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all groups > vb.net upgrade > february 2004

Word Wrapping and AutoSize on a label
Posted by Steve Goodman at 2/29/2004 8:43:57 PM
In VB6 if you had a label control with the properties of Autosize and Wordwrap set to to TRUE, it would grow the label control, vertically, to hold all the text. However this functionality does not seem to be included in VB.Net, does anyone have any idea how to solve this as I have been pulling ...more >>

ASP.Net
Posted by Alex Chan at 2/24/2004 8:50:17 PM
Hi All, Is anyone tried the ASP.net Data bind control? Will you use it for implementation? Is it good? Please advise. Thanks ...more >>

ini file
Posted by Sphinx at 2/24/2004 5:42:51 PM
Hi I'm trying to make a project where I have to read from an ini file the keys and values of several sections. example: [Section 1] key1 = ala-lab key2 = ala-amf key3 = ala-ima [Section 2] key1 = ci-rep key2 = ci-rdl key3 = ci-rep .... Does anyone know how to do this? I really d...more >>

This newsgroup
Posted by Howard Kaikow at 2/21/2004 8:41:41 AM
I've seen no new postings here for a few daze. I access the group directly from the MSFT news server. -- http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site. ...more >>

PrintFrom substitute for VB.NET
Posted by msnews.microsoft.com at 2/19/2004 2:25:05 PM
Hi, I'm looking for a way to print a form from vb.net, instead of PrintForm (which, alas, is no longer supported). Any "generic" solutions out there? TIA, Eli ...more >>

VB60 to .net Kill Function fails
Posted by Mike Austin at 2/19/2004 9:56:05 AM
Hello everyone I just migrated a project to VB.NET from 6.0. Made many code changes as required and it works fine except in one place now I am trying to download a file from the FTP server and work with it. The first time it donwloads it works fine but the second time when it comes back the kill...more >>

Please help me with forms!
Posted by Jeff Motter at 2/15/2004 7:16:49 AM
I just got VS.NET. This is going to be a long road! I'm trying to reproduce one of my VB6 MDI apps. Adding new instances of MDI children was pretty easy. But I have a few forms, used as dialogs, that I only want 1 instance of. When the user is done changing values on the dialog, then click ...more >>

Error handling doesn't work when I ugrade to VB .NET 2003
Posted by Howard Kaikow at 2/14/2004 5:25:47 AM
In a VB newsgroup, I've described an apparent problem with VB 6. I've been able to replicate and demonstrate the problem. See the revised http://www.standards.com/temporary/OutOfStackSpace.html. I am now trying to determine whether the same behavior is seen with VB .NET. There are no up...more >>



QueryPerformanceFrequency and QueryPerformance counter, different in VB .NET than in V B6
Posted by Howard Kaikow at 2/12/2004 12:48:24 AM
MSFT KB article 172338 gives an example of how to use the Query* API to use a high resolution timer. Alas, such code fails when upgraded to VB.NET because VB .NET does not seem to like to pass the Currency data type of VB 6 to the API the same way as was done in VB 6. When imported, the Cur...more >>

referencing an activeX control
Posted by Graeme Neath at 2/5/2004 11:20:06 AM
I my VB6 application that I am converting to VB.NET I was passing a reference to an ActiveX control to another object in order to embed one in the other. I.e. Set Node.ActiveXObject = advFiltersGrid.object The VB.NET upgrader did it's best and changed this to: eventArgs.node.Activ...more >>

Public and Friend Properties
Posted by FilthyZombie at 2/5/2004 4:51:06 AM
In our VB6 application we have a lot (>300) of (large) classes where various properties are marked as Public Get and Friend Let/Set. This is so that the DLL can load the objects and set the properties but they become readonly to the outside world. The upgrade wizard converts these to a single pub...more >>

Font Name change at run time
Posted by vinay at 2/5/2004 1:01:08 AM
Hello, I have a text box control TB. I want to change its font at run time to "Courier". TB.Font = New Font(????) Can someone help me in the required syntax. Regards Vinay...more >>

error "does not have the same signature as delegate"
Posted by john at 2/4/2004 1:16:18 PM
Hello, I am trying to create a delegate for an upgrade but I am now getting this error: Method 'Public Function CamEventCallbackFunc(eventID As Integer, pData As Integer, DataSize As Integer, Context As Integer) As Integer' does not have the same signature as delegate 'Delegate Function...more >>

Help upgrading addressOf
Posted by john at 2/4/2004 7:49:59 AM
Hello, I am trying to convert from vb6 to vb.net and I have an issue with the addressOf function. Below is the code any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. code erroring here 'UPGRADE_WARNING: Add a delegate for AddressOf RelEventCallBackFunc Click for more: 'ms-hel...more >>

multiple developers
Posted by S at 2/3/2004 11:51:59 AM
We are just getting starting developing with .NET. We typically have a screen that calls one or more screens. 1) Do we need to set up all of these screens under one solution or can we have multiple solutions that tie together? 2) If one solution is needed with multiple projects how do ...more >>

is this a bug?
Posted by Ognian Obretenov at 2/2/2004 11:40:30 PM
I try to convert VB6 user control and I have problem if I have following: Option Explicit #Const DebugPrint = False Dim lcboWidth_Const As Long ....... a lot of lines code ...... the result is very short - only two lines: Option Explicit #Const DebugPrint = False I delete - #Con...more >>

VB.NET application run on web
Posted by stage NO[at]SPAM progitech.com at 2/2/2004 9:32:09 AM
Hi i need to run my VB.NET application on my browser. If you know hoy ia can this, please send me e-mail with explcations. If you can, I need clear explanation because I am newbie in VB.NET Thanks a lot...more >>


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