-- I am trying to install the MSDN version of Visual Studio Professional 2005 and the goddamn install won't let me change the installation drive -- it shows that everything will be installed to C: but I don't have enough space on C and I want to install to a different hard-drive but the ...more >>

Hiya all Using: ASP.NET Version 1.1 I am learning ASP.NET & would like to know:- How do I add a Open Browser Dialog behind a server button & validate a chosen file as a new e-mail attachment? How do I close an aspx window (client-side)? How do I set the page when the user visits the ...more >>

Is it me or did MS really take a dump on the 2.0 framework ? I mean code that worked in 1.0 and 1.1 solid is now beyond flakey, and I'll not even start on my ClickOnce Publish and totally hose your project rant. ...more >>

Hello. I'm trying to write a simple VS.NET 2003 VB program to delete files and directories on my hard drive. If the directory is read only, how do i change it's attribute so that i can delete it ? Here is some of my code. It does not error out, it just does not delete the directories. ...more >>

I have made a small windows application. When I try to publish it to a web-site I get the following error Error 5 The "SignFile" task was not given a value for the required parameter "CertificateThumbprint". SamTaxOppdatering reidarT ...more >>

Hi, In an old eVB program, it sends data to a ASP program with this: dim xmlHTTP as XMLHTTPRequest set xmlHTTP = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") xmlHTTP.Open "POST", url-string, False xmlHTTP.Send result = xmlHTTP.ResponseText Now I am trying to rewrite the program to vb.NET 2005, b...more >>

Hi! I have what I hope is a simple problem. I have 2 web forms. The first form is a welcome page with a textbox and button (in a user control). What's supposed to happen is that a user will enter data in the textbox and click the button. The event handler for the button then has to send tha...more >>

Want to display the production version of the "Setup project" in vb.net 2003 on the main form which as part of another application in the same solution. Please help Bishop ...more >>

My experience with reading/writing files is to open one file, read it into memory close it and open another file and write to it. Now I would like to learn how to read and write to the same file. My problem is that I need to open a file, read the first line, change the line somewhat and wr...more >>

Hello I've got a VB.net datagrid that I use to display some inforamtion from a Acess DB. In my datagrid I only display a few items of informatin, because there are just to many cells per tuple to realisticaly display on each line in the datagrid. My question... How do I allow it, so tha...more >>

How to Convert local time(eg EST) on local machine to GMT. I am using VB.Net 2005. Then I need to subtract 1 minute(or 1-100) minute selected by the user in the combobox and pass it as start time to the query. I thanku all in advance....more >>

Is there a way to determine the name of the POP3 server for a given email address? ...more >>

vb 2003 HI and thanks. Is it any way to create a template for a form as: - form bg should use the same image. - controls (labels,groups and others) should have a "tranparent" property so it looks nice. otherwise I have to do it manually every time I create a form. what about forms that are...more >>

I need to call a stored procedure that passes back 2 strings. I don't think I need a data adapter or a select command or a command builder. So after I create the connection what do I do? Dim mySqlConnection As New SqlConnection mySqlConnection.ConnectionString = conStr ? ? ? ...more >>

Hi... I have a windows vb.net application. The StatupObject is a Module 'modMain'. In the main sub routine i have the following g_frmMain = New formVMMain System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Current = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.Default Application.Run(New ApplicationContext(g_frmMain)) Ther...more >>

vb VS 2003 Hi all: thanks to all in advance for your responses. my app displays the form , then when it reaches a debbuging point the form is blanked, (it just shows the frame around the form) I need to see the info that should be displayed . I tried me.refresh before the debugging point. Q...more >>

I am creating a file with streamwriter, and then reading it into a rawprinterhelper to print it. I want to be able to change the font name either when writing or reading. First thing is to try to change the font to say, Times New Roman, and then i also need to print a line using barcode font. ...more >>

Hi, i'm a newbie using vb .net, and i need to know if there is a way to intersects the key value in a hashtable. I'm using .net 1.1 ...more >>

Hi all, Ok basically what I am trying to do is this: I have a line graph with multple series what i want the user to be able to do is click and highlight an area of the graph in order to apply some mathematical function to the selected area.... ie axis x ranges from 0 to 10 but the user onl...more >>

Hi All, i am deep trouble.so,please help me how to get minimum and maximum dates for particular Month and Year.Any kind of help will help. for ex: im passing : March 2006 Minimum Date - 01/March/2006 Maximum Date - 31/March/2006 my code: public sub MinMaxdate(ByVal MonInt as integer...more >>

i have a simple application that is calling a storedprocedure from a SQL 2005 server. It executes the stored procdure fine, however when i added a @RTN INT OUTPUT to my stored procedure and tried to get the result , i fell into all sorts of trouble Dim objSQLConn As New SqlConnecti...more >>

Hi. I have the following question: Since the methods are virtual, the following code produces "Child other stuff" - the call runs as if pasted in Child... it runs in Parent but in the context of Child. ------------------------------- Module Module1 Sub Main() Dim obj As New Child() ...more >>

Hello All, I am planning to use inheritance for forms which have similar controls and properties. I tried to do it with a small example, but I am facing some issues. I created a base form (with 2 butttons) with overridable event procedures. In the inheritance I created a 2 overriding event ...more >>

I am writing a piece of code for an ASP.NET function that generates an onKeyPress JavaScript eventhandler that uses the event.keyCode / event.which properties. I have two situations that I would appreciate any advice on: 1. I know that IE uses event.keyCode to get the key pressed. I have, howe...more >>

Dear collegeaus, I would like to learn Visual Basic.NET and working with DATABASES. My intention is making some Windows programs using Database & Internet programs using Databaseses.(SQL) I'm a 3GL programmer.... Which and What book do you advice for start learning these stuffs? I have ...more >>

I have an xml document I want to extract information from and I am having a hard time achieving this. I want to extract data from the field elements. I want to know the name and the contents in the CDATA. So in the doc posted below I want to know: name = dossiernr and data = test name ...more >>

How to make a "hair cross cursor"? Thanks in advance Otto ...more >>

I have a bunch of check boxed in my page and when I scroll down to a particular checkbox to select it, I want to keep the exact location during the postback. I tried to set the focus back to the checkbox after the post back, (that works), but the screen still shifts. Is that possible to keep...more >>

Hi, I am trying to fire an event when a certain process starts, but can't get the event to fire. Would appreciate if someone could validate the code below for any obvious errors. I was hoping this code would write an entry to my eventlog when every new process start (as a test) Public C...more >>

i m using symantec anti-virus product and i need to access the machine registry to get the pattern date. Using .net 2003, i m able to retrieve the registry. However retrieving the registry shows only the HEX and DEC value which is *not understood by human logic*. An eg in HEX is 20D213. An...more >>

I execute the following code and the created file cannot be deleted as it reports it is being used, even when I reboot the machine. Private WFilename As String = "data.txt" File.Move(txtcontrolfile.Text, FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath & "\" & WFilename) File.Delete(inifile) wfile ...more >>