I have created a subclass of a textbox. In this subclass I have a property called 'Caption'. If this property contains a value then I want to create a Label object and add it to the controls collection of the parent of the Textbox. So, basically both objects exist next to eachother on the same...more >>

Hi All, I have been assigned a task to implement flash into our webpages which, allow our sale associates to customize colors and some appearance of our webpages through an xml configuration file. Could anyone give me some directions, or point out where I might find some tutorials, examples...more >>

I have a general DataGridComboBoxColumn that I built using the Example in the .NET 2003 Combined Collection help file (that was a data time picker). I am able to assign a data source and display / value members so the ComboBox is data bound and that works, to a point. What generally works is t...more >>

How does one use a .pdb file that contains debug symbols for a project. It contains binary data. How do I use it to diagnose the application? ...more >>

Don't know if this is a common or dumb question (just playing with the 2005)... When one imports a project in VS2005, I noticed that for the existing controls the code generated by the Designer remains in the main file, while the *new* controls, created with the new IDE, use an external file ...more >>

Greetings to all! I was curious if anyone knew how the formula works for determining the ratio by which to resize an image to ensure that it fits on a page when printed from VB .NET. Thanks, Kyjan ...more >>

I'm new to ASP.Net and want to take advantage of some of the new features of Framework 2.0. I've seen the Login controls and how it works with administration of security, using Windows authentication. However, I'd like to write an applicaiton that will be on the internet, which means that I ...more >>

As best I can figure this should return me something from the host but it hangs on RESPONSE = REQUEST.GetResponse() Any ideas? Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim REQUEST As Net.HttpWebRequest ...more >>

I have a VB 2005 app ... main window has a picture box control (picControl) .... I want to draw a rectangle in that control using GDI+ ... something like: Dim g as graphics = creategraphics|() Dim r as Rectangle Dim b as new system.drawing.solidbrush(system.drawing.color.red) r.x = 100...more >>

If I have a name of a User Control in my project, how can I set an Object to that User Control? ie; I have a User Control, called "Accounts" in my project I tried the following code strUserControlName = "Accounts" frmMain.Controls.Add(strUserControlName) But, of course, the above cod...more >>

Hi, I have an application that enables the user to switch between (so far) 2 different languages. Now I need to display a datetimepicker. How can I switch / control the language the datetimepicker appears? I tried doing this to set it to english, but it would still display the control...more >>

Is there not any way to create a user control that does it's thing in it's own thread. Say for example loop and print the time to a listbox? I want to build one of these uc and put both on a form and have each run in it's own thread... ...more >>

Hi, I am creating a custom control with some desing-time features. How can I test/debug the control, especially its design-time functionality? Thanks in advance, Roman ...more >>

I have a stored procedure that returns a dataset. I want this dataset to fill a tree view. Here is the Stored Procedure Query SELECT Product.Product_#, Product.Part_Number, Status.Status, Traveler_Step.Step, Station.Station_Name FROM Product INNER JOIN ...more >>

It replaces all my <div> tags as tables. How do I stop that? ...more >>

We've upgraded from Office 2000 to Office 2003 and now my excel macro calls are messed up. There's about a 15 second delay from the time I make the call in VB.NET to the time the excel macro is actually executed. Here's my code: Dim oExcel As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application oE...more >>

Hey all, I am getting this message when trying to view data in my datagrid: ....DataGridColumnStyle cannot be used because it is not associated with a Property or Column in the DataSource. Here is the skinny... 1. The tablestyle that it is puking on is a manually created table in code....more >>

Hello, I am using VS.NET 2003 and vb. I build my application MyApp and it generates MyApp.exe.config. So now MyApp.exe reads parameters from MyApp.exe.config. Great and no problem! I need to run the same program but with different configuration data. So I made a copy of MyApp.exe and MyApp.ex...more >>

Do I have to build an "ASP.net Web Application" to submit HTTPS requests? Or can I use a "Windows Application"?...more >>

I am using the Microsoft Excel driver (DriverID 790) to process data in an Excel spreadsheet. One of the columns is money, but was orinally formatted as General. So a value in the spreadsheet of say 462.97 came into the application as 462.969999999999, which is of course an invalid value for cur...more >>

Hey all, I figure it's Wednesday, why not put a question up for debate. Beyond personal preference, is there any benefit (performance or otherwise) to using one loop over the other? For example, I remember in hearing in class (many years ago...) that VB compiles For...Next loops as Do...While...more >>

Hi guys, I am still struggling which database I should use... A friend of mine suggested that I should use SQL Server rather than Access. Now I wonder... a) Which database offers the better speed? b) How are the requirements if I want to use a SQL Server db (min. RAM, min. free hard disk...more >>

I have just gone thru some video's on Microsoft site on using VB Net 2005. I look at it and decided I could do that. It looks like grabbing the screen, saving it, do your recording and when finished combine the pictures into an AVI and add the sound recording. Sounds easy doesn't it? Is the...more >>

Hello All: In VB6, we were encouraged never to use "+" to concatenate strings, due to issues arisiing from Variants. We wre encouraged to use "&" instead. Since .NET doesn't allow Variants, in your opinion, is it still good programming practice to use either: String.Concat("a", "b") o...more >>

I have developed a vb.net project. Everything went smooth. but matter comes when creating a package. I have created as setup project for my project. When I try to install it to a system that has no .net framework it shows error " You Must have .net frame work...." Something it show. How to i cr...more >>

My application reads data from an XML file into a Dataset, then via a Dataview displays the data to the user in a datagrid. How do I only show certain columns in the Datagrid? I have tried the TableStyle property (and subsequent ColumnStyle) of the Datagrid, but the unwanted columns still apea...more >>

Hi all, I need to add to my app a computer to computer file transfer. I can't use any components so I have to do this all from code. Basically, I need to be able to input the recipients IP address and port (they run the same app and press "listen" on a configured port to make their app wait...more >>

I have to submit a project as a part of my final year project. I consulted various domains and finally decided to implement a work on delevoping a system for transcription work based company. The overall flow is somewhat like this the client either and indiviudal or a department is given acces...more >>

Hi, I have developed a simple application, now i want to it's exes in different languages such as French and German. Can anyone points me to right direction how to do it. Are there any software available? or what methodology should i follow? Any comments in this regard will be helpfull. ...more >>

Hello, I apologize for such a newbie question, but I'd like to know if there's any way to reference the assembly GUID? Thanks! ...more >>

I use a WebBrowser control to open an office Document in my form , 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 hide it? Actually, when opening an office file embeded in IE, there also show this ...more >>

hi, Can Anyone tell me or indicate some sites to get information, what's the differences between calling my Web Application with an Ip Address or the Server Name??? Example: Ip Address calling: http://111.111.0.1/WebApplication/index.htm Server Name: http://[MyServerName]/WebAppl...more >>

The VS2005 help documentation says: <QUOTE> OLE Container Control There is no equivalent in Visual Basic 2005. Applications that depend on this control should be left in Visual Basic 6.0. </QUOTE> I have an application that largely depends on the OLE Container control, and I do not wan...more >>