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• Andrew P Can VB.NET application send msg to MSN or yahoo messenger ???

  Hi All          How to write a VB.NET application that allowed us to send msg to MSN Messenger or Yahoo Messenger Have you ever seen a working VB.Net app using Xihsolutions The lack of documentation for their dll is overwhelming. Hi there, Try using the library available at this site http://www.xihsolutions.net/dotmsn/ It should help you do what you need. ...Show All

• Dabwang Searching with query string

  query = "SELECT * FROM PATIENTS WHERE LastName LIKE ('%" + tboxSearchPatient.Text + "%')" I am using this query string as a way of searching the grid with the Name being inputed in the textbox.The code was behaving properly, but I want to modify the way the search perform.Upon executing this code the grid was displaying the name with all the text with reference to the textbox text.For example, if I inputed " ...Show All

• WallyG click and double click events are not fired in listview component in VB.NET

  hi, i have created a sample window aplication in VB.NET.placed a listview component in the form ,written click and double click event for list view.But the events are not fired.is there any property to be set for click event. Thanks, Ganesh The events for click and double click are selected in events tab.but still they are not fired. In the properties window (f ...Show All

• Kim Hansen Programatically select items in ListBox

  I know this is a complete newbee question, this is becuase I am new to VB, how would I go about programatically selecting items in a litsbox I need a quick way for the user to be able to select all items in the list. Thanks in advance Thanks Ralph. I knew it had to be easy like that. Ah but Ralph gave you C# syntax on the VB newsgroup...  Here's some VB code: for i as integer = 0 to listbox1.items.count -1    li ...Show All

• Drance database, data propagation

  I am bigginer in the Visual Basic. I use Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. I created a database and put it in the form. I ran the application, changed a value in the form, saved it with the save button on the top and left the application. I realised that the database was not change. The source is: Public Class Form1 Private Sub Table1BindingNavigatorSaveItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, By ...Show All

• JonasBergstrom Custom Message Box Button

  I am curious if it is possible to change or add answer options/buttons to a MessageBox What i want to do is ask a question that is not a "Yes/No" question. I want to be able to give the user a choice of 3 or more options and i want to be able to know what those options are. Thank you very much Nicholas Christian Check this webpage for the button options. If you don't like them, consider maki ...Show All

• Travis Baseflug Run-time error '429' ActiveX component can't create object

  Hi! I get the error (Run-time error '429' ActiveX component can't create object)  when I execute my VB 6.0 program on Windows server 2003 BUT not on Windows XP Professional. The code that causes error is: Set wrkJet = CreateWorkspace("", "admin", "", dbUseJet) Is there anybody who experienced the same problem What should I do /Saki   Hi again! I have solved my problem! So nice! I have ad ...Show All

• nonno Can I use Bitmap Fonts?

  Is it possible to use bitmap fonts in vb express Thank you. Anyway at all to use bitmap fonts ...Show All

• Farzad E. Communicating From DLL to .EXE that Created DLL Instance

  VB 2003 (soon to upgrade to VB 2005) I am creating an instance of a DLL that contains a Windows form from a Windows .exe. I need to communicate back to the .exe when a selection is made within the DLL form. I cannot make the DLL form modal because the .exe form is displayed at the same time as the DLL form is and the .exe form also has selections that the user can make. I tried using the .exe form _Activated but I cannot get this to fire with ...Show All

• Rennie multiple connections to a tcp listener

  i am trying to write a tcp listener that can accpet multiple conections on a port -- basically converting some old vb6 winsock stuff over, index socket connections etc) i am running into some trouble understanding how to make multiple threads, etc -- been digging around and found some interesting code the following code listens and wait for a connection and then creates a child thread each time something connects where i am running into trouble ...Show All

• claudioe A complex coding for me

  Ok this is some kind of thinking. I tried thinking of a way to structure the code but couldnt. Maybe this is not even possible Items on my Form: MonthCalendar1 Label1 Textbox1 Button1 Ok this is a kind of to-do-list. So everytime i select a date on the monthcalendar1, it should show me what things i have to do on label1 like "today collect laundry" Now how do i set the to-do-things. I select a date on the monthcalendar1, i type som ...Show All

• Nitramsen1 Passing Parameters ? and LIKE with Table Adapter

  The following examples DO work in Query Builder (dataset designer) but DO NOT work in Preview Data for the tableadapter or at runtime using "FillBy". There seems to be an issue when using , wildcards and LIKE together: SELECT     ID, ClientName, AR_ID, ContactList, AssignedSalesRep, LastTicketDate, AddressList, PhoneList, State, City FROM         ConXitClients WHERE    ...Show All

• prasliv Output line numbers progamatically (for logging/debug purposes) to a text file

  Using MS Visual Studio .Net 2003 VB I'm trying to figure out how to output the line number of a line of code that is executing.  This would be used for logging/debugging purposes. MS VC++ has the 'built in macro' by which this can be done __LINE__ and I have been unsuccessful in finding a VB equivalent - if one even exists. Best example I can give is in C++ because I have none for VB. void Example (int test) {    if (!test) & ...Show All

• DonD Find and Replace text from Richtextbox

  Hello, I'm currently trying to make an program for making website's very easy, for Dutch users who can make webpages in Dutch Language, and the program translates.... Only I have one problem. I searching for the code to find words in richtextbox1 and replace them in a different string. This function should do his work when I press on a button. Does anyone know how to do this, or do you have any examples Thanks in advance! Greets, Peter van Dam ...Show All

• Beric Holt GDI+ Question - Copy drawn image

  I've spent the last hour googling, searching this forum, and MSDN2 for what, I assumed, would be a simple process.  I have a picturebox that I've drawn in (via the Paint event).  I want to copy the information I've drawn on the picturebox (not the box's .Image property, which is nothing)  to the windows clipboard. Short of resorting to the API and BitBlt how can I get what's drawn on the picturebox into the clipboard ...Show All