I tried to save my VB.net 7.0 file in my floppy. Then I reopened it in school computer. My school has VB.net 7.1. When I tried to load the file in the school computer, it mentioned that I needed to convert the file first before it loads. Once I converted it, it messed up my project. O...more >>

I purchased a copy of visual studio .net because I need to maintain some VB5 and VB6 projects (was told it is no longer possible to buy new licenses for VB6). I was told the .net could be degraded to develop in VB6, but have no idea how to do so. Anyone tried to do this?...more >>

This probably gets asked a lot but what are the best books a newbie to VBNET with little to no programming experience should be reading to get well acquainted with the language. Any thoughts on the following: Microsofts Step by Step, Sams VBNET, Microsofts Coding Techniques for VBNET. Thanks ...more >>

Is there any tools that convert From VB to C#.Net ? ...more >>

After installing VSNet for several reasons I had to restore the system to before the VSNet installation. I reinstalled VSNet no problem but now when I open up VSNet a message pops up saying "Help is updating to reflect your recent changes". Then a send dont send debug dialog appears and whatever ...more >>

I need to find out how to create a path to an input file that's relative to where the app is running. For example, here's what I have so far: strProfile = "C:\MyProfile.prx" Obviously this app will break quickly if the file isn't in the root, and I don't want to put the profile in th...more >>

This declare in VB 6 works great; Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory"(ByRef lpvDest As Any, ByRef lpvSource As Any, ByVal cbCopy As Integer) Unfortunately As Any seems to have been dropped from .Net meaning a good chunk of my API calls are no good. Ac...more >>

I am doing conversion VB6 project to VB.NET in VB6: CDATE(73991-36161) result 7/28/2003 in VB.NET CDATE(73991-36161) error: Value of type 'Integer' cannot converted to 'Date' What should I do in .Net to get same result? ...more >>

Hi all, I am Using VB.Net for developing my application. I am now needed help. In this project I have to execute some function, but I cannot call them directly using function name, I wanted to execute this function dynamically. So I have a function list in database written as a string. I am no...more >>

MS Customer this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three new vulnerabilities. Install now to help maintain the sec...more >>

MS Partner this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three new vulnerabilities. Install now to continue keeping ...more >>

Microsoft Customer this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three new vulnerabilities. Install now to help mainta...more >>

I have some structure which I have to pass to a unmanaged dll which expects the data to be in memory just as it has been in VB6. My problem is marchaling fixed length strings and arrays correctly. Can anybody help to get me on the right track? Thanks Bernhard Type DS_FLT_INFO N...more >>

I have a program i wrote in VB verison 4 or 5 and i want to upgrade it to .net, but i'm gettting a visual basic 6.0 migration tool is not install error. please help if u can. Thanks...more >>

MS User this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three new vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your computer fr...more >>

Does VB.Net support Windows XP new Themes or Visual Styles? I have written a small VB6 app that works fine on Win98, NT4 and W2k but looks vertically squashed under WinXP. Would recompiling it under VB.Net solve this issue? Thanks... Michael Daly 17th Sept 2003...more >>

I'm not sure whether this question classifies as VB, DOTNET or Visual Studio. Is it at all possible to create stand-alone applications in VB using the latest Visual Studio .NET 2003? It seems as if that's not possible any more but I'm more a VC developer and just recently tapped into VB. Th...more >>

For some time I have wanted to get passed the hurdle in=20 Java, that it is quite different from the coding in=20 visual basic that I am used to. - And great was my=20 surprice to find this tutorial of visual basic .net : http://www1.vbrelated.com/?OVRAW=3Dclasses%2Band%2BVisual% 2BBasic%2Btu...more >>

Hi, I have created a com object using VB6. I am having problem to return the recordset from the com object. e.g Dim obj As Object obj = Server.CreateObject("Security.Users") Dim rsLogin As Object rsLogin = obj.GetRecordbyloginName(txtUserName.Text) Is there anyone...more >>

Hi all, I am looking for List of some simple basic question, which will be based on Windows Application Development Exam 70-306: ( using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET) If any one having the list please mail me. Thanks in Advance Kishor ...more >>

Is this possible? I am getting errors. I have 2003 at home and 2002 at school. Didnt know this was going to be a problem????...more >>

I have written a generalised database access component which construct the connection string after decrypting its value using DPAPI methodology. But as i assign the enitre connection string to <sql connection object>.conectionstring property, i get an error always specifing - "Format of the i...more >>

I have vb.net2003 on my home computer but I need to work on my pojects on vb.net2002 at school. When I try to open my files I get an error. Is there a way to make my files work at school so I can get credit for my work? Thanks, Roger...more >>

Hello Everyone, I used to develop (and still am) both windows application and web applications (using webclasses) using VB6. I always used the Data Environment structure provided by VB6 to create my sql commands and add my stored procedures. Now I have just installed VS.net on my machine, w...more >>

I'm having major problems with a DataGrid on a Tab Control in dozens of forms. What worked fine in .NET 2002 is undeliverable in .NET 2003. I tried to convert to 2003 over the weekend and I have to make a fight or flight decision fast. General description: I can't control the focus on the...more >>

I have a Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition Updrade that I want to install on a machine running Windows Me. The "Getting Started Setup Guide for Visual Studio 6.0" give instructions for installing the product into a maching running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 95 or Windows 98, or Windows...more >>

Will VisualStudio.Net and VisualStudio6.0 coexist peacefully on the same machine? I have a lot of legacy applications developed with Visual Studio 6.0 for which I must provide continuing support. If I install .Net will I still be able to develop and run applications from VisualStudio6.0? ...more >>

OK, I upgraded to VS 2003 and found that the VB6 compatibility library is now gone... OK, MS said that could happen... But I have a 3rd party that deveoped a bunch of code for a database system that uses the VB6 library quite a bit for fixed length strings (it calls out to C DLL's and those n...more >>

I am hoping someone can point to an authoritative source (e.g. MS site doco) for VB6 removal from MS product line. I am finding most VB6 links in MS site disappearing, or changed to .NET, but not yet seen any previous announcement for VB6 withdrawl of support from MS. Since VB6 came ou...more >>

i'm using a list view as a substitute for an outlook style toolbar. The user clicks on an icon the same as a command button. How can I get to the click event for that item/icon? For example a listview that has an icon for files...the user clicks on that icon - how do i capture the click event for...more >>