Hi ! In VB6 I managed how to load multiple instances of the same form. (I built an agenda which I need to load multiple times) Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to get it working on VB.NET. Is there someone which could help ? Thanks Jo ...more >>

I have a copy of Visual Studio Architect 2002 but really only use the VB.Net software that came with it. However, I would like to upgrade VB.Net to the 2003 version. I do not use most of the features of the Architect software and shudder to think of the upgrade price for Visual Studio .Net Arc...more >>

Commonly my VB6 usercontrols use Ambient.DisplayName to find their instance names on the parent form for default labelling etc. Can anyone tell me the VB.Net equivalent? Thanks in advance. Alan Davis ...more >>

Hi, can anyone mail me simple program how to trap a key event in vb.net ( = When other application are in focus).=20 Mean Some thing like TSR ( rem in DOS).=20 So the Key event come to my application first, then it should goes to = other application. So I can make a Keylogger software. Warm...more >>

I'm having some problems upgrading a project from VB6 Professional to VB.NET 2003 Professional. When I start the upgrade wizard it starts to convert the code, but then stops with what appears to be a dialog generated by a component that we use 'CCRPUpDown' with the error: Run-time error...more >>

I cannot afford VS Professional..so am looking at VB NET Standard. I know that I can't create "class libraries" - 1)do they mean I can't add classes to my projects? ASP Net or VB? or even a module? 2)Does this mean you can't compile a code behind dll in an ASP Net application? 3) Can I s...more >>

OK, I am trying to create a new Web project, I have already created 2 projects WebApplication1 and WebApplication2. VB.NET refuses to allow me to create another new Web Project. Is this yet another of the undocumented limitations of VB.Net Standard edtion? ...more >>

Hi, I am using printdocument, printpreview controls for printing a report in VB.NET. I am getting the required report and able to view multiple pages in print preview control. But, When I print the report.. though It has many pages, It is always printing last one page only. Pls help t...more >>

Hi! this m=Array("1","2","3","4") in VB.NET ????? in VB6 =Array in VB.NET?? Thank Victor...more >>

A question about size unit! Hi, all, I want to draw a ruler on my form, and I want to display it in mm unit, my code as following, but it doesn't work well, can anyone point my fault or give me some advice.thx! ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------...more >>

My Problem is something like this. Create a sample windows application, having 2 textboxes & a command button Set the forms controlbox property to True Write validation event for the 2 textboxes Private Sub TextBox1_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.Cance...more >>

I need to use the CommonDialog (comdlg32.ocx) component within Word/Excel 97, but after migrating to Visual Basic .NET the program denies me access to this tool, saying it doesn't detect Visual Basic 6. How can I re- license this under .NET? Thanks, -Tom...more >>

I am in the process of upgrading from VB6 as a development tool to VB ..NET. When I upgraded my first project with the upgrade wizard, every event procedure for a ComboBox Click event had an upgrade warning that pointed to the help text topic "Event may fire when form is initialized". The help t...more >>

Hello All, Is there any equivelent to VB 6.0 button control MaskColor property in .NET button?? Thanks in advance Maher K. Al-Jendasi maher@fr.fm...more >>

Hello everybody, I know that not very much people thinks that the upgrade of the vb6 application is the way to go. But I have a big business application, with many customers, continuously developing new functionality, and I can't afford to stop the development with vb6, and begin again, with...more >>

Hi, all, Is there a way to make the viewtree can editted, that's to say, when right click the tree node, can display a menu to reset the node content, moreover, Is there any way to add a icon for each node? thanks in advance! mynfred...more >>

My current VB6 App uses the following (broad) outline to write data to a disk datafile ==================================== 'User Defined Type Type UTDCustomer Name as String * 30 Address1 as String * 30 . . ZIPCODE as String * 20 End Type 'Create it DIM CUSTOME...more >>

Could anyone convert the following vb 6.0 codes into vb.net version? '************************************************************************ '** Button to print a sales receipt - spool print data to receipt printer '************************************************************************ P...more >>

Used VB.NET (on my client PC) to convert VB6 executable to .NET executable. Placed the .exe file on a network drive on my server. From client, ran .NET Wizards "Trust an Assembly" to make the .exe (on the network drive, on the server) "Full Trust." From the client, double-click on the ..exe ...more >>

