I am trying to get two structures to map the same data, like a union. Having failed to get the FieldOffset attribute to work at runtime, I tried: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Option Strict On Imports System Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices <St...more >>

Is it possible to call functions wrapped in a DLL created via VS 2003 (Academic) from within an Excel 2003 Module via VBA (Declare Statement in Excel VBA)? I know this works with DLLs wrapped with VB6.0P. I have looked on MSDN, but have no clue where to start searching. -- Grumpy Aero G...more >>

Hello, My system is Windows XP + SP2, please try the code below, the code will copy all file to another directory. Please create a new directory(C:\{91A9BEC9-ED3C-4382-8615-BC0B466D2936}), copy some files into directory. //////////////////////////////////////////////////// Invoke the func...more >>

The my.settings name space is easy to use to modify User settings from within code, but the application settings can't seem to be modified that easily. I want the user to be able to modify some of the application setting ( like my connection strings) through a friendly user interface on one o...more >>

Been looking for that trick for a long time I need the path in which the executable is running but not including the exe filename. I'm looking under my.application but nothing there as far as I can see Any help appreciated. Bob ...more >>

I have a media file Myfile.wme that I want to play within the Windows default media player on a button or menu click event in my app. The file is in a folder relative to my bin folder. I can defeine the full path of the file then using that I want to launch the media player to use that file. ...more >>

Is it possible to determine if the image under a mouse changes in VB.net code? For example if I position the mouse using the command; Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position = New System.Drawing.Point(680, 595) Is there code that would help me determine if the image under it has changed? ...more >>

F.e. I want to make a stringvariable str = "nr1 nr2 nr3" that it should display like "nr1 nr2 nr3" str = """ & str & """ do not work. Thanks for any response ...more >>

I am going to create an asp site that allows the users to fill out application information. Their personal information will be stored server side in a SQL 2005 database and they can come back to the site later and repopulate the fields with their information by using a login (email address/...more >>

Hello, can anyone tell me how i retrieve the key(which i included by adding elements) from an item in the collection? Thanks, Albert ...more >>

I want to make custom tags that will go into a string like the following "Follow this link [link url="me.aspx"]Link Title Text[/link]" this is an example of course... but how would you go about creating a custom tag system like this? I want to be able to take that and convert it into its H...more >>

hey guys, could you give me a good example for registy handling ? Thanks, BRAHM ...more >>

I tell my computer a math problem (19.98-20.00) and it gives me a wako answer (0.01999999999999996) what is wrong with it?...more >>

hi folks ! What is the equivalent parameter in vb 2005 for "any" from vb 6 ? Thanks, Daniel ...more >>

I need to lock a combo-box on my form. I want to allow the user to use the drop down list but I don't want them to be able to type their own text in the combo-box. I've tried the "locked" and "enabled" properties and neither of these seem to do the trick. "locked" doesn't do much and if I s...more >>

I am converting a rather large solution from VS 2003 to VS 2005. As I understand it, the bulk of the conversion is really just changing the project and solution files to the new format. It completed ok, but I have a lot of errors and warnings, 17 errors and 260 warnings. The errors seem to a...more >>

While testing my my program I came up with a consistency exception. My program consists of three datagridviews, One called dgvPostes which is the parent grid and its two children,one called dgvPlans and the other dgvTanks. What happens is as follows. I will either create or edit a record in the...more >>

Is there any way to view what data is populating my DataSet tables during debugging? Thanks, Ryan ...more >>

i have two strings from xml file str1 = 800.7415_801.101_8.115_216.12 str2 = 800.7415_801.101_8.115_216.12_217.570 the first stream represent a xml file 800.7415_801.101_8.115_261.12.xml which hold some value that can only be look up after i compare both string so i can find where to loo...more >>

Hello. I'm fairly new to VB.Net (2003). I'm using a datagrid to display data (access db) and when user double clicks on a record, another form shows up which allows modification/addition of data. The problem is when user accepts the changes made and gets back to datagrid. The information dis...more >>

