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• SinghVan System.Drawing.Graphics

  There you can draw rectangles, arcs, polygon, bezier,.... I tried all methods "draw", But i can't draw a single pixel. How do i ohhh sorry, may be I was not well clearly. I can draw everything, the line, the arche, retangle...., everything. But i can't draw a only pixel. Like a DOT ".".                     & ...Show All

• JaJ From SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 Express

  Hi Previously I used Visual Studio 2003 and SQL Server 2000. I've just installed Visual Studio 2005. It seems to have installed SQL Server (Express ) automatically. Do I need to upgrade my old SQL Server 2000 databases If so, how I only want to use SQL Server Express with Visual Studio 2005. I've installed SQL Manager Studio Express CTP. It does not show me my old databases under the list of databases. How do I get them to &q ...Show All

• captJackSparo Help a Beginner

  I cannot understand why the following code does not show label1.text until the copy has comleted. It then shows label1.tex t= "All Copied" I am expecting "Please wait" until the copy is complete. Any help appreciated Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim pathtobackup As String Dim datenow As String Label ...Show All

• Walter Luszczyk SQL Server express - using VB .NET not able to connect

  Dear all,   I am using Windows XP SP2 & Installed Express edition of SQL server. My application is available in VB .NET, i have tried all the possibilities still I am not finding any way to solve the following error   "unable to connect database - It is only possible to connect to SQL server desktop engine database." I have selected OLEDB for Sql server it was taking server name, username, password and in the databas ...Show All

• Scott Swigart - MVP Registration is somewhat confusing

  I think I registered successfully but I haven't received a key, only a thank-you email. Does anyone understand exactly what is supposed to happen when registering Thanks. Expressman, sorry for the inconvenience you are having.  Can provide me with some information   If you go to Help->Register Product..., does a dialog box appear that says Microsoft Visual Basic Express Edition Product Registration ...Show All

• Ajay Agrawal auto update the mycode.cs to reflect changes in mycode.cs [Design]

  hi, is that a way to automatically update (by pressing a button or click from menu) to update the "mycode.cs" file to reflect the changes we did in "mycode.cs [Design]", for example when changing button name, changing form name from Form1 to something else, or changing namespace or there is just no way to update them (i guess that is impossible, there should be a way) anyone know maybe could share with me ...Show All

• stuart54321 NC messages oddity UPDATE

  I'm using VC++ Express to create a DLL for a global hook system I'm writing. The unusual thing is that as I'm trying to catch the non-client messages I can't seem to get the to trigger properly. For example I'm trying to catch the WM_NCRBUTTONUP message anywhere on the non-client area and it doesn't trigger unless I click the tiny little border around the non-client buttons. If I click directly on the minimize button ... nothing happens except f ...Show All

• 808 A lot of code on one form when using tab folders. Any solutions?

  Hi, I am using VB.NET 2005. I have a fairly large program and have broken it up into tab folders. I would like each tab to have a seprate form in order to isolate the code associated with each tab. I notice that the way VB.NET uses tabs, all of the code is on one form which makes finding code segments messy. Is there a way to fix this, or do I have to live with it. I am using modules extensively to reduce the amount of code on the form. Any s ...Show All

• janoman VB 2005 Express ED. can not connect to SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition

  morning, I have just created my Company Database, now i'm developping an application for this, but i can't continue because i can't connect my VB 2005 Express Edition to my SQL Server 2005 WorkgroupEdition, when in VB 2005 Express Edition i'm trying to add a Data connection to my Database file.mdf, - Datasource : Microsoft SQL Server Database File - Dataprovider: .NET Framework Dataprovider for SQL