Now this ought to be a simple matter. But nothing's simple in the Net world, I'm finding. In vb6 you could use "!" to force text to upper case in the format function. I've searched the vb.net help system and can't find any help on formatting text. There's plenty of help formatting numbers, dat...more >>

Hi all I am using VS2005, How can I deploy the .Net Framework from my setup project? In the bootstrapper setup program we have below 3 options 1.Download prerequisites from the component vendor's web site 2.Download prerequisites from the same location as my application 3.Download prereq...more >>

Let's say I have a table called Users which has a field DeptID which is an int. I also have a User class which has a method for getting the data for a particular user (i.e. User with specified ID) and which has a field that corresponds to the DeptID field and it is called _DeptID and is an Integ...more >>

When I copy a vb.net project using date formats from one PC with a windows date format f.e. dd/mm/yyyy to another PC having a format yy/mm/dd then I get errors. How can I change for a while in the project the date format in vb.code ( not in Windows) and how can I find out which date format the ...more >>

Can anybody assist to translate this for me, just moving over from delphi function IntToIp(Address: LongWord): string; begin Result := Format('%d.%d.%d.%d', [ Address shr 24 and $ff, Address shr 16 and $ff, Address shr 8 and $ff, Address shr 0 and $ff]); end; cheers ...more >>

I have a windows service which every night checks a SQL Server database for some data and business rules. The application can access different DBs with the same structure, to tell the service which database to check I created local users and assigned each of them a different default DB in SQL ...more >>

Hello, vb.net /MSDE question I have a form to add a new record.When Save buttton is pushed,the record is saved to the database,but i don't know how to get the new id back in my dataset (instead of -1) the rowupdated event more specific : e.row(...more >>

I'm a long-time VB6 programmer in a shop that is mostly moving to VB ..NET 2005. And I'm confused about coding the start of solutions for unattended operations. Much of what I write is old-time batch. Such programs are started from a scheduler and run on a server, cycling through a mass of d...more >>

Hello, Group, If drawing on a control, it would be desirable to select a colour that significantly differs from the control's background colour. Is there a standard (or preferred) way to programmatically select a complementary color at run time? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. ...more >>

Dear all, I want to write a pdf file from crystal report in my web application. Here is my proc: Private Sub CreatePDFReport(ByVal KeyReference As String) Dim objReport As New ReportDocument() Dim diskOpts As New DiskFileDestinationOptions() Dim mReportParamete...more >>

Hello, I have a simple batch file that I'm trying to call from a VB.NET application: @ECHO OFF IF (%1)==() GOTO END DIR %1 > MYDIR.TXT :END @ECHO ON In VB.NET I can call the batch file without the sMYDir parameter: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirecto...more >>

Hi I've created a couple of new dll's and bundled them up into an *.msi file. When I run the install I get the message that 'c:\program files\common files\crystal decisions\2.0\bin\sacommoncontrols.dll fails to register'. I've tried adding this to my setup project and it prompts me to add...more >>

I'm learning when it comes to Datasets. Should I just have a single dataset to handle my entire application data or should I use multiple - a dataset for each function or form within my application? Is the data actually written from and queried to the dataset only when needed per a table a...more >>

Hello, I have a child form in a parent MDI form. The childform is being shrunk and cannot be resized when screen resolution is 800x600. The end user who uses my app cannot see stuff on the screen too well if the resolution is smaller than 800x600 (why did it have to be my app?) Yes, I k...more >>

Hi, Can I change color for each row in listbox??? Thanx! ...more >>

Is there a way to reference an argument to a function without using its name? Something like: Public Function MyFunc(ByVal Arg1 As String, ByVal Arg2 As String) As String MsgBox(MyFunc.Arguments(1).Value) MsgBox(MyFunc.Arguments(2).Value) End Function B. ...more >>

Hello, Group, I have been curious about a statement I see occasionally in the VB (v2003) help. Sometimes the information about a property will indicate that it is overridable, and I have been making use of this. Sometimes there is also a statement such as: "You are not required to over...more >>

I need, to introduce data to SQL, but a field has one comile simple in the middle, since I make to send that chain to ejecutarce ...more >>

Thanks in advance. I'm new to XML. I need to convert an existing Access table into XML which will allow me on a form to read the table into XML, edit, then reconvert it back to the Access table. I have successfully added the Northwind database to my data sources in Visual Studio 2003 (Standard E...more >>

Hello. I have this error when i was an update in a table. It's occurs when modify but when is a new record update withouts problems. "La generación SQL dinámica para UpdateCommand no es compatible con SelectCommand, que no devuelve ninguna información sobre columnas clave." Please how resol...more >>

Does anyone know the logic behind why in VB.NET the result of a floating-point division ('/') is -rounded- on being converted to an integer type, such as with statements like Dim x As Integer = 2/3 'after assignment, x is 1, whereas a sane person would say it should be 0 Does Microsoft have...more >>

I have some vb code which calls a com object. The com object displays a dialog for the user and the user then presses the OK button to dismiss the dialog and the code continues and returns control to me. I now have to change the code so that it work autonomous. The only way I can think of...more >>

Im still struggling to get this executing a stored proc working .. im running vb.net (2003) and SQL 2005.. the story thus far is with a lot of help and a prevailing wind i have come up with the following ( CON_BOSSCONNECTION is already connected ) Dim InputString() As String ...more >>

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I am having problems with the PrintToPrinter command. It works fine in the development environment but when I try using this on the web server it does not work. I am having problems debuging this because I get an error when my code hits the msgbox command as well "Showing a modal dialog box...more >>

ASP.NET 2 i have 3 virtually identical pages, each of which has a button. on one page only the click event for the button no longer fires. i have added another button, and also an image button, but their click events do not fire either. the properties of the working and non-working buttons ...more >>

This is really weird... I'm using Visual Basic 2005 Express I have a form - Form1 - with a control called txtStatusBox I have a module attached to the solution for storing some other code. This links to an Outlook MAPI folder (variable ContItems), that waits for new items to arrive. When a n...more >>

I'm new to XML files so I'm kinda lost here. I found some example code on reading an XML file. My objective is simple. Read the whole XML file into memory. Here is part of my code: Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Clic...more >>

I have to design a "Online Test Application" and application is going to display question and answers.All the questons are objective type so there is four answer for each question. My Question is where I shuld store the questions and answers. and how application can pick randomly question. right...more >>

Hi Experts, Connected to Access MDB file using ADO.net OLEDB, I have a SQL to get file extension from file name which is stored as field. SELECT Right(FileName, Len(FileName) - InStrRev(FileName, '.')) FROM Files This query work in MS ACCESS enivronment but not VB.net program connecting to...more >>

hi, i have created a sample window aplication in VB.NET.placed a listview component in the form ,written click and double click event for list view.But the events are not fired.is there any property to be set for click event. Thanks, Ganesh ...more >>

I would like to attempt to create a dynamic form. The scenerio is when a user logs onto the system, it will get a list of 'Areas' in the application that the user has permission to enter. I want to dynamicly add buttons on the form ( in two coloums 8 to a coloum ) and have an 'click' event....more >>

ok this is getting far to technical for me now .. lol thank you all for the help yesterday, however im still stumbling on one bit ... heres my code so far Dim InputString() As String Dim ReturnValue As Integer InputString = Split(InputParm, ";") ' set...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to obtain some sort of a "Model" based on horizontal & vertical lines (like a frame) drawn on a form or on a PictureBox. For frames configuration purposes, I created a white background image; and that works fine. But the "Model" will be used to cut off pieces of a given im...more >>

Ok All, I have a program that receives information from the serial port. Occasionally this information requires me to raise an event and update a progressbar telling me how much of the information I have received. My problem lies there. When i update the progressbar, I need to update the dis...more >>

Hi All I would like to be able to change the cell borders on certain cells to none at runtime to make a group of cells appear to be merged I have tried the following in the cellformatting event..., to no avail Any ideas Regards Steve If dgv1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(e.ColumnIndex).Valu...more >>

Hello all, I have a web application that runs in a server and makes a Windows user validation to loggin. My question is, how can I get that loggin user, password and domanin to use it in my application? Thanks Marc ...more >>