I am using a small Access database as the back end of a VB .NET program. I am not a newbie to Access, but I have never had the need to store pictures until now. I have a field in a Master table named "Picture" and I have set the Date Type as OLE Object. I know that this might be the wrong news...more >>

You are Captain Aceveda hahahahah, I am just kidding of course!! Do you watch "The Shield"? You and Aceveda are a lot alike you changed teh web page (http://kjmsolutions.com/datasetarray.htm) but it still is not understandable. In fact it is even worse now You are pretending to be a programmer o...more >>

I have a flash movie (.swf file) that I've embedded on a form in my VB.NET application. Everything works great. Although, when a user right-clicks over the flash movie a context menu is displayed. Does anyone know how I may get rid of this? Thanks...more >>

Can someone tell me if there is any way of doing this? As an example - let us say that I have a button called cmdLetter and a textbox called txtLetter, can I in some way manipulate the names of these controsl to extract the string Letter and then use this string later to refer to the Controls?? I...more >>

I am trying to read an XML document generated by a web server using the XMLTextReader class, but the document generated appears to have some blank lines at the top that are causing problems. If I connect directly to the URL, when I call the ".Read" method on the XMLTextReader, I get the messag...more >>

Hi All, How to hide menu on MDI form, when user activate Child form ? In a VB6 this worked by default, in VB.NET menu merges by default. LinasB ...more >>

If so, how did you distinguish between classes and (VB) modules? ...more >>

Hi I have inherited a from the context menu to create my own contextmenu, however the Popup event is not getting fired: Private Sub ColorContext_Popup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Popup End Sub This code works fine on context menus ...more >>

hey, How do I acquire MethodInfo WITHOUT hardcoding method name as a string?!??!The fact I have to use xxx.Gettype.GetMethod("MyMethod", xxx) is making me want to drive an ice pick into my eye! I have exhausted my resources and I cannot find a way out of it. Having to use that creates a da...more >>

Hi, I have two different questions to ask: QUESTION 1: Can I create dinamically a column in a datagrid? How? I have a datagrid that must have 5 columns, but in some very special cases I have to add another column. How can I do this in code? QUESTION 2: When I Debug my Web application, t...more >>

I have created a vb.net project in local drive and the program contains crystal report 9.0 through ODBC and link to SQL server. I can run this no problem on WinXP. But when I move the project to a mapped drive and run the same application there. I got the following error: "Just-In-Time Debu...more >>

Hi, I believe my questions is a beginners questions and I appreciate your help. I create controls (mostly in a group box). When user maximizes the form I want to adjust the sizes of these controls, eg. lisct/combo boxes, text boxes, etc automatically and accordingly. How can I do this in ...more >>

Hello and thanks for your help, I have the following Listbox created in VisualStudio 2003 designer, desiring to select multiple entries from that list: ------------------------------- ListBoxUser.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(16, 240) ListBoxUser.Name = "ListBoxUser" ListBoxUser.Select...more >>

How can I add themes to my VB .Net web projects? Thanks ...more >>

Guys, I am reading file information from disk using the System.IO.File object. This is what the operating system is displaying on Explorer: File Name Modified ==================================== File1.ext 6/19/2003 1:05 PM File2.ext 6/14/2000 ...more >>

In my Crystal Report Viewer control properties, the reportsource field is not enabled and will not allow me to insert a reportsource. I have also tried to code in the reportsource but get an error. Is there a reference I have not added to my project? Thanks....more >>

I really like this function but have tried to slow down on using it because I get a 1 second pause each time I use it. I don't really understand why the computer has to think for 1 second! Especially at 2.8 GZ and 1GB RAM. The same pause happens on different situations: database access ...more >>

Hi, I would like to save a textfile in exactly the same format, as if I use Notepad and choose the encoding style to ANSI. How can I accomplish this in vb.net (I'm retrieving the input via my Sql server) I've already tried several differenct encoding properties on my streamwriter, but no...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to come up with an algorithm that will parse a search string, = entered into a textbox. Basically it is not going to be too = complicated, it will replace any delimeters the user puts in (comma's, = semicolons, etc..) with spaces, essentially ignoring them, and then = split...more >>

which is better coding performance wise? ---------------------------- for x as integer = 1 to 10000 '....... next ---------------------------- or ---------------------------- Dim x as integer for x = 1 to 100000 ......... next ---------------------------- thanks, Paul ...more >>

Hi, this is a faily lame question but how do i display a menu when the right mouse button is clicked on a windows form/data grid ? Thanks Steve.. ...more >>

How can I sort datatable according to unicode? I set corret regional and culture settings but Basic .Net sorts according Ascii. It sorts letters with accents like without them. thank you in advance ...more >>

hi how to update dataset's row thru code i got the new row as a data row in which the primary key remains the same but was unable update the non primary keys Thanks in Advance ...more >>

Hi! Could anybody tell me, how to connect a network drive in VB.net. WnetAddConnection2 does not work, like in VB6. Is there any function in the framework? Thx Werner ...more >>

please hel i cant change the default printer papersiz can you show me an example for a4 paper siz and custom paper siz simple example pleas for default printer papersiz ...more >>

I'm trying to copy data from two tables in a Source db into two Tables in a Destination db and the Tables designa are the same. I created 4 adapters... 2 for the two tables in the source db 2 for the 2 tables in the destination db Then I filled a SourceDataSet with the Source adapters ...more >>

Hi, I want my application to bring another application to the Front. I thought best way to do this was by the Process-model: Dim c As Process = Process.GetCurrentProcess() Dim p As Process For Each p In Process.GetProcessesByName("EXTRA") If Left(p.Main...more >>

