I have an axwebbrowser control in a windows app and I want it to start at the user's IE start page, and to start when the form opens, but I can't get it to start in the form's load event. I even tried ending the load event with gobutton.performclick() but it doesn't work; the click event is ...more >>

Hello everybody, I need to download a file from the web using the HTTP-Protcoll. But unfortunately I'm a total newbie. Found the following snippet some posts ago: Public Function DownloadFile(ByVal sUrl As String, _ ByRef sData As String) As Boolean Dim myHttpWebRequest As HttpWeb...more >>

Hi, I am diligently releasing (Marshal.ReleaseComObject (o) ) all references I pick up while generating a report using VB.NET in my software. At least, I *think* I am. However, when I have finished using the WINWORD.EXE com server, I still have a reference to it hanging somewhere in my co...more >>

this is my code : I convert this code from VB6... Problem : lResult =487 Private Declare Function w32_WNetGetUser Lib "mpr.dll" Alias "WNetGetUserA" (ByVal lpszLocalName As String, ByVal lpszUserName As String, ByVal lpcchBuffer As Integer) As Integer Public Sub GetCurrentLogon16(ByVa...more >>

G'Day all, I cant work out how to create a random password generator. In specific the password (or well the output as a string) needs to be in the following format: abc123 So no capitals or other characters, Just the first three being letters and the last three being numbers in random. Bas...more >>

Hola a todos, Quiero adecuar mi aplicación a la resolución de pantalla del usuario cliente. Para ello, debo controlar qué resolución tiene éste. Cual es la mejor manera? Muchas gracias, Xavi ...more >>

I am creating a vb.net command application which will run nightly, create the crystal report, save the report as a PDF file, and automatically sending the report to the recipients. I have everything working except, pulling in the crystal report and saving it off in a PDF format. I have done ...more >>

dear all, one of my form have 3 text boxes and 1 button i want to trap my cursor on which text box please help me regards with thanks lal ...more >>

hi I had the following code (fragment) in a VB6 app, what should the XML bits look like in VB.Net? Thanks Public Sub XML_list(ByVal xml As String) Dim xmldom As MSXML2.DOMDocument xmldom = New MSXML2.DOMDocument Dim node As MSXML2.IXMLDOMNode Dim i As Integer xmldom.a...more >>

1. Can I have an array of objects as sessions variable in other words sessions array-of-objects? If so how? 2. Besides Sessions variable what else can I use to store large amount of data temporarily thats related to the current user. ( can I use temp files? and instead of storing the large tex...more >>

I use a the function Instr() in VB6 to search for a search-string in String var. It returns the position of the found search-string. Is there such a funtion in ASP.net? ...more >>

I have string that contains a date in this format (14-Jan-05). I want to store in date object if theres one and access each part of the date (month, year, dates, day of week). Specifically I want to convert it in this format 20050114 because this way, I can compare it with another date in this...more >>

Searched the forum for an answer to this particular question and did not find an answer to i am posting. I have created a Windows Service in VB.Net. I can successfully install and start the service on a Windows 2000 Server box but cannot on a windows 2003 box. The error I receive is the f...more >>

I am looking for some suggestions or sample code for an application the sits in the system tray (a TSR) and then executes code that I specify when a certain executable is launched. As an example, an TSR that pops a Dialog Box up in the middle of the screen when winword.exe is launched. Any ...more >>

I have raw formated data (comma separated), and I like to store it in a good datatype/collection object. And display the data in the data object in a HTML table. The data looks like this: Date,XYZ,PEAK,Price,Number,Volume 14-Jan-05,ABC,123,26.04,26.12,92180800 13-Jan-05,ABC,123,26.04,26...more >>

I have labelbox1 that generates a random number between 0 and 12. In labelbox2 I want it to be filled with an ascii character code "chr(73)". What ever number appears in the labelbox1 is how many characters I want to appear in labelbox2. Thanks for any help sc ...more >>

Given a server name, and before logging on to the server - how can I tell if it's using Windows Authentication Mode or SQL Server Authentication? I'm retreiving a list of servers as follows: Dim dmoApp As SQLDMO.Application, dmoServerList As SQLDMO.NameList, srvrNm As String dmoApp = New SQ...more >>

I want to print with a small Epson ticket printer (Epson TM-T88II) As the printing is very slow with the windows fonts I'm looking for some code to make use the hardware fonts built in the printer. Can somebody help me with tis code?.... ...more >>

In VB .NET everything is supposed to be an object. Say I have a report title hard coded in a method. When a method is called, is the returned title an object or a string? Thanks, Brett ...more >>

Ok, I beleive that I understand what overriding and overloading do. They both make sense to me. What I don't understand is when they are both used at the same time. Example; Public Overloads Overrides Sub Draw() What I dont get is if I am overriding something how can I also be overloadin...more >>

