I have user controls that I'm going to place on the form. There could be from 0 - 20. I want the user to be able to resize the window and have the controls relocate automatically, but like FLOW LAYOUT in ASP.NET. Any idea how I can do this in VB.NET 2005, the latest version? Thanks! ...more >>

Hello, I nead to create chat server but i cannot find any sample can you show me how i can craete multirhread chat server. ?? Regards PM ...more >>

If the user types some text into a rich textbox, i need to know how many lines there are in the control. Note, I'm not interested in counting the number of the carriage returns or line feeds. Suppose, the rich text is the height of a textbox (can view only one line at a time), then if the ...more >>

Hi, I have a very big VB6 program to convert to VB.NET 2003. When I use the ..NET converter, it convert up to a point where the converter just hang and never finish the job. The converter is not freezing, it is at approx. 80% that the converter just hang (with almost 0% CPU from task ma...more >>

vb.net 2003 i wrote a windows service that does threading. My codes are a) the service thread will read a list of machine from a text file (machines.txt). b) it then logon using the below Dim returnValue As Boolean = LogonUser(m_ntid, m_domain, m_pwd, LOGON32_LOGON_INTERACTIVE, LOGON32_...more >>

Is there a Service Pack out for VS.Net 2003? If so, where can I get it. -- Dennis in Houston...more >>

I need to check if there has been a difference between the old value in a call of a datagridview and the new value after the user changed a selection in a combobox in the datagridview. I can find my new value OK. Me.datagrid1("MyColumn", e.rowindex).value.tostring The datagrid view is boun...more >>

Is there any way that I can send an e-mail from a user's machine when he clicks on a button ("Contact Us") in my applicaiton that he is running? Bottom line is that I need to get his Mail Server name from VB.New code. -- Dennis in Houston...more >>

Hi I set the printing paper to A4 and on my preview screen it seems fine but on the preview screen of the others it doesn't look the same Also once it is sent to the printer it doesn't print the same as it shows on my screen. Any suggestions? Shmuel Shulman ...more >>

Hi, I develop an application that send mail using system.web.mail namespace, It work without problems over Windows Xp, but in windows 98 it dont't work, I've read from http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwebmailsmtpmailclasstopic.asp requiremen...more >>

VS 2005 Is their a way to dynamically change the where clause in a datagridview or dataset? I have a search window where the user can enter a part number or description or customer etc... and would like to change the where clause based on what the user has filled out. ...more >>

Hello, >From time to time my vb2005 form disappears and is replaced by the following errors. Rebuilding the application never helps. However the errors never affects the operation of my application that I notice, but it is very anoying. To get rid of the errors I must close the form, close ...more >>

Hi, I'm currently trying to write an app to send data to an RF portable, 102.11b. I've found some samples, I think they came from Microsoft some time ago. I have a simple server and client application, I've modified the client app to run on the portable, which it does, but the portable han...more >>

I've an ASP.NET 2.0 project into which various Plug-In DLLs can be installed. I'm running it in the ASP.NET Development Server. In order to load one of the PlugIn DLLs I'm using System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(filename) to load the DLL and then calling CreateInstance on the assembly that...more >>

In a datagridview (vs2005, VB.net) I have two columns that are checkboxes. I need to check that only one of the two can be checked. Its not permissible to have the two selected to true, but they can both be false. I wrote code in the cellvalidating event as follows. Private Sub Datagrid1_CellV...more >>

Hi, I have a combobox for city name help , which uses dataset as datasource , when other user from network add any other city or edit city, it is not reflect in my current form (in run mode) , as ado.net is disconnected data. How can I refresh my data. Any hints please. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I picked a good project to try to learn to use VS - and up till now everything has worked the way I expect. The code is from a VS.net class, which I picked up on the web, from which I've extracted portions to fulfill my immediate needs. I hsve the following: Structure OFFSETTABLE ' (page...more >>

Hi all, I posted a couple of weeks ago with what I thought was a problem with the file system reading accented characters however, after debugging line by line I have now found the true problem. I am storing a list of files in an XML file as a sort of database. Some of these filenames have ...more >>

hi all, I thought I would give this back and see if anyone could improve on it. I was working with the remote registry class. This code opens the ScreenSaverIsSecure registry setting and changes it to not require a password prompt anymore. One change that would be helpful is to somehow f...more >>

