Hi I have an application in C#.net,my application displays the video file.The file is in AVI format,now i want to change this AVI file into wmv file.How can i do this? Is it possible?Please give me any releated websites or any source code etc. If you know the solution please let meknow ...more >>

I have an idea for a PC auditor program to replace the clunky one that my company uses. I need to find some good info on how to enumerate all the devices, installed software, licences, quickly scan the hard drives, etc. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! ...more >>

I am outputting a datatable to a tab-delimited file. This all works well and good with 2 issues: 1) There is some data in my table that looks like this: <a_tag>theData</a_tag>. I would like to be able to strip out the tags before writing to the csv file 2) If there are 100 rows output,...more >>

If I periodically check to see if the floppy is ready, the drive will each time make a little noise. I've been up against this before and could never find a way to check to see if the floppy drive is ready without making the drive make that grinding noise. Does anyone know a way? Th...more >>

I was sucessfull with web request for 2 months, then one day the server seems to know how to block my requests. When I use this URL "http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=an%2Fibm&d=ptxt" in a browser, the se...more >>

When supplying a TcpClient with a host and port number am getting the following message The requested name is valid and was found in the database, but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for My question is this. Is my host and port number ok or is this what is meant ...more >>

I'm new to VB.Net and have been unable to find a "how to" description about organizing and reusing classes and controls in multiple applications. Any references you could provide would be welcome. Thanks, GrandpaB ...more >>

I'm trying to add checkboxes to EVERY COLUMN in the ListView control, not just the first column. (ListView control is in Details view.) I've seen it done in commercial applications. Does anyone know how to do it? I don't have to use the ListView control if another control makes it easie...more >>

Hello, I have code that works fine in VB 6.0 but do to the marshalling differences it doesn't work in VB .Net and I need to get it to work as we are going away from VB 6.0. I am using it to send ScanCodes, but an example that sends Virtual Keycodes is just as good. Thank You DevNi...more >>

Hi, I'm sure this has been asked several times before but I'll risk it ;-) If I wish to save an Arraylist to another Arraylist and work on te original without affecting the contents of the new or saved Arraylist, how is it done. It always seems to create a shallow copy i.e. by Referen...more >>

I using the routine below to copy file to a network drive for a regular backup process. Before calling this routine I using another function to check the presence of the LAN connection and the server where the network drive exists. Although of this check I am sometimes getting an exception (i...more >>

Created a .dll to use in multiple projects. Very simple, one class to return a purpose for a particular version. But when I added it as a reference to one of my other projects, I get a build error (even before I try to build it): "Error: The dependency 'mscorlib, Version= 1.0.5000.0, Culture...more >>

Hi, In datagrid tablestyles, I've defined a column as DatagridBoolColumn. (allownull=false) The problem is when I execute, I've to clic on the checkbox twice to to check (or uncheck) it, the first time is like I select it, the second time the checkBox is checked (or unchecked). Is there a s...more >>

Hi All, How to debug a stored procedure? Thanks, kd...more >>

I'd like to create a Registry key value where the Registry key value type is REG_QWORD. I'm using SetValue(name As String, value As Object), and I understand that the object type used in this function determines the registry value type, however I cannot find a type eqivilant in vb.net that wil...more >>

Hi All I have an app that when running if a user selects logoff or shutdown from the start menu, it will close itself but not logoff windows or shutdown. From what i have found so far its most likely something ive declared in my program that is preventing the logoff, i have tried closing and d...more >>

Greetings everyone! I am currently trying to create an application using an offscreen buffer. I have a great example but it is for VB5/6 and I have VB.NET. I have not been able to successfully upgrade the code entirely. I used the converter build into .NET to convert it but there were some f...more >>

Hi all. Is possible I coerce a value to a determined type informed by a string? See the sample: dim obj as Object obj = SomeConversionType(2, "System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle") or obj = SomeConversionType("System.Windows.Forms.DockStyle.Bottom") ? I need use that because I'm l...more >>