I have a list box bound to a data set, of course the datasource,datamember, and valuemember are set, i tell it selecteditem = -1 to make nothing selected, select mode is set to only one item at a time. When the list fills the first item in the listbox has a background rectangle drawn but no focus...more >>

Is it possible to determine if an object has a certain method or property available? For example, say I have a function with one parameter of type Object. At the end of the function I want to properly clean up the object passed to me, but I want to know, first, if the object that was passed t...more >>

I've seen someone on here talking about this in the past about doing this... but how can you load teh contents of a form into a panel? ...more >>

This should be painfully simple but I have spent two days on it and I can't figure it out. I am NEW to vb.net, so please forgive my ignorance I have a label that I assign an image to through an imagelist index Label1.Image() = ImageList1.Images(3 This works fine and as expected. In the Mous...more >>

Sorry for the very newbie question. I have quite a bunch of projects in a developer workstation with VB6. I also have another comp with vs.net installed... but now i need to install vs.net in the same comp of VB6... It's possible?. There is any problem doing it? Tnx in advance Tobl3 ...more >>

Anyone knows how to use Strong Typed DataSet to find row. After added Order Details table, here's how I did SQLConn.Open() Order_Details.Fill(NorthWind, "Order Details") SQLConn.Close() 'the next line return nothing Dim dt As NorthWind.Order_DetailsDataTable = New NorthWind.Order_...more >>

HI, I wanted to develop an applicatioin which has to show current currency rates to to our clients (i.e. 10 currencies and 3 or 4 changes in our data in one second) and client may buy or sell his lots. Please let me know if TCP/IP is right protocol to use or should I use something else. and p...more >>

Ok, the 'SecondDate' comes from sql server, but I wanted to make it visible here...but no matter what day I get in SecondDate, it comes up one day off every time...the hours minutes and seconds are right: Dim SecondDate As Date = "2/28/04 10:50:00 PM" Dim FirstDate As Date Fir...more >>

Dim iNr(selectedItems.Count - 1) As System.Int32 Dim i As System.Int16 = -1 For Each Item In selectedItems i += CShort(1) iNr(i) = CInt(Item.Text) Next or is there a better one I dont like the i counter at all //Kenneth ...more >>

I would like to load a TreeView control with a DataSet. The DataSet contains 7 tables with numerous subItems. How would I go about doing this? ...more >>

Hi, If the OS DPI set to 120(normal 96), the Form font will become bigger and overstep the Form bound, how to avoid the problem? Thanks ...more >>

I built a custom control. It has one custom property that I created exposed. What I want to do though is to have the property show as a dropdown with only a limited number of choices for settings. An example would be the dropdown style of a combo box. The designer can only select one of thr...more >>

Hello, I need a some help. I am not a java programmer. I mostly do VB and C#. Here is my problem I have sever side text boxes and when a user tabs off or presses enter I need to have the textbox do a format to change the about from like 121.23 to $121.23 and have it move to the next fie...more >>

I am using an external object called WebZinc to help parse web pages in VB.net. I am trying to use a particular method following the example in the help reference but am unable to get VB.net to recognize it. The code example is: Dim containsWordA As Boolean = New TextProcessor("my string conta...more >>

Hi, This Is Nirupam Gupta I want to Give some commands to my USB device Through VB 6.0. So Please can You Tell me that which API calls are used for accessing USB device and Which windows DLL file is used alsong with that. Like In HID class devices which API calls are there ...more >>

Hi, (Running XP Pro, IIS 5.1, version 1 of VS Studio and Framework 1.0) With the simplest of datagrid generated web control, doing a CTRL+F5 results in no errors, and when IE comes up, the control is not visible. When looking in IE's VIEW->SOURCE, the original source code is there...the asp...more >>

I have a .net solution that is a class library. I have a form in it called frmAbout I have a public sub, or I assume what will be a method to show the form. but when I type the frmabout name and then a . there is no show method listed. Thanks in Advance, Laurence Nuttall Programmer An...more >>

