You guys are a great resource for learners such as I. I have seen the way that you go over and above in explaining even the most mudane things to beginners, and I think it is a great thing that you do here. I only hope that you can help me understand how a certain type of application works....more >>

I would like to make a multilanguage project such a way that I will be able to give a sample text file to various pepole around the world in order to translate it in various language. How can I make it in VB.NET without giving the project files. Aristotelis ...more >>

The last two lines of code in the Click event of a Button Control on my page are: Me.WelcomeEmail() Response.Redirect("mainmenu.aspx") The last line of code in Me.WelcomeEmail() is: Mail.SmtpMail.Send(mailmsg) When the Click event is triggered, all of the code in Me.WelcomeEma...more >>

Hi ppl, Sorry for asking such a NEWBIE question. I tried looking for answers but cant find. Maybe its too easy. :( I'm used to manual code ADO rather than this .NET wizard and stuff... and i am really having hard time adjusting. *cry* I need to fill a dataadapter with data from a stored pr...more >>

Hi, I have to investigate many decimal numbers if they are integral or not and I know that max =99999,999.. What I do is : str = cStr(numbD) If str.length <= 5 then ... I wonder if this is the fasted method to do so Thanks for any responsE ...more >>

I see in VB.net 2003's help MessageBoxButtons enumeration, MessageBoxDefaultButton enumeration, MessageBoxIcon enumeration, and MessageBoxOptions enumeration but I don't see a listing of the responses. What do I search on in the index to find them?...more >>

I have VS 2005, .NET 2.0, no girlfriend and this article: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms278836.aspx. Yet, I can't successfully import this namespace. System.Security.Cryptography.Xml. error message: Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'System.Security.Cryptogra...more >>

Hi, want to loop DataSet to change row background color based on data retrieved from sql db, the color can be blue, yellow, red or purple. Therefore, Is there any way (vb.net) to change dataset row background color? how to loop dataset, which is already populated data from database? Than...more >>

Greetings, I observed that in VB2005 the designer generated code is hidden. The initialize code appears to be stored in a different module than the Form's class module. But the form's class module constructor is in the same module as the Form class (obviously). Well, I exposed the constr...more >>

I have an application that uses a TWAIN activex control. On one particular scanner driver, I have the option to do a pre-scan. After doing the pre-scan, my application receives focus again and looks like it is hanging because the pre-scan window is still open waiting for me to accept the sca...more >>

Hi All, I have a solution which consists of multiple projects and each of these projects has their own app.config file. The problem is that all of my projects in the solution pull keys from the app.config file from the main project (my start-up project). My question is can each project look...more >>

Hello, I am trying to create a variable when my form loads which can be used when I click my buttons. Here is my code. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help. Private Sub Connect_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load CreateOb...more >>

I'm in the process of learning more about building my ASP.NET website to use my SQL datastore and am a bit confused about how ADO.NET works with ASP.NET. This Microsoft article implies that using ADO.NET with ASP.NET applications is the way of the past because newer controls allow you to do al...more >>

I have a string that is 100 characters long, I need to get the first 50, How can I do that in VB? I haven't coded in VB in years and I forget the syntax for it. ...more >>

Hi, * this class is defined in assembly XXXXClsLib : Public class VVDB : inherits DBFuncs ... * Assembly YYYYFwApi has a reference to XXXXClsLib * this class B in YYYYFwApi has an imports stmt : imports XXXXClsLib.VVDB * and this code of class b gives an error Private...more >>

Hi there, I am currently translating a VB 6.0 application to .NET and have the following problem: The data structure I need to pass to a DLL function call has a structure variable inside its structure: Private Structure CstData_type Dim Cst_AZ As DbLong Dim Cst...more >>

Hi there, I am currently translating a VB 6.0 application to .NET and have the following problem: The data structure I need to pass to a DLL function call has a structure variable inside its structure: Private Structure CstData_type Dim Cst_AZ As DbLong Dim Cst_DEC...more >>

Im running vb.net 2003. Im still on a big learning curve with .net and like most people have great ideas on what id like a peice of software to do.... but lack the knowledge to do it I have looked at the createwindowex function an have to admit ... im baffled. What id like to do is...more >>

When will the Final SP1 for Visual Studio 2003 be released? Any info? ...more >>

Hello, the following code draws 'top to bottom' vertical text, any ideas how to draw 'bottom to top' one? g.DrawString("This is a test vertical string", New Font("Tahoma", 8, FontStyle.Regular), New SolidBrush(Color.Gray), 100, 10, New StringFormat(StringFormatFlags.DirectionVertical)) I...more >>