Hi, I have an application that allows a user to select a jpg/gif file and display them in a picture box. The issue is that the pictures are of course different sizes, and therefore they need to be resized some how to fit the space the picturebox uses on the form. Setting the picture b...more >>

I want to add a lable at a specific cell in table layout Panel how? ...more >>

Hello, When I use a listview and I set enabled = False,, BackColor is grey, and I can't change It. I found on the net lots of same problem, but without answers. Please help me... ...more >>

I have entered a BindingNavigator toolbar in a bound form and can manage to browse records and I am able to enter data in a new record. I am ot able to save the data and therefore I have entered the save-button. How do I code this button to save a new record? reidarT ...more >>

Hi there, I'm currently working on converting an ActiveX exe that was written in VB6 to VB.NET. The original application was written as a TSR which lives in the system tray providing integration between a web site and 3rd party windows apps (such as MS office, etc...). I've managed to conve...more >>

Hi all I have created a master-detail relationship dataset under VS2005. However, when I update the tables, it seems the foreign key information couldn't be passed from the master table, therefore, the update is failed. Do you know how to solve this problem? Cheers Good ...more >>

this is driving me nuts, and i can't figure it out: i am creating a mapper that updates two tables at the same time, one with "ticket order" information, and the other with "ticket" information. for example, if someone orders 2 tickets, 1 order is placed into the order table, and 2 tickets are p...more >>

Hello, i have problem with rebooting windows Declare Function InitiateSystemShutdown Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "InitiateSystemShutdownA" (ByVal lpMachineName As String, ByVal lpMessage As String, ByVal dwTimeout As Int32, ByVal bForceAppsClosed As Long, ByVal bRebootAfterShutdown As Bool...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to run an event in form1 from form2. The code I have is similar to this; Dim RunFrm as form1 RunFrm.form1ActiveateEvent() But I keep getting an "Object is not set to an instance of an object" error. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ...more >>

I've converted a VB6 project to VB.Net 2005. (Actually using vstudio pro 2005). I'm on a machine that also has VB6 and Vstudio.net 2003 on it. The project uses Word, Excel, MapPoint and SqlClient (database is SqlServer 2000). OS is WinXP SP2. When I run the project, it opens the MDI for...more >>

Hi When attempting to view inherited forms in design mode I have been getting the message "The path is not of a legal form" and am unable to view the designer. I can't seem to find any further information on this error - does anyone know what the problem and resolution might be? thank...more >>

I know the answer to this is right under my nose, but I think I'm too tired to recall it. I have a form that uses a picture as it's background upon loading. I then have a panel on top of it that is used to click on and create a box on the area that was clicked on. What happens is when the box ap...more >>

I published my app in Visual Studio 2005. I'm getting a problem installing on one PC. During the install, the following error appears: "Unable to run or install the application. The application requires that assembly ADODB 7.0.3300.0 be installed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) first." ...more >>

Hello, I have 3 textboxes and 1 combobox on a form. On entering the control I want to select all the text. I can make an array of textboxes like this: Dim arrTxt As TextBox() = {txt1, txt2, txt3} Then I loop through that array Private Sub onEntering(ByVal sender As Object, ...) Handl...more >>

"Søren Reinke" <soren@reinke.fjern.dk> wrote in message news:... > Hi there > > Could anybody suggest a good UML tool for use with VB.net ? > > I need to be able to make use-cases, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, > and stuff like that. > > If the tool can output VB.net code it would be...more >>

Hi there Could anybody suggest a good UML tool for use with VB.net ? I need to be able to make use-cases, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, and stuff like that. If the tool can output VB.net code it would be great, and even better if it also detects changes in the VB.net code. Prefe...more >>

hi, ive read all the past posts about sending emails in VS 2003 and 2005 but i have a slight problem. i try to import "System.Web.Mail" but it cannot find that class in VS 2003 nor VB Express 2005. Am i missing somethign here? i have the system.web.dll and the system.web class but i dont have...more >>

Hello, I have multiple references to an object. Is it possible to destroy the object using one of the references, and setting the rest of them to Nothing? Dim objA as New A Dim objAR As A objAR = objA objA = Nothing REM Now the object is still alive. Dim objA as New A Dim objAR As A ...more >>

