I'm considering writing a custom TextBox that works similar to the 3rd party controls. Let's say I want to display "##/##/####" by default and when the user enters "04" I want to jump the cursor over the "/" and land it on the next "#". And vice versa if backspace is pressed. Hope that's clea...more >>

I have a form that has a tabcontrol and some textboxes. when the user navigates thru the form textboxes and saves the record. I would like to set the focus to the first textbox on the tab. i tried to use textbox.focus any ideas thanks ...more >>

Hi, lets say that i have the tab control with 3 pages and i would like that each page will have the web browser control. should i add web browser on each of the tabs or one webbrowser for all of the tabs ? what is the best way from the performance point of view ? Best Regards , Tira...more >>

I'm a Baby to vb.net and i want to use my own customized textbox to use in all my forms. ie.. a text box with font "verdena" and backcolor=red" How can i buid a common one for my project and use it for all the forms ? ...more >>

Hi all :-) I'm back to trying to format my ASP. Net datagrids...I can format the = totals row easily enough by doing a count -1 in the VB code behind. = What I need to do is for each row, I need to set the alignment of each = cell to either left or right. In my for loop I have code to add th...more >>

Does Microsoft make some of their "standard" button graphics available - like the ones used in Office, for example? I looked but couldn't find them anywhere. ...more >>

Hi All, Has anyone come across a floating toolbar for .NET that does not come from a third party vendor? I have searched the net, but have come across nothing useable! Regards, Simon McCabe. ...more >>

Hi, It seems that I miss a lot of ActiveX components such as mscomm32.ocx. I saw there was some plain code code written to do serial IO in Visual Basic .NET on the Microsoft website. I've seen this kind of code in C on their site but then with a year 1995. I'm I crazy? New language, new fra...more >>

There are references to using the wndproc form sub to trap and swallow the mousewheeel events - but they don't get there when a combobox (or many other controls) has the focus.. Yet the MSDN does suggest this is a way to stop the mousewheel scrolling a combobox anyone know the REAL answer??? ...more >>

I wrote a simple VB program that runs. When I click on the close button in the upper right hand corner of the main windows, the program closes. Or at least it appears to. The form closes on the the screen. If I look in the Task List manager, I can still see my app TTEST.EXE running. If I start...more >>

I have tried the Component One zip functionality, but it does not seem to extract files from either Winzip of XP's compressed folders. Has anyone used an unzip control that will extract these formats? TIA Andrew. ...more >>

I have a TreeView that I wish to build dynamic context menus for. So I have a function which examines the SelectedNode and builds the appropriate menus in the AfterSelect event of the TreeView. I direct the Click event of each MenuItem to one of two routines using the AddHandler mi.Click, Addre...more >>

Hi, What is the best way to detect when a new entry has been added to a datagrid, or an existing entry has been changed before the database is updated? I need to set the value of a stored procedure parameter before the insert/update is called.... have tried using the grids currentcellchanged ...more >>

Is there anyway i can download/check EMail and/or Emails with attachments Using VB.Net The application i am working on need to download attachments and update database ...more >>

I just downloaded the VB Power Pack from GotDotNet.com. I am testing the controls in a brand new project but am not able to run the project after I insert one of the new controls. This is the message that I get: An Unhandled exception of type 'System.TypeLoadException' occurred in VBPowerPack.ex...more >>

There probably isn't a way to fix this, but I figured I would post any way. I have a tabcontrol in my application. I can click the actual tabs during design time without any problems, but the < and > buttons stop responding preventing me from going to tabs that aren't showing. Due to the size, ...more >>

Hi All I would like to write a customized datagrid with a function like Outlook's Group By Column. (eg. http://www.componentsource.com/AssetLib/original/512926.gif) I am thinking to create a temp dataset and re-establish the parent-child relationship and then change the datasource of the ...more >>

How to show a CheckBox in a DataGrid when using SQL Server? I use SQL server and for boolean values I use a tinyint with possible values of 0 and 1. 0 being False, and 1 being True. If the value is 1 then I want a checked checkbox to show up in the DataGrid. Likewise if the value is 0 then ...more >>

Hello there I have 2 radio buttons on the same control. I need to make a check (using a message box with yesno buttons) before the checked state is reversed. I tried a checkchanged event and an if statement with the input of the msgbox to see if the user has chosen yes so it will do nothing or ...more >>

I'm an Access programmer in the process of converting an Access application to VB.Net. In Access you can set border widths and colours on virtually all controls, but this doesn't seem to be the case in .Net. All you've got (it seems) is thin black borders. This is a pretty major restriction on...more >>

I've only recently installed the latest version of .Net, and I thought it was supposed to give us a flat style combo box. Have they not provided one, or have I got an install problem? Thanks, Vilem ...more >>

Are there any tutorials or links to help me with formatting my datagrid in the code-behind using VB.Net for a datagrid in a WEB form? I see them for Windows forms, but I need to know how to do this using a Web (.aspx) format. Any help is greatly appreciated. TIA, Coleen ...more >>

I am new to VB.net and have a simple question. I have a program with one main form(Form1.vb) and another module (Main.vb) with a bunch of subroutines and functions. If I want to update the text in a Textbox (i.e. ResponseTextBox) how do a do this from outside the Form1.vb window (i.e. from Main...more >>

