Visual Studio Express Editions

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  • change image hue?
    by Cameron Kloot
    6 Replies
    Last post by Citizen on the earth
      • hi, is there a way to programmatically change an image's hue thanks
  • Visual Basic 2005 Express Hangs
    by Cerberus29
    5 Replies
    Last post by Cerberus29
      • I have just installed Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. There were no problems or error messages with the install. When I try to create a new project, I can get as far as giving it a name, selecting the type then when I click 'OK' it loads the project but then just crashes, the application freezes. I have looked in the admin services event viewer and it says the application is hanging,
  • Value of Pixel under the Cursor
    by Wibs
    6 Replies
    Last post by Wibs2
      • Hi, I need to obtain the the value of a pixel (byte) under the cursor. I have a form with a PictureBox on it. I load an image into memory, convert that image into 256x256 pixel, 8-bit grayscale, then display that converted image from memory in the PictureBox. The PictureBox is sized at 512x512 so I don't have to squint to see the image (and the image size property is set to Stretch). I h
  • Debugging Horribly Slow
    by a3b2c1r46
    14 Replies
    Last post by reichard
      • I'm running a P4 3.06Ghz with 1gb ram. I've never had a problem with this computer being slow. I just installed VB 2005 exp and when I converted my vb6 prog to it and started to debug I get a horrible delay of 8 seconds or so each time i use f8 to move to the next line. This ofcourse happened instantly in Vb6. My program is rather large. I'd say around 150pg of code spread over aprox 20 forms a
  • Another question about button controls
    by FooFighter560415
    7 Replies
    Last post by FooFighter
      • How would I go about making a button that would only allow 4 clicks then it goes inactive I was thinking about placing 4 buttons ontop of oneanother and as you click the top one it used the .hide then shows the next one. There's got to be a smarter easier way via code to just use one though
  • Pulling data from a Database
    by Zulish
    1 Replies
    Last post by Feng Chen - MSFT
      • I am trying to get some data from an access database to use durring a login. basicaly I want to pull the Student_ID from the database and stor it in a array varable so I can run a loop and check if the ID entred is in the system. Ihave tried working with the datasets but I can not seem to grasp the concept. I recently purchased the Visual Basic 2005 express edition book from sybex. Can anyone help
  • Is this a bug? CombBox add items once only.
    by Whoisit
    8 Replies
    Last post by Whoisit
      • Here's the code that fills the ComboBox For i = 28 To 167 cmbSelected.Items.Add([Enum].GetName(GetType(KnownColor), i)) Nex t Here's the code to display the items in the Combo Private Sub ComboBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmbSelected.TextChanged Label1.ForeColor = Color.FromKnownColor(cmbSelected.SelectedIndex + 28) 'TextBox so I
  • Painting into an image box
    by dmkp231
    14 Replies
    Last post by Dave299
      • Hi I know you can draw lines and things into a picture box with picturebox.CreateGraphics.DrawLine(Pens.Green, 5, 5, 6, 6)   etc   But why will it not work with variables in place of the 5, 5, 6, 6 Is there a way of painting a custom colour instead of a pen colour     Is there a better thing to use that allows me to just change pixel coordinate
  • Using c++ dll in vb2005 express editon
    by Rajesh Kokil
    1 Replies
    Last post by Feng Chen - MSFT
      • Hi, I developing a software using vb2005 express edition that interacts with a c++ based software for this purpose I want to use a c++ dll in vb2005 express edition. How do I do this Or Is it possible to access vbdll in c++ based software Can someone help on this topic or any other solution to this problem. thanks!! Rajesh Kokil
  • Using a Database Help...
    by MLyons10
    14 Replies
    Last post by MLyons10
      • I am trying to create my first application using a database, and have already gotten a tremendous amount of help from the members of this forum. I was given several suggestions recently to try to get this working, and just finished playing around with it and trying again to get it working with no luck, so I wanted to post to see if anyone else had any ideas... This is really frustrating... I am tr
  • please help me debug this!
    by nate-d-o-double-g
    4 Replies
    Last post by Mr_Kraut
      • I've made a game which fills a picturebox with a random image, and uses a do loop to test whether a button (btnNext or mnuQuit) is clicked (which assign True and False to blnNext and blnPlaying respectively). The form seems to freeze (but no exception is raised) when the game is started, and when I pause the debug process, the do loop portion of code is highlighted. It is supposed to loop and te
  • TextRenderer.MeasureText problem
    by Nate879
    4 Replies
    Last post by Nate879
      • When I use TextRenderer.MeasureText, the width is too high. It seems to be including some extra width in the measurement. How do I stop it from adding this extra width My code: Dim TextLocation As Size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(Text(0), MyFont)
  • In the column KaartID there aren't allowed null values...
