I was able to build an asp page dynamically depending on the question that the user answered through the online wizard... I think i can dynamically also create '.vb' or '.aspx' dynamically depending on the answers that users entered in the online wizard... the only issue here, is that, once ...more >>

Can I pass a listview to another form using a property definition like this? Public Class frmToDoDetail Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Private m_lvwTD As ListView Public Property lvwTD() As ListView Get lvwTD = m_lvwTD End Get Set(ByV...more >>

Hi! Windows of the application IO have to built (my first one in vb.Net) is made from 2 part: a) A grid wich will be used only to display the main information of the current record (so the grid must select the entire row and not allow editing). I have selected the datagrid so far and succe...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a little program that loads a 1bpp bitmap (black/white) and displays it in a PictureBox using the PictureBox's Paint event. I have buttons for zooming in/out and I calculate the source image origin rectangle and the destination rectangle. Problem is that the imag...more >>

I am using VB.NET 2003 Framework 1.1 I can't get header item rectangle of ListView. HeaderItemHandle = SendMessage (HWnd, HDM_GETITEMRECT, i, headerItemRectangle) Problem is in declaration of SendMessage API (lParam can't be of type RECT): Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user...more >>

Hello, I am trying to load a MDI Child window with an ActiveX browser control to achieve a "Start Page" similiar to the VS.NET IDE. The problem i am having is that when i call the window as an MDI child the Browser control won't render a page. If I make the window a "normal" window the page l...more >>

Herfried: A while back you posted a really cool way to round the corners of a form. I thought I had it saved, but if you have it handy, would you kindly post it? TIA, Bill -- Cordially, W.G. Ryan dotnetguru@comcast.nospam.net www.devbuzz.com www.knowdotnet.com ...more >>

Hello all, All of our programs have been written as Active X controls in VB 6 and are accessed through Internet Explorer. This has made it easy for verion control. I would like to now upgrade everything to .Net, but will most likely rewrite most of the code. Could you provide suggest...more >>

Hi everybody, I have one question about the System.IO.FileSystemWatcher Class. My problem is, that for excample the Create event of this class give me the FullPath of the crated Folder but all in lower kapitals. So if someone create the Folder C:\temp\MyTestFolder, the Event notifies me a...more >>

Hi everyone. Im kinda newbie to .net programming and very confused after seeing too many options for building database applicaton. I have few question for you people and want answers to them. 1) is databinding in .net a best practice? 2) what are the best practices to develop a simple dat...more >>

Hey all, I want to add all of the file names from a directory and subdirectory. I am unfamiliar with how to do this, does anyone know how or have any starting points? I am trying to create an mp3 playlist for my Media Player. -Ivan *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how I could write a program that'll upon click the executable create an ODBC connection on host machines? Yama ...more >>

Has anyone experienced problems with a combo box SelectIndex property? Is there a limit to the number of Items for a combo box? Namely, when I set programmatically ComboBox.SelectIndex property with 2000 Items listed in the ComboBox, SelectIndex property accepts assigned value. However, ...more >>

Hi, I'm a beginning VB.Net developer and I'm looking for good websites where I can find examplecode, tutorials, librarys etc. I already got some sites, but since you are experts, I was hoping that you could give me some good links. I hope you can help me. Many thanks! Richard ...more >>

Hi I'm currently into converting a perl linux app into a .Net windows service. The application monitors our syslog log files to capture i.p adress changes on some of our routers having dynamic i.p. In the syslog logfile i capture the new IP adress of the router. I then need to telnet to that i...more >>

Hi, I am new to VB.net , well the objects concept anyway and was wondering if there were any good articles / turorials on when and why you would use certain declarations such as Private test as string public test as string Public Shared as string Protected test as string etc Please ...more >>

I just realized the DataTable_RowChanging events were firing when I called Fill method of the DataAdapter! It fires TWICE for each row loaded. I thought these were only supposed to be called when data was actually being edited. I am using bound textbox controls on the form. Could that have ...more >>

Hi all, I have this simple string for example: anything<font>catch this</font> and I need a regularexpression to Catch "catch this" so, I can use this pattern: ">[^<]+" and the match returns ">catch this" the question: HOW CAN I DO TO THE MATCH DO NOT RETURN THE STRING ">" ??? ...more >>

I have just upgraded to VB.net from VB5, is there an easy way to upgrade the old projects. The built in upgrader seems to only upgrade VB6...more >>

EEEK! I have eight columns and 18 rows in a table. I need to populate the table and run calculations on four of the columns andfor totals in a footer. Here is some of the code I am using to populate my table Dim ls_county, ls_gas, ls_gasohol, ls_tot_gal, ls_cty_rate, ls_st_rate As Strin Dim ls_...more >>

I am a newbie to VB.NET (and VB in general). I'd like to replace quote marks with the string. For example, I have a string that is "3dmesh 45 45" including the quotes. I'd like to remove the quotes and end up with the string equal to (literally) 3dmesh 45 45 I'm using LineofTe...more >>

Hi, Simple question: Is there a way to a value from client-side to server-side upon a click? function _getReport(ReportName) { alert(ReportName); } <asp:datalist id="dlReports" runat="server"> <itemtemplate> <img height="7" src="../ReportsImages/navlink.gif" wid...more >>

