Hi to all. I recently installed VB.NET express edition final, after using the Beta 2 version for a while. Now I have noticed that the Dynamic Help is no longer available??? Is this normal, or did something go wrong with my installation??? I do not seem to have other problems using the V...more >>

I am trying to write code to rotate a graphic that I have. Here is the code I am currently using: Dim frogbitmap As New Bitmap(Drawing.Image.FromFile(Server.MapPath("images/frog.gif"))) Dim froggraphic As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(frogbitmap) froggraphic.RotateTransform(90) frogbitma...more >>

Hi, is it possible with dot.net (either Csharp or VB), design a table and convert it to html code ? i.e., something like drawing html tables and then editing cells ???? ...more >>

Hi everyone, I have a ComboBox that when changed, calls a method to change the content of a ListBox. I'm also using the Listbox's SelectedIndexChanged event to change other control values on the form. (It's a Company -> People -> Personal Data relationship) When I bind my datasource to...more >>

Hi, I have some nasty error when deploying my application (VB.NET 20002) on the users-computers. I'm using an SQL 2000 database. The problem I guess is the fact that I had a local SQL 2000 and a local SQL 2005. I used to develop on a network SQL 2000 (the same which the users are conne...more >>

Hi, I'm using VB Express 2005 and I want to write an application that uses an access database, but the location of the database file will be on a remote PC on a LAN and so I need to be able to specify the connection string at runtime. I also need to have simultaneous connections by up to 5 ...more >>

Hello. How do I can to drawing rectangle and line on my form?? PHM (Please Help Me) Cris ...more >>

Hi there, Is it possible to have a Windows Forms application with "common controls" in Windows XP style without having to provide a manifest file? I'd like my app to be a single executable. Thanks, SLE ...more >>

Hello. I would make some graph about some data from my SQL Server DB. Do you know some methods?? Please help me and sorry for my english!! Bye Cris ...more >>

Did the RichTextBox control change in VS2005? ...more >>

I tried to create a set of controls at runtime and ran into these problems: 1. I created 1 row containing several controls (textboxes) as placeholders. I set these control .visible = false. The controls are palced within a groupbox called gbDetail 2. I added a sub to create same row of contr...more >>

I have a control called MyPanel that inherits from Panel. Also a control called MyRTB that inherits from RichTextBox. They are used on a form as follows: MyPanel in on the form and MyRTF is placed in MyPanel. I do this so that the properties of MyRTF and of MyPanel are available to the f...more >>

Hi, I have some very specific needs, and I am not able to find a nice solution. What I need is: - when the user makes a choice in the Menu, the Form of his choice must open, but: - this Form must open Maximized - and the user shouldn't be able to see the 'Main application' until he close...more >>

I have a string that I am trying to strip the last 2 characters that happen to be a "," and a " ". I am also adding a "<br>" to the end. When I am done I still have the ", " and also the <br>. In my asp.net page I do: trace.warn("Before BenefitsData.Text = " & BenefitsData.Text) trace.w...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for a way to send fax from my vb.net windows solution. any idea please? Thanks. ...more >>

I get the following error in my code when I set Option Strict to On: Option Strict On disallows implicit conversions from 'System.Object' to 'System.Drawing.Image' The blue error underline starts at "ResMan" and goes to the end of the line in this line of code: Dim i As System.Drawing.Ima...more >>

I have a string that is delimited, e.g. "SOD;NAME;ADDRESS1;ADDRESS2;PHONE;CITY;STATE;ZIP;EOD", that I need to strip off the "SOD;" at the beginning and the ";EOD" at the end. I am well familiar with the Split and Join functions that can split a string like this out to an array and vice vers...more >>

How do i create a popup notification above the taskbar like MSN messenger and other software using VB?? Is it easier to do this in VB or VB.Net? Directions and links to source that does this will be appreciated. Thanks ...more >>

Is it possible to create a VB application that can make a physical memory (RAM) 'dump' to a file. Regards, Robertico ...more >>

when using axwebrowser, then type www.penthouse.com and i got error when url came on. the error is: Your current security setting probhit running ActiveX controls on this page. As a result, the page may not display correctly. do u know how to prevent error problem? netscape and firefox are ...more >>

I have a form with several panels. Each of these panels need to be docked to the top in a specific order. I am having problems getting the panels to dock in the correct order (i.e. panel1 needs to be at the top, panel2 needs to dock just below panel1, panel3 needs to dock just below panel2, ...more >>

Hi all, I am getting a bc30311 error (Value of type 'x' cannot be converted to 'x'). Note that the source and destination types are the same. I have run into this issue on 2 separate occasions. On both occasions, type x was contained in a statically linked dll. The dll was linked in 2 p...more >>

Hi, I have a MDI Application. The MDI parent contains a treeview control, and the childform contains a textbox. If I leave the textbox by clicking on the treeview, then MDIParentForm.ActiveControl is the child form instead of being the treeview. This only occurs under VS2005. It works fine unde...more >>

Hello, I'm starting to program in Visual Studio 2005 and I noticed that there is a property to set the application splash screen. However it seems to me that this property is quite limitative. Imagine I want a splash screen where I can show to user what I'm, doing. For example, loading info...more >>

Is there a way to access 2 databases simultaneously using a single connection string? I'm working on a VB.NET application and using 2 different connection strings to access each database.. server: SQLSERVER databases: gasstations customers Thanks Bill ...more >>

I want to respond to a right-mouse click on a treeview node by displaying a popup menu next to the node. How would I do that? Thanks... Dan ...more >>

I have two dates - Startdate and EndDate How could I make an iteration through them, so I can do things with every date between these two dates? Including them? Thanks ...more >>

Hi all! Can someone please tell me how to configure a windows serivce's StartUp type to 'Automatic' in VB.Net? Thanks in advance! ...more >>

I have an application that is used by multiple people. They all see the same table contents from a sql-db. If a user adds/changes or removes a record the other users must refresh there dataset manually to see the changes. How can I make my application aware of db-changes automaticly so that th...more >>

Hi, If I check the printers & faxes ->file ->server properties There are lot of forms (Envelope, letter, etc). I could add my custom form too, in this case I add a custom form, named "MyCustomForm" This is my code: Dim pdoc As New PrintDocument For Each obj As PaperSize In pdoc.PrinterSet...more >>

Hi, Can anyone tell me how to get the path of IIS root folder from coding? Eg: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot. I would like to detect it via coding as not everyone set it at the default folder. Thanks, Tee ...more >>

I have builded a project and cannot find the msi file on the folder. But I don't see any error in the output window. Can anyone please help? Thanks. ...more >>

Dear Experts I have a SQL Server DataBase and I have maked a VB interface to it Now I want to perform a backup operation to my DataBase using the code that mean I want to make a SQL Server backup File on my disk to restore database from. Thank Ivan ...more >>

Hi All I need some advice on the correct way to dispose of an object after use I am using VB2005 e.g ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dim dt as new datatable, sql as string try sql = "select * from ...." d...more >>

is there a 3rd party tools or simple batch scripts or VB.NET 2003 to lock files ? Here is the problem 1. i've a config.ini FIXED in a local directory eg c:\configuration. Only this file exist in this directory. 2. the contents of config.ini is follows key=country_code 3. The vendor...more >>