I work for a large company that has a corporate intranet. We have traveling users that need to print to the laser printer in whatever building they are in on a particular day. Is there a way to programatically find local print shares and then direct all printing to that share? There are some c...more >>

how can I make one subroutine to handle events from different objects? For instance I have six panels that do the same thing when something is dragged into them, I'd like to have one subroutine to do this rather than have six. Private Sub Panel0_DragEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e A...more >>

Can somebody help me to convert this code to VB.NET? namespace New.Controls { public class ExComboBox : System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox { public new event KeyPressEventHandler KeyPress; public ExComboBox() { // hookup events this.KeyPress += new KeyPressEventHandler(this.OnKey...more >>

Hi there. I hope somebody can help me out here as I don't feel I get this done without spending weeks on debugging. I have a bunch of functions that have been written in AnsiC and that I like to call from a VB.Net App. I already managed to get a Windows C-Dll but don't know how to correctly ca...more >>

I have seen a few tutorials on this and have looked at some sample code but what i am trying to do is to figure out how to create a column that contains objects for instance combobox,timepickers ect like i said i have seen tutorials on this but cant figure out what method actually inserts the ...more >>

Hello, I am using regex to parse a SQL statement. So far so good. However, I want to be able to use "*" on this one because the Where clause might not exist at all yet I still want to consider that a match (i.e., * means 0,1, or more). Here is what I have now. I don't get a match if there isn't a...more >>

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I am creating an Console App that creates an excel file. I am using Office XP PIA. Now I want to deploy this to a server that does not have office installed. Can I just install the download Office XP PIA on the server and get this to work or do I have to install full blown Office on it. Right...more >>

I simply want to read a webpage and save it to a variable using the dotnet framework. I am a competent vb.net programmer, just this simple task is beyond me!!! Any suggestions as to which class library to use would be gratefully received. Regards Steve ...more >>

I have already got some help from ken on this what i want to do is to maek a property have a drop down list for instance if i have an object customcombo i could get customcombo. formatstyle. here is a list ken told me to use the enum to create the list that would go there and this worked ...more >>

Hello I have a small VB APP, that runs on on the end users PC, ever n seconds it connects to a webserver and runs a webpage and stores a local file. My problem is that it takes way to much resources, when the program is active the PC becomes almost unusable so I am sure I have missed somethi...more >>

I want to upgrade an access database to oracle. It can surely be done manually, but is there any tool available or any efficient method. Thanks viresh. ...more >>

How to play an wave file in VB.NET. Thanks in advence. ...more >>

I at all. I have written a simple application where I can drag and drop controls (standard and custom) from toolbox in a form, move object and set property as backcolor, forecolore etc... When i drag the control from the toolbox to the destination form, I create the new object with reflection (...more >>

How can I format a numeric string into a double? -- Programming ASP.NET with VB.NET Thank's (if you try to help me) Hope this help you (if I try to help you) ruca ...more >>

Hi, How can I set the background color of a Read-Only Textbox ? When I set to read only property on, it comes with a gray color. I would like to change this color. Any Idea ? Stan ...more >>

Hi all, I have a Dataset component on my windows form. I have also added some table into that dataset manually. But i have not added any columns in those tables. I want to fill these tables with respective coulmns from SQL Server tables with the same name. I want to avoid the usage of "sel...more >>

Hello, There is a panel with a lot of usercontrols in it. It needs to be updated from time to time. So I remove all the items from the panels and add the new usercontrols. Everytime I do this the screen is flickering, not nice to see. How can I freeze the screen, then do these stuff, and then...more >>

Hello, how can i declare writeconsole function in VB.NET? There are a lot of answers in web but all for VB6 with "Any" data type which is not supported in VB.NET more. I need to write to x,y position in console window. Help me, please. Paul Tuka ...more >>

Can I get the Back and Forward events in Borwser? -- Programming ASP.NET with VB.NET Thank's (if you try to help me) Hope this help you (if I try to help you) ruca ...more >>

Hello I coded a dotnet class library in c# : let's name it ClassLib in this library, i have some enum types and methods using them public enum SomeEnum : uint { item1, item2, item3, item4 } in VB.NET when i try to use my class library i cannot invoke someMethod.doStu...more >>

You can't break on a watch??? What the heck? ...more >>

How do i resize a image to 150x150? Does .Net have support for resizing images, and does it work with any types of images? (*.jpg, *.gif and *.bmp support needed most, *.eps maybe) *Jarod_24 gives Herfried a big hug in advance* ...more >>

