Hi all I need to know weather it is possible to add a column to a datagrig that based on a dataset, which is not in the dataset (like a description of a code that appear in the datagrid). here is the code I use to present data in the datagrid: Code: Private Sub FillDataGrid(ByRef dsD...more >>

Hi, We have a few apps that we would like to invoke from withing our program. Suggestions? Should I create a seperate thrread to run the app in. The idea is to call excel for example from within our vb.exe Thanks in advance, Al ...more >>

I'm writing an app that communicates with computers both inside and outside my router. So I need to determine by the remote host's IP address if I need to send them my LAN IP or my Internet IP. Someone suggested AND'ing the IP and my Subnet Mask but I come up with this: My IP: 192.168.0.14...more >>

Hi. I just had success doing something that I thought should fail. Well maybe I did. I'm not sure. In short, I assigned a locally declared object to a module level object and the module level object retained the values of the local even after the local went out of scope. I was expectin...more >>

Hey everyone I'm writing this simple function call from a sub , but for some reason when I click the file to open, it freezes, can anybody tell me what's the deal? Thanks Private Sub MenuItem2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MenuItem2.Click ...more >>

Hi all, How can I enumerate network and dial-up connections using vb.net? I need to display the network and dial-up connections in a combo box and to display its details while selecting the same. Vijayakumar ...more >>

Hi Everyone, I am creating an application to interface with Terminal Services but as you will learn I am a beginner. I have learned how to connect to the API to use the functions available. One of the functions I would like to use is the following: BOOL WTSWaitSystemEvent( HANDLE hSer...more >>

I need to read a text file line by line (one line at a time), what are my options? Thanks ...more >>

Hello, Here is the code snippet I got strucked at. I am unable to convert the below line of code to its equavalent vb.net code. could some one please help me with this? [DataObjectMethod(DataObjectMethodType.Select, true)] static public List<RoleData> GetRoles() { ...more >>

Hi All, Could you please advice that how to detect the enter "key" event.... due to I don't want another button to do "Go" function..... Best regards, Boki. ...more >>

Hi All, Here is the code: Shell("D:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&p=" & TextBox1.Text) If I type English word in TextBox1, I can get correct result, but if I type Chinese, the result is wrong. It seems that they use diff...more >>

Im writting an app that uses full screen forms ( borderless ) and I find that when I go from one form to another the contents of the forms are getting render together , as in you can see part of screen 1 on screen 2 for a short period. The time that springs to mind is when I hide form 2 which ...more >>

I have a big solution filled with a bunch of projects. I add a project to the solution (not adding any references mind you). Now, if I close down everything and try to just open that single project, just the vbproj file, not anything to do with the solution, it ends up loading the entire sol...more >>

I have a vb.net app that serves our four campuses. A student logs in to start the app. Based on their login domain, I wish display the campus color and image on the form. I cannot find any sort of me.backgoundcolor attribute however... Can someone help me dynamically chage the backgroun...more >>

Hi everyone, I have an app that uses some DLL's that are shared across couple = applications. There are reasons existing that prevent me from putting = them in to the GAC. Each of these app's at some point in time loads a DLL dynamically in = this fashion: =20 System.Reflection.Assembly ...more >>

Anyone with this set of client tools, are you able to create SSIS packages (and at least save them locally if not to SQL Server) when importing data to a remote database and be able to execute them? -- Get a powerful web, database, application, and email hosting with KJM Solutions http:/...more >>

Hello, and thanks in advance. I have the below code which keeps returning "1" as the result. It's never successful, and I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I know that when I get to objManagementClass & objManagmeentBaseObject, the VB debugger says "can't read value" on all lines. Bu tI can read ...more >>

I have an application with a .Net front end that makes calls into a series of VB6 dll's via COm InterOpt. Although everything works quite well, the main issue that I have is regarding the overall debugging workflow. Ideally, I would like to configure my IDE's such that when I am stepping th...more >>

hey all, can you code against the event log, for instance if an entry for a specific user shows up can i popup a message box notifying me that? thanks, mj...more >>

