Can console programs do events? Or are they strictly linear programs? ...more >>

http://boycot.no-ip.com/vb/clsListener.htm I've been struggling with coding Sockets in VB (not as easy as it would seem coming over from VB6). Anyhow, finally got something working and looking for any suggestions on how to make it better. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi all Im writing a windows service app that accepts some remote control commands and reports to a database server. One command i would like to use is basically remote execution. When i start a program from the windows service it appears to launch under another user other than who is logged in...more >>

I am new to Visual Basic.Net using the Standard Edition, which does not come with a Deployment wizard, so I use the template on the File Systems Tab. Everything works fine, and I have enabled the following (Where "MyProgram.exe" is my new VB,net creation) When the user runs Setup.exe, he is ...more >>

I am looking for a custom control that acts like the FileBrowser Dialog but instead diaplays the files for browsing in a TreeView type control. I don't want a Dialog but a control that is always visible. -- Dennis in Houston...more >>

Here's what I'm going for. I have an edit form to be used when adding new entries. What I am envisioning for the search/edit process would be a form that would have filtering text & combo boxes along the top, a TreeView control along the left to list all entries that match the filter, then...more >>

How do you set the tool tip property on a button. This was easy in VB6. Here is the code I am trying to use. Dim toolTip1 As New ToolTip() ' Set up the delays for the ToolTip. toolTip1.AutoPopDelay = 500 toolTip1.InitialDelay = 100 toolTip1.ReshowDelay = 50 ' Force the ToolTip text t...more >>

I have a baffling application bug. Any clues you could offer to help me squash this bug would be greatly appreciated. My application saves the contents of the form, as an object to arrayList. The form contains buttons so that I can navigate through all the objects and also add and del...more >>

I have my socket program working...I can send & receive data, I can terminate the connection, etc. But I can't figure out how to tell if the remote client has disconnected. I tried using Socket.Connected but it continues to return TRUE even when the remote client has closed the connection....more >>

Hi I'm trying to write an ActiveX replacement in VB.Net the following link was my starting point. http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/Code/Jun2003/2067.asp All was going well until I tried accessing a com object local on the PC (the ActiveX is served from a web server) The Error I ...more >>

I have a form on which I have two controls, one docked to the left and the other docked to the right in a window that is Maximized. I developed the application on one computer which has a screen size of 1024 x 768. When I run it on the other with 800 x 640, the right control doesn't resize t...more >>

Hi, I am trying to itterate through a datatable and delete selected rows but I get an error stating that the collection has changed when the row is deleted. Try For Each drOrds In dsRecPurchs.Tables("PurchaseRecpts").Rows If cBool(drOrds("Uploaded")) then drOrds.Delete En...more >>

I've downloaded a Dot Net assembly DLL and a Class that can both be used to access COMports from VB.NET I've used the Class before in another project, using COM2, but I now want to access COM24, which on my PC is a Bluetooth COM port, and it just won't open the port. If I use Hyperterminal ...more >>

Hi, I would like to send a jpg file to a HTTP server by POST request. But I am not using a browser to do this, I use a Windows Form instead. I know how to send typical request by POST with code below. But I don't know how to encode the data file so the server can be recognized. 1 ) Tradi...more >>

Hello All, Hope this is the correct group, here goes: I'm looking into writing a small application to interface with WMI, and downloaded the Express Edition Beta of Visual Basic 2005 to see how feasible it is. I've learnt so far that I need access to the System.Management namespace. In m...more >>

Hi, How I can find all files on my disk which meets next criteria: - it is Word doc - it is smaller then 100K - Author = "John Smith" - DocType = "test" <- Custom properties Thanks, Jovo *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participat...more >>

I'm developing a survey program. Currently, I have the parent form and the survey which consists of three forms. As the user moves from one "page" or form to the next, I would like to allow the user to go back and correct any entries. Ideally, I would like to just hide one form as the user mov...more >>

I am trying to create a custom control, & in this control i need to access the form where this control is added. How can i do this. - I tried to accept a new parameter in the constructor of this new control, but then i can't drop the control onto the form. - I don't want to drop the control o...more >>

Hi, I have an MDI application that uses a generic "ShowPage" routine in a = module that is called when I want to display a child form. The basic = idea is that in the module I have declared each form as follows: Friend F0 As frmMain Friend F1 As frmStart Friend F2 As frmSearch Then in my S...more >>

Has any one been able to use the dataadapter.fill() method in VS .NET 2005? I keep getting a method not supported error. However, the docs say this is supported in .NET 2.0. Thanks, Brett ...more >>

I am working on a database imaging application. Links to the images are stored in the database and accessed via a shared network drive. This network share is mapped when the user logs on to Windows (using XP), and they have “read” access only. My challenge is I need the application to...more >>

I'm having a problem while writing code in the IDE for VB.NET 2003. All is fine, then suddenly the IDE stops auto-indenting code, doesn't "squiggly-underline" typos, and in general stops handling the text in a "dynamic" fashion (as you type it and hit return). Clicking in any of the Tasks or...more >>

I have the following code that works fine on my Development Computer but not on my other computer. Both Computers are running Windows XP Pro and both have .netFramework 1.1 installed. The last line of code on my other computer gives me an error "Item set to Null", probably because the Quer...more >>

Hi all, I have a problem starting debugging my application from Visual Studio .Net 2003 IDE. The solution consists of 10 VB.Net projects which include class libraries, web application, setup projects and an exe entry application. When I run the application, solution builds successfuly but the...more >>