There are some Images (System.Drawing.Image) with same widths and heights, I want to find if 2 images are equal. How can I do it? The following code always returns false: If img1.Equals(img2) Then MsgBox("ok!") Else MsgBox("wrong!") End If ...more >>

hi, im doing this: Dim str as string = "#" & Me.rtbCreate.ForeColor.R & Me.rtbCreate.ForeColor.G & Me.rtbCreate.ForeColor.B rtbCreate being a rich text box control, yet the colors dont match. the color shown in the WebBrowser control is different that that of the RichTextBox....ive also...more >>

In VB.NET, 2005, an F12 will jump the editor to the definition of the word on which the cursor was at the time that the F12 was entered. What is the key sequence to return? In C# and C++, this is Ctrl Shift Asterisk, but that doesn't seem to do the trick in VB. -- Richard Lewis Haggard w...more >>

Is it possible that if I delete any control on the form, all its related events / procedures should be deleted in VS.Net 2003 or VS.Net 2005 ? Best Regards, Luqman ...more >>

Hello everybody! I'm an ASP.NET developer currently working on a ASP.NET application. This application requires access to a Database on the client side trough DSN connections and there execute some scripts. I know these actions can be developed under an ActiveX environment written in VB6, but I'...more >>

Hi all, with VS2005 I want to use my.settings for storing user settings. I also want to store a password there, but of course not in plain text. How could I encrypt the password (or the whole settings file?) ? Many thanks in advance! ...more >>

Back in asp.net 1.1 i made custom collection classes per Karl Seguin's article On the Way to Mastering ASP.NET: Introducing Custom Entity Classes to take advantage of strongly typed data. Now with generics i understand that one doesnt have to used these custom collections. So i want to move...more >>

Hi, I am not sure if this is the place to post a REGEX question if not, please indicate me where i can post it?. My question: Given a string like: "Boston. MA. Holidays" I need to define the regular expression to find each dot, the previous word and the word after. That is i want to obt...more >>

Got a filed bound to a ntext field that contains RTF data, The RTF tags show up in the report obviously I don't want this, Is it possible to show the report with RTF in the text boxes? If So How. Any help appreciated. Bob ...more >>

I have the following code that will create an amortization schedule, but I need to do the following and can't figure it out. 1) instead of creating an amortization schedule where you know exactly the amounts the customer will be paying on a monthly basis, I need to figure out what the curr...more >>

Hello all, I am looking for a way to either parse though all event hadlers liked to an event, or to remove all event handlers linked to a object. I was thinking about using the handle created event, but it does not provide enough information about the created handle. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

My application has a main form from which the user can use the Menu to open other forms. Each form opens in a separate window while the main form remains open all the time. Is their any code I can place in Form_Load for all my other forms (besides Main) that will close all other open forms (...more >>

In my app I want to create a drop down that lists the available SQL Servers on the Network. How do I discover what servers are out there? This is exactly like when you use File/Connect in Query Analyzer, you select the server you want to connect to then you enter you credentials or use Wind...more >>

When I right-click on my project (in Solution Explorer) and go to add -> New Item, Icon File is not an option. Can I download this template from somewhere? -- Jerry ...more >>

Hello, I need to add a shift-F2 function to textboxes to bring up a dialogform with the expanded text contained in the respective Textbox. On any of the keydown events of a textbox I can only trap for one key - well, I only know how to trap for one key. How can I trap for Shift-F2 combin...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to convert this simple string into image: Dim bytes() as byte()=System.text.Encoding.ascii.GetBytes("123") Dim memStream as System.IO.MemoryStream Dim img as image memStream.Write(bytes,0.bytes.length) img=image.fromstream(memStream) ' an error occurs here vb.n...more >>

I have a WinForm(VB 2.0) application that I am publishing as a ClickOnce installation. We have a need to publish the same application code for several configurations. (Staging, TestSystem, LiveSystem) Each of these configurations differ only in app.Config changes. I would like the ability to ...more >>

