when the grid has a relation ship and you click on the plus sign there is a link label to the child table how can i find this like so that i can make a reference to it like public withevents mylinklable = gridlinklabel ?????? Thanks Again WStoreyII ...more >>

There is a button in form A , as the users click it, Form B will show. however, how can i pass the parameter to form B . the parameters got (tablesname,search condition). As form B receive these condition. the listbox in form B will show the result. How can I do this ?? Thanks in advance Fr...more >>

Hello, I have been working executeing files a user selects in a database, my problem is that the file type may or may not be associated in the end users system. How can I go about, when the user executes a file, if the file does not have an associated application with it, show the window in wi...more >>

vs2002 win xp web forms How can I "open in new browser" with response.redirect or any other way? Thanks ...more >>

Hi everyone! I am currently working on a user interface project right now where I need to do something similar to how the Visual Studio interface works. In Visual Studio you can drag a button control from the toolbox and leave it at any point in the form and you can put as many buttons on th...more >>

Hi. Is it possible to get information on who starts my program? The program is to be set to run as a service, but I also wish to create a user interface to use when the program is started manually. So, is it possible to see if it's being run as a service or if someone else started the program?...more >>

what exactly does the setparent row or setchildrow method do i mean does it just establish a relation ship or does it determine what is view when one clicks on theplus sign in the row header? WStoreyII ...more >>

Hi I need to use a listbox to display authors from the authors table in the standard BIBLIO.MDB. I haven't even got to this point yet and the code below is bombing out on the line 'dataAdapter.Fill(dt)'. If I only run 'Select * from Titles' then it works fine. Even if I try 'Select Titles.title...more >>

Hello, Is it possible to make a flat button without a border - like the buttons on the buttom of the Group List of Xnews. Thanks! -- Lucas Tam (REMOVEnntp@rogers.com) Please delete "REMOVE" from the e-mail address when replying. http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/coolspot18/...more >>

Im a little stuck on an efficent way to do this. Say I have an array of strings , or a simple list whatever. Like this Del Rey Dell Ray DelRey Del Rey Del Rey Del Ray Now what I would want to do is return Del Rey as it is the most used string in the array. For many of the things I will...more >>

I have the following code: Dim client As New WebClient Dim aStream As Stream Dim aReader As StreamReader aStream = client.OpenRead(http://yaddayadda) aReader = New StreamReader(aStream, True) strPage = strPage & aReader.ReadToEnd the url I am reading contains this data ...more >>

My application can use both SQLClient and OleDBClient, how can I write a common SQL for both the options ? OleDB uses ? as a parameter and SqlClient expects @Name as the parameter. I don't want to inject literal values into the Sql. Is there is a way out at all ? ...more >>

Hi, I'm developing an VB.NET interface to a RSS feed. I need to convert the output of a Rich Text Control (bolds, italics, links,...) witch is in RTF format to HTML format in order to feed a remote RSS form. Does anyone know how to do that? Do I need to use a 3rd party component to do th...more >>

Hello I'm not sure what's changed in my settings, but when I debug, and there is an error, the line of code highlighted is not the line that called the error, but the line ABOVE the line that called the sub that triggered the error. (whew! what a sentence! This makes it a real pain to go back to f...more >>

I have a table in the database with a phone number field. The phone number is stored without any punctuation (e. g. 9995551234). I wish to take that string and format it for display (e. g. (999) 555-1234). I know that I can use the .substring method of the string class to get the characters ...more >>

Hi, i have this code line in a script in my ASP.net / VB web site: dim msgNewsletterAction msgNewsletterAction = Request.Form("newsletterAction") if msgNewsletterAction = "go" Then Code1 Else Code2 End If Code2 runs everytime even when msgNewsletterAction = "go". Code1 never r...more >>

Hi to all... I wonder if there's a way to create control bar like vs.net IDE (ex. server explorer). I'm trying to find a way in vb.net but with no success, any hint or input highly appreciated. ...more >>

What is the right group to ask help on "Setup and Deployment Projects..".. If it is.. can anybody tell me if I can do the below with a Setup and Deployment project that ships with VS.NET 2003 I need one of my executables that Aim installing with my package to the Windows Run key (HKEY_LOCAL_M...more >>

Hi I have five check boxes in a windows form. They are called chkEQUDS01, chkEQUDS02, chkEQUDS03, chkEQUDS04, and chkEQUDS05. I am getting the text name for the check boxes from a datatable and have wrote the code below: If dtEq.Rows(0).Item(2) = 1 Then chkEQUDS01.Enabled = T...more >>

Greetings, I am attempting to develop an application that will color the pixels in a PictureBox based on the x and y coordinates for individual pixels in an array. I would like to load the values into the array from a database. Does this sound feasible? I'm new to CDI+ programming. I thougnt ...more >>

I've created three buttons on a form (IsMdiContainer=True), it's mdi parent. I need to disable these buttons from one of my child form. So, I've changed these buttons modifier to Friend Shared WithEvents 'controlname' as System.Windows.Forms.button and I was able to disable these buttons from my...more >>

If I wanted to find out exactly how much memory a particular variable was using, how would I go about that. Or where to look for information would be appreciated. Just need a class/namespace Thanks, CJ ...more >>

I'm working on a VB.Net app that has State class (CA, AZ, WA...) and collection class of State. Which collection class interface can I use if want to be able to bind the collection a combo box and at the same time be able to reference the item in the collection by key? I know that combo box dat...more >>

