I'm using Visual Studio .NET 2002 I remember there was a way to do this in C, so there should be a way of doing it in .NET: Instead of: Dim bolSquare1 as Boolean Dim bolSquare2 as Boolean Dim bolSquare3 as Boolean | | | Dim bolSquare9 as Boolean Is there some way of doing it like th...more >>

Dear all, How do I get information if Shift is pressed in a mouse wheel handler. Thanks, Boni Sub MouseWheel(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) 'mouse whill handler If SHIFT is pressed and e.delta..... End Sub ...more >>

I have a program that is printing PDFs and to check that the PDF is complete we run the following code after we are done printing. lpsProcesses = Process.GetProcesses For Each lpsProcess In lpsProcesses If lpsProcess.ProcessName.CompareTo("Acrobat") =...more >>

I wrote a small program a few years ago, and am not just trying to update it. When I try to debug I get the error message: Could not copy temporary files to the output directory. The file 'keycapture.exe' cannot be copied to the run directory. The requested operation cannot be performed on...more >>

Hi everyone! I need to show an excel chart in my application. I can open an excel file and make the chart, but I want to show the chart inside my form insted of the excel GUI. I use the PrintPreview command, but it open another window for the excel application with the chart. Can I do that,...more >>

Is this the best way to see if a DOS executable is running? I tried getting process window titles but it takes longer and the window title could be any number of different names. I'm a little worried about my program corrupting the executable using the code below. Or should I not worry? The D...more >>

In "Vs2005 RTM" I've tried to use the reportviewer in localmode creating a report.rdlc. I want to fill data only by code (eg. i don't want to create a tableadapter). Does anyone have examples about this task, or generic examples about new reporting features in Vs2005? ...more >>

Hi, I'd like to make sure that only one instance of my app is running per User Session. In addition this has to work with user rights and in a Windows 2k/2k3 and Citrix Terminalserver environment. The code I'm using prevents the app from creating a second instance on a TS. What do I hav...more >>

How do I keep a control from flickering while its updating? -Lou ...more >>

Hello, I have a combobox which is bound to a dataset with 2 columns. 1 column is a description and the other holds the id. I keep getting an error when trying to extract the underlying value. What is the proper way to extract the valuemember value? Can anyone help me out with this issue...more >>

Hi; I need to detect the window's user's my documents directory and the available space on that drive. I'm trying to do this in vb.net. Segue....more >>

Hi I had a sheridan grid in VB6 and code like grid.RemoveAll worked just fine. But when I use the Sheridan grid and the same code in VB.net I get the error An unhandled exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in mscorlib.dll Additional information: Method n...more >>

Can anyone tell me how to get the current color of a combobox's button? I have a custom control that I want to look similar to a combobox. It contains a button control that I want to look like the button on a combobox. If possible, I would also like to get the arrow image that is used on th...more >>

I am trying to get a faxing routine working, but I cannot get past the error An unhndled exception of the type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in microsoft.visualbasic.dll Additional information: The data is invalid. The code I am using is Dim fxServer As Objec...more >>

I have a text file and i need to be able to insert text into it at specified points. How do i do this?...more >>

This question might be for another group, but since I use vb.net, I thought I'd ask here.... I'm looking to clean up some code. Is there a development tool to tell me which functions are not being used? I know that in C#, the compiler will tell you which variables are not being used. However, ...more >>

i have something where i am parsing information into a csv file with created headers. the script gets replayed as it tests several user profiles. how can i get it to continue writing on the last line (and not rewrite over info.) of the file where it left off? on another note, how to get ri...more >>

Our application was build with VS 2003. I have tried to run it on a computer with .Net 2.0 (but without .Net 1.1 , as it should be used) and I got the following error - System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast COM object of type 'mshtml.HTMLBodyClass' to class type ''. COM components t...more >>

Hi, I need some advice with a binary column in a DataGrid. Everything seems fine except for one thing. In order to check a box, I have to click on it once to select it, and then click again to check it. Somehow this doesn't seem right. Does anyone know if this is normal behavior for a Da...more >>

Hi all, I have converted an old VB6 app to .NET. The following DLL's are generated which I include in the same directory as the exe. AxInterop.ComctlLib.dll AxInterop.MCI.dll AxInterop.MSChart20Lib.dll AxInterop.MSComCtl2.dll AxInterop.MSFlexGridLib.dll AxInterop.RichTextLib.dll Intero...more >>

I am doing my own PrintDialog, and have placed there a combo with the printer names, as in the PrintDialog provided by VB.NET. Here is the question: how do I open the native windows printer dialog for the current printer, so that my current PrintDocument.PrinterSettings will be set according t...more >>

Hi, I'm new to vb.net and would be grateful if anyone could offer some advice on the best way to approach this problem: I wish to dynamically capture pricing information e.g. 10 stock prices and use this data to generate a number of graphs over time (in real time) of each share price. This...more >>

Dear All, I used to connect to SQL server using ADO in vb6 few years ago. Can anyone please tell me what is the most stable and efficient method to connect to SQL server with VB nowadays? Thanks. ...more >>

Hello guys, I am having a few problems with my Smart device programing.. I am new to it so I am not quite sure if this is the right thign to do. When I click a button and one my forms I want it to open up another form. When the other form opens up as a fixed single (anything for that mat...more >>

Hi The sql command below does not seem to work in SQL Server, can someone show where I am going wrong Select * from users where ref like '*JOH*' order by ref Thanks in advance -- Kevin Martin Motor Trade Technologies ...more >>

Dear all, is it possible to convert string "Blue" into system.drawing.color.blue. Thanks a lot, Boni ...more >>

I am trying to display some database records in datagrid using dataset. the records need to be displayed are couple of thousands, but the records in database that the SQL query needs to exam are more than 70 thousand, and it is really slow to get the dataset ready to populate the datagrid. ...more >>

HI Can someone tell me how to create a new SQL server user with password and default database using VB.Net code Thanks in advance -- Kevin Martin Motor Trade Technologies ...more >>