Hello. I've been working a vb project and have a form with a button on it that performs some actions after disabling the button when clicked: Code disabling button and starting actions: Private Sub btnCreateExcel_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnC...more >>

I would like to copy a table(s) from SQL Server 2005 to a CVS file and vice versa. I was thinking to use the BCP command line utility, but I have a few questions: 1. The machine where I am going to run BCP utility does not have SQL Server installed, so BCP.exe and its underlying DLLs are n...more >>

I need to create a class that calls back to the caller. Like the way a sort routine would call a routine that compares two objects. Can you tell me how to do that and/or point to some sample code that does that? thanks ...more >>

How can i format a Julian day and only the single digit in the year. I only wnat the julian day and the last digit of the year (7) For example the code below i thought would do this however i get errors: strBarcode = strBarcode & Format(CStr(DateDiff("d", DateSerial(Year(Date), 1, 1), Dat...more >>

I have two forms, the first having a label and a button that opens the second form. The second form has a button that I want to set text in form1's label before closing. I have no problem getting the 2nd form to show, but when I click the 2nd form's button to set the text in the 1st form's labe...more >>

I looked here http://www.devx.com/DevX/10MinuteSolution/20365 and found that he uses a definition Dim t as Thread My version of vb 2005 does not accept this. Is this out of date? It has threading and a whole lot more. Which do I use? Thanks Hardy...more >>

Hi all, After insert an new record into database, I want to let it dsiplay the new added field , I repopulate the items , and call refrest, but the new item is still missing. Clara -- thank you so much for your help...more >>

Hi, 1. I have a webbrowser control in a VB .NET (3.5) application. 2. I want to capture the event and call a function whenever the mouse is hovering over a hyperlink. How do I do this? 3. I also want to capture the mouse clicks only in the web-browser. How do I do this? I don't want to use t...more >>

Hi Guys, I know how to find the FileVersion using FileVersionInfo, but struggling to find a way to get Assembly Version. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Steve. ...more >>

Hello, I'm working on a pretty simple web app in which the user will be pasting in a list of values (letters and number - like "1V456") most likely from an Excel worksheet. I then want the application to check this list against tables in a sql server database for different things (like - do...more >>

I need a good way to securely store my connection strings for my database. Right now I have them in the program resources, but this could be reflected out correct? In VB 6 I used a INI file that stored the values in an encrypted format. So, what is the best way to do this in .NET? John ...more >>

Hi, I am loading a webpage in the "webbrowser" in a VB .NET application. There are some javascript events which occur when I click a particular button, or link etc. However, these are AJAX applications, so on the status bar of a regular internet explorer browser, I see "DONE" and javascrip...more >>

hey, I'm going to be working with a program called CRT, it uses VBA to do some scripting. I'm a .NET developer, namely C#, but I want to learn VBA to see if I can make a program for someone. what this program needs to do is highlight a certain field of data in this application, copy it,...more >>

Hi, I decided to try Mozilla's famous webbrowser control as an alternative to IE, but this control crashes when i navigate some websites like google.com and google.com's drop down links like "calendar" or others.. Error report includes nss3.dll and i use Mozilla ActiveX Control 1.7.12, if someo...more >>

Hi all, I just retrieve a date field into a texbox, but the date has changed when it is read from database. The database is designed by others,I not sure whether there is something wrong in database or in coding? Clara -- thank you so much for your help...more >>

I have been pulling my hair out with this and have searched and found some solutions but I can't seem to get them to work as expected. I have a structure, which I have declared explicitly using <StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)> The structure does contain some arrays, but it is something li...more >>

Hi, I'm working in VB6 and I'm processing an xml file which is tabbed as follows - <?xml version="1.0"?> <Barry> <Meta/> <Data> <Block Version="01"> <NODE Name="1" Value="A" Updated="false"/> <NODE Name="3" Value="B" Updated="false"/> <NODE Name="8" Value="B" Updated="fals...more >>

When I use an adapter.update(dataset, "myTable"), I get the following error: System.FormatException: Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument list. at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Update(DataRow[] dataRows, DataTableMapping tableMa...more >>

