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• vmanzu_1977 Extract typed info letter by letter

  What I'm trying to do is have a text box for a user to enter a name into, then extract each letter from that box in order, turn letters into numbers, then screw with that to come up with an apparently random number for later verification (see if the name matches the number). My question is- how can I get each number into a seperate variable, then change it into a number (and all letters be pre-defined, so it's always the same number for each let ...Show All

• TenShekels Saving gif files

  Hi people, For a jpg file, you can save the file with the save method of the image object and you can specifiy a quality. code: currentImage.Save(SaveFileDialog1.FileName, _codec, GetQuality()) First parameter is the name of the file. Second is the ImageCodecInfo, here a jpg. Thrid is the quality as encoderparameters. Now I would like to save a .jpg file as a .gif file and I want to set a number of colors that it wants to use ...Show All

• Greetings creating custom form

  i am interested in creating my own custom form or let me say custom title bar with curved corners like msn messenger or so.....i have no idea how can i perform this hmm! could you please give some example Did your search not turn up anything Presumably you have VB Installed, if you search for 'create custom shaped form' hit number one should be: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/htm ...Show All

• roger.yi Extracting Variables from Strings and Event for a Tabchange in a TabControl

  I have a program that is meant to take a user defined string (ex. x2 + 2x + 1) and divide it, and then store those values (the coefficents of x); there is a practically indefinite number of numbers in the coefficient. I've looked at the String.Split Method, but I don't understand it very well nor do I believe it's very practical when you have to keep splitting each variable to get the coefficient. Is there an easier way to the the opposite of ...Show All

• Mariah Macney 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 Larry, I think Steve's response and resources will help. Note also that we're looking into ...Show All

• ccal How to center MDI child Form ?

  Hai Experts, How can i center MDI child Form in its Parent MDI from Without using the size of MDI parent form. i don't want this- ParentMDIFormwidth/2-MDIChildWidth/2 Is there any method this. StartPosition = FormStartPosition .CenterParent under which event is one supposed to put the above line I tried form_load, form_shown, form_paint events in the mdi child form, non ...Show All

• Glenn Nelson Trouble playing .wmv files

  in code AxMediaPlayer1.FileName="c:\temp\test.avi" AxMediaPlayer1.Play working properly, but when I try to play .wmv files AxMediaPlayer1.FileName="c:\temp\test.wmv" AxMediaPlayer1.Play i got error in line axmediaplayer1.play files test.avi and test.wmv exist adn they work properly in any player Why found solution for .wmv files must use code AxMediaPlay ...Show All

• ismaelc Adding Information to the Object Browser

  Is it possible in vb.net to add information into the object browser to display summary information about your own classes, methods and events etc at design time If so how yes...if your are using 05 simply type 3 consecutive comment marks on the line befor your method/proeprty and the ide will produce this ''' <summary> ''' ''' </summary> ''' <param name="sender"& ...Show All

• Laser Lu Picture Box and Track Bar Transparency

  Hi to all, how can i make my picturebox and trackbar transparent.  Is there any way i can do it Help me please;) Thanks Hi To make a picturebox transparent, You can set the backcolor of the pictureBox using: pictureBox.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(150, Color.Orange)   ...Show All

• Lgee212 Vieving CMD in my application

  Hi. I`m a new user of Visual Studio and just started with programing. I have just made a program witch is adding users to the Windows(actually it is a program wich is sending cmd commands thats all) Nut now i would like to see results on my application. I mean to sa which users are in the windows system. How can I do it Can someone help me Greetings Dawid If you are using the process class to add/remove users, you ...Show All

• JyothiN Value of type 'String' cannot be converted to 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection' - What does this mean?

  Using Visual Studio 2005 with VB as my language I'm trying to access the named connection string on my web.config file. web.config section: < connectionStrings > < add name = " motorpoolConnectionString1 " connectionString = [blah] providerName = " System.Data.SqlClient " /> </ connectionStrings >   The Page: Imports System.Data.SqlClient ... Dim conn As String = Con ...Show All

• Bardia Hamedani Buying Visual Basic 2005

  Am I able to buy just VB 2005 or do I have to buy the Visual Studio suite Thanks in advance! No, you can't get VB on it's own, it's now tightly integrated into Visual Studio.  There are standard and Pro editions available, and there's an upgrade path for prior registered owners of any of the VS tools.  You may also need the MS Office extentions if you're going to develop any Office solutions us ...Show All

• crystal report printing problem Accessing List items

  Got on of these Lists on the go, it goes a bit like this: Structure Player Dim etc etc etc End Structure Dim lstPlayers as List (of Player) Now that's working fine, and I can access them using a For... Each statement. BUT... When I have one (Say, for example For Each tmpPlayer In lstPlayers) I can access all the properties of each player, but cannot change them. Is there any way around this It may make things clearer if I say that I'm using ...Show All

• AustinMyers Workaround for Compiler Error That Was NOT FIXED BY THE PATCH

  For those of you unaware: There is still a seemingly random problem with the VB .Net 2005 Compiler (And yes everyone of our developer machines has the recently released patch installed). Basically a DLL project somehow gets corrupted on a specific machine, and any project that references that DLL immediately begins getting compiler errors (even on load of the .NET Project). From that point on that machine can no longer load any project that r ...Show All

• Mark Milan Can Classes be used to include or display UI as well or just for code and functionality

  I wonder if it s good development habit to use classes to diplay and collect data from users Thanks cool, that s perfect for data issue. so how about UI logic, can I implement it in classes as well or will the regular forms do all the job without creating classes that have UI logic like ActiveX controls. Thanks A form is a class as well. But you don't put UI-logic in you data classes for example, if you have a class that ...Show All