I'm trying to open an mdi child from a different mdi child, thus: Dim newmdichild As New printprocess newmdichild.Parent = Me.MdiParent newmdichild.Show() Yet the parent line does nothing, as the new form is bound by nothing. How can I call printprocess so that it is contained within th...more >>

I realize that this maybe the wrong forum, but maybe someone has run into this situation before. I sell an app and I want to offer my customers a migration path from a competing product. However, my competitor stores all data in an Microsoft Access database, which is password protected. N...more >>

All. I'm fairly new to VB.NET, can someone tell me why yhis fails to cast properly? When Calc_Mileage is called I get he message; "An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in microsoft.visualbasic.dll Additional information: Cast from string "" to type 'Decima...more >>

Hi, I created a new ASP.NET Web Form application and added to the project a Web Form Button control and a Web Form Label control. Now when I try to view the (.aspx) file in Browser, I could see the text in the Label Control but I couldn't see the button at all! Does any one know where the pro...more >>

Dear Sir, How to write acode in VB to display a message when I receive a file copied from a share in the network and to point to the location of it/ So thanx ...more >>

Hi all, I know of the existence of Object Naming Conventions for Visual Basic 6. Now I'm reading some books about VB .NET, but the names used for the objects are button1, picturebox1, etc. I wonder if I can use the same naming conventions as for VB6 ? If so, what about the names for the new o...more >>

How can I show Unicode characters in a textbox? Nitin ...more >>

Does VB.NET provide a mechanism for enforcing exception handling? I've used other languages that can have "throws ..." clauses added to method declarations, but I can't find anything like that for VB. -- Jeff S. ...more >>

I'm trying to delete a file with File.Delete("c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\excel*.xlb") On doing this I get an Exception "Illegal characters in path" - I assume its the %username% bit I trierd Dim UserName As String %username% File.Delete("c:\D...more >>

How to I call a method within a DLL every 1 minute? The DLL (written in VB.NET) will download messages from a mail server and enter them into a database. This application is a mixture of CFMX and VB.NET. Here are two methods: 1. Allow the CFMX task scheduler to call a CF template, which ...more >>

Hi all Is there a way to make a number always round up instead of up and down ? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, Is it an option/idea to make the exceptions thrown be part of the signature of a function? - So I'll get a warning if I call a function and not handle one of the exceptions. - So I'll get an error if I make a derived version and throw new kind of exception. Gerard van Dorth ...more >>

this code will worked. i can connected to any servers...but how do i added method called doColor from usercontrol to module Sub DisplayMessage(ByVal rtb As RichTextBox, ByVal sText As String, Optional ByVal Colour As String = "") rtb.SelectionStart = rtb.Text.Length ...more >>

Hi, I've been developing an application in VB.NET that uses the FileSystemWatcher and a popup notification in order to tell me when files have been downloaded. The FileSystemWatcher code in my project is basically the same one thats floating all over the VB.NET sites (by Jayesh Jain). T...more >>

i have written a windows app to check orders from our website however i need to send info to a third party (for refund purposes) via a web page , how can i inject the required data from the winform into a webform, this will also be required to work from winform to webform as a unique refund id i...more >>

i just added "is nothing" to get rid or error that i posted below. but it is not displaying in richtextbox. all i seeing is debug window. Dim nrtb As New RichTextBox Sub DisplayMessage(ByVal rtb As RichTextBox, ByVal sText As String, Optional ByVal Colour As String = "") If rtb...more >>

A site that you could subscribe to where actual experts answer the tough questions. Experts-Exchange is a joke. Tons of simple Q & A. Not crap for complex questions. The newsgroups aren't much better. You will get an occasional hit on a tough topic, but (for the most part) you are SOL...more >>

First I would thank you all for the replies at my previous post. Say sorry for my poor english also. I have found where my problem came from. I am writing a string to a text box and write the content of that textbox to a file. All is just fine until I try to pass this character to the textbox:...more >>