Hi Hi i am trying to draw on top of a button on a standard toolbar. All i want to do is draw a small rectangle on the button to represent the selected color. I have tried the folowing code in the toolbar's parent control, which is fired when the selected color is changed: Dim r A...more >>

Hi all, How can I connect with PostGres 7.4 using vb.net??? any idea??? Thanks in Advance, Fabio ...more >>

Do you have to pay to register the Crystal Reports that comes with VS 2003 ? I never bothered with it before ... ...more >>

Where do I declare constants that I want to be visible *outside* of the application. Or does this only work with enums? I've declared constants in a normal modue, which can be see throughout the application, but not from an application referencing this application. Thanks, Craig ...more >>

Hey CJ/Cor/William, Hope you could advise me a little again? Now i`ve got in my Button Click Event on my first form(frmFaxs): Dim LoadFaxMeterReadings As frmFaxMeterReadings() LoadFaxMeterReadings.FaxID(BindingContext(dsFax, "Faxs").Position) LoadFaxMeterReadings.Show() (The Above tell...more >>

Greeting, I am trying to update a detail table that does not have a unique key (that is the exercise). With the code below I am getting the error message "Incorrect syntax near keyword Set" (note: sql code is all on one line). I may be guilty of tring to use Com ADO syntax. In the Whe...more >>

Is there any way that you can write your constructor so that it returns nothing? For example: Take a Customer object which has a constructor whose constructor has the signiture: Public Sub New(CustomerID as String) What i would like to do is to write it so that the the actual code of the...more >>

i want to start WinCE programming in vb.net... which version of visual studio.net supports winCE programming for PocketPC ? and where should i start from...? ...more >>

i hv an application (socket programming) and i want when the client application receives a message it should popup from the systray.. so i want to run my application in systray..can ne 1 help me? ...more >>

Thanks for the responses in a former thread about getting the count of lines in a multiline textbox with wordwrap. After some tinkering, I found the solution (based on a VB6 solution, had to modify a bit for VB.NET): <DllImport("user32.dll")> Private Shared Function SendMessage(ByVal hWnd As...more >>

When should I use vb.net and when I should use c#.net? What is pros and cons? ...more >>

How do you write a dll that passes back an array. 'For example I create a Recordsset. Colum A Value1 Value2 Value3 'Create Array Dim MyArray(2) as sring 'Assign values MyArray(0) = ...field("Value1") MyArray(1) = ...field("Value2") MyArray(0) = ...field("Value3") now I want to return...more >>

Hi all ive managed to get the web page to save as an image, but the only saves part of the webpage (the visable part) how is it possible to save the webpage as a complete image, i.e. including the hidden part of the page.... people who use msn, if you can help me please add me your list z...more >>

Bonjour, Je suis en stage, et je programme en VB.net. Je voudrais me connecter à une base de données VisualFoxPro6 et quand j'exécute j'ai une erreur qui est: Aucune information d'erreur disponible : REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG(0x80040154) [InvalidOperationException: Le fournisseur 'VFPOLEDB' n'es...more >>

I am just trying to paint on a Form. I tried it with Bitmap.SetPixel, but that didnt work, now I tried a method from the MS API. Public Sub DrawRectangleFloat(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs) ' Create pen. Dim blackPen As New Pen(Color.Black, 3) ' Create location and size of rectangle. Dim x As Si...more >>

I'm looking to pass two variables from an asp page to vb.net dll. IE. intA= 1 intB = 4 The dll should add these two integers together and return 5. [intA+intB] I know this is a simple example that could be done within asp easily but I'm trying to understand how the DLL communicates with ...more >>

Hi, In vb6, if I had an error handler I could catch an error, make a correction and then try it again using resume. I want to do the same thing in vb.net. I am trying to deal with some concurrency issues. I want to be able to catch a error, wait a few milliseconds and then try it again....more >>

Hi ! I have 2 different processes/application. One is writing to a file and another is reading from it. For some reason the code doesnt seems to work and gives mscorlib.dll IOException error "This file is being used by another process". Both the applications are in C#. P.S. Even if I try...more >>

Hi, Does anyone have any simple text string encryption routines that are easy to implement? I'm trying to prevent users and system administrators from figuring out how I implement things. thanks *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USEN...more >>

Does anyone know how to develop or code a timebomb in vb.net that uses either the registry or something else that would be take a fair amount of time to hack. I'm developing an application that I'm trying to prevent users from distributing it after a particular time expires and I do not want for...more >>

From asp.net (vb) or another winforms vb.net application I would like to us generic functions compiled in .dl Of course a reference is made to the .dl All the examples show a component to be compiled as a creatable objec I would like to use the functions more like a librar for instanc pu...more >>

I have a windows solutions containing three forms. All works fine until I customize a form's Icon property. The icon displays fine in the IDE but if I try to run the application it throws "System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException" before the main from is displayed. I've looked in the corres...more >>

I need to use the MsgBox function like I used to in VB 6.0 So all i do is: MsgBox ("Please provide Input") BUT IN .NET: The error reads "msgbox is a namespace" The IDE always converts "MsgBox" to "msgbox" (ie. changes case) Thanx *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersd...more >>

Hi: I have some specific needs for a treeview control that the standard .NET treeview control does not provide, without copious amounts of code. Does anyone know where I can find a vendor based treeview component for purchase, or has anyone dealt with similar scenario? Alas, my price range...more >>