Is this the right way to get to back up to the immediate parent subdirectory? Directory.GetParent("\") or this? Directory.GetParent("..") Or this? Directory.GetParent() Thanks! Bob...more >>

In another thread VJ made me aware of Tag. Fantastic! I've been wanting this capability for a long time. But it seems that I cannot use it with Option Strict On. In an event handler I have ... Private Sub chkbxSelI_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) MsgBo...more >>

Hi, how do i convert the following vb6 codes to .net? Nibble is variable declared as Byte InputString = "" Open CurInputFileName For Binary Shared As #1 Do Get #1, , Nibble InputString = InputString & Chr$(Nibble) Loop Until EOF(1) Close #1 ...more >>

Hi, I would like to develop an application such that it should create a combobox(server side control) at runtime and how should handle these controls at runtime. In my case i have a link button "add the control".whenever i click on the button it should create the combobox servers...more >>

I am trying to save the contents of datagrid to an excel file using VB.NET 2002 Standard. Someone posted me a reply, but unfortunately it uses a web control and I do not have that functionality since I only have the basic edition of vb.net. Is there any other means of exporting a datatable or ...more >>

Below is some code I have copied from the web with the intention of modifying but I keep getting the stated errors. This is the umpteenth attempt at trying to get OleDbConnection,OleDbDataAdapter to work without any success. Do the references have a hierarchy like in vb6 or is there somethin...more >>

Is there a way to set a environment variable in vb. like the following command in dos: set myserver=srv123456 I have tried using shell("cmd.exe /c set myserver=srv123456", appfochide, true) any help would be great....more >>

I am calling a Visual Basic 6 DLL to that returns a Record Set. Here is my code in my VB.NET program. Dim objRS objRS = oMyObject.ReturnRecordSet() If Not objRS Is Nothing Then Do While Not objRS.EOF sw.WriteLine(objRS("UserID")) sw.WriteLine(objRS("UserName")) objRS.MoveNe...more >>

Hi All, In VB.Net how do I determine if CapsLock is on/off (same for NumLock) and whether the input mode is set to Insert or Overwrite (Insert Key). I just added a status bar to my app, and I want to reflect the state of these three items (similar to Word, Excel, etc.) I've found the key en...more >>

Hi, how do i convert the following vb6 codes to .net? Nibble is variable declared as Byte InputString = "" Open CurInputFileName For Binary Shared As #1 Do Get #1, , Nibble InputString = InputString & Chr$(Nibble) Loop Until EOF(1) Close #1...more >>

Hello i have a problem i have this peace of code Dim xmldoc As XmlDocument = fobjXMLSendXMLRequest(strXml) Dim nodeData As XmlNode = xmldoc.SelectSingleNode("tirep").Item("data") Dim strdata As String = "<data>" & nodeData.InnerXml & "</data>" Dim sw As New System.IO.StreamWriter("...more >>

Hi I want to write a VB or C# program so that it can calls up another windows program and tells it to open it's menu Item automatically. For example: It can call File Manager and open 'File->New Folder' etc. without manually click on the program Menu bar Does anyone kn...more >>

I want to use a table store the database connection. (e.g myDBC) I use cmdReader to get the string from that table sucesfully and then want to create it . Dim strConnection as string = myReader.item(conn) Dim cnSqlServer as new SqlConnection(strConnection) I check that I can get the strCon...more >>

When I was working with Unix one of my favorite tools was awk. I've been using Regular Expressions, which are great, but sometimes I would like to be able to return complete columns of data. *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get...more >>

Hi there, I'm using the "Msdxm.ocx" to host Windows media player within VB.NET. I was hoping that this would be a bit newer than the interface I have been presented with, as well as it not supporting certain Windows Media files. Has anyone got any information on using a newer version i...more >>

Hi, I have a text file with some text in. I have a textbox called textbox1 for example. what do I do so when I click on a button (button1) it opens the text file in the textbox so I can edit it. also how do I save it I am newbie as you can tell. I have tried and looked on the msdn but I am ...more >>

