Hi all I am reading an image from a database (foxpro) and now want to write it out to file... I have found hundreds of articles on saving a file to the database bu none on how to extract and save to a local drive. Anyone have any clues on how to do this ? Thanks for any help!! ...more >>

I am getting the following warning for the below function. I understand what it means but how do I handle a null reference? Then how do I pass the resulting value? Regards Warning 1 Function 'Dec2hms' doesn't return a value on all code paths. A null reference exception could occur at...more >>

Hello. I developed a VS.NET2003(VB), ASP.NET web application client program with ..NET Framework 1.1, ASP.NET 1.1, IIS 5.1 and WSE 2.0. I tried to migrate it to VS 2005 Pro(VB), Web Application Projects, .NET Framework 2.0, ASP.NET 2.0, IIS 5.1, WSE ?. Is WSE 3.0 required for VS 2005? ...more >>

Hi, i have a situation where I need to dynamically create objects in a loop. My question surrounds intantiation naming in such a scenerio. Below is a snippet that is basically hardcoding each object. My problem is that I would like to create the objects dynamically but I can't figure out...more >>

Hi, I have a function that returns a string. This function can accept any type of object, which determines the structure of the string returned. My question is, how do I know what type of object is passed in? Thanks, Roshawn...more >>

In 2003 to deploy a simple program you could copy the exe from the projects obj\release directory. Why in 2005 does it create a bin\release and a obj\release directory, each of which contain what would appear to be identical exe files? 2005 also puts a debug directory under both bin and ob...more >>

I am trying to do something that I would think would be easy. I have a dataset that is filled from an XML file. For simplicity, let's say there are two tables: - Table Customer has fields CustomerID and CustomerName - Table Orders has fields OrderNo, CustomerID, and ItemNo My DataGrid...more >>

I have a utility that captures a signature on a handheld device and stores it as as string containing a series of points. I want to recreate this signature as a bmp file using VB.NET code. To do this, I have created a bitmap object using the following code Dim bmpSignature as Bitmap ...more >>

Hi, I have a DGV and I go to the NEW_ROW and start editing in there ( I only have 1 COLUMN), I enter a value, and try and take focus off the CELL by going to another control on the form or another CELL. The CELL_VALIDATING event kicks in and Says DATA = BAD so it does'nt let focus shift. So I...more >>

In VB.Net 2005, Can I use "GROUP BY" in DataTable? Thanks! James ...more >>

Hello, I have an enum: Public Enum Color Red Blue Green End Enum I need: 1. Loop trough all enum items and get each one value (Ex: Red) and index (Ex: 1). For Each color As Color In [Enum].GetValues(GetType(Color)) ??? Next 2. Get an enum value (Ex: Red) by providing...more >>

Hi I am trying to copy data from one db into another. Thanks for everyone who suggested ways to do that. After some more research I have come up with the below simple looking way. My question in, is it supposed to work this way and will it work? LocalConn.Open() Dim DBCommand As New ...more >>

Hello, What is the proper way to send byte arrays (or strings for that matter), from a C DLL to VB? I have tried by prototyping the call in VB with ByRef Byte[] as a parameter, then treating it in C as a pointer to unsigned char, and then I tried a memcpy, as well as using pointer arithmetic ...more >>

In a project done in 2003 about a year ago I was told to add the SocketWrench code below into the Windows Form Designer generated code area as shown below. #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by th...more >>

In 2003 I sometimes changed the startup object of a project to Sub Main which was found in Module1.vb. I upgraded one such project to 2005 and I notice in the properties page for the project that nothing is selected as the startup object. It appears to function but should I set it to Sub M...more >>

Hi, I have a situation in where I have a main loop that queries a "Parent" Global database table. Based on that resultset I loop through all of the databases and the appropriate table in the "children" databases. Because we have roughly 5000 "Children" databases this process is taking q...more >>

Hi, I am trying to parse a xmldocument and to get value of a name tag "techlanguage" is "vbdotnet". Here i need to select the propername tag which is "techlanguage" and the propervalue which is "vbdotnet" Here is the structure of my XML <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <filte...more >>

In C#, (2003 and 2005),.... When you add a folder to a project, and then add a new class (in that folder), you get automatic "namespace MyApplication.Folder" inclusion. Example. Your project name is "SuperBankApplication" You add a new folder called "Exceptions". You add a new class cal...more >>

Hi I have open connection to two separate databases. I now need to insert records from a table in one db into a table in second db. How can I go about doing it? Thanks Regards ...more >>

Hi I have two fields field1 and field2 on my form. Is there a way that the field names can be accessed via variable so that choice of the actual field to access is decided at runtime? Thanks Regards ...more >>

I have the following function in C#public void Undo(IDesignerHost host) { if (!this.componentName.Equals(string.Empty) && (this.member != null)) { IContainer container1 = (IContainer) host.GetService(typeof(IContainer)); IComponent component1 = container1...more >>