Visual Studio Express Editions

Page 82




  • Topics
    Replies
    Last post
  • Vista upgrade
    by bdbodger
    4 Replies
    Last post by bdbodger
      • I will be upgrading from XP MCE 2005 to Vista home premium and am wondering if there will be any problems with VB Express after the upgrade . For one thing I have been looking at directshow and hear it may not work after the upgrade .
  • Need help with wMsg...
    by jvolkel
    2 Replies
    Last post by jvolkel
      • In a previous post asking about setting tab stops, Tall Dude provided me code that has successfully allowed me to set my tab stops where I want them in a textbox. While researching the code to see just what it is doing, I ran into another roadblock. The code uses a SendMessage function to set tab functions. I believe it send an enumerator of &HCD to select a wMsg that will set the tab stops.
  • Where to start
    by longorefisher
    2 Replies
    Last post by iccle
      • Hi there, I've just downloaded VC++ Express 2005 as I was hoping to learn how to program with it. Unfortunatley every book I have tried has requested i use a "MFC" application which Express doesn't have. If it's possible could anyone give me some help on where I could find a resource to help me as I am a complete newbie (I don't know anything about programming) and have struggled
  • Button Column Individual Button Text Problem...
    by wondermoose
    7 Replies
    Last post by wondermoose
      • I have 2 button colums inserted into a DataGridView. I need the text for each button to be different depending on whether or not another cell in the same row is populated. Is there a way that I can set the text for each button in the button column based on a formula, rather than having the text for each button be exactly the same It would be really cool if I could make it mouseover so that all th
  • Detecting Hardware with C#
    by krammark23
    3 Replies
    Last post by M. Dirksma
      • Hello, I was wondering how to detect the hardware the user is running on his or her machine In particular, I'm looking for details about the user's video card (i.e. amount of memory, 3d hw acceleration, vertex shader ver, pixel shader ver. ...pretty much everything that everything that http://www.systemrequirementslab.com tells you). I'd prefer not to keep a database of all the video card driver
  • Getting IP From TcpClient/Listener
    by Fase
    4 Replies
    Last post by Fase
      • I'm doing basic messages from tcp across a network. I want to get the IP address of the machine that sent me the packet. //TCP LISTNER System::Int32 Port = 8000; System::Int32 PacketSize = 32; System::Int32 TimeOut = 1500; System::Net::IPHostEntry^ LocalHost = System::Net: ns::GetHostEntry(Net: ns::GetHostName()); System::Net::IPAddress^ LocalIP = System::Net::IPAddress: arse(LocalHost->Address
  • using visual studio (express) to play media files
    by MrZkitten
    4 Replies
    Last post by ahmedilyas
      • is there a way, perhaps an sdk (software devlopment kit) to allow one to play media files using (preferably) visualBasic...  [movies, mp3, etc,  not just .wav] what i want to make is a simpler media player.   
  • Including Folders into my solution
    by TheWacoKid
    5 Replies
    Last post by TheWacoKid
      • Hi, Hope someone can give me some pointers here, its my 1st go with c# and my first program in years. I've written a stand alone application that, for the best part, works fine. The solution really needs two folders integral to the program 1) Settings - where the users settings are stored (I've used coded simple text files to do this- there could be dozens of these files - depending on the u
  • Strange Error
    by RodinNW
    6 Replies
    Last post by Jonathan Caves - MSFT
      • I am coding a MUD, and after completing low-level networking, I ran it, and got this error when a user connects. If I choose to continue, the error pops up again and again. Here's the error: Unhandled exception at 0x00401106 in Tooth Fairy MUD Server.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation writing location 0xbaadf03d. If it helps, here's the output: 'Tooth Fairy MUD Server.exe': Loaded 'C:\Documents and
  • Appilication Solution?
    by Jon1s
    13 Replies
    Last post by js06
      • Hi, I've created a Quotes system in excel that is getting too big and slow so i thought i would have a go at creating a standalone application for it instead, however i have a few problems. the application will contain a sql database with the following tables Customers QuoteID QuoteDetails Equipment Suppliers Users Each time a new quote is created it adds a new record in the QuoteId table, that Qu
  • help! re install visual basic 2005 Express - on xp
    by spymania100
    6 Replies
    Last post by spymania100
      • hi, i've read the thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=2116854&SiteID=1 I'm having similar difficulties but no error 2350 i've tried all the ideas on the trouble shooting guide re: bits and have made sure i have totaly uninstalled everything that is recomended to un install. Here is where i get upto 1. download vbsetup.exe ok 2. set up opens ok 3. i click next and ac
  • Bluetooth Sockets
    by Aroa_Fuentes
    1 Replies
    Last post by Pintu Shukla
      • Hi!!!! I am a student which is trying to develop her Final Degree Project. It consists of creating a module which controls a music player, a soft-phone and a Bluetooth Headset so that you can receive a call while you are listening to music and so on, everything through the bluetooth headset. It is done for Linux, so I have to port it to Windows. I am using the VLC Player (from the Videolan project
  • how to insert a code in a title bar close?
