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  • How to access standard icons
    by IceAngel89
    3 Replies
    Last post by Bruno Yu - MSFT
      • How to access standard icons, like the "back", "forward", open and stuff i want to put then in my menus, the save etc can be accessed by inserting standard items but the IE "back" any eternal free sites
  • Not able to edit DOTNET User control when calling from VB (Unless you you doible click inside the control)
    by Vasu555823
    1 Replies
    Last post by PennyP
      • Hi, I develeoped a dotnet user control containing picturebox to display TIFF files. The purpose of this control is, want use in VB. I am able to display the image in VB form, but not able to view the control properly in VB, I mean with all features. Eventhough image size is bigger, control not displaying the scroll bars unless I double click inside the control. Control is not getting focuss unl
  • Listbox coding help
    by Flame4e
    4 Replies
    Last post by Flame4e
      • ok so im still somewhat nooby at this but i ran into a problem i have a list box show up after a button is pressed so i wanted to when any option is clicked in the list box to give me a way to know which one it was so i could make other certain things show up accordingly thanx ahead
  • Hide form
    by xBoRISx
    5 Replies
    Last post by xBoRISx
      • I have try everything on this forum how to hide a form and it wont budge. Any help ***********************Added********************************** Sorry let me explain I'm trying to have a form Hide it self when it loads. It's an option I want to include for user to pick if they want the software to update behind the scenes with out it popping up i just need to know why when the form loads it wont
  • MySQL
    by QWERTYtech
    6 Replies
    Last post by QWERTYtech
      • Using MySQL to store my information on my server and I am writing a program to read/write to it. I am using an example on the web click here to setup my Login screen. Im having problems with the Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient . I have gone to MySQL.com and downloaded the connector but I can't seem to get things working right. What am I doing wrong
  • Limitations of InStr() ?
    by Lars Cato Larsen
    4 Replies
    Last post by Lars Cato Larsen
      • Hey guys. Ok, so to get the big taboo out of the way, this question might or might not be VB6 related. Kind of hard to tell, since I am usually working with C++. I have problems with a Visual Basic MACRO in Excel 2003. (Yet again, this might not be the forum to ask, but Ill give it a shot) This command will for some reason not work. Code Snippet searchPos = InStr(searc
  • Need Advice Creating a Generic Class
    by chamsoft
    7 Replies
    Last post by PEng1
      • I am trying to create a generic class to handle similar processing on key values that are either Guid, String or Integer. There are several things I can't work out how to do but I will start with one basic issue that may solve the rest. I need a function in this class named EmptyValue that will return either Guid.Empty, String.Empty or 0 according to the data type. The following code is co
  • overload resolution - widening and narrowing - some advice please
    by DavidR100
    4 Replies
    Last post by DavidR100
      • I have my own variant type (we'll call it MyVariant), because Vb.net doesnt have an adequat equivalent and I'm porting a large vb6 app that used a lot of variants (because it was ported from something else - yes, I know, probably time to re-write it!! Not my choice!) anyway, this type can be converted to and from most other types (integers, dates, doubles, strings, etc) with no loss in most
  • Slow build after making VB.NET class into COMClass
    by Coconut1
    5 Replies
    Last post by Toddap_MS
      • Hi, We have a rather large VB.NET project which we are trying to make the classes interopable from VB6. We put the COMClass attribute to each class we want to expose through COM, and turn the "Register for COM interop"on. As soon as we did this, it took a longgggg time to build the project. We think it is because now every time we build, VS2005 unregisters every classes we are exp
  • textbox upper case
    by Anonymousss12345
    5 Replies
    Last post by rkimble
      • How do i make it so the first letter in my textbox is always upper case.
  • Load User Profile into the Registry
    by guayony
    1 Replies
    Last post by Mattias Sjogren
      • Can someone show me how to load a userprofile into the registry using VB.net The folowing link shows how to do it with VB6. How to Load a userprofile Thank you.
  • converting structure array to bytes
    by Dalai
    12 Replies
    Last post by Spidermans_DarkSide - MSP, VSI
      • Hi Trying to send data to a DLL and so far I have ... <StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet:=CharSet.Ansi)> _ Public Structure MyStruct Dim d1 As Double Dim d2 As Double Dim l1 As Long Dim l2 As Long End Structure Public MyData(100) As MyStruct '.. fill up MyData Dim MyDataSize as Integer = Ma
  • No projects
    by Zooz
    3 Replies
    Last post by Zooz
      • Hello, When i click on new project or new existing file(like a form) it gives me a msgbox saying that they files are not uptodate. I've read the articles about that saying that i should go to VB command prompt and do this and that.... i did it then it said in VB after being opened from command prompt.... File not found Well any suggestions
  • sql trigger fires event in vb app
    by JoshuaTjon
    2 Replies
    Last post by JoshuaTjon
      • Hi, is it at all possible to have an SQL trigger (which fires every time a row is inserted in a certain table) raise an event in a running VB application Maybe by using the SQLDMO library. The VB application is running on the same computer as SQL server.
