When I get the image from the file the file remains locked so the Delete fails with a "used by another process" So I tried using a clone and disposing the obtained image. But that didn't fix the problem. Can you help? Dim zz As Image = Image.FromFile(imageFileName) MyImage = zz....more >>

Hi folks, I am trying to run a simple program to test my data connection. The database opens successfully but throws an exception at the "objDataAdapter.Fill(objDataTabel)" line below. Am I doing something thats obviously wrong here? Thanks, --Joyce '--------------------------- Imp...more >>

Hi Data inputters don't like to use the mouse, Is there any way to tick a checkbox without touching the mouse when the checkbox has the focus? Thank you, Shmuel Shulman ...more >>

I have developed an application using VB.NET, it works fine in my local drive. However, security exception is flowed when I try to run the release program under a network drive. I have signed the exe and dll files with sn.exe and configure the security policy in the dot net framework configu...more >>

I have a Windows Form VB.NET application with many, many menu items, and thousands of lines of code in the form class. I have upgraded it to VS 2005 and am now very unhappy with periodic delays during code development. I rarely have the design window for the form open in VS 2005; only the vb ...more >>

Hello! I am using following code to get all JPEG files in a directory. Data, including file name, length, creation date, etc will be stored in a DataTable. Now I would like to add two extra colums to the DataTable - height and width. I was wondering, what is the fastest way to get the dimen...more >>

I'm trying to detect if a given mdi child is open in my app using the following code in the main form (if it is open, I want to view it, not create a new instance): Public Function isOpen(ByVal frmName As String) As Boolean Dim i As Int16 isOpen = False For i = 0 To Me.MdiChildren.Length...more >>

I need to send printjobs to a printqueue under diffrent usernames. The printsoftware on the queue is not very 'secure' so I can create a user on 1 system and send a printjob under it's name to the printqueue. This is why I created a program that picks the username out for the .PRN file, cre...more >>

Hi Does anyone know how to click a combobox control in VB so the entire list will be shown? Thank you, Shmuel Shulman ...more >>

I have created a setup project and it works fine. However, it inlcudes a file "Dotnetfx.exe" which I have read is the installer for the required .net framework. I have read the documentation that is included in the MSDN but I think I am still confused! My question is then running the .msi f...more >>

I'm thinking about adding unsigned types, like UShort and UInt, to a VB.NET library that I published which edits ID3 tag information. It would make the interface much more clean to have some properties of my main class like TrackNum and Year be UShort instead of Short. I wouldn't have to che...more >>

Hello All, I have a selected index for a combo, which I percieve to be the best value to use when programitically maniplating combos. What I want to be able to do is retrieve the Selected Value for a given Selected Index It may be just me, but I have found the whole selected value, sele...more >>

I am migrating a VB6 application to VB 2005 Express. In VB6 I am using the following code to suppress the selector bars.. f.dtg.RecordSelectors = False where f is the form and dtg is the data grid control. What is the equivalent code in VB 2005 Express to turn off the selector bars? ...more >>

I have added a setup project to my solution to generate the setup files. I find I can add Textboxes, checkboxes, etc. to this setup solution but how do I use these in the setup project to make decisions such as adding a sample database file or not to the users machine dependent on if he check...more >>

below is a sample code i read a list of machines and use ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem to thread each machine using a timer. If the machine is not pingable, i wish to kill the thread that checks the ping function, so that the next poll will not run again. Any advice ? *********...more >>

Is there anything amiss with the newsgroup microsoft.public.dotnet.vb.general ?? From where I'm sitting, it's /completely/ dried up - only four posts in as many days. Did I miss the mass exodus, or is my news server simply messing me about? TIA, Phill W. ...more >>

My main program starts a thread. My question is what happens to the thread when the main program goes away? Does the thread exits automaticly with the main, or does the main program need to make sure that it stops the thread before it terminating itself? Thanks. Feng...more >>

hello all, i am trying to impelement form level security in my vb.net 2003 application. i have a database table that has the name of the form, subform, userid, and read,edit,del,add rights (boolean). The subform is a group box or tabpage that would be visible or enabled (read or edit rights) ...more >>

