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• ChrisFrick 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

• Nirmala Calculation in Visual Basic 2005 express

  I need help please on this question and i could not understand where to begin.The question say, Input Calculate Circumfrunce Area of Circle. Value and surface area sphere. : Pi i = e Pi i square =theda 4/3 Pi i cube = V 4Pi i square = SA please, some give at least some sort of direction i'm just a starter in Visual basic. thanks guys. It seems to me that you don't need to do any integr ...Show All

• Orenk9 Can vb.net and C# .net connect to remote SQL servers?

    Just previous to buying vb.net and C# .net standard editions I read this review http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000089GKW/qid=1123491868/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8__i1_xgl65/002-4787338-9060820 v=glance&s=software&n=1000 is this for real can Visual basic.net connect to remote sql servers or not if not why. If so where can I get more information on it I use SQL on a hosted machine, but if cant dev ...Show All

• Shadowlock Holmes How do I edit properties of a dataset from XML Schema (xsd file)?

  My development environment is Visual Studio.NET 2003. When I change a property value ("NullValue") of my dataset in XML Schema (xsd file) designer and switch to form designer tab page, it often(not always) won't show my form design and display error message on a scary all-white screen.   I can't remember the exact error message but it says like "Can't construct dataset..." something. Whenever this thing happens I overwri ...Show All

• luano Need .NET VS2005 VB code for NNTP reading/posting

  Anybody have some example code Thanks! Ross There are some third party controls for working with nntp messages. http://www.indyproject.org/Sockets/index.en.iwp http://www.nsoftware.com/products/component/nntp.aspx Here is a class I was working on. Maybe this will help I used this c# code as a starting point. Imports System.Net.Sockets Imports System.IO Imports System.Runtime.Serial ...Show All

• Jakob Rojel Checking for optional parameters in a function

  I just seem to be generating questions today. I have a function (UpdateNode) which can be used to write back data to a database.  The function accepts a number of optional parameters depending on what the user wishes to change.  These Parameters are: StructureID - Mandatory (key field) Description (String) Name (String) ParentID (Int) isTeam (Boolean) Where no parameter is specified, then I don't wish to touch what was already in that ...Show All

• m_r Static Constructors in VB 2005

  Hi I got the following problem: I need some code in a Class library executed when the library is loaded by another app. As I am coming from Java, I looked up some similar feature in C# that seems to exist in VB 2005 too: A shared constructor that gets executed when the class is loaded. However even the simple example below doesn't behave as I intended. However, If I uncomment line 4 then it works as expected. But this is not sufficie ...Show All

• GWBasic How Can We create Stand Alone Application(Running without installation from CD)

  Dear All, I actually want a application to run on user's pc's from CDrom only. bcz I have lot of images in a .mdb and I don't want users to install all these mdb and application into their pc's. Just I wanted to run my application when the CD rom is inserted into pc without installing it. Just Like macromedia flash Projector.exe. Is there any solution in VB dot net 2003 Please . Also my application has some features which will be lost, if ...Show All

• A_Carina Relase the Fix for Visual Basic Compiler Error &amp;amp;amp;H8013141e&amp;amp;amp;

  Hi all i just want to know when is going to be released the fix for visual basic compiler error &H8013141e&   this is already reported in the microsoft productfeedback site. i think this is a very urgent patch that must be released asap and please do not repond that i should go back to vs.2003 because i have lots of code developed in VS 2005 to framework 2.0 ..   JSB PS: this error pisses me of, i need to res ...Show All

• ergb10 Cross Thread Headache

  I am having a cross thread headache with my control I have created. I have a control on a form (frmUtils) when an event is raised by this control I want to update a listbox on my main form (frmMain) to show this data. I have read a lot of posts about this problem but nothing seems to give me an elegant solution. Setting CheckForIllegalCrossTheadCalls=False, causes other code sections to stop working properly. It is very frustrating when somethin ...Show All

• aidanmack I am new to this

  And I have built a calculator but I still don’t understand this publishing thing. Now I just want just make it so I can send the exe directly to people with out them having to install or anything but I don’t know anything about it. Can someone tell me or point me in the direction of a tutorial I can do. All help appreciated J Okay, I sort of get it now but I have used many applications that were apparently made using Vi ...Show All

• Microsoft Empower for ISVs Team Enumerate class properties?

  Hi I simply want to display the values of all my properties in my class without having to reference each one. Is this possible without adding all my properties to a collection i.e. can I do something like for each p as property in myclass debug.print(p.value) next property Thanks in advance Jon Hi, please ignore the last comment - I have managed to do it. Thanks very much for you help. Jon ...Show All

• gau2902 Question about Interop.Excel.dll

  Hello.  I originally wrote an app in VB6.  This application processes a text file, converts it to a *.csv file, and then loads the CSV file into Excel and formats it all nice and neat, etc. When in VB6, when I distributed my *.exe, I needed to distribute or ensure that the Excel.dll was available to the end user. I have now updated the application to VB2005.  I currently need to Interop assemblies to execute the program : Intero ...Show All

• amzayle VB.NET2005- Installed application icon does not support drag whereas manually created shortcut does.

  Using VB.NET 2005, I have configured my program to respond to a textfile icon dragged to its shortcut on the desktop. That's easy: Dim Filename As String = My .Application.CommandLineArgs.Item(0).ToString This will launch the application, and the file dragged to it can then be opened. But it doesn't work! When I drag a text file to the icon that was created by the Setup project, I get the red circle with a line through it, a ...Show All

• joepz125 XML Help Needed

  I am working on a project that requires data being read from an XML document and put into a database. I am having a problem figuring out a specific area of my code. I am able to retrieve the data that is in the base part of the document, however, there is a section with repeated data that I am unable to get the data from. I would appreciate any help in resolving this. I have tried a number of different methods with no success. Here is my code ...Show All