Hello all ! I'm trying "upgrading myself" (I'm afraid it won't be easy...) from VB 5.0 to VB 2005 Express Edition. In VB 5, I was used to creating indexed controls at design time, let's say lbl(0), lbl(1), and so on... It was quite easy : creating lbl, setting the Index property (0), then ...more >>

Hello, I've been all over sourceforge, Codplex, Devex, codeproject, msdn, and the net looking for an answer to both exporting and then formating the XML comments (''') in my vb code to some sort of documentation. I've downloaded and failed using nDoc, Snadcastle, and a couple others except...more >>

Hi! I´m using a OleDbDataAdapter to fill my DataSet object, and to do the database update work the OleDbCommandBuilder class. But, when I call the OleDbDataAdapter.Update(DataSet) method VB returns me a "Expression too complex" exception. Any help? Thanks Anderson ...more >>

I ahve a new Vista Home premium machine and have installed VS.net 2005 on it as well as SP1. I understand that I will also need a Vista patch for the software to run properly. Is this pathc something that will automatically be isntalled when I run WIndwos update on my Vista machine or will I n...more >>

How to create a CLR DLL for Sql Server 2005? Is it just any .net class library that you can load into Sql Server 2005 or is there some special project type that I need to start with? ...more >>

I have a couple of problems with my datagrid in vb.net. In asp.net I can do the following to loop through a datagrid. for each oItem as DataGridItem in DataGrid1.Items This apparently doesn't work in vb.net. How would I do it there? Also, I am trying put bind my DataTable from my Data...more >>

Hi, I have a table which contains a unique value in a column called "Idx", which is a smallint data type. I need to find the maximum value in this column, which I have been attempting to do with this command: Dim intMaxIdx As Integer = CInt(Me.ds.myTable.Compute("MAX(Idx)", Nothing)) I no...more >>

I have a simple subroutine (see below) which reads a table and populates the items of a combobox. As the subroutine is executed, I'm watching the taskmanager and the memory in use increases; however, once I get to the Error_Exit: logic and start to close and dispose my memory variables, the ...more >>

I have a VB6 project that I have been converting to .NET. I have most of it working, but I am having trouble with one of the Functions and a stucture that is being passed to it. Here's the VB6 function: Declare Function KGI_NextElement Lib "wkgi32.dll" (ByVal hSession As Long, ByVal wFla...more >>

I have an application that consists of two projects, a main program and a separate DLL assembly. The DLL contains an application-scoped setting, which I access via something to the effect of My.Settings.SomeSetting. Now, here is the mystery: I was under the impression that application-sco...more >>

Using VB2005 is there any reason to use one of these functions over the other? Are there circumstances in which the toString method must be used? What is the difference between the two functions?...more >>

FYI: This may be a duplicate posting. It appears my previous posts have failed. I have a form that displays nothing on it except a few buttons. When the form is loaded it is dynamically displays additional buttons. Each customer who has an open order has a button created for them. The butt...more >>

I've got many accounting oriented customers who just love spreadsheets... Using a vb.net front end and an sql server back end, what tools, or components, would you suggest to generate "Formatted" spreadsheets. Note, that I am not talking about simple extracts to Excel, rather full-on sprea...more >>

I have a relatively straightforward dll, written in VB.net, that will not run properly on a Vista box. Not sure this is a vb.net issue, but I have covered every secutiry possibility (at least I think I have) and I thought I'd start here. The process is this: We pass 1) an ID for a pers...more >>

HI I'm developing a desktop application in Visual Studio 2005 Professional and need help. I've created several custom classes for my project but they appear invisible to my forms!!! For example I create the following class - Namespace BLL Public Class Building Inherits ...more >>

Hello experts, I've been already working on a project and also asked and i've managed to create a basic Gmail mail sender, but i want to add a progressbar that shows "sending is in progress" but when i add the progressbar1.show() when sending then progressbar.hide() after sending finishes, as k...more >>

Hello every body Please can any body tells me a good book that can teach me "visual = basic 2005" (as beginner). Thank you all =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D...more >>

In a project I have a Module mMain. At program shutdown I call a procedure here that will check for any open forms and close them as follows: Sub CloseAllForms() Dim f As Form For Each f In Forms If f.Name <> "frmMenu.vb" And f.Name <> "frmStatus.vb" Then f.Cl...more >>

System.String Class : What's name of the Namespace of this calss. can any body knows. I know that the namespace usually begin with = "System" Thanks. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D...more >>

I have a project I am starting with Sub Main. In my Sub Main I currently have one line of code which is frmMenu.Initialise This event runs through some code that eventually shows the form. However, once the form is loaded teh Sub Main continues on to its end and the project just unloads. Wh...more >>