What is the equivalent of VB6.0 locked property in VB.NET ? How do I make uneditable textbox [i'm not using enabled property because it'll change the backcolor of the textbox if set to false] ...more >>

I think I've done my homework and checked around on Google Groups but this seems to be a situation not yet covered. Here is the scenario... There are two classes, Foo and Bar (actually there are more than two classes involved but two will suffice to explain the problem), and each class has ...more >>

Hi all. Is it possible to store some additional information in each node of a treeview but without displaying it? i.e. If, for example, my treeview displayed a list of products. But additionally stored in it is the price of the product. If i clicked on a node, a messagebox would display t...more >>

I'm using VB .NET 2003. In the toolbox, I should have the RadioButtonList but it isn't there. I've sorted aphebetically but only have RadioButton and RadioButtonArray. I right click to add an item and the Customize Toolbox dialogue comes up. The RadioButtonList is checked but still isn't i...more >>

I've never written anything in vb before, but I've been asked to update some vb code. The requirements are that a banner show at all times. The banner works well with most screen savers. However, the openGL, or directDraw screen savers seem to override it. I set the refresh to .001 second, but this ...more >>

I am verry confused about classes. I understand that classes can encapsulate properties, methods, events (don't know hoy to add events to a class), etc. I am confused with this: if you can encapsulate all this in a class, how do you decide or when is it necessary to Dim x as new MyClass or wh...more >>

I would like to parse the content of a large number of text files in a given directory. The text is in a fixed format so the parsing should be easy. I would like to For Each file in directory place file in streamreader parse content Next File Is this possible? ...more >>

Hello! I have some Vb.Net applications, which are terminated at indefinite times without message. If I call in the program regulated system.GC.Collect, then the program is terminated here sporadically without message. It's not possible to debug in visual studio, i get no exceptions (a...more >>

Hi, I want to use the axWebBrowser control and MSHTML DOM in a Windows form application, but not have the control visible. However I've found that if I set the Visible property to False, the control's DocumentComplete event doesn't fire. Is there any way I can use the WebBrowser control...more >>

Hello... I am creating a CurrencyManager object and setting it like this ... Code: Dim cm as CurrencyManager (...) 'On Open event of form cm = Me.BindingContext(ds,"tblPersonData") I am databinding all of my Textbox controls to various fields in tblPersonData. Everything is ...more >>

Hi, I'm building a class library and I use some classes in my library that I would not like to expose when using the class library. I explain : I use let's say Class1, Class2 and Class3. In Class1, I have an instance of Class2 and in Class2 I have an instance of Class3. Class1 takes care o...more >>

George Shepherd's great Windows Forms FAQ has this article about creating a datagrid with no active cell: http://www.syncfusion.com/faq/winforms/search/856.asp Unfortunately, this only works properly for datagrids that are not ReadOnly (i.e. a row will become unhighlighted if you click the s...more >>

Hi, I have a treeview which contains nodes of a class (classA) derived from treenode. These classA nodes may contain nodes of a class (ClassB) derived from classA. The form load populates a imagelist and calls a subroutine that assigns an image to each node depending on its type. If I expan...more >>

I've read the help docs but can't figure what AutoScrollMinSize does. Probably very simple so they felt no need to explain but it is not evident to me. Can someone give a few words about it and an example of when it would be useful? Thanks ...more >>

Thanks for your patience. Bye ---------------------------------------------- Messaggio inviato da http://www.freeaspx.it FreeAspx.it ASP & .NET Community...more >>

I'm learning form an ASP.NET 1.0 book and I tried out some code that returns this error: Compiler Error Message: BC30311: Value of type 'Integer' cannot be converted to 'ASP.multiclasses_aspx.VehicleKey'. Source Error: Line 106: Line 107: Response.Write("<br/>Attempting to sta...more >>

Hi there, I have some inherited forms that I wish to make "localizable", unfortunately none of the items I wish to be "localizable" are actually being "localized". For example, I have a few of properties which set the text of some labels on the form which are inherited from the base fo...more >>

hi, i use this function to get the all mac adresses how can i modify this function to get only the active connection. Public Function GetMacAddress() As String Dim mc As System.Management.ManagementClass Dim mo As ManagementObject mc =3D New ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfigura...more >>

this may seem a trivial question (as .net may have been solely developed for this purpose), but i'm not certain whether this is possible, i.e. is it possible to access an Oracle DB in .NET (and is it the same as accessing any other db - except for the connection string & object). What is mean...more >>

With vs 2005, I just copy the bin dir of a project to a test computer that has framework 1.1. Then I run the .exe and it works. I installed framework 2.0 on the test computer and tried a similar test. The vs 2005 app crashes. I am trying to avoid an install being it is beta. Any ideas why a simp...more >>

I would like to know if there is any way to get current weather in vb.net. Are there any dll or api which could do this, based on city, or zip code? Please let me know. Martin Ho *---------------------------------* Posted at: http://www.GroupSrv.com Check: http://www.HotCodecs.com *------...more >>

How can I access the History List of the User's browser from my ASP.NET page? Is there a way to do this? Thanks, Dominic Isaia disaia@earthlink.net ...more >>

I want to write program that will establish a dialup connection from a standalone pc to a private network and then copy files. The program will reside on the standalone pc. Is there .NET object for this? API call? Thanks! Chuck. ...more >>

Hi there, I'm having issues inheriting from a base form of mine. The base form contains no user controls but quite a few properties, events and overridable methods. When attempting to inherit from this from the designer is refusing to show me it, and instead gives me this error...more >>

