Visual Studio Express Editions

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  • Taskbar Popup App
    by W1lk0
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    Last post by W1lk0
      • I have a little app that I wanna create but I'm not sure where to start. Basically, I'm sure you have all had a butchers at Windows Vista by now; I quite like the idea they had about previewing the open windows by just hovering over a minimized window shown in the desktop taskbar. I wanted to go a little further by having a little control panel type program pop up from the taskbar when I hover ov
  • date of birth unavailable
    by curiousEngine
    13 Replies
    Last post by pyeung
      • Sometimes memebers do not give their dob when filling their membership forms. In my program, when the dob field is left blank, a "Data type mismatch" error occurs. Then i tried the following to allow for blank dob: If txtDOB.Text.Length = 0 Then mem.dob = "" Else mem.dob = txtDOB.Text End If but in vain. any help plz.......
  • Animate taskbar Icon?
    by C#Newbie01
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    Last post by C#Newbie01
      • I would like to, on the click of a button animate the taskbar icon. I have been reading up on doing this, and found some very interesting articles. Unfortunately I can't get any of the code samples to work at all and I don't know what's wrong. If anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them, as I would like to play around with this if possible. I have the timer tick event set to 1000. Here is t
  • Can I dock a program to a corner of the screen?
    by C#Newbie01
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    Last post by C#Newbie01
      • I would like to have at startup the application start in the lower right hand corner of the screen, and maybe dock to it I'm curious if this is possible. In the settings for where the application starts up, I have some settings, but none of them have the application start anywhere near there. Do I need to use some sort of custom control I tried to do a search on the net, but found absolutely not
  • resize image
    by johnb01
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    Last post by johnb01
      • Hi there :) A friend of my wanted me to make him a small picture resizer for some time now. I've got most of it working however when the image is resized it still keeps saving it at its default pixel size. Here is the code below: Private Sub btnResize_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnResize.Click With picImage .Width = Val(txtWidth.Text)
  • Creating Reports with Express
    by Stephen Burke
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    Last post by Stephen Burke
      • Does anyone know what would be the easiest way to create a report in VB Express, using the form tools provided For example, is there anyway to make a regular form look and act like a report I've tried a variety of methods, but I can't get anything to work, and need reports for my project. Any help would be appreciated.
  • Exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException'
    by SteveCollins
    5 Replies
    Last post by SteveCollins
      • I've recently installed Visual Basic 2005 Express on my computer and I'm trying to convert one of my VB6 programs. I've resolved all the errors and warnings from the Build process but when I try to run the program I get the following error in the ProgName_frm.Designer.vb window at Line 1: A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in ProgName.exe Can anyone sugg
  • What platform?
    by John the Novice
    12 Replies
    Last post by John the Novice
      • Hello code junkies, I am very keen to get started on writing my own applications. I have a very basic question for anyone that knows what they are talking about. Q. Currently I have quite an intricate Excel construction estimation workbook that I want to develop into a solid Windows application. I want it to have a "saleable" GUI and I want to be able to apply some form of
  • Making Webrowser
    by YorickPeterse
    14 Replies
    Last post by ReneeC
      • Hello everyone,i have a few questions about making an WebBrowser in Visual Basic 2005 Express. Question 1 : I'd like to make an progress bar,but wich codes do i need to add to let it work,and let it only be visible when the page is loading. Question 2: Wich Code is Required to open a new window by clicking on : New Window( in the ToolStrip Menu) I just want it to open a new window of m
  • <br> tag shortcut?
    by jonk2000
    4 Replies
    Last post by Weston Hutchins - MSFT
      • Is there a shortcut key for the <br> tag
  • Screen Orientation
    by VeryNoisy
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    Last post by VeryNoisy
      • Hello, I want to rotate the screen on the desktop PC with ScreenOrientation but I can not understand if it is possible with C# express (or C# project for desktop). If I add reference from Windows CE forms it does not give any reaction, and also I can not set the Angle by get { }  set { } methods. Please help if possible. Best regards.
  • Elementary programmer: Need help regarding Excel and C#
    by guanzhao
    14 Replies
    Last post by guanzhao
      • Hi experts, I'm supposed to write a program to get a list of data from Excel to Visual Studio 2006. So far, I've only managed to make Visual Studio open the excel file i want, but I'm still thinking of ways to capture the data and use it in my C# program. So far, it's still fruitless. Wonder if anyone can provide me with precious guidance Your help will be greatly appreciated.
