Hi all Im using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start to launch external apps from my app but the working directory seems to point to where my app is located. How can i get around this and basically say the working directory is the path of the app that im launching ? I used shellexec api under vb6 ...more >>

Hi all Im using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start to launch external apps from my app but the working directory seems to point to where my app is located. How can i get around this and basically say the working directory is the path of the app that im launching ? I used shellexec api under vb6 ...more >>

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Hi, I'm quitte experienced with VB, but now I'm starting with VB.net and have a (newbie) question about the functions to use in VB.net. Should I use the covential functions like 'mid', 'left' etc. or should I use the .NET functions like Substring etc. Is there any problem in using the c...more >>

I noticed I could drag a filename from windowsexplorer onto a richtextbox and drop it as a Link and the result is a link on the box that open the file if I click it. Is that the whole story. Are links only for opening files into their app? I also wonder why the effect All includes Scrol...more >>

is there any sample how to do this? Thanks ...more >>

I have a working version of my survey program, but i'm trying to optimize now. On the last page, i have a sub that examines all of the answers and assigns them to variables for uploading to the dataset. A few questions have multiple checkboxes and i used multiple 'if then' statements to append ...more >>

hello, which is the easiest way to check if there is a lan connection available. i have to go to a network share in my lan - but if the notebook is not connected to this lan i would like to stop some things in my app. is it a ping? - how can i check the result a ping is returning? Thom...more >>

hello, what is the better solution if it is possible to choose? a timer or sleep? which one is better for min resources? Thomas...more >>

I am trying to use the FolderViewer in VbPowerPack but it does not show network drives nor shared folders on the network. Is there anyway to get to act like a real control and show these items. I tried to decipher VbPowerPack and modify it but it seems that Microsoft has to use many Com Pr...more >>

I have written a .Net web application to deliver data contained on a SQL server to web pages requested by a client. The .aspx page generates an SQL statement pointing to a stored procedure on the SQL server, and connection is made via a connect string containg server name, user id, pwd, and i...more >>

First, this is an abuse of cross. Second, you have future-posted. Hopefully everyone will ignore your post until you show a little courtesy. ...more >>

I have a Client/server software and in a Server Class Library. I have need to save of the configuration data(App.Config) but I know that what is not possibile.In alternative could use? I would not want to set these information from the client... ...more >>

I have a .resx (xml) file that contains resources. I am trying to follow the example in MSDN for creating the resource Manager as follows: Dim myAssembly As System.Reflection.Assembly myAssembly = Me.GetType.Assembly Dim myManager As New _ System.Resources.ResourceManager("ResourceNa...more >>

Hi all i have a class that i have made and i made an Typeconverter as well, and my problem is the code genereated in my form is Dim ClassTest1 As TestApplication.ClassTest = New TestApplication.ClassTest Me.MyClassTest = ClassTest1 Wich is quite good, but my problem is in my property brow...more >>

Hi everybody. I'm making an application for a Symbol with keyboard, with Operating System Windows Pocket PC 4.20, it has a keyboard incorporated (the one with the rubber keyboard), and I'm making the application wit VB.NET with SP2 installed on it (it fixes some problems with this keyboard ...more >>

My first thought was to call WorkerThread.Suspend but the help cautions against this (for good reason) because the caller has no control over where the thread actually stops, and it might have a lock pending, for example. I want to be able to stop a thread temporarily, and then optional...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how Microsoft were able to setup the namespace/assemblies in such a way that the corresponding Class Library DLL's seem to be aware of the other Parent/child DLL relationship? i.e. System (is a System.DLL), System.Data (is System.Data.DLL), etc. etc. when I try to...more >>

I have an asp.net textbox with some EULA and a button to accept the EULA. The textbox will have scrollbars since the EULA is several pages. Is there any way using asp.net, vbscript or jave to detect if the user scrolled the textbox down to the bottom? Thanks in advance ...more >>

I am trying to use a DataTable as a transporting container between components for data to be inserted into sql server via a stored procedure. The idea is to extract data, rowcolumn by rowcolumn, from the datatable, remake them to parameters, append the parameters to a commandobject and pass t...more >>

Hi All What event do I need to capture when a user changes the column width in a datagrid? Geoff ...more >>

Hi, I want to integrate into some components (webcontrols, custom DLL, custom command lines tools...) a license validation. The license will be attached to the client's name and the primary hard drive ID of the customer computer. (or any combination to make sure that the tools are instal...more >>

Hello, We running VB.NET application which gets massive amounts of data from SQL Server, loads data into DataTables, then re-arranges data into tabular structure and outputs it to a flat file. This is just the nature of requirements for this application. Business analyst here want certain data...more >>

A long, long time ago when I programmed in basic, I could have following lines, for example: Data "dog,1,yes,brown" Data "cat,3,yes,white" Data "horse,1,no,brown" Data "pig,7,no,pink" Data "cow,1,no,black" And then some code (I forget how) to read the lines. Does anyone know what I'm ...more >>

I have a windows form that has a textbox for remarks to be passed into my report. I'm wondering how can I passed the value of this textbox to my report. Sorry if this is the only group I use to post my question 'cause my news server doesn't support groups for crystal....more >>

Hello, I want to create a program that will monitor the usage of a particular file and record the date, time, and username of the person who modified the file. The FileSystemWatcher Class seems to be very useful for this purpose, except that it does not provide username information. I...more >>

