I want to capture the input from a writing pad and apply in vb2005 but I don't know any programming codes about it. The writing pad is connected by a USB port. Before I run the writing pad program, it can be a mouse and move around double click = normal one click click twice = normal doubl...more >>

Hello, there is another problem i am facing. i have a text file which is about 15000 lines big. i have to cut the last 27 lines from that file and create a new text file that contans those 27 lines. and after that save both of those files... since that is a big block of text (15000 lines) i t...more >>

How do you set the value of a Security.SecureString? Dim strSecure As New Security.SecureString strSecure = CType("Friday", Security.SecureString) ...more >>

Hello we have encountered the following problems with the date time picker control A : datetime picker control gives focus to last entered field when moving back and forward with focus how do we reset this to the first field ? B : datetime picker in DD-MM-YYYY default format ( europe...more >>

I'm trying to setup a SelectionChangeHandler for a call to a DLL written in C#. In the C# DLL, the public declaration is as follows: public event SelectionChangedHandler SelectionChanged; To call this from C# I do the following: ofdPicture.SelectionChanged += new ...more >>

How do you read all the data from an enhanced metafile and put it in a memory stream? Myfile.emf is part of my solution but I can't get the trick to read all of it in a stream. Thanks for any help, Bob ...more >>

Hi,. i try to change the color of the main menu when the visitor of the site is logged. When not logged, it must be red, when logged, it must be green. I start in the Master¨Page with putting the link to the red CSS file to Visible and to the green CSS file to False.. In code-behind, i tes...more >>

I have a couple of projects in the VS2005 format using Partial Class. I can't find where the code for sub New is stored. Can you tell me where it is? thanks ...more >>

Hello, I have a settings class that looks like this: Imports System.Xml.Serialization <Serializable()> _ Public Class MySettings <XmlAttributeAttribute("ItemCategory")> _ Public Shared ItemCategory As Integer <XmlAttributeAttribute("DefaultItemCategoryID")> _ Public Shared DefaultIt...more >>

Hi all, I'm just creating a simple compact dot net 1.1 app to execute warm/ cold boot commands. Very simple app that just calls Win32API to run the device reset. However like all applications this is open for abuse and missuse from end users. I was wondering if there was an easy way to have...more >>

I need to create a tif file and write some simple text to it, about 4 or 5 lines, Just some thing like "Hello this is mycompany" "We will make a delivery between tomorrow 10 AM and tomorrow 10 PM" I just want this to be in a fairly large font and centered, say in 14 point Arial. I've been ...more >>

Hi, I've an application (VB.NET version 2002, ms-access 2002) composed of an MDI parent (menus) and some MDI childs. When the DB start to be important (100 MB) i've started having some memory problems. I noticed (in task manager) that when I open an MDI child form, and I close it the memo...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to change the parameters of a printer with VB ? My printer can print on both sides and I would like to change the parameters to print on both sides according to criteria but all automatically. Thank you for your assistance. -- Patrick...more >>

Hello, This is my first post so I hope I'm doing this correctly. I am currently working on creating an order form for sales associates at my work to be used at conventions. I have a form with a subform. On the main form, there is a text box that displays the sum of total orders entered in t...more >>

I have upgraded our application from .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0, all works fine from my local machine. But, when I put the program on the server and try to run it from the server (via a mapped drive), I receive: Menu.exe has encountered a problem and neds to close. We are sorry for the inconvenie...more >>

Hi. I am getting the error: "Thread is running or terminated. It cannot restart." It is happening inside a file upload loop where a thread is created for each file (reporting bytes). After the first file is uploaded, the error is thrown at workThread.Start(). I am new to threading and would...more >>

hello, This is a basic questions... i have just started using vb.... I want to figure out how to create a range dynamically. Say I have some data in a variable number of columns, in this example 3 - A, B, & C Eg. A B C 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 5 ...more >>