Hi I have received below from someone. ..- .-. . | -.-- --- ..- | .- -. | .. -.. .. --- - | This has nothing to do with dot net but I thought a lot of intelligent people come here and may be able to help me figure out what it is. Any help would be appreciated. Many Thanks Regards ...more >>

I am stuck, i can workout how to remove lines from an array I have loading a text file (a Log), I know which lines a need, but the logs can be upto 30K sometimes bigger. I found trying to delete the lines from the log file before loading in the array took ages, i thought i would be alot quic...more >>

Hello, I had VB 2005 code working in EnC mode. But after harddrive crash, I have installed VB 2005 w/SP1 but my code no longer works for EnC mode. Please help. PS: If I create new project I can do EnC. Thanks, kris ...more >>

My code below gives me "SQL: Column 'BTN' is not found." It will work if I use an inner join or just join but those two joins don't return all the rows. BTN has 5 rows, but arcust01 has only has matching records for 2 of them. I need the other 3 returned with nulls in the fields from arcu...more >>

Can I get a list of ALL the fields and methods of class? http://www.alvas.net - Audio tools for C# and VB.Net developers + Christmas discount ...more >>

First some background: I have been asked to develop a program that access our data warehouse. It requires a login and password to use so we created a custom control that is placed on the form, the user types in their username/password, we validate then return either true or false. The pro...more >>

Obviously this can be done - just not sure how... There are two developers who are developing vb.net applications. We have Visual Studio 2005. One developer has developed a ton of classes that I would like to utilize in my projects as well. What is the best way we can go about doing thi...more >>

I am working on a vb.net 2005 project and I have an OO design question... I have a form on which data on the form is made up from three related tables in a 1->M->M situation. ie... Table 1 and Table 2 are in a 1-M relationship and Table 2 and Table 3 are also in a one to many relationship (u...more >>

I have been given a DLL from the corporate office to use in our programs. It takes in two pieces of information (both strings) does something with it, then returns a status back (true/false). It is a control that is added to a form and I don't have access to anything on this object but the re...more >>

Thanks in advance... I have a main form which I have Menu items for users to choose reports to run. When the user chooses a report another form pops up - on there is a combobox from which the user chooses one of five items, each calling a different report, and an OK button and a Cancel button. B...more >>

I'm trying to use the Hittest to determine where on a node my mouse is. Only I want to know stuff for which there isn't a flag -- eg "Is the hit in the upper part, the center, or the bottom part of the treenode?" How do I do this? Must I somehow override TVM_HITTEST? Is there an easy way...more >>

Anyone got a quick and easy way to change the background color on a textbox after the user has change the text value. Already have lots of forms written, so an approach that does not depend on adding code to an event on every textbox would be great. Just the same, I don't see an event spec...more >>

I am working on a site that has embedded flash content in it. The site is based on MasterPages. When we embed a flash object using Dreamweaver it inserts its own code to run the flash object (actually its a fix for the annoying "click here to activate"). However, when combined with Master Pag...more >>

I'm looking at getting a new computer with an intel core 2 quad q6600 2.4ghz and I was wondering if there are any problems with running VB Express 2008 on such a system or the .Net framework itself? I've read that the Express version won't compile 64-bit code, but as long as it compiles 32-bit...more >>

I'm very new to VB.Net and am struggling with the concept of classes and when to use them. I have found some coding to email exceptions to myself that might occur in this project I'm developing. I would like to make this coding available to other projects that I will be developing in the fut...more >>

What's the correct term when talking about the life of a variable in vb.net web? in a vb.net codebehind for asp.net, is it possible to define a variable in one sub, and call another sub and expect to see it? I know the answer is no, but why is that? for example: sub hello() dim x as s...more >>

I have an application in which I need to allow users to download multiple files at once. All the sites I could find on the web when looking for help suggested creating a zip file, and letting the users download that. This would be fine, except for the fact that not all users will be downloadin...more >>

I have a simple windows app written in VB.net. It has IE control on the form. Once IE control gets utilized by navigating to different www pages, Virtual memory used by the application rises and when garbage is collected the Virtual memory taken by the app stays the same and never gets releas...more >>

