I'm working with an Outlook object and I, thru VB code, execute menu option "Purge All Items" (which deletes all "marked for deletion" emails from the MAPI folder on the server and in outlook). Outlook then complain about that it can't complete that action since outlook is not connected to ...more >>

(Applies to Windows.Forms vs.net 2003) I populate a ListView (Details view) and for each row I change the forecolor depending on a bunch of things. This is fine right after populating the list. When clicking on an empty row in the listview (below all items) the last selected Item loose a...more >>

Hey all i am looking to see if anyone has created a function or knows how to create an md5sum that would match the md5sum routines found commonly in C++ and Linux. Gary Townsend ...more >>

I have a multi-threaded VB.NET application and I need to be able to access a shared set of variables from multiple threads. In CE.NET there are objects called critical section objects that a thread can acquire on entry to a section manipulating such variables and release when done. Any other t...more >>

Say I pass an object ByRef. And I want to store a reference to that object. How do I do this? Arturo Hernandez ...more >>

Does anyone know how I can determine the thread context in VB.NET? I have an elapsed timer event that I tie to the application context via SynchronizingObject. But code I run in the elapsed event routine seems to be in a different context. Is there a way I can get the thread ID? Thanks. ...more >>

I'm having problems with the reliability of WndProc in my application. The application has a hidden form, which it instantiates in the Main() and then calls Application.Run(). There are cases where WndProc does not receive internal messages via PostMessageA(). Sometimes it works, sometimes ...more >>

I have VB .net and whenever I enter some code it won't let me test it. Somtimes it does and says there are errors, even with the ones from Microsoft itself! Please help -- Legolas Greenleaf, Tree Elf...more >>

Hi All, I have an asp.net project that uses an ActiveX component on the server side and I would like the login page to show the version number of this component. The ActiveX component is included as a COM Reference to the project. Any Ideas? TIA kpg...more >>

Here a classic "DON'T DO THIS" example: Public Class Test Private m_ThreadBDone As Boolean Sub LaunchThreadAndWait() '<--- called by thread A Dim theadB as New Thread(Addressof(ThreadBProc)) theadB.Start() While Not m_ThreadBDone Sleep(250) Loop 'at this point thr...more >>

I am going to write an visual studio.net 1.1 application where I would like to setup dynamic sql statements. Basically I am going to have a sql server 2000 control table where users can select via a web page, what columns they want to see with their own unique (personal) sql server 2000. T...more >>

Hi everyone, Sorry for cross posting, but I wanted to try and put this where it would be more visible to everyone... :-) I need to find a way to be able to search for entries in our ADS tree. I have it working, but I have to pass it my username/password in order to search it. What ...more >>

How can I write a multiline text in a message box.show how can i use the line feed or carriage return in this situaion. Thank you ...more >>

is there a way to have horizontal scroll bars in regular list boxes or similar control? -- thank you in advance......more >>

Hi, I have a string Array called Groups and this has x number of groups. Each row of the Array is divided up by ';' and has the name of the group in the second position (i.e. after the first ';') and then x number of values all divided by ';'. All these subsequent values are the IDs of the...more >>

Hello, I try to make a Windows Service that doing some action at each begin of hour. I cannot use the task schedule. I have try to use thread, timer ... But nothing is correct. Do you have an ideas to do it ? Thanks. Seb ...more >>

Im going insane trying to sort this out. The following code has been tested and works fine ( without the Diagnostic.Debugger.Break() line of course, on windows forms application ). In a windows service ( Assembly has full trust ) and with the Debugger line in, if Im lucky and it doesent lock u...more >>

Hello, everyone! I DO need some help in order to understand how to create graphics in VB.NET. I'm a little bit confused... I once knew a time when using Point & PSet was almost the only way to make some interesting apps which could tranform images (i.e. making saturation of colours "heavy", or...more >>

Hi I have an application with 3 windows forms. One of which I load at startup but hide, then show/hide based on users click. How can I test to see if the windows is hidden, or is at the moment being shown? Thanks BrianDH...more >>

I'm trying to get a regular expression that matches only 4 digits, i'm using Regex.IsMatch(userID, "^\d{4}") If the user types in more than 4 digits it still is being returned as a match. Should I be using IsMatch, or is my regular expression wrong? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I have a form containing 10 checkbox named checkbox1, ... checkbox10. I want to use one loop to scan these control. Anybody knows how? Dim i as integer for i=1 to 10 'Me.checkbox & i.text = "something" next Thanks in advance...more >>

