick to dynamically setting the width of a textbox? In the code behind page Page_Load function I'm trying to dynamically set the width of a textbox. TextBox1.Width = "75px" I keep getting an error that the size has to be in WebControls.Units. I tried doing a CType to cast th...more >>

Does anyone have example code for putting a direction arrow indicating the sort order of a column in a listview. I have the sorting code already for each column using icompare. I've found some code to do this with vb 6, but not with vb.net. Any help would be appreciated thanks...more >>

Hi All, I am extending the combobox to create a control that selects an item based on the text the user is typing into the text area of the control. I have an issue that occurs only when i drop down the combo box as the users typing. When the on leave event is fired the value in the s...more >>

Is there a simple procedure or tool to use to convert an existing set of vb projects (vbp)s referenced within a vbg into a .NET solution of those projects. At the present time, it appears we can create a solution and then add/convert the referenced dll vbps followed by the exe vbp. This...more >>

While coding some binary data handling I found this IMHO strange behavior: Dim bToShift As Byte = 1 bToShift <<= 9 Console.WriteLine("and the value is {0}", bToShift) The output is "2", I expected it to be zero (outshifted bits don't come back). The rule I determined is: whateve...more >>

Hi, How can I save a page loaded with AxWebBrowser into a winform as an htm page ? Stan ...more >>

I develped a module that converts money amounts into words; this module is essential in all financial applications like cheques, invoices, bills etc. I need to know in detail how to make it callable or usable by any other project or application; how to make it usable like all built in func...more >>

I'm using a datagrid to allow the users to edit their passwords. I've set the passwordchar on my columnstyle on the column I want to use as a password on a datagrid and I can't get the textboxt to use the passwordchar. Any suggestions? thanks, Tony C. A textbox...more >>

Hello! Experts, I have the following piece of code in VB.NET that I want to use to update any records in the database. I would like to use a code as well as DataGrid to update the records. Please guide me how can I achieve it. I know there is an Update command to to do this that but since I a...more >>

Hi! I have a TabControl that have many TabPages, that must to be ordered in specific and fixed sequence. Some times, when I select a tab in random position to add and change controls and run the program, that tab is ordered to most left position in TabControl (to index 0 or 1, I've noted). ...more >>

I got a object of type 'Control' passed as a argument to a subroutine of mine. The object is either a Combobox or a TextBox. I thought the .GetType could be used to check what type of object it was, but i haven't had any luck. In Java you got the instanceOf() operator to do this. What's the ...more >>

Dear friends I have to forms, frm1 and frm2. In frm1 its Button1 and TextBox1. In runtime when clicking on Button1 a button is created on frm2 like this: Dim myfrm2 as New frm2 Dim bt As New Button AddHandler bt.Click, AddressOf myButton_Click myfrm2.Controls.Add(bt) In Module1 the myBu...more >>

Hi all, Hope this group might give me a result for my queries. Here it goes. I have a countable number of text files (Compound files) in a NTFS partition. I need to add a comment line into the File's Summary Information's Comment section Programatically. What are the API's I need to use...more >>