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MySQL, BDE and VB.Net 2003/ADO.NET Question
Posted by DellaCroce at 2/21/2004 11:55:22 PM
Maybe I missed it, but is there an ADO.NET for MySQL and BDE somewhere? -- Greg ...more >>


group of imports statements
Posted by John A Grandy at 2/21/2004 11:42:45 PM
what are the various alternatives to including a group of imports statements in every module ? imports <namespace1.class1> imports <namespace2.class1> imports <namespace2.class2> etc. ...more >>

XP Theme Colours
Posted by Merlin at 2/21/2004 10:16:17 PM
Hi, Can anyone guide me on how I might find what colours an XP computer is using for it's theme? I wish to change border colours of boxes to match those of standard control borders that usually appear blue if using the standard theme. Thanks, Merlin ...more >>

Draggable controls possible at run-time?
Posted by Sam Marrocco at 2/21/2004 8:59:01 PM
Is is possible to make vb.net controls such as a checkbox or button draggable while an app is running, thereby allowing the user to "re-design" the layout of buttons on a form? -- ================================================================== Sam J. Marrocco Sr. Visual Effects Artist/R&...more >>

Docking / Auto Hide Toolbars
Posted by Brian Mitchell at 2/21/2004 8:13:34 PM
Is there any way to make a docking and auto hide toolbar in Visual Basic.NET? Thanks! ...more >>

Updating Textbox Text
Posted by Tim at 2/21/2004 7:56:07 PM
Hi A while ago I got some help in writing a mock console. The idea was to write a VB app that contained a textbox, then run a process from within the app and redirect the stdout to the textbox. My problem was that textboxes have maximum length limits, so I had to write a function to erase some o...more >>

Long String
Posted by Kenny at 2/21/2004 7:56:04 PM
Hi I'm sending a long string to a web service like this field1,field2,field3,field4,field5,field6,field7+field1,field2,field3,field4,field5,field6,field7.. On the web service I need to read and to parse it in order to fill a DataSet and to update the DB,so do I have to use the String class' me...more >>

Showdialog from 1.0 to 1.1 framework - form.text = "" and controlbox = false
Posted by Dan M at 2/21/2004 6:31:03 PM
Hi, Upgraded a 1.0 project to 1.1. Had a form that I opened with ShowDialog. ControlBox set to false at designtime and I set caption in the form load (me.text="my title"). This worked fine in 1.0. However in 1.1 if I set the me.text = "" (an empty string), the form would immediately close...more >>



After days and hours, could not achieve to do this ...
Posted by Patrick Penet at 2/21/2004 5:03:42 PM
Hello MVPs and other Gurus, I (urgently) need to fill a TreeView in a Windows form with the data of a text file structured as under : - begin Root\ Root\Node1\ Root\Node1\SubNode11\ Root\Node1\SubNode11\SubNode111\ Root\Node1\SubNode11\SubNode112\ Root\Node1\SubNode12\ Root\Node1\SubNo...more >>

newbie
Posted by Damien at 2/21/2004 4:25:13 PM
hey guys, I am after some websights where i can view code so that i can just copy it in..I am a complete newbie to vb.net so this would help immensly .. Thanks ...more >>

Scanning Documents from VB.Net 2003
Posted by R Kalal at 2/21/2004 1:27:05 PM
Hi- I am working on a very simple document management system. I would like to allow the user to control a scanner from inside the application(specifically, scan a document and save it in .pdf format, and with the database maintaining the name of the newly created file). I have not worked sc...more >>

Open Application Files
Posted by Brad at 2/21/2004 11:16:09 AM
I have no clue where to start on this one: Is it possible to have a vb.net application open files in thier native applications (just like double clicking on them). I have a list of files and I want the user to be able to open them just by double clicking on the list Thank Brad...more >>

Copy a folder/Directory
Posted by Brad at 2/21/2004 11:16:07 AM
I have been working on a class that moves files around and have come to a need to move an entire directory at one time. I thought that this would be really simple (some kind of CopyDirectory command) but no such luck. How can you move a Folder/Directory in vb.net Thank Brad...more >>

Clarification in COM
Posted by Carify Me at 2/21/2004 11:14:07 AM
Hi I am new for developing component. Please advise me for the following problem. I have created the component (DLL) for opening dbconnection Using Oracle, using the below statement to use the connection in my application. --------------------------Standard EXE-------------------- Priv...more >>

GetResponseStream
Posted by masoodadnan NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 2/21/2004 10:28:40 AM
Hello, I have two questions: 1. How can I download a webpage only if the content type is "text" without actually downloading and checking it? 2. When I download the page (using the code that I have posted here), it changes the content of the page. Like if the page has abcd%40efg it ma...more >>

Please Help! Arraylist of structures
Posted by RBCC at 2/21/2004 9:54:15 AM
I have a form with a 2 textboxes and a listbox, The data is read in by a file called "memberphones" The listnbox lists names in this way (lastname,first name) sorted by the last name. the textboxes have the "lastname,first name" and the phone in the other one. Now I am stumpped about how t...more >>

Calling unmanaged dll from VB.NET
Posted by Leftie at 2/21/2004 8:40:01 AM
Folks, I'm trying to call an unmanaged function from VB.NET and keep getting "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error. The code that i wrote can be found at: http://www.nomorepasting.com/paste.php?pasteID=5973 The dll (if some kind soul has the time to compile and r...more >>

re: homework help - THANK YOU! I couldn't get this to just reply so sorry for new post
Posted by Amy at 2/21/2004 2:24:43 AM
THANK YOU, OH THANK YOU You awesome Mathematician! I will try this right now. I kept trying to DIVIDE by 100 or use the mod function to get the remainder. You are a life saver! ...more >>

How to Convert UCOMIStream to String (or OT: Where is the Microsoft Newsgroup Archive?)
Posted by Charles Law at 2/21/2004 1:58:37 AM
Can anyone tell me how I can get access to old messages from last year for this newsgroup? I am looking for a thread about UCOMIStream from a few months ago. I don't have it locally and the earliest I can download directly is for 23 December 2003. Alternatively, can anyone help with converting...more >>

How convert path > 8.3
Posted by Damien de Wispelaere at 2/21/2004 1:40:17 AM
Hello Dim myDocumentsPath As String = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal) if i want this name in 8.3 format ? (dir /X) thanks ...more >>

Newbie needs help with homework how can I return change in numbers or dollars, quarters etc?
Posted by Amy at 2/21/2004 1:37:16 AM
Newbie needs help with homework how can I return change in numbers or dollars, quarters etc? This question is so simple I am embarrassed to put it here but I have only been coding for 1 month and am totally stumped!! My homework requires me to make a program that calculates change returned an...more >>


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