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• Olaf van der Spek Thread Management Question....I think

  I'm not really sure how to search for this question, so if this is a common question, please accept my apologies beforehand. Many programs (Winamp, for example) are able to detect if they are already running, and if so, they simply activate the window or take some other, presumably definable, action. How is this accomplished I am building an app that can run in the tray(notification area, or whatever), and I want to make sure that, i ...Show All

• VivSB html editor in visual basic

  Hello everyone, I would like to know how to build an HTML editor with (drag and drop) in Visual Basic. I'm just looking for drag and drop into html editor and autoamtic write code themself. Does anyone know how to build that in Visual basic or is there is any sample website where i can learn more about the drag and drop html editor! Alidad I sent you the project and the SDK. It's always he ...Show All

• Gregory P custom cursors

  it's very important to my project that I make a custom cursor... how would I do that right click on what there doesnt seem to be anything like a 'cursorfile' it's extremely important that i make a custom cursor... Solution Explorer: Right click, Add, New Item, Cursor File PLEASE!!! PLEASE!!! PLEASE HELP ME! THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MY PROJECT, I BEG YOU! I'LL BE YOUR ONLINE SLAVE FOR A DAY IF YOU AN ...Show All

• ChristoLee First record lost during select to Access table

  I am trying to access a Microsoft Access table using VB.Net 2005. A simple "Select * from Tablename" returns all records except the first one. The same select entered as a Query (SQL) in Access returns all records. Has anybody else got the same problem Bength, This forum is for questions relating to Visual Studio Team Edition for Software Testers. I'll move this thread to the VS.Net section ...Show All

• Bud Pritchard invalid parameter

  Can anyone tell me why this throws a system.argumentexception:Invalid parameter Imports System.Drawing Public Class form1   Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form # Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New () MyBase .New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose ...Show All

• glocklt4 Immediate window - very simple

  In VB6 I could type commands into the immediate window to test the syntax i.e. msgbox "Test" <rtn> and a messagebox would pop up. Is there a way of doing this in VB .NET All I can find is to go into watch mode but I need to be running my code for that to work. I want a simple way of checking syntax Matt I think I must be missing something... I type "MsgBox("test" ...Show All

• jayakumar Use a variable in a other sub

  How can you use a variable in a other Sub like this. Sub a=1 End Sub Sub msgbox "a" End Sub Hi, Just declare it outside the sub: Dim a as string sub 1 a = "Hello" End sub sub 2 msgbox a end sub cheers, Paul June A. Domag ...Show All

• Benjamin Wulfe Toolstrip radio buttons

  I want to implement a set of radio buttons in a toolstrip (VB 2005 beta 2) I can set the checked state of the button which has been clicked because the event handler passes its id back; but how do I uncheck the other one when all I know about it is that it is, say, the third one along the toolstrip I want to write something like toolstrip1.button(3).checked = false but the toolstrip class does not appear to have a member called button or an ...Show All

• RobertWRW converting datetimepicker value

  i had a datetimepicker named dtpBirthDate, and want to use this as a meduim for obtaining birthdate of a user, what i want to happen exactly is upon choosing the date, three(3) textboxes namely, tboxYears, tboxMonths,tboxDays would be fill up by the number of years,months,and days the user was. here's the code: Private Sub dtpBirthDate_ValueChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles dtpBirthDate.Va ...Show All

• Terrel Kareem VB6

  Hi It's been a while since I've done any VB programming, and I need to get back in to it for work purposes. I've quite a bit of experience at VB 6 programming and have lots of code and examples that I need to use again. Is the latest VB development package backwards compatible with VB6 I'm sure all of these questions have already been answered so appologies for that. Thanks John Although VB6 is still supp ...Show All

• chino Value list for a combo box

  I want to make a simple value list hard-coded as the selection for a combo box in VB.NET 2.0. Where do I enter the values I really doubt its because its an integer. Perhaps I'm not understanding your question correctly as you are now talking about an underlying set. The items property defines what items are in the combo box. If you have only 4 items in the combobox then you should only see 4 items i ...Show All

• John Szurek Unable to cast from a System.Web.UI.Control to a UserControl

  I get a runtime error "Unable to cast object of type 'ASP.acon01_unitproductcodenode_ascx' to type Fle.Webapp.UnitProductCodeNode'" when doing following cast Dim pcoNode As UnitProductCodeNode = CType ( Me .LoadControl( "~/acon01/unitproductcodenode.ascx" ), UnitProductCodeNode) UnitProductCodeNode is a usercontrol. It is working fine when I run the code in the debugger. Or when it is built for de ...Show All

• DevInstinct Change location of "backup files" directory in VS2005

  In another post ( http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=122897&SiteID=1 ) somebody asked about the "backup files" folder that VS2005 automatically creates. I don't mind having the folder, but I've moved where my projects are stored, but the "backup files" is still being created at the old location. I have changed the placement of projects and templates and the vsssettings file. But where do I change where the "backup files" i ...Show All

• JohnE writing in specific locations on screen

  I am updating vb6 code which displays mathematical formulae in a picturebox.  It uses currentX and currentY to keep track of positions for components of the expression on the screen.  This allows it to generate a formula based on user input and which involves superscripts and powers. In one section of the code I have      xco = Picture2.CurrentX             ...Show All

• kufu missing components menu!

  Hi there, Please can someone help me. Im at the end of my wits with this!! yesterday, by accided, I pressed the x button to close the component menu which appears on the left hand side of the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE for VB 6.0. Well, I think its called the component menu - it has all the different objects you can place on your forms, like buttons and labels etc. No matter what I do I just can manage to get it back now, and I desperately nee ...Show All