Hi, I'm trying to figure out a sensible way of making a combobox (configured as a dropdown list) behave in a read-only fashion. Setting Enabled=False will grey the text and the background, but I want to leave the component looking normal but not allow the user to change the contents. I've trie...more >>

I am creating a custom control (Inherits UserControl) and my control containt a TextBox control. TextBox control has a Property called "ReadOnly". I would like to expose this property outside my own control, but it seems impossible because when I write: Public Property ReadOnly() as Boolean ....more >>

What is the meaning of ":" in this context" typedef struct tagMENUBARINFO { DWORD cbSize; RECT rcBar; // rect of bar, popup, item HMENU hMenu; // real menu handle of bar, popup HWND hwndMenu; // hwnd of item submenu if one BOOL fBarFocused...more >>

I'm sure this has been asked, but I cannot fid it. I have a DLL (Not mine, 3rd party) and the documentation simply says "Return DIB". Well, since this sucker was made with C++, I'm at a complete loss. Basically, this sucker returns the pointer to the DIB as an Object, which is odd on me. So, ...more >>

I think I've confused myself completely here :-) I have used System.Web.Mail, but am not sure if this works with Exchange = Server 5.5. I asked the client if they're email server supported SMTP, = and got the following reply (exact quote): Exchange 5.5 uses IMS connector for communicat...more >>

i have used the following code(which is straight from the msdn) to try this : how ever this and anyother method that i have tried only give me a An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in system.data.dll Additional information: Specified cast is not valid. do...more >>

Is it possible to capture the File I/O of a child process? If so, how? Thanks!...more >>

I am writing code for web parts, but seeing as they are just glorified web controls & VB.NET is slightly older, I'm hoping that my query can be answered in this group. (Although I am posting this to the Sharepoint Developers group as well. Hope I'm not violating protocol. I would like to have a li...more >>

Anyone know how to get round the problem of circular references in VB.NET (sorry I'm a .NET newbie). I create one project which has 2 classes in it, MyHandler and MyObject. MyHandler just needs to call another class in a different project and pass a parameter of type MyObject to it. So the cla...more >>

hi, I have compiled a .dll. steps followed is try to upload the dll to global assembly method 1: al /i:temp.dll but this gives an error method 2: gacutil /i temp.dll - this uploads dll to global assembly. Next how can i use it. if i type imports temp it gives error its not shown in the ref...more >>

i have a form which is an mdi parent i have another form that i am trying to get to open when i click the open button here is my code dim edit as frmedit edit.mdiparent = me edit.show this is not working so how do i get it to open? wstoreyII ...more >>

Situation: An EXE scans the path for DLLs and uses all DLLs and only the existing DLLs All DLLs provides the same functions while doing different processing Program restart is NOT desired Question: How to declare the DLLs functions for a end user selected DLL? ...more >>

Weird question, hopefully someone out there can help. I am basically iterating through a list of files, using QueueUserWorkItem to spawn a thread to process each file. I am using a wrapper class around the processing logic as a way to set parameters for the logic. So I do the QueueUserWor...more >>

Hi, I created an Inherit UserControl which inherits textbox with additional property say 'Type'. I used in my forms and everything works fine. But afterward, I want to remove (or rename) such property. I find that the auto inserted code (InitializeComponent) for that UserControl's pr...more >>

My project has a main form (frmMain, the startup object for the project) and several other "child" forms that are painted within a large panel on frmMain. In each form's Form_Load event, a Weak Reference for that form is loaded into a global Hash table, like this: Dim wr As WeakRefere...more >>

I can open several childforms with the following sub in de mdi form after clicking a button Private Sub NewWindow() Dim ch As New ChildForm() ch.MdiParent = Me ch.Text = "Textwindow nr " & Me.MdiChildren.Length.ToString ch.Show() end sub I want to open automatically a new childform ...more >>

A simple web button question: How do you make it so that a web button's click event is triggered when someone hits <enter> on a web form? i.e. the page has three input boxes on it and a web button. When enter is pressed, a postback occurs, but no events are triggered. ...more >>

Suppose that you have a string e.g. "delicious" and an integer e.g. 5. How to replace the character at position 5 with next character (in position 6) so that "delicious" becomes "deliicous" ? ...more >>

I have a MDI Parent form with a toolbar that has a Next and Previous button on it. I open up a MDI Child form, that has two routines, called nextrec and prevrec. When I hit the Next or Previous button on the parent window, I want the corresponding routine (nextrec/prevrec) on the child form...more >>

Hey guys, Does anyone know how to find out the visible lines in the richtextbox control? For example, let's say the control has 30 lines, but due to size it can only display 10. The current lines being displayed (assuming first line to be 1) is 10 to 19. How do I find this out programmatica...more >>

