I see many different questions here. Some of us are obviously *very* new to vb and others are 'old pros'. As you've seen from my 'frustrated' posts, I'm obviously stuck on a problem that invariably gets handed back to me with the same solution - which I don't understand how to make work for wh...more >>

I'm trying to use the F1 function inside of F2 function below. I keep getting the error posted below the code. If I remove the Shared declaration from F2, it works fine. What exactly does the error mean? Public Class myClass Function F1(ByVal url As String) As Struct1 -- do somethin...more >>

Hi, I have Visual Basic .net 2003 (Standard Edition) & SQL Server 2000 = Developer Edition. When trying to create a connection in the server = explorer from the .net IDE I get a number of problems; a.. Under the "Connection" tab, under "1. Select or enter a server = name:" when I either se...more >>

This clas creates new movie. --------------CODE-------------- Public Class AllMovies Sub New(ByVal MovieName As String, ByVal MovieLenght As Integer) Movie = MovieName Lenght = MovieLenght End Sub Public Movie As String Public Lenght As String End Class -----------END CODE------------- ...more >>

This is asp.net application This has a requiredfieldvalidator on the form There is a attributes.add Button1.Attributes.Add("OnClick", "window.close()") the application gives what looks like a javascript error saying a ; is needed at the end of a line When I take the requiredfieldvalidator ou...more >>

Okay, The problem is that I have an Access Database that has the following fields: EmpID - Autonumber (PrimaryKey) AccountID - Text IssueReported - Memo DateOpened - Date/Time TimeOpened - Date/Time DateClosed - Date/Time TimeClosed - Date...more >>

Sir, Using ADOX I am developing an application in vb.net and the backend database is ms-access. i have created ms-access databse and tables and assigned primary keys to the tables through the vb.net application(code is below) by using ADOX. Now my problem is i want delete one record from mast...more >>

I'm trying for return user info (first name, last name, etc.) from a Netscape 4.16 LDAP server using the System.DirectoryServices. I'm able to get authenticated successfully, but when I attempt to return search results nothing ever comes back. For example, "result = searcher.FindOne()" always ...more >>

If I click a menu to open a form which already open...the vb.net opens a new window while existing open window is there...i want to restric the opening of a new instance of an already opened form... and also ... if i open a form from a child form of an MDI form, the recently opened form also...more >>

I have a ListView object built at design time. At runtime I populate the rows and columns. The application takes data from a textbox box and updates the ListView. It all seems to work fine unitl I pop up a MsgBox. When that happens all the changes disappear and the listview goes back to the orig...more >>

i am switching from a access front end to a vb front end for my database. i want to play around with vb for a little while before i decide to give ms more money. if i develop in vb express can i take the application and use it with vstudio pro when i want to distribute?...more >>

How to Detect the "TAB" Key is pressed in the Text Box or Combo Box.... Which events catches the TAB key... I Want to perform some operations when the "TAB" key is pressed... -- Peter......more >>

Hi all, I am creating a setup and deployment project for a signed assembly and need to register it when it is installed. How can set it to register when it is installed? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi there, I am writing a service which monitors processes on the local machine. Currently I have implemented a System.Management.ManagementEventWatcher which raises events for processes being launched: New WqlEventQuery("SELECT * FROM __InstanceCreationEvent WITHIN 0.1 WHERE TargetInstan...more >>

I have searched and searched and cannot find any code in VB.net that would allow me to intercept messages from an external application (window). I have implemented a global keyboard hook successfully but I cannot figure out how to hook into windows (external application) messages. Any pointe...more >>

Hello, please find attached a basic outline of what I am attempting to accomplish... basically I want to create a number of THREADS (which I can do fine), but I then need a method for them to be able to communicate with each other, either through a message loop, or some other manner. I ALSO need...more >>

Is there a Numeric Pad Control somewhere, something like the one that Quicken uses for entering decimal numbers? ...more >>

hey all, i have 2 jobs running in the background and you can see them in task manager. is there a way i can create a quick windows form to show the status of just those 2 jobs to show that their running? where would i start? or is there a better way to handle? thanks, rodchar...more >>

I'm new to RegEx in vb.net so I'm not sure how to do this. I want to know if a string contains two minus signs "-". If there are two then I want it to return TRUE. I also need to know if the string contains two plus signs "+". Should this be a seperate RegEx or can one RegEx check for bo...more >>

hey all, i'm trying to use Windows' Task Manager to kick off my win form. Am I correct to say that this is not going to work because everytime it runs I see it task manager but no window ever shows. no way around this? thanks, rodchar...more >>

Hi When monitoring my application in the task manager (XP SP2), it shows up to 50MB of memory usage, very rarely reducing its size. When checking the memory with GC.GetTotalMemory(false) prior to GC.Collect(GC.MaxGeneration), it shows me some 10MB of memory usage, and after the GC.Collect, ...more >>