    by pinoyz
    4 Replies
    Last post by ReneeC
      • hi.. how to insert a code in title bar close
  • Help Clearing All Textboxes and All Comboboxes
    by GAtkins
    14 Replies
    Last post by ReneeC
      • Greetings: I found this helpful code elsewhere on the forum, but it is only working on the Combo Boxes and not the text boxes on my Form1. Currently I have 4 textboxes and 3 comboboxes on my form. In the editor, when I hover my mouse over "ComboBox" it says "Class ComboBox" and when I hover my mouse over "TextBox" it says "Interface TextBox.&qu
  • NotifyIcon - MoveMouse
    by Ben_Southampton
    2 Replies
    Last post by nobugz
      • I'm a little bit stuck with a small application I'm writing. I have a procedure which shows a form (which was previously hidden) and fades it from 0% to 85% opacity. I would like to run this procedure from a MoveMouse event linked to a NotifyIcon, when using this event the fade up procedure runs repeatable (the number of times depends on how long the mouse took to move over the icon).
  • 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
  • no subject
    by clint 2
    14 Replies
    Last post by cheyenne
      • can anyone give me an example as to how to connect and control something from a serial port.....something really simple like a light bulb..... hey maybe this..... I have a teddy bear which runs on batteries when you squeeze his foot he snores.... I would love to connect and control him by the pc any ideas...please
  • RichTextBox and a specific position for text
    by LouieG
    3 Replies
    Last post by LouieG
      • Hi everybody, I have a richtextbox, which the user uses to create a template for a document. I let them use specific 'tags' e.g if they type in <CustomerAddress> i then later substitute <CustomerAddress> with the real data. I now have a case where they want the <CustomerAddress> over here and the result must be: some text here ere
  • Sunken Textbox, Combobox
    by Reafidy
    14 Replies
    Last post by jgalley
      • Hi Everyone, I am using visual basic 2005 express in visual studio express. When I add a rich textbox to a form it has a "sunken" look to it. But the standard textbox's and comboboxss dont. How do I get the sunken look for the combobox's and textbox's Thanks In Advance.
  • problem with .exe file of vb.net project
    by buladbanaw
    4 Replies
    Last post by spotty
      • why cant i open my vb.net project .exe file on another computer(were connected on a network) How can i make an installation file for my vb.net project so that i can install it on a remote pc. thanks very much
  • error in connecting to SQL Server 2000
    by Mando
    4 Replies
    Last post by waleed tahir
      • Hello, I have a problem when I try to connect to SQL Server 2000 I got this error message http://arabicpro.arablycos.com/myerror.JPG please how do I solve it --------------------------------- and I want to know how do I connect to it by code please give me full information (I`m a beginner in .NET) Thanks
  • vb 2005 express connectivity problem with sql server 2005
    by QaiserMughal
    2 Replies
    Last post by Martin Xie - MSFT
      • i download the vb 2005 express and install sql server 2005 on a network computer, now vb data explorer is not showing the database connection. even the network group is also impossible to open for it , my computer in in different workgroup...
  • noob with a database question
    by B.Stark
    10 Replies
    Last post by B.Stark
      • hi all, i'm still new to this so please any help will be good i'm tring to make a small app and wanting advice i made a small database in Access 10x10 fields, and i can get 1row of records to show straght away with the selection bar at the top but what im wanting to make is read from database, select at random one entry at a time then save as a personal database a bit like the t
  • Cannot Publish because a project failed to build
    by
    5 Replies
    Last post by js06
      • I am very new to programming and I am trying to publish a project in VB 6 and get the following message: The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters. Adapt I think I need to rename something to make it shorter, but cannot figure out how to do that. Thank you.
  • using combobox to query.. how?
    by pinoyz
    1 Replies
    Last post by Bruno Yu - MSFT
      • hi there i'm new in vb express... can some help me regarding to my problem... here's my problem my boss want me to query some sort of data using combobox, i can do this on textbox but in textbox u cannot choose you want to sort pls help me