Is there a way to hold down keys in vb.net? In the program I am writing I can simulate a MOUSE button hold down: Public Declare Sub mouse_event Lib "user32" (ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dx As Long, ByVal dy As Long, ByVal cButtons As Long, ByVal dwExtraInfo As Long) Public Cons...more >>

I know I can use code like follows to delete a file: My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(File123.TAB", FileIO.UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs, FileIO.RecycleOption.DeletePermanently) How can I delete all files matching text including wildcard(s)? For example, how can I delete all files beginning wi...more >>

is there any way to detect if yoru app is runnign on a terminal server in ..net? so we can slim down graphics and such for it? thanks! ...more >>

A very useful feature was added in 2.0 of .NET framework which was the scaling of a form and all the controls within it. This is really useful but I am finding very little information of how to use it. I have managed to implement it as follows: Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Sys...more >>

Hello, I have a peculiar problem that I'm hoping someone can help me out with. I have a simple enough Web Application written in VB.Net via Visual Studio 2003. It simply displays a Web Form with a label field saying "Hello". When I run this application interactively via Visual Studio 20...more >>

Any controls I have that inherit from Control toss focus to the next control contained within its immediate parent if the user presses one of the arrow keys. This happens right after OnPreviewKeyDown regardless of if or how I override it; no other Key overrides are given the chance to fire. Ho...more >>

I have noiticed a change in behavior between VB6 and VB.Net (2003 and 2005) that I don't find documented anywhere. It has to do with 'causesvalidation' and the button on the Form defined to be the cancelbutton. According to the documentation: "The cancel button for a form is the button contr...more >>

hi, #1 i am looking through some code and have a question. The class I am looking at is a derived class that has one constructor (new). it is coded as: public sub new () .. .. .. end sub i see that the base class has a new procedure with no arguments. The arguments in both base a...more >>

Hi, I try to use an ImageList with a ListView but that don't work. I make a ListView in VirtualMode with LargeIcon view. I put the ImageList in the LargeImageList property. I add a bitmap to the ImageList When i want to see the item "icon" with the imagelist imageindex property that wo...more >>

I have an abstract class that about a dozen sub-classes inherit from. I want to enforce that each sub-class shadows an event in the abstract class, but can't quite figure out how to do this. Basically, all of the inherited classes deal with data in some way or another. I need to make sure...more >>

As we all know, the <!-- and --> tags in HTML comment out HTML in a *.html file. However, this does not seem to work in ASP.NET *.aspx files. Is there a way to comment out ASP.NET controls that are created declaratively in a *.aspx file? This would make debugging much easier in many cases. Tha...more >>

For example, I have the following: Dim MyObjectArray() as Object = External.Function() Is it possible to convert MyObjectArray into a Generics Collection.List? Thanks. ...more >>

Is there any way to dial a number? I tried to use old friend MSComm activex but it's better if there is a formless method, an API for example... I couldn't find any info about MSCommlib.dll I want to dial a few numbers. PS: Forget TAPI, forget RAS dial-up, I don't want to use them. ...more >>