1- How do you make a splash screen in a winforms app in vb.net, screen shows up immediately at start and dissapears automatically after first form finishes loading. 2- How do you retrieve the current application version from the assemblyinfo to sho it in a label on a splash screen. In vb 6 ...more >>

I am in real need to reduce memory consumption within one of my .net apps, which is pretty large.... Any proven methods or ideas as to how to accomplish this... Speeding garbage collection? disposing.... I am at a loss... My code is clean with explicit object destruction after use and all but th...more >>

Hi there, I have a combobox that I am loading up with some data and an edit button. The edit button that fires takes the selected index item inside the combo box and passes it on. I want to deploy a doubleclick event on the combobox to do the same thing the edit button does. Anyone know how ...more >>

I got a Log-Class that writes to a file named "Event.Log" But i need a way to determine when the file is larger than 1 Mb. When the file is => than 1 Mb, i'll rename it to "Event.old" and create a new file called "Event.log". I tried with the following but it didn't work: Dim oFile As IO....more >>

i received errors: "Bitmaps that are Icons can not be made transparent. Icons natively support transparency. Use the Icon constructor to create an Icon." ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how to access this property to get to current Node detail? It keep giving me the previous node clicked..Is there another property or object that would give you the current Node? ..This code works ok if i click on the selected item twice.. Thanks, Hark. Private Sub t...more >>

The How-Tos for the Visual Studio Installer at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsinstal/html/vehowaddingdeletingregistrykeys.asp describe how I can add a Registry key with my installation exe. Is something different in VS.Net? These two steps dont seem to appl...more >>

I want to open an access report through VB.NET. How can this be done? Thans in advance. Viresh. ...more >>

Hello, I am retrieving all tasks from Outlook which categories are "home". But when I run this code and do some changes directly in Outlook like update progress or change due date,etc., and refresh the Html page, I don't see those changes in my Html page. I only see them if I rebuild the all pro...more >>

Hello, I want to read a file that has several thousands lines, line by line and load every line in a string. The problem is that the file is created on a Unix machine which doesn't and the line with a carriage return (hexadecimal 0x000d) or a line feed (hexadecimal 0x000a). If I open the file ...more >>

either in font or text color etc. Thanks. Hugh...more >>

Hi all, I've been doing VB for about 4 years (VB6 and VB.NET). How difficult is it make a transition or to learn C# if I've been using .NET for 2 years? TIA -Rich ...more >>

I have a fairly large dataset that has to be uploaded in to the SQL server table. I use data adapters command update, and that seems to work pretty well ( all records make in to the table and nothing gets left out). However, this mechanism is pretty slow when it come to 80,000 rows(the largest i ...more >>

Hi I have a bound datagrid to a dataset. I want to update the underlaying sql table when the user finishes editing the value. I want to build a custom update sql statement using the headerText and the Item values of the currentcell. I've check the DataGrid1_CurrentCellChange but it doesn...more >>

Hello, I am looking at trying to get the xp sp2 beta version to test our application with. Someone suggested applying to the beta site which I have but haven't received any information back (this was about 2 weeks ago). Where can I get the beta version to test with? Thanks in advance. J...more >>

I have made a user control but do not know how to add it to my projects so that i can reuse it on any project. How is this done? WStoreyII ...more >>

I am developing a control that inherits the system.windows.forms.checkbox I want to supress user interaction such as the Click event and the Keypress event when my control's custom property "ReadOnly" is true. I expected to be able to override the OnClick and OnKeypress methods, only calli...more >>

Please help!!! I have a TreeView something like this: Numbers ---Range 1 -------1 -------2 -------3 ---Range 2 -------1 -------2 -------3 How can I select the node that reads "1" at range 2 from my VB .NET code? i find this sample and use it but there is a big problem it find...more >>

Hi I used asynchronous process with a delegate in vb.net. Sometime the callback couldn't terminate successfully, except when a msgbox was used to interrupt it. Anybody has an ideal Thank ...more >>

is there any way to select a node i want to selec 1, 1,1, 1,1,2 i want to select this with programaticall 2, 2,1, 2,1, 2,1, ...more >>

Experienced posters, Got a design type of question for you (using vb.net). Thinking of a way to implement a group of process client apps, Each of these executables, will run on different node on a LAN, and a couple across the internet. I would like them to start up and connect to a "server" ...more >>