Hi, I have a DataGrid bound to an sqlDataAdapter. When I do a SqlDataAdapter.Update, on 1 row I got a red dot with a whie exclamation mark in it, to show me there is an error, and the changes aren't saved. The problem is that I'm not able to knwo what error it is, I just get the red cirkel ...more >>

Can a Windows service write to a file on the local file system? I was using the Enterprise Library to log to a file and also to the application log. The entries to the application log work correctly, but the entries to a log file do not write. I cannot find the log file it is supposed to be w...more >>

Hello, I am trying to put a dropdown listbox in front of an background image and it is not allowing me to do so. This in in a web app and it is a html background image. Any ideas? Thanks, Brian...more >>

I'm attempting to pass 2 variables as type Byte as it is required to be type byte for encryption. What syntax shoule I use in vb.net. Everything I have tried has told me a value of type byte can not be converted into a 1-diesional array of Byte? Any thoughts? Thanks Glenn...more >>

i tried that script: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/misc/password/mspwvb02.mspx . I prepared password.htm on Frontpage2003. But script dont work with this password.htm file. I dont understand this example. If i mistake htm file, can you send me example password.htm f...more >>

Hi, I am currently working on a VB.NET project that has been going for quite a while. In the past it has been developed with a lot of compatibility VB6 functions and constants, e.g Left(), LCase() and vbCr Whilst not currently able to port to C# I am trying to remove usage of these func...more >>

I have an MS Access application that I've done and would like to convert to VB.Net. I have a few questions: 1. Is there a conversion routine for this? 2. How hard to convert manually? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi there... I need some .NET code to open the default email client. I do not need to open an email (that would be easy), I need to open the application itself, as if the user is clicking on an icon to go check their mail. I'm using VB.NET, but can convert C# if needed... ....anyone know how ...more >>

Hi! I need to...: - Have a word-template - Fill certain placeholders with data on the fly - Insert images into placeholders - Save/stream the doc - Export to PDF (save/stream) - Must not require an office-installation on server My pricelimit is something like 2000$. Any inputs on whic...more >>

I got two same database in one SQL server, named (Data_branch_usa, Data_branch_uk) Now, as the user login the system, I will let the user choose which database they want to enter. I wonder,I should use a table to store the branch information or use XML to store it. I really got no idea abou...more >>

I have an option strict on problem. i am using the event for 1 button to be the event for several others, kind of like indexes in vb6. it looks something like this: ***** Private Sub btnNum0_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnNum0.Click, btnNum1.Cl...more >>

How does one get the values of multiple selected rows in a DataGrid? I am trying to allow the builing of an email list generated from an LDAP query. The below code works OK but it can create duplicates if a line item is clicked more that once. Private Sub DataGrid1_Click(ByVal sender ...more >>

I need to encrypt a string before I write it down in my settings XML File, and then decrypt it when I reload the XML File. Unfortunately, I have no idea where to get started. Can anyone point me in the right direction?...more >>

Does anyone know how you can do an upcase in VB.NET? Example: Public Class Class1 Private s As String = "Hello World" Protected Property Prop1() As String Get Return s End Get Set(ByVal Value As String) s = Value End Set ...more >>

Dear All Can I use ANSI SQL statements on the datasets tables, for example if I have dataset ds which has the table TB can I run the SQL "UPDATE TB SET Field1='x' WHERE Field2='y'" Ahmed ...more >>

Can anyone let me know how I should do to remove an excel reference which I added to the project, now that I don't need it? Thanks...more >>

Hi: I have a VB.NET web application and I need to find a way to cause a page refresh from within my application. Does anyone know how to force the browser to refresh the current page? Thanks very much for your help! Fred ...more >>

