hey all, i have a windows service that uses a FileSystemWatcher. When a file arrives i need to do quite a few things to it. my question is should i put the rest of the process in a separate vb program and just call that in the event. Or just have the entire process inside the service? th...more >>

Can someone show me how I can correctly put the HTML code of a webpage into an object where I can access the various values of the tages in VB.net? I did it in VB6 with HTMLDocument, but its seems to not work for me in VB.NET. Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi, I have an app where I've hidden the menubar. so there is no real way to drag the form around the screen. I know this can be done, how would I program it so I could click down on a label or button and drag the entire form around the desktop? thanks ...more >>

Is there a nice .NET framework function that will allow me to easily check if a string contains only alphanumeric characters? Or is the only way to loop through the characters, checking each one individually? TIA, -- (O)enone ...more >>

I am trying to load some HTML code in a string variable into a mshtml.HTMLDocument object. I want to do that so I can access the various tags and structures (<table>, <a>, using VB.NET code) So is there a good way to load HTML to an object and access its parts with VB.NET ? I have an erro...more >>

I've created a TableAdapter which implements the following SQL statement SELECT MSC.MSC_NAME AS NAME, Capacity.Capacity AS CAPACITY FROM Capacity INNER JOIN MSC ON Capacity.MSC_KEY = MSC.MSC_KEY WHERE (MSC.ED_MARKET_KEY in ( @ED_MARKET_KEY)) the type of...more >>

Hello all, Prior to our days with .NET (yesterday - grin), we could LoadLibrary any application DLL and call a function/procedure. If we stored our Class DLL's in the GAC (since we are designing multiple application executables that could call common DLL's), is there a similar function in...more >>

Private Sub FlowLayoutPanel1_DragDrop(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles FlowLayoutPanel1.DragDrop If e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop) Then Dim fullFilenames() As String fullFilenames = e.Data.Ge...more >>

Hi there, I have converted quite a large project from VS.NET 2003 to 2005 (VB.NET) and one difference I have noticed is that it doesnt automatically put the automatically generated designer code into a seperate part file. Is there a quick way that I can scan the project and make th...more >>

I am trying to use System.IO.File.Exists to determine if a file exiusts on a server. I am using a UNC path stored in a database table. Is there a way to use UNC rather than a mapped drive? For example: \\Srv09\Data\LogCenter\Logs\log_1.tif will not work x:\LogCenter\Logs\log_1.tif ...more >>

Good day all. I have a bit of a problem in a small project I'm working on. I've decided to make a function that will recursively loop through all of the controls on a form and apply a user specified property to them e.g.; Enabled = False I found out about Reflection and it seemed the best ...more >>

hey all, can i call a vbscript within my windows service? thanks, rodchar...more >>

hey all, how do i run a dos command from vb and make sure that the dos command completes before proceeding back to vb? thanks, rodchar...more >>

I am trying to figure out how to code a button labeled reset which will clear the user input as well as clear out the two read-only text boxes. Here is the program code that I have. 'declaring variables Dim totalLiters As Double = Convert.ToDouble(txtLiters.Text) Dim totalPints As Double ...more >>

I have a program (posted below) that is supposed to take liters, which is the user input, and convert it to pints and gallons. The pints and gallons are displayed in a read only textbox. I don't understand how to fix the problem. 'declaring variables Dim totalLiters As Double = Convert.ToDo...more >>

Hello all, In Clarion for Windows we were able to create many DLL's and a single execute that would link in the DLL's (LIB's). You could cross DLL->DLL (imports/exports) and interconnect many procedures/methods. So we could create a DLL for Persons, one for Businesses, and so on. What ...more >>

I am passing parameters to a dataccess COM+ object so I needed to create a serializable class that would allow me to do this, which I did. Does this class have to inherit from the ServicedComponent class? If I do not inherit from the ServicedComponent class I get a "COM Interop registration...more >>

Hello all, Since we are converting from a language called Clarion to VB.NET 2005 what are some books one would recommend with the following technologies in mind: 1. Data access and manipulation (MS-SQL Server) 2. TCP and UDP communications 3. COM/Serial communications (persistent, dial ...more >>

Hello all, We are diving into VB.NET 2005 head first, coming from a language called Clarion. What are some of the drawbacks, if any, to serialized objects? Should we just use streaming data? The environment will be as follows: Multiple data stores (could be SQL Server databases across L...more >>

Hello all, I am coming from another development environment (Clarion for Windows) and they offer a special In-Memory driver which acts just like a database driver. What would be the appropriate replacement for such an animal using VB.NET 2005? We are looking for the fastest possible spee...more >>

Experiment A: Start a new Windows Forms project. Double click Form1. This is what is generated: Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load End Sub Experiment B: Start a new Windows Forms project. Go to the code window...more >>

Hi, Can anybody explain me, please, what the folder "obj" in VB.NET 2005 for? And what the difference between folders "bin" and "obj"? Thank you. ...more >>

Hi everyone, I have a simple method inside a class in a solution. When I create an object from the class I see the method signature appear in the drop down - I'm sure you know what I mean. My question is though how do I get a description to appear underneath the method signature - just like...more >>

Hy! I'm newbie to VB 2005 and I'm trying to read value from a device driver, as I used in VB6 with CreateFile and DeveiceIoControl. I get a correct driver handle with CreateFile but I can't read values with ReadFile, as reported in this URL http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-u...more >>

Hi everyone, Can you help me please? Say you have hashtable of about 500 key/value pairs. This hashtable has to parse a word. If the word matches the key the then said word must be replaced by the value. My question is though - would parsing occur faster if the word is input as a type str...more >>

Hi all, I am dynamically removing some child controls from a groupbox. The problem occurs because some controls are removed and some aren't. Dim ctl as Control For each ctl in GroupBox1.Controls If CStr(ctl.Tag) = "Removable" Then GroupBox1.Remove(ctl) End If Next After much ...more >>

I have a Windows Form application that monitors a directory using the System.IO.FileSystemWatcher. On the event created I run a sub that sends an xml file over http to a service. When I copy 7000 files in the directory to be monitored only 123 are sent to the service. What might be go...more >>

Hi, I have been trying to use the property grid control as a means of editing an object, one of the properties of the objet is a collection of another of my classes. to create the collection i have inherited CollectionBase. When the PropertyGrid is displayed the collection has the elipses ...more >>

I would like to handle the KeyUp & KeyDown events in the same event handler but can't find how to determine which event was fired - Private Sub ListBox1_KeyUp(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) _ Handles ListBox1.KeyUp, ListBox1.KeyDown If e.KeyV...more >>

Hi there, I am trying to implement drag and drop reordering of controls that are placed in a FlowLayoutPanel control but unfortunately as the control collection doesn't have an "insert" method I am having to use the SetChildIndex method, which has some rather adverse side effects which ...more >>