  • Adding values from a list of integers to another
    by wencey
    4 Replies
    Last post by spotty
      • How to set a loop so that list of values in buffer is added to yavalues one every second Private yValues As New List(Of Integer) Private buffer As New List(Of Integer) visual basic code:
  • My.Settings (Connection String)
    by gibbo1715
    2 Replies
    Last post by gibbo1715
      • Hi Can anyone tell me if i put a type of (connection string) in the my project settings tab what this affects, I assume i can change my connection string in here but will it be used for all my controls I bind to a database using the "choose database" wizard If not how do i change the connection as set up by the wizard via code thanks Gibbo
  • Checking an application's type
    by Derek Hill
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    Last post by Derek Hill
      • I have a VB based menu application that I use to 'start()' other applications. Some of the secondary applications are VB based and others are QBASIC based. I'm in the process of migrating the QBASIC based programs to VB, but this will take quite some time as there are so many. In the interim I need the menu program to be able to identify whether the program being run was written in VB or QBASIC, a
  • Datagridview cell content deselect
    by Tigerwood2006
    8 Replies
    Last post by ReneeC
      • I have a question regarding the Datagridview control. When I use mouse to select one cell, the value of this cell will be selected automatically, but I would prefer it not being selected, just put the cursor at the end of the value. How can i do that Thanks
  • Infinite Loop - having trouble exiting
    by visual_star
    14 Replies
    Last post by ReneeC
      • Howdy I have about 5 to 10 subroutines and the program can use up to 5 subs at a time for example its a hockey simulator program so its starts with a faceoff routine and depending on what team wins the faceoff it can go to two seperate subs so after i click a button it goes like this Opening_faceoff() runs code Left_defense_Home() runs code
  • Change your local IP address with proxy server
    by opivfx
    2 Replies
    Last post by Bruno Yu - MSFT
      • When using the web browser control(the one that's exactly like internet explorer) is there anyway to use different cookies for two seperate web browsers. I created two different browser windows, logged into one account on the first, and a different account on the second, but then when I refresh the first window, it shows as logged into the second account. Is there any way to use seperate cookies(a
  • Loading text from a file to a string variable?
    by CAxeMan
    2 Replies
    Last post by ReneeC
      • I just want to know what the code would look like if i wanted to declare a string variable that takes its string from a textfile... Say in the text file i have the word bebop, how can i set the string variable to bebop
  • how to make a program run on start of windows
    by Cameron Kloot
    3 Replies
    Last post by nobugz
      • how would i thanks
  • determine if a directory is empty
    by Robinhere
    5 Replies
    Last post by Robinhere
      • How can I determine if a directory is empty Thanks
  • From VB Express to Visual Studio 2005
    by JovialJohn
    6 Replies
    Last post by ReneeC
      • I have developed several small programs with VB Express 2005 and am now moving to the full Visual Studio 2005 suite. Will I encounter any problems opening up and editing my existing programs developed with VB Exress Thanks John
  • How to merge a low Hex byte and a high Hex byte?
    by VickyJoe
    14 Replies
    Last post by ReneeC
      • Hello,everyone: I have a question about how to merge a low Hex byte and a high Hex byte: Suppose I get a Array whose definition is Dim Array() As Byte = {&H20,&HA1}, and now I'd like to merge the two Hex bytes in the form of Dim hexvalue as byte = Array(1) & Array(0), what it means is that I need the hexvalue = &HA120 . How can I do it Thanks for your atte
  • releasing resources question
    by cdx1
    13 Replies
    Last post by cdx1
      • Hi, i'm moving an Image object around with the MouseMove event,  and I have a Graphics object which draws the image in a Rectangle object.  Do I need to release resources - such as the dispose() method My pc crashed a couple of times recently, and I wondered if this had anything to do with it.   
  • ComboBox - Displaying multiple fields in dropdown area, but only one for the selected item?
    by Alazekabi
    1 Replies
    Last post by JGrove805
      • I have created a Windows Form with a ComboBox, which needs to pull data from a SQL table. The SQL table has two fields as follows: Code (integer) Description (string) The value the user selects must appear only as the Code (integer), but I want to be able to have the ComboBox show both the Code and Description in the dropdown area, for example: 123 (This is a description for code 123) 12