Experienced posters, I once seen a piece of software that would allow you to draw a image (as in paint or psp), but instead of saving a image file it saved a .net class. This class could be used in your applications to redraw the image dynamically. I have tried desperately to find this applica...more >>

hi there!! i'm looking for a code snipett wich help me to search some words into a particular string and replace with a perticular word. i got a huge data string in which searching traditional way mean to secrife lots of time in asp.net. can any one give me such a expression in which i pass a ...more >>

> hello, > > does anyone have code to print from a list view? > > need it to be in VB.net > > thanks in advance > Ishan ...more >>

I need to write a program to block certain URLs when web browsing, but I have not been able to really find anything to help. I was hoping to have a service running in the back that can check browser windows and compare the URLs then post a message and shut down the web page if it matches....A...more >>

I have two lists. These can be in either table form or array. That is, my data is in a dataset which I can move to an array if need be. ListA is a master list and it contains all items. ListB contains the same items but not necessarily all the items. I need to know which items are missing...more >>

The help for the Windows.Forms.Clipboard class states, "Place data on the clipboard in multiple formats to maximize the possibility that a target application, whose format requirements you might not know, can successfully retrieve the data." So how do you do that? I want to place text and an...more >>

Is there a way, without going to a 3rd party product, to make a column in a datagrid a drop down list? Or to otherwise limit the users ability for entry in a particular column to two or three possibilities (other than coded validation after entry)?...more >>

What follows works fine on my localhost when I test it but migrating to my web host gives me an error The line of code is: poly1a.employeeID = CInt(TextBox1.Text) The error message is "Input string was not in a correct format." 1. have option strict on 2. The employeeID is a property d...more >>

Just put this up on planetsourcecode. download link: http://www.svenedin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/vbburner/VBCDBurnerFull.zip (full as it has the dlls and exes that planetsourcecode don't let you upload) Usees the IMAPI Wrapper by Steve McMahon http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NET/Code/Li...more >>

I've been having problems while building a project. VS.NET frequently crashes (i.e., closes without a prompt) while attempt to build the project for the first time after VS.NET loads. Switching from Debug to Release and back again before I build often fixes the problem. Furthermore, if I ge...more >>

I am exposing a property as an expandable property in a PropertyGrid by assigning a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter attribute to the property. Is there any way to have the PropertyGrid group the expanded items in categories as is done with PropertyGrid.SourceObject's properties when Pro...more >>

I have a situation where project A references project B which references project C, all of which are in the same solution. Project A is the Startup solution. Also, I use a couple of third party dll's in the projects (lets call them Ref.NET and Ref.COM). As you probably guessed by the names,...more >>

I need a chart for plotting 3D surfaces. Ideally it would use OpenGL or Direct3D and be written in 100% .NET. I thought I saw an add a while back but now I can't find it. Anybody know of such a thing? Thanks, Lance ...more >>

I know I saw something about this once before, but now I can't find it. I have a grid control that is bound to a manually created dataset. I want the user to be able to edit the contents of the cells, but I don't want them to be able to add new rows. Any help?...more >>

I wonder if anyone can tell me why does the first field in a MDI child has its validating method called when its created and the show method is called. Any help would be apretiated. thanks in advanced Alvaro ...more >>

Hi, How do I open a Microsoft Access 2003 form from Visual Basic.net Thanks in advance bbdobuddy ...more >>

this one is really a challenge to me. the application i developed in VB.NET 2003 runs on marine boat, the application has many screens and controls. On a marine boat at night, only dark cyan (or similar) color must be used on display (much like the radar display) otherwise the captain will be...more >>

How do I check to see if a particular service is running? ...more >>

I need your HELP! I've seen all the posts on using Crystal Reports within vs.net (vb.net) and changing a SQL query at runtime. When I tried to pass in a dataset into the crystal report at runtime, the report still showed the results from the default query (from within the Crystal Report). T...more >>

How do I force an XML document to be downloaded from a web browser to a client? The XML document will come ideally from a dataset but if this is not possible then I can save off the XML document to the server and read it back in to send to the clients browser. I have somethink like this but...more >>

Hi there-I'm an AMATEUR VB.NET programmer, who has hacked together a small VB.NET application that can get information from remote machines using the System.Management namespace. MY APPLICATION DOES WORK, but not quite in the way I want to. My management object is defined like this: D...more >>

Hi, This is slightly off topic, but I thought I would see if I can get some direction here. I am trying to get a handle on 2005 in as much as I want to create a training framework design so that I can develop a training strategy for our guys. I know this is early days as the release is n...more >>

I have a VB .NET appl that I'm trying to run on another machine and I keep getting errors. I'm sure it has to do with the GlobalLock()?? The error I receive is: PInvoke restrictions: can not return variants Any ideas? Imports Scanning_App.EZTwain Imports ClearImage Imports System.Runtim...more >>

In the CurrentCellChanged event for my datagrid, I have the following: Dim curRow As Integer = Me.dgrdBids.CurrentCell.RowNumber Dim pricing As Single = Convert.ToSingle(Me.dgrdBids.Item(curRow, 4)) Me.dgrdBids.Item(curRow, 6) = pricing * .25 When the value is changed in the pricing cell (cu...more >>

I have a project for which I need to print the contents of a richtext box to the printer. In VB6 this was a very simplified task but in VB.NET it seems to be noted as a more complicated technique. I have been programming for a short while but my strategy for learning new tasks is to view the m...more >>