Does anyone know how to play a sound that is different from the sound you get by calling beep()? When the user presses 'Save', I don't want to display a dialog box each time saying that the save was successful, but I would like a simple audible indication. I'd like to use the same sound tha...more >>

Within a class, can I create a property that is a listview? Here's what I tried, but it doesn't seem to work: '------------ create property to give the second form access to the first form's listview: Public Class frmToDoDetail ' (this is the second form) Inherits System.Window...more >>

I need to register a Vb DLL under restricted acess privilages please provide me a solution Regards and thanks ...more >>

Hi! Is there a way to "preload" a form using a thread or something else so that my user doesn't have to wait 5 seconds (initializing time) between forms? Some of these forms have tab strips with lots of controls and database queries on them and I would like to try to have some(all) of the preloa...more >>

I have a form which I want to show modally; it's a fairly old form that's been ported up several versions of VB, and I'd like to keep its rewriting to a minimum. Basically, it is used in this sequence: 1. The form is shown. The Form_Load event does some initialization. 2. Further parameters...more >>

I'm trying to create a custom user control using VB.NET 2002 and ran across a stumbling block. I need an indefinite number of buttons to display across the control, based on its size. I'm not sure how to do this because I cannot make an array of buttons without losing Events ability and I've f...more >>

Hi All, Wonder if anyone can help? I am just about to finish an application in VB.net and I am lookig into software that can limit the software for use for up to 30 days or 30 times...then the user will have to purchase a key code off me (I hope). Can anyone reccomend any software for th...more >>

Hi All, Wonder if anyone can help? I am just about to finish an application in VB.net and I am lookig into software that can limit the software for use for up to 30 days or 30 times...then the user will have to purchase a key code off me (I hope). Can anyone reccomend any software for th...more >>

Dear Sirs, I am using following codes for listbox; When Vertical scrool bar is working, horizontal scroll bar is not working. What should I do? 'ListBox1 ' Me.ListBox1.HorizontalScrollbar = True Me.ListBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 24) Me.ListBox1.Name = "ListBox...more >>

Good Afternoon to all, What will be the best way to capture ServerClick from a a left menu generated by a datalist? Private Sub GetReports() Try Dim cmd As New SqlCommand Dim conn As New SqlConnection(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("ConnectionString")) cmd.C...more >>

I'm trying to find out simply how to call DllRegisterServer from VB.NET. I've got all the VB6 crap, but, since hWnd is no longer a beast, I need to find out what needs marshelled and such. Any ideas? Sueffel ...more >>

Hi everyone, My program reads data from a DataBase, then populates some ComboBoxes with data from each Table respectively, filtering the data in each ComboBox according to the item selected in the preceding ComboBox. (...Thanks guys for the guidance in that area...) The resulting filtered t...more >>

Hi guys, Check out this software I found on the net... http://www.dualdot.net/default.asp?nav=imagebatch It's called ImageBatch and has a batch mode for converting, naming and resizing images... It's very cool! ...more >>

I'm trying to use the GetUserName API function in the advapi32.dll library. I declare my function as follows Declare Function GetUserName Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "GetUserNameA" (ByVal lpBuffer As String, ByVal nsize As Long) As Lon But when I call the function like this lngRetVal = GetUser...more >>

This morning I let the group know that I had finished an application that categorizes posts in the vb.net and ado.net newsgroups and eliminates the trash that we hate to wade through on sites like Google and such. Well I would like to thank the multitude of you that have emailed me informing m...more >>

I have an array of bytes that I need to convert into an array of Integers. But, the number of bits per value in the Byte array is not necessarily divisible by 8 (although it will never exceed 32). For example, lets say I have a an array of bytes (byteValues) that represents a string of 7...more >>

I need to have 2 or more column visible in my ComboBox is there a way to do that? TIRislaa ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create a form with the following attributes: 1. A sizable border 2. Min, Max, and Close buttons 3. No icon in the upper left hand corner All of this can be accomplished using the Sizable FormBorderStyle, but the icon remains. I read something about needing to ...more >>

Hi, I have a big multiline Textbox with scrollbars. I want to be able to look for a substring in the textbox, and select it. So far no problem. But: when the selected piece of text in the textbox isn't visible, I want it to be visible! So I need to let the scrollbars scroll until the selecte...more >>

I have a form, frmMain, that contains a listview. When the user selects item(s), I do the following: Private Sub lvwToDo_ItemActivate(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lvwToDo.SelectedIndexChanged Dim litem As ListViewItem Dim frmTemp As N...more >>

Okay, this problem is a problem that arose out of .NET coding rather than a hardware problem. I have a hard time trying to figure out how I can determine the port the modem is connected to, in Win 98 en ME using the registry entries. This is n0t a problem with Win 2K and XP. Neither with Win ...more >>

Hello I found the following example on another newsgroup: >is there any sample for NetRemoteTOD API function in C#? [DllImport("netapi32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)] static extern uint NetRemoteTOD(string UncServerName, out IntPtr BufferPtr); [DllImport("netapi32.dll")] static extern ...more >>

