Hi I hope somebody can help me because I really don’t know how to solve this problem. I want to do the following. We have an IIS server that I want to administrate using ADSI. I did some testing with in a test domain and everything went well. This because me user was an administrator ...more >>

is there a download available for the vb.net books online in the form of a ..chm file ? ...more >>

If I use a manually created dataset (for the CompactFramework) and try to write it out as XML using the following syntax, I get a build error saying that my file name "Value of type String cannot be converted to System.XML.XMLWriter: ds.WriteXml(strPathToXML, XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema) Bu...more >>

Are there VB.NET equivilents to the 'uint' and 'ulong' keywords as well as the bitwise compliment operator '~' ? ...more >>

I have successfully passed a single date from a asp.net calendar to another page using the code below. I would like to know if there is any way to pass 2 date to to different textbox on another page. strjscript &= "window.opener." & _ Httpcontext.Current.Request.Querystring("formna...more >>

hi, i have created a 3d CAD program using vb.net + opengl. does anyone know how to create install set ie put my program & relevant file (dlls, & etc) like proper programs installing from cds? is there a site that can help me or can anyone guide me? thanks pj...more >>

Hi, I create an application which create then execute a DTS package. I want to fill a TreeView using the events generated by the DTS package (onerror, onprogress....) my code works fine except if I turn off the ExecuteInMainThread property (ExecuteInMainThread = False) In this case I c...more >>

I am trying to do a SIMPLE Bulk load using version 4.0 - msxml4r.dll. Unfortunately, I cannot find any examples of how to do this. For example, I see many examples of using version 3, but not version 4. I use visual basic ..net, It looks so simple, can someone please help me?...more >>

I have a simple function that I use in many of my applications. It allows one to update the "Status" panel of a status bar and optionally set the MousePointer. This is useful if the status is being changed to "Processing" and you want to show the Wait cursor. Public Sub UpdateStatusBar(ByVal ...more >>

Hello, I've got an app that supports plugins. It's an exe and both it and any plugin must implement iPlugin to enable communication between the exe and the .dll plugin. My problem is that I need to get a type from the exe from within the plugin but if I call [Assembly].GetCallingAssembly in the ...more >>

Using vb.net, how can I get default field values into textboxes when a new record is initiated? Jim Evans. ...more >>

Hello Friends I have a big problem. I can't retrieve the domain name (example: contoso.com) using visual basic.net language. I'm very appreciate if anyone give me an example how can I solve this. Im new on this language and and perhaps this is very easy for all of you :) Thanks for help ...more >>

I cant figure out how to assign a URL to my Link Label control. What is the syntax I want to click on the link label on my form, and have it load internet explorer and load the URL. ...more >>

Is there an easy way to parse apart an HTML document? I've got a document that has text stuck in the body of the document and I want to pull it out. TIA. Jeffrey. ...more >>

I have a standard WinForm application whose main form has an icon attached. When I build the application, the icon doesn't seem to associate with the exe. When I build an install using InstallShield the icon doesn't appear on the desktop shortcut. Any thoughts as to why this is occuring? ...more >>

I'm learning VB.NET (I barely have a grip on classes, inheritance and polymorphism though), and I was looking at some of the terms on the MSDN site. What does it mean if something is "thread safe" or not? Thanks...more >>

Hi All, Can someone help me figure out how to find the number of weeks within a specified month? Thanks. ...more >>

Can anyone help me with this problem. I have an object with properties bound to controls on a form. e.g PhoneNumber is bound to txtPhoneNumber. When a user enters a phone number the validation routine of the property reformats the number from, example 9729001234 to (972)-900-1234 for storing i...more >>

Hello everyone, I am using Visual Studio 2003 Enterprise Architect. Everytime I build the project, some of the labels move 2 pixels down. I even locked those labels. No Good. Any idea whats going on here? I am also getting a warning saying "can not bind an event handler to the 'Click" event...more >>

Do we need a datareader to get values from Sql Functions ? my function has a return varchar(20) and pops an error that cannot return a resultset , why?...more >>

como se consigue el value que retorna una SQL functionhow ? se debe usar datareader ? Cualquier ayuda se agradece. ...more >>

hey all, how would i get the name of the property and not the value it's storing? For instance, Public Property mFirstName as String return _dr.firstName End property i just need the value "mFirstName" and not the value of it. How would i reference that? thanks, rodchar...more >>

I'd like to know what management and the work environment are like where you work. I need something relative to compare my current work environment. Here's a few questions I have: 1.) Is it normal for (technical) management (actually 1 of 2 co owners) to constantly interrupt developers all...more >>

Can someone explain to me the difference between these two bindings? dim b as Binding b=New Binding(dsMyDataset.tblMyTable, "colMyColumn") b=New Binding(dsMyDataset, "tblMyTable.colMyColumn") They produce different behavior in my application. I know which one I must use, but I don't u...more >>