Hi I like to bind dll (which were written in .net) on runtime without using createobject. What I am trying to do is following: I have a folder where I like to store some dlls. My program must be able to read the dlls a call known functions from these dlls, without installing them and ...more >>

I have below object and while i am debuging i am getting error Run time error 91 Object variable or with block variable not set error. If i comment out the Context.SetComplete Context.SetAbort itworks fine. Also object was working fine. now giving this error and not compling..I am using MDAC 2....more >>

I am using Visual Studio 2003. In the standard combobox control it would appear that only 1 column of data can be displayed in the list (as stipulated in the DisplayMember property). In VBA it was always possible to specify a column count and then set the width for each column (setting 0 width...more >>

Daer NG, with the following code snippet i try to send a fax. in a vb6 application it works fine. From my .net app i get no response. Can enybody help? Dim objFaxDocument As New FAXCOMEXLib.FaxDocument Dim objFaxServer As New FAXCOMEXLib.FaxServer Try objFaxDocument.Body = "c:\te...more >>

Hello, I'm using VS.NET 2003, can anyone please send me a code for sending emails/ thanks in advance! Adriano ...more >>

Hi, I've read there are some VS.NET 2005 hotfixes out there, but I can't find them. apparently You must first call Microsoft to obtain them? Does anybody knows where I can download them? thanks a lot in advance, Pieter ...more >>

Frustrated.. (I have seen other posts regarding this problem with no resolution..) I am using dotnet 1.1 with latest SP on a Win2KP box (actually 2 boxes), have even run the service on WinXP SP2 box.. I have created a service to grab data off a receive socket (small packets), place in a queue ...more >>

Unable to Shift Excel Colums to the Right. Portion of my current VB .NET code is: Dim oXL As Excel.Application Dim oWBook As Excel.Workbook Dim oWSheet As Excel.Worksheet Dim oRng As Excel.Range Dim oCell As Excel.Range .. .. I have code here that successfully opens the excel file cons...more >>

Hi, I am involved in the process of migrating vb(6.0) application to vb.net. My application contains only vb controls namely MSFLEXGRID. I want to migrate my application to vb.net completely without any OCX(MSFLEXGRID) controls. I found datagrid to be an equivalent control of MSFLEXGRID in v...more >>

Hello everybody, I would like to know which version of SQL Server could i install in my Windows XP Pro. Laptop, and be able to work with the enterprise manager locally? thanks for any suggestions. Ed...more >>

When I sync threads and wating for a thread to finish (like dialing to modem) then my user interface is stuck. What can i do to release it? ...more >>

I made a copy of an existing VB.NET project to a new folder and would like to change the solution name to something else to avoid confusion. What is the best way to do this so that I won't run into referencing problem? Thanks Bill ...more >>

I am trying to use the above control in my VB App. I have looked for the control in components but its not appearing. I have made a reference to MSCOMCT2.OCX but when I check Microsoft Windows Common Controls 2 I get a "Name Conflict Error" - What do I need to do to make the DTPicker availab...more >>

Hi EveryBody: I am doing windows application project by using Vb.Net. The function of this project is to send e-mail by adding system.web.dll as refrance to my project and using system.web.mail class to do so. My question is: When I write the message and I change the font to Verdana and...more >>

Take a look at the following code... dim newLabel as new Label with newLabel .autosize = true .text = "-00.00" .autosize = false end with Previously, in VB.NET 2003, if I were to look at the WIDTH property after I executed the above lines of code, I would be returned a widt...more >>

is there a reason why VB2005 does not let me put a breakpoint on an end sub? guy...more >>

Does anyone know how to calculate Longitudinal Redundancy Check(LRC) in VB.NET? I am trying to send Visa-II formatted even parity message to a credit card processor and am not sure how to calculate the LRC which needs to be appended to the message. Any pointers would be most helpful. Thanks ...more >>

I have an XML file. In VB.NET 2005 is there any easy way to set the datasource of the combobox to this xml file without using code? Thanks! ...more >>