Label example: "See the dog run." I would like to be able to highlight a given word in the example label using another color than the rest of the words in the sentence and/or maybe underline the highlighted word. Said another way...Does labels support in-line font/color tags for setti...more >>

How would call a rational visual test application in VB6...more >>

Im working in some hydraulics calcs.(using lots of loops) that produces lots of data, where can I send this data to be easy readable. I tried with rictextboxes but it only accepts one line. I was triying to send the data to a blank page but the help is horible. What Can I do?...more >>

Hi, Did someone have a idea why this code always return False when i drag a filename.bmp in my PictureBox. Private Sub PictureBox1_DragEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DragEventArgs) Handles PictureBox1.DragEnter If e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Bitmap) Then ========...more >>

hi there, In VS.NET ,does anyone ever implement a component like old a active exe automation server, which ever could be made by vb 6. Any good solution will be useful. Thanks ...more >>

We are gradually converting a huge vb6 app to .net. How can I call a .net winform from a button on a vb6 form? ...more >>

Hi, I'd like to be able to enter only letters in my text box. If a user enters anything except a letter, the key entered would simply not be displayed in the text box.j How can I do ;that? Thank you...more >>

Hi all, I want to read the colors used in a jpeg image. I want the code or any any other code components that can do that. any suggestion , links and samples will be gratly appreciated thanks in advance, --prem ...more >>

I want to do something like this: obj = CType(value, Value.Type) Well, not exactly, but I think that captures the essence. I realise it won't work as I have written it, and it looks a bit like a nebulous statement, but I am looking for a generic way to convert a variable of unknown type to i...more >>

Hi, I have a pc with windows XP SP1, net Framworks 1.1 and visual studio net 2003 When I first installed Visual Studio 2003, I noticed I was getting th follow error when showing a form A first chance exception of type 'System.ArithmeticException' occurred i system.drawing.dl Additional infor...more >>

i need some app that i can run on my win2k pc and send and receive email and to control it from my vb.net app i dont have any mail servers, but i can install 1 if its needed any help is welcome TIA ...more >>

I have VS.NET 2003. For some reason the Object Browser window appears as one of the tabs for every project I open. Even if I just open VS.NET without any projects, it still appears. How can make it go away? I've looked in all the settings but can't find anything. Regards, Frank...more >>

Except trim(Me.txtTextBox.text) = "" ?? for vfp, there is empty(), for c++ there is isblank() . any function call can check it in .net ??? Thanks From Agnes ...more >>

Hi, I can not add a chart to a word document I have the following code ...... ....... xlblad.Range("A1:B3").Select() xxlChart = xlprog.Charts.Add() 'here i would copy the chart into the clipboard lprog.Visible = True Dim wrd As New Word.Application() Dim wrdDoc As New Word....more >>

Hi, everyone! Couple of user's Win 2000 Pro machines historically have framework 1.0 installed and Windows app (designed in-house), which successfully runs on it. I have developed app further in VS 2003, and XCopied new version on those machines for users to test. (Had to install framework 1.1 f...more >>

Try as I might I can't get the following command to execute in .net C:\winnt\System32\xcopy.exe D:\Data\Test D:\VB /e /d /h /o /v > C:\Copyresults.txt How do I get it to execute in Shell() Or what would be the equivalent ..net Commands ( note: the /o is important ) Tried Shell, System.D...more >>

How can I get the location of the temp directory for the current user? Thanks! ...more >>

I have an icon I want to draw onto the screen, but I want to streatch it out to be about 256x256 and make it about 75% transparent how would I go about this? do i need to convert it to a bitmap first then paint it larger? and how would i make the entire image transparent at 75% transparency (25% ...more >>

Ok. I have a windows form with a textbox for displaying certain messages. Multiline=true and wordwrap=true. I want to know the amount of the lines currently showing. That should not be any rocket-science, eh? Textbox.lines.length() only returns the amount of lines ending with a 'hard' CrLF, no...more >>

