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• Don 007 LoadDataRow event to allow grid cell formatting.

  I have a VB.NET 2003 datagrid that is being filled and refreshed real time using LoadDataRow. I need an event that fires after LoadDataRow completes that will allow me to format the affected cell(s) (in the row) in the grid. The row may be new or a replacement. What event would that be Specifically I would like to format negative numbers as red. ...Show All

• opc3 Programming Challenge since u re great guy

  For this challenge, you'll need to write an algorithm to find your way from one corner of a field to another as fast as possible. You will be given a starting point and an ending point, and you'll need to tell us how long it will take you to get from start to finish. The field is a grid, and you can only move up, down, left and right. Each move of one grid square takes 1 second. Unfortunately, there's also walls in the way.....the rest is her ...Show All

• abw2003 Opening forms in a tab

  I have an mdi form with a few smaller forms that open within it. I recently decided that I do not want to do this. Is there a way to open the forms I have already created in a tab Say I have Form2.vb as a child form of Form1.vb. Right now, I have it set as I click a button and Form2 opens in a child window. Instead, I want to create a new tab on my tabcontrol and open it there (no new child window). I don't want to write out all the code that ...Show All

• spregula Stupid question

  Hi guys, I downloaded VB.Net express edition and I followed along with those 14 or so beginner tutorials. I see how an RSS reader can be made, which is awesome, but now I don't know what to do. Where should I go from here What should I program, where should I learn more advanced topics I guess I'm what you call a hobbyist, as my job has absolutely nothing to do with computers or programming, and as such I don't have much to spend on books. ...Show All

• William Screen Running "Show Data Sources" or "Add New Data Source" Generate Error of True Type Font

  Hi, I am using VB 2005 Express Edition Beta 2. When I tries to add data source and click over "Add New Data Source" under "Data" Menu it generates following error "Only True Type fonts are supported. This is not a True Type font." This message also appears when "Show Data Sources" option is clicked. Can anyone help me. Regards. Hi, This is a known issue  http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.a ...Show All

• TexW VBA: Cannot find project or library

  I am having a problem running an Excel/VBA program that has been working till this morning.  The error I got when I ran a macro I wrote is: Compile error: Cannot find project or library When I check the references in VBA editor, I find the list of references to be different than when I ran it on another machine.  I have some xla libraries on a server that I've linked to the application, and the libraries are being shared among my coll ...Show All

• BobIves Vb.Net Help

  Hi all i want to be proficient in vb.net,windows forms & ado.net.But Currently i'm working on vb 6 & some com concepts.I have read the theory part of .net. pls somebody tell me the topics which i concentrate so that i can get a fair idea of above 3. regards Atul The best way to become proficient is to Download the VB Express (its free) Start writing applications using Windows Forms and ADO.net ...Show All

• PStJTT VB 2005 Window Stay On Top?

  I was trying to get my form (the main form Form1) to stay on top all other windows windows(such like the Windows Task Manager) but with no luck. I tried Google and came up with several approaches: One used the SetWindowPos API call but that generated some insanley cryptic message that the call '...unbalanced the stack...'. I also tried setting the form's TopMost property to true, but that only made the main form stay on top the other fo ...Show All

• SteeleWORX how to execute aspx page using VB

  hai there, i have a problem on how do i write a VB application to open an IE with specific page like ( http://202.176.45.9:8001/sendsms.aspx user=testuser&to=012&server=10 ) then close the ie. or is there a way to execute the aspx page without even open the ie. can anyone help me out here. Thanks. Hi, You've got a few different options, depending on what you need to do. Do yo ...Show All

• Guillermina Feliciano Visual Basic 2.0

  Greetings. I use Visual Basic 2.0 to teach my kids a bit of programming. I do have Visual Studio Express - but it won't run on all my school PC's - while VisBas2 is small and quick!! BUT it doesn't have any help files . . . . I want to keep showing these kids good coding but I haven't found anything as small and quick as VisBas2 . . . . with helpfiles! Any and all suggestions gratefully accepted! Cheers, ...Show All

• Witold Jaworski How do I know if an exception is thrown from a specific method?

  Hi, I am relatively new to VB .NET. (I have started using .NET v2.0) I have a Class that does some work with a Dataset and if an Exception occurs, I catch it and throw it again so that the calling method from the GUI can catch it and throw a custom message. I would like to ask you if there is a generic way to define which exceptions the method might throw. That way when I write the code of the GUI that calls some methods of some classe ...Show All

• viliescu What are square brackets used for?

  Hello all, just curious on this. What's the difference between something like Dim strName as String, and Dim strName as [String] And where/why would you use [ ] if there is a difference Thank you in advance. There is no difference.  I have found that some of the C# to VB converters will put brackets in where they don't really belong.  I recently converted a project and it changed all reference ...Show All

• seriozha Searching via a textbox string

  Hi... I'm just jumping in to VS2005, and have tried to create a simple database search that will return all the items that are similar (begins or like ) text in a 3 column database table. The form has an input textbox, and a datagrid, similar to the output of an ASPRUNNER-PRO page...only I don't want a web page, I want to do this on a form. Everything IO've seen and read pertains to bound data to text boxes, whic is the opposite of what I am try ...Show All

• ChoKamir MenuStrip shortcuts

  Hi, I have a normal form with a menustrip docked at the top and also a richtextbox. The problem is whenever the richtextbox is in focus, some of the menustrip shortcuts don't work (Ctrl+R for example). The richttextbox seems to be "stealing" certain key events so the menustrip doesn't process them. Could someone please tell me how to correct this. Thanks, Alex Hi Nick, Take a look at the ProcessCmdK ...Show All

• Raman Iyer VB Selecting the lowest Integer

  Hello again! The program is coming along great... I have a situation where I randomly generated 4 integers between 1-50 What I want to do next is have the program select the lowest and highest numbers from the 4 different dim integers. Can anyone out there lead me in the right direction thanks! Create a player structure like this: Public Structure Player Implements System.IComparable ...Show All