I have the following code: Dim myTextBox(10) As TextBox Dim x As Integer For x = 0 To 9 myTextBox(x) = New TextBox With myTextBox(x) Select Case x . . some code . End Select End With Me.Controls.Add(myTextBox(x)) Next Now how do I get the O...more >>

hi i have a windows service that uses an excell workbook when i create the excell app i cant distroy it after i am finished i am using this code whats wrong? thanks Dim processes1(), p1 As Process Try processes1 = Process.GetProcesses() ...more >>

Hello, I would like to retrieve the startupPath from a console application. It appears that a console application does not recognize Application, so I can't access StartupPath. Is there a way to do this in a console application? Thanks, Ron...more >>

Hello Sir, I have created database(ms access) and tables at runtime how to maintain relation ships between the tables. by using vb.net. Thanking u sir. ...more >>

I'm running VB.Net 2003 & I think that I have found a .Net BUG!!! If I invoke the OpenFileDialog in my application, neither the SOAPFormatter nor the BinaryFormatter will write the output file when the application closes. If I manually edit the textbox, instead of using the OpenFileDia...more >>

Hi In VB.Net what is the best way to see if a child form is already open, and if it is switch view to it. Thanks ...more >>

Using streams how do I write and then read a set of variables? For example, suppose I want to write into a text file: string1,string2,string3 Then read them later. Suppose I want to write and then read: string1, integer1, double1 Can't I have each read/write use one line in the text ...more >>

I'd like to open up Windows Explorer from my .NET desktop application to a specific path. I essentially want to execute: %Systemroot%\explorer.exe c:\somepath\ How can this be done? Thanks in advance. Mark ...more >>

Hi, I have a tabcontrol that has a tabpage, I want to add another tabpage on runtime, but I want the tabpage to be added to the 1st tab, anyone know how to do it? Thanks, Tee ...more >>

I'm using the code show below (in VB.Net 2003) to create an image. I want to save this image to a .PNG file such that when I subsequently display it as part of a web page, the background of the image will be transparent. This test/learning code simply draws a diagonal green line across a squ...more >>

VB.net 2000 Windows XP only I have an app that (among other things) allows the user to create a new "phonebook" entry. API is defined this way: Declare Auto Function RasCreate Lib "Rasapi32.dll"_ Alias "RasCreatePhonebookEntry" (ByVal hwnd As Integer,_ <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)> B...more >>

I am not able to send email using SmtpMail.Send. I imagine that it is a configuration issue. I see that the emails that I attempt to send are in the Mailroot/Queue folder but they never actually get sent. I have an anti-virus program that I disabled but it still doesn't work. I also know th...more >>

Hi all (once again), I've populated a datagrid with an arraylist of objects of this class i've created. How can I get the select object in the datagrid? TIA, DC...more >>

I would like to access a network share from my vb.net application. I do not want to map a drive to the share, however. I would also like to specifiy a user credential to use when connecting to the share, as the user running the application will not have security rights to hit the share them...more >>

I need a VB app that can connection to a SQL Server DB but use the NT authentication of whoever logged into the machine the app is running from. How can I do this? thanks, mike w....more >>

I need to display the contents of a web page in a control on a form thanks mike w....more >>

Can't find the right object... How do I test to see if my application is already executing; i.e., multiple application executions? TIA, Larry Woods ...more >>

I am writting a window service that call a webserice at a specified time. Basically I'm try to create a task sceduler for several webservices. I don't want to add the webservice to the project of course, I prefer to store the webservice url and webmethod to invoke in a XML file. None of the m...more >>

An application has a startup form (Form1). A second form (frm2), created from within Form1. Each form has a textbox. To access the text in TextBox1 in frm2 from Form1, you use: frm2.TextBox1.Text = "XXXXXX" How do I refer to the TextBox1 controls Text property in Form1 from frm2? Form1...more >>

thrdReply.SMSMessage = "The keyword " + Keyword + "does not exists. Please try again." I want to add "" around the String Keyword and am not exaclty sure what to do. Thanks, Mike -- THIS TRANSMISSION CONTAINS PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.This information is intended to b...more >>

Hi all, is there any way to open a form (create an instance) when its name is stored in a string variable? By the way, in other post, someone wrote that datagrid is mostly used with datasets/datatables rather than arraylists. My question is, in either cases I must set up columns, don't I? ...more >>

I have (almost) added a simple Toolbar custom control to my control library. The Items on the toolbar are implemented in a class named ToolbarItem. I also use a class ToolbarItemCollection to manage ToolbarItems. The Toolbar control has a property Public ReadOnly Property Items() as Too...more >>

Hi - I have a VB.NET application (for Win2K and later), and I'd like to ensure that it displays properly regardless of how the user has set his DPI Setting on his system. 1. What is the best way to detect the user's DPI setting? I found 2 registry keys, but which is the right one to check...more >>

What is the best way to get data from an MDB (Access) file into a Win Form? And is there a way to do this but not have to install the H-U-G-E MDAC? (Note: My target users are on Windows 2000 and XP systems.) My experiences up till now are: I have been using the Jet driver under Ole...more >>