I found the answer to this once months ago, but I can't find it... I want to place a small pop-up type form just above a control during runtime. How do I get the proper coordinates to do this? this must work regardless of where the control is (on a form, in a panel, in another control...more >>

I have a form that has a list box of simple processes that don't need a visual form. The for would only have a button that said start on it if it did. So when I call this class and run the process For example download a daily file from an FTP site. I want the class to update a richtextbox on ...more >>

I need to Set & Get the "Comment" property of files. I would like to know what classes handle these in VB.NET. The VBA code is sen at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;212724 To set the comment manually, we have to right click a file in windows explorer, click on "...more >>

Some basic things I cannot figure out how to do with new datagrid. 1) How do I control the formatting of the column header separately from the rest of the column? 2) If I align right the column, the header text gets jammed to the right almost so you cannot read the last letter... how do I ...more >>

Hello, After much searching, I have finally determined how to add gif files into a resource and then get them out again in VB.NET. I have created a resx file and have inserted a bunch of GIF files using a resource editor that I got from CodeProject. I am then using the following code to apply on...more >>

I am trying to detect when a user uses Tab key while with the KeyDown event of the combobox. It seems to work fine with all the Keys (Enter, T, ...) but not with the Tab key (e.KeyCode = Keys.Tab). Anyone experienced similar problems? Any solutions, workarounds? thanks Private Sub ComboBox...more >>

Hello, In my program I am doing a lot of connections to the database one after the other and retrieving lots of records from the database. However I am getting the message below when sometimes running this program. It would appear that I have too many connections open. Is there any way...more >>

I have the following code in my Access application: Dim OutApp As Outlook.Application Dim OutMail As Outlook.MailItem Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Set OutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(olMailItem) Then later in the code, I use 'With OutMail' to send emails. Is there a way...more >>

Hiya I have a problem which I'm working on which I hope someone can help with. I have two tables in a database. For the sake of argument, let us call them Table1 and Table2. For each record in Table1, I want to write a record in Table2 where the record will be made up of information from...more >>

Hello, I have VS.NET 2003 and using VB as the main language for our projects. When a VB file is opened in VS I see two drop-downs on top - one that lists the controls and other that lists the methods related to that control. How do I change this so that the drop-down on the right displays all th...more >>

hi, I had posted a question in the group "how to arrange arrays in increasing order" Although i got an answer using IComparable Interface by Harfried ,which is given below. Dim InputArray()() As Integer = _ New Integer()() { _ New Integer() {2, 0, 0}, _ New Integer() {...more >>

I'm new to VB.NET and just gettng into database "Learning." How do I decide if I need a DataTable or a DataView. Thanks... Bruce ...more >>

How can I get the ID (in a autonumber field) for the last added record in access? TIA! ...more >>

Looking for programmer part-time, who is comfortable with VB.NET and familiar with VB 6.0, who also knows something about accessing FoxPro tables in VB.NET. Prefer to pay for help and get things made for us. Contact me directly or leave a note here, if you are interested. Thanks, Michael...more >>

I have a problem I can't seem to find any help on, I really hope someone else has come across this and kno9ws the answer. When outputing to a list box using the items.add, and then run the code it does not show the text. I can see that there is something there as there is a scroll bar that sho...more >>

Hello there, I was wondering if any one knows some good source, book, or even MSDN resurce (I found something there, but seems to be very little) that instructs how to create in VB.NET programs for Active Directory (adding user, creating folder, changing permissions, creating exchange mailb...more >>

Hi, I am adding nodes to a treeview and I wish for the text property of these nodes to be readonly. Intellisense doesn't seem to offer this property, Is it possible to set a node to read only or failing that the whole tree. Dim MyNode As New DirectoryNode(strProjectCode, strProjectKey, 12)...more >>

I have a DLL created in C# with a method that takes a string by reference (public bool NoError(DataSet ds, ref string msg)). When I try to call the method from VB.NET (NoError(ds, m_sMessage)), I get a "System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: Boolean NoError(System.Data.DataSet, System....more >>

I need a panel with only a vertical or only a horizontal scroll bar. Is there a way to do that? Nathan ...more >>

I'm curious to know if C++.NET produced a smaller & faster (performance wise) executeable. I don't know too much about C++ and I'm only starting to pick it up now, but given that I'm doing a lot of development with VB.NET & C# I was going to migrate to C++.NET. As I understand it, traditional C++...more >>

Hey guys, I've been hitting a brick wall with a problem I've come accross in developing an application. Background: The application uses one primary class that I'm trying to implement with the singleton pattern in mind. The design pattern seems to be working properly (complex and simple varia...more >>

Hello, i use a tree view with a new class for 2 parameters: Class myTreeNode Inherits TreeNode Public MenuText As String Public MenuPage As Integer Sub New(ByVal MenuTxt As String, ByVal MPage As Integer) MyBase.New() MenuText = MenuTxt MenuPage = MPa...more >>

Hi i want to add a menu to Microsoft outlook in VB6,when click on menu item in outlook,i want to display a form. How can i do this?Please give me the solution,Thanks in advance. Mamatha...more >>

Hello Group! I am programmig a windows application. I want to make a multiple selection in a datagrid. My first idea is put a checkbox in a datagrid but i dont a clue. I dont want use checkboxlist because i need multiple data columns. Please, any sample for me? Thanks in advance Jony...more >>

Hi all, I have a splitter sitting between 2 panels (which I use for drawing) on my main form. The problem that I'm having is that when I resize my form, the panel(plnDwgContainer) that has the fill dockstyle method seems to be a bit slow. However, if I try to resize my panel using the split...more >>