Hey Group, Im Sure this is simple but I carn`t seem to find any info anywhere:( I have 2 x Forms: Form 1 has a DataConnecter and several DataAdapters on it, all bound together in my DataSet. On My Table(Faxs) I have a relationship to another Table(MeterReadings), on my Form I have a butto...more >>

i have a win form w/ a datagrid inside while the app is running many instances of this form r created and closed how can i ensure that the sort user used last time is kept until the whole app is closed TIA ...more >>

I have a program that the "interface" for it is a NotifyIcon. I really have no need for a form. How do I go about the start/execution of this program? Thank, JLW ...more >>

I need to control something (visibility of toolbar buttons) when the cursor moves between fields on a form (using VB .net). How do I detect that the focus has moved? Thanks, Paul. ...more >>

I am trying to do an if statement that could have many different matches. In sql I would do it like: SELECT * FROM Customer WHERE Staff IN (10, 15, 23, 14) In VB, I would do: If Staff.Count = 10 or Staff.Count = 15 or Staff.Count = 23 or Staff.Count = 14 Then Console.writeline(Staff...more >>

This is a little more of a logic question. But I'm doing this in VB.NET, so I figured this is the right place to ask: I need to figure out the difference between a range that a user will enter...only they will be entering alphanumeric characters. Like "A" to "E"...I want to return the differ...more >>

i've seen before people say to go from vb.net to c# you need to compile and then decompile to see the c#. can someone outline the steps for me to do that? ...more >>

How do you "step into" an excel macro when using the VB.NET debugger? I'm using excel 2000. Here's is how I did it with VB6: Dim objExcel As Excel.Application objExcel = New Excel.Application objExcel.Visible = True objExcel.Workbooks.Open(FileName:="c:\test.xls") objExcel.CommandBars(1...more >>

I have written a Crystal Report 9 and put it as a control to VB 2002 in Visual Studio. In general, how do I put the Crystal Report on a web and how do I put the VB program, contained CR, to the web. ...more >>

MSFT KB article 302896 includes a step by step example demonstrating how to build an Office COM in VB .NET, Yesterday, I implemented the example and it works correctly when starting each of the following Office 2003 apps from the quick launch bar: Access, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint and Word. I ...more >>

Hi all in my VB6 project, every function had a tidyup section at the end (approximates to the "finally" contsruct in a try..catch block). It did a SET OBJECT=NOTHING, for explicit memory release. In .NET, is this totally redundant, and I'm best off letting the compiler handle things ? ...more >>

I have seen it done before but I forgot the systax. How would you have a log in form, show the mdi form, and keep the MDI loaded until the user wants it closed. I don't want to show it modally but I also don't want to load the MDIForm before I know who the user is. It was something about checkin...more >>

Hi I try to fill a combobox with a dataset. I see the data in the dataset, but when i try to bind this dataset with a combobox. The list is fill only whith this message "System.Data.DataRowView". That was my code, can you help me. Thanks! Tr 'Create connection object ...more >>

Does anyone know how many man-hours were used in creating .NET 1.0? I thought it would be an interesting statistic to know. Thanks. ...more >>

In my MDI parent form I choose to open a Child thru a MenuClick... I want a progressabar to show up and progress allthru the loading of the new Child Form.. and then when it's done I want the progressbar to disapear and the child so show up. Sometimes there's a lot to load in these child windo...more >>

Hi Guys, I wouldnt normally ask for help on this but Im really strapped for time. Does anyone know how I can force characters in a DataGrid cell to uppercase as they are typed. Cheers - OHM ...more >>

I am scanning selected drives and computers and capture all files and their attributes. I am using the scripting file system object. It takes a long time to collect the attributes. Is there a better and faster way of capturing file attributes of all files in a selected drive or computer. Creat...more >>

