I decided to start a new thread. I have output in xml file format. It looks like this: <P1JoyUp> <Top>326</Top> <Left>54</Left> <Height>23</Height> <Width>100</Width> <Visible>True</Visible> <ForeColor>Color [White]</ForeColor> <BackColor>Color [Transparent]</B...more >>

In VB6, There is CallByName function, in .NET there are = Activator.CreateInstance but it requires a Type instead of a string name = of type. Function Activator.CreateInstance(Type) as Object There is also CreateInstance(AssemblyName as string,ObjectTypeName as = string) but it returns Obje...more >>

Hello, i have a form inserted in a multipage. This multipage has 6 panels. When i finally submit the form a new record in the database is created but the record is allways empty. This is driving me crazy. Please, if you can look to my file just send me an email to my email address: ...more >>

I decided to start a new thread. I have output in xml file format. It looks like this: <P1JoyUp> <Top>326</Top> <Left>54</Left> <Height>23</Height> <Width>100</Width> <Visible>True</Visible> <ForeColor>Color [White]</ForeColor> <BackColor>Color [Transparent]</Ba...more >>

Hello! I have a form with several groupboxes. I use the left-right-top-bottom = anchor in all of them. My problem is that when I change the screen = resolution the groupboxes overlap one another. It looks like the left = groupbox doesnt know where the right one starts, so it covers it. Any = ...more >>

Hi, I've made a program with an access database. In my sql insert command I need to use escape characters to insert text strings but te problem is that I want to use escape chars in my text strings themselves to. strSQL = "INSERT INTO tblKlanten (Naam, Voornaam, Adres, Postnummer, Telefoon, F...more >>

I know how to call a finction and pass a parameter to it, but I don;t understand how to take the resulting output of the function and use it from the subroutine that called the function Something like I have a number I send the number to a fumction that divides it by 2 I then can refer to ...more >>

For those of you who have used both VB6 and VB.Net, how would you say performance compares (specifically for Windows Forms apps)? I have found that forms display much more slowly in VB.Net. I'm wondering has anyone had a problem with this, where users and/or managers complain about the slower ...more >>

does anyone experienced slowness when updating a dataset using AcceptChanges? when calling this code it takes many seconds to update the database SqlDataAdapter1.Update(DsStudentCourse1) DsStudentCourse1.AcceptChanges() i'm also wondering because w/ out AcceptChanges the data is still sav...more >>

I get a casting error when I try to do this.. I would like the variable to stay a string Dim userinfo As String = "5.0.2456.4343" Dim buserinfo As String buserinfo = userinfo.Substring(userinfo - 8) ...more >>

I need to extract the file version from a file. I'll paste the code below. The problem is that VB returns a value that looks liks this "5.00.2195.6824" and windows returns a value that looks like this "5.0.2195.6824".. It stops the comparisons that I do in the script since its always not a match....more >>

I can get an image into the MDI client region with the following code but it tiles, how can i make it center only? thanks Dim c As Control For Each c In Me.Controls If c.GetType.Name = "MdiClient" Then Dim b As Drawing.Bitmap b = New Drawing.Bitmap(GetType(frmMainWindow).Assembly.GetManifes...more >>

Is there a way to paint,.. assign.. or any way to put Rich Text in a label. VJ ...more >>

Hello I have a small program that I've created to generate accounting statements out of our policy managment system. The first part of the process is selecting the customer to create the statement for. In this process the application queries the database, returns a dataset of just custo...more >>

Sometimes I hear the MODEM dialing and I don't know why. Is there some way I can use VB to tell which program is causing it? I'm on a LAN so it may be a remote program. Thanks ...more >>

(Type your message here) How do you write the code in vb.net to perform a search in a database? Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdSearch.Click End Sub End Class -------------------------------- From: Yemi Alade -----------...more >>

How do I fill a text box with multiply lines of text from code?...more >>

Hi, How can I find a record in a dataset. I have 1 textbox name txtfind. my sql statement should be like this.."select * from employees where emp_id= txtfind.text" then if found it should bind the fields to the corresponding textboxes on the form....more >>

Here is snippet of my problem IF Condition1 then RemoveHandler lblCntrl.Click, AddressOf lbl_ShowItem AddHandler lblCntrl.Click, AddressOf lbl_ShowMaker2 elseif Condition2 then AddHandler lblCntrl.Click, AddressOf lbl_ShowItem RemoveHandler lbl...more >>

