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• riley. How do I export data to Excel file from VB 2005?

  Hi, I know how to do it in VB6 but not in VB 2005 ... it seems too many changes in both syntax and calling. Any help about using Excel object in VB 2005 will be very appreciated! Regards Dears, It works with vb.net 2003 but with  vb.net 2005 Express says [Old format or invalid type library. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80028018 (TYPE_E_INVDATAREAD))] ...... Hope ...Show All

• roygdavis finding directory size in vb.net

  I've been trying to find the size of a directory with vb.net but not having much luck. I've tried things like: My .Computer.FileSystem.GetDirectoryInfo(basePath). but no appropriate methods or properties are coming up. Any ideas Thanks. I can't believe that there isn't a simple expression that gets de directory size! that's what i'm finding... funny that vbs ...Show All

• Joey Lee Me <Keyword>

  No matter how hard I try to understand I am not clear about Visual Basic Keyworkd Me From MSDN Me <Keyword> provides a way to refer to the specific instance of a class or structure in which the code is currently executing For simple windows application I know Me refers to current form object but any further explanation apologize this is a very basic question The Me keyword is used any time w ...Show All

• tehmann Save Multipage compressed TIFF file

  Does anyone know how to save a compressed multipage TIFF file I have a collection of images and I need to save all of the images into a single multipage TIFF file and I want it compressed with the LZW compression format. If anyone knows how to do this, please share the wealth. This is the code I am currently using. It works fine but it does not compress the image. Dim img As Image img = New Bitmap("C:\My Files\Isbell Bankruptcy Pap ...Show All

• Ram Marappan Need help with loading a form.

  Hi all, I'm new to VB and need some help im trying to get a form to load after a login box below is the code im using so far. Also is there any way i could get the login box to check a database for the usernames and passwords before alowing login If Usrname.Text = ( "greg" ) And Password.Text = ( "password" ) And Domain.Text = ( "United Kingdom" ) Then Im not sure what goes on the end of then. ...Show All

• Eduardo Sobrino Data source

  in the change data source wizard ;i have only two data sourcee types; Access and MsSql server database file ; how can i add Mssql Server and Oracle to this wizard window thanks for the reply; but if i want to do this visually;what product should i use and is it free for download apprecite your help;thanks Spotty If you want to do it visua ...Show All

• DNF IO.Ports.SerialPort.GetPortNames gives wrong names

  Hi I'm using VB Express with XP SP2 When i try to list all the serial ports on my system some (but not all) of the com port names are incorrect. some of the names have a "c" appended to the end of them. e.g. COM1 COM3 COM32c COM45c COM32 and COM45 exist but VB can't connect to them when the "c" is on the end of the string. I was thinking about uising a regular expression to check for the correct format and alter it if incorre ...Show All

• Awinesh Kumar Hiding MDI Maximize/Minimize Buttons

  I have an MDI app, where all child windows are opened maximized. I don't want the users to have the ability to minimize or maximize them etc. Can anyone tell me how to disable the mid maximize/minimize buttons on the command bar that are created when the childform is maximized I can't work it out of the life of me, but it cant be that hard! Cheers Mc That didn't seem to work either :( or im a nub ( ...Show All

• ultrabit79 Searching Directories In A Background Thread...

  Alright, I have code to search directories on a users PC in a background thread and then updates the proper files in a listbox. My code works great when I search a mapped drive (in my case the R:/ drive), but when I search the C:/ drive, my application locks up and once the code has finished, it will then unfreeze. What would cause only the C:/ to do this Here is my code... This is in my main form... Private Sub Director ...Show All

• rings777 What happened to the Installer class template

  I'm trying to find the installer class template in VS2005, that is available in vs2003. I want to create a custom action during setup that creates or links a SQL Express database with an instance of SQL Express that is installed durring my install. Further I need to set permissions on the user for IIS [computername/ASPNET] so my web service will run. I have the TSQL script that will need to run, so was going to run it during setup as a custom ...Show All

• mrtnld unbound text boxex and dates

  I am writting a small VB6 system to track employee check-in and check-out times and dates. The entry form uses unbound text boxes. I have gotten most everything to work except the dates. 1) how do I use an unbound text box to capture a date input by the user, use it to compare to date fields in an MSAccess table (date fields) and to write to the MSAccess table I keep getting type mismatch. 2) how do I put an input mask on the text box to format ...Show All

• Mal Cartwright Nullable Types In VB 2005

  In one of the MSDN articles on the C# enhancements for the 2005 version, there is a mention of Nullable Types (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/2005/overview/language/nullabletypes/). Will Nullable Types be also available in VB 2005 I hope so, as Nullable Types is the only language feature that I find compelling enough to make me want to switch. A.K. No the differences don't go beyond syntax. You have ...Show All

• Christopher Ireland Basestream.seek

  Hi, I need to read lines backwards in a TXT file with a fixed length for every line. I'm using Dim linetxt As String Dim counter as Integer = -56 'Which is the length of the lines Dim data_r As New StreamReader(data_path) 'data_path contains full path and name for the file data_r.BaseStream.Seek(counter, SeekOrigin.End) linetxt = data_r.ReadLine And this produces good results for a first reading. But last t ...Show All

• srivathsan accessibility.Iaccessible interface problem

  Hi guys, I am trying to declare the iaccessible interface in the .net assembly accessibility in vb.net. The problem is I cannot declare the interface property "acchelptopic" as the first parameter is defined "as ref". Is there anyway to define the interface as I need to do this so that I can call the accessibleobjectfromwindow api Thanks in advance DC Hi, I regret ...Show All

• StefanoUD system Shutdown

  How can i shutdown the system using vb codes when the time is get from the user Hi, Just place this on the code: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("shutdown", "-s"); Note: this would just work at XP       cheers, Paul June A. Domag Hi, Try executing "Shutdown -s" in your app. You can only do this on XP systems...       cheers, Paul June A. Domag Hi Paul, may you post any code on doi ...Show All