  • Please help me
    by pls help me
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    Last post by Bruno Yu - MSFT
      • I have created a call centre software- CALLNET with the speech recognition and call making and call recodging system. now the problem is that i want to disable every windows onsite process while the software is running. I m succedd in hiding the task bar , desktop and terminating the process Explorer.exe but the problem is as when i terminate the process explorer.exe it executes again automaticall
  • How can we lock Texbox,Combobox,Checkbox without disabling?
    by dotnetsr
    14 Replies
    Last post by Dustin_H
      • Dear all, How can we lock Texbox,Combobox,Checkbox from editing Setting Readonly to Texboxes makes it's backcolor grayed. combo.enabled =false or txtbox.enabled = false changes its backcolor to gray. I want the back color or forecolor not to be changed when we lock the controls. Thanks in advance
  • No active debugging button or "Start Debugging" from the Debug tab.
    by Ineedhelpalso
    1 Replies
    Last post by Bruno Yu - MSFT
      • I have a multiple project solution (2 projects). All conflicts and discrepancies are resolved. The Dependencies and Build Order are established. I am unable to access the "Start Debugging" button or the "Start Debugging" from the "Debug" tab.
  • How to add rows to datagridview?
    by Paul Mitton
    7 Replies
    Last post by Steve Peacock
      • Hi all I am attemping to write a routine that when the user presses a button it will read from a datagrid that they have already populated and add rows to other datagridviews. They may then modify what was added or add more rows. then when they have what they want in all the datagridviews they will save. Entering stuff by hand works for all dgv's. All dgv's are bound to binding sources. t
  • FileSystemWatcher - Created events fires too early
    by Anarchy
    14 Replies
    Last post by astaykov
      • I have been playing with a FileSystemWatcher, to start processing files as soon as one arrives in a folder. Specifically, I'm looking for a zip file, then unzip it. However, when I try to unzip a file as soon as I get the Created event, the file has often not finished being written, and therefore I get an error when I try to unzip it. This time period is very short, a tight loop without pauses
  • Deploying a remote vb.net application
    by Zohair
    1 Replies
    Last post by Frank Carr
      • Hi I have an windows vb.net application on the back end using SQL server 2000, I want to deploy only 1 copy on the server and for the client envoirnment, I want all the clients to use this application just with the shortcut, It doesnt allow you to get the data from the sql server unless its a local copy on the client's machine, The reason why I m using it because I have a large number of
  • ByVal and ByRef differences are demonstrated here.
    by John Oliver &amp;#40;UK&am
    9 Replies
    Last post by Spidermans_DarkSide - VSIP
      • Hi ALL, This shows the difference of passing ByVal or ByRef with a simple example. Just add two buttons to a FORM along with this code. PASTE it in if you like. Regards, S_DS ____________________________________ Private Sub Button1_Click _ ( ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
  • missing storedprocedures in toolbox
    by HeatherV
    4 Replies
    Last post by HeatherV
      • I've been following a tutorial using Northwind and multitable stuff. I've created some storedProcedures and views, and then added those storedProcedures to the DataSet Designer via drag'n'drop. However, in my toolbox under StoredProcedure Components, only my three initial additions to the DataSet Designer appear along with the NorthwindDataset. I tried reseting the Toolbox (which did wonders for t
  • Windows Services Failure Options
    by JMKL1234
    1 Replies
    Last post by Graham
      • Is there a way to programmatically set your service so that it wil have it's failure options set to restart on failure automatically It's a pain to have to go into the services after you install it and then set it to restart on failure in it's properties. ...is there a way to do this in code Thanks!
  • Identity Increment
    by NetPochi
    7 Replies
    Last post by NetPochi
      • Hello. A question please. I have a field that has his identity increment (+1). When I insert a row in my table, I don't have problems. My question is: How can I assign a provisory number a this field when I create a NewRow on that table in the dataset ds.tables("XXX").newrow Thanks in advance...
  • Multiuse Instancing in VB 2005
    by Carl Cook
    13 Replies
    Last post by Dawson_Brown
      • I understand the ActiveX COM multi-use instancing in VB6 (ActiveX exe instancing = 5-Multiuse) did not carry forward to VB .NET / VB 2005, but I *REALLY* need it. It must be reasonably common for some applications to be built this way. The way we use it is to have a background exe running without a user interface and multiple applications connect to it, get/set properties and methods, sharing the