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• PKH Problem unloading Form after next Form loads.

  (VB.NET 2003 app.) I have a Login Form and when the user clicks the OK button and the password gets verified, the Main Form gets loaded. I am not able to close the Login Form when the Main Form gets Loaded. Or alternatively, when the OK button of the Login Form gets clicked and the password verification is over, the Login Form should close first and then the Main Form should be loaded. (As it usually happens in any application). I'll fi ...Show All

• Scott Steigerwald Visual Studio 2005- API connect and transfer XML

  I am a novice to VB and have installed Visual Studio 2005. I want to create an interface that establises connection to a server (thru a URL) and sends an XML file through the connection and recieves an output XML file in return. I read I could use WinInet API...but Visual Studio 2005 doesnt have an API viewer. Could someone please guide me how to go about this project. Looking forward to your reply. Thanks in advance ...Show All

• Simonth taskbar group icon

  Really didn't know which forum to post this in... but... I'm using Visual Studio .Net 2003 and the app is in VB.NET. I have Icons for each form, but when XP groups them the group Icon is that 'plain-jane' one. Is there a way (if so where) to specify the group icon Windows XP will use Thanks for any help! You should probably change your Project's icon. Right click your project in the solution expl ...Show All

• twbrandt Misterious warning dependency 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility' could not be found

  My solution consist of more than 30 projects. Whole solution is written on C#. It is compiled always successfully, but with very weird warning: dependency 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility' could not be found. Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll doesn't include 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility' namespace Propably it's the reason of some mistakes of mine. Pls, if somebody knows what to do, inform me. I will tell you about any details ...Show All

• Grace Cheng Where put initialization code in 2005

  In VB 2003, when creating a winform, there was always a section that read like this: 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call In VB 2005 there is no such concept, so where do you put initialization code in VB 2005 Do not put it in the MyForm.Designer.Vb as this form is regenerated when you ma ...Show All

• Pacific Ocean Blue using code written in C#

  Hi. I'm trying to use a code library written in C# in visual basic, but i cant figure out how to do it. Here's the library: i want to be able to use the functions in it in VB. I've tried compile it into a class library and then add it as a reference in visual basic, but it still doesn't work. mattias or should I use the J# BigInteger class Yeah, I saw in the doc ...Show All

• quintas-arias Autoload Application on Windows Startup in VB .NET 2005

  Hi there, I am just wondering if you people will be able to help me make my application autload on windows startup (Like Windows Live Messenger does), I have been researching on the internet and I cannot find anything for it... hope you can all help.. Regards, White Shadow Hey guys, thanks for the help... it worked like a dream.. You can make you application start when windows starts up in two different ways. Either way is ...Show All

• Eric Hsieh Using the progressbar

  This is what I am trying to do: Copy a file from my resources to the temp directory. Get the size of the file in my resources in bytes. For every byte that is copied I want to step the progressbar by 1. The part I am having troubles with is getting the size of my file. I want to get the size so I can set the progressbar's maximum property to the same value. Also, would it be a good idea to use a background worker for this Thanks. ...Show All

• Philsky Sending messages to either console or windows frontends.

  I have a program that can be run with a GUI or automated with a console. They both do exactly the same thing, just the console takes command line args while the form part takes user input with buttons and junk. They both (or soon will) run some tests and both use a class that I built that keeps track of the tests. Now what I want to do is inside that class, send messages with important information like the status, if anything fails, whatever. I ...Show All

• mcorry debug.writeline doesn t genrate anything for my in the command window

  I really have a hard time using debug.writeline . I can t see the result of debug.writeline(''test'') for example. Is there any thing i am doing wrong. I am just checking that command. Thanks Dont ask me why but Console.writeline will show in the output windows in express Debug.writeline will show in the immediate window in express. So this is basically where you should be looking - its a setting in some of the pay versions ...Show All

• farseer How do I connect/upload via HTTP to a webpage??

  Hello all, I hope I am not duplicating a post here. I have tried looking everywhere for this information. I am just getting started in VB (know VBS pretty well) and I am trying to figure out how to connect to a web page via HTTP and read from it (and upload something as well). However, all of the code that I have found on the forums seems to require me to do something with it before I can use it. I have tried adding in some additional 'Pub ...Show All

• Sanchi Context Menu....

  OK, so I have a context menu that contains two options - a TextBox and a (Submit) option...it pops up when a user right clicks a radio button on my form. I want the user to be able to enter a string in the textbox, click the (Submit) option, and have the string replace the current text of the radio button. It works easy for one Radio Button, but I'd like to have this functionality available for several components. Aside from creating a separate ...Show All

• Joey Bradshaw Focus box for radio button

  What is the magic word you have to say to coerce radio buttons to have a focus box (dotted rectangle) around them when they have the focus Depending on the phase of the moon or perhaps whether Cody (my Old English Sheepdog) is under the desk, they sometimes are there and sometimes aren't. I would have thought that padding and margins were the relevant factors, but they don't seem to be. Regards, Al Just saw t ...Show All

• mcjack Readable Variables

  where do i declare an integer so that it can be read by all subs and forms ... the best way i have found to do this so far is to have the value flash up on the screen and then go away after being read by another sub Thanks for the help. You can also add a new module to your project, and make public variables. Module Module1     Public some_global_var As String End Module   Public Class F ...Show All

• melissanator Check the distance between two objects using vector

  Hi everyone,                      It's me again, Maria. I find this forum very good as I really get the neccessary information that I want, so once again, I came to write in and ask question :P                     I'm working on a game which n ...Show All