One of by biggest hassels in the past jumping from C++ to VB and back was the forgetting or adding a semicolon at the end of a statement. (the other was bracketing method calls in VB, but that is now fixed). Why didnt Microsoft allow for the optional use of semicolons in VB, so the code would...more >>

Hi all. I'm trying to install a .NET component into COM+ using Regsvcs. I get the following error when attempting to do so: The following installation error occurred: 1: Could not install type library XXX.tlb' into application YYY'. XXX.tlb: The object is already registered XXX: The ...more >>

I need to know whether .Net provides methods/classes for displaying shared folders of a device. One way to solve this problem is to import Win32 dlls ,but is there a direct way provided by .Net by which all the user level shared folders can be displayed ? ...more >>

Hi, Can i write .Net application running on Win95? Maxixi ...more >>

I need to know whether .Net provides methods/classes for displaying shared folders of a device. One way to solve this problem is to import Win32 dlls ,but is there a direct way provided by .Net by which all the user level shared folders can be displayed ? ...more >>

We are developing an application using ASP.NET technology. Our users/customers make use of Macintosh PCs. In theory, since ASP.NET delivers "plain HTML" to the client, we wonder if there are any problems that others have found that would prevent an ASP.NET application from being successfully ope...more >>

Hi. I have seen ado.net samples using two different connection strings for sql server: "data source=local;initial catalog=northwind;integrated security=sspi" or "server=(localhost);database=northwind;trusted_connection=true" I can see that they do the same things, but what are the re...more >>

I have a webservice that I want to call from a web app asynchronously, but not wait around for a result. Basically I want to fire it off and then forget about it. I have figured out the asynchronous call all right, but when the client browser window is closed it sends an HTTP abort and kills t...more >>

Hi, Here are a project tasks I have and would like to share it with you to see which approach would be the best for developing this project - cost and time saving. I need to develop an application that does the following: The application is suppose to create a customized printing. Based on ...more >>

*sigh* Can't Microsoft get anything right? Just installed FP 2000 for some troubleshooting that I need to do and now whenver I start the VS 2K3 IDE I have to wait 20 minutes while is has to "configure MSDN Libarary - April 2003"... Why does this keep happening and how do I stop it? ...more >>

Debugging 'C' Projects in .net seem unacceptably slow, inserting a breakpoint is OK, removing it breakpoints takes an age, even before starting the debugger. Any easy solutions to this problem, ?? Rob...more >>

Hello all. I have a few different applications that store passwords for various items in the web.config file in plain text. (i.e. SMTP Credentials, DB connection strings) .. I know this is a pretty serious security risk, however I'm having a hard time find a better way to allow easy modifi...more >>

Hi I use .net 2002 framework 1.0 I have a huge .net solution consisting of many projects. Depending on the case, each time I change different project(s) It is extremely time consuming to build all projects every time I want to debug. Isn't there a switch somewhere to tell .net to build only wh...more >>

I am to start working on a new application to scan multiple document using ASP.NET/VB.NET If anyone can give me any lead/tips/suggession as to how to do this it will be of great help and i will take it from there. ...more >>

Apart from using .NET Setup Project, which is the right product to develop an "Install shield" for the .NET application? We have tried using "Install Shield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6", which has limitation (possibly could be because of an evaluation copy or product limitation) for defin...more >>

Hi There is a column named IsInUsing which data type is bit in my database(MS SQL Server 2000). I want to show this column in a datagrid by setting SqlDataAdapter in GUI design. But the result of this column shown is true or false, it should shown the string Yes or No in my idea. Thanks! ...more >>

Apart from using .NET Setup Project, which is the right product to develop an "Install shield" for the .NET application? We have tried using "Install Shield for Microsoft Visual C++ 6", which has limitation (possibly could be because of an evaluation copy or product limitation) for defin...more >>

We currently have many Classic ASP projects that are stored in VSS 6.0c and are maintained with VID 6.0. We have purchased VS.NET 2003 and know we need to upgrade to VSS 6.0d if we want to integrate VS.NET with VSS. We *eventually* want to convert the ClassicASP code to ASP.NET, but need to r...more >>

I'm tyring to use MS Access with .NET, but I'm having some problems. Here's the code: string sSQL = "SELECT Statement_Id,Statement_In_Brief FROM Statements"; OleDbDataAdapter thisAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(sSQL,oleDbConnection1); DataSet thisDataset = new DataSet(); thisAdapter...more >>

I'm attempting to use MS Access with .NET but am not having much luck, so I've decided maybe I should just use the SQL Server Desktop Engine. Is there any way to import my tables from Access into the Desktop Engine? ...more >>

Can I create a console en VB.NET and execute multithreading calls to a COM+ componente developed in VB 6? ------------------------------------------------------- Saludos, A.U.S. Lisandro A. Palermo ...more >>

I have standalone VB.NET, that is, not the whole VS.NET environment, just VB.NET. So I can develop VB.NET objects but not ASP.NET (aspx) pages. Therefore I want to write a Business layer in VB.NET and call it's objects, methods, etc. from ASP pages. Is this possible? An example of embedded...more >>

I've been using Visual Studio .NET for several weeks now. I've finished some example solutions as well as started others. Now when I open the environment, very few of them will load properly. Usually, I get no listing of files in the properties window to the right or anything like that. Doe...more >>

Hello again Attribute Gurus... Can someone throw an idea, on what to tweak, or flush out, some kind of code. if one has to write a custom attribute like ObseleteAttribute, with the aim to inject the code in various methods at compile time, the example of code that needs to be injected is like ...more >>