Hi, I used to use the following code to play sound in VB6: Public Declare Function sndPlaySound32 Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "sndPlaySoundA" _ (ByVal lpszSoundName As String, ByVal uFlags As Long) As Long call sndPlaySound32("c:\WinNt\Media\ding.wav", 0) However, .net don't recognize "cal...more >>

Is it possible to change the database in which a crystalreports.net report is linking to? we have a bunch of reports made that pull straight form the database server, but work with differnet versions of it (all same table structures) such as live and development. Can you tell a report to execute ...more >>

Hi all, How can I block the number of lines that the user entered in a texbox, I need that the user enter only 4 lines of text. how can I block this and not permit that the user copy other text with more than 4 lines into the textbox too. Thanks in advance, Fabio ...more >>

Is there any way to determine the full name of an object at runtime? For example, if I have the following Namespace MyNameSpac Public Class MyClas Protected MyObject As Object 'This could be any type End Clas End Namespac then I want a function that would return the string, "RootNam...more >>

I'm coming from C++ programming 5 years ago into VB.NET, so please be patient with me. In C++, I was able to create a "library" of functions and procedures that I would commonly use in various projects and simply "include" them when compiled. In my VB.Net web applications, I have several functio...more >>

Hell I would like to add ActiveX control to my .Net I ran "Regsvr32 c:\anActiveX.ocx" and gott a Succeeded Message. But how do i get the control Thanks in advanc Keith...more >>

Is there a way to make combobox expand itself when a user start typing into it. DrowDownStyle = DropDown. Any help is very welcome. thanks -- Strah @ Langan ...more >>

Books online says that constructors are not inherited in vb.net (grrr - why not?) I have a series of classes that share the same constructors and find myself cutting and pasting when i make changes to them ... a sure sign of something badly wrong. How do you all deal with sharing this code?...more >>

Hi I have a datagrid which has 20 rows and 20 columns, 15 of 20 columns are checkboxs and their headertexts, datafields are dynamic. I need to loop through the whole page to see if the specific check box cell is checked or not. The code is as follows: For rowindex = 0 To myDataGrid.Items.C...more >>

I have received the following upgrade warning in several apps Couldn't resolve default property of object Click for more: 'ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/commoner/redir/redirect.htm?keyword="vbup1037" How do I determine what the default property should be In particular i need to be able to do it for a ...more >>

I am new to .NET and I am trying to connect to Oracle database. Can someone with this experience please describe the steps or process to connect to Oracle from .Net. I will appreciate it if anyone can recommend a URL or book or document that described the process. Thanks in advance Francis Awo...more >>

Suppose ,I don't want to show my coding to others, but I need to give the same module to others for another project . How can I add one existing module to another project with out showing coding. regards ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- htt...more >>

I want to print an sales invoice with out open crystal report. I want to know ,with out opening Crystal report, how can I give the command to be printing invoice. I'm using the following lines to open a crystal report Dim myreport as new reportdocument() Dim Rptfrm as new project1.repor...more >>

I have a form that takes one Contact record and edit's it. The routine used is as follows: Private Sub ContactMain_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim strSQL As String strSQL = "Select * from Contact WHERE sysID = '" & ...more >>

Hi friends, I am a Delphi programmer. I must change my skill to VB.Net. I have software algorithm. But I don't know language syntax. What is your recommended books for learning Thanks Arda ...more >>

I have the following code: Dim IP, domainName As String domainName = "yahoo.com" Try IP = System.Net.Dns.GetHostByName(domainName).AddressList(0).ToString() Catch ex As Exception IP = "Not Valid" End Try Console.WriteLine(IP) System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(2000) When it ha...more >>

Hi all, I need to enumerate pidl in a directory which I got (I think) the rigt pidl, but I don't know how to procede. here is a piece of code (folder is a IShellFolder object and it seems to work correctly) Dim idEnum As IEnumIDList Dim pidEnum As IntPtr folder...more >>

I want to print an sales invoice with out open crystal report. I want to know ,with out opening Crystal report, how can I give the command to be printing invoice. I'm using the following lines to open a crystal report Dim myreport as new reportdocument() Dim Rptfrm as new project1.reportfr...more >>

AppSettingsReader.GetValue method: Public Function GetValue( _ ByVal key As String, _ ByVal type As Type _ ) As Object In C#, I would invoke this, e.g., with: myConfigReader.GetValue("param", typeof(string)) What would I pass for the type parameter in VB.NET? -- For mail,...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to capture the Form MouseHover event and write text to the console but nothing is happening. So I tried to capture the MouseMove event. Nothing happens in the MouseMove event sub. Do I have to set some property on the form to activate the MouseEvents? I noticed in ...more >>