My vb6 user control used a propertybag. A typical form would use 6 of these user controls. The setting of one never affected the others. Now I'm supposed to use serialization to replace the property bag. But, the examples I have show saving and retrieving from a file. Since the file is exp...more >>

I'm a VB6 developer who's just beginning to make the move to .Net 2005, and I'm wondering if data binding is worth the effort. After a lot of fighting with it in VB6, I finally realized the best practice was to leave it alone. It always caused more problems then it solved. I'm guessing tha...more >>

Hi all This question is one of "theory" rather than a search for the specifics of a solution. I need some pointers as to how to proceed with my project. Here goes. My application allows the user to select from menu options. Some of the menus allow the user, via an options form, to selec...more >>

I have written a VB.NET application, and want to be able to invoke it with parameters, to run without a user having to interact with it. I do still want to see any status messages the program generates (dialog boxes are suppressed in this mode, but there are still counters, etc. that display)...more >>

Public Class MyStringLogger Private Shared m_loglock As New Object Public Shared Sub Write(ByVal str As String) SyncLock (m_loglock) Dim sw As New System.io.StreamWriter("c:\validate.log", True) sw.WriteLine(str) ...more >>

Hi I need to instance a class at runtime, at runtime a can get the name in a string, i would like to know if its possible to instance the class at runtime with the name in a string. Thanks for your assistance. Ernesto Díaz ...more >>

I'm using vb2005. The users want to use the enter key to navigate instead of or in addition to the tab key. That's easy enough. How do I get rid of the ding when hitting the enter key. I have e.Handled in the KeyUp event where I use SelectNextControl. That didn't do it. I then added e.Handled...more >>

Does anyone know how to access freeDB (http://www.freedb.org) from VB.NET? ...more >>

Imports System.Management I've got the following code, that gets the mac address of the card I'm looking for, but how can I also get the ip address of that card??? Thanks Dim scope As ManagementScope = New ManagementScope(ManagementPath.DefaultPath) Dim query As SelectQuery...more >>

Hi, would anyone know how, in VB.NET to capture a username of anyone who accesses my machine from our LAN. I have used System.Diagnostics, but I get no username or machine name. I have been asked to detect when someone is using 'Dameware' in silent mode, so I want to catch anybody...there mu...more >>

I am trying to create a silent install for the free version of Visual Basic Express. Currently I am working on creating an msi, but it keeps failing to install the program on my virtual machine. I would like to know if there are any command line parameters I could pass through to make it install...more >>

Please tell me the Datagrid events that I can use to detect data entry in a single cell of the active row. I need to put a value in another cell based on user input on other cells in the active row. In a textbox, I can use _textChanged event or _keyUp event, etc... Thanks a million Bil...more >>

Hi, We have some applications that run on a Citrix server. I would like to run one of them, a reporting app, from within a VB.net application. If I log into the Citrix server with remote desktop, I can type a command line that will do what I want. My VB.net application is not on that Cit...more >>

Hi! I'm working with Vb.Net 2005 to do an application that need a simple listview with sorting function but also with a tree layout to show the informations. A commercial examples is "Glacial TreeList". Has someone information about open source/freeware project/code? Thanks. (Ilqlo) ...more >>

I use a WebBrowser control to open an office Document in my form (like open an attached file in IE). but every time when I open a file, there a dialogbox named "File download" showed asking "Whether you want open or save this file?", how can I do to not show it? ...more >>

Hi all, I've a class ("Class1"), with an auto-generated a "Class1.exe.config" for use with the My.Settings function calls. If my "Class1" is a window form, everything just works fine, i.e., I could open up "Class1.exe.config", change some values in it, launch my Class1.exe and all the ch...more >>

Hello, I am trying to sort this array by the time field , and have all the other fields move accordingly to match .. Group_Array(0) - name Group_Array(1) - severity Group_Array(2) - Time Group_Array(3) - Tier Group_Array(4) - Description Group_Array(5) - Group Group_Array(6) - Channel ...more >>