"The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding". ExceptionType: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException Method: OnError I am getting the above error message when calling a long running stored procedure from a VS2005 WinForm application. Using Wi...more >>

When I try to code with Option Strict On I run into obstacles. As a simple example, trying to read into a structure. Below "List" is a structure that has been written to a file and now I'd like to read it back. FileGet(FileNum, List, ItemPos + 1) I get Option Strict On disallows nar...more >>

At design time, how can I change the name of the SplitterPanels that are children within my SplitContainer control? I was able to name the SplitContainer splContainer, but I can't see how to change the name of the panels. They are splContainer.Panel1 and splContainer.Panel2... very annoyin...more >>

How can i refer to a form's textbox.text inside a SQL clause ? I know how is that in Access* but at VB i receive error. * SELECT FIELD1 FROM TABLE1 WHERE TABLE1.FIELD2=[FORMS]![TEXTBOX].[NAME] ...more >>

Hi all, This is my first attempt to update an access database in VB.Net 2005. It goes broadly as follows (I have condensed it): Dim MyConnection As New Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection MyConnection.ConnectionString = ("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=c:\books.mdb"...more >>

Hope this is the correct group. I am looking to place a set of constantly changing excel files in a directory on my web server. I want to display these as a list of clickable links on a page. Are there any controls or simple code out there to do this? TIA -- ats@jbex I'm not gonna be t...more >>

I'm just starting to learn xpath, so if I have the following xml <Root> <Data 1> <Child 1></Child 1> <Child 2></Child 2> </Data 1> <Data 2> <Child 1></Child 1> <Child 2></Child 2> </Data 2> </Root> Is there an xpath expressio...more >>

Hi All, Recently tried to move from asp to visual studio 2005. I have a form and a button. I want the button to call a function and change a few of the hidden fileds value before the form is submitted. In asp, I used to call a javascript function and then the form.submit() function. ...more >>

What is the difference between these two lines? Dim args As Object() = New Object() {strText} Dim args As Object() = {strText} args seems usuable from either, say, like so: Me.Invoke(delegate, args) Zytan ...more >>

Hi We have the below details: Order_Base CustomerNo, OrderNo, OrderItemNo..... Order_Detail OrderItemNo, ParentItemNo, Desc...... Order_Detail.ParentItemNo is a FK for Order_Base.OrderItemNo There is also the ability for Order_Detail.ParentItemNo to relate to another higher level ...more >>

Hi I have the next xml config file and I need to read and write key values, for example, change the value of hibernate.connection.connection_string <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <configSections> <section name="nhibernate" type="System.Configuration.NameVa...more >>

Hello, I am a .NET software developer who recently moved from Phoenix, Arizona where there was a very active .NET User Group to Normal/ Bloomington, Illinois where there doesn't appear to be any Microsoft Software Development related user groups. Do any of you live in Central Illinois? If so,...more >>

With VS2005 the windows form designer uses the files *.Designer.vb I hope no one at MS is reading this because I know it will upset them to know - I like the old way better! I've been looking at the Options available for the Windows Form Designer and do not see one that would give me the o...more >>

Hi Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Visual Basic and winforms application I need a global error handler, where should I put that. Any examples? TIA Rodrigo Juarez ...more >>

Hi I'm using Visual Studio 2005 with visual basic, developing winforms applications I'm adding try catch blocks for error handling and I want to close the application when I got an error. Closing the form is not enough because there is a lot of forms open TIA Rodrigo Juarez ...more >>

Hi all, I've created a code snippet in VS 2005 and saved it in the proper snippet folder. When I right-click and select Insert Snippet, I navigation to My Code Snippets and it shows my snippet. However, when I click my snippet, nothing happens. Has anybody else experienced this? Inserting the...more >>

I have been working on something very simple for days now argh! In VB6 it was 4 lines of code in 5 minutes! In VB .NET how do i parse this simple xml documenet. I cant get a reference to any of the nodes. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?> - <cap:alert xmlns:cap="http://...more >>

I've got a piece of code provided by a third party that we are trying to integrate with. We are using VB 2003, and the code is supposed to send a SOAP request to their servers and receive a message. All works great, I just don't know what to do with the returned data in the format it is in. I...more >>

I am using the following to see if an error exists on any of my controls on my Windows Form (VS 2005) ' Check to see if errors exist ' For Each ctrl As Control In Me.Controls If ErrorProvider1.GetError(ctrl) <> "" Then invalidIn...more >>

is there a way to have the keyboard cursor active in a textbox on showdialog? Thanks ...more >>

Hello. I have been teaching myself .NET over the last few months and have had some success. I would like to ask a question though... A number of examples I have followed have the following in their finally statement Try ...... Catch ...... Finally If (Not IsNothing(dbConn)) Then d...more >>

Just wondering, if one has Dual or Quad core CPU and one is running multiple different programs, or multiple copies of the same program, does the operating system (XP or 2003) run each individual program on seperate cores? or does one need to do something when starting the programs on the comm...more >>