Public Function PicCreateGraphics() As Graphics 'Client should dispose this PicCreateGraphics = Graphics.FromImage(mDocumentImage) mPicCreateGraphicsSaved = PicCreateGraphics 'Saved so I can later check to see if it is still valid End Function Probably should be a Propert...more >>

i've got a form that i'm adding controls to dynamically. i'm doing development on a laptop and testing different resolutions. the screens look fine at each res. being tested. however, when i install the app on a different pc (desktop), the controls are out of alignment, some are even off the scr...more >>

Hi, In the program below, C = A+B, and the aim is to delay the calculation of C until the user asks for C. The boolean mUTD (UpToDate) is used indicate when Calc() must be run to make the C = A+B calculation before C is returned to user. When the Driver program at bottom is run, the beh...more >>

Hey Group, Im trying to load up some registry Values and display them in Text Box's: Here is my Code: Dim RegKeyRead As RegistryKey 'reset the resulting textbox txtNetworkDevelopmentPath.Text = "" txtLiveLocalPath.Text = "" txtLiveNetworkPath.Text = "" ...more >>

Hi, Using VB.NET. I have a datagrid having a strongly typed array of objects as its data source. The data from the array of objects is displayed by means of a table style, which is fine, but I cannot sort the data when I click on the column header. I have set the tablestype.allowsorting = ...more >>

Is it possible to have vb.net open up an access db and run a module? Does anyone have any sample code?...more >>

There has been a lot of discussion lately about extending the treeview control to allow finding a node by key rather than by index. Everyone seems to agree that a hashtable is needed to accomplish this. Also, there is a KB article (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311318) pu...more >>

Maybe it's something that works on webpages but not in a .net Form application? ...more >>

I just tried adding a Handler to the password textbox, so when you enter the textbox it calls Loginbutton.Focus(), which set the Button to clickable with Enter, but then I couldn't get the password into the textbox, because the Button has the focus. shot myself in the foot. ...more >>

I'm something of a rookie at .Net. I know I can set TabIndex for controls in a GroupBox, and tab my way over to a button so it's "Active" and will be clicked by hitting the Enter key. But isn't there some way of setting it to the same state? I've built a very simple login for a tabpage in a ...more >>

I have an application with 2 vb.net forms and an Excel Spreadsheet. I am struggking to get the navigation betwee the forms to work properly On startup frmMain is loaded. This frm has a button to open XL and direct user to correct area of ssheet. It opens a secon vb.net frm (frmNav) to assist navi...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to get te index of a specific text in a ComboBox. The ComboBox is filled by searching for filenames in a directory. The text of the last item selected in the ComboBox is saved in a textfile in the OnExit Event of the Mainform. While loading the Mainform I want the text t...more >>

I would like to fill a Selectbox dynamically. I am taking all values from a db, and fill them into a selectbox. I guess the best way was to use some kind of a dynamical array, where you don't have to say how many elements it will contain. In Java there exists special containers to achieve that,...more >>

How do I retrieve the Customer Information and Serial Number used after my Application has been Installed (as per Visual Studio .NET splash screen)...more >>

Hi I am using vb.net Is it possible to fetch data from foxpro tables (vfp8) and update tables in sql server 2000? The table structures of the foxpro tables are different from those in sql server. Depending on the data fetched, I would like to update relavent table columns in sql server. How can ...more >>

Hello, in 2 months i will create an eCommerce web site in ASP.net. I have been creating web sites in Flash, ASP, ASP.net and PHP for quite sometime. However i never created an eCommerce web site. So i have a few questions: 1. How an eCommerce web site works? Where can i find some informat...more >>

Hello, is it possible to add a progress bar as a subitem in a listview? I want to present the progress of a download similar to a p2p program. Any other suggestion? I tried with GDI+ but with no success. Thanx... ...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a program that writes data to a DOS-file (a file that is to be read by a DOS-program), thus using codepage 437. When writing to a binary file there was no problem at all, I just used GetEncoder(437) to write the byte arrays to the file. But I also have to write to a sequent...more >>