This is an ASP.NET ( WebForms ) user control we are talking about. I know this is a VB.NET newsgroup, but no-one seems to be home over in ASPNET NG. I can create user controls, but whenever I place on on a page, it allways ends up in the top left hand corner unless I create a panal for it to...more >>

hello, I have a form that has 10 dropdown lists in one section each of the dropdowns contain the same data what i'm looking to do is that when a user selects a value from one dropdown, change the value to null/nothing for any other dropdowns that may have had the same value as the one that wa...more >>

VB6 has a SorkKey property that you can setup on the ListView control to tell the ListView what column to use for sorting. In .NET there is a Sort() method and a SortOrder property that you can use to manipulate the Sorting property. My question is how do I perform the same functionality as ...more >>

I want to create a method within a class that opens a Microsoft Word 2000 Document and has the facility to Create a new word document and then extract a Page that exists within the original Word Document and save it to a new Word Document. I would need to generate a loop for each page found wi...more >>

Hello folks, I appologize for the cross post, but I really need an answer on this: I do not think that I am seeing the whole picture here. I would like to create a windows service and a management console, using Visual Basic 2003. The windows service part, I think, is easy enough. I am m...more >>

I have developed several databases in Access. I know VBA. I am making the jump to VB and am currently using Visual basic 2005 Express. Can anyone give me a snippet that will show me how to list the contents of a directory in a listbox. If you could also point me toward a good beginners VB ...more >>

Hi everybody I am trying to load an assembly (dll) an this works fine for me with: Dim SampleAssembly As [Assembly] SampleAssembly = [Assembly].LoadFrom("c:\clsHali.dll") But now I like to read all public functions I have created and can't make this work I have to public functions in...more >>

Hello All, I am wondering how I can get a pair or usercontrol buttons that look like the ones on a horizontal scroll bar. I don't want a scrollbar really, just the buttons with the nifty little arrows. Is there any practical way in which I can exploit previously written code, or do I ha...more >>

I recently converted to VB Net from VB 6 and having troubles with adding a PictureBox to the form. I create the picturebox but it doesn't display on my form. I have tried Controls.Add(pic) but that doesn't work either. Any Help would be much appreciated :). here is my code so far Knight ...more >>

Hi, I know this is off topic, but I didn't find another newsgroup that would suit with my question. My apologizes. I once had a list with famous failed IT projects, but I can't find it anymore on the Internet. Does anybody has such a list/ link/... I prefer with a little explanation of w...more >>

The help isn't clear on this. If I have multiple catches and the first one catches the particular exception that was thrown, does it check the rest of the catches in the try/catch? For example, I want to execute a SQL command and if it times out I want to warn the user and continue. If any oth...more >>

Hi, I am using the WebBrowser control included with VS2005 to view XML files, and they are being displayed correctly as far as I can tell. The problem I am having is saving these XML files to disk. If I try to save the contents of the WebBrowser.DocumentText to disk, the resulting file co...more >>

Hi, I use VS 2005. How would I append XML elements to the end of an existing XML file programmatically?...more >>

Is there any way to distinguish the keypad Enter key from the standard Return key? ...more >>

Hi EveryBody: I have this code which convert RTF Text to HTML ? but I think it is written by vb.classic, I want some body help my in writting this code by Vb.Net ? but if it is already writen by Vb.Net I want some body simplify it for me ? And I want to use TextBox instaed of RichTextBox if...more >>

HI I was wondering if anybody know what thw RGB is for the VBButtonFace colour?. TIA Charles...more >>

Hi, I can't figure out how to build a string based on the requirements described below: First here are my SQL tables: Fields (FieldId, FieldName) ConstraintMessage (Id, FieldId, FieldPosition, Message) Basically, the user can build a ConstraintMessage by dragndropping FieldNames from a ...more >>

hi. ive been searching high and low for help with how to show subtotals for each column in a datagrid. so far ive only seen help for asp.net or c#..... can someone please help for VB.NET? im a beginner and do not know VB.NET well, let alone how to convert asp.net to vb!! thanks very much ...more >>

hello, i have a form where there are multiple dropdown lists that will all be populated from the same initial data query. i have a vb class defined to make the stored proc call and that returns a dataset. in my codebehind, i have in an "If Not Page.IsPostBack" block with statements that populat...more >>

hi all friends I want your help. I am working with HTML help Workshop ,In run time it show first page Blank(Default page) .How i can Set First Page of Help file . ...more >>