Hi, I am using System.Diagnostics.Process to start a console application, but I don't want the user to see a "black" screen when the console application is running, how can I hide it? Thanks, Tee ...more >>

Hi; I'm working with Component One FlexGrid DataGrid, i've added a calculated field [qty*price] to the DataGrid, when i press the Save Button an error message is displayed "Cannot Change read Only Property For the Expression Column" i press Enter and the Data is Saved even the Message "Dat...more >>

Hello, What is C# equivalent of rediming an array and preserving exciting elements. VB.NET syntax looks something like this: ReDim Preserve myArray(5) Thank you ...more >>

Since SQL Server has a native timestamp datatype, I was expecting .NET to have a .ToTimestamp function, but evidently not. Which leads to my question: is a a universally accepted format for a timestamp? And how would you create it in .NET? Thanks, Dean Slindee ...more >>

Hi, I have a Windows Service in VB.NET and now I need to send a message to it from a different PC. How can I do this in a very simple way? (No SQL or other external way), I need to talk directly to the service. Thanks. George. ...more >>

Can anyone please let me know if you can serialize a property of type collection in a class using the xmlMessageFormatter for posting to a message queue using MSMQ Thanks ...more >>

Sir, I am developing an application in vb.net and the backend database is ms-access. i have created ms-access databse and tables and assigned primary keys to the tables through the vb.net application(code is below). Now my problem is i want delete one record from master table, that deleted ...more >>

I am new to Visual Basic .Net and would like to build a simple application that searches a directory and returns the Path, Size and DateModified of all files that end in ".MDB". a) I would create a form to allow the user to enter the directory to be searched - EX.. "C:\" or "D:\Program FIles...more >>

Hi guys, Im developing a lil add-in that is goiing to allow the user by a button click to auto print PDF doc which are attach to hes emails, i think the things is to simple cause its not working at all, hope u guys can gimme a hand , heres the code, Public Sub OnStartupComplete(ByRef cus...more >>

Hi all, Just a quick question. I have a class that exposes a number of fields (which are themselves custom types) through public properties. At run time, I have an object whom I'd like to check, is of same type as one of these fields. Is there a method or technique for iterating through...more >>

I have several labels and textboxes that are drawn to a tab page based on certain criteria so these labels and textboxes can be drawn at different points on the tab page. I set the label and textbox names in the drawing procedure. Now what I need to do is to get the control's information on ...more >>

I'm trying to use VB.NET to control Excel and Access, but finding it very slow going. I've just downloaded an Excel sample project from msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/excel/codesamples/default.aspx, but when I try to run it I get 91 errors, starting with "C:\Downloads\vbnet\excel\Th...more >>

in VB.NET, I am trying to assign Group rights to a network file. I am successfull at impersonating a domain account with rights but the following code is failing, ie, nothing happens at the file level. MyProcessString = "cacls.exe """ + ICopyTo + """ /E /G """ + ICopyRights + """:R" Syste...more >>

Hi all, I have the data that I already show in the datagrid, what I want to do now is I want to print all the data in datagrid from crystal report. Anyone know how to do it. Thanks...more >>

I have a program that is giving a person trouble on a Windows 98 computer. He said: On the desktop all I get is blank shells. Down in the tray when I right click on the icon I get nothing. To terminate the program I have to go into Task Manager. The "blank shells" are windows. I do have a ...more >>

If the email server goes down, I won't be able to send messages using SmtpMail. I'll get a "Could not Access CDO.Message ..." error. Is there a way to queue the message so that it can be sent out when the system is back running? When we use Outlook, the message is queued when the system is ...more >>

I am working on a web system to generate barcode cover sheets for scanning into a document management system.. The system has two parts a web form that prompts a user for input. This web form calls a web service which creates the barcode cover sheet as a Image and passes it back as a byte arra...more >>

Where can I find a refrence that list all the regular expression sequences? I can't find this in the VS.NET 2003 help. Thanks, Brett ...more >>

How can I create a form with no title bar? Peter Simmonds Northampton, UK ...more >>

hey all, i have 2 winclient .EXEs; how do i start the 1st exe just to call the 2nd exe and let the 1st exe stop running altogether but let the 2nd exe continue running? thanks, rodchar...more >>

After binding a DataGridView to a datasource and looping through the columns to update the headertext, some captions get modified and some don't. Sample code copied from ms-help: For Each column As DataGridViewColumn In EmployeesDataGridView.Columns column.HeaderText = String.Concat("Colu...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to change the background color of the DateTimePicker? I'm speaking of the single line that sits on the form before anyone clicks on the arrow. Art...more >>

Hi all, I have a loop in the thread checking for a particular service status, whenever the status changes to "stopped" a RaiseEvent is generated by thread and another function runs. At the same time the thread is suspended. When I try to resume it from the another function I have some problem...more >>