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• SpurryMoses ADODC unrecognized database format for Access 2000

  I am working on a networked version of Access 2000 using a Visual Basic 6 front end. The access file was recently moved to a new server with MS Server 2003 installed. Over the last couple of days my clients, who have todate had no problems accessing the data, have one by one been unable to access the data getting error message "Unrecognized database format". Any help would be appreciated. What may ...Show All

• Massimo Galati Visual Basic 2005 & Downgrading | Compability with VB6

  This is closely related with my question in the other post . The application I received from someone was written in Visual Basic. Okay, that's fine, I thought. Let's take a look. Subsequently I got to know that Visual Basic 2005 could be downloaded for free. So I did. However, it turned out to be that I can't get this application get to work anymore after I installed Visual Basic 2005. Even deinstalling VB2005 didn't help. Reinstalling the app ...Show All

• Valent Lei How to view out-of-scope variables with debugger?

  Good morning: Can anyone tell me the trick for viewing out-of-scope variables while debugging I have a time-dependent application that I cannot stop by using a breakpoint (and get predictable results anyway). I could write values to the quick-console, but I don't always know what variable I want to look at in advance. Stopping the application to re-write the code often alleviates the problem that needed debugging. I have read several books ...Show All

• ramkim My.Application.OpenForms does not return MDI child or dialog forms

  I have the following code: (which is in a button click on an MDI child form that opens a dialog that allows user to search for a value in a <Large> dataset. In order to limit the load/display time I am laoding thje dataset the first time that the user opens (fdlgSearch_onLoad) the form but am trying to avoid having to load the dataset each time the user requests a search). <CodeSnippet> Dim fSearch As fdlgSearch = Nothing ...Show All

• Sentinel3304 Processing Serial Data

  I need the reduce the processing time in a uMicrocontroller to allow faster sampling times. This has creates a problem in the data collection routine in VB. The old system collected the analog data a converted it to a decimal format before sending it to the serial port. This data is collected and saved using Hyperterminal. The VB program would, when run, would open this file and process the decimal data by graphing it. What I need ...Show All

• Moutso Object design question

  In my situation, I've a header table and a detail table. Naturally, I create objects for each them let say Header and Detail. In Header object, I need to hold a number of Detail objects. So, I create a collection object of Detail. The collection object is inherited from BindingList(Of Detail) as I need to data bind it later on. I would like to know is that a common or good design If not, what's the better way The reason that I've this questio ...Show All

• Chico Compiler sending back null exceptions

  In my Try Catch, sometimes the exception returned looks like it is a NULL or space (I can't really tell, just that when I print it out in a MsgBox, it is blank sometimes which causes problems later) sometimes. how can I check the exception for length or something then if it's null, replace that blank exception with some sort of text i I have to pass the execption to my email function and my email function cannot take a null like this...so I nee ...Show All

• Scotley How to data stuff from an Access Database with VB 2005

  I see other solutions, but have been beating my head trying to get set up to be able to port my vb6 stuff to .net.  I use an Access Database with Many tables and relationships.  Most of all the samples I see are for SqlServer etc.  Where is a good area to go find samples etc for doing Access with VB2005 Hi, Accessing SQLServer is much more the same as Access... Just use the OleDb namespace inst ...Show All

• DavBrook (Public) Property Statement

  I am using a number of (public) property statements (.NET 2003) to pass variables between classes. All are working fine except for the statements where I am passing 2D arrays. When I step through the code, the set is working fine, when I step into the get, the values are empty strings. Three classes are involved, a .dll is setting the values in an intermediary class and the .exe is getting the values. Any ideas ...Show All

• ShawnW277871 Installing VS 2005 keeps on asking ' Please insert the disk: Visual studio 2005'

  The installation process for Visual Studio 2005 prompts ' Please insert the disk: Visual Studio 2005' everytime when I try to install VS2005. This is what I did: * Downloaded VS 2005 from the MSDN members download site.    File name: en_vs_2005_pro_dvd.iso (size=2,825,748 KB) * Used MagicISO tool to unpack the files   * Used Nero 6 to write the extracted files to the DVD * Created a brand new Virtual PC with Windows XP + SP2 ...Show All

• LoveDanger VS.NET 2005 - Single Instance app and command line parameters

  Hi. Would someone be able to provide me with general direction for the following. I am able to easily create a single instance application, thanks to the new functionality built into VS.NET 2005. Now, what I am trying to do is recuperate the command line parameters when switch to the first instance running, when the application is called again. In more details: I have application abc.exe. I run it the first time. Second time I run it, I ...Show All

• Andrew Whitten Sending hex characters using MSCOMM32.OCX

  Hi All, I am using VB5 to send and receive hex characters out the serial port using MSCOMM32.OCX. I can send a hex character using the following format: 'MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&HC3)' and my module will receive 'C3' in one byte. Which is what I want to receive. However, I need to send a hex variable to the port, ie. Chr$(&H hexvariable#) Does anyone know the proper sytax to use I really need help on this one!!! Thanks, R ...Show All

• MrDewMan VB-Express 2005 and Starter kit Movie collection

  I installed VB express 2005 and the starter kit Movie Collection, but when i run it i get a message that i need to get the web plus edition. The link send me to the starter kits main page where i can't find any kit with name web  plus edition. Where can this be found PetterL  HHmm.. Over a year later, and now I have come across the same problem. Although I am trying to run the C# Movie kit. No Web Plus edition. ...Show All

• Motten Handling events with an array of controls

  VB 2005 Express will let you dimension an array of controls, such as panels or pictureboxes.  But it will not let you dimension that array "WithEvents".  Is there a clever way to get around that limitation, or do I just have to write all the code that would go along with generating lots of individually named controls (i.e., all the dimension commands, all the size, location, borderstyle and backgroundimage properties, and all the ...Show All

• JustinSB AnalogTVTuningSpace and MSVidCtl

  I´m trying to develop a decent tv tuner/capture application (since there are no such apps, nowhere, I say) in Visual Basic 6.0. I´m using the MSVidCtl component together with the AnalogTVTuningSpace and IChannelTuneRequest object to achieve this, as desc ...Show All