Hello, Thanks to the help of many here - my app is finished. It is running locally on my machine (connecting remotely to the DB). Now, how to I migrate it to different machines for use? I know I can copy the .dll and .aspx files over to a directory (webconfig not needed, there is an exi...more >>

Hi How do I make a class non-creatable out side the DLL it is in but still allow it to be used a data type? I.e. In the example below I don’t want Class2 to be New’ed outside this DLL. Public Class Class1 Private moMyProperty As New Class2 Public ReadOnly Porperty MyProperty(...more >>

I know that in visual basic learning edition you were not allowed to distribute the applications you made. With visual basic.net standard can you distribute and sell your apps, i only ask this because i cannot afford the enterprise architect (not yet anyway). I have read through the eula but...more >>

From reading the documentation, this should be a relatively easy thing. I have an arraylist of custom class instances which I want to search with an"indexof" where I'm passing an instance if the class where only the "searched" property has a value. I expected to get the index into the arr...more >>

Hi all, I would like to create some textbox by coding...such as ..I would like to create 10 textbox during form load. Is it use for loop to do ? ...on the other hand, is vb.net can do as the following.. dim str as string dim tmp as string dim x a sinteger str = "textbox" for x = 1 to...more >>

I have the follwing XML string: <RecordSet> <Row RowNumber="1"> <UserID>111</UserID> <Phone>1234567890</Phone> </Row> <Row RowNumber="2"> <UserID>747</UserID> <Phone>9876543210</Phone> </Row> </RecordSet> A <Row> can have a variable number of elements in it. How...more >>

Hi all, I would like to set MaxLength property of asp.net controls on my page based on their corresponding field length in Sql Server table. I know I can get the TableSchema along with the record if I read the data into a DataSet. But I don't want to store data in a DataSet because I am go...more >>

Hi All, As you know, I've made the switch from Access/Jet to MSDE 2K. And I'm now encountering my first little problem. I have some pictureboxes that display images from the DB. For each picturebox, I have some buttons (Add/Change Image, Rotate Image, Delete Image) and a context menu (Copy/...more >>

I have recently noticed an unwanted behavior that I do not know how to get rid of. To Recreate Problem: Windows Forms App with 2 forms. Form 1 has nothing on it and this code underneath: Private Sub Form1_KeyUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles M...more >>

Hello! I defined a custom collection class that inherits from CollectionBase, it works fine... Now, I would like to add each item an ID property, so I could access items in the collection by ID. What I need is a sample how I can generate unique ID each time when a new Item is added to the c...more >>

Hi I am using this smartphone device; http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devices/devicedisplay.aspx?module=deviceDisplay;Smartphone;emea;191. I am having problem deploying smartphone app from vs 2005. The error I get is that this version of activesync is not supported. I have downloaded an...more >>

I want to be sure there are no duplicate nodes in a ListView so before I add a new node I want to check to see it a similar node has been previously added. Is there an easy way to do that or do I have to loop thought all the nodes comparing each to the new node? I tried to use "listviewX...more >>

does anyone out there know how to create a messagebox with a time out.... ...more >>

Hi group I'm making my own datagrid control, so for I've got a lot of things working, combobox columns, checkbox columns, blobfield columns. But now I would like to be able the disable certain columns for editing I know I can use readonly for the columnstyle but this will also disallow me to edit...more >>

I am New Member on this site. And also new learner to .Net. I have a query, I have to minimize/maximize the currently running some applications on my system through my VB.Net application. Please can any one help me..!!!...more >>

I am building a quick application for viewing html source files from web pages. I created a simple inhereted user control from a rich text box that supports tab indenting. However I find that pages quickly overwhelm it with to many levels to display nicely. If I recal the default tab stop is 8...more >>

Taking a VB .NET course that asked for me to create a gradient listbox, = I created the brush like this: Dim brGrad As New System.Drawing.Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush( _ rct, _ Color.FromName(cboFromColor.Text), _ Color.FromName(cboToColor.Text), _ (CType(System.Enum....more >>

Hello All, I have a form with some text boxes and buttons. The buttons have shortcuts in their text labels, such as "&Add". When the user is still focused on the textbox and presses Alt-A, does that Alt-A code get included with the text value? It appears to be doing so, and I'm wondering...more >>

Hello! Could somebody advise if it is good to store user custom collection in a session state between page requests? Or is there any other alternatives... All suggestions on this topic are welcome! Thanks! James ...more >>

how can i in ado.net (vb.net) create a new table based on an existing table like in ado classic: Cnn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=....." Cnn.Open SQL = "SELECT * INTO Table2 FROM Table1" Cnn.Execute SQL ...more >>