A classic case of writing to a log file each time a particular method is called for rudimentary performance statistics. Ordinarily the code below satisfy the requirements: //Considering EventLogManager to be singleton class defined in system. public class Foo { public void bar() ...more >>

hi, where can you set the "startup" directory for the config files? (like in the ini days). In those days, the project directory would be the startup and search path for the ini files. now however, i found that the myapp.exe.config does not get picked from the folder where myapp.csproj is. It...more >>

Hi, I have Visual Studio installed on Windows 2000 Professional. I wonder if I can install .Net on the same PC and have both working. Thanks! Julie ...more >>

Hello, am trying to open a word document from a vb.net web application, and the MS word interface never shows up. However when i view the task manager i find the ASPNET user running the winword.exe. Have any idea why? ...more >>

Hello, am trying to open a word document from a vb.net web application, and the MS word interface never shows up. However when i view the task manager i find the ASPNET user running the winword.exe. Have any idea why? ...more >>

I need to open a login window. So I designed another .aspx window and am trying to get it to come up but I don't know the command(s) todo so. Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi All, I am absolutely baffled as to why I can't add an internet shortcut as a file to a setup project, to be placed on the desktop! Not even in a Favourites folder! I really would like to know how to, anyone know? Thanks in advance (also posted in vsnet.general & framework) Jodie Raps...more >>

Hi guys we are evaluating different reporting tools/engines and would appreciate any help/suggestion. What we need in first line is a tool with an high level report designer (WYSWYG). We would like to avoid a raster engines, which would make the design of a report a heavy programming job. ...more >>

Hi, I am looking for any information on logging application block ... An Exemple or Information. I already took the file of Microsoft with the basic class, but I would like a sample to test and see. Thank you . Mathieu ...more >>

Hi all, We are adopting .NET and specifically c# I want to ensure future development gets off on the right foot by adhering to good object oriented principles. It would help if you could assist with one issue thats on my mind. ==== Simplified example: If we have a concept of custom...more >>

When I do a regasm /regfile on a dll it creates a reg file. Fine. I am also able to successfully import it into the registry. No problem. The problem happens at runtime. The COM component cannot be created, CreateObject returns an error. Based on some newsgroup article, I found that replacing ...more >>

My question is simple, why should I, as a freelance developer, spend good time producing client/server software and libraries in .net when any stupid monkey can extract all of my source using Salamander? And what's more, for those that don't get Salamander, what is the point of using obfuscation ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to develop Dynamic reports (Add Hoc Reports) in Windows application using VB.Net and .Net crystal Reports ( ver. 9). The user will choose the fields he/she wants to view in the report and choose the group or sorting field, and depending on that I will view the right fields in t...more >>

I'm writing an ASP.NET application and all of a sudden my watches don't work. The "+" sign appears next to them but you cannot drill into them. (The "+" dissappears when you click it and the item does not expand). Is it possible that a change to web.config would cause this? Or is this a kno...more >>

Hello all, This is an extremely frustrating issue. I have a datagrid that is populated with three different custom datagridtextboxcolumns that I inherited they all work perfectly, while the code exist! The problem is that every now and then, when I switch between the design view and the cod...more >>

We are using Basic Authentication for our site. However, I could not find any suitable Logout process except to close the window (the solutions suggested on this site that point to old VB6 code which requires creating an ActiveX object does not work correctly and I don't want to create an Active...more >>

Hi, I am going to takeup a project on VB.NET. My client is asking to develop on VB6 and he asked about my recommondation for .NET. I need to provide a technical writeup on the advantages of .NET compared with VB6. I need to include the features and advantages in using .NET instead of VB6. ...more >>

Hi, I have a problem driving me nuts! Visual Studio has a doc that explains how to create a shaped window. I followed the doc exactly yet the purple color that I choose as my transparent color, which IS also on the bitmap I used as the background of my form will not show as transparent. The purp...more >>

Hi, when I edit and save a new icon in the VS .Net development environment strange things happen. The icon shows up allright in the IDE itself and in the images and fax viewer, but the default VS icon appears in both Resource Explorer and my own applications. Any suggestion? Thanks! ...more >>

[Vb.net question] how to apply online update function into program (the effect just like Norton system work live update) The situation is below: I want to develop a program that contains some product information (in the database) for customer choosing. My partner suggest that the prog...more >>

Hello, I have an enumeration for example enum Speed { slow, fast, faster } Is there a way to bind this to a listbox ? so that the listbox displays the items "slow" "fast" "faster" and holds the correct values for this enumeration Thnx...more >>

Hi there, I built a .NET windows service application, which uses SystemWeb.Mail.SmtpMail class. On my development machine (XP OS) it runs well. When I install the application on other machine (Windows 2000 OS + .NET Framework 1.1), it rises an exception: "Could not access 'CDO.Message' objec...more >>

Can anyone please tell me why I get a javascript error (expected ';') when I simply add an <asp:LinkButton> to a User Control and the reference that user control in a webpage ? The <asp:LinkButton> is within a form which is set to runat="server" I am referencing my control as follows :- <...more >>

I am constantly struggling with the problem of what 'type' of application to develop. WinForm or WebForm? The customer says I need a central database for all sites but the sites are geographically disperse limited to DSL Internet access (VPN solution not an option due to huge support burden). ...more >>

Hello all, i am trying to find some code or script for blocking ip's from entering my website. is this possible ? i am a newbie in asp.net so please keep the answers simple :) Thanks Martien ********************************************************************** Sent via Fuzzy ...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a Win form application which is being developed in VB.Net. I have created few User Controls quite some time back and implemented them successfully. Now the problem is, I'm not able to use UserControls using my VS.NET IDE. When I tried to drag and place the user controls on W...more >>