I have 2 questions 1. I want to edit the data of an individual row in the way the Web form Datagrid control has, where an "edit button" can be set up in a button column. I can't find any way to do this with a Windows Forms datagrid control 2. Is there a way to get the windows forms datagrid c...more >>

Here's a Delphi example.... type UserStats = Record bestcompleted := int; bestAverage := real; BestPercentage := string; end; var stats : file of UserStats; How Do I do the above in VB .Net? How would I Read from, and write to the file? ...more >>

Are they any VB.NET tutorials for someone strong in another language, such C++, Java, or even VB6? (As an example, "Java in Plain English" by Overland & Morrison, related syntax & idioms to what is used in C++. Something like that for VB.NET would be great.) Niels ...more >>

I think "macro substitution" is the correct term for what I want to do, but, to be sure, here is a description of what I'd like to know is possible: I want to be able to create a create an object of a type whose name is stored in a constant. For example: Const FORM_NAME_1 as String = "frm...more >>

Hello, I am trying to create a windows service. Can anyone give me an idea how to create an icon on the systems tray for the service? Thanks, Billy...more >>

I have a picturebox in my About form. would like to have a link to my company website. Wanted the links background to be transparent. It seems that no one knows how to do this. Have asked many times. VB help says that transparent is possible with a background image but not above a control...more >>

I have an app that I am about ready to beta and then sell--hopefully. It is small scale but nevertheless a commercial app. Anyhow, I have obfuscated my code with the free version. My real question is, how can I provide updates to those who've purchased the product? Would be nice to use like...more >>

Hi I have a user control that i want to display a webpage on, this page i want to be able to toggle between the html source and the regular page view. The source of the page is in an text box. At the moment, on the validation of the textbox i am writing the file away to a temp location t...more >>

Howdy, I've tried everything (but the right thing obviously) to get the following to work, I'm sure it has something to do with the changes from VB6 to .net, but sure has me stumped, any suggestions? It's not populating the WAVEOUTCAPS structure, and GetLastError returns "Error #126" T...more >>

How can I design a program, using which I can type a language having more than 26 characters. for example Tamil, a language in India containing morethan 57 different characters in it. how can i design a program in vb so that I can generate all these characters using the keyboard. somebody told t...more >>

Greetings. I apologize for posting this if it is in the wrong group. The boss last week dropped vb.net on my desk and wants to create a web app and a corresponding desktop app. And I'm a newbie to vb.net. Have done vb6 work but not alot. The boss only dropped vb.net and no db to go with it. He...more >>

Hello! Anyone knows how to open the correct aplication to see de document that is in MemoryStream? Like: I've got an pdf in MemoryStream ( I use BinaryWriter to write it to MemoryStream), and I wanna see it with acrobat reader. -- Thanks, Nuno Monteiro nuno@rcsoft.pt ...more >>

I am trying to run a combination of some MS samples regarding drag and drop. I want to copy or move data from a textbox depending on the Keystate property, but my DragDrop event won't fire: Private Sub txtOriginal_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEvent...more >>

The text in some of the controls, when I click on a different one, disappears?? Like the password textbox and the File1 browse control... Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Trint .Net programmer trintsmith@hotmail.com *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just ...more >>

I am trying to design an application in Visual Studio that will allow a user to select a spreadsheet, pass in some parameters, and run macros in the spreadsheet that depend on the parameters. I was able to do this pretty easily with Access, but I want it to be a standalone app so I'm trying to do...more >>

Hi Does someone knows how to get the default icon from other application without using APIs?? Thanks in advance......more >>

What is the method for emailing current web page using Web Mail? Thanks, Richard ...more >>

If I have a VB6 and a VB.NET application, or 2 VB.NET applications what is the best way to "talk" between them? They both run on the same PC. Right now I'm just using text files to share information, etc... (Not database applications.) Thanks. ...more >>

Greetings, I've added a Deployment Project to my VB.NET Windows Solution. The only error I get when I go to build the solution is that my setup doesn't include the .NET Framework and it mentions the dotnetfx.exe file. I can't find a way around this issue anywhere in the documentation. How d...more >>

