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• Rick Taylor Why do the DEBUG (F9) breakpoints not trigger 80% of the time? How do I get it 100%?

  Why do the DEBUG (F9) breakpoints not trigger 80% of the time How do I get it 100% Michael Beta 2 The code is executed!! I guarantee it is is simple test code that I am working with and the debug breakpoint is set at field.text = "Testing". The text always displays but the breakpoint is almost never triggered. I have been doing these sorts of things for over 27 years. I understand EXACTLY what I need to do and what is happening and ...Show All

• zq3 Simple Question on Datareader

  Hi, I want the datareader to load data in one table based on certain cretaria match in other table in which case both the tables are linked like this Both tables have pkid as primary key fields and compaddress is linked to compmast through cid field. cmd.commandtext="select pkid as cid, compname from compaddress inner join compaddress on compmast.pkid=compaddress.cid where compaddress.city like '%Bangalore%'" dr=cmd.execut ...Show All

• oaktree444 Deployment of classes

  I have read the few books that I own but none mention deployment of classes. I have written a few class applications (in VB.NET 2003) and now want to deploy them to other applications.  I can handle the imports thing and get the windows form apps using the libraries happily; however, I want to keep the maintenance low. The overall suits of [form] applications (written with VB.NET 2005) will consist of around 35-50 applications deployed to a ...Show All

• Thomas Murphy VB confused about SQL Server versions ?

  Some months ago I installed beta preview editions of Visual Studio including a copy of SQL Express. Recently, I successfully uninstalled all of these betas using the special purpose uninstall tool available on the Microsoft website. The uninstal completed successfully or so it said. Next I installed Visual Studio 2005 Professional and the installation completed successfully. I also removed SQL Server Express Edition (Autoinstalled with VB) an ...Show All

• andy-2007 Access Form in Code from a User Control

  I have created a UserControl1 that inherits from the Visual Basic.Net 2005 TextBox Control. A Windows Application Project is then created (named WindowsApplication1) and the UserControl1 is dragged onto Form1 of WindowsApplication1. Question: In the code of User Control how is Form1 accessed In particular, it is desired to place some graphics on Form1 from code in UserControl1. Thanks for any response... ...Show All

• Ged325 Cant' get click event to occur in TabControl TabPage

  I created a Smart Device project in VB 2005. I added a TabControl with 5 TabPages on it. I added various controls in the tab page, but I need to get some code to work and have to test it. I installed a click event on the tab, but it doesn't work since a breakpoint on the code inside the event doesn't catch the click. I've tryed other events as well, but none of them are working either. Can anyone give me an idea as to why this isn't ...Show All

• VuaCorona How to make shortcut of program

  Hello How can I create a shortcut of program on Desktop, Start menu, Program Menu and Start Up Menu   Thanks & Regards rkimble wrote: So you want your application to create the shortcuts after it is installed That is, you're not talking about creating them at install time In that case, I guess that in theory you could progamatically generate a .LNK file (shorcut) ...Show All

• Derek C dynamically adding resources with the My.Settings object

  Hi, I recently had a client request that the column widths he set for a list view should be persistent, so that each time he opens up the application, the widths appear as he left them.  This was accomplished in Visual Studio 2003 by dynamically writing the column widths out to a config file using XML.  As the list view was being used many times within the application in conjunction with various controls, entries were adde ...Show All

• Almon B. Strowger Where to Post Visual Basic 6 questions

  Hi, Questions regarding Visual Basic 6 and other COM based languages should be posted on Microsoft Newsgroups . This forum only entertains VB 8 or VB .Net related questions. cheers, Paul June A. Domag   Zulfiqar Ali wrote: Dear Joe, Thank you for this important update. I want to ask about VB6 OK, I am doing so through Newsgroups. Please can these news groups be configured on Outlook Expressed FYI for anyone ...Show All

• rbaxter Changing a buttons font to Bold

  Hi Is there any easy way of setting a buttons font to bold during runtime Just check out for Button Font Property Button.Font = New Font(Button.Font,FontStyle.Bold) ...Show All

• ChRiZ Send and Receive text via serial port (Vb2005)

  Hi: I connected two laptops via a non-modem serial cable, and drag a serialport and a timer to the form. By using the following code for sending the text: Private Sub Form1_Load( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase .Load SerialPort1.Open() End Sub Private Sub Timer1_Tick( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick SerialPort1.WriteLine( "Hello" ...Show All

• Eric Frame Hiding controls on the designer

  I have a bunch of controls on my form and am wondering if I can hide some so it doesn't look so cluttered. I only wnt to hide them on the designer though and not at runtime. Any way to do this I came up with something similar to Renee's response. I have a collection of group boxes and set their size to 1 pixel by 1 pixel. I set them just outside the edge of the form. When I want to use that groupbox I move it to the right spot then res ...Show All

• farmer101 ShowWithoutActivation does nothing???

  I have added Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property ShowWithoutActivation() As Boolean Get Return True End Get End Property to my "test form" and open it using a timer from my "Form 1" but if you keep typing into the text box on form 1 when test form opens the textbox on form 1 looses its focus... It may be me doing somthing stupid so i have uploaded a test project so you can se ...Show All

• Shahid Mahmood Program execution in multiple forms

  I am writing an program where in Form1 i call a procedure an in htat procedure I goto Form2, but I dont want the rest of procedure in Form1 to finish until I am finished with FOrm2 app. THe problem is that my procedure in FOrm1 goes ahead and completes before I get finished with Form2 app. Is there a way to pause the procedure until I return back from Form2 app Show and ShowDialog are not the same. The differe ...Show All

• Atosecond VB2005 Express Beta 2 to Express Edition

  I upgrade my vb2005 Express beta 2 to Express Edition but all my previous projects doesnt work, an error occured when I try to open the form in design view. the error message states "there is no editor available for 'DomFile\frmPass.vb' and "make sure the application for the file type (.vb) is installed" Please help me on this Thanks... Dominic.. Hi, I have encountered this kind of error. But it generated because I tried to open a V ...Show All