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• sivakishore Reading a string from binary file results in "string

  I sure hope I can get help with this. I seem to have a simple problem. I wrote an entire program without a single problem with Visual Basic 2005 Express but now I'm having a little trouble. When I read string data from a binary file I get "string (no closing quote) This presents a problem when I do a string comparison or when I try to put string1 and string2 on the same index line of a listbox. (You only see string1). I've tried so many di ...Show All

• CmoreButts Deployment Questions???

  I have finished my software and i am ready to put it in production at the client site.....I dont know how to setup my deployment project to a cd, so i can put my software on a cd and take it to the client and install it on thier system....Is there a link that shows you how to create a deployment project so that you can have your software on CD and just install it on any computer If your software is fairly simple, you can simply copy the ...Show All

• njg help - how to get different values from same table

  Dear Friends, I have 2 tables --> User and Car. Both have unique ids and each user has 2 cars. for example, Jim has Ford and Honda Jill has Toyota and Subara Jack has Toyota and Honda John has Ford and Ford So I am storing the 2 car ids in the user table. I am not creating any bridge table. So in the report I want the user and their car. But I get the following report on the above data: Jim -- Ford Jill -- Toyota Jack -- Toyota John -- Ford ...Show All

• Heather defualt browser

  How do you get windows to reconize my program as a browser and be able to set is as the defualt browser no, just have the setup program create certin registry keys for you when it installs it, without the user having todo anything with the registry. Using the Registry Editor screen in your setup project Also, setup projects are under: Other P ...Show All

• Riggs16784 visual basic Label number as a variable

  Is there a way to assign a variable to a label number for i = 1 to 10 label(i).Text = Name next i or something like that Bruce you need to add your labels to the List Collection. Dim label As List( Of Label) = New List( Of Label) Label.add(Label1) Labels.add(Label2) then If i < 1 Then i = 1 label(i).AutoSize = True label(i).Caption = NameTextBox i = i + 1 ...Show All

• Ingenious Can I use C style callback routine from VB?

  I am new to .net though I used VB and VC a lot in visual studio 6. In my job I have to use VB, and there are some C style callback routine in the equipment API that I used, which can not be implemented in VB. Is there a solution about it in .net or C# or anything else Thanks a lot for any response. you can use Platform Invoke to call your equipment API from .net. here is a tutorial http://msdn.micr ...Show All

• Takalth New Web Site command; Visual Basic 2005 Express (May 10, 2006)

  To Whom It May Concern: Hello. My question is that I do not have the full version of Visual Basic 2005 (which I will correct in short order, say, within the next 30 days of this writing), but have the Express version of Visual Basic 2005. I have noticed that there are certain items that are probably part and parcel of at least the standard edition of Visual Basic 2005. FOR INSTANCE, the New Web Site command, according to Halvorson ( Micros ...Show All

• John Tacke clearing a form for re-entry

  Hi all, Vb Newbie! I Have an application i am creating for which when i click a clear button the form textboxes are cleared for the next entry. My problem is that i have put the following code into my text_changed text box validations and therefore when clearing the form the below code is generated. Is there a way to disable this when my form clear is fired or is there a better way of validating user input that will not be fired when i cle ...Show All

• 孤? Which methods are overridable?

  Hello Everyone, When I used to extend a control in Visual Studio 2002/2003, a list of all the overridable methods appears in the declarations combobox. But I am unable to see that list in VS 2005. Am I missing any thing Please let me know. Thanks. Just type "overrides" and Intellisense will show you a list of all overridable methods. ...Show All

• Nickeay Querying Active Directory to check if a Username exists

  Hi Everyone, We are doing a lot of work on our Storage server at the moment, and one thing is tidying up users folders. What I am trying to do is to pick up the name of a users folder (from a text file) and query AD to see if that User exists.  In theory !! all folder names are named after the Username. Here is the connection code that I have so far, I wonder if someone could help me, or if I am totally missing the plot and on the wrong lin ...Show All

• Gerfboy Programmatically getting same list of programs listed in Explorer's "Open With.." option

  Hello, Was wondering if there is a VB control that can bring up a list of programs identical to the list of programs displayed on the "Open With" dialog box when you open Windows Explorer, right click on a file, and select "Open With.." Thanks BW I believe all the information on registered file types is contained in the registry, so you can get it yourself and build your own menu.  I don't know ...Show All

• ItsIdefix How to get the installation folder

  Hello guys, I created a VB.net applcation with a setup package. I need to copy some files into the application folder after everything is installed. I know I can set the default installation folder, but the user may choose another folder to install the application during the installation process. My question is how can I get the changed installation folder name and path Any comment appreciated. Cheers. The code structure look ...Show All

• Smeeeth Yoda needs help sending Data to Hardware! ALL NERDS COME QUICK!!!

  I am trying to send ATAPI commands to a cdrom in VB.Net. While researching this it seems to me the VB is not the best at this. I am sure there is a way though. Can anyone steer me in the right direction I read something on calling the Windows API to do some hardware speaking, but it said that that is being Phased out with VB.Net. Is that true I am able to send these commands through another CDROM test program that we use. The program ...Show All

• Swapna.N Message Box in VB.NET

  Hello All, How to create a messagbox in VB.NET Windows Application with Yes | YesToAll | No | Cancel options I wanted to ask the user's permission to overwrite his details. Then a message Box should pop up with these options Is this possible as it is supported by Mocrosft os. How can this be possinly done in VB.NET Please Help Lisha Hi, I think it cannot be done with a standard messagebox. You must impl ...Show All

• Darkness84 Using process to run a batch file

  I am converting a VB6 app into VB.net. This app checks the existance of source files in RCS by creating a batch file which checks out the source files and copies them to a temporary directory. The app then looks in the temporary directory for the existance of the files. The VB.net version works except that the batch process is copining the files to the Windows directory instead of the temporary directory which was made the default. It creates th ...Show All