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  • I need help on opening a file on the computer
    by oatman
    13 Replies
    Last post by weirdbeardmt
      • I want to click a button and it will open a program in the Start Menu then it opens All Programs and then it will open a file in the all programs folder
  • VB.net access music file
    by CyberSurfer409
    1 Replies
    Last post by Rajneesh Narain
      • Hello again. I was wondering if there is a way to access information of a windows media file. In particular I would like to access and edit the genre, artist, album, song title, and file name of a WMA. But to be honest I don't even have the slightest clue how to start doing this with VB.net. I'm designing a program using Visual Basic. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I should begin.
  • Detect if user clicks X to close form
    by Solitaire
    2 Replies
    Last post by Solitaire
      • How do you detect if user clicked X on the form's control box to close the form
  • READER OBJECT - FINDING TOTAL RECORDS.
    by Wilfi
    2 Replies
    Last post by DMan1
      • Dear Sir, Is therey any command to find the total records retrieved by the reader object. with regards, wilfi
  • Repost: How to tell when Excel file is finally after OpenDialog
    by ExcelMonkey
    4 Replies
    Last post by ExcelMonkey
      • I am opening an Excel file using the OpenDilaog command which is fired by a buttom on a userform. Problem is that it takes the file a while to open. Assuming it has something to do with my Norton checking to ensure things are safe. Whatever the reason, the delay creates some confusion as the user will not know that there is a delay and my proceed to click the final OK button which is on the same f
  • Intellisense Development for a VB.NET Desktop Application
    by Talal Shah
    2 Replies
    Last post by shoagMSFT
      • Hello to all, I am looking for some way thourgh which I can implement Auto Complete property on a TextBox as the way intellisense works. But I got no clue how to perform that, can anyone please helpout... Talal Shah Bukhari
  • how do i populate a checklistbox from a database in MSSQL server?
    by tlavalle71
    12 Replies
    Last post by tlavalle71
      • I am creating an app and i need to use a checklist box as a filter or selcting which resources to show. But everytime i try to populate it with a table, it nevers seems to populate, using id as the value and the description as the text by the checkbox then when the checkbox is check it will filter out the id for that checkbox. Could someone help figure this out.
  • Timer not firing in a COM Class
    by Cato1969
    11 Replies
    Last post by Cato1969
      • Hi everyone, I am writing a COM object whose purpose is to count for certain events (ticks) that occur at irregular intervals and keep statistics of the occurrence of those events. I want to raise a NoTicks event if there has been a period of 5 minutes with no activity (i.e. no ticks in the last 5 minutes). I create a System.Timers.Timer, set its properties, add the event hand
  • Creating a new GUI for an existing 3rd party application
    by ChrisBettencourt
    11 Replies
    Last post by kleinma
      • Hello, I'm a super fresh newbie to VB, and I'd really appreciate any help! (I'm using Visual Studios 2005) My current issue is that I'm trying to open an application using: Dim ProcID As Integer ProcID = Shell("""C:\FlowMaster 6.0\FlowCUT.exe""", AppWinStyle.NormalFocus) AppActivate(ProcID) I got this code from the help file. I've just put it in a button, and when
  • Beginner with VB has problems with timer
    by paul_1966
    14 Replies
    Last post by paul_1966
      • Hi! I become involved in VB one month ago when i took over a project from a collegue. In the program that i took over i have got a couple of timers which handles all action. They are all setup in my UserInterface as follows: Me.Timer1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Timer(Me.Components) I also have a lot of variables in my UserInterface decleared as for example private eep
  • Tape for calculator
    by Cesar Francisco
    14 Replies
    Last post by Swade
      • How do you make in code the command for next line After the operator a Return should be inserted so next number will appear in a new line.
  • Problem with MSComm ...URGENT !!!
    by SoftFree
    2 Replies
    Last post by SoftFree
      • Hello Friendly ... I want to consult them for the following, I am trying to sell off a simple phone answering machine, than upon detecting the RING execute me a program exe; But I find myself to go into the routine of execution does it 2 times. The first when you detect the RING ( perfect ) and second time the moment that the communication is cut short. ( this I do not want it ) I leave t
  • Reading Bytes From SerialPort.. Help...