I noticed when adding Toolbox Items in the IDE that, under the COM tab I have some Microsoft. Forms 2.0 Controls. I'm not sure where they came from (VB2005, .Net 3.0??), but they have some really nice features. I used the Image control and using the various properties made a nice button which ...more >>

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This should be easy, but I don't figure it out... private void setInfoText(string text) { if (this.statusStrip1.InvokeRequired) { this.Invoke((MethodInvoker)delegate() { this.pnlInfo.Text = text; }); } else { this.pnlInfo.Text = text; } } ...more >>

I signed all our apps with the same digital key file. It ran perfectly fine on my local machine... but when I build it as as setup project and install it on another machine I get errors like System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'AssembyNameHere', Version=1.0.2901.218...more >>

Hello all, I'm new here and I've searched a lot before posting my question, but I can't seem to find a solution to my problem. I'm working on a database program that I created myself, I created my own file format and I store information about clients in there. So far, so good, but when I tr...more >>

My application uses SQLDMO. It works fine on SQL 2000 and SQL2005 32bit, but when i ran it on SQL2005 64bit, i received an error: Runtime Error: r6034 Then: Retreiving the COM class factory for component with CLSID () failed due to the following error: 8007045a. What can I do? Darin...more >>

Hi there, I've made a few animated controls but would like to check on the correct procedure for doing so as unfortunately every now and then, without warning, I recieve a GDI+ Exception stating that the graphics object is kin use elsewhere. Basically my user control has the foll...more >>

I am brand new to using Crystal Reports and am trying to generate a report based on a custom object - in another project. I have a layered design, with all my business objects in a seperate project. I created a new project as part of the solution, added a reference to the project containing ...more >>

RE: Date compare .. Is it the DATE OLDER than 72 hours ago? I've got a gridview with a label column with text that looks like this.. 12/12/2007 11: 07:25 AM I am able to Change type that into a datetime field. Dim GridDate As Date = CDate(GridOrders.Rows(dgItem.RowIndex).Cells(2).Text...more >>

Hi PLease let me know how to call the SQL User defined function from the VB.Net code? I have sevaral functions in my SQL database which is created out of database project. I want to execute these function from VB.Net Thanks in advance Sriharsha Karagodu...more >>

Hi Folks, I am trying to set up some code that will provide a character count for the text entered into a textbox on my form. I am coding in VB.Net using visual studio 2003 - web appliaction. I have sorted the VB code, which when execute via a command button it updates the label. Pri...more >>

This is a weird one... I've got a class called PageInfo that has the following finalize code: Protected Overrides Sub Finalize() MyBase.Finalize() Do While m_TempFolders.Count Dim TempPath As String = m_TempFolders.Dequeue Gran...more >>

I am using Vb.net 2003. I am trying to make the first column of a four column datagrid to be "read only". I have been trying to use the information from the following link to try to make the column read only: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/grid/practicalguidedatagrids4.aspx However, I a...more >>

Hi, after dealing with the new possiblities of the current VB version, I again and still wonder why Option Infer can not be used with Option Strict On at class level, i.e. when declaring a field: Dim x = 17 Now I found out that the same line does work within a procedure. Actually I w...more >>

I have developed a small arcade game with the help of a few VB books. A scoring system was implemented in the design of the game but I as hoping that some one would be able to instruct me on how display the score at the end of the game. At the moment when a player finishes the game I have a wind...more >>

hi, I've been working getting a file parsed out using Regex. There's something I don't understand. When I define the pattern for my fields in my file, I am telling regex to grab those fields ( strings and salary figures, numbers with decimals) . Some of the fields contain commas, so that's ...more >>

Hi I've written a bit of software that runs as a service for use at work which records when a user logs in and logs off. This allows us to monitor PC usage. This currently only runs when the service is started and stopped manually by Zenworks. I want to change it so the service is running a...more >>

Hello, I was using LINQ with VS 2008 Beta 2 and suddenly after installed VS2008 final version I get an error. My code is really simple: Dim database As New MyDbDataContext Dim tag = (From t In database.Tags _ Where t.TagID = index).Single database.Tags.Remov...more >>

I have developed a small arcade game with the help of a few VB books. A scoring system was implemented in the design of the game but I as hoping that some one would be able to instruct me on how display the score at the end of the game. At the moment when a player finishes the game I have a ...more >>

