Hi I try uploading an excel in one of my ASP.NET application where I uplopad data from excel. I find the application works fine, as a whole but when I try to upload one particular excel, the application hangs while executing the command Excel.Application.Workbooks.Open(). The system does not ...more >>

Hi All, Could anyone tell or point me to the correct syntax for a carriage return and line feed? I've tried vocal in a fixed size array and all I get is a single line text box even though the multiline property is set to true VB Express 05. Thanks in advance, Regards, Robert ...more >>

Hi, Just a quick question... Has anyone used VB.net to play a flash file? and how is it done? All I need to do is get my VB.NET application to play a flash file until it gets to the stop command within the flash file [We currently use Macromedia Director to display Flash files and Video ...more >>

Hi all, Can anyone tell me if there is any functional difference between declaring an Imports at the individual file level compared with doing it once on the project properties? ( - Other than the scope of the declaration) Thx. Al ...more >>

Could anyone spare some time and try to help me out. I've got a .txt data file with a name, pin, balance seperated by commas. I am opening the file and using Split to split it between the ,'s I need to read it into an array and then check if what was entered as a name by the user is in th...more >>

I am a real novice when it comes to the graphics class in VB 2005. I have a windows app with a large picture box control with a black background ... except for a small rectangle that has an image in it. A timer fires every second or so and when it does I want to move the small rectangle with...more >>

Hi all, I'm making a Windows application that does some lengthy retrieval operations from a database and possibly from a internet resource. I want to show that the operation is going on, by using an Animated .gif in a picture box. Also note that this PictureBox also acts as the button to in...more >>

We have created a fairly complex mixed-mode DLL that we want to use from VB.NET. The mixed-mode DLL is written in C++, and does use the standard C runtime libraries. An unusual thing is happening in that when we look at this DLL from the Object Browser in Visual Studio, it seems to be exportin...more >>

I am re-writing an MS VC++ 6.0 application in Visual Studio 2005 VB.NET. In order for my new application to communicate with some hardware (an RFID reader) I need to communicate with a DLL that was written in MS VC++ 6.0. I have found some excellent discussions that have helped me define the s...more >>

When Iam doing the following: TextBox19.Text &= objReq.Name & ControlChars.Tab TextBox19.Text &= objReq.Number & ControlChars.Tab TextBox19.Text &= objReq.Owner & ControlChars.NewLine TextBox20.Text &= objReq.Name & ControlCha...more >>

Hello, I'm manually populating a DataGridView instead of using Data Binding. How can I clear the contents of all the rows and/or header quickly? My current method is to loop thru the grid backwards and delete each row separately; which is kind of slow. Thanks ...more >>

Hi group, I've got this bit of code (see below) which draws a basketball field in a picturebox (width:198, height:368) but now I was wondering what would be the easiest way to check inside the picturebox mouseup event if I clicked inside or outside the 3point area, because the 3point area isn...more >>

As a learning exercise in VS 2005 - BASIC, I'm working on a program which may be run on any of the (hopefully) later versions of Windows - assume 98 - XP. Is there a quick / dirty way to determine which is the invalid character in the path / folder name? Given that, I can arbitrarily (arbitra...more >>

Is it me or has the way interfaces created changed in VB 2005? I have to create a class file and then create the Interface within that, e.g.: to create an Interface called IOrders, I create a class file called Interfaces then within that file: Public Class Interfaces Interface IOrders ...more >>

Intellisense doesn't sense it, and I get the squiggly error "Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference". Here's the property I want to expose. Public Class Commands Property FileName() As String Get .... Set .... End Property Public Sub New() FileName = "" End Su...more >>

I need to write something like this in the multi line text box dynamically as the value is obtained. how can i do it example: abce 1232 qwert asdfg qwqw ghdjhfj 685678 fkjdjfkd hh hjhjjhjh and so on Thank you...more >>

Is there an ActiveX object that exists that would allow a legacy MS-DOS program to run in a "windowed" state, but from within a form ? I have found a number of utilities that allow VB to modify the "shell" function, but the "shell" function opens up a new window. I would like to have the progr...more >>

>From what I know you can use com+ in asp.net via interop. If I convert these com+ objects to .NET (VB.NET) do I still need MTS or does the ..NET framework handle the object pooling and other features of MTS? So, instead of a bunch of COM+ objects on MTS that my asp.net can reference, can I co...more >>

I've been having difficulty in finding a good example of how to save a DimeAttachment out to disk in VB.Net. I've got past getting the attachment into my <WebMethod> from a VB6 Soap Client using the low level API. Now it's on the server in a Web Service written in VB.NET you'd think it would be ...more >>

Hi all, on the checkedChanged on my checkbox, checkbox.checked always returns true and checkbox.checkstate always returns 1 Got any clue? thanks Marc R. ...more >>

This is driving us mad - please help! Back in 2003, I coded a Windows Service in VB.NET for framework v1.1.4322. I deployed it in Nov. 2003, and it worked fine until the end of May 2005, when it choked (see below). We restarted it, and it worked fine for another 7 months until it choked ag...more >>

I want to check that an array passed in has a certain number of dimensions - is there a way to check for this in framework 1.1 ? ...more >>

Hi all, I have an application that uses input from a barcode reader via a USB port. My application works fine only if the application HAS FOCUS. If the user opens up another application (not mines) such as notepad/word, etc, the Barcode Reader reads data into the applicaton that currently h...more >>