This is code I created to add a record where the user inputs the new text in textboxes: Private Sub btnAdd_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnAdd.Click City = txtCity.Text Country = txtCountry.Text p2005 = txt2005.Text p2...more >>

I am doing a final year project for my school and is going to provide for an organization, so I am asking for some help on here. Indeed, I have no idea on how to get the input from my pen driver and use on vb2005 as when I activate the pen driver, it will run its own program itself and when I ...more >>

We have an application at over 100 different sites that work great on XP, 2000, Me, all w/ the 1.1 framework. The application is installed on the server and the clients map to the server's drive and run the programs from there. We do have to change the .NET framework security settings so local i...more >>

Hi, I am facing a problem while trying to close a window that I've opened in a frame. I am using javascript to close my current popup window. I have written the following line of code on click of OK button event. Response.Write("<script> window.close();</script>") Now the problem is sin...more >>

Hi all, I'm hosting a remoting service in IIS. I have a function which I only want one concurrent access at a time. Will this prevent multiple users from accessing the function at a paritcular time? 'Empty object used for sync locking purposes Private Shared MySyncLockObject as new Object...more >>

Hi, I'm steel trying to read and update my XML file with Visual Basic Express but i am unable to find the right way to read my xml file and update it if neccessary... Here is my problem : evry day, i store the number of children in my classroom in my XML file. For exemple, on monday, my app...more >>

Hi Everybody I was wondering if anybody could help me with something that has been bothering me for some time. Basically, it is a problem I encountered some time ago with DataSets. I found a solution (which I will refer to later) but I have a gut feeling that there must be an easier way to ...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for courses about VB.NET et C#, I need a structured course defined by hours and containing all materiel (presentations, labs) Do you know a web site or a person who sell this kind of courses (or give them for free !! why not!!) I like to give courses, but I don't have time to ...more >>

I am printing bunch of stuff on a printer through my print vb8 app, but i would like to stop (pause) one in order to print the others before (just we print lots of stuff and want to keep them on the printer in the order). Does anyone ever tried and is there any way to control particular event...more >>

Hello! I'm trying to publish my application, but when i try to install it at the end-user's computer, i don't know where it places the EXE, it appears in the start --> programs (executed perfectly!)... But i want to define a folder where the EXE should be placed at the end-user's computer. ...more >>

I have a stored procedure in SQL Server 2005 Express. It includes a distributed query that pulls from a table in a local SQL Server database, and combines this with some data in a remote Access database. I have that Access db referenced in SQL Server Express as a linked server, and have had no t...more >>

Fred Read (postmaster@foxhouse.demon.co.uk) wrote: : He posts this drivel every week or so to a number of groups that : I subscribe to and nothing seems to stop him. *ALL* of his posts : are off topic and unwelcome to the groups he posts to. : We have complained about him to his postmaster ...more >>

Is there a way to immediately terminate a BackgroundWorker thread? My problem is that the BackgroundWorker starts with a call to My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles that can run for a very long time if it is pointing to a directory tree with many files. If the user requests cancellation during this ...more >>

I am using a DataGridViewComboBox in a DataGridView. When a user selects a radio button, I would like to clear all the items in the DataGridViewComboBox and repopulate with new values. I do this as follows: [CODE] Dim iIndex As Integer Dim dgcb As DataGridViewComboBoxCell ...more >>

I want to create a custom form border. By thought was to simply override the DisplayRectangle property in order to control the border width and then draw the border during the OnPaint event. The problem with this technique is that controls that are outside of the ClientRectangle of the form ...more >>

We're designing a Windows application. On a given form (let's say edit customer), there would be a list of all the (let's say cars) that the customer owns. We want the user to be able to click on a car (likely hyperlinked) and go to the car form and view/edit all those details. What's the...more >>

Does anyone have any recommendations on the best way to create multiple instances of the same class when the final number of instances is unknown? For example, I have a class and based on some user actions, I want to create n number instances of those classes, which is obviously unknown at ...more >>

