I wanted certain text boxes ( only certain ones ) to always be Trim'd so that spaces are not in the begining, nor the end of the text entered. I created my own "Handle ?" - i hope thats the right terminology, and it works. Is this the right way to do this? I had to use DirectCast to get the...more >>

I've got an mdiParent form. I open an instance of a child form like this: Dim frmChild as New frmCustomers frmChild.Show() I've got a few of these open at a time. On each frmChild I open another form that displays customer data. When I make changes and save the customer data, I need the up...more >>

Can anyone help me. I wish to export an array from vb.net to excel ranges. This will happen for multiple files. The ranges names will not be start and end in the same cells on all files. How do i do this? ...more >>

vb.net 2003 VB Hey there, I have a program that uses remote connections and it can send strings to the clients and from clients to server. Now we need to send files this way, is there anyway to convert files such as images,, exes,, anything? to a string and send it? then recomplie it as a f...more >>

I would like to retrieve properties such as position and size of another application running at the same time as my .NET application. The other application may or may not be .NET. I understand how to retrieve the handle and window name, using, eg: Dim proc() As Process proc...more >>

Hi, all. new to this ftp stuff. i found this information on the msdn, but i don't understand some things. why won't this code resolve to a IP based ftp server? how can i download everything at this site without a GUI? Thanks ahead of time. Imports System.IO Imports System.Net Imports Sy...more >>

hi there, i never used XML beforre, i prefere INI files, but i want do same things with XML file format.. before i can save/read some element of INI files without the need to parse or read all the file.. juste like getxxxxINI("Section", "Key") and it return a string... same for writing....more >>

Hi I'm using the Select member of a DataTable in vb.net. In the datatable I have a field which holds a string. I want to do something like: Dim name As String = "mike" Dim rows As DataRow() = dt.Select("[Name] = " & name) This returns all rows which have "mike" but not "MIKE" or "Mike". ...more >>

Hi, I have some code that will draw a rectangle on my form, does what I need, but it's simple code that just draws, therefore menus and other items clear the drawing. Has anyone got a way to draw the rectangle permantently? I need to change the size of the rectangle from time to time so I ...more >>

Hi , I am trying to assign a NULL value to a date (datatype). I am using VB NET 2003. I know that date cannot be assigned a null value in 2003. I cannot change the datatype as I am submitting the data to a web service and it accepts only date (datatype). I dont want to display 01/01/0001 on the...more >>

Hi everybody! I'm still new in VB and need to fill a polygon with a color ¿does exist some code to help me to do that? I appreciate some help. Thank you Carlos Villaseñor ...more >>

Hello, I am just checking if there is a property or technique for displaying or retrieving from a dataTable the top 1 row(s) for rows containing duplicate keys (IDs). I have to pull data from a sql server DB. The resultset contains 10 distinct rows but the keys are duplicate - like record...more >>

Hi. When testing my app I believe I found a bug in datagrids (or is it just me). Here is the scenario: Grid is attatched to a dataview. Dataview has a filter. I enter a new record within the datagrid and when I click on the fixed column (the grey bar on the left with an arrow pointing ...more >>

Hi, We are working on some application in DirectX, and we are using DirectSound, like this Public Sub playSound(ByVal isloop As Boolean, ByVal fileName As String) Try stopSound() sound = New Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound.SecondaryBuffer(fileName, sou...more >>

This is incredibly frustrating. I have a VB6 app at work that we're upgrading to .NET. In the VB6 code, I'm able to get a reference to txtText by using frm.Controls(txtText). In ASP.NET, we have Page.FindControl(txtText). But in WindowsForms, there doesn't seem to be any equivalent. Now, ...more >>

You will be a C# Developer with at least 2 years commercial experience in C#, ASP.Net, webforms, XML/XSLT, ADO and SQL Server. You will also have experience of stored procedures and will have good analysis, design and documentation skills. Along with this you must have strong verbal communicatio...more >>

I want to detect if multiplying two integers or two longs will cause an overflow without using a try-catch block. I know how to do it with try-catch, but the performance hit is too much. I want an efficient test so I can program like if CausesOverflow(x,y) then ' do one thing else ...more >>

Hi guys! i've got very interesting problem. the problem is like this. i've 2 webpages. -- page1 contains DataGrid control of .Net 1.1 and -- Page2 contains GridView control of .Net 2.0. -- both grid displays same data and same function is used to fetch data from the database. the grid o...more >>

I am trying to use MODI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging) viewer control in my VB 2005 application. But when I drag the MODI viewer control into my form, it prompts that "Failed to import the ActiveXcontrol. Please ensure it is properly registered" What is the problem? I want to use the M...more >>

Hi, I want to run an application and capture its standard output. But the following code does not generate any output. Can anyone see something wrong? Public Sub RunApp(ByVal myprocess As String, ByVal param As String, ByVal workingDir As String) Dim p As Process = New Proc...more >>

Yeah, that's my Question:-) Thanks in advance.... ...more >>

I have the program, I have the help file. I've drug a helpprovider into the project - now I'm not sure what to put into the properties to make the connection. Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to actually integrate them. I thought I saw the obvious but all I ever brin up is the first page...more >>

Hi all, I want to create a button like this one.... open Microsoft Word select Edit select Replace clik on "More" button look at the "Special" button - now you've found it... How do I create a button like that one... looks like a real button without a toolbar, and have the toolbarbutt...more >>

Hi Using Xml.XmlDocument I need to get all <rfd:li>-elements below <photoshop:SupplementalCategories> in the below XML-sample. I normally use GetElementsByTagName, but since there are other <rfd:id> elements other places in the doc, I cant. How do I navigate the tree and get the right n...more >>