How can I determine the moment a thread finishes? I start the thread this way: Dim x As New Threading.Thread(AddressOf (MySub)) x.Start Is there any x.Finished type of Event or how can do this? Thanks ...more >>

I have an MDI application, I need to open an MDIChild whern another one closes. How should I handle this. How do I assign the parent form? If I use: Sub Button1_Click() dim MyNewForm as New Form2 MyNewForm.MDIParent=frmMDI ? MyNewForm.Show me.close End Sub This will n...more >>

How can I change the font size of a label? I have: Label1.Font.Size = "12" but it's telling me that property 'Size' is readonly. Thanks, -Dave ...more >>

Hi, VB.Net, Visual Studio 2003, Windows Application I want to avoid the old Windows rectangle shape, but I don't need or want complex bitmaps. What's the easiest way to create a form with rounded corners please? I'd would rather not use a bitmap and transparency as I've read in MSDN tha...more >>

I need to return a nested string array from a function and am getting hung up on syntax. Here's a simple example of a function that returns the array and how I'm trying to call it. Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Cli...more >>

I have a collection of custom objects that I am displaying in a Windows Forms Datagrid. To display it, I take the collection and build a DataTable object on the fly, then set the grid's DataSource to the DataTable. The code for this is lengthy and the grid is obviously not editable. I've re...more >>

If you have a form with multiple controls e.g. radio buttons, checkboxes, etc., is there a way that you can reset the entire form to its original state, other than setting an instance of the form to "Nothing" then redeclaring it? Thanks. ...more >>

Hey All, Kind of a series of anomalies here with one root source, I believe. I have an editable, paging datagrid. 1.When one clicks "edit" textboxes open up on row x, HOWEVER, if one clicks "next page" the textboxes remain no matter which page you are on. No error messages are shown. 2.Aft...more >>

I thought this had come up before, but I now cannot find it. I have a byte array, such as Dim a() As Byte = {1, 2, 3, 4} I want to convert this to an Int32 = 01020304 (hex). If I use BitConverter, I get 04030201. Is there a built-in way to do this, or am I stuck with extracting and ...more >>

Is there any way (either .NET or API) to detect when Windows.Forms.Form.ActiveForm changes? Thanks, Lance ...more >>

I'm looking for a way with either Format, FormatNumber or FormatCurrency to show a dollar amount the normal way (like 123.40). But if the value is 0, I want it to return "". I would like to avoid using an IF statement or calling a costum function to do this. (I have some reports that woul...more >>

Is there any way to prevent a PropertyGrid from allowing the user to expand the elements of an array? For properties that are of type ArrayList or CollectionBase a PropertyGrid only allows the items to be edited in the Collection Editor (by clicking the button with the ellipses). But, for ...more >>

Hi. I've two big serialization problems: The first is about the <nonserialized> attribute on a field on a mother class. His inheritance seems to be effective only if the member is public. If it is not the case, when I try to seriliazise the child class, vb tries to serialize my non serializabl...more >>

I need to populate a datagrid but I dont need headers, so how can I bind the datagrid and only show the data I need, second how can I hide the headers of the grid? ...more >>

String = “val1, val2, va3, va4” Insert value into col1 (String) I am looking for an example of an insert statement that parses a string with multi values separated by a comma. I want to parse these values and put one Value, per row, into the same column. Thanks BrianDH ...more >>

Hi Does .Net provide libraries for zipping files? I read that a third party component CSharplib is available for doing this. Is there any license restriction for using this? Thanks rjn *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...g...more >>

Hi, Why is it when you build an assembly in C# and it has a private fields in a class, they are not visible in the Watch/QuickWatch window when referenced and debugged from VB.NET project. But if you build VB.NET assembly and reference it in VB.NET project, you do see private members in W...more >>

Hi, I have such problem: I created 1 solutions that contains 1 exe project and 1 dll one. I Added reference of dll project (not file, project) to exe project, set dependencies (exe depends of dll) and set solution Debug configuration. I hope it enoung for debuging 2 projects together. B...more >>

Hi to everybody, I'm a vb.net newby, I've a win app trying to connect to a SQL Server database. I've set the connection string in myapp.config. I should encrypt it but i've this problem: when I launch my app from my laptop all is going well, but if I try to launch the app .exe from a pc in th...more >>

How to assign a Null value into a database column which is declared as an Integer from VB.Net... -- Peter......more >>

OK, I didn't know where to start to ask for help with this question, but here goes. I have a Windows 2000 Pro computer with a single partition on the hard drive. I want to installed the following software on it: Microsoft Office 2000 Professional (for Access work) Microsoft Office 2003 Profe...more >>

I want to assign null value to a column in the database which is decalred as an integer from VB.net... Is there any specific keyword like vbNull as in vb 6.0. -- Peter......more >>

Hello, I have a method which takes various string values to create an automated email. Anyone know how I can make a particular string value passed appear in bold type in the email? ( below, the cboPrio.Text value for example ) Email_AutoSend(sEmailTo, USER.Name, cboPrio.Text ) 'calls m...more >>

hi i want to communicate between simulator1 and simulator2 I use pipes, but, um, it doesn't seem to work right. The main idea is to have a process(main) simulator1 that creates another(child)simulator2 using CreateProcess(). i launch simulator 2 and establish a communication with him ...more >>

I am new to dot net and would like to write an application using a solid 3 tier design because I expect the app to require a lot of updates and maintenance over time. I am creating my own data objects to interact with the database but the more I understand the DataAdapter classes, the more con...more >>