Hi, I would like to be able to embed a newline in a text string. Is there any convienent notation to do this TIA Steve ...more >>

Hi, Is there any class/method/function in .NET that I can pass a string containing a math expression (for example, 2 + (22 ^ 6)) and have it return the value as if I had hardcoded it in the code? Tales ...more >>

I have a form which shows advanced options relative to the application I'm writing. I have two other forms which may need to call this form up How can I set the 'advanced options' form so that it can be called up these two forms (and exposing the controls on the two forms as well) How do I know ...more >>

I am using the filestream feature in VB.NET to create a file. However, I am not able to delete or overwrite the file until the app closes down. I am using the .Close( ) method on the filestream right after it is created. I am creating a .BMP file from an OLE Object of an Access database field. A...more >>

Sorry to repeat myself if this is the same question I asked in the past, but I have finally made a connection to our AS400 through ODBC. I tried to get the connection using the data connection wizard and the OLE DB connection, but I was getting a winsock error. Is there a better way for me to c...more >>

Hi there, kind of a dumb question, but it falls in line with not understanding (go figure) every nuance about .Net. Is it relatively straight forward to convert a VB.Net built app to an ASP.Net web system? If I am not just way off in left field, it would seem to be not too difficult, but am cu...more >>

I have a solution that includes around 30-40 projects. *Each time* I hit the run button, VS.net compiles all the projects (even if nothing has been changed) !! This is wasting a lot of our time. Is there is way to prevent VS.net from compiling projects every time we hit run. PS: I run the rele...more >>

I have a form in which I would like to update one record out of a Contacts Database. Since I join one other field from another table, I can't update the data tables. I really want to display the Code_Desc field but there is no need to update that field. When I populate the form, I use the foll...more >>

Can someone tell my why my functions are returning "nothing"? In the SQLStatement Sub, ColumnNames & FromClause & WhereClause & OrderClause all come up as "nothing". I can't figure out why my functions are not working. When I step through the code, the parameter is passed, but as soon a...more >>

in debug mode once the size was changed. I tried to change buttom size and image size in different values (both in the same value or button size is larger than that of image. It does not work. What is wrong? Thanks for help. Hugh...more >>

I posted the following yesterday and then I was asked to put AS400 in the subject: I have an ODBC data adapter going to tables on an AS400. This works - albeit slowly as our database is about 10 GB of information - in one program that I am creating but now I am starting a new project and when...more >>

I would like some example code that shows retrieving and updating selected column data from a DataTable. I am sucessful to load and select the whole row of a DataTable into a datagrid. But can't seem to access just a specific column on a specific row. Maybe it is a simple solution that ...more >>

I am trying to convert from .j2k (jpg 2000) to the standard .jpg format for pictures I will be using in my app. I would like to do this through code. Does anyone here have experience with this? Thank you so much for any help!...more >>

Hello. In the early stages of developing a server application that will be = required to send events to multiple client applications that will be = running on different PC's. I'm wondering what the best technology for doing this is. At the moment, = I'm looking at MSMQ. The server PC and...more >>

Hi! According the code below (2 class library projets): 'Project 1: ns1.Class1 Public Class Class1 Public Sub New() Dim cls2 As New ns2.Class2 cls2.method1(Me) 'THE ERROR OCCURS HERE (on Me keyword)... cls2 = Nothing End Sub End Class 'Project 2: ns2.C...more >>

I have a combobox of dropdownlist style as one of the controls on a tabbed form. The list is populated by setting the DataSource property to a dataset and then the DisplayMember and ValueMember properties are set to the names of 2 of the fields in the dataset. I noticed that when the form d...more >>

Hi guyz I'm stuck up in this smart card SCardTransmit function. I still don't get how this function works . I'm currently trying to write some data to the smart card. Can anyone help me with some sample code written in VB6. I have a very tight dead line here without much documentation on hand. ...more >>

In my WindowForms Application I have Control1 inside Control2 inside Control3 inside theMainForm. I have a scenario that Control1 should call/sendEvent to theMainForm. in response, theMainForm calls a function that among other things call Control3 to delete Control2 (containing Control1) a...more >>

Hi I built a .NET service and install it with a msi package. This service runs successfully since serveral months. Today, when I restart the service I got an error I restarted the server, couldn't fixed it. I also re-installed the service, and I got the same issue. Anybody knows why and how to f...more >>

i would like to display a small three column datagrid in a combobox's drop down list any idea's on how to do this ? WStoreyII ...more >>

I am trying to edit a item in a form..... On the form it looks like Change it < > and I want the user to add the information inbetween the < > so it will end looking something like this when they finish Change it < I added this > I've got some of the way by doing it in listview Li...more >>

Ok, hi evryon now I swear I put this post up yesterday but I cant find it anywhere so ill put it up again So I'm making a program to play music but the code ive got for the open dialog thing isn't working. This is what iv'e go \\\\\\\ Private Sub MenuItem2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByV...more >>

Hello, i have this code line in a script in my ASP.net / VB web site: if msgNewsletterAction = "Go" Then code1 Else code2 End If code2 runs everytime even when msgNewsletterAction = "Go". code1 never runs. What is wrong in my sintax? Thank You, Miguel ...more >>

Ok .. im writing both a server and client aplication that need to be encrypted. I want to use the RSA Key exchange technique .. i think it resides in System.Security.Cryptography.RSAPKCS1KeyExchangeFormatter but im not sure how to use this class. If anyone can provide some code that does this...more >>