Hi, I stuck on basic thing today... How can I caych the double click event when it is done on the title bar of a form. I just want my form to be expanded or shrinked when the user dbl-click. Thanks, Marty...more >>

Hi, Is there a "light" way on CPU usage to delay a process in the code execution. For example, if I want a function to wait 5 seconds before continue executing without using a timer. Is there a better way than using this: While (MyCondition is true) System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoE...more >>

Hi How can I get the total seconds in the current day? I thaught that this was helping (DateTime.Now.Second), but it return only the nb of sec in the current minute. Regards Marty...more >>

My app is near completed for the basic feature of version 1.0. I have an extensive object model and I now want to persist my objects using serialization. I have chosen binaryformatter to serialize, and custom serialization, which I understand will allow me the flexibility of not breaking old t...more >>

My final goal is to laod the source of an HTML page displayed at a given URL and through a buffer to save it into a database. If that file would be local, the code would be: Dim fs As FileStream Dim sPath as String = "C:\Test.htm" fs = File.OpenRead(sPath) ...more >>

I'm wondering why I cannot compile a co-workers project from my PC? Here's the situation: We both have WinXP. We both have VS .NET 2003 installed. I can open her project and make changes to the code...she can open my project and make changes to my project...but if either of us try to compile a...more >>

Hi I am using the Suspend method to terminate a thread but it seems that after calling that method the IsLive property is still set to True Is there another way to terminate a thread from the program? Thank you in advance Shmuel Shulman ...more >>

I have something that I have never seen before in a MS development product. I have a pretty simple call to a network directory that looks something like this ... Dim dirFolder As System.IO.DirectoryInfo dirFolder = New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(sFilePath) Dim filFiles() As System.IO.FileInf...more >>

Hi There, I am about to develop a windows application. I was wondering if there is any set of general guidelines I should be following when developing a windows application? Is there a preference of writing SQL queries within the application rather than Stored Procedures? Please help T...more >>

In task manager of Win2003 Server, I can see who is logged on. I want to programmatically access this information. Is there a log file or something I can access to get it? Thanks, Brett ...more >>

I have an application that starts with a Module (Sub Main) that calls a = few forms in order. When I close the next to last form, the last form is = called and closes immediately. I have application.run(me) in the load = event for that form and it opens fine if I call it at the beginning of = th...more >>

Hi, I have the following two questions: 1) Is there a way to customize the titles of the columns in the datagrid or does it have to be the names coming from the db tables`columns. I want to avoid having to show CIid for example, i prefer to rename it to Customer ID, etc. I went over the da...more >>

Hi Is there any method to send a message to a running thread so the thread will perform a specific function before the program suspends it? Thank you, Shmuel Shulman ...more >>

Hi all, using vb.net 2003 Imported a com dll under Reference Im trying to use one of the classes but keep getting an error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." Using it like this: Dim getduration As String Dim rd As BVEvent getduration ...more >>

Now that I have my printer routine working with text of various fonts and colors from an RTF box, I wonder how one would add pictures also to the printer routine? Another quest is about to start to find that out. Any ideas?? Fred...more >>

Hi for security reasons I want to save the temporary files that the program is creating in the user's Documents folder. I think that there is an abbreviation to write this path I just can't remember what is it Thank you, Shmuel Shulman ...more >>

I need to search a string in some text files. (any good routines out there?) then, I created a mysearch.exe with a method that will search for a String in a fileName. I want "string to search" and "fileName" to be the params in mysearch.exe / method. Is there any way to call mysearch.e...more >>

I have a small application that runs in the taskbar. All it has is a timer that goes off every second. It looks at a list of files on a source and then on a destination folder. If it can't find a file in the source folder in the destination folder, it copies it into the destination. Everything i...more >>

I configured a data adapter and generated a dataset and wrote the code to fill the dataset with data coming from an SQL database table when my form loads. I also changed the DataSource of a combo box to point to the dataset.tablename and changed the DisplayMemebr to point at a column. After ...more >>

Hi All, I am facing a prob with treeview with check boxes When ever a javascript funtion is associated with Treeview, I am not able to retrice the Values of checkboxes in the tree. When no Javascipt function is associatead, every thing works fine. Is it something to do with viewstate?? a...more >>

I keep receiving an SQL error. Not everytime but frequently. Does anyone know what to problem could be? This is the error i recieve: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool. This may have occurred because all pooled connections were in use and ...more >>

What are the advantages/disadvantages of using one process with multiple threads or doing the same task with multiple processes, each having one thread? I see using multiple threads under one process as being a problem. Potentially, one thread may crash and could bring down the whole proces...more >>

