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• SmileyFace Cannot open and edit a form

  After installing the new Visual Basic Express, I get the following error anytime I try to open a form from a project: "Could not load type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsRunningDocumentTable2' from Assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.8.0, Version 8.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral,  PublicKeyToken= b03f5f7f11d50a3a'. I have tried repairing and reinstalling but can't seem to clear this up.  Any suggestions would be ...Show All

• phileb Recommended source for icons?

  I got my version of Visual Studio Basic .Net from the Microsoft website, but it looks like the installation didn't include the icons collection. At least, one of my Basic books refers to a collection of icons that comes with .Net, and I don't have it. Anyway, can anyone recommend a public domain source for icons that I can use in my .Net applications Thanks. What icon extractors should we try Any names Th ...Show All

• j22 menu dropdown list with check marks

  I am populating a dropdown list for a context menu at runtime. How can I place a check mark next to some of the items I tried (amongs others) Dim list As ToolStripItemCollection = ContextMenuSelectLine.DropDownItems list.Item(i).Checked = value This gives a compiler eror that "Checked is not a member of System.Windows.F...... ToolStripMenuItem". I can cludge it by declaring each item a " ToolStripMenuItem" ...Show All

• MaximusBrood How to select a database at application startup

  Hi, I wrote a little application with VB2005 which uses an access database. I stored the connection-string with an application setting (my.settings.etcetc). Now for testing purposes I would like to make a copy of the database file, one with my real data and a second which I use when I want to test new features of the program without messing up all the data. For this it would be nice to give a choice to select the database to be used at applicati ...Show All

• DotNetSam Get information from database

  Hello I was using Visual Basic 6 and when I want to get information from a database, I write: Dim Con As New ADODB.Connection Dim rst As New ADODB.Recordset Set Con = New ADODB.Connection Set rst = New ADODB.Recordset Con.Open "Provider=MSDataShape.1;Extended Properties='Jet OLEDB:Database Password=111';Persist Security Info=False;Data Source=D:\Programs.mdb;Data Provider=MICROSOFT.JET.OLEDB.4.0" rst.ActiveConnection = C ...Show All

• Avanti Ketkar Romate SQL connection

  hello Friends i need help regurding code to connect MS SQL server 2000 through dail up connection acutally what happening to me, i have one computer connected with in a network and getting access of MS Sql server 2000 ; connected and making transaction. now at the same moment i connect to another Server through dailup connection from the same computer ; and i it's also connected but the prob is that i cann't able to logon to MS SQL server ...Show All

• Jeff Reid ? difference between: Me, MyBase and Parent

  I don t know what the difference is between these three items: me, Mybase, parent When do we use each of them. Also is the quivalent of this in C#: Me or MyBase Gracias Amigos:) Me is a reference to the current object. Often optional to use, but helps clarify your code when accessing methods and properties with objects with similar names. MyBase is a reference to the base object: the current object may have inherited from a b ...Show All

• lulu2005 Saving User Settings

  ok, so far my app allows people to choose a prog to add to the menu, however, closing an opening the prog resets everythin, how do i save Hi, use the app.config xml-file to do so: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vboriintroductiontoapplicationsettingstorage.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/04/AdvancedBasics/ Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/libr ...Show All

• Chilá blocking certain keys

  I am making a program, and it is necessary for it to remain full screen while it is running. Is there any way to block certain keystrokes, such as the windows key, the alt key, and the ctrl key A code sample would be appreciated . Thank you. Wow, that looks great! Thanks a lot. j, I'm not sure if this code perfectly covers everything you're trying to suppress, but it made my winform Alt+F4 resistant, so that's a start. e.KeyCode ...Show All

• Turnbuckle VS2005 - Localization problems

  Hi, It seems impossible to localize forms in VS2005 (as well as in VB2005 express). What I did : - Set the localizable property of the form to true - Select a language for the form (english, for example) - Enter the appropriate controls texts in english - Select another language for the form (french, for example) - Enter the appropriate controls texts in french - etc. When I switch back to english, half of the text has disappeared ! Is ...Show All

• Konstie How do I find out which users are logged on to which computers on our local network...

  How do I find out which users are logged on to which computers the local network... I need to better manage resources on our local network and need to write a small program to do this and I really don't have a clue where to start... I Believe WMI can do it but I don't know specifcally how Any Help would be greatly appreciated. You need to look at WMI http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx displaylang=en&FamilyI ...Show All

• Sydelis Print directly to the printer

  Dear all...^^. I have a program needs to print directly to a Zebra TLP 2844-Z barcode printer. I tried the codes in http://support.microsoft.com/ scid=kb;EN-US;322090, but an error occurred when i run it, as follows: A call to PInvoke function 'test!test.RawPrinterHelper::OpenPrinter' has unbalanced the stack. This is likely because the managed PInvoke signature does not match the unmanaged target signature. Check that the calling conve ...Show All

• John Wilkie VB. Net Form does not refresh

  Hi, I have created a simple VB.NET application with one form and a few modules. When a user clicks on a run button of the form the application starts and goes through differet cycle, while updating the user on status bar, runs for less than four hours. The application works fine, it gives desired result. However, it is not able to refresh the user form, meaning status bar remains same after some time (it suppose to increment). Even when I ...Show All

• Erenion USING DHTML to open a local folder with IE6

  Hello! I am working on a project with dhtml that it should connect a host in LAN and open a local folder on browser. When i run it on IE5 the prject can work well. But when i run it on IE6 with sp1 , i will get the error "Access is Denied" at the code line "basewindow.open file:///c:\test " My test result is that i can open the folder when i simply run the html file without connect the host in LAN on my local syste ...Show All

• jkisha Get Pointed in the right Direction?

  Good Morning, I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I'll try it and hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. I am curently using VS/VB6. (Can't afford to upgrade right now, but would like to.) I have Several Reports in an Application that work fine. However, I have a bunch of users that have asked if I can make the Reports "Zoom" to a smaller screen size (say 75%) when they are disp ...Show All