I'm using DirectX to play mp3 files. Private WithEvents Player As Audio = Nothing Player = New Audio(Song, False) Player.Play() '....... Player.StopWhenReady() '....... Player = Nothing If I try to do anything to the file afterwards, I get an exception saying the file is being used by ...more >>

hi, how to save an imge in Database, can any body help me for this... thanx ...more >>

hi, I am facing problem while adding picture in database and retrieving it again on a form. can any body help me in this regard, I need code that would be able to solve my problem... thanx. ...more >>

I have tried using both the Windows Media Player control as well as the mciSendString method for playing an MP3 within my Visual Basic 2003 app. The problem is that when the MP3 is looping there is always a small bit of silence between when the sound ends and begins again. I have verified that t...more >>

In the code below, I get a runtime error where indicated. The error is: "Column 'TICKETNO' does not belong to table TICKET_DEDUCTIONS." If I put a breakpoint on that line (so not yet executed) and type ?dedrow(c), It says basically the same thing: Run-time exception thrown : System.Argum...more >>

Is there a way to programatically cause a SQL Server 2005 instance failover to its mirror after connection is completed using vb.net 2005? Thanks ...more >>

I have a very interesting request. A customer receives orders via email. The email contains the shipping address, shipping method, email address and phone number. This information is not all together, nor is it in the same format in each email as the emails come from different order houses. T...more >>

I tried to use a datasource with a combobox and it didn't work completely so I build a small test that was much more straight forward then the app. The test was to see if the combobox dropdown list displayed the correct data. However, although the designer shows the combobox the combobox ...more >>

How do I do this in VB.NET? --------------------------------------------------- SomeSubOrFuncCall("param 1", "param 2", "param 3") --------------------------------------------------- Right now, this is a syntax error. I thought by adding backslashes at the ends of the lines it would ...more >>

Hello, We have an old VB6 project that has Designer Reports (.dsr) in the project. We attempted to convert the project to VB.NET using Visual Sudio .Net 2003 upgrade wizard. The forms converted ok, but the .dsr report files did not convert. The conversion wizard response is generic in stati...more >>

I have an application written in VS2002 and is using word. I have now upgraded to VS2005 and VS is recommending to download upgraded PIAs. If I install the upgraded PIA can I strll run the application and use Word2000/2003/XP? Tosch ...more >>

Guys, I installed VS 2005 SP1 and now my Web Application Project template is gone. I had the template before because I had installed the patch and the add-in for it. I uninstalled the template as per SP1 installer's request but after SP1 was done my WAP template is nowhere to be found. Ha...more >>

I want to be able to create a structure like I did in VB6, that have variables Name As String * 10 Age As String * 3 for the size of the strings. Can I do this some way in VB.net? I'm playing with <StructLayoutArribute()> and <MarshalAs()> attributes, but I'm not really wanting to exp...more >>

Hi, All, I use ADO connection to connect DB, when build/run, it generates interop.ADODB.dll and appName.exe, I want to use only .exe to deployment this window app, so how to put the .dll file and .exe to generate only one ..exe file, which include .dll? The reason I ask is if deploying on...more >>

I am trying to setup a usercontrol as a base class, so that I can derive my usercontrols from it. the base is pretty simple: Imports System.Xml Public Class usrBase Inherits System.Windows.Forms.UserControl Public Overridable Sub MethodA() End Sub End Class 'derived clas...more >>

I am trying to match users from one database with users in AD to get an e-mail address. The program works but right before it exits I get the following message. DisconnectedContext was detected Message: Context 0x1a04b0' is disconnected. Releasing the interfaces from the current context (co...more >>

Hi I'm new in VB.NET. I wrote an application which opens a text file and read it all lines untill the EOF this file is open for read only and for sharing asllowed. every 5 seconds another applications write another line to this file at the end and I'm trying to read those new lines from my ...more >>

Waht is the equivalent of Window.showModalDialog in vb.net? Please tell me.... ...more >>

VS2005 ( vb.net ) & Sql 2005 my minds drawn a blank .. how can i read the data in field 1 ? Dim SelectCommand As String = "SELECT * FROM [ClientAdmin] ORDER BY [Licence]" Dim Sql_DataAdapter As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter(SelectCommand, SQL_Conn) Sql_Dat...more >>

I recently upgraded my application from VB6, and was using the Winsock control. In VB2005 I am using the TcpListener Class and have managed to get it working, except for one thing: Is there a way for the server to detect when a client disconnects (i.e. closes the program abruptly)? In VB6 t...more >>

I have a sub which recevies an array of filenames for .wav files that I need to play in sequence. I am wanting to join them into one file which I could then play, but I cannot find any examples of this. Can anyone offer any ideas/solutions ? Thanks, Chris. ...more >>

hi all, i am new to .net and my problem is that i want to write some text say "hello world" inside the word document using .net the data is supposed to come from the text box. any help is a big plus thanks, prashant malik ...more >>

Hi guys, i want to mark some of my methods and properties as DEPRICATED. is it possible to do that? and if possible, then how would i do that? i would appricate any help. Lucky ...more >>

Hi, Hope you can help - I can't see the wood for the trees any more. I currently have a local MS Access file. I'd like to do this in VB.NET: connect to file (select * from table) for each row in table if TEST(row) then remove row else increment a field end if end for...more >>

Hello Actually I want to add some C#-Code to a VB.NET-Project in VS 2005. Normally I creating a DLL and importing that from the VB-Project. But as I am coding something for a Smart Device (PocketPC), I dont want to distribute multiple files, I'd like to distribute a single EXE file. I've...more >>

Hi all, I want to maintain few variables available for all the classes within the system. For example the session key and the logged in user'd ID. How can I do this? I can have a class with all these as properties. But how can I make a instance of that classes available everywhere? Than...more >>

I want to maintain a list of value/pairs in my Windows application. Where is the best way to store this? Do I want to use Application Settings and have a row for each value pair? There will be approx 10 of them... like a server name/server IP. I want to be able to bring up those values i...more >>

Hi Hope this is the correct newsgroup for this questions. I'm developing a small database solution, where the db is a sql database, and the application is a vb.net frontend to the database. Currently I use SQL server Express as dbms. What is the best way to store this in sourcesafe? Shoul...more >>

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