How can I show my data Datagrid is of no use because of the individual cell hight --------------------------------------------------- | Monday | Tuesday --------------------------------------------------- 8,00 | | Data 3 -----------| Data 1 |--------...more >>

is there a way to create enum that contain string? ...more >>

Hello, i created an ASP.net / VB page with a really big form. Now i want to create 4 pages and in each one i will place 1/4 of the big form. The last page will send all the form values by email. How can i send the form values from one page to the next one? I looked everywhere and i w...more >>

Hi, could someone please lead me in the right direction? I'm trying to write a program which will reside on the system tray. I for the user to be able to: (1) See an icon in the system tray (2) Right-click on the icon and see a context menu of options (3) Left-click on the icon to make the ap...more >>

I have what is probably a simple question. I have a Windows form with some simple databinding going on. I have some navigation buttons like so for the Move First button: Me.BindingContext(Child1, "Child").Position = Child1.Tables(0).Rows.Count - 1 Each row in my dataset has a date column....more >>

Hey Ppl, I'm developing an Online Auction Site using ASP.net and am experiencing a problem with Transactions in ADO.Net. When beginTrasaction() function is invoked from a specific connection, and insertions are made into a table, no other connection can access the table, until the transacti...more >>

Hi, I am converting a code sample found at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828279 from C# to VB and I am stuck on one line of code. How would I convert: object[] pos = new object[numaxes]; (where numaxes is an int) to VB.Net? I have tried Dim pos() As Obje...more >>

I am trying to access a mdi parent form's properties and methods outside of the mdi parent form's class module. I keep getting "Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference" compiler error. The mdi parent form is the startup object. I should be able to access the startup obj...more >>

Hi all, Have question about inheriting a class that has parameters in the constructor such as : Public MustInherit Class MyParentClass Public mystring As String Public Sub New(ByVal paramstring As String) mystring = paramstring End Sub End Class When I crea...more >>

I am distributing a program and have several Rich Text files linked to the default installation path on the target computer. i.e., In my code, the path to the text files to be displayed in the Rich Text Boxes uses the default path listed in the installation. If the client changes the path,...more >>

Hi all. I am trying to create a dynamic website that has links to the files in a specicif folder. Files in the folder will be changing daily. So far I have put a textbox to html and code in as such: ' 'This writes the amount of files to textbox ' Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As S...more >>

I'm creating a Form from which I will derive [lots of] others. On each of these Forms, there will be a Picture Box which should duplicate the Form's Icon property (only bigger). In my base Form class, I've created a Shadow .Icon property so that I can "intercept" setting the Icon and duplicate...more >>

How can i retreive the directory my project will be in? TIA, Ahmed...more >>

Hi guys I have a console application that calls a web service. This app uses a config file to store certain settings I want to be able to store the web service providers hostname in the config file so I can change the config file and have the app point to a different server How do I go about d...more >>

Blank hi there, I just want to explain my problem. There is an application which is coded by me running. It is an vb.net application having user controls windows forms and something like visual components. Also i can send some command line options from the command line for example >> C:\xx...more >>

I'm printing a massive load of Crystal Reports and the PrintReport() Method opens the printDialogue but I don't want to have 5-6 of those opened at the same time... can I trigger a printout in Windows without using the PrintDialogue? /Lars ...more >>

Is there a way to explicitly tell .NET to return back to the original calling thread? I am doing asynchronous threading and I am trying to figure out if I can (within the callback after the .EndInvoke) explicitly tell .NET to go back to the thread from where I called the .BeginInvoke. Th...more >>

Hey Again Group, Sorry to be a pain:( On my App I have serveral forms All with a Database Connection, and then Several Data Adapters. Is this the best way to do it? i.e have a seperate DataBase Connection on each form, or should I have one Public one? Thanks MCN ...more >>

I am using vb.net. How can I create a link on my WEB page to call AIM and pass the screen name in a variable to the HTML Code below? Thanks, Richard <!-- Begin AIM Remote --> <a href="aim:goim?ScreenName = variable passed from vb code> ...more >>

I need to have a Tab Control with 4 tab pages. Each tab pages should have a certain list and list view controls. What these list view controls show depend on the tabpage. Do I have to create the control in each tabpage? Also, I will be allowing the application user to add thier own tab pages, wh...more >>

Hey Group, If I have for Example 3 Testboxs (txtb1, txtb2, txtb3) on my Form and 2 ComboBox`s (cbob1, cbob2) - All these are bound to a dataset, which new feilds can be added to or modifyed from. How can i get it so when I click on update, it checks to see if All the textboxs and combos hav...more >>

Using VS 2003... Is there a way to create a tif file on the fly to be faxed? I need a simply cover page (simple logo, to/from, etc.) and am currently doing it in text only, but that doesn't look that great. I figure with tif I could add a graphic, etc. A static pre-made tif file won't work,...more >>

Hey all, This is *not* another "how do I create a PDF" question, but rather how to put data into a pdf. A while back I found this link over on 15Seconds.com (http://www.15seconds.com/Issue/990902.htm) that shows how to take data from a webpage form and stuff it into a pdf file by using an...more >>

I have a VS.NET2003 Project1 under Solution1, for this the Option Strict is off. It is a huge project and would be impossible to make sure it meets the Option Strict on conditions. We are developing a new project/sloution in which Option Strict is On.. Do I have to everytime open each solution...more >>

Hey Group, Hows ya all doing? Sorry i know i`ve asked this before but my HDD failed at the weekend and i`ve lot some of my notes:( I have a ComboBox bound to a database. How do I get it so when i load up my form my combo boxs are blank? I think it was something like CBOBOX1.TEXT = " ...more >>