Hi, as a VB dummy, I would like to create a wrapper for an ActiveX control that behaves exactly like the control that I am wrapping. You might ask if that makes any sense at all. Well, it does: I would actually like to use my original control in Matlab, but Matlab seems not to support the I...more >>

Hi, i have some questions about non-rectangular forms 1) i build a form as a non-rectangular by setting the form background to some bmp file and the transparenceyKey to the color which i want to make transparent and every thing ok BUT when i m replacing the bmp file i can see the n...more >>

I had create a treeview and dock to left hand side, How can I make it like the properties windows ? there is a "hide" and "dock"option for the user ??? thanks a lot From Agnes ...more >>

Hi, When I try to adjust a form's height, I get different results depending on whether running a Windows XP or Windows Classic theme. It looks like this is because of a different TitleBar/CaptionBar height applied for the two Windows themes. Can I find out the TitleBar/CaptionBar height so ...more >>

I am using the following code on my form to capture whether the tab control has been pressed. Protected Overrides Function ProcessCmdKey(ByRef msg As System.Windows.Forms.Message, ByVal keyData As System.Windows.Forms.Keys) As Boolean Select Case keyData Case Keys.Tab ...more >>

I have a problem while using a datagrid that I just cant solve. First, the client wants the entire row to highlight when the row is selected. However when FullRowSelect is true, the entire row selects and it is not visible which cell is selected. Additionally when this happens, the values ...more >>

It seems that it has gotten harder to do this: I want to make a list where there is a break each time a certain value changes with that value as a subheader, in this case, I am listing names and addresses and separating by county: County 1 John Doe, address, city, state, zip Mary Jon...more >>

My query: select distinct c.lastname, c.firstname, c.state, c.phone, cp.regionname, cp.countyname from primarylist pl inner join contact c on c.contactid = pl.contactid inner join corp cp on cp.id = pl.id where(primaryperson = 1 And ...more >>

Is there any way to suppress the DataGrid from displaying (null) for each empty cell? I'd rather it just be blank. Thanks for any input, Justin ...more >>

I am trying to recreate the drive/folder explorer control that you normaly see on the left of your windows explorer. I want it to appear on the left of the windows form that I am creating so that users can drag and drop a folder off any drive, mapped drive or network drive onto another part of t...more >>

I refuse to believe that it doesn't exist in VB.NET, but I sure can't seem to find it. Just to clarify, I'm looking for the control that sits in my Toolbox that can be used to create a browser window within an application. Thanks in advance. - J. Garrido ...more >>

How make custom messagebox in vb.net (Croatian)? ...more >>

Trying to find documentation for how to load usercontrols at runtime in vb.net. We can drag and drop multiple instances at design time, but can't seem how to load them at run time. Any help? Thanks. ...more >>

I'm experimenting with .Net programming and is wondering what free (or low-cost) UI controls are available for non-commercial use. As I'm just playing around with code and concepts at the moment, I'm not really ready to go out and start purchasing commercial libraries at hundreds of dollars ea...more >>

Drop a panel onto a form, name it pnlParameter. Into the panel drop two label controls. Then put the following code into the form's load event. Launch the form. The second label control added will dispose without a problem, but the first label control is Nothing and will generate the message ...more >>

Please, Developer Express XtraEditors Library Version 2.1.2 ??? ...more >>

Microsoft provides calendar control for month view in .NET. I want to make week view and day view on based of that. So how can I make that in ..NET . If any one have an idea or if some one have the source code for that. Please pass it on......more >>

I am attempting to loop through all the nodes in a tree view and highlight them as the loop is active. All nodes would include to children nodes of parent nodes and so on. I have a function in my application that builds a tree view. It populates the tree view with parent nodes. The parent n...more >>

Hi all I have a ListBox and I need to find the index of a particular item. I = know you can find a particular item using: myList.FindString("String To = Search For"), but the item I'm searching for is in the ValueMember = property of the ListBox. I am binding to a DataTable and setting the ...more >>

Hey there ppl, I am using a 4 form based application in pocket Pc and i am having trouble hiding my forms.let me tell you like this... Form1 is my main form.... after selecting what to do it launches form2.The problem is when i click to close the form my form Form1 is shown again . I tried to...more >>

What happened to HitTest in the listview? How can I determine if a RightClick occured over a listviewitem o some place else to evaluate if a popup should show? Thanks ...more >>

Anyone know if microsoft provides a control in .NET to mimic the IP Edit box that appears in the properties of the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) under your Local Area Connection properties? I'd rather not have to build my own if I don't need to. :o) Thanks, -Jason ...more >>

I am stumped, again. How do you programmatically select multiple items in a multislect listbox? I.E., I have a list of fruits, vegetables and wines. I want to check a box labeled wines and have all the listbox items that are wines selected. TIA, Marc Miller ...more >>

I want to make week view control just at month view control available in .NET..Can anybody help me how to make it..or do anybody has the source code..please tell me..I want to learn it.....more >>

I am getting this error when I am trying to create a listbox of 7 textbox values on my page..In below code ( dateone to dateseven are label controls )..I want to collect the values of these label controls when the page executes..but I am getting above error... Dim weekdayslist As ListBox ...more >>

My application has a user interface with pictureBox shown many rectangles. I want a window to pop up when user clicks certain rectangles (not everyone) to show detailed information. What is the best way to do this? Thanks very much in advance....more >>