Hi, I have a VB.NET application that runs on Embedded XP, the user can logon with password for different levels of right within the application. My boss wants the XP taskbar being hiden or locked when the user logon at the lowest level (by default), when the user logon as an administrator, he...more >>

Using the following, you can determine the size of a file: Dim fi As New IO.FileInfo(<Path to file>) MsgBox(fi.Length) .... but what about the size of a directory? The IO.DirectoryInfo object doesn't have a Length property. In is there a way in VB.NET to determine the size of a directory w...more >>

Hi, I am new in programming and I have a problem. I must save a value in database but i cannot pass the value from javascript to VB at strSQL <% Sub setare(cs) If cs=1 Then strSQL="UPDATE machines SET time=Stime WHERE ip='"&IP&"'" Set rstDB = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recor...more >>

Hi EveryBody: How can I use win32 api to change the address bar of internet explorer; for example if i want to change the address bar from http://www.msn.cm/ to http://www.yahoo.com/, how can I do that, is there any function like sendmessage can handle this ? any help will be appreciated ...more >>

Hi! I am new to VB.Net, and I am task to develop web based applications using VB.Net . I only have these infrastructure: Win2K server SP4 with .Net Framework 1.1 Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard Using MS Access as its database I need a book/Internet URL that can easily guide me. Hope you ...more >>

I'm trying to start a non-microsoft app, I've had much success= using Process and SendKeys with Microsoft apps, IE, notepad,= etc=2E but this new app gives me the error "The parameter is= incorrect"=2E I'm not sure what the problem is, I've double= checked the path and other things=2E ...more >>

I am having a very strange problem that only happens with Windows 2000. If the Process.Start method is called after using the OpenFileDialog, it will throw a Win32 Exception. The same code on running on Windows XP works fine. I've attached a small project the can reproduce the problem. H...more >>

I'm looking for a way to Encrypt & Decrypt Data in a String Value that can be placed in a text file. All i'm finding are items that storing the encrypted value in a text file can be problematic because of special characters. I'm looking possible at SecureQuerryString, any other option? What...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to put a Vb6.0 activeX control into a VB.net project. The Vb6.0 activeX control works fine in a VB6.0 app. But the problem comes when I close down the Vb.net app. I get the"Application error... memory cannot be written/read". On the other hand, I will not get this error ...more >>

Hello everyone :) I am new to programming in .NET and I want to make the equivalent of an ActiveX .EXE file in Visual Basic 5 so that I can have some classes accessible outside of my application. I don't want to make all of the classes visible, only some. Additional to this I was wondering if...more >>

Is this a good newsgroup to follow if you've never done any serious programming, or is there a newsgroup for beginners? ...more >>

Im recieving a XML file from a webserver wich contains a CDATA element wich contains more XML code... the problem is that i have no idea on how to get the things in the cdata field so i can use it as a "normal" xml document Ive heard i should use xmldatadocument wich i have tried witout s...more >>

Hey i am trying to find users list in win2000 server in a specific domain The vb.net prgm is running on a client machine is it possible to retrive the users list if possible help me ----------------------- Posted by a user from .NET 247 (http://www.dotnet247.com/) <Id>PV9f7zP6VEWDVWL9f...more >>

Hi, I'm using a delegate to edit some controls on formA from another thread on formB. This works nicely the first time I run formA. But if I close formA and reopen it I get errors. When changing the checked state of a radiobutton I get an error saying that I cannot access the control ...more >>

Hello, i am using ADOX + VB .NET to create a Access Database programmatically. I plan to set some properties of the column such primary key. The code is as follows: Dim cat As ADOX.Catalog Dim tbl As ADOX.Table Dim idx As ADOX.Index Dim prp As ADOX.Property Set cat = New ADOX.Catalog...more >>

I'm trying to create a gridview custom control in VS2005 with some column predefined. I get the error StackOverflowException. Can anybody show me some resource link, please? Thanks in advance. Daniele Farina There is the wrong code: Imports System.ComponentModel Imports System.Web.UI ...more >>