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running application using vb.net
Posted by Lynn at 2/17/2006 9:07:52 PM
Hi, I use the following code to run xcopy, but my application hangs after the copying has finished. What could be wrong? Dim psi As New ProcessStartInfo() psi.FileName = "xcopy" psi.Arguments = "c:\abc d:\abc" Process.Start(psi) Process.GetCurrentProcess.WaitForExit() ...more >>


Image Rollovers with the Hyperlink Control
Posted by Nathan Sokalski at 2/17/2006 8:28:53 PM
I have several System.Web.UI.WebControls.HyperLink Controls which I want to display as rollover images. I know how to make these manually using the <a> and <img> tags or the <a> tag and a System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image Control or a HyperLink and Image Controls, but the onMouseOver and onMouse...more >>

Treeview drives me crazy!
Posted by Martin at 2/17/2006 7:38:27 PM
I have a treeview control, which is docked on a panel. When I call the procedure to fill this treeview from the load event it works fine. It loads all nodes, and displays them nicely. However, when I call the very same procedure at a later stage (after a login) then the nodes don't show. I ...more >>

Https: with VB
Posted by David B at 2/17/2006 7:19:42 PM
I'm looking for guidance to show developers information about implementing https using VB so that an application which needs to transfer files securely from within a VB client app can do so using https: I'm aware the capability is available but need some guidance about where to find the de...more >>

Tab key trapping in VB.Net 2005
Posted by Aaron Smith at 2/17/2006 6:30:29 PM
How do you trap the tab key in a textbox? I have tried all the key events, and none of them seem to work right with the tab key. It seems when you press the tab key in one textbox, the keyup event of the next textbox in in the tab order gets the tab keyup event. I need to know when the tab k...more >>

HELP -- BarCoder Reader --- COM PORT I/O or HID USB I/O
Posted by neilphan NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 2/17/2006 5:09:51 PM
Thanks Everyone For your Help !!! I've figured out how to resolve the Barcode Project. I've have to Redirect the I/O to use a COM Port or USB HID port. I am able to retreive data from the barcode reader via the com port in my application whether it has focus or not (is in the background or f...more >>

Dynamic Controls - referencing
Posted by msdev at 2/17/2006 2:51:39 PM
Hello, I am creating my own webbrowser to learn VB .Net. I am stuck on an issue with regards to dynamically-created controls, in this case tabs on a tabcontrol and webbrowsers created within each new tab. Using AddHandler in a class, I can get the delegate Sub to display the name of the ...more >>

Integer Functions that return Nothing?
Posted by gregory_may at 2/17/2006 2:37:51 PM
Is it possible to return "nothing" from an Integer function? This seems to give me "0" rather than "nothing". Private Function MyFunction() As Integer Return Nothing End Function ...more >>



Data Grid View Column Names
Posted by Joe Griffith at 2/17/2006 1:26:50 PM
I'm using a Win Forms Data Grid View control in unbound mode. When I add columns using the wizard the first item is the column name. Everything works fine. However, if you return to the columns collection and look at the poperties of an individual column the name property is not in the list...more >>

Late binding problems?
Posted by gregory_may at 2/17/2006 12:30:39 PM
I want to prevent late binding of this statement: MyServerConnections(Myindex).client = Value But when I try with the code below, I get an editor error: "Expression is a value and therefor cant be the target of an assignment" CType(MyServerConnections(Myindex), PrivateServerConnectionStr...more >>

Array element Pointers?
Posted by gregory_may at 2/17/2006 11:53:52 AM
Is there a way in VB.Net to declare a local variable that will manipulate an array element .... kind of like an item pointer to a global array? ...more >>

Missing - Imports System.Management
Posted by Jason at 2/17/2006 10:48:23 AM
I'm trying to work with the WMI class in the System.Management namespace with Visual Basic.Net. I copied and pasted some example code from Microsoft that contains the following namespace imports: Imports System Imports System.Management Imports ROOT.CIMV2.Win32 Visual Studio does not recog...more >>

Right Click | Save As
Posted by michael.blaustein NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 2/17/2006 10:39:26 AM
I have a MSHTML.IHTMLWindow2 in an InternetExplorer object with a MSHTML.HTMLLinkElement in it that I would like to Right Click | Save Target As... on. Does anyone know a way that I might do this? Thank you, Michael Blaustein ...more >>

