Hi All, I am kind of new to .Net. I have a web page created in Access (data access page), and i wish to view it on a form created in VB.Net. I dont want it to open in a new window. Is this possible? How do I do it? Thanks in advance.. ...more >>

I am using VB.Net 2003, IDE. When I type a variable name that already has been Dim'd, The IDE doesn't make the variable name Capitalized, even though the variable name definition in the Dim is capitalized. VB 6 will do this. Where is the setting so that this will happen. Someone else here...more >>

Can anyone help with this? I need to be able to get the UNC from a path such as: "q:\anyfolder\anotherfolder\" ... returns the full UNC path on a LAN There are several examples in this group but none of them work correctly. Does anyone have a function in VB.net that actually returns the ...more >>

I have a small application that launches an application via the shell function when a listening socket receives data from another PC. This works fine using a WinForms environment. However, I want this listing app to run in the background as a service. When debugging the service, the line...more >>

I have an application that basically runs a timer and when it expires it logs the user out, if the X button is clicked (Form.Close) the user is logged out, but if I open TaskManager and go to the Processes tab and select the application and say End Process none of my clean-up code (including user...more >>

Developing in VS 2005 I have WinForm app that utilizes several class objects and is databound to a couple of objects. One of the classes uses a timer to query an in memory database every second for changes (Calls from an external application). I am not sure if this has anything to do w...more >>

This might be a pipe dream, but here goes... I'm writing an application many users will be working on and saving files to USB flash drives. When they click the save button, I would like to have the default save path be the flash drive, if one exists. The best solution I can thing of is to a...more >>

Is it possible to view enum values in the order that I have defined them? Public Enum Size Small Medium Large Biggest End Enum I love Enums because they make my life easier, but, because they are alphabetized, it seems easier to make a mistake and pick the wrong one. When I ...more >>

How do I stick an list item from a combobox into the text property of it? Let's say I want the first item in the combobox list to display. With cbo If .Items.Count = 1 then ' Display that item in the combo .Text = <THAT ITEM> ? end if end with This works, but surely t...more >>

I receive data in an XML file with the following date/time format. While I can parse the date & time using string function, I would like to know if this is some sort of datetime in SQLserver that I can use directly: <DateTime>2006-03-29T13:12:00.000</DateTime> Thanks Bill ...more >>

I am calling one Method in Common class from different classes and i want to know from which object the call is coming from.. is there any way?...more >>

Hi all, I am having trouble with updating my data in an Access database. here is my code: Imports System.Data.OleDb Dim AppPath As String = Mid(Application.ExecutablePath, 1, Len(Application.ExecutablePath) - 14) Dim strConn As String = "Provider=Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0;Data...more >>

Does .NET have any existing classes for things like soundex? SQL Server already has this built in, does .NET also? or will I have to code it? I already have the algorithm. ...more >>

Hi, I am working on an app that will display the list of all scheduled call records in our database to the users. All users of the application will see the same list of call records and will select any record and try to call the contact person for that record and edit the record. Now, my ques...more >>

Hi All; I am trying to find a way to make my locked control more visible on a web form. When I lock a control and display it on a web form (ASP.NET) the control is barely visible and it is hard for users to see it. Is there a way to make the control bit more visible? A locked control on...more >>

Hello All, I am migrating some scripts to .NET. This has been a learning experience to say the least. The whole script pull a list of computers through an LDAP call to AD. It then writes the computer names to a file. The file is then read, pings the computer and then if it is alive, chec...more >>

I have an .MHT file which I would like to display in a WebBrowser control. This should be pretty simple, since I can open the MHT file in IE without a problem. However, I cannot seem to find a way to do this with the control. THanks, Jim ...more >>

Hi Friends, I have just started to write an application using VB 2003. The application has 5 modules and I created 5 projects for them. I created a frmLogin in Project A, after the user logined, how can I display another form in Project B? Thanks, Smile ...more >>

We know that MS has a reliable way of getting thumbnails of webpages because of IE7. If they are not going to include it in the dotnet framework they should at least tell us the API call(s). ...more >>

I'm trying to implement a Calendar control using the OnDayRender to get event information from an XML file. For the days that have special events, I'd like to make the day bold red and show a tooltip with the event descriptio nwhen the mouse is over that day. I was able to do the color and font ...more >>

Hi, I Have the following code: Public Sub UpdateEvent(ByVal ID As Integer, _ ByVal StartTime As Integer, _ ByVal Duration As Integer) EventId = ID Dim EventToUpdate As SchedulerEvent = SchedulerEvents.Find(AddressOf...more >>

I can get an XML loaded into a datagrid using: Dim ds As New DataSet ds.ReadXml("jp.xml") gData.DataSource = ds But, this a grid that allows clicking on the plus to see styles, alignment, etc. I want to load it in a datagrid so it appears in rows and columns just like if I were to load ...more >>

Just discovered yet another out and out *retarded* bug in VS2005... this time in the way Application_Startup /w the Application Framework enabled works (yes, it's a BUG... it's already doc'd in the MS community forums on MSDN... it concerns aborting Application_Startup when a SplashScreen is ...more >>

I have been looking at examples of code to create a simple TCP listener on a certain port. However they all start off with this line: Dim tcpListener As New TcpListener(portNumber) When I code this, I get an error which says that this is obsolete and I should use tcpListener(IPAddress l...more >>

I have created a form using Data Sources in VB.Net 2005, and Binding Navigator, even I did not write a single line of code and data is displaying, saving, deleting perfectly with the click of buttons on Binding Navigator. Now, what I want, that if the user clicks on the Save Button of Bindi...more >>

Hi, I try to use the ErrObject in one of my class Library. The class Library is written in VB .NET and the dll should be used in a VB6 application or a VB ..NET application. Here is a simple example of the code I wrote in .NET: Public Class Class1 Public Sub test() Err.Rai...more >>

Would it be hard to write an application which could send a basic html page to, let's say a browser, that connects to the application on a specified port? I've never even pondered doing this before, any suggestions on how to best achieve this? Good tutorial suggestions maybe? ^_^ Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I have the following problem with my VB code: accented characters are being transformed into a cr-lf pair! I am reading a sequence of bytes from a binary file, one part of which is a text string. Here is a code snippet: Dim fs As New FileStream("c:\test.bin", FileMode.Open) Dim br As...more >>

Hello, i'm having problems to call a api dll in vb dot net. I absolutely want to use this api call and none of the frame calls. This is my declaration: ***************** Public Structure SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES Public nLength As UInt32 Public lpSecurityDescriptor As IntPtr Public...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to use Field Names with Data Row. for example: Dim dr As DataRow = CType(Me.ProductsBindingSource.Current, DataRow) dr.ProductID=123 dr.ProductName="ABC" Me.ProductsBindingSource.EndEdit() Me.ProductsTableAdapter.Update(Me.Inventory_Control1DataSet.Products) Best...more >>

A VB.NET 2005 question - For simplicity, if I have say, 20 TextBoxes and 15 Labels on a Form that regularly require clearing (ie. "") or setting to the same value (eg. "---"), would it be frowned upon to use the following code - Dim sStr as String = "" '(or "---") Dim Txt As Object Dim T...more >>

Hi Guys, Just looking for the best way to compare two times. What I want to do is make sure a time is in between two other times. E.g. If the current time is 14.00 I want to check that it is between 13.30 and 14.30. Would it be best be using the TimeSpan class? Idealy I want to do: ...more >>

Hi All, Just going into the world of Multithreading and have a few questions about using class's in them. If I create a calls in the main thread then start a new thread that calls another class can i use the class that i created in the main thread? It does work but not sure if this is th...more >>