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• Gecko2648 Application won't run beyond splash screen on testing machines

  I have almost finished developing a rather extensive application that was in part upgraded from VB6. Since deployment is a bit different with VB Express than VB6, I've been trying to get a handle on this aspect. The compiled application runs on my development machine without any problems. I have loaded .net 2.0 framework on two different machines and have dealt with various issues and error messages, and now at the point where the splash scre ...Show All

• Liz____9 Developing Projects on a Linux-based Server

  We have just installed a new server which is Linux-based and want to store our porjects on this server. I have created the directory structure on the server and configured VB Express to default to the correct location for saving etc. Everything appears to be fine until I run the project. When I run any project I get the word 'Internet' prefixed on the main form and a bubble saying never to type your password unless you can trust the serve ...Show All

• ArtusKG Does VWD Express 2005 only support SQL Server Express 2005?

  Hello, I have a question about databse setting in VWD express 2005 Beta 2. I found that I can not create a new provider for my application in ASP.NET Configuration tool. I remembered that Beta 1 has this function Does anybody know why Thanks! Michael Michael, Thats sounds familiar... it was sooo easy in beta 1! I spent the last few days on this issue, I needed to use SQL Server 2000 but the admin console gav ...Show All

• dva .exe file to change screen resolution settings

  Can VB Express Edition be used to develop an .exe file that, when run, will change screen resolution from one setting to another (e.g. 1024x768 to 1280X720) If so, what template would/should be used and where might I find more information on how to do it Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you The code I provided works in Visual Basic, not Vicual C++ (this is a VB forum). To make it work, open VB, make a new EXE project ...Show All

• Jurgen Passing data between multiple forms? urgent help needed

  Scenario I have Form1 consisting of a listView control I have Form2 consisting of a chunk of code, that reads items from a folder and lists them in the listView control, belonging to 'Form1'; only i can not get it to work. On Form1, when i click 'Show Form2' i have: Form2 Child= new Form2(); Child.Parent = this; Child.Show(); On the Child form, when it pops up, i want to add items to the ListView control on Form1. how on earth do i do thi ...Show All

• Tinamus Many thanks

  hi computing does my head in....if I were just leaving school I would definitely go into computing....but alas....pcs came along too late for me....... I am amazed at the amount of ( know how) a lot of you people have...... the thing is .....I am too old to learn vb...( or anything else for that matter) for any reason other than pure amusement....... so I would like to have my pc start-up with my own windows form ready loaded.... ...Show All

• David Guyer MS Compile to Native

  I am using VCEE and am trying to create a dll using /clr, can this be done I get an error... StationFormat.obj : fatal error LNK1306: DLL entry point "public: class System::String ^ __clrcall StationFormat::stnFrmt::toStnFrmt(double,int)" ( toStnFrmt@stnFrmt@StationFormat@@$$FQAMP$AAVString@System@@NH@Z) cannot be managed; compile to native Can I compile to native     //StationFormat.cpp ...Show All

• Wardyahh yo, i am not able to make a deletion using the default Binding navigator.

  Hi, I am a beginner in using visual basic 2005 express edition. And I went through the tutorials. But when coming to 'Connecting to an Existing Database' part, I encounter the problem which I am not able to update the changes to the database. When i tried to delete a record, the change is not made to the database. So everytime when i press F5 again, the data will be get back to the old one. I understand that t ...Show All

• Ed cramgo Form Field data validation before committing to database

  Hi, As part of my learning of VB I am currently looking at Form Field Data validation.My question is : Should I validate the form field input using the row changing or column changing event I am adding a new datarow(record) to the dataTable and need to validate user input before committing the row to the underlying database. It looks to me that the dataColumnChagning is the one to use as it seems the quickest. Although my code works ...Show All

• keeptell Opening a png file and getting its size

  Hi everybody, I'm a novice in c++ programming, so excuse me if I ask a stupid question :-) I have to open a png file in a program, to get its height, width and the color of each pixel. I programmed in Java and there I had the default package imageio (in particular the static class ImageIO) which did everything I need (getWidth(), getHeight() and getRGB() methods): so my question is: is there something like Java imageio package in C++ Th ...Show All

• Urs Enzler read write serial port

  I have found several classes online that say they make using the serial ports easy. I am never able to get any of them to compile. Is there a bare bones example of how to read/write to a serial port all bundled in a project for Visual C++ Express Edition You are not including the standard windows header files. In this case there would be no complaint about the BOOL in uppercase. Note that there is a define ...Show All

• Jose Fuentes Missing Visible property on forms

  I'm new to VB. Why is the visible property missing on the forms property list It was available in VB6 why Not now You asked why it was showing you in a book but not in the product.   The product in both versions 2003 and 2005, different appear. Therefore I would say the book was incorrect. As far as a reason why it works - I have given you a reason why I could see it not being supported at design time. &nb ...Show All

• powertechit Urgent Help Needed : Cmoiling c# or JAVA class files in VS.net2005 Visual C#

  In VS.net 2005 C# the compiler class has been made obsolete. Is there any other class with which i can compile my .cs file. I want to compile .java file through VS.net 2005 visualc# code.. How can I do that... How to execute that Please help me at the earliest. If something is made obsolete there is usually something better to use instead. If you read the entry for Compiler class. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.cs ...Show All

• pavvu_kk Create service ?

  Hi, I know that this vs edition has some limitations. I gues that I can create service (using platform sdk) by hand, but maybe there is some wizard which could make some template( like win32 project ) to ease the task I already know that win32 project wizard is not on by default, and after adding it, is accesible only by choosing 'console application'. thanks Vilius As you mentioned I don't belie ...Show All

• Hutch VB Express Socket help

  I've never used VB.net but I was confident that it wouldn't be a problem.  However, I've had some trouble getting a simple socket program to work.  I have read numerous documentation on the subject but can't figure out what I'm doing wrong(the documentation seems to be targeted to the pro-programmer instead of a beginner). Dim mySocket As System.Net.Sockets.Socket Dim myEndpoint As System.Net.IPEndPoint Dim myHost As System.Net.IPHost ...Show All