Hello...... I know this might be a kind of "FAQ", but somehow I really can't find any clue...(including MSDN)... My code is as following... Dim drow As DataRow Dim ada As New SqlDataAdapter() Dim ads = New DataSet() Dim astrConn As String = "data source=(...more >>

Hello, I have a console app and would like it to pick up some settings from the application config file.... Can anybody give me the basic rundown on the simplest way to achieve this... the MSDN stuff for this is really quite vague and does not seem to work when I do it the MS way in my code...more >>

Hi all, I have reposted this question from dotnet.general as I have been advised that this is a more appropriate forum for this question. Apologies for the repost. I have a process thats starts in my application and only terminates when my application is terminated. I want to write the outp...more >>

I'm having some trouble with the DataAdapter in my code. When the parameter in an OleDbCommand, which is created as having a type of OleDbType.Decimal, is set to System.DbNull, the actual value posted to the database upon execution of the Insert command is a floating point value of zero (0.0, ac...more >>

Hey group, Need a quick opinion... I've been using ChartFX Lite in an application, but I need a tad more functionality. I'm contemplating upgrading to the full ChartFX for .NET thingy. But, before I layout what amounts to some serious cash, I was wondering if anyone had experience with othe...more >>

Hi, if anyone can help on this, please! This is driving me crazy. I have a user control hierarchy several levels deep that derive for UserControl (windows). The class that is at the top level, has the following constructor (generated by VS.NET) Public Sub New() MyBase.New() ...more >>

I want to submit an HTTP request to a site but the site needs to think it's being POSTed from a form. How do I do that? -- -------- Ken Hunt 678-644-6036 ...more >>

I am converting a project from VB6 to VB.Net. In vb6, I created a textbox array on the form, and depending on the table querying, I would load new textbox's based on the fields in the table. I would store the index in a user defined type fldInfo array that also stored the field name. Then, when t...more >>

Can I programmatically disable the right click context menu? ...more >>

I have an MDIParent and a menu item "Show Status". By clicking on it, 'Show Status' Child Window has to be opened & Menu has to be disabled. by closing the Child menu has to be enabled. How to achieve this. Thanks dnk. ...more >>

Hi, Is there someone who has got som tips on how to convert text encoded with character referense to unicode or uft-8 format using VB.net. Is there a function or something that can help with the conversion? To use a simple replace "this" with "that" is not an option since there are som asia...more >>

Hi everybody! I am trying to create a custom component with collection property similar to Listview ColumnHeader. When edited in collection editor it needs to have several elements(properties) on the right pane per each element(property) on the left. How can this be done? Thanks in advance ...more >>

I have a small application that will copy two tables from one access databas to another, the tables are present in the destination database and I only copy the data over. So there is no created on the databases. I do this by filling a DataSet and then Copy() to another Dataset and Update() the d...more >>

I have an installation issue. For reasons that are beyond my control, folks log into their PC with administrative rights (don't ask). I want to 1) Install a program that will run for whatever user might log into that PC, 2) The program has a front end "updater" that looks for updates to the software...more >>

Good morning everyone! I have FINALLY finished my crazy go nuts 80,000 line custom built app and am getting ready to do some testing and have already run into a little problem. The app needs to be run from a share, not locally and when attempting to do that, I get this neat message: System.Sec...more >>

Hi all. I need to retrieve caption of system buttons. For example: in italian o.s. Cancel button is "Annulla", in english o.s. it is "Cancel" and so on. I need to install my application on different operative systems. Is there an API or another way to retrieve those system caption? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi all. I need to retrieve caption of system buttons. For example: in italian o.s. Cancel button is "Annulla", in english o.s. it is "Cancel" and so on. I need to install my application on different operative systems. Is there an API or another way to retrieve those system caption? Thanks. ...more >>

Dear All, How can I come to know that Form's scroll' position is changed (eigther by code or user interaction). Amir Ali. Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ...more >>

Is it possible to establish, say, a two-field relationship between 2 tables in which 1 of the fields in the child table is a foreign key present in the parent table, but the other would be provided programmatically at run time The situation is this: I have a table which contains detail informatio...more >>

I'm trying to create a custom collection for educational purposes only for now. I want to implement the IEnumerable interface but don't know what I'm doing with it. How to I create/get/return the expected value for the implemented GetEnumerator() function? I know the value expected is an IEnu...more >>

Hi When I use datediff, the Year I get back is not correct .At msdn I found the problem.(From 31/12/2003 to 1/1/2004 I get 1Year butt this is not correct. Where can I find a function that give's me the exact Year ( for 31/12/2003 to 1/1/2004 this is 0 Year Thx JoskeXP...more >>

Hi Al You can add a Bitmap to a VB class library and set it’s build action to embedded resource. How do you then get that image (i.e. load it into a PictureBox control) from another vb application knowing only the name of the DLL and of the Bitmap Many thanks for any help with this Julia Be...more >>

Hi, how do i check in vb.net if other applications is already connected to an access database (.mdb file)? Let's say I have an application that opens an mdb file, for example - test.mdb. Then I opened another instance of the same application and it will also connect to the same mdb file, in this cas...more >>

Hi, Inside my application, I have a form that is composed with a listview and a webbrowser. The webbrowser display the focused url contained in the list view. The problem is that this works the first time, that's to say when I call the form just after launching the application, but if I hide the ...more >>

Hi, how do i check if other applications is already connected to an access database (.mdb file)? Let's say I have an application that opens an mdb file, for example - test.mdb. Then I opened another instance of the same application and it will also connect to the same mdb file, in this case - test.m...more >>

I'm trying to display data in a datagrid. The rows are hours of the day and the coloums are days of the week. I need individual cell hight to display that a task takes more than one hour. How can it be done ;-)) Guffe...more >>