Everyone, I have a question on how to use persistant application settings with 2.0. I understand I can use defined types like ints, strings, and so on, but how about my own custom class? The problem is I can fill in the 'type' of the setting as my custom class, but if I try to save the sett...more >>

Good evening all, I am running Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, when I compile my programs with this software it has been compiled by the .Net Framework version 2. Unfortunately I need my program to run on .Net Framework version 1; does anyone know if there is an option to make a complied program...more >>

Hi, All, I try DataGridView1.Rows(rownumber).Visible = False to hide some rows, but get currencymnager error message, can you help this out? Thanks ...more >>

Hello. Cor Ligthert [MVP] In: microsoft.public.dotnet.general recommended I ask this question here: We are upgrading one of our apps from VB6 to VS2005(VB). Barcode printing is part of the app. What we used to do is send the printer command directly to the printer. Printer.print...more >>

I have an XML file that is created by an application that I do not have the source to and have no control over at all. I would like to read this XML file using VS2005 VB with XMLSerialization. The following XML file exhibits the structure of this file: <Root> <Group> <TypeA Attrib1="xxx" ...more >>

I'm trying to convert a VB6 app to VB2005. I'm trying to search for changes made to a record and record them in a log file. This is my code in VB6: Dim X As Long Dim oField As ADODB.Field Dim rs as New Adodb.Recordset pstrSQL = "SELECT * FROM qryCRClasses WHERE fldStudentNumber = '" & txt...more >>

I recently upgraded from VS 2003 to VS 2005. In VS 2003 all I had to do to make an extra class was put the following in a *.vb file: Imports System.Web.UI Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls Public Class MiscExtras Public Shared Sub AddRollover(ByVal img As Web.UI.WebControls.Image, By...more >>

Hi What is Visual Basic 6.0, Enterprise Edition that has appeared in MSDN this month? Thanks Regards ...more >>

Crystal report can accept 2 datasource ? cozs I create a xsd first and then add it in crystal report....after that...set datasource for the report..... So don't know can do it or not ? Thanks Edmond ...more >>

I want to get the text from a bound combobox in a variable I try to use strVar = me.cboName.SelectedText.Tostring, but it doesn't work. reidarT ...more >>

I got help from Cor L, but is not finished yet. In a windows form I need to add a date to a table in Access. Dim dteDato As Date = (Me.txtDato.Text) ' I have tried Value instead of Text, but it doesn't help Dim con As New OleDb.OleDbConnection("Provider=Micr..... Dim cmd As New OleDb.O...more >>

A question that I'm in two minds about - maybe someone more experienced could offer some advice? Let's say I have a method in a class whose function is to generate an image (But it could equally apply to any more complex object that the method might generate.) Then it seems to me that I hav...more >>

I use a DateTimePicker to get a date. I want to add this date into an access table. I use a variable like Dim dteDato As Date = Format(Me.txtDato.Value, "Short date") In the sql-statement I use INSERT INTO tblToDo ( Dato, Bruker, Utfort, Melding, MeldingFra ) " & _ "SELECT " & dteDato & ", '...more >>

Hi, I'm making a report with Crystal Reports and I use a TextObjet witch I assign a string, but I need to show the text in multiline. How I could do it? Thanks! ...more >>

Hello, I have an application that exposes a VB 6 ActiveX API. I can write DLLs that plug into the application and add functionality to the application. I write these DLLs by implementing an interface. I have been doing this in VB 6. On initial review, it appears that it should be possibl...more >>

Hello All. I need to complement some information in a xml file, using the = Xml.XmlDocument object. This xml contains several <xs:element ....> nodes (is a saved dataset), = and I need to write new nodes exactly in the same way the existant = nodes. I tried naming the new node as "xs:ele...more >>

