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• Manjubashini How to save Files with a "SaveFileDialog"

  How can I do this Like you type a string in a textbox and you press a button called "Save", and then a "SaveFileDialog" pops-up, and you can choose where to save the file and what to call it. What is the code for actually writing strings into a .txt file Thanks Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim saveFileDialog As ...Show All

• Jon Jung Visual Basic installed in Windows XP Media Center

  I've just installed VB4.0 on my Windows XP Media Center machine. This is a new machine replacve my older Windows XP machine. When trying to open the Data Manager I get an error, out of memory.    I'm sure I'm just missing a dll or something like that. Does anyone have any suggestions If it's compiled for vb6, then it will need the runtime files for that version i.e. msvbvm60.dll etc. You can get ...Show All

• amberBC GenericIZE This...

  I am betting this is a very hard problem for 99.9995% of programmers. It's supposed to be simple and supposed to be one of the benefits of generics, yet generics will not work with this incredibly simple case. If you can get it to work, I'd love to see it. Take the class below and convert it to accept generic arguments of <int> or <double> or <long> or whatever. You'll find a big surprise when you you get it coded up and try ...Show All

• hpassant Single-character color codes

  Basically, i'm trying to achieve the following: I have an array containing a set of "tags", i.e "^7" is the color black, "^z" is the color grey,... So when a user types in the following: ^7YE^zS It should show the word YES, with 'YE' in black and 'S' in Grey. How can I achieve a fontcolor for individual characters in VB.NET I allready have a 2-dimensional array containg the tags(^x) and corresponding hexadecimal colorcode, so the input data isn' ...Show All

• J.P. Control codes - how to type them into a programme

  Here I am struggling to get my PC to talk to an electronic sign board (junk from an old callcentre that will now do service as a score board at the school I teach at). Background: I am able to have the sign working using it's own software, so it does function. Unfortunately this is a SCO UNIX box that runs a mass of other things, with the sign being a miniscule part of the functions. This footpring is too big! Problem: I have the pro ...Show All

• Kgard Checking name of the day

  Hello, I have small issue. I must check after entering date what weekday stand for this date. example: I entering date: 2006-04-05 and after click button. System return me weekday: Wednesday. I entering date: 1999-08-30 and after click button. System return me weekday: Friday. I want this make in the VB .NET Try the DayOfWeek function on the Date type: CType (textboxDate.Text, Date ).DayOfWe ...Show All

• LankyNibbs Using PropertyGrid to change My.Setting properties with a Touchscreen

  I'm writing a winform app for a machine HMI which has a touchscreen, so there is no keyboard or mouse. I have a form with a number pad on it which I use to edit parameters. I found I can use the My.Setting properties to hold my parameters and change them with a propertygrid. It takes care of binding and updating. I have two problems: 1: I need the Numberpad form to open when I click (touch) on an item in the propertygrid and know whi ...Show All

• Kelly Dyjur Subscript out of range

  This routine was copied from another one which works.  However when this code is executed I get "9 Subscript out of range" error right after "charge = charge + m_FBI(intSubscript)" and "charge = charge + m_FBI(intSubscript)". When added it also causes my other routines to get the same error. Private m_FBI() As Currency Private Sub chkFBI_Click() On Error GoTo What_error     MsgBox "START" intSubscript = selectCustomer.ListI ...Show All

• henrynp Desginer problem with OCX

  Hello, I'm currently developing a Windows appliaction in VB.Net 2005 with which I'm using some OCX like Flash. I have the same problem with 2 OCX (Flash and ButtonEX). When I first put them on the tool bar and on the forum, everything is ok, however, after the first compilation, the desginer is no longer able to show the forum and give an error: Could not load file or assembly 'Interop.ShockwaveFlashObjects, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutra ...Show All

• AviF image conversion component..

  hi ppl.. well i m developing a wallpaper changer.. and i am not to expert to write a code to convert a .jpeg or .jpg file to a .bmp file.. while the bit depth should remain 24 bits.. like windows does.. i have searched a function in vb6 ,but it isn't there or any winapi function that i can call.. as i am a student i can not buy anyone's properietery component also.. all u guyz are proper developers .. it would be really nice if u guyz can give m ...Show All

• megatiko AllUsersApplicationData not working when application has been published

  It seems that My .Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.AllUsersApplicationData is not working... : when you debug the application : everything is fine, but when you publish it. It points to the application folder. Which means that if you want to put a configuration file there ... it will be deleted during the next update !! Any ideas The same problem happens with : Application.CommonA ...Show All

• angham vb.net console app loads uxtheme.dll

  Hi, I was testing out for how to make vb.net not load vb.dll at runtime and the code is like this: Imports System Module MainModule Sub Main() Dim s1 As String = "abc" Dim s2 As String = "abc" If String.Equals(s1,s2) Then Console.WriteLine("done") Console.ReadLine( ) End If End Sub End Module The above code was compiled as a console app. Strangely I ...Show All

• Xin Jin help !!

  hi, is there any way, that i could type something in a dos program, from vb or vba, like, say i wanted to chage the directory from d: to c: ina msdos window, or an dos exe, is it possible to pass the command from vb or vba to change the directory automatically please help Hi! Check System.Diagnostics.Process class in MSDN about running other applications or run command line commands. Check System.IO.Directory for information ...Show All

• Tom N A check collection

  Hi all, I have a really simple form, with a combo box with some items in the collection. Is there a way in code I can reference to see if the text on the cbo is that which corresponds to the collection IE. Private Sub btnSomething_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSomething.Click if me.cboMyCombo.text = ITEMS IN COLLECTION then do something else msgbox("S ...Show All

• JohnStallo Help me converting simple VB6 code to VB.net

  Hi! This code is obviously VB6 code. Im desperately trying to get the width and height of an AVI file, and i found this code. This is the errors i getting. Maybe it will make things easier: error BC30802: 'Type' statements are no longer supported; use 'Structure' statements instead. error BC30678: 'End' statement not valid. error BC30828: 'As Any' is not supported in 'Declare' statements. error BC30002: Type 'AVIFILEINFO' is not defined. Can ...Show All