Given the following code, Public class ProgressFormManager Public Sub BeginInvoke(ByVal method As [Delegate], ByVal args() As Object) Dim asyncCallback As New System.Threading.WaitCallback(method) System.Threading.ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(asyncCallback, args) End Sub .... [other impl...more >>

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to startup a windows form with a comboBox that is bound to a dataset which starts off as having a blank line. ie. the user has to choose an option before all the info appears and not just goto the first record automatically. I curren...more >>

I'm trying to extract data from a Word table. I can get the documents to open in my prototype. I'm told that to get to the information in the cell, I need the following: activedocument.Tables(1).Cell(1,1).Range.Text However, when I try to go beyond activedocument.Tables, I get: Interfa...more >>

I have a Tab Control with 2 Pages, on windows form. I want to be able to hide a tab page based on certain condition when the Form loads. I have tried to set the Page.Visible to false, it does not work. I even tried Page.Enabled property and set it to False..to see if the tab page is disabled, it...more >>

I have search a lot of thread in google newsgroup and read a lot of articles but still i don't know how to update the dataset that has 3 tables. my 3 tables looks like the 3 tables from northwind database that has an employees, orders, and order details. the following are the 3 tables in my...more >>

Hello, I am developing a simple web editor to enable my users to update their = websites and add simple formatting to the text. The page content is recovered from a SQL Server database and displayed = in the Microsoft DHTML Edit control ( I am working in Visual Studio 2003 = - VB ). I have ...more >>

I am getting the following error during run-time compilation or a rebuild all of my application: error BC30311: Value of type 'mynamespace.x' cannot be converted to 'mynamespace.x' This occurs in only one component/project that accesses the 'x' object whereas several other components/pro...more >>

Greetings, I have just finished packaging and deploying winapp. Packing went fine and so did the deplo. However, I have noticed that there are two files, not one, that were created by VB.NET. One is application.exe and the other one is installer that has all the dependencies. Any idea wh...more >>

I am trying to implement a graph drawing class. I want to nest a curve class inside it to draw multiple curves. i.e. Class Graph2D ' Class CurveObj ' End Class ' End Class The Graph2D class will have multiple CurveObj classes, each wit...more >>

Morning Group, Can someone possible answer a simple question for me? Should I use the Database Connection, DataAdapter, and Dataset Wizard or should I right my own code and not bother? Regards Si ...more >>

Greetings! I am an experienced VB6 user just getting into the VB .Net world. In VB6, many people frowned on the use of "Dim x As New MyObject" because it could produce unexpected results, such as the following: Dim X as New MyObject Set X = Nothing If X Is Nothing Then MsgBox "X has ...more >>

Can you install VB.net 2002 and vb.net 2003 on the same machine? ...more >>

I am writing a windows service that has a notifyicon component. The component displays accordingly, but for some reason, I cannot get the click or double click event to fire. It seems like none of the events are firing for some reason. I have made sure the withevents is in the declaration, b...more >>

Could somebody please assist me in converting the following C#.Net code to VB.Net code? [DllImport("odbc32.dll")] private static extern short SQLAllocHandle(short hType, IntPtr inputHandle, out IntPtr outputHandle); [DllImport("odbc32.dll")] private static extern short SQLSetEnvAttr(IntPtr h...more >>

Does anyone know how to select all of the items in a datagrid and then how to deselect all items in a datagrid. Thanks in advance! Dale...more >>

Try this: Console.WriteLine(("ab" Like "*a*b*").ToString) Console.WriteLine(("aa" Like "*a*a*").ToString) Result: True False ??????????? Jan...more >>

I am using a datagrid to display some data. I notice when I click in a cell where the data is longer than the cell width, it truncates the end of the data off. For example: The data is: This is sample data Column only has room for: This is sample da When I click in the cell, it cha...more >>

Here's my coding again: Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load cn.Open("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=D:\Documents and Settings\rvish\Desktop\trverse.mdb;Persist Security Info=False") rs.Open(...more >>

HI~ I need to access the pointer array via DLL. Original C code is char * buf[64]; for (int i = 0; i < 63; i++) { buf[i] = new char [64]; } API_CALL(buf); To access the API_CALL in VB.NET, I have to pass the array (containing the pointer of buffer). Can I...more >>

I am trying to display the totals from several columns from the grid and update them as the user moves from cell to cell. I have no problems going from cell to cell but when the user changes a column and then clicks another button on the form, I am unable the see the change in the underlyi...more >>

Hi all, is any one can tell me please how can i activate a command line options from my visual basic application like: i: cd etc... Thanks ...more >>

Hi there I am using datagrid with SQl server I wonder if its possible to create a command button on each row of the grid. Actually I want to open a new form on every button click with differnt values. Thanks in advance. ason...more >>

Hello, I want to use a class I have created, when I do I receive an error message that says the class can not be converted to string and another message saying that the class can not be converted to windows.systems.forms.listviewitem. I created a function called ToString in my class and th...more >>

System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalDirectiveException This is the exception which i am getting while running a code . Can any one help me out to resolve it? Thanks....more >>