I have written code using System.Web.Mail.MailMessage. Everything works fine - I send out an email. But the emails end up with "! " stuck in them. It appears to be an end of line problem but I haven't been able to eliminate it. It shows up every 900-1000 charcters or so (counting every...more >>

I have a dll that we wrote using VB 6 and the Winsock object. We use the dll as a COM+ object on our .Net server. The COM+ seams to handle the mutli-threading even though the dll is single threaded (we have done extensive testing and it works very well). Initially when we created the dll we d...more >>

Hi. I have this code: Dim p As New Process Dim info As New ProcessStartInfo Dim sa As New ArrayList Dim s As String Try With info ..FileName = "c:\test.bat" ..RedirectStandardError = True ..UseShellExecute = False ..RedirectStandardOutput = True End With p = Process.Start(info) Whi...more >>

Is there a fast way to transfer an Excel range to an array? Example: Excel range is E2:E300 Dim person() as string Thanks, George...more >>

Hi, A simple question.. I have a datatable with 2 fields (SkuCode, ItemName) I use a Combobox where the datasource is the DataTable and the DisplayMember is the ItemName. I add a TextBox where the user can type the SkuCode. I would like to select the line in the ComboBox if the record exis...more >>

i was told that net needs at least Internet Explorer 5.5 in order to run. is this true? what happens if dotnetfx.exe is run on a system that doesn't have ie 5.5, or doesn't have ie at all? i made a distribution package that runs dotnetfx.exe if net isn't installed but i wasn't aware at all about ...more >>

I am new to vb.net and I am running into problems understanding DataBinding and its concept. The only examples I find are always talk about Web design, I only want to use this data on my standalone computer. So my question is: I have a sequential file that contains data and the data is structu...more >>

Hi. In c/C++ i can pass the address of a subroutine to another subroutine as an actual parameter How do I do that in VB .NET What should be the syntax for a parameter to receive the address of a subroutine Let's say theres a sub that creates buttons and I want it to receive as a parameter the add...more >>

This one has me stumped. I have a base form I am trying to wrap up, but I have one problem. In two functions I am opening a "record detail" form. I would like to keep the code in the base form and pass info to the form telling it which from to actually open. Any ideas how to do this? Here is...more >>

In one of my ASP.NET books, it states that one of the differences between ASP.NET and classic ASP, is that in classic you can have script code anywhere in your html page. But that in ASP.NET, it must precede the Body of the page. I have one here called rolldice.aspx which works fine with t...more >>

I've run into a rather perplexing problem and unfortunately nobody has yet been able to help me resolve it. I have built an application that supports both English and Spanish text. When I compile, I get /bin/snafu.dll and /bin/es-MX/snafu.resources.dll. When I run it on my workstation, everyth...more >>

hi after going thru some articles i'm confused with "How to implement Reflection in my program" my requirement is to dynamically load dll(whih got a specific Interface) files from the same directory when the program comes there i read the memory leakes can come can u plz suggest the best w...more >>

I'm using a TextBox_Leave event to trigger the saving of a value to my object, however, my object is created via the AfterSelect from a TreView control -- which is fine. BUT, the problem seems to be if my focus is on the TextBox and I click on a TreView control node the sequence of events seem...more >>

Reading about asynchronous programming (ms-help://MS.NETFrameworkSDK/cpguidenf/html/cpconasynchronousdesignpatterno verview.htm) I could not clarify some doubts. Hope you can help me. 1) Are asynchronous programming and multithreaded programming two different pictures? As I read the help topic...more >>

Hi, Good Day! How can i format a data in datagrid. For eg. Previous data for quatity: 20000 Formatted data to be display in datagrid: 20, 000 Can someone help. Thanks in advanced. rgds, Phoebe. ...more >>

Hi , I am working on vb.net and word application automation application. my question is :. 1. I want to save one file into another file , example. a) my existing file name is "Raj.DOc" and containing some page. b) and second file is "Raj2.DOc" it also containing some page. c) So ...more >>

I am interested in writing an application to install fonts on our web server. Currently, when the server is rebooted, one has to remember to run an asp page that has the code built into it to install the fonts. I would like to right a .Net program that runs at startup to do this. So far though...more >>