Some people tryed to help in my previous post. But I don't quite have it. What I want to do is send stdout to something on a form textbox, panel, listbox -- something. I want to write to a form the same way you would write to a console using console.write(), except I want to send that output to ...more >>

I'm pretty sure this has worked for me before, but it's getting me nowhere today. The Index Changed event never fires the method. Autopostback is set to true in the designer. In the ItemDataBound Event, I am adding a handler for the dropdownlist Dim ddl as DropDownList = Ctype(e.Item.FindCo...more >>

OK. I appreciate anyone's help with this. This is my first main program using VB.NET 2005. I've previously programmed in VB6. I've got a form with a datagridview object. Its bound to an SQL 2005 Express database. I currently can update the cells in the datagridview, and it updates the dat...more >>

I need a way to search a computer for a text file using vb.net. What is the best way to do this? Thank you for your help...more >>

Hi. I am trying to write a boolean function that checks if the user entered a sequence with 7 equal numbers, eg: 1111111, 2222222, 3333333 and so on. How can I do this in VB.NET ? Thanks, Robert Scheer...more >>

Consider the following XML <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Root> <Data> <ID>1005</ID> <Reference> <Reference>ABC</Reference> <Country>UK</Country> </Reference> <Reference> <Reference>123</Reference> <Country>USA</Country> </Reference> </Data> </Roo...more >>

I'm using OpenGL in Visual Basic .net 2005 and i need to use the following function glBitmap(width as integer,height as integer, xorig as single, yorig as single, xmove as single, ymove as single, bitmap as System.InPtr) or glBitmap(width as integer...more >>

Can somedoby tell me the steps, or perhaps examples, which I have to complete to access .net application on client computer from network shared folder on server computer?? I made a release of my appplication and it is on my D disk (D:\Test) and I use third party control (xyz.dll) which is in ...more >>

Hello all, I am trying to figure out how to do something in LINQ, IF I can even do it in LINQ. Online samples and such for LINQ is still a bit on the sketchy side. Here is what I want to do... I have some string, whatever, that doesn't matter. I want to find all the characters which oc...more >>

I have an Access database with a table named 'tblMedia'. In tblMedia I have a field named 'Media' that is defined as an 'OLE Ojbect' field. In this Media field, I have pictures, they are jpegs. I'm using VB.NET 2005 and I would like to open the Access database and write the OLE Objects to the ...more >>

As a MS WinForm developer, I have built applications that reference Office assemblies in my apps for special purposes like Spell Checking (Word), etc. I have Office 12 at home but my employer has Office 11. Today, in order to compile the same application in both locations, I have been deletin...more >>

I have text such as the following ... COLOR="#CCCCCC"><B>zona de Belgrano...</B></FONT> What I want to extract from such strings is, in this case, "Belgrano". I have the following regular expression ... Zona[\ \s]+(de)?[\ \s]+(?<zone>[\w\ ]+)(\.){0,3}(<(/)?BR>)?[\s\ ...more >>

I had originally posted this in another thread, but did not get and results. I appologize for cross posting but I really would like to get some assistance with this. I am new to developing in VB.net so my question may be very elementary with I need some assistance, so here goes: I am usi...more >>

I am running an ASP.net program written in VB. At one point I try to convert a date string into a date time object... this string is from a central dev server and the code works on many other machines. Convert.ToDateTime("") I get the string in the format MM/DD/YYYY (06/26/2007) The co...more >>

hi, I need some help with a reg. expression. I have a comma delimited file with quotes. Not every field has quotes, only some. This is a sample of my file: 99,"01/01/2007","23,000",1,34,"henry",132,"45.00" I used some code from an article that I though would do what I needed, but it splits...more >>

Hi all, I want to write a generic class that does this: Public Class X (Of T) Public Sub Method(param As T) dim x as T = param >> 3 End Sub End Class So, I need to constrain T to types that implement the ">>" operator. Is there a way to do this? TIA - Bob ...more >>

I am trying to start the default e-mail browser automatically from a menu item click. The code works for the web browser but not for e-mail. This is the sample for web browser that works Private Sub MenuItem25_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MenuI...more >>

