Not happy about this, but just saw a note on another forum that VBExpress/.net2.0 does not run on WIN98SE. Can anyone please help me sleep better tonight. Otherwise I need to change dioections again. ...more >>

Have used DrawLine() method to draw some lines in the picturebox (sort of a barcode) in the picturebox paint event. This diagram has to be saved as an image in bmp or tiff format. But the problem is that these lines are not recognized as the image of the picturebox. It shows picturebox.image = ...more >>

I see where I can change the date a file is created.... File.SetCreationTime(path) But how can I change the date a file is modified. Thanks, C ...more >>

Hi all, I have an app that contains a tab control with a tabpage on it. As part of the interface, the user keys in a field that basically identifies how many instances of these tabpages to have. So my basic question is how can I make copy of a tabpage dynamically so when the user says they ...more >>

Before someone flames me, I know this is the VB.NET groups, nonetheless, the asp.net guys seems to have almost disapeared from the aspnet groups so I thought I would ask this here. I have a problem with an aspx web form in that if I refresh, it simply resubmits the form and causes multiple ...more >>

Hi, I have noticed that when I use Socket.Receive(byte[]) it retrieves all information about files including day, month but without year. Date for directories is full though. What would be reason for this? How can I get full date for files stored on my ftp server from my app. Thank yo...more >>

below is some codes. my arraylist below reads from a file. My files contains blank line (ie carriage return) My message dialog shows all strings being captured. However i do not want my array to contain "blank" string/line/carriage return How do i remove the index so that my arraylist ...more >>

Hi all, sn.exe is included in .net SDK. Is it possible to use sn.exe even on a system without .net SDK? .net Framework is installed but I don't want to install the 100MB SDB just for sn.exe. I copied sn.exe to another computer but I got an error message about missing MSVCR71.DLL....?...more >>

I found a good tutorial for making a windows setup program so I'm doing that. But when I add folders to the target machine list they don't seem to have one for the all users startup folder. I assume this will be a custom location and I added one called Startup. Now I'm looking at the prop...more >>

Could someone please tell me how or if the following is possible. I have created a small test database and have opened one connection, one DataAdapter, and one Dataset for it in my vb.net (ado.net) program. I am able to Navigate through the dataset ie: MoveNext, MoveFirst, MovePrev, MoveLast ...more >>

Dear all, For some reason, I have to write my own code to print a document instead of using report writer. The source is an array with dynamic length. If one page is full, I have to insert a page break and print a new page to continue. The following code segment is what I'm using right...more >>

I've written a very small simple program that uses one com object. I've set the configuration to Release and built the Solution. Now I've heard with .net (2003) that I can just copy the exe in the obj\release directory to another (non-development) pc and use it. I haven't tried yet. Of c...more >>

Hi, I need to close main win form after some time inactivity. Users mostly do the work only with the mouse. It's possible to handle mouse move event on application level? Because I don't like to write next statement for each control like Handles MyBase.MouseMove,handles control.mousemove et...more >>

I have been searching for example code that will create a shortcut link to a file and place it on the desktop. I have searched google and found a couple examples using the windows scripting object but they do not seem to work for me. Would someone be kind enough to post some example code? t...more >>

I'm new to all this so please forgive me if I use the wrong terms or have used the wrong approach here... I have a thread which gathers some information from the internet for my windows application. It gathers the information fine, but I am having a problem when trying to display it. The...more >>

I have an aspx form with 52 text boxes, each one representing a week. On another part of the form I have a further 7 text boxes, each representing a day of the week. I'd really like to be able to mimic the functionality in the VB6 program on which this is based, which is: When a text box ...more >>

Hi All, I am developing a WinCE project, when I include datagrid, it says no define.. could you please advice? it works on Win32 project by the same code... Thank you very much for you help! Best regards, Boki. ...more >>

I'm pushing out a CD with updates for a number of users that do not have access to a broadband connection. They have a Modem connection and a standard Dial Up account that I have set up for all of them. Now we have changed the ISP to get it cheaper and I need to change the telephone number i...more >>

Today in my hotmail account, I got my first unsolicited job opportunity for VB 2005: They want 5+ years experience in VB 2005 [get this...] for UNIX BTY, SQL / Oracle experience is a plus. 45K / year. They're kidding, right?!? -- Peace & happy computing, Mike Labosh, MCSD MCT ...more >>

I am trying to create an application in my VS 2002 application. I took some of the code from my web page where it works fine. I can connect fine from my Sql Query Analyser to both my local Sql Server and off Sql Server machines. But I am getting the following error from my "objConn.Open()"....more >>

hi. ive been trying to filter rows from an access table with the sql select command, this is the line i used: sql1 = "SELECT cus1,wexp,sno, model, invdate, invno,amt, equip, roll FROM amc1 WHERE branch like '" & x & "' AND invdate < 'dateto'" the 'where' bit works, but the invdate filter...more >>

How to change IP Gateway simply? Just looking for some sample code... Could be VB6 or VB Net 2005.... I want to have a Tray icon. When double clicked it changes the TCPIP gateway to a secondary choice. Double click again and it's back to the original setting. Thx! ...more >>

I am trying convert my projects to other names and was wondering if there is a list of what the different files are used for. For example, when I try to open a Project, I have the choice of the .vbproj and the .sln files. Which is the correct file to open or does it make a difference? What ...more >>

Hi, Need your help, >From our vb.net web service we are calling a unmanaged C++ win32 dll function. The dll function takes a string (consists of huge data) parameter byref. Below code sample. Do we have to take care in .net for the memory allocated in the c++ dll (SysAllocStringByteLen ?...more >>

Hi All, I am reading data from database, I can use SQL command set to get data. now I wan to use the same function in WINCE, but I can't find "system.data.oledb" in SmartDevice developing enviroment.... Could you please advice? Best regards, Boki. ...more >>

Dear all, what is a good newsgroup for setup projects? Thanks ...more >>