I see most people in this group have the day off... lucky s.o.b's. =) ...more >>

Hi, very puzzling... I have one perfectly working solution, in which I use a a.dll which has a class A. that class loads data from the database and for each row deserialize the cell into class A1. works great. I made a new solution, I linked to the same a.dll, and In a new project in this new ...more >>

Hello I am using web matrix develop a login page through Active Directory but I cannot figure out why it is giving me an error when importing system.directoryServices. Any help will do! thank Compiler Error Message: BC30466: Namespace or type 'DirectoryServices' for the Imports 'System.Directory...more >>

Hi all, i'm writing a vb.net program and i need to talk with a VXD driver via an unmanaged DLL. DLL functions have some data strcture like: typedef struct _sosp_out { UINT nSamples; UINT nAmpiezzaMin; UINT nFRisonanza; UINT nPeso; UINT aSosp[50]; } SOSP_OUT; How can i define thi...more >>

If I have a string with an unformatted phone number (ie. 1234567890) what is the easiest way to copy it into a string as a formatted number (ie. 123-456-7890). Thanks, Mike ...more >>

Hello, I'm hoping i'm posting to the correct newsgroup - this question involves both a SQL database and VB. I am a newbie and i'm writing a program in which one of a handful of fields will have a date entered. The contents of this field (and others) need to be written back to a SQL database....more >>

I thought I read that the case for the variable names is important. For example Dim Wheel As Integer Wheel here is a different variable from WHEEL. Is this correct? It doesn't seem to be in my code. In my code, I am changing WHEEL (just for testing)many times and displaying Wheel. ...more >>

I have the following page as test.aspx: *************************************************** <html> <head> <title>Hello and Welcome Page</title> </head> <body> <center> <% Dim CurrentDate As String CurrentDate = Today %> The current date is <%=CurrentDate %>.<br> </center> </body> </ht...more >>

I need to set the client size width of a user control and leave room for a vertical scroll bar, but I don't know how wide it is. Seems I remember once checking system info for the width but don't remember what I did. More importantly, is there a newer way to determine the width? Thanks ...more >>

How can I display the result of a division operation in 2 dicimal digits only? e.g. Dim MyValue As Double = 10 / 3 ' Returns 3.333333, I'd like to get 3.33 Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I'm developing a stand alone program using VB accessing Ms Access database. I use NJStar to key in Chinese characters into the system. But I found that certain characters are not able to write into the db as it hits "Syntax error in string query expression - "¯QÀs°|" when I use sql statement - i...more >>

Hi, Is possible to read from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE whithout beeing loged in as administrator or power user? Have tried using the following code, but if loged in as User there is a security matter. Dim regKey As RegistryKey = Registry.LocalMachine Dim strCheckTime As String regKey = regKey.Crea...more >>

Hi, anyone could help me with finding info on how to create Word documents on the fly with ASP.NET ? I need, from an existing template, to generate a new file with data filled in the word document. Thanks Johann ...more >>

hi How do I manage to create a deployment package for a VB NET service I just created. I used to use the Deployment and Package Wizard in VB6.0 generation but I can't find it anymore. Somebody help... Thank you very much. Sincerely cimode...more >>

Hello, i am writting an programm which should connect to an exchange server and get calendar entries. i have tried it with ADODB, but there was a problem: sometimes it works, sometimes not. can somebody help me? thanks chris...more >>

Hi, I'm making an application in VB.NET for the compact framework. I'm using threads. I want to use the "isAlive" property but this isn't available in the compact framework. What can I do? Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services -------------------------------------------...more >>

Quick qustion on Combo Boxes. I am trying to populate a combobox with information from an Oracle table. Using a dataset I can get the data to import to the combobox ok. However, if I run a select statement to pull in information for other tables (Selecting all information from the table where a mode...more >>

Is there anyway to reduce the amount of memory a VB.net program allocates? Just a simple windows form, with one button and a label, and all the button does is change the text in the label (it's even hardcoded) and the EXE is using 15000+k of memory according to the task manager... I mean...more >>

I have a multipage TIF loaded into a picturebox, I want to view the other pages in the file, can anyone point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance ...more >>