Hi! I am creating a Windows app in VS2005 which will allow the user to choose from different SQL data sources. I could hardcode a selection of connection strings, but I'd rather not (in case a new database is created, etc.). I'd like to use the common dialog box which appears when you navigat...more >>

Hi all, I'm still rather new to .NET so I hope you'll bear with me as I try and explain my question. I am writing an ASP.NET application using VB.NET. I am accessing a web method from a webservice that returns a structure. On the client side I have added the webservice as a reference and ...more >>

I pinned the toolbox window down and moved it around, right clicked and selected "Tabbed document" and changed it back to "Dockable". While attempting to move it back to the left side, it did not want to snap back and dock there. It also lost the pin. It simply "sits" there! Autohide is greye...more >>

I am trying to open word with process.start but when it opens word it give me a error that says: Word experienced an error Try suggestions: * check the file permissions * Make sure there is sufficient free memory * Open the file with the text recovery I think it is some thing with word. ...more >>

My original program was targetted to Win98 when 800 x 600 was popular. Now converted to VB2005 pro and minimum will be 1024 x 768. I know about the autoresizing at run time but I want the form designer to be at 1024 x768. Naturally, after conversion from VB6, it is at 800 x 600 (actually 8...more >>

If I try splitting a string into an arraylist Dim arrList As New ArrayList arrList = Split("a,b,c", ",") I get this error: Value of type '1-dimensional array of String' cannot be converted to 'System.Collections.ArrayList'. How can I split a string into an arraylist? T...more >>

Hi there, Ours is an automotive inspection business. All our inspectors inspect the vehicles and took picures as need and upload them to the webserver from where every body will have access to these pictures on the web. As pictures are bieng added on to the webserver onto the webserver an...more >>

Hi all. I am getting this error in the rawprinterelper class, specifically the sendBytesToPrinter Function. Is it a problem that i am trying to print a .dat file? or what could be throwing it off? I am new to teh printer helper, especially within the VB.net 2005 environment. AnySuggestions? ...more >>

Hi, I´m using Microsoft Excel 11.0 Object Library in an ASP.NET web application to generate a XLS file. It works fine but sometimes the EXCEL.EXE process remains in the computer, and when I try to kill it, the message "Access denied." is showed. I try to kill the process with the System.D...more >>

I have a MDI app with a treeview that controls the displaying/activation of a MDI Child. Problem is that when activating/showing the MDI child, I get a flicker caused by the Repaint of the activated child. Question is: How do I turn off the repaint until the child has rendered all of i...more >>

I created an Excel Automation Windows Application (VB.Net 2003) and it works on the development machine fine. However when I run it on another machine I get this error: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File or assembly name Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel, or one of its dependencies, was not ...more >>

I've been with a problem for about two months and i've bought books and search the internet for an explanation, and haven't found one. I'm developing a cephalometric software, that needs to capture an image from the scanner, mark the image with dots in order to find distances and angles. Every...more >>

I am trying to code a Sub to store some custom values in a profile for a new user registration (ASP.NET 2.0 environment). I copied the basic code from an example I found in a great article (http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/10/18/427754.aspx ) but one of my controls is a calendar c...more >>

I have a multi line textbox with word wrap enabled. Is it possible to write code to check if the text of the textbox has continued into the next line and then count the amount of lines? If not possible in a textbox is it possible in a richtextbox? Thanks ...more >>

Someone knows if is possible to change the value of a property attribute at runtime, via reflection? I'd change the value of DescriptionAttribute, but I don't know if is possible. If isn't, is possible add a custome attribute via reflection? Thanks in advance. Gi=F2 ...more >>

Hi all, The Click event handler of a button control can be invoked using the Button.PerformClick method. But I have a Picturebox, whose click event handler I want to invoke. RaiseEvent doesn't seem to apply in this case. I could set up a Custom method and call that method instead, but it would...more >>

i uses the above to send some thread to many machines and perform a ping and return results to my event log Is there a way to determine when the *last* thread returns, and i can terminate my console program automatically. ? If i terminate my program *early*, the thread that return results ...more >>

Hello- I am writing a program that loads a tv guide listing into a control. I looked at the datagridview control but it doesn't seem to have the ability to overlap columns. Basically, I would like a control to list the tv channel on the left side, the time at each half hour at the top of...more >>

For some time, I've been adding "trace level" logging to my code using Imports System.Reflection Private Function XYZ( a1 as A, b1 as B, c1 as C, ... TRACE.Log( MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name _ , a1, ba, c1 ) but recently, I noticed one of my colleagues using this instea...more >>

I am trying to register a 2005 created dll for use with COM. In .Net I would install the dll and then use regasm. This does not seem to be the case in 2005. Any ideas would be appreciated. Chubbly ...more >>

Hello all Does anyone know how to produce a windows form with no title bar that is resizeable but also shows text on the taskbar button. I can get what I need by creating the form, making the border sizeable, removing the control box and removing anything from the 'Text' property. Only pr...more >>

vb.net 2003 - console program i've read a array of machines and i wishes to display on console the machines name on the *same line.* How do i do this ? This is what i want say i got a text file that contains machine001 machine002 it shld display in console as computer : machine001...more >>