Hello, I read an article about how the Xp Pro SP2 could have the potential to affect applications. In the article it mentioned about getting the beta version of SP2 to test against. Where can I get this? Jake ...more >>

Hi I created an Activex .dll in vb6.0. Can I use it in my vb.net program. How can I call that .dll in my .net prog? Wher can I find info on this Thanks ...more >>

I have been wondering recently how I would go about creating a control that when selected from the toolbox for use in an application either autoran a wizard for providing it with properties or provided for the selection of an option from the properties window that would run a wizard. I suppose wh...more >>

Thank you so much for all the assistance I've been getting here in advance. Especially to the MVP's and the people that take their valuable time in answering questions for newbies like me. :) I was wondering if there is a way to select the field order from your tables, in the datasets? Also, i...more >>

I'm working on a VB application that must run 24x7 for a LONG time, think 60 days of so. As part of what it does it must automate an instance of IE and navigate to many different URLs, think many thousands. Issue 1: Most of the time, these navigations succeed. All is well. But, based on ea...more >>

Hi All, Coming from VB6, there was a bit of a difference in the way you display a form, I Thought I'd nailed instanciating a form, but I'm quite stuck with something that doesn't make sense. my main form has an event handler that instanciates a small popup form each time it fires, the cod...more >>

is there an ADO.Net newsgroup tia meh ...more >>

I'm currently working on my first complex VB.Net / Winforms application where I'm not using CR to print my Invoices, but have written using PrintDoc My problem is that on my dev machine, everything works fine. When I deploy it on the production server, the graphic and lines print fine. But no text...more >>

in vbscript there was a command called "execute" which would process a dynamic string, vb.net dropped that feature ... does anybody have a working solution for sale or free that will execute a string in vb.net ...more >>

Hello, I have successfully created a windows service. I would now like the windows service to call another program and start it when the service starts. I have been unable to do this. For the windows service OnStart sub I have the following code: Protected Overrides Sub OnStart(ByVa...more >>

The example for updating an non-strong typed dataset in the resource kit shows: dsNorthwind.Tables("ProductsDS").Rows(lstResults.SelectedIndex)("ProductName ") = ProductName & " - Updated" My code is something like this: for each srcrow in myds.table(0) .. do some stuff .. myds....more >>

Hi All, I am upgrading my app (working well with VB6) to VB.NET. It sends MIDI messages using the API multimedia winmm.dll . These functions are declared: Public Declare Function timeSetEvent Lib "winmm.dll" (ByVal uDelay As Integer, _ ByVal uResolution As Integer, ByVal lpFunction As ...more >>

Hi, I'm running a small network and need to get the external IP address of my router so that I can update my DNS forwarding service should my IP change (it's a dynamic one)... I can get the IP addresses of all the machines in the network, and can get the internal IP address of the default gate...more >>

I have code (below) that was working a year ago that I'm trying to use again and it's now not working. The response is always invalid. Anyone know why? Code: Function GetPayPal() As Boolean Dim myRequest As HttpWebRequest = CType(HttpWebRequest.Create("https://www.paypal.com/c...more >>

Help! I am new to Visual Basic .Net (version 2002) and I am trying to get a System.Timers.Timer to work for me to display a splash screen for about two seconds and then load the main form. I have two forms (frmSplash and frmMain) and a code Module setup as my startup object. Here is the code...more >>

Can projects developed with VB.NET run on Windows ME and/or 98 Is it best to stick with VB 6.0 for these OS' thanks...more >>

Is there a way to get a components parent form from within the component? Thanks - JackRazz ...more >>

Im having a problem with the <Browsable(True), DefaultValue(Paths.CommonAppDataPath)> attribute in the Path property below. The browser doesn't set the default value correctly when the component is dropped on a form. When I change the property in the VS IDE property window, it remembers the c...more >>

I've a very simple question:- if I run any method in the Mybase class, what exactly it will run against? e.g. Let's say i have in my project a form (form1) when i add such lines of code: mybase.hide mybase.height = 100 it runs against form1 (form1 is hided, form1 height changes) but isn't...more >>

Multi-languages GUI Does VB.net support any library for Mutli-languate GUI I am the first time to design multi-language GUI I needs to creat lots of form for different language Can you give some suggestions in order to decrease creating so many forms I met another problem. When my form1 swi...more >>