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• Nedra .NET Framework 2.0 Beta 2 won't install

  The Visual Studio Express install fails when installing Framework 2.0 Does Framework 1.1 need to be uninstalled   No other beta or Visual Studio software has been loaded on the PC before...any ideas Anyone had something similar happen Thanks, Ron Sorry Highlander, I dont know. You might try installing the Framework seperatly as I did. It then became quite obvious that is was getting stuck while trying to disable IIS. From there, I ...Show All

• David Reeves Install Problems

  I removed previous versions of VS express editions as stated. I first tried to install VC++ with the library and sql. I first got the 2908 error then the detailed 1935 error. I left Microsoft .Net 1.1 and it's hotfix installed. What do I do to correct this I uninstalled Microsoft.NET Framework 1.1 and reinstalled it. I still get the 2908 and then the 1935 errors. It doesn't matter if I'm trying to load VB or V ...Show All

• Thomas H. Grohser Changing listview image at runtime

  Hi all, i have just started the transgression from vb6 to 2005. I am having a bit of a problem with changing a listview image at runtime. In vb6 this simply invovled chaging the image index of the listview item, but in 2005 there does not appear to be any image index for the listview item. There is an imagekey option but unlike vb6 there does not appear to be a 'key' field in the imagelist control. I have done a lot of searching for an answer to ...Show All

• Mayur Khare Converting project from .NET 2002 with compilation error c1083

  Hi, I converted my project from .NET 2002 and when i'm rebuild  it i'm getting compilation error: " fatal error C1083: Cannot open precompiled header file: C:\EM2obj\Debug/test.pch': No such file or directory a.cpp" I'm getting this error for all files. Gil Thanks for your answer. I just opened the "ms c++ express 2005", then upgrade wizard appears, and i followed the instru ...Show All

• Aamir Iqbal Editing a Fixed Length Text File.....

  I searched the forumns and nothing seems to pertain to what I am trying to do. I have done the following easily in VB 6.0 enterprise edition, but am having headaches over trying to convert my code to VB express (BTW the converter Wizard blows up big time trying to convert my code). Anyway.... 1. I have a text file that is fixed length and has records of data that a seperate program accesses (so I can not change the layout or structure and it ...Show All

• RBolander Random Letters

  How do I get a Random Letter I think I need to first get a Random number, then have the number = a Letter i.e A=1, B=2 etc but how do I do this MISTAKE Sorry, the random letter example returns a number in the range 66 to 91; meaning no letter A and and a [ after Z. The random number is in the range 1 to 26, so add 64 not 65. Another way to do it ought to be anyNumber Mod 26 + 65 Mongkut (a ...Show All

• Panzergruppe Need Recommendation On Best Data Storage Method

  Hi everyone, I'm just getting into the Visual Basic 2005. I knew VB6 pretty well, so this is kind of a big jump. I think with a recommendation on how to proceed, I can probably figure out how to continue, but I need a little help getting started. What I want to do to help learn things is create an application that will show system information from the PC/server it is run on. I created a form and setup a Split Container - the left pane bein ...Show All

• jepherz How to make radio buttons in a groupbox unchecked when form loads?

  The excercise is a small app containing 3 group boxes (2 contain radio buttons, 1 contains check boxes) When the app starts the first group box containing Male & Female radio buttons receives focus,but for some strange reason always checks the Male radio button by default. I am trying to get both radio buttons in this group box unchecked so that the user decides without a default option being used. Any help gratefully received ...Show All

• Shrikant24227 Disabling the close button

  This may have been asked before, but I cannot get a solution to this - how to disable the close button in the title bar (the red cross on the upper right corner). I have seen code examples in the net using the API functions which are supposed to work in VB6, but they dont in my Express Edition. select the right form then In the properties change settings of controlebox from true to false ...Show All

• imj include namespace <irelicht.h>

  i need to findout how to tell vc++ 2005 where to find this lib. at. it is a uncompiled 3d engine,it came with some directions for visual studio 6.0 so i get an error on this line include <irrlicht.h> cant find irrlicht .h the dirrections for irrlicht are very specific, but express edition doesnt have the menu options that vs 6 has Is this the irrlicht engine available at http://irrlich ...Show All

• Joel Brabant Creating a web browser...

  Hi everyone! I'm making a web browser but I don't want 'webbrowser2' to be created on the form untill I click a button... I tryed: private void button5_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { WebBrowser webbrowser2 = new WebBrowser (); webbrowser2.Height = 250; webbrowser2.Width = 279; } But it dosn't seem to be working (and i don't know how to set the location). Can someone please help me out! THANKS ...Show All

• Ali Enteshari VWD requires SQL Server Express 2005 ?

  Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that VWD Express can connect to SQL Server Express, but not to SQL Server 2000 This is rather surprising, as I've always seen that new IDE products *expand* on the database providers available, not provide *less* connectivity. Going the other way, i.e., *requiring* SQL Server Express in order to connect to data, will make VWD's usefulness very low for many developers. Can anybody explain this to ...Show All

• DCady Character* in string comparison....

  Can anyone tell me if this is correct ........................ if ( (strcmp( returnVal, "<name> %s </name>" )!=0 ) ) { ................ where returnVal a char*.If not is there any way to correct it Oshah said: "This line looks fine to me, as long as returnVal is declared as: char *returnVal; or const char *returnVal = "foo"; don't forget, strcmp returns 0 if the strings ...Show All

• DLGrubb Q: URI datatype in DataSet

  hi, How can i set a constraint to a column in my dataset as URI , what i know is that dataset is XSD file, and xsd has a datatype xs:anyURI, but i didn't find this datatype in the dataset datatypes ,is there any idea if that is not possible or not recommended how can i make constraint for textbox entery to be a valid uri or to convert the text that the user entered to uri will be thxfull for any help hi, Matt good e ...Show All

• Harris Sayed Inheriting Form Issue in VB2005

  Hello All, As usual, I think I'm doing something that's not "Kosher" in trying to inherit a form to a new Item. I get a ton of errors including data connection, etc. The solution works and builds, publishes and all that, but there seems to be settins somewhere that are pointing the inherit function somewhere else. Please Help...I don't want to redo all of those controls and buttons again on the new pages. Th ...Show All