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• __TOM__ ListView sorting question

  Hi I have a ListView control called HSlist on a form which has 3 columns. The adding data seems to work OK, but the sorting is weird to say the least. Initially, I thought that the list would be sorted on the contents in the first column, so I added to the ListView with the Item containing the data that I wanted the list to be sorted on (numerical). Then I found that the list was being sorted on the second column (strings), so I swapped th ...Show All

• IDBS_James How to activate the cursor in TextBox1

  I would like to have the program activate the cursor in TextBox1, so the user can start typing immediately without having to first click on TextBox1. Or try textbox1.focus() on the form's load event Try changing textbox1's tabindex property to 1. or you can make a sub that handles form1.load and in that use textbox1.select TextBox1.Select did the trick! ! ! Thanks a lot, guys! ...Show All

• mahan Strings won't initialise

  My program has been working for weeks. Today, two things happened: 1. The .sln solution won't open into VB.NET Express, so I had to re-associate the .sln extension with the program. 2. The program will not initialise strings to an empty string. For example: Private mystring as string Msgbox(mystring) This throws an error, saying the string is not initialised. But it works when I change it to: Private mystri ...Show All

• Tony_DotNet installing on more then one machine?

  hi all I am new here and new to programing. I am a IC layout engineer by trade. some times I sit at work (intel at the moment) and have nothing to do for days at a time. I decided to put this time to good use and started to learn VB and C#. I am enjoying it so much that I want to install the express editions on my personal laptop at home and was wondering if that is permmited if I can install on more then one computer how do I find ...Show All

• Masthan Change Label.text from within a module?

  In an application I'm developing, I'm starting a thread from main form. That thread calls a function from within a module. In the main form, I want to update the text of a label while the function is executing. From within the function, I have a Do...Until statement. Inside the do...while, I have a char variable which changes value. I want to pass that value (single char) back to the main form.... Here's what I'm trying... Form1.vb h ...Show All

• S Nehra Installing Visual Web without SQL and Framework

  I have a server with Microsoft SQL and Framework installed. I would like to install just Visual Web Developer on a workstation. I have dowloaded the .ISO file and have in on CD. How do I install just Visual Developer on my workstation The install seems to want to install Framework and SQL Express along with Web Developer. Any .NET product is plain not going to work without .NET. I would expect most websites no ...Show All

• Vlasta NotifyIcon for beginners

  Hi, I would like some help generating an EXE file that is able to receive arguments (or switches) and display a balloon popup with whatever info it receives (like TITLE, BODY,TIMEOUT,ON_CLICK_ACTION or something like that)... No forms are needed in this project - I only need the balloon in the systray (to display important messages). I will probably use NotifyIcon - but how is this done and is it possible to do when I'm a n00b Using VB ...Show All

• Johnson.R can't install SQL Server Express 2005

  I've tried to install sql server express (final release),  but the setup failed and I got the message: "An instance with the same name is already installed on this computer. To proceed with SQL Server Setup, provide a unique instance name. "  any idea what this means In the days of SQL Server 2000 you used to be able to find out the instance names by looking at the services running on the machine ...Show All

• bas31 Platform SDK??

  Is there anyway to use Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition with the Platform SDK What I am wanting to do is: Imports Microsoft.UpdateServices.Administration To work with my WSUS Server.  Any ideas or am I totally going about this the wrong way   Any help would be greatly appreciated. Lydon Bergin Yes, that was the question that I was trying to ask.  Thanks. ...Show All

• N. Gama ? how to paste in to internet explorer help me!!!

  Help me!!!! How do i get my text from my button1 to the Clipboard and from the clipboard to a textbox/textline in a chatroom that uses internet explorer in one click i cant find enything about this subject pless help me whit this!!! i know a program that can do, it its call (Fastpaster) and in that program its call "send clip key by key" i hope som one can help me i use Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition for more info see here ...Show All

• RKN_India System.IO.IOException: Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key.

  getting ... anyone else getting this and know how to resolve it System.IO.IOException: Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key. when trying to start the SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP, i can click continue and it works, but the error is annoying. here is the entire trace: System.IO.IOException: Cannot create a stable subkey under a volatile parent key.    at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.Win32Error(Int32 er ...Show All

• paul002000 Gereate Unique Id Number

  I'm wanting to make a field called case# and in that field i want to populate it with a unique number in the format of 06-01-0010. The 06 is current year, the 01 is current month, and the 0010 is the number I want to change each time a new record is produced. I also want to reset the number for when the month changes. I've coded this before in Access, but had to have several hiden boxs on the for . Is there and easier way to progr ...Show All

• mpenalor Debug class

  I've been using the debug class in a VB project in VB express. When I run the project the debug statments are written to a 'listening' text file as required, but not to the output window in VS express Is this a problem or am I missing something Cheers Hi, Would you please give more details (code) about how you use the Debug class in your project Thanks, ...Show All

• spicoli7 C# and Sql Server Express Edition, Using Visual C# Express Edition

  Hello! Doing some C# and trying to access my db. Following a book from Wrox: 'Wrox's SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Starter Kit' - they use VB - there is my problem. How would I translate the following to C# Dim PKvalue As String = FilterInput.Text; // Filterinput ar en textbox DIM Rowlocated AS DataRow = Me.MyDBDataSet.Person.Rows.Find(CType(PKvalue,Integer)) If Not ( RowLocated Is Nothing) Then MessageBox.Show(CType(Rowlocated(1),Stri ...Show All

• jerrison Case Select - Not the best way ..

  I am trying to look up data in a grid.  I am using a Select Case statement, see below.  My question is there an another way to do this.  I have another table/grid of data that has 30 rows and 30 columns and my Select Case statement will be very big.       *grin* It was the best article my google search found, in terms of explaining how a hashtable works. IMO th ...Show All