In VB6 you could use the format function to format strings using the @ and ! symbols. for example format("LEE", "!@@@@@@@@") would left align the string "LEE" to the number of spaces allowed in the repeatings @'s. Has this functionality disappeared in the format function for .NET, if so where ...more >>

I'm in need of some suggestions. Currently, we have a class that is named StringValidator. It has methods such as ValidateMaxLength, ValidateMinLength, IsNumber, IsMatch, ValidateNumeric, ValidateInteger, etc. There is custom validation for each method (such as IsNumber compared to IsNumer...more >>

I need to monitor a folder to see when a file that is being FTP'ed into the folder is finished. I have looked at the doc for the FileSystemWatcher and the Created event. It's not clear from the doc whether that event is fired when the file is first created (sounds like it is), but I need...more >>

I am sure this is a simple question but I am drawing a blank: When developing on localhost if I do the following everything is fine: HttpContext.Current.Response.Redirect("../this_folder/that_folder/apage.aspx") Takes me to: http://localhost/this_folder/that_folder/apage.aspx However on ...more >>

it must be tempting to say FTFM, but believe me I have. I have a combobox. I set Co.ValueMember = "field1" and Co.DisplayMember = "field2" and then load some data this way Co.DataSource = DS.Tables(1) so far so good, I now have a combo filled with data. Now all I need to do i...more >>

If I upgrade a PC from VS 2003 to VS 2005, can I run either of them or will I only be able to use VS 2005? I have a project that was started in VS 2003 that is about to go into production. I am reluctant to make the switch for this project just yet though. I would like to be able to run VS 2...more >>

I have a RTF control in my application. Is there a way to save formatted text from this control to SQL Server and retrieve it while preserving the format of the text? Thank you ...more >>

Hi, We have been using ImageLists in our Projects extensively. Many forms have two ILs with nearly 900 bmp's each. They are configured: 32Bit, Fuchsia, 16x16 (and one 24x24). In VS2003 there was no issue with this. Upgrading to VS2005 however makes it impossible to open those forms in De...more >>

Hi, How do you measure the degree of sorted/unsortedness of an array in VB.NET? Are there any well known algorithms out there for doing this? Any help/assistance/code-samples/suggestions much appreictaed. Al. ...more >>

Hi, I've been searching everywhere and can't find any way to do this... What I want to do is simple: In my app, the user can speek to the micro, and then some kind of event must rise. No voice recognizition, just detecting a sound coming from the micro... If there's no answer in .net, th...more >>

I am getting the following error: Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.InvalidCastException: Specified ca...more >>

Hi everyone, This is probably a truly stupid question, but here goes. I'm trying to use the VB version of an application framework. I'm sure it works. I've been using the C# version for about 2 years. The errors that I get when I compile are as if inheritance has stopped working or as...more >>

Vb stores an image (bitmap/jpg) in a SQL2000 image field. For some reason it doubles the size by adding 00 for each byte. But sometimes it doesn't add 00 (0000.0000) but 01 or 20 or ?? and also the byte that should be transferd is changed... So SQLImageData = Imagebyte + 00 and sometimes SQLIm...more >>

I have a web project of Visual Basic 2005. I want to create a variable for all the project (in a module, like in Visual Basic 2003). But I think I must create them in another element diferent than a module. Is it true? Regards, John. ...more >>

Hi All, Apologies if this has come up before, but how can I set up something that will notify me when a removeable drive (like a USB drive or CompactFlash card) is inserted into its slot? Ideally I would like some sort of event that would call my code when it happens. The FileSystemWatcher ...more >>

I'm trying to fill a listview with data. I'm using the example from the help file, but how do I modify this to avoid using images? I want the exact same layout but without images. This procedure seems so dependent on the image being the "anchor" of each row that I don't understand how to modify i...more >>