I built a simple Data Access Layer with the Visual Studio 2005 DataSet Designer using the wizard. All who I have talked to who use it, articles I haver read by those who use it speak very highly about the quality of code that vs2005 creates. before adding any code of my own I ran "Code Analysi...more >>

How to list users and groups in domain using .NET? i want to show it in combo box.. Thank you ...more >>

Hello I derived a class MyControl from the Control class. Public Class MyControl Inherits Control Sub New() MyBase.New() End Sub End Class Now I want to do a down cast to the base class an I get an error. Dim x As MyControl = New TextBox //wrong Why can't...more >>

I have been searching for two days to learn how to create an About window that contains information like the program name and version number. As I remember this was simple in VB6 and is probably also easy in .NET, but searching on About is fruitless. Can someone give clueless a tip, please. ...more >>

Hi, Am just starting to develop an app that be using a graphic report. I can see how to use MSChart, but that I gather is considered arcane. Is there a suggested substitute control to replace MSChart? Thanks, Al ...more >>

Hi, First, sorry for this long post, but i'd like to explain my problem in detail... i have generated some classes from my schema. Classes are generated for the root (overall document), complexTypes with complexContents (this is how my types in the xsd are defined), and elements defined as co...more >>

hi, im trying to egt a picturebox to follow the mousecursor around in a certain area, but the picturebox isnt where the mouse is...how can i get the picturebox to be where the mouse cursor is? thanks -- -iwdu15...more >>

I need a simple function that can match the number of beginning and ending parenthesis in an expression. Here's a sample expression: ( ( "john" ) and ( "jane" ) and ( "joe" ) ) Does .NET have something built-in that can accomplish this, or do I have to write my own parser? I don't want to re...more >>

Hi I need function which can show me value of string only TO seted sign. For example i have string x="Hello, people" and i need function which show me string to ",", in this situation Hello, other example x="1111 | 22222" show me only to "|", 1111 Is it possible?? thx ...more >>

Hi I have datagrid, with 2 columns Id and Name. I want, then i insert to datagrid, to column name "d", datagrid move to record where value of name is "d_____" , when i insert to name "da", move to record where name value is "da____" etc. Is it possible?? In many programs i can see it, but i c...more >>

Hi I have a string that looks like this C:\A123\DSDWE\dkdkddkdk-123.txt I want dkdkddkdk and 123 as two different variable values. How do I best achieve this using VB.NET? I have split this initially and looped over. But I need a best way to do this. Please help. Thank you Sco...more >>

I have a 2 tabpage : tapPage 1 : one combobox with a keydown event : Private Sub cbClients_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles cbClients.KeyDown If e.KeyValue = System.Windows.Forms.Keys.Return Then messagebox("Hello") end if end sub i...more >>

hello prof. What is the best way to split a double so that I can count the value before the comma and after the comma? example 123,1234 intbefore = total(before) '123 intafter = total(after) '1234...more >>

Hello, I have 2 access tables (parent and child) related this way: Parent Child ID--------->ParentID I add a new record into the parent table in my code and then add a new record intop the child table using the parent id as the value for the ParentID field. However afte...more >>

How do I compress my .x and .png files into my DirectX screensaver? (Remember, a screensaver is only an EXE with a different extension.) ********************************************************************** Sent via Fuzzy Software @ http://www.fuzzysoftware.com/ Comprehensive, categorised, sea...more >>

Hi When I try write to file(with StreamWriter) some string, i have some problem. I can't write text with "". For example i want to wrote "Hello" . When i make Dim sw As New System.IO.StreamWriter("C:\text.txt") sw.write("Hello") .. .. .. .. In my file is Hello, instead of "Hello". ...more >>

I want to maximize a form's size when it is loaded. I have been googling and experimenting with what I found but I cannont seem to find the right syntax. I have been trying something like the following in the form load event but, as I said, I can't get the syntax right? System.Windows.Forms...more >>

THIS IS WHAT I DO: Dim lG As Graphics = pD.PrinterSettings.CreateMeasurementGraphics() Dim lHdc As IntPtr = lG.GetHdc() leftOffsetP = GetDeviceCaps(lHdc, PHYSICALOFFSETX) topOffsetP = GetDeviceCaps(lHdc, PHYSICALOFFSETY) printableWidthP = GetDeviceCaps(lHdc, HORZRES) 'Width in pixels,...more >>

In VB.NET is there a way to set the mouse cursor to the Wait cursor that will stay in effect across several forms? For example, I want to set the cursor to the WaitCursor in formA just before it calls formB and FormB may, in turn, call another form. I want the WaitCursor until control is retur...more >>

Hi, We have an application which is in almost completed stage. We are going to provide a key for activating the software which is also to be bundled. We are planned to write the validation in the VB.Net code itself but a separate simple application. We will install the .Net Pre-req...more >>

Hi There, I want o access address book of OUTLOOK EXPRESS on Web Clients PC so that he can select addresses from his address book & copy them to our database. Does Outlook Express support an object model? if yes where do I get help on it. If No ? How do I achieve this task? pls help ...more >>

I'm programming in visual basic .net and i need to determine the size, in millimeters, of some lines on a picturebox (determined by points). i've been searching in google but i found nothing except that vb .Net measures things in pixels (rather than twips, like VB6), and that pixels are very d...more >>

hi, i got file which contains "----------------" in a line. the line only contains this data as a saperation. using regular expression i want to i detify the line contains that data and replace with spaces. if anyone has any idea,solution or link plz do share with me. thans in advt. Luck...more >>

Hi All I am looking for a FolderBrowseDialog where I can set a "currentfolder" eg if currentfolder is c:\program files\myapp\data\ etc Not just the common standard folder like "my computer", "desktop", "my documents" etc Any ideas? I can do my own from scratch though :/ - Peter ...more >>

In my application, there is an hard code string ,to connect the database. Can I use config file instead of it ?? Please Help & Thx. Public Shared CONNECTION_STR_ACCOUNT As String = "workstation id=AGNES;packet size=4096;user id=sa;data source='hlssql';persist security info=True;initial c...more >>