I am using some code that I somewhat cannibalized from a tutorial, and whenever I try to put in an image not of specific seemingly random sizes, it stretches them out alot. The module that runs the code I am using is this: (note that the tutorial had a 3D segment as well, which has been remark...more >>

I just upgraded from Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Visual Studio .NET 2005. There are several questions I have about the code differences between them (I use VB.NET for as my language of choice): 1. 2003 used "Public Class classname" and 2005 uses "Partial Class classname". What, if any, diffe...more >>

I recently upgraded from Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Visual Studio .NET 2005. Visual Studio .NET 2005 does not create the Global.asax files that Visual Studio .NET 2003 did, which I used for variables such as the location of my database. What is the conventional way of creating global variables...more >>

Newbie here. I am used to using vbscript but trying vb.net in vs2003. I am trying to add a button click event, like this: Dim LaunchApp As Integer LaunchApp = Shell("""c:\program files\myapp\bin\newapp.exe"" /cmdline http://myapps/file.asp /logon") AppActivate(Lau...more >>

vb.net 2003 1.1 web application Hi there. Atm I am using this SQL string SQL = "SELECT Addresses." + tab2LookupCol + " FROM Addresses INNER JOIN Clients ON Addresses.ID=Clients.AddID WHERE (((Clients." + tab1CheckCol + ")='" + checkval + "'))" However, it will not work where '"checkval...more >>

I have a problem (partial). Some days ago I asked for a way to extract a word and few text around it (30 chars on the left and 30 on the right) from a long text. I went good with: ..{1,30}?myWord.{1,30} ----- here the code: ------------- ' Let's assume the target word is "c...more >>

Hi there, This is really crazy! 1. Make a folder 2. Put a text file in the folder 3. Run the following code... Dim pop As New OpenFileDialog Using pop Call pop.ShowDialog() End Using 4. Browse for the newly created text file 5...more >>

Hi I am starting to use this powerful controls but I am having a little problem When I use ListView Control I could inherit the ListViewItem to add additional members typically for the Row ID in the database some times of more than 1 record (if the row contains related data from a number o...more >>

I have 40 users using my application and a few are getting this exception: Message : Invalid parameter used. Source : System.Drawing Stack Trace : at System.Drawing.Font.GetHeight(Graphics graphics) at System.Drawing.Font.GetHeight() at System.Drawing.Font.get_Height() ...more >>

What are some good stragegies for writting a disconnected client store. I was looking at MSMQ, Serialization and possible SQL Server Express, but I am open to any suggestions. I have to scenerios. 1. I have a client/server application that needs to be connected as much as possible. I ...more >>

I need to read some configuration data from .ini file located at Application.StartupPath location . Here is code snippet : Public Declare Unicode Function GetPrivateProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetPrivateProfileStringW" (ByVal lpApplicationName As String, ByVal lpKeyName As Stri...more >>

Hello, I'm writing an explorer kind of application. How can I extract icons for a specific type of OS? for example the icon for 'My Computer' looks different on Windows 2000 then on Windows XP. Is there any way to fetch them through code (which I prefer)? Or is the only solution to mak...more >>

hi Folks I have a datagrid filled out with some records and under it some text boxes . I want to fill out the text boxes according datagrid browsing . my question is: How can I bind this two controls to get the behaviour I want. Thanks in advance, Daniel ...more >>

What is the difference between "+" and "&" operator when joining strings? Thanx! ...more >>

I am using the following to load my mdi form into the parent. If Me.frmIncoming Is Nothing Then Me.frmIncoming = New IncomingForm Me.frmIncoming.MdiParent = Me End If Me.frmIncoming.Show() ...more >>

Can anyone tell me the RGB values for the "Control" System Color? Thanks ...more >>

Hello, I have a groupbox that contains 3 radiobuttons. Is there a groupbox property or some syntax that identifies which radiobutton is checked? Or do I have to loop? For Each rad As RadioButton In grpBox1.Controls If rad.Checked.Equals(True) Then Console.WriteLine(rad.Name) Next ...more >>