Is there a TypeConverter that converts Doubles to percent values in a PropertyGrid? The Windows.Forms.Form.Opacity property seems to use the TypeConverter that I want. Thank you, Lance...more >>

hi to all ... i need to execute a string script in my vb.net project, Is there a way to do it ? the Ms Script Control is a com abject.. is there one for dot net? thanks Reguards -- ...::M:O:R:B:I:L:L:O::.. ...more >>

Ok, I have kind of a weird issue I haven't seen before. I am attempting to set the location of a new form to pop up in the same location as another. I have code similar to the following: Dim nextForm as New frmWizard2 nextForm.Location = lastFormLocation '<- Problem line nextForm.ShowDia...more >>

Can i achieve this feature in VB.NET? I login into my machine using NT user id mydomain\sbabu and pwd babu to run a dll installed in the GAC. But internally when the dll is connecting to the database with a connection string, the user name mydomain\admin and pwd admin1 should be used to access the...more >>

ok, I fat-fingered the Line control in the Crystal Reports tab of the toolbox and now its gone. I can still insert lines with a right-click, but where is the Line control? I found the LineObjectInstance in the object browser, inside .Shared...ViewerObjectModel but can't find any control in the c...more >>

Is it possible, while dealing with an event, to ignore/delete any other event that might come along while I'm busy? My scenario is a mouse click on a picturebox control. I perform an action on the control in response to the click but I find that if the user clicks madly away, all preceeding cli...more >>

Hi, I'm using Windows XP SP1 with Visual Studio 2003. I add a blank form to a project, then I add a default control of any type (label, button, etc) to that form. When I build and run the project, it gets a 'System.ArithmeticException' error at the point where it's adding the control to...more >>

I have date="11.6.2004"(today) and I would like to format it as: 20040611 How can I do that? Thank you, Simon ...more >>

I have a grid that I want users to be able to chaneg values in in all cells but NOT to add or delete Rows. is this possible? Best Regards /Lars Netzel ...more >>

There are 3 ComboBox's in the Dialogs : Look in (Directory path), File Name and File Type. Can set these ComboBox's enabled ? So the user can not change them. Thanks, Joachim ...more >>

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In C++ you can tell if a program iscompiled as debug or release with special tags... if the compiler is compileing in release mode it will include the code in the release tag only and in debug mode the debug code only... so you can have something like this void main(void) { #RELEASE ...more >>

Hello, Have just started using VB.Net and have been trying to work on some updates to a very old piece of code. Currently we send messages via the serial port in the following formate i176.8005 <CR> i176.800555.44 <CR> o176.8005.222 <CR> The <CR> showing the end of a message arriving on...more >>

I have several controls that I want to bind to properties in a class. The code I use to bind is: txtAddressLine1.DataBindings.Add(New Binding("text", ebtrPlanDetails, "CompanyAddress1")) Whenever I change the text of the textbox, and try to navigate to another control on the form, it doesn't w...more >>

Would someone mind please posting sample code for reading data from a column in Excel? And/or providing any recommended reading on the subject? Thanks! ...more >>

Hi I have created a windows form that hold a datagrid, that datagrid gets it values from a stored procedure. My problem is that I have added a checkbox to the datagrid and applied some style to the datagrid. But the checkbox is always greyed out. Why is that, and what am I doing wrong? H...more >>

I'm not clear if the Standard edition can do this. I want to build a front end for an Access 2000 database. Also does SE have Crystal reports or something similar? Thanks Steve. ...more >>

I am reading .wma's off of a file and I was wondering how I can figure out what the genre of the .wma file is so I can put it in the right desired folder?...more >>

Hi , I would like to get access to the Desktop object of run procedure Refresh (of course if such exists:) ) - at least I can do it my PC when I click right mouse's botton on the Desktop. The problem is : the Wallpaper file changes by program from time to time, but not refreshed. I am going...more >>

I know that I can call a procedure of Form1 from Form2 ? But I don't know how, because I am a beginner. Can anybody tell me please ? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

hello I have to create a small addin which works on Powerpoint, Word, Outlook, and Excel on Office 2000, XP, and 2003. This addin consists in adding 2 new Buttons in the "File" Menu of office. This is properly done, but the events which should be triggered with the button.click method are not ...more >>

(Type your message here) -------------------------------- From: murali pannala i would want to create an object dynamically. i.e i hold my class name in a variable only.and by passing this variable can i create the object of the type (value which the variable holds) eg : dim str as st...more >>

I think I asked the wrong question last time, so I am starting a separate post to distinguish them. Take five classes: ClassA and ClassW...Z ClassA raises five events: Event1...5 ClassW...Z handle some combination of these events. For example ClassW handles Event1, 2 and 5 Clas...more >>