I am developing an MDI database access app that will be used by people with varying access rights. Is it possible to make menu items show or be hidden based upon the authority of the user? BTW...the user's access level is stored in the db and stored as a public variable upon successful authent...more >>

Iam very new to .net, in vb6 there was the flexigrid component, you could add rows, columns .. change their width, height, header captions etc very easily... but in .net all I see is one DataGrid. I want to add columns and rows to it, change their header captions etc but it does not give me any o...more >>

Are there any methods that indicate whether a string can be used as a full path for a file? For example, what I'm looking for is a method that would test for things like correct file name format, invalid characters, total number of characters (to make sure the path is not too long), existing local ...more >>

Can anyone tell me what the purpose is to adding items such as a VBScript file or HTML document to your VB.NET project? Once you have these things added, how to you access them and use them in your code?...more >>

Thanks alot Charles m8, your suggestion was very useful, Iam very new to vb.net ... I used application.run and it works fine but I do not know what "Application.Run" means.. what it does.. But Thankyou for your help...more >>

Greetings, I have a problem. I have a client that has an database full of email address. He wants me to make it so when he types an email in the TO box that it check the database instead of Outlook Address book. I know this can be done by either customizing the form or making an Add-in. I am a...more >>

Hi, I pass datasets back and forth between client app and web services (hosted on iis 5). When written to xml file these datasets can be 500kb+. From a bandwitdth meter it seems this amount it tripled to about 1500kb for total traffic to send or receive these datasets thru the webservice. ...more >>

I'm a real newbie so I apologize for the easy question. I have academic version of vb.net 2003. I am trying to write a multiline textbox with data from a text file. Properties for the textbox are multiline = true, scrollbars = both, wordwrap = false. I actually have two textboxes side by sied...more >>

For a Windows Form or a Console application that utilises class libraries, does the search order include the local directory? ...more >>

who can I get the value of a selected "field" of a listview? what I need to know is which index is selected and for exemple LVtasks.items(SELECTEDiNDEX).text is that? tks ...more >>

I have a vb.net app that is controling excel 2000 thru the com interop interface. I have referenced the excel 9.0 library and have cut down the code in the problem subroutine to this: Dim objExcelApp As New Excel.Application objExcelApp.Quit() objExcelApp = Nothing ...more >>

Trying to learn VB .NET is proving to be an extremely slow & tedious adventure. For example... VB .NET won't let me add my own SUBS or FUNCTIONS to Form1.vb. So I created a module and put my SUBS in there. I can call the SUBS from the Form1.vb, but I can't reference the controls in Form1.vb...more >>

This is my problem :- - I have set a form frmSplash as the startup form instead of sub Main. - This means I dont create an instance of it myself at startup.. its automatically created. - I have a timer on frmSplash set to 3000 ms interval - and here is its tick event : Private Sub tmrStartup...more >>

Is is possible to write to a CD-RW drive directly from Visual Basic code...(eg. Access 2002 form modual) DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputTable, "tblTest", acFormatXLS, "E:\Test.xls", False this will write data to any drive but a CD drive.......more >>

Have someone an example for a Telnet application in vb.net?? ...more >>

Hi I'm new to .net. I would like to develop a web application where I can drag a 'Customer Name" from a tree list and drop it on a "Update Customer Address Button" . Are there any simple VB examples that show Drag-and-Drop for a beginner. ...more >>

Hi! I would like to develop a kind of an telephone answering machine for my computer... This means that I need to figure out how to... Detect a phone ringing. Answer the call. Play wave to phone line. Record Wave from phone line. (Hopefully to stream) Hang up. But the problem is that I ...more >>

I'm a newbie to the whole .NET Framework. I need to create a Web Interface to search Active Directory and pull out all the Users and Contacts of a domain. What would be the best langauge to do this in? I was able to do this with VB6 as a windows application but I want to be able to do it through a W...more >>

Hi, Is it possibel to include installation of dotnetfx and mdac in a setup project ? Tnx Totto ...more >>

I have tried all the solutions I have found on the web, including the syncfusion solutions I can get the combobox on the grid ok, but it does not behave like a regular combobox Example On a form, you can tab to a combobox, F4 to dropdown, up/down arrow to scroll, and Enter to select choice On a ...more >>

Hi I'm new to VS.Net Crystal Report. I'm using data sets as the source for crystal report. I've a dataset which has 2 data tables. The first table's schema is like this Ptid String Prid String Chid String PtName String Count int The columnc Ptid, Prid and Chid are the primary key co...more >>

I cannot believe that vb.dotnet doesn't have a better way to create data entry webforms and winforms other than just drag and drop and cut and paste. Why is there not a good formwizard , not the junk that is been given to us, or like visual Interdev 6.0 a an easy way to establish all the text box...more >>

Is there a way to determine when a user has stopped moving a form? I know the move event tells when the form is being moved but how do I know when the form has stopped moving?...more >>

So I don't offend anyone: Are we allowed to post new .net product press releases here? Thank you, Joe...more >>

Hi folks, I'm from the Java world, and I want to play a little bit with VB .NET. I have a simple question: In Java it is kind of common to have a static main method which does nothing else then creating an object of the class it belongs to and then to fall asleep. All real work will be done...more >>

Ok, I'm stumped. I'm working with the axWebBrowser control and all of the samples talk about adding a reference to the MSHTML library. I have the ..dll in my \windows\system32 directory, but when I'm trying to add the reference to my VB.Net application I keep getting a "namespace or type 'msht...more >>

Lets say you have a class named myclass and in this class you have a sub named mysub. How would you access this sub from within a module outside of this class named mymodule with these access types. public protected friend protected friend private static shared shadows readOnly Or el...more >>

Dear All I have the source code for a component that I purchased and although the source code files are for VB.NET, there is no .SLN or .VBPROJ file included. I have seen this before with another component's source code files that I downloaded which was free. Is there a way to work with the...more >>

I am new to .Net and I have been working with ListViews with some success. But now every ListView I add is acting wierd. The items show up from left to right, across the box instead of each one on a different line. Does anyone have any idea what is happening? Thanks for any help. Michael...more >>

..NET doesn't do a very good job, and things like App and stuff don't get converted properly... disappointing... are there other good conversion tools for that or am I stuck? Thanx, Jules ...more >>