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• KirHil System.DllNotFound Exception

  I'm migrating from VB 6.0 to VB.NET 2003. There is a particular file abc.dll that I'm not able to add reference to, though its a dll file. When I try to reference it, the error is 'This is a not a valid assembly or COM component. Only assemblies with extension 'dll' and COM components can be referenced. Please make sure the file is accesible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM component' How can I reference this file ...Show All

• Damon Tivel MSFT COM visible?

  I am trying make classes in a VB.NET app available to other programs. I set Project Properties, Make assembly COM-Visible checked. The classes are have COM Class and COM Visible both set to true; but, no other programs are able to find it. What am I doing wrong You can create an install script that will register the com component during install using regasm.exe. I didn't want to make a separate dll, ...Show All

• Javier Luna Deleting all but 1 Duplicate Rows in a datatable

  I've spent hours search on msdn and google and i can't for the life of me find an answer that even remotely makes sense. I'm completely stuck in my app until i can resolve this. It seems like a simple thing... why is it so hard to find a clear and precise answer I have a datatable with the following rows (as a sample) CODE DATE TYPE1 TYPE2 REF REFB VALUE 01000001 15/02/2006 INVOICE SALE ...Show All

• Glenn Berry Sub Procedures

  Hi Folks, Can you call one sub procedure (clearButton_Click) and use it on the same form in another sub procedure (clearToolStripMenuItem_Click) without coding it all over again. Thanks.......Eric No problem, glad to be of some help :) So In a sense I can write: Private Sub clearButton_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles clearButton ...Show All

• LSF rethrowing an error

  Am I misunderstanding how to do this I want to catch and then rethrow the error. sub foo()          try              bar         Catch err As Exception             Throw err         Finally    &n ...Show All

• Aruna Antony Processing Serial Data

  I need the reduce the processing time in a uMicrocontroller to allow faster sampling times. This has creates a problem in the data collection routine in VB. The old system collected the analog data a converted it to a decimal format before sending it to the serial port. This data is collected and saved using Hyperterminal. The VB program would, when run, would open this file and process the decimal data by graphing it. What I need ...Show All

• rolo11 Item not member of ComboBox

  I am using VB 2003. Dim myComboBox as ComboBox myComboBox.Items But it says Items is not a member of ComboBox. Am I missing a namespace or some reference Item is not a member of the combobox control but items is. If you wanted to get the value of item try combobox1.items.item(0).tostring aha. thanks. okay, i think that i have something for you. first of all, [ComboBox].Items requires parent ...Show All

• ohca TableAdapter RowUpdated Event - unavailable if I use Data Wizard

  Hi all, Caution :Please read this patiently - thank you . I am developing a Multi-user Windows forms application with VB2005 and SQLServer 2005 Express. I am using the Data Wizard to create a new dataset. [for the sake of example let's say Northwind Dataset with "Customers" table]. The objects created by the wizard are as follows NorthWindDataset CustomersTable CustomersTableAdapter I dragged the "Customers Table" from the d ...Show All

• elfranko Passing Strings byval in Visual Basic .net

  Hi everyone, Could someone give me a quick pointer on how to interpret what happens to strings when you pass them byval to a method I thought that since a string is an object, when you pass it to a method that has (byval x as string) as its signatiure, the method will will work with a copy of the address of the string that was passed to the method. By that logic if you change the string in the method it will also be changed in the code that ...Show All

• Tobias Hoff Open Access 2000 DataBase with VB6

  Houston I have a problem. I can`t open a access database 2000 from Visual basic 6 aplication. I need help and any suggestion Thanks use the (ODBC) datalink to link to any database you define there. Use datalink from within VB6 or go to control panel-system management-datasource(ODBC). then use datagrid in VB to access the data. I may be you have to make this functions visible by choosing "datacontrol" items fro ...Show All

• Gary RUsh VB vs C#. How capable is VB compared to C#?

  I need some clarification please. I am learning VB.NET right now and have a co-worker who has a very strong technical background and feels very strongly that learning VB is a "waste of time in all respects" compared to C#. I don't understand this point of view. Since VB is a .NET language does it not posses the same capabilities as C# Am I on the wrong track I really enjoy the VB.NET syntax and am picking it up quickly. ...Show All

• JBDevoArch VB The usual sql update data row problem

  Hello everyone! Ive seen many differnent answers and solutions for this question, but mine is a little different... What I have is 2 different variables (1 string & 1 integer)... I want to place those two variables as data in an existing datarow in my sql db. I can add them as another row no problem... but i have a row of data already partially filled and want to add these two values into the two NULL parts of that existing data row ...Show All

• Filip2412 Installing.

  I agree with some of your points, But swearing doesn't help. It just gets you banned... I'll take VS2005 over Notepad any day!  Kelly, You will get alot further with your frustrations by providing details of your problems/issues to the product feedback center: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/Default.aspx Hi, Yes, some points are valid. It may be a view of an unsatisfied customer ...Show All

• Jey23 Finding the Computer Id number

  How can I access the computer Id number from the Computer Is it even possible I want the Number Displayed in the System Control Panel under the User name and computer name. thanks The ID you are referring to can be found in the Registry under: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion in the key "ProductID" With the new MY namespace under Whidbey its real easy to extract these out of the regist ...Show All

• Zealousman Process.start

  The Process.start command is designed to work with files on disk.  Is there a way to lauch a process from memory say from a byte array or MemoryStream  representing a MS Word file Thanks, Fred Found this which seems to answer the question directly (it is in c#) "Executing Dynamic Code in .Net" http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/dynamicCode/DynamicCode.htm Could the Diagnostics class be extended to add this capability ...Show All