Hi, I have a hastable with key/value pairs. I want to iterate thru the collection in descending order by value. What is the 'best practice' for handling this problem? Thanks in advance for your help, Hal Heinrich VP Technology Aralan Solutions Inc....more >>

In a winForm datagrid, is there anyway to customize the colums? currenlty i'm showing everythign in my dataset, but now I want to limit what is shown and place some formatting on the data. Example: Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Car Make...more >>

I've created HTM-Files that starts with the the follow codesnipet <html> <head> <title>Programm</title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=wind...more >>

Hi guys, I am creating an application in the VB.NET (VS2003). I want the form to be maximized all the time. I set the windowState to "Maximized" and I disabled the Maximize button. When I run the program, the main form covers the taskbar. however, if I enable the Maximize button (the res...more >>

I wonder, performance wise, if it is better to have one form and repaint the components on that form or to have mutiple forms and show and dispose them? Thanks ...more >>

I have created a simple login keyboard with QWERTY keys with a user textbox and password textbox. When I press a key the text goes into both boxes....? The focus event on both boxes eval to TRUE. Why? this is driving me nuts, must be a simple answer. Here's code I named each letter button its...more >>

Customer wants the Close (X)-button of the forms top right corner to be Disabled or removed from Windows Form-application, which is made using VB.NET, but leave MinimizeBox and MaximizeBox. I think this is not so clever to do like this way, but have to do like customer wants - so how to do ...more >>

I have a tab control on my form, how can i make the font on the tab bold when it is seleceted by the user? ...more >>

Has anyone a example with source code to emmbed a true type fonts with a application? Thanks a lot Ramon Furer ...more >>

Hello, I need to import international data (4 languages) from different FoxPro tables in to one MS SQL Unicode table. It must be one import application on one server. How to accomplish characters conversion to Unicode for all different languages? Thanks Aras ...more >>

I'm creating an MDI application with multiple maximized MDI child forms. When a child form is open, the title/caption is merge with the MDI's title/caption. So, if the MDI title is "Parent" and the 3rd MDI child is "Child 3", then when the 3rd MDI child is opened, the title becomes "Pare...more >>

If I have two VB .NET apps on seperate servers, which I have full access to, how can they communicate with each other? For example, forms in each app sharing data (one form getting textbox value from another form), just as if the forms where in the same app. Thanks, Brett ...more >>

I am trying to apply the following easy-to-state formatting rule to display a number: - If the number is positive or negative, display it in the 'default' way - If the number is zero, the output should be an empty string Now I know this is trivial to code, but the elegant solution would b...more >>

is there a way to stop windows from going to sleep? i tried to check if there is a setting for this, but no. during presentations or discussions, my computer goes to sleep & then i have to login again. this is a headache, how can i overcome this issue (win xp prof), i am willing to write a sm...more >>

I have a formated a structure as follows: <Serializable()>public structure stcOutPut private data as string private visi as string end structure Instances of this strucuture are stored in an array list. Dim z as new arraylist for i as.... z.add(stcOutPut)..... loop I want to export...more >>

Hi group, I've got a program that creates a bat and a sql file and then executes the bat file the bat file is called temp.bat and looks like this: osql -U"user" -P"password" -S"pcname\instance" -i temp.sql -o temp.txt the temp.sql file that's called as input in the bat file looks like ...more >>

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows of an easy way to capture an image from a digital camera and put it into a picturebox. I need to be able to view the video feed and click a capture button that takes a snapshot of what is showing at the time. Any ideas? I have a capture card also...more >>

Hi, I made a MSI to deploy a service, and it worked well. I added a custom action to create a sub-folder after the installation commit phase, but it return a message "Could not find file MyAction.Installstate". The executable can be run successfully. Any body can give a hand? thanks in ...more >>

Hello :), all i want to do is the following: Add an excel sheet in the vb application and finally to be compiled somehow with the app. I mean, I'd like the excel sheet not to be available to users. Somehow to "encrypt" the xls file in the exe file of my app. The alternative solution BUT N...more >>

hi, i was just reading an article on interface-based programming and the example they used was pretty good to get the concept across. dim dog as IDog dog=new CBeagle dog.bark ok, i kinda understand. but i can't imagine what to relate this to in the business world. could you give some ...more >>

Is it possible to create a macro that will auto run when a VB Project is loaded or when VS.Net is started? ...more >>

Hello, I have a problem whereby I have a combo box in my datagrid, however it does not allow me to do predictive type e.g. if there is a value in the combo on the grid called order, I have to select Order from the list, I can't just type Ord and it will fill in the rest of the value. ...more >>

Hello, I have an application that calls another application. Depending on what the user selects from application 2 I would like to kill application 1. How can I accomplish this? Thanks in advance. Jake ...more >>

Hi I was wondering how can I program a button to make the ODBC dialog box appear or prompt the user. And once the user has selected his/her choice the connection string will be saved at a variable. Thanks so much, Henry :)...more >>

I have an arraylist (arlNAMES) that is bing used as a datasource for a combobox. When an item is selected in the combobox I want to remove it from both the combobox and the arraylist. This doesn't work. DOes anyone know why and how to fix it? Dim intPOS As Integer = cboAdvanceResponse.Se...more >>

On VS2003/Server Explorer/Database Connections I can edit a table of a SQL Server 2000 SP3 but, I intalled a new SQL Server 2000 SP3 on another machine and can not edit tables. Which are the parameters I must configure on a SQL Server to let edit tables and database diagrams from VS2003/Server...more >>