Hello! How do I achieve in my application a window similar to the Toolbox and Server Explorer windows in Visual Studio 2005 itself? Ideally, I want to have a TreeView on the left side of my form with a vertical splitter that lets the user adjust the width of the TreeView, but also with a v...more >>

From: rji@cheetah.inmos.co.uk (Richard Ingram) Newsgroups: uk.misc Date: Mon Aug 14 10:08:32 1995 Some cencorship loving bore wrote : > In article <GEVANS.95Aug14094119@mvagusta.uk.tele.nokia.fi> gevans@mvagusta.uk.tele.nokia.fi (Gareth Evans) writes: > > His sysadmin is also next to use...more >>

I posted the other day and so far no replies.... :-( I have a VB Windows Form (VS 2005) and on the form is a datagridview control. It was populated by: datagridview1.DataSource = tbl The table only has two fields, URL_ID and URL. I would like to change the URL field from text ...more >>

I am trying this: SQL = "INSERT INTO GradeList (Date) Values(#01-01-2007#)" I get message "Syntax error in Insert statement". How to add date field in access database? ...more >>

This works with Strict Off But not with Strict On Sometimes I can figure out what is needed by running it and using QuickWatch to see the type required but GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & StrComputer & "\root\cimv2") returns a value System._ComObject of Type Object I don't know what to ma...more >>

My VB2005 program has a DataReciever thread that recieves data from an Activex VB6 thread. The data comes from a USB device that delivers 10 bit data in a series of bytes. So the low byte can be 0 to 255 but the high byte can only be 0 to 4. What's happening is that quite often a zero high ...more >>

I am using VS2005. I created a Windows Appication project. Inside the Server Explorer, I created a new SQLExpress database, and then created a new table. I added the rows, making my first row an integer, and setting the identity property to true. I set that row to be my primary key. I the...more >>

Prepared statement '(@p1 int,@p2 tinyint,@p3 varchar(8000),@p4 varchar(8000),@p5 bit' expects parameter @p1, which was not supplied. I get the above error when trying to update a datagridview to the sql database. I am using the commandbuilder because the datagridview can be saving 8 different ...more >>

can anyone tell me what's that service doing? mscorsvw.exe ...more >>

How do you do things like the following with Option Strict On Dim ColSuggestions As Word.SpellingSuggestions Dim WordApp As Object = New Word.Application Dim WordDoc As New Word.Document WordDoc = WordApp.Documents.Add(Template:="Normal.dot", NewTemplate:=False) ....snip WordDoc...more >>

HI to all, I user VB EXPRESS .NET, and I want to include a directory with a database or files like photos in my final distribution. I'm trying for hours, but in My Project->Publish-> ... Application files can't include external files or create direcotries. that's wrong?! thanks very mach...more >>

No offense to anyone in this group, particularly Tom Shelton, Michael M, or Newbie Coder. But who the hell is Crouchie1998 and why is he accusing every submission I make to Planet Source Code to be plagiarized? In one submission to retrieve the XP key using native .NET function instead of t...more >>

I made a game with a window form that needs to record the mouse position to an array at 100 samples per second, so I use the mouse move event to do the job. The problem is the mouse move event is raised by my software at max 30 times per second. I have determined I should use a timer event on ...more >>

when I build application with vb8, it is setup.exe with bunch of files and then moving to the other computer, it request to download files over the internet. How can I build stand-alone .exe appliation, and what is more efficient - stand alone.exe vs setup.exe installin compnent? regards ...more >>

Hello, Consider I have a String: Dim MyString As String = "Hello" or an Integer: Dim MyInteger As Integer = 100 or a class which its properties: Dim MyClass As New MyCustomClass MyClass.Property1 = "Hello" MyClass.Property2 = Unit.Pixel(100) MyClass.Property3 = 100 Or even a ...more >>

Hello all, It's urgent... i want to add autocomplete textbox facility in my application like google. as you type it suggests option to the user..i want the same kind of facility...i know i can do only with ajax(xml and javascript) but i want to fetch possible values from database and want t...more >>