How can I highlight the text in a cell, as if it had been selected with the mouse? I have a validation routine that checks the data in each column. If a cell fails the validation, I show a MessageBox with an error message. I then want to highlight the bad data. But I can't seem to do that. ...more >>

I started to use MS Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition to learn how to program in Visual Basic. This Express Edition saves projects in this path: C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects Is there a way to synchronize the Visual Studio 2005 Projects director...more >>

Hi all. I'm using the following code to attempt to send Email, it's part of an application I'm writing. I don't need any fancy stuff, just a simple text message. This code is just for testing but the final thing wont be any different apart from dragging info from a database. I can't ge...more >>

Hi All Can anyone please let me know how to catch an unhandled exception like " An Unhandled exception of type 'system.stackoverflowexception' occured in mscorlib.dll " I am unable to catch this using "try - catch - end try" block. Thanks in advance Regards Vighneswar NGV33010 So...more >>

I have been working on a VB 2005 DLL which has previously been working. I would create the DLL (reporting.dll), install it, run 'gacutil' and 'regasm' and my Access 2000 DB could see it and use it. I have recently added some new functionality, which included splitting out some classes into...more >>

Hi everyone, I have a script that saves an excel worksheet as a CSV file. However, I need to save it as a tab delimited text file, since csv won't work for our purposes, because of commas in the numeric amounts passed in. A sample of our script is below, and I need to know the constant to save a...more >>

I am using ThreadPool to call a sub in a class. The first time the ThreadPool is called, I created a socket in the thread. I can connect a client to the socket and send a message to the client (in ThreadMain), but when the client send a message to me, the Sub SocketClient_OnRead event did not ge...more >>

Please how shows the vertical column separator line in a datagrid? Thanks a lot ...more >>

I'm wondering what arguments you people might have for/against implementing an internet based system via. either Virtual Private Network (ie. the client thinks it's local) or via. a Web Service. It seems that the VPN requires greater system administration and can be a pita to setup, but tha...more >>

I have a string array full of values like this: 05 00 0A 5E 4C 40 40 03 00 C0 9F 27 60 57 08 00 C0 9F 36 71 35 01 00 0A 5E 4E 40 13 I want to sort them in an ascending fashion based on the two left-most numbers, such as 05, 03, 08 and 01. What is the best way I should try to do thi...more >>

Just wondering what others were doing to clear the errorprovider? What I mean is that, during processing of a windows form, I may turn on (i.e. SetError) the errorprovider for various fields. Now, once I have committed the data (or reset the form), I want to be able to 'clear' all these flags be...more >>

I just received the error message "An exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation." So, I did as any good Christian would do, I closed Visual Studio 2005 Standard, said a little prayer, reopened Visual Studio, and the error was gone! Invocation = Prayer, so the target of a prayer...more >>

Within an Assembly added to the Global Assembly Cache, System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecuting.Location returns the path to the shadow(?) copy buried under C:\Windows\Assembly\Gac\... Is there an [easy] way of finding out where the DLL was /before/ it was added to the GAC? (and prefere...more >>

Hello All; When I deploy my application (which consists of an executable and a config file), does the user need the .NET framework installed on his machine for my app to run or does the Setup Wizard distribute the required components along with my executable? TIA, -- Joe...more >>

What is the difference between using Me.close vs. End to stop the execution of a program? I've been using me.close and putting code in the form.closing event to make sure things are stopped before the program execution stops. This has been working for me even when the startup is sub main p...more >>

I am trying to write a custom panel control that I can place objects into at design time, however, i want a header on the top of it which can not contain controls (its a static header) in the image shown below, I have a red outline marking the region i dont want a control to be able to be plac...more >>

Hi, I have a different requirement and it is : I need to validate a phone number field. It may or may not be a US phone number. The constraints are : *********************** # It should accept any number of numbers # any number of - hyphens # and one + symbol # no other charac...more >>

I have a datagridview which is populated via a datatable. What I would like to dynamically set a selected row and have that row show up in the datagridview and not have to manually scroll to find the selected row. I had a look for all kind of "datagridview1.rows(i).focus" but there doesnt s...more >>

If I develop a SQL Express DB for my app, how do I distribute SQL Express also? Is there a silent install for SQL Express (like for MSDE)? Also, how do I put my DB in the new SQL Express instance and attach to it instead of to my local development copy? ...more >>

Howdy all am trying to convert c# app to VB so change alter parts of it. But am getting confused by a couple of bits... at least ;-) a) private point[] path1(point p1, point p2) { int minX = Math.Min(p1.X, p2.X); int maxX = Math.Max(p1.X, p2.X); for (i = minX + 1; i < maxX ...more >>

Hi there, I've been experiencing a strange issue for a short while now and have managed to make a tiny replication of the bug. The uploaded a VB.NET 2005 project which implements a single instance application, it's very basic. http://nickpateman.m6.net/Files/xpbug.zip P...more >>

hallo ich hab gleich 2 Fragen : 1. Wie kann ich einen webservice beim kompilieren mit der vbc.exe referenzieren 2. wie kann ich eine config datei beim compilieren mit einbinden thx for help ...more >>