VB.NET 2003 DataGrid
Posted by OhWhite NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 2/17/2006 7:40:43 AM
How do I set a datagrid cell's font to bold and the background colour of a column? Thanks. ...more >>

my reusable class
Posted by ari at 2/17/2006 7:37:28 AM
hey all, i have a reusable email class and was wondering... the line of code that will be calling my email class; how do i make it where when you are entering the parameters for the call and you press the space bar or something and it will show a list of available options to choose from to ...more >>

Simple: how to add speaces to a string
Posted by Joe at 2/17/2006 7:28:31 AM
Hello All: I have a simple question: how do I concatenate spaces to a string? Say I have "John Doe" as my string and I want "John Doe " with 15 spaces following his name. How do I do this? In old VB6, I would use the Space function. What is available in .NET?. I am tryi...more >>

Screen resolution w/ 2 monitors
Posted by Darin at 2/17/2006 6:48:59 AM
In my program I save the position of the form so the next time the user logs in and gets to that form it is in the same place. This works great. But I have run into an issue. Some users have 2 monitors so they slid the form to the second window. The next time they get to that form it is in the s...more >>

Form Shake
Posted by pmclinn at 2/17/2006 6:06:22 AM
I have a splash screen that boots with music in the background. I want the splash screen to look like it is shaking, or is being shaked. What is the best way to do this? ...more >>

howto pull info. from registry?
Posted by igul222 at 2/17/2006 5:35:22 AM
the installer of my vb.net app creates a registry key based on user preferences. how do i pull data from it? ...more >>

Can I ignore xxxChanged events while data binding?
Posted by Larry Lard at 2/17/2006 4:16:40 AM
Here's the scenario: Show the user a list of Things. User picks one, and the Thing edit frame is populated with the details of the Thing they picked. This frame has Save / Discard buttons that are initially disabled. When the user makes a change to any of the details of the Thing, those button...more >>

Chat through internet
Posted by ajaywinds NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 2/17/2006 1:07:14 AM
Hi, I had made chat client and Server application in VB which works properly in LAN. But I like to chat with my client application through internet. How I can make this possible? Ajay ...more >>

Data Types and structure Memory Usage?
Posted by James at 2/17/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I need info about how much memory different data types (particulary bitarrays, listarray, ...) and structures uses (including overhead). Is there any place where I can find that info (article, paper, ...). Thanks, James ...more >>

How to load hierarchical Db data in treeview??
Posted by Don at 2/17/2006 12:00:00 AM
In a previous version of vb I used to save and load hierarchical data from an Access db into a treeview. But, I never found a very satisfying or elegant way to do it. I used a flat file approach with each item having a reference to its parent node. I would then start by loading the top level ...more >>

Windows XP Style
Posted by Maurice at 2/17/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi, I'm having some GUI troubles. When the application is run on a Windows XP environment my controls all look very nicely shaped. When the same application is run on Windows Server 2003 environment these controls don't look that nice anymore. It is probably because of the SupportThemes ...more >>

Deleting configurations
Posted by NickP at 2/17/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi there, I have a solution that I have created quite a few different configurations for through it's lifetime. Even though I have removed them from the solution they get left in the individual projects, this is fine and understandable, but how do I get rid of the ones I don't want any...more >>

Pattern for handling method-call-hang ??
Posted by Søren M. Olesen at 2/17/2006 12:00:00 AM
Hi I'm creating an application which calls another application using COM, however sometimge this other application hangs, and my call never returns or fail. Is there a god pattern for handling thise kind of situations?? What I'd like is something like a timeout exception, bt how d I impl...more >>

Implicit Conversion from Bitmap to Image?
Posted by The Confessor at 2/17/2006 12:00:00 AM
The following code: MapGraphics(ListBox_Graphics.SelectedIndex - 1).MapBitmap = System.Drawing.Bitmap.FromFile(OpenFileDialog_SelectFile.FileName) incurs the following error: Option Strict On disallows implicit conversions from 'System.Drawing.Image' to 'System.Drawing.Bitmap'. MapGr...more >>


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