I am attempting to programatically drive a Lotus Notes web application from a VB.NET database application (who wants to rekey information in one database into someone else's web page for entry to theirs?). I am using the System.Net.WebClient to communicate with the LotusNotes server. It is not...more >>

Here is some code that I need help with please: Dim result As New ArrayList Try For i = 0 To objecttest1.PersonList.person_returnnumber - 1 result = objecttest1.PersonList.time_returnpunches(objecttest1.PersonList.person_getb yid(i).userid, "03/08/2004", "03/09/2004", True, False...more >>

i'm calling a web service that returns a dataset. i'm trying, but failing, to use that dataset to populate a local sql server table. the table names between the two are different but their structures are the same. here's pseudo-code: dim mytable as string = "otherstuff" dim mydataset as dat...more >>

http://www.sana.f4w.net/snap00026.jpg i want to know the control name of top bar - "Homepage , Inventory....." and the control name of the left hand side panel http://www.sana.f4w.net/snap00027.jpg i want to know the control name of the left hand side list Are they already exist in vs.net? ...more >>

Hello, Whats the best way to merge menus together? I have an MDI application with a simple main menu with items like File, Edit, View, Tools and Help etc. I'd like the MDI child windows to add their own menus to the main menu of the application. I have noticed that they seem to go on the en...more >>

What is the best way to pass a data set between objects? I have a custom control which will depend on a dataset (kind of like a bound contorl, but im handleing it differently) is it best to pass as a public variable or a property? since a property only retrieves By value, and not by reference, w...more >>

Hi, I need to programmatically drop the .NET DateTimePicker calendar. I did this in VB6 by doing the following: SendMessage DTDateTime.hwnd, WM_KEYDOWN, VK_F4, 0 This worked because the F4 key is the key you press to get the calendar to drop down. I'd like to do this w/o API calls...more >>

Hey Group, I keep getting a error saying "No Value Given For One Or More Parameters". Unfortunatly I don`t know where this error is coming from:(. Can I run through my code line by line, so I can see which line is faulting? Regards MCN ...more >>

Is there a way to stop overflow checking at runtime in VB.NET? I have one math calculation that must behave like another system, it could generate a number > 2 billion (<4) which then needs to go into a signed 32 bit integer. I don't want to disable it for the entire program though, just at one s...more >>

I am working on an online promotional deal for a client where I need to be able to create a barcode that can be redeemed at checkout of one of their branch stores. Has anyone worked with this before? It seems pretty straitforward in terms of genrating the barcode dynamically from the numbers I...more >>

I have almost written a class to draw some vectors on either a PictureBox or to a PrintDocument. Besides all the properties, the class has one method named Draw. In my class constructors, I send either a PictureBox or a PrintDocument and get all the properties of the drawing surface to size m...more >>

Is there a away to detect when the remote side closed the connection? in the old vb6 winsock object there was an Event raised when the remote side Closed the socket connection, Socket_Closed ...more >>

Hi all, I have an old VB program which call a dll wrote by c. I need to upgrade the program with Visual Studio .net. I like to use VB.net and I like to change dll code to .net programming code too. which language I should pick that make things easy to do? Please give me some suggestions. T...more >>

Hello How do I bring up the standard "Map Network Drive" dialog box using VB .NET I've seen posts that describe how to map a drive (either via API or via the 'net use' command), but I want my program to bring up the system's default "Map Network Drive" dialog box (that the user would see if they...more >>

Hi , I am trying to insert records into database. I am trying to write the following code. On button1 click event i am inserting five records and after that i am calling the update method of dataadapter to update the records in database. Records are inserting but all the five records have t...more >>

I searched high and low for an answer on how to auto scroll a richtextbox and now I finally have it. Since it took me a while to get a good efficient way of doing it that didn't require focus to the control or the scrolltocaret method I decided that it would be worth posting to anyone who might...more >>

I use Visual Studio.Net 2002 to code in VB.Net on a Windows XP SP1 PC. When I am coding and open a solution, only the first 9 names/titles are shown in the tabs across the screen. My application has quite a few classes etc and I have to hold the cursor above each blank tab to get what each one is....more >>

I am trying to call a third party company's dll that I have no control over. They tell me it was written in C. The declaration in VB6 is as follows: Private Declare Sub csub Lib "rlpolk.dll" (ByVal T_VININ As String, _ ByVal T_VINOUT As String, ByVal i_bypass As Integ...more >>

Hi, im trying to get the caption text from the active window but i cant get it working in vb.net. Can somebody please help me. Im new to using API Public Class Form Inherits System.Windows.Forms.For #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code ' Return Caption.ToString( P...more >>