Hello Does anyone know the best way in vb.net to move a text file from a Pocket PC device onto an FTP server (over an Internet connection) I don't see any FTP tools in the .net compact framework (or the normal framework for that matter) Any ideas would be much appreciated Thank you Mark...more >>

When I build a setup project, the dependency in the setup project is tied to the version in which it was built. Is there a way to build a setup project that can be used in both versions of the Framework? There is provision to build the app's .exe so that the .exe can be used in either version...more >>

When an MDI child window is minimised its height attribute returns 24 (on my system), but when it is restored it goes back to its former height (and width). How can I get the restore height and width while the window is minimised? I want to save the state of my application windows, including t...more >>

I'm working on a plug-in for an application called DesktopSideBar for Windows. It emulates to some degree the Longhorn sidebar. The SDK for DesktopSideBar supports .NET plug-in development through COM Interop and a provided reference DLL. In the SDK are two included samples... One, called Recycl...more >>

I know that System.DateTime.Now doesn't have the seconds and looks like this: ("2/19/04 05:39 PM") Can I get the seconds also, so that it looks like this?: ("2/19/04 05:39:19 PM") With seconds added---^^ Thanks, Trint .Net programmer trintsmith@hotmail.com *** Sent via Deve...more >>

Hi, Good Day! I need to display a msgbox asking user whether to delete a record or not using javascript. It works fine. Later on user request to add in more info in that msgbox, displaying records info like employee no, employee name, i.e. i need this msgbox to be display during runtime & ...more >>

Hi all, I need some help here. I have an ActiveX object that requires me to pass in an array that is 1-based (as opposed to the normal 0-based index). Unfortunately the author of the ActiveX defines a 1-based array (to be passed to it) ByRef. So as far as I can tell I need to pass it a 1-base...more >>

Hello Ran into a bit of a problem here and have now exhausted my resources to getting this working What I am trying to do is load and show a simple vb form with a listbox in it Dim frm_nc_code As New frm_nc_sen frm_nc_code.Show( Well what I want to have happen is it loads the ...more >>

Hi, I don't know whether this is the correct place to ask this question..anyway here goes... I have a large solution with about 300 .vb files split into 9 projects VB.net Framework 1.1 WinXP Pro Whilst editing, as soon as I try and enter a statement like Private strName as string Then...more >>

How do companies make the GUI intefaces look like web pages? Some examples are InstallShield Developer 8 and the Microsoft Base Security Analyser. Thanks -- Andreas Kyriacou Senior Technical Consultant GoldMine® Certified Professional GoldSync® Certified Professional Technology Plat...more >>

Hi I'm writing a VB.NET Windows application. I want to place a Link Label control on the right of the titlebar(left to the minimize box). How can I do that ??? Thanx ...more >>

Is there a way to keep a list box from automaticly selecting the first value when its data bound? im doing something like this Dim dsCategories As New DataSet Dim daSQLCategories As New SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter("SP_GetAccountsCategories", database.dbConnectionData) daSQLCategories.Select...more >>

I just finished chapter 19 on threading in Wrox's 'Professional VB .NET". The chapter describes two basic things: 1.. Creating/maintaining your own threads 2.. Creating 'worker' objects and letting Windows decide when to allocate threads to them from Windows' thread pool I think the overall...more >>

Hi, i know how to start a dot net exe with the executeassembly, but after an assembly is started i would like to call a function in this assembly to do something. What is the best way to accomplish this? thanks, willie. ...more >>

Hi, Is ther a simple way to calculate number of hours in a date range. (dtFrom as date , dtTo as date) Had a look at timespan, but can's see that it's possible to add dates. Tnx Totto ...more >>

In my application I use a sort od LiveUpdate to download updates from internet. To do that, a .xml file hosted on an internet area contains all the relevant information (like version, dimension, name of the file to download etc.). To estabilish if the file .xml exists, the following function is ...more >>

Hi, please take a look at the following code. (I've ommitted the Windows generated code) -------------------------------- Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Dim points() As Point = {} Dim pen As New Pen(Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, ...more >>

