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• Banslug Reference problem in Beta 2

  We are developing a new VB .Net Beta 2 application.  This application references some DLLs that were developed in VB .Net 2003.  When I build the application, everything works fine.  However, when someone else from the project team gets the latest version of the solution from SourceSafe and rebuilds, he gets an error that says "<The system cannot find the reference specified>".  If he removes the reference and then ...Show All

• Vilius Crystal Report in VB 2005 Express

  I just upgraded to test new features of Microsoft Visual Basic Express. The new features are really very useful and had made using VB even more easier and a powerful RAD tool. I've almost completed my semester project (expect the reporting part). All I got at the end a shock — "Where is the crystal report" Could anybody help how to design reports in Visual Basic 2005 Express It's urgent! ...Show All

• Vasco Veiga - MSFT How to save and load user ordered columns in the datagridview-control?

  Hi NG! First, sorry for my bad English The datagridview-Control enables the user to order columns as he like. But how do I store the order of the columns and how do I set the column-order in the way the user want to I searched for a sample about My.Settings in association with the datagridview but I haven't found anything... Does anyone know how to do it Hi, Well, you could use My.Settings... I haven't tried this myself but I thin ...Show All

• dybarra Defining arrays in terms of a variable

  Hi, my problem is with defining arrays in terms of another variable, in other words the size of the array is stored in a variable. here is the code and the error message. Note that in my program this variable will not change and the array will only to be defined once. Dim a As Integer a = filedir.ListCount '"filedir" is a filelistbox on my form Dim file(a) As String 'this line is highlighted when debugging error message: Compile ...Show All

• sansliguy Nulls in Visual Basic

  Does anyone know whether the new VB handles nulls in serial comms properly Certainly VB5 didnt, and it varies from Win2000 to XP. I normally used the mscomm object in text mode, with discard nulls set false. In Win2000 this worked, and nulls transferred as binary byte value 0, as expected. But when run on an XP machine, exactly the same setup converted the nulls to character 32 ( ascii space ). Not very nice, ...Show All

• SummerLily Refreshing thing in a combo box with thing from a database...

  Hi, I'm pretty new to programming and I have a question about Visual Basic 2005 Express edition. I appreciate any input you can give me. I'm writing a program that uses a Microsoft Access database, and I'm linking that database to a combobox. I can fill up the combo box with the contents of my "Name" column of the database, but I want the combobox to refresh either automatically (I guess through a timer) or through the click of a button, either ...Show All

• Amr Adel Why do the ODBC 3.5.1 and MySQL 3.1.8 drivers not work?

  Why do the ODBC 3.5.1 and MySQL 3.1.8 drivers not work Michael to answer, Not sure, and not sure, repsectively. However, check this code out, as it may help. http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp txtCodeId=1288&lngWId=10 I need help ... but I need real, correct and accurate help. Not solutions for development tools that are two generations old and don't even exist any more. Michael Because of your ...Show All

• Talljames Upgrade Error

  I have a VB 6 project. I want to upgrade it to VS.net. But when the status is "Pre-processing Form1", a messagebox shown up with a title "Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard Error" and the message is "Upgrade failed: Upgrade cancelled" What shoul I do I can open and compile it. If the new project (in vb2005, the same project as in vb6 that i've tried to upgrade it in vs.net) is finish, I'll send you my project. ...Show All

• ccf Accessing a running program's ram

  I want my program to access a program's ram (when the program is running in memory) so I can debug it explicitly. I know how to edit a file by storing it in a buffer but how would I do this when a program is running. If suggestions or code samples are given, please make sure they are for vb.net and they are explained. Thanks. Troy, could you please explain why you can't use a "normal" debugger (i.e. Visual Studio's debugger ...Show All

• Marsenne VB.Net 2005 Professional and Enterprise differences

  My company is looking at upgrading from VB6 Enterprise to VB.net.  Now I was wondering what the differences between the versions of VB.net Professional and Enterprise(Team System ) are ,so that we purchase the correct version for our companies needs. Currently, we have some web development, html/asp/crystal pages.  Mainly we have seperate  applications for different business departments within the company, all runnin ...Show All

• Neil_F How do you change the name of projects? How do you edit the projects list that comes up in studio 2005

  I imported a project from VB .NET 2003 to VB 2005 and played with it and had some issues. Meanwhile changes were made in the original VB .NET 2003, so I want to redo the process but not erase the first import. So I figured all I need to do is change the name of the project and everything should be good. I can find no way to change the name of the project and the listing in the list that comes up when you first go into VB 2005 of the availabl ...Show All

• bcox VS 05

  I ordered a cd of vs 05 and when I try to install it my cdrom won`t read the disc. There is nothing comes up when I go to my computer and try to explore for the setup.It prompts me to insert a disc into the drive. I know that the drive is working because I tried another cd in it and it worked. Is there something that I have missed or did MS send me a blank disc The Install Disc for VS2005 is a DVD.  The o ...Show All

• ADavis Need Help with TreeVIew Logic

  I am trying to fill the TreeView with all of the folders in my outlook. The code below work to just 2 folders deep. I need to have it go probably 10 deep. I have looked at a bunch of examples but can't seem to grasp the logic. Any Ideas or guidance you can offer would be appreciated. Thanks Steve Imports Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook Imports olNamespace = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.NameSpace Priva ...Show All

• Cedar Sith Filling text box with KeyUp strokes

  I'm trying to get the keyboard letter values to appear in a textbox as the user types, but I get some other values that don't make sense. Here's my code: Private Sub txtRootPath_KeyUp( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles txtRootPath.KeyUp Dim newKey As String Dim sPath As String = txtRootPath.Text & e.KeyCode.ToString lblPath.Text = Path.Combine(sPath, txtHTM ...Show All

• mocox VB IDE 2003: Setup Project Stops compiling with Message "Error: The operation could not be completed"

  I am using Visual Studio .Net 2003 IDE. I have build an application in VB.Net and am creating a setup project for this. After adding all the files and output of the VB project, I tried compiling the project. The setup project doesn't compile. The message in the output window is: Performing main compilation... Building satellite assemblies... Error: The operation could not be completed Does anyone have any idea about this i ...Show All