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• MochaJunkie Make element accessible to selected assemblies?

  Hello, i have a solution of more than 10 projects (or assemblies). There are properties in some assemblies that i would like to make accessible to selected other assemblies, but not to all other assemblies who have a reference. Friend means, accessible only within the current assembly. Is there a possibility to extend Friend meaning visible to the current assemblies and selected trusted assemblies The only other possibility i see is pub ...Show All

• Mikhail Arkhipov Newby: Need help converting VBA script to VB 2005

  Hello, I am new to programming. The following script needs to be converted from VBA to Visual Basic 2005. Dim fileName1 = InputBox("Enter filename for filtering")       fileName2 = InputBox("Enter filename for output") Open fileName1 For Input As #1 Open fileName2 For Output As #2 Do Input #1, Data1 ' Gets number Input #1, Data2 ' Gets name Input #1, Data3 ' Gets model Input #1, Data4 ' Gets description Input #1, Data5 ...Show All

• MikeCai How can I create a date control that validates and confirms that the user is entering a valid date

  How can I create a date control that validates and confirms that the user is entering a date in the right format (mm/dd/yyyy). I don t want to create functions that validate the data that he user enters by checking that the first 2 digits are less than 12 (meaning it s a valid month). I guess VB does that automaticaly (I have VB.NET 2003) and am developping VB windows forms (not asp forms) I m glad I m now a memeber of this fabulous forum. ...Show All

• ParadoxNut LinearGradientBrush, too many arguments to public Sub New().

  Hello I am using this LinearGradientBrush to chnage the gradient color of my ToolStripButton which is on ToolStrip control.  I've the follwoing code Dim x As Integer = 20 Dim y As Integer = 20 Dim h As Integer = 100 Dim w As Integer = 200 Dim myRect As New Rectangle(x, y, w, h) Dim myLGBrush As New LinearGradientBrush(myRect, Color.Blue, Color.Aquamarine, 45.0F, True ) But I'm getting too man ...Show All

• Peter2005a Access or SQL Which one is better

  Hi I'm wondering, which one would be better, i'm creating 2 medical programs, that are going to be running on a local machine, I Use visual Basic 2005 express and don't know if I should develop with access or SQL 2005 express. Which one is better and faster Any suggestions or comments will come in handy. PS. Future versions might have network connections, like for a secretary or interoffice connections. So should i work on access or ...Show All

• Tom D VB?

  Hi, I was wondering if there is any free version of VB around And which is better to learn ( ) VB or C++ or whatever the laguage is called ^_^ (sorry I'm a beginner :)) Thanks, Henry. Done with a :) was true tho VB.NET and C# are essentially the same language with different syntax. I'd say that VB.NET has more traps for young players, although the syntax i ...Show All

• Upsetian Is there a quicker way to get a string of characters out of a string without using split

  I have a collection of file names that appear like this: test.txt.zip.pgp. Is the a better way than using split to get the filename with out the extension.   That doesn't work because of the multiple extensions. It only removes the last extension. I'll probably create a new function because of the frequency of this. I see that there is a lastIndexOf method but not a first index of. To bad, that probably ...Show All

• Robert Ingebretsen MSFT Is it possible to.....?

  After several hours of tinkering I have FINALLY figured the printing architecture in VS2005 and can make my own document print. I am using the printdocument, printpreviewdialog, and the printdialog. I currently can set the printpreview doc to my print doc and view it. I even figured out how to select the paper size in the printdialog and pass that to both the document AND the print preview!! woo hoo! Now for the question........is it possible ...Show All

• ErSehmi self executing installation programs

  Recently I contracted to have a program written for me in Visual Basic.  I want it to be shareware BUT currently it comes in a Zip file that when unzipped the user opens it with the 'install.exe' file.  This means the customer can continually download the trial zip version and never buy it. However, when I've used shareware it downloads then immediately installs itself with no ability to reinstall it.  My guys are stupid at findin ...Show All

• hthan exporting data to excel

  Hi, i need to export a query result to excel. I did it using a few methods but it seems that it is taking to long if loading large amount of data like 1000 rows. I did looping a datatable and write the values to excel via excel object 11.0. - 20 secs for 1000 rows exporting the data to CVS but i will have problems formatting the data. using copyfromrecordset using adodb. But they want it to be done in .net Are there any better and ...Show All

• Shafa My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.CurrentUserApplicationData

  Does anyone know if there is a way to get to the current users application data folder I've tried: My .Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.CurrentUserApplicationData But it add's on what VB would call my program name, plus the version number. I need to be able to access a folder I created in a previous version of my program which is located in a folder off the current users application data folder. Hmm.. ...Show All

• zshahin Exception handling doesn't catch errors

  I seem to be missing a fundamental point regarding exception handling. My understanding is that when an error occurs, it can be caught by Catch without abnormally terminating the program. Mine will always abnormally terminate when an error occurs. An example is below. When the connection fails to open, the application breaks instead of executing the Catch block. Why Try cnSQL.Open() xMainMenu.ShowDialog() Me .Close() cnSQL.Clos ...Show All

• kent_ Can I use Tutorial Video for VB 2005 Express Ed. with Vis. Stu. 2005 ??

  Hi, Ive found some beginners videos for VB but require Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition... I have VB 6 and Visual Studio 2005 , Can I use VS 2005 for the projects. thanks thanks, will give them a go, ...know any tutorial sites for vb Hi, Yes, any non-Express versions of VS 2005 includes all the feature that the Express editions have. MSDN offers a free ...Show All

• Frank Racis Enabling ActiveX controls in Webbrowser

  I am creating a dedicated browser to be used exclusively on a single program located on my hard drive. Security is not a concern as the webbrowser URL will be set to the program’s default web page path with no navigation options for going online. The program utilizes dynamic web pages with powerful search capabilities that require ActiveX controls. When I run my browser application, I get a series of security warning boxes stating: ...Show All

• Earl Kurburski Is it there?

  Here is what I have in my password form. Public Class PassCreate Dim strPass As String Private Sub btnPassCreate_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnPassCreate.Click strPass = txtPasscreate.Text My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText("C:\Pass.txt", strPass, True) Me.Hide() PGS.Show() End Sub End Class What I want is If C:\Pass.txt <> exist then create a password write it ...Show All