Hi, Is there a method to forbidden displaying the listbox of the comboBox? In other words, when click the comboBox, don't display the drapDown list! Any advice is appreciated! Thanks in advance. leslie...more >>

Hi, Is there a method to forbidden displaying the listbox of the comboBox? In other words, when click the comboBox, don't display the drapDown list! Any advice is appreciated! Thanks in advance. leslie...more >>

I want to migrate a Application from ASP and VB6 to .NET The main Part of the appication resides in a large DLL written in VB accessing Request, Response and Session Object of the ASP-Page. It returns also a string back to the calling ASP-Page. In a first step, I want to call the VB6.DLL...more >>

I recently ran into the need to convert a number to a string. Which is the best method to use CStr(number) or CType(number,string)? Which is the prefered vb.net way?...more >>

I am an advanced VB6 programmer and my main client is the gov't; which has required us to stick with VB6. I have a new project that will be rather large for a commercial client and I'm just 3 weeks into it and am considering starting over w/.net 2004. Is the learning curve going to delay...more >>

All VB6 projects are basically not upgradable to VB.net 2003. Even very simple projects cannot be upgraded, because of mess introduced by upgrade wizzard. Majority (but not all) of String (or Integer) variables declarations are changed to Object etc. Practically whole project (even very si...more >>

How do you maintain VB6 like Binary Compatibility in .net? ...more >>

All the reporting I've heard from the PDC seems to suggest longtime VB developers got ignored again - no mention was made in the keynotes about the upgrade wizard as we might see it in Whidbey. And yet, much was made of the C++ migration (a compiler switch) and even Java. In the meantime, no g...more >>

Hello all ~~~~~~~~~ I found a sample that works on "Visual Studio .NET beta" that include the class WebRequestFactory. This class is omitted in the final version of Visual Studio .NET. Two questions: 1. What is the equivalent of this class in the release version? 2. Is there an upd...more >>

Hi there fellows I always program my own database engine. I had hoped that the FilePut, FilePutObject and its relatives FileGet and FileGetObject would be able to address more than 2GB. I'm thinking of 16GB files which I can address on a byte and strings array level. I do NOT want to us...more >>

Hi, I need to save a graphics context in Bitmap How i do it? Thank Danilo ...more >>

Hi. I'm trying to convert Brady Hegberg's great RTF2HTML[1] VB 6.0 module to C#. I've managed to convert the VB code to VB.NET, which gave me the following code: Option Strict On Option Explicit On Option Compare Binary Public Class RtfToHtml 'Version 3.03 'Copyright Brady Hegberg...more >>

IN the help file for VB.net under the heading "Structure Variables" it states: You can also assign one variable to another if both are of the same structure type. This copies all the elements of one structure to the corresponding elements in the other, as in the following example: YourSy...more >>

I wrote a quickie example in VB 6 showing how to launch Word via the shell and via automation. I then tried upgrading to VB .NET 2003 using Office 2003. Also used VB .NET 2002 with Office XP. Result was an unhandled exception of type System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException. Furthe...more >>

Hi, I need draw a image in memory with the method Like drawrectange,drawstring, ecc.. next i want put this image in a form Graphics. thanks ...more >>

I bought the standard version in July or so and finaly got around to playing with it. The webpage says it will talk to SQL Server, but it won't. MS sems to have blocked that out. I bought it to learn how to use VB.net and most of my work envolves SQL server. Is there some registry value I could t...more >>

hi, I want to delete a label cotrol when I delele key. But I found that lable cann't accept keyDown message?How can I do to implement this function? thx! Best Regards, Mynfred...more >>

How do I go about using version 1.1 of the .NET Framework with Visual Studio 2002? I have all of the .NET Framework 1.1 installed on my machine, including the SDK, but the About... box in VS 2002 displays version 1.0 of the .NET Framework being used rather than 1.1. Any help is greatly apprec...more >>

I'm sure this has been asked before... I'm in the middle of a large application in VB6 and I'm beginning to get nervous, should I continue or switch to .NET? Any pearls out there? Thanks ...more >>

Hello, my name is Gustavo and I want to know: What one needs to be a good programmer of computers? Which your advice are to be a good programmer? How is the logic acquired? Is it true that people that are good in mathematics are made easier the programming of Computers, for the logic? Is it V...more >>