Hello, I have an aritmetic calculation like this: First note that: i need a "timer" to get the value for value3. (however removing "timer" didn't differ) Dim value1 As Long Dim value2 As String Dim value3 As String value3 = (value2 * 8) / value1 Label1.Text = value3 which returns resu...more >>

I need to have 2 simple barcode reader applications finished by midnight tonight. I have never written any barcode reader software and need any help that you may be able to offer. I do not know what type of barcode the user will have, so I need to be able to accept input from any industry ...more >>

HI, I have just started using Web Forms. It seems that I'm not able to do some things that Windows Forms allow me to do. For example, I tried to implement a counter using a module level declaration, but it would not increment using Web Forms. Also, some controls such as textboxes, which wo...more >>

Hello, I wonder a thing about free mp3 encoder lame if it supports to be used under Visual Basic .NET. I searched the net then i read sth than Lame is not accessible under Visual Basic directly. Lame was written under C language, so is that the reason that lame_enc.dll cannot be used in Visual ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to write a code which reads in the iput characters from a RS232C port(COM port). I found out that 'mscomm' can be used to solve this problem on VB.NET 2005. However, I was unable to find out any information about 'mscomm' from msdn that came with my caopy of VS.NET and any in...more >>

Hello All Im having lots of fun with window handles and invoke. The code started off in a single class. Main thread set up a worker thread and the worker thread updated the progress bar on form1 (which only has a progress bar and a button). All worked well - No problems. The implementatio...more >>

Hi, i want to pass the date/time from one page to another page like this: firts page: --------- <asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink1" NavigateUrl="mypage.aspx?dat= & 'date.now'" runat="server">lijst</asp:HyperLink> the code-behind of mypage.aspx --------------------------------- Dim dd As Da...more >>

Hello. I'm doing some prep work before taking the vb.net brainbench. I noticed one of the topics is : Consuming resources - Windows Native Calls Where can I get more info on this? What exactly is a Windows Native call? Controls that talk to the OS? I was MCAD in vb.net in 2003, and ...more >>

I've added some ICO Images to some buttons on my forms. I added them by selecting an Image via the "Select Resource" window. Anyway, all of my images are working just fine, I am getting a WARNING message that says - Resource Name "Picture Image Name" is not a valid Identifier. I don't und...more >>

I'm trying to check for duplicates before I do an INSERT into the Access database table. I basically want to alert the user if the 'ProjectName' and the 'MileStones' are already in the table.. thanks Code Below: Private Sub btnADD_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Even...more >>

Disclaimer, I am very, VERY new to .net. I am currently working with vb.net Visual Studio 2003.and I have a problem with the CurrentRowIndex property of the DataGrid control. I load an xml file to a data grid (dgMenu) like this: Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, By...more >>

As a base line to my question, a structure can look like this: Public FullName as xName Structure xName Public FirstName as String Public SecondName as String Public Title as ?????? (see below) End Structure I would like to add into the Structure statement Public Title which could be ...more >>

How to get what a variable is dimmed as? How to get what an object is declared as? If variable or object is Nothing? I want to do something like the following, but TypeOf and GetType doesn't seem to work when a variable is Nothing. The watch window is able to find the type, so why can't I with...more >>

Protected Overrides Sub OnFormClosing(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) MyBase.OnFormClosing(e) Console.WriteLine(e.CloseReason.ToString ) always writes UserClosing No matter if I'm closing the form, exiting the app, shutting down windows or using the T...more >>

Hi, in order to check the value of a session variable in each page, i want to put the code into a shared sub like this: Public Class myclass Public Shared Sub checksession() If Session("myvar") = "" Then Response.Redirect("mypage.aspx") End If End Sub...more >>

I've been looking for a Toggle Button style control and can't seem to find anything. I want to have two buttons on the screen with only one of the two being pushed down (or true). One of the two buttons must always be pushed down and when the other one is pushed down on the other becomes false...more >>

I create a form Public Class MyTool Inherits MyForm .... which uses: Public MustInherit Class MyForm Inherits Form .... The reason for the MustInherit is that the MyForm contains: Protected Friend MustOverride Sub SetThis() And get the error: The designer must crea...more >>