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• Angry SQL 2005 User Need Your Help in Visual Basic Forums

  Hi , Hope you all are fine. Actually Situation is that i have 2 Forms. One is the main Application Form and other is like splash screen like form. I dont want splash screen form to be auto hide after some seconds. As there is some data i want to show to EnD uSer. i have added a check box on Splash Screen Welcome form. Checkbox : "Dont Show this screen in Future" Now i dont know when user checks this Checkbox and opens the applica ...Show All

• tdanut Updating an SQL Server 2005 database

  Hi, I have been trying to edit values retrieved from a database in one of my VB2005 forms applications. But even though a test messagebox shows that a row has been altered, when I restart the application, the value is still the same. It doesnt change until it has been physically changed in the database. Can anyone shed some light on this Regards, Arun. That's what I was initially looking for, but I ne ...Show All

• ArnoldA Converting SQL 2005 to SQL2000

  I have a client that asked me to write a .Net app for them using VB2005 and SQL2005.  I started the project and now they have learned that their IT shop will not support SQL2005 at this point and we need to move it to SQL2000.  How can I get the database files and stored procs over to 2000   Is it as easy as doing a backup in 2005 and restore under 2000   Thanks... One last question.  Can I have SQL2005 and SQL200 ...Show All

• Drunkalot Dll Hell

  Hello, I used to write my programs in vb6, Now our company has bought vbnet 2005 with my blessing. I was glad I could experement with my new toy. But still I have to write a dll to use on a client PC with a vb6 program . Ok I made a com class and implemented classid,interfaceId and EventsId and I used Interface to make the properties visible in my vb6 project. I haven made a snk file (why I stil don't understand), I registered the dll and tlb ...Show All

• Denis A.B. Selecting a record from Data Grid

  I have a data grid that displays records.  I would like to be able to click on any one of those records and have another form popup to display all the information attributed to that record. How do I reference the row that I have selected Thanks in advance Can anyone shed some light on how to actually put these commands into action in my Grid I to would like to double click or press enter on a selected re ...Show All

• Russell Stringham Load Event

  I'm trying to dynamically access the forms controls.  I want to step through each control, and enable/disable them based on security settings.  But I can't do this in the load or paint event, as the control structure for the form is not available (using me.controls). Does anyone know how I could get my sub with this code to run after the form loads Thanks Weird, and ya this is converted from a VB6 mo ...Show All

• King Owl How do I split packets?

  What code would I use to split packets or slow them down I'm tring to split the packets using winsck.ocx so I can get rid of the buffer... any idea on how to split the packets so that there smaller when they come in or slow the packets down when they come in I assume that you are using UDP since you are referring to packets and the good ole' winsock control. I haven't tried this myself, but couldn't you use setsockopt ...Show All

• herbjörn determing the current color depth

  I am working with an application, that if in remote desktop the color depth is not correct then the app does not load.  I was wondering if there is something in the API to determine the color depth of a machine so I can send a message to change the settings - from 256 to 16bit. Thanks Tom Hi, tblind, In VB2005, My.Computer.Screen.BitsPerPixel will return the screen depth of the machine that the app is ru ...Show All

• QbProg Treeview - Combobox Question

  Hi everyone. I'm new to Visual Basic programming and I have what might seem like an odd set of questions. For my main question I would like to if it is possible to setup coding for a combobox so that when it is opened it shows a treeview of all your files on the computer If so, w'hat would the coding look like Can this be used to get a path to a certain folder and list the contents in a listbox. Thanks in advance for any or all help ...Show All

• Joel Bennett Enter to go to the next TextBox????

  Public Sub NextLine( ByVal ad As TextBox, ByVal da As Keys) If da.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then ad.Focus() End If End Sub I want to enter text in a textbox and when i hit enter i need it to go to the next textbox....Instead of writing a KeyDown event for all my textboxes i tried to write this function but it doesnt seem to work saying that option strict on dissallows late binding.....Any help I thought i ...Show All

• Nikolaos Wakem Multiline strings in components

  Hello, how can I build a multiline string in a component as the Items-Property of a ListBox-Component See this article at codeproject. Yes. You want item's that contain a multiline string Sorry, the code what you say is for C#, but I need VB code. But it is easy to convert and you should only grap the part you need. I d ...Show All

• Pramodmatrix TextBox Property

  Hi I am very new to VB.NET programming and I hope that somebody will be able to help on what should be an easy question!! I am using Beta 2 and basically i have data-bound a text box to a decimal field in an sql database. Essentially what i am trying to do is force the user to only enter in an 99.99 format.  I know that i can validate to check the input is valid but of course it would be good if they could actually only enter in that for ...Show All

• Christan passing events to different classes

  Hi, I cannot succeed triggering an event from one class and handling it in an other one (pertaining to the same project). However I can do this without difficulty inside the same assembly. My method is based on the paper "How to: Write Event Handlers" The following code is very basic : Form2 loads immediately after Form1 From Form1 Button1 I trigger the event which is recognized in its domain. Form2 loads successfully ...Show All

• Jacob2003 loggin

  I created a loggin form and dont know how to do the loggin databases so i figured id code the loggins. but it doesnt work can u help me with this or say how to do the databases If (UsernameTextBox.Text = "Loggin" & PasswordTextBox.Text = "Password" ) Then Dim openform1 As Form1 = New Form1 openform1.ShowDialog() End If End Sub If (UsernameTextBox.Text = "Loggin" ...Show All

• xrvjorn setup - custom dialog

  I have a setup project that I put a check box dialog before the installation 'progress'. With 2 check boxes that are: Desktop Icon, and Quick Launch Icon. So how do I check if a check box is selected so then I can place an icon-shortcut on the Desktop and/or Quick Launch Thanks David Guyer MS , thats just what I was looking for!  The Express products do not include ...Show All