Hello, I am trying to use VBScript to set an entry in the registry. Here is a snippet of what I am trying to do: WshShell.RegWrite "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Powerpoint.Show.8\BrowserFlags", "a" ,"REG_DWORD" Problem is that this doesn't work unless I change the "a" to a number. I'm assuming tha...more >>

Hi, I have created a simple managed component in vb.Net with a public class exposing a public function. I successfully registered it using 'Regasm.exe' .. But when I tired to access it in vb 6.0( using late binding) it gives an error . I cannot view managed component in Ole View . Both ...more >>

I have data in a dataset that the user wants in Excel. I can do it by writing the data in one cell at a time but it's a bit slow. Is there a quick way to do it? TIA -- Helen...more >>

I have made a form with a tab that containts groupboxes and those contain checkboxes. When I run the application sometimes the outlining for some groupboxes are not shown, if I switch tabs and back sometimes all outlining is shown and sometimes are not shown. I have no idea what is going wr...more >>

Hi How do I in a textbox only allow users to type in numbers and comma and dot ? they should of course be able to delete and backspace the stuff they type in too.. I figured keyDown would b a good place best regards /Lars Netzel ...more >>

In VB6, I would have used Date() That no longer works. How do I find todays date in VB.net? ...more >>

I have a Windows Service and I am using a Timer on it with an interval of 10 seconds. The assembly has full trust and the service is running under the localmachine permission. In the timer tick I have the following code. Dim fs As New System.IO.FileStream("C:\ticking.txt", IO.FileMode.Appe...more >>

Why is it that there doesn't appear to be an easy way to select what overridable method you want to override from the IDE as you could in VS2003? Used to, you could select (Overrides) for your class from the dropdown at the top of the IDE, on the left, and then pick from a list of overrides o...more >>

I'm sure I will kick myself when you tell me, but is there a simple way to test for the existence of any character in string1 being present in string2? For example, if s1 = "abracadabra" and s2 = "synonym" the result is false, but if s2 = "pelican" the answer is true. TIA Charles ...more >>

I would like to build some generic code that is able to figure out the correct dataAdapter to apply changes to given a form with several dataAdapters. Any suggestions on the following? Thank you. ====================================== Private Sub SaveChanges(ByVal aContainer As Objec...more >>

Is it possible to have a datagrid column use a DateTimePicker? How would I do this? Thanks Vayse ...more >>

Hello I'm having lot of problems in writing a method that returns a Path for a rounded corners rectangle for drawing a non-rectangular border. The resulting path is ok for using with FillPath method, but applied to a DrawPath method the resulting non-rectangular rectangle is wrong. Applying...more >>

Hi, I have a TabControl which include 2 TabPages. When user click on some Treeview items, i want to show one of the TabPages (as i want). I tried show(), Select() or BringToFront() but nothing worked. Could you tell me what is the way to do this ? thanks a lot, Maileen...more >>

Are there any tools for detecting un-used variables in VS VB 2003? I have been hacking my old VB6 code into VB2003 and there may be stuff left over I no longer need.used but may be still there. It is quite large so would take some time to do this manually....more >>

I already created a windows service that receive parameter in Sub GetValue () and I can registered and started service successfully. But unfortunately, I don't know how to write program to call this windows service. Anyone can help me and give me some example code, please .... My windows ser...more >>

My daughter somehow changed my "normal" cursor into an animated bug eyed cat cursor, and I need to find out how get rid of it and get my plain old cursor back. I hate this animated thing! I asked her to undo it, but she didn't remember how, and I've tried whatever I can think of, but to no avai...more >>

Hi, Recently I asked how to write code to open an App from its associated file. I got assistance from Ken show me the Process.Start command. I would now like to start the App that I have built from its associated file type. Could someone advise me on how I make my App aware of the specific ...more >>

--> Does someone have a short code example ?? Hi, A customer requested to permanently activate the red Function key on a HHP Dolphin 9550. This key behaves like a SHIFT key for function keys. They have to make a lot of key entries: RED KEY - F1 RED KEY - F2 RED KEY - F3 .... and ...more >>

Hi all, I created a vb.net program which provide print report funtion. I would like to print to printer directly, that's mean no need user crystal report viewer....can ? Thanks ...more >>