(First posted to microsoft.public.dotnet.general by mistake.) I don't know the correct terminology, but I'm sure there's a better way to do the following with .aspx pages:- In global.asax, I create an instance of an entity (basketCentral.vb) which has subroutines, functions and variables whi...more >>

Has anyone done this yet? I know it is easily done in Paradox, but I would like to do it in VB.Net. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Rog ...more >>

I am using an Access 2000 database in a VB 2003 .NET app and am unsure which redistributable I need to send with my app so that it will be able to work with this database format. In my conenction string, I am using the following provider: Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Do I need a speci...more >>

I need way to have text in label and look like in mirror like "ambulance" so when i look text via mirror it print fine. Not "ecnalubma" but exactly like in mirror. thx ...more >>

I am trying to open another MDI Child form (that is not currently open) from within another MDI Child. There is a "Next" button that should navigate to the next form in the series, and I cannot get this to work. With VB6, it would have been simple, but vb.NET is completely different. Basi...more >>

I need to delete ALL rows in a dataset and currently use the method in the code snippet below, which works fine. However, there can be 100,000 rows, which makes the FILL, DR.Delete and UPDATE take a very long time. Is there a way to simply delete the entire dataset and then update that to ...more >>

I have no experience with them... can I expect that "touch" will fire "mousedown" for any control? Or will I need special controls that understand touchscreen input? Bob ...more >>

Is there a way, using a browser such as Internet Explorer, to allow a user to, access some link, and it maybe download/open a copy of a full blown fat client Windows Forms .NET application and run it inside the browser, like Adobe Acrobat does? Our application is database driven and has no ...more >>

VB.NET 2k3 using these statements: Dim ThisApplication As Excel.Application ThisApplication.Workbooks.Open("C:\Program Files\97CS\SelfInspect 1.0\NewForm27.xls") Statements look good then I debug and it gives me: An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceExcepti...more >>

I'm not happy with the order in which OpenFileDialog retrieves multiple selected files. I want them in Date order, oldest to newest, but by default they come in by filename, last to first. The only property that seems relevant is Sort, and all that does is invert the filename order. I nee...more >>

I wonder if there is an easy way to plase a border around a picture. I have already tryed with the trasparent function but the border gets upon the picture so it hides some of it. I have created borders with white space in the middle and with the bmp_Frame.MakeTransparent(Color.White) a...more >>

hi, I didn't write programs for more then 20 years. So I got some truble wenn I started again. Can somebody help me ? How do I interface a COM, LPT oder USB I/O with C, C++. Thank you very much. regards arnold...more >>

Hi I have a windows form and with init I have a tab control. How can I get the tab control to resize, Min/Max as the windows form is resized? Thanks ...more >>

I'm using VB.NET 2k3 and I want to be able to code a button to open an existing Excel Application. Anyone know where I can find this info or want to tell me the lines to code? All I can find on the net is how to create new excel apps....more >>

hi.. just wondering what does this error means? here's my vb code: Imports System.Web.Security Imports System.Data Imports System.Data.OleDb Public Class dpitem Inherits System.Web.UI.Page #Region " Web Form Designer Generated Code " 'This call is required by the Web Form Des...more >>

Hello, who gives one more shining solution to me? My application load form "A". The form "A" by means of a push-button load form "B" that in its turn by means of a push-button load form "C". Form "B" contains one variable "Private" "VarB". How I can read the value of "VarB" from form "C"? Al...more >>

I've used the syncfusion method to autosize my datagrid row heights. The problem I run into is the vertical scrollbar does not take into account the new row heights. When I scroll to the bottom I still have several rows left below. Thanks...more >>

For some reason if I set the text property of a command button to something like "Mr & Mrs Smith" the end result is a command button with the caption of "Mr _Mrs Smith". Does anybody know how I can include the & sign in my command buttons? Is this a bug? Is there a work around? Please help,...more >>

I have a useful framework, written in a different language (PowerBuilder), which I'd like to replicate in .Net and Forms, but I'm unsure of how to approach it, as the Event model is being used different between the development environments. Currently we have data entry screens, whose column...more >>

Can someone pls help me to solve this problem. Thanks in advance. After adding a breakpoint to a line of coding, the whole line turned red and there is a big red dot next to it. However if I run the program, a question mark appeared inside the big red dot with a message of "The breakpoint wil...more >>

Is there any way of making the following code into a function so that I don't have to re-use the same code for all my buttons? I've tried to do this with the code at the bottom of my post but I get a build error saying 'Type FormToShow is not defined'. Cheers, Paul Private WithEvents ...more >>

I am having a bit of a problem doing something that I was expecting to be very straight forward. I am trying to declare a Role that needs to be available before a specific class can be instantiated. My class code is set up like this: Imports System.Security Imports System.Security.Permissi...more >>