    by smalamas
    8 Replies
    Last post by smalamas
      • Hi everybody there. I developed an application, that uses a serially connected device which responds with bytes. I read these bytes sychronously and I want to print each byte value in an output .txt file. My problem is that when the device stops sending bytes, in the txt file are printed only the first half values of the received data. When I am just counting how many times some byte
  • Labelprinting with Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6
    by BLIS
    2 Replies
    Last post by BLIS
      • I am new to this topic and try to print barcode using power pack. The problem is. Then number does not print as barcode. The printer driver is OK and the program changes fonts when I use this code: printer .FontName = "Times New Roman" When I use my printer spesific barcode font : printer.FontName = "DATAMAX_EAN13" Then the number is printed without ba
  • Fax services in Windows
    by kangalert
    2 Replies
    Last post by Jiang Haihong
      • Did .net enable to send fax through the Microsoft Fax services How is the concept look like,basically i would like to create a program which retrieve a data from SQL SERVER and fax it to the receiver.
  • Converting textbox's text into Decimal
    by nonamehero
    4 Replies
    Last post by DMan1
      • hi.. I am practicing a exercise from a book and when i type in this code Dim decPrincipal, decIntRate As Decimal decPrincipal = txtPrincipal.Text.todecmal for some reason i get a syntax error on this part can someone help me out i m using VB.net
  • absolute beginner wants to add a macro
    by caris keith
    4 Replies
    Last post by Spidermans_DarkSide - MSP, VSI
      • I have macros supplied by others - beginning SUB and ending END SUB. I can cut and paste this, filling in my own words (for a TITLE, for ex). But then how do I put it into VB as a macro in WORD 2007 I need step-by-step idiot proof directions please. Thank you.
  • Random string generator
    by Ron Carlson
    3 Replies
    Last post by nogChoco
      • I'm converting a user generated list box to an array and then generating a user defined number of random strings and placing it in a textbox. The code I have works fine as it will generate the number of random strings the user wants, except sometimes a line is blank at the top of the list but is counted as a string. Here is the code: Code Snippet Private Sub Button1_Click( B
  • Power Pack install on Network Server
    by MattyM
    11 Replies
    Last post by MattyM
      • Hey All, I may not be approaching this the right way, so any suggestions will be welcome. I have some new VB.Net applications that are being placed on and run from a network share. These are just the exe files and not full installation packages. One of the current applications I have uses the printform control, and will throw an error when launching because it can't find it. The server tea
  • Help with dataAdapter and dataSet in VB
    by sunni198
    10 Replies
    Last post by Rui Dias VD
      • I created a form that pulls a row from the database and displays in text boxes. I can alter the data in the text boxes, and update the dataset. It prints out the new data row in my list box, but when I close the program and look at the database file, the changes are not there. It seems to be updating the dataset, but not the adapter; or the adapter is not updating the database. Here's my code:
  • Changing ConnectionString at runtime
    by DanglingChap
    9 Replies
    Last post by DanglingChap
      • In my application, i am not sure where will be the database. So i thought to put the connection string in app.conf file. So that i may read it runtime and create connection. Working good. But what if i have to change the connectionString define in app.conf at runtime It may not be necessary that i must use app.conf, you people can suggest me one better approach so that i may not be dependent on d
  • Application Config settings not coming from MyApp.exe.config??
    by Jade Skaggs
    13 Replies
    Last post by MS Johan Stenberg
      • Quick version... My.Settings.RemoteRepositoryURL is not returning the application setting value for RemoteRepositoryURL stored in the appName.exe.config. It is returning an old setting that has long since been replaced, is there a clearable cache or something Hi everyone, we just rolled out a project which uses a launcher to check for updates. The launcher has a setting in the appName.exe.config
  • Unable to Open Mozilla Foxfire
    by Anonymous553053
    2 Replies
    Last post by Deepak Krishnan
      • Hello to all, Internet Explorer is my default browser and I recently installed Mozilla Foxfire as an alternative. I use dsl to connect to the internet. When I open Foxfire, I get the following error message: Unable to connect Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at en-us.www.mozilla.com. * The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again
  • I need to detect if mouse is over a shape (mainly rectangles) - Maybe Rotate Hotspot
    by Dave LSH
    5 Replies
    Last post by Dave LSH
      • Hello All, I have written an application in VB.NET (for Windows - not the web). I'm using 2005 Express edition. I draw rectangles over an image. I can draw and rotate them OK and fill when necessary. Where I have an issue is with writing the correct way to detect if the mouse is over the rectangles on the image. This would not be a problem if the rectangles were not occasionally rota
  • Reporting and charts in VB
    by Seppe001
    2 Replies
    Last post by Seppe001
      • Hello, I want to present data in an Excel-like chart graph. What is the best way to do that