Hi, Good Day! I have such a statement written in vb myDeleteButton.Attributes.Add("onclick", "return confirm('Are you sure to delete client: " + mClientNo + "');") I need to display the mClientNo below the statement "Are you sure....", what keyword shd i put. Can someone help? Thanks in...more >>

Hi Can somebody help me to print a specific worksheet of an Excel file thru Visual Basic Thank Davy...more >>

In a VB.NET 2003 Smart Device Application, neither the "CE Grid Control 3.0" nor the "FlexGrid" controls are available. (Enabling them in "Add/Remove Toolbox Items" makes them appear on the toolbox, but they are grayed out.) It there a replacement I'm overlooking? (The DataGrid won't work for m...more >>

Hi, I have a user control in one project that I would like to use in another. I've tried; 'copy' but can't 'paste'; 'save as .vb' but then when I open it in the other project the code's there but the 'design' for it isn't. Any help appreciated, thanks. Paul ...more >>

Hi, I am working on a source code written earlier in VB.net.While loading some forms(already created with some controls on it), I am getting the following error: ************************************** An error occurred while loading the document. Fix the error, and then try loading the documen...more >>

Hi I want to find information about how to do hardware monitor in vb.net Thanks for your help...more >>

Hi big problem here. I am automating MS Word. I created a global instance at program startup to avoid having the end user have to wait a extremely long time to get thier report. The first time a report is generated everyting runs fine. The second time an attempt is made to write a report I g...more >>

In 2003 VB.Net, is it possible to change displaying Help by pressing F2 instead of F1? ...more >>

Hello, I have a form with a listbox that displays a list of records from a SQL table. When one of these is selected, another listbox is populated with data from a SQL table that is linked to the 1st table. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but when you first click on a value in listbox1, it shows...more >>

I want a class to fire a method in another class, and once it fires it, to not care about what happens (i.e., if there are errors, return values, etc). I want this to happen asynchronously. I read this post: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&th=812beb6be4fd2339&rnu...more >>

Hi, I want to run some vbscripts from a VB.NET application. Anybody knows how to do this? Thanks, Pieter ...more >>

Hi! I have this problem... In Visual Basic I am work with ADODB and the next code work perfectly... Dim cmd as New ADODB.Command cmd.Properties(15).Value = 2 .... But in .NET.. OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(); cmd.Parameters.add("15",2); .... this code throws an error: "An u...more >>

I can run in the IDE but if I try to build a Release version I get errors. I think the root error is: Satellite assemblies could not be built because the main project output is missing. I've repeatedly looked through project properties and can not find anything that looks suspicious. ...more >>

How can I seach all of the fields of every table in a databae for a particular value. When it is found, I want to be able to display the table name and the field name, then continue to search....more >>

Can anybody tell me what's the problem with this code? Class CRate public mRate as double public mValue as double end class Class CBox public bNo as long public bRate as CRate() End Class ====================== Private Sub Test() Dim J as long Dim BoxRead as CBox = New CBox...more >>

Hi, How do I change a positiv integer to a negative value ? tnx Totto ...more >>

In QueryPageSettings I tell the user to do things like reinsert a sheet to print on the other side. I also let him optionally cancel printing that page. Or the rest of the pages. Probably add a button that cancels previous pages not yet sent to the printer (when I figure how to do it) ...more >>

Hello, I am having a problem with ADODB connection class. This was all working fine until I restarted the pc with last known good configuration, which seems to have screwed things up In the code below the conn.open command fails with a cannot find stored procedure error. and system.runtime...more >>

Hi I am looking for code to convert a given currency amount (i.e. 321654.85) to the equivalent words (i.e. three hundred and twenty one thousand, six hundred and fifty four pounsd and eighty five pence). I have trawled the web and have found a few but haven't found anything which fits my need...more >>

Hi I want to run my app only one instance, i.e. only one session is allowed to display Thank ...more >>

Hello, I would like to know if anyone as found a way to list a image next to a list box to indicate what type of drive (local or network) and a folder I would like to present in a user interface like the OpenFileDialog that has a pulldown(at the top of the dialog) to allow a user to naviga...more >>