    by RubenPieters
    14 Replies
    Last post by RubenPieters
      • Hello, I've got an error that says 'In the column KaartID there aren't allowed null values' but there aren't allowed null values because it is the primary key and there isn't supposed to be a null value(it gives the error at the code: this .targetInfoTableAdapter1.Update( this .database1DataSet1.TargetInfo); ) But here: http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php image=project1vb2.jpg the lis
  • Is the file there?
    by Scott McKeown
    5 Replies
    Last post by Scott McKeown
      • Hi All, I have just started a new project and this has a XML file that is shared on a network drive. I have put in my application a start up screen that asks where this file is located, now what I'm thinking is that if for some strange reason some one moves this XML file or the network share fails the application will not work. So what I would like to do is, when the application loads it
  • Visual Studio Express Edition 2005 IDE problem
    by Highwayman
    3 Replies
    Last post by Ji Cheng Wang - MSFT
      • When I was trying to correct a problem with the VSE 2005 IDE, I inadvertently uninstalled the program. I had been distracted when my 2-year-old great-niece came into my room. I had been following the instruction provided in this post: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=2236293&SiteID=1 I had originally installed from the Web link and not the ISO/IMG imag
  • tabs
    by clint 2
    3 Replies
    Last post by bdbodger
      • this may seem like a silly question but when you are designing a form with lots of panels ,labels, pictures ,etc. that occupy the same area of the screen ,, sometimes it gets a bit confusing placing one on top of the other.....so if I am right there is a tab system to make this a bit easier to do......trouble is.....I am a novice and I know nothing about tabs could anyone please enlighten
  • Putting items on a new line.
    by cobradeth1
    14 Replies
    Last post by ReneeC
      • I have hunted online and my vb books but kind find an answer to this simple question: Me.sendAmessage(sender, goingto, fullsubject.Text, main.Text +NEW LINE + closing.text) all i need is to make the closing next to show under the main.text. I've tried: Environment.Newline vbCRLF /n /nl /lf I know I've done it many times but can't find it in any of my codes. I know this is a quick an easy one can s
  • Connecting to mysql found on my website with VB.Net
    by Linera
    7 Replies
    Last post by Martin Xie - MSFT
      • I tried to add a data source of mysql database on my website, located on another server. However when i goto the site it says, "The HTML document does not contain Web service discovery information." How do I connect to the mysql database on my site
  • Using a Database Help...
    by MLyons10
    14 Replies
    Last post by MLyons10
      • I am trying to create my first application using a database, and have already gotten a tremendous amount of help from the members of this forum. I was given several suggestions recently to try to get this working, and just finished playing around with it and trying again to get it working with no luck, so I wanted to post to see if anyone else had any ideas... This is really frustrating... I am tr
  • Splashscreen
    by ThebisRa
    9 Replies
    Last post by JohnWein
      • After looking for a solution and setting up the splasscreen as described http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=700881&SiteID=1 I'm having the problem that the splashscreen lost focus and the main screen loads immediately and splashscreen is invisible as it's behind the mainform
  • help with combobox
    by y moose
    3 Replies
    Last post by spotty
      • how do you get a value or string from a combo box example if in the combo boxes collection there are AM and PM how can i get it to add that to my date string date.text = txthours.text & ":" txtmins.text & ":" txtsec.text & ampm where ampm is a string containing the choice from the combo box
  • timers and variables
    by molbio1
    7 Replies
    Last post by rauhanlinnake
      • Hi ev1- my first post here so please go easy: ) I have experience writing C++ console applications but am new to C# and Visual Studio an am finding event handlers difficult to get a grasp on. I am working on a program that uses an API to make calls to a server for equity prices and to execute trades. I have that part working fine if I do it manually, but what I need to do is use a timer to
  • How can I compile prj by cmdline
    by zhjie374
    2 Replies
    Last post by zhjie374
      • not use ide. How to . Thanks
  • Progress Bar
    by Jr. Program
    5 Replies
    Last post by Figo Fei - MSFT
      • How can I show the progress of an operation via a progress bar Coding is greatly appriciated. My case: performing an adition 4+3=7 I want to show the progress of that operation. Thanks in advance Jr. Program
  • Progress bar colors
    by Ron Carlson
    2 Replies
    Last post by bdbodger
      • is there a way in the property window to change the color of progress bar, i tried changing fore and back colors but it still stays green, can you do it programatically