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• Alemus Manipulate other forms in a project

  Hello! I have more than one form in my C# project. From one from I want to change the settings of another form in the project. Can anyone tell me how to do this Greetz, Martijn Hi, hi, you can use properties or constractor , but which setting do you want to change best regards ...Show All

• Fotis Tsitsirigos It endless read my drive A ?

  I download VB Express 2005 today and install immediate. And It will install SQL Express also, It's Ok. but there is a strange thing happened each time when I open SQL 2005 CTP//Configuration Tools//SQL Configuration Manger it endless read my drive A,god, and you know it will make a rebarbative sound. This problem has been reported previously and the tools group is working on a fix.  Could you give ...Show All

• KevinP VWD Couldn't be extracted

  Hi, I receive an error during extraction of the vwd.img file, it asks me to retry, ignore or quit. I try retry but same prompt re-appears, when I click ignore, files are extracted but installation encounters problems. Please let me know how to fix the issue. Thanks Zubair Yes, the problem was with the download size of the file, re-download solved the problem. Thanks Zubair And ...Show All

• mack345 Where is SHELL? Reporting in VB Express

  G'Day,   I can't seem to find this anywhere.  I need to use shell (or an equivelant) to launch internet explorer, but can't seem to find it! The reason I need it is for data reporting.  As VB Express doen't have reporting facilities, I'm generating a HTML file on the fly with data from a datagrid.  I then need to fire up IE so the user can view and print the report. I'm also looking into an excellent idea provided by another ...Show All

• John Finney Stored Procedure and OUTPUT

    Hi, I have a stored procedure: Procedure GetPortSumPT @portid int , @ex varchar (10) OUTPUT , @porttotal money OUTPUT as --portfolio total set @ex = 'it works' select @porttotal = sum (total) from portsum where portid = @portid and stockid != 134 and I try to call it in code: decimal xxx; string xx = "" ; this .queriesTableAdapter1.GetPortSumPT(2, ref xx, ref xxx); but I ...Show All

• zack Changing Tab Index

  I have a form with 4 textboxes. I use the same keyboard event handler for each textbox. I want to check the entered data after the <TAB> key is pressed before advancing to the next textbox in the Tab Order. I have to select the ACCEPTS TAB PROPERTY to TRUE in each textbox to generate a keypressed event when the <TAB> key is pressed. After the data is validated I want to advance to the next textbox in the Tab Order. In ...Show All

• SRP_Lan_Group Graphics questions in VB

  Hi there, I'm planning to make a graphics program in Visual Basic. Although I used Visual Basic a long time ago, and have somewhat of a knowledge of programming, I am by no means expert (you might say barely past beginner) and have been more of an enthusiast in the past (my real job is design and animation). Recently, I downloaded VB Express and decided to take the plunge again. Before I start cramming all the information that is out there ...Show All

• George Birbilis Use DLL from C#

  Could some one can point me to where can I see and learn how to use a DLL (not an automation object) written in some other language (such C or Delphi) from C# Regards. To use API functions in C#, you must import files .dll from Windows. Use structure: 1/ Add namespace : using System.Runtime.Interopservices 2/ Import dll [DllImport(file dll)] . For example :[DllImport("user32.dll")] 3/ Declare funct ...Show All

• Hurz Sort Data Before Storing in Dataset - Create Array?

  Hi everyone, I have a routine that basically follows the Microsoft article on getting installed software from a computer ( http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb;en-us;821775 ). The name of each installed app is stored in a programmatically created dataset. Then at a later time the data from the dataset is filtered and presented in a listbox to show the installed apps. The problem is that I would like the data alphabetized in th ...Show All

• Dan Berkowsky Problem with free ebooks

  I complete the activation process, two weeks ago, but i don't receive any e-mail with information about how to download the ebooks, if any have the same problem and know any email where i can get more information please let me know The instructions don't work. When I Click the activate product under Help to activate the product, it says, " the product has already been activated" ( a pop up window" thanks ...Show All

• tobyxu Existing Oracle Program Prevents VBExpress Being Installed in Windows XP Pro that is in NT 4 Network

  Hi all, Our Microsoft NT 4 Network has Oracle program for all the Windows XP Pro PC terminals to use. We did not have the VBExpress Beta version installed before. Recently our Computer Administrator tried to install the Visual Basic Express Edition that is downloaded from Microsoft Website to my Windows XP Pro PC terminal without luck, because the Oracle program is in our LAN Network and prevents the installation of the VBExpress. Please help ...Show All

• Aimee13131 Solution to download e-book from Microsoft Connect

  Solution to download e-book (or free tool from Microsoft Connect) by Microsoft File Transfer Manager. Close all internet connection. Open Microsoft File Transfer Manager. Connect your internet connection. At Popup Confirm application validation, click 'Yes' Select your download job (ex. Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express Edition - Build a Program now!) and click Resume Note: This solution avoid error such as Visual C++ Ru ...Show All

• i need help! Several questions

  Hi, I'm new to VB, but have played with some programming just a little. I'm working on a Windows application that retrieves XML weather for any location you specify. I'd like to know how to deal with XML to use the data I want. If either is possible, I have no preference whether I analyze each line as it's downloaded or I dump it all to a file and deal with it there. I'm totally new to this, so I don't know how it works to specify what X ...Show All

• Ivan Towlson How do I cause a desktop icon to be placed during installation of my application?

  When my application is installed on the user's computer, I want an icon to always automatically be placed on his desktop. ClickOnce did not offer this. How can I do it (Visual Basic 2005 Express) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb;en-us;837220 How to add a shortcut file to a Setup project in Visual Studio 2005 or in Visual Studio .NET That "feature" is not availabl ...Show All

• IgorTheTerrible Can I do this with the publish options?

  Can I do this: - I want to pack my code as an install.exe , then from this install exe, install the program in "program files" and have a myprogram.exe. - I want the install.exe to include additional files like JPEG's, and have the install.exe put those additional files in the same folder as the myprogram.exe - I want to be able to choose the start menu folder in which install.exe will put the shortcut to myprogram.exe. ...Show All