I'm going mad here. I know about creating controls at runtime and creating a single event etc. In all the examples I have found they create a button and create an event for it. What I can't fathom out is how to refer to a non-event control such as a picturebox. I have created them as follows: ...more >>

I have a vb.net program which runs fine on my development system but which traps on my test machine. How can I use the address in the error report to find the code which caused the error? Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to count rows in each of the tables in an SQL DB. I tried the following ExecuteScalar command: "Select Count(*) from " & mTableName The problem is that one of the tables is huge and I'm getting a time out. I thought I could do this with a stored procedure using the Tabl...more >>

Hi folks, I would like to ask you guys(and gals) if there is a nice document showing how to control Word from a vb.net 2003 application. I would like to simply open a word document (or template), fill in some fields from vb, save it and close it. pretty simple, im sure, I just dont kn...more >>

Hello all, Note: This is the full version of a Post that I inadvertently sent before it was complete. About a year ago I wrote a VB.NET 2003 solution that consists of a number of assemblies (1 EXE and 15 DLLS). As I recall, in order to deploy the solution to a testing server I simply copi...more >>

Refer to MS article Q98999 for an explanation of Diacritical Marks. When a line from a flat text file is imported from a file using the StreamReader, any character that has a Diacritical Mark is dropped. Sample Code: Dim fs As FileStream Dim sr As StreamReader Try...more >>

I am attempting to write a program with VB 2005 Express Edition which accesses an Oracle 9 database and dumps the results of three SELECT queries into a spreadsheet file once every hour. Modifications will be being made to the database whilst this program is running. I would like the three qu...more >>

I'm new to VB .NET and am just trying to get to grips with the capability of the software. I am trying to create a program that is able to import 3 different .csv files at a time, manipulate them in a way similar to Excel, and then save them. What is the easiest way to go about it? I was thinkin...more >>

Hi, I need to know how I can convert a Julian Date of Year to Date. Example: VB has the funcion DayOfYear and it return a 170 if the date is June 19, 2006 I want enter a Day of year (170) and convert it to a Date (June 19, 2006) Thanks Elioth Collazo...more >>

Hello there, does anyone know whether it is possible to change Window's "List Seperator" (Start -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Customize -> List Seperator) value programmatically via .net? All the best & thanks, -Joerg ...more >>

Hi all, I have several *long* strings (see bottom of post for an example) which I will be sending across a network. Therefore, I want to compress them for speed and because later they will be stored in a DB. I found this code here http://abstractvb.com/code.asp?A=931 but it doesn't seem to g...more >>

Hi, I am having the problem to set the resolution of the form as per the screen resolution changes from 1024 to 800 so if anyone knows how to do this please let me know through mail. my email is : dew_soft_engg@hotmail.com *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

I'm going to study OpenGL, but I'm not having the best of luck starting off... I use Windows 2000, so I already have the OpenGL32.dll, but when I try to add it as a reference I get an error saying to determine if it's a valid COM file, etc... Anyone have an idea about why this happens? Also...more >>

I have a form that updates once a second. When it updates there is no other processing going on. It generally works fine, but a few times a min sometimes less, sometimes more it will hiccup and stall a little. This is something I would like to smooth out. What I have is a few different subs ...more >>

Hello all, I'll start by explaining what my app does so not to confuss you when i ask my question. =E2=98=BA I have a VB.Net 2.0 app that starts a process (process.start ...) and passes a prameter through from a combo box. The combo box items are made up of IP address and computer host name...more >>

Code below ---- I've asked a similar question on this forum earlier. This is a slightly different situation. Previous Question ---- I'm trying to save some specific web pages to disk as text files. I searched the Internet and found a basic example which I changed to fit my needs. I teste...more >>

Hi, I was looking for a control that you enter time values into , I started off with a textbox, but then saw the datetime picker had a custom format for Time , so I entered HH:mm. The conctrol does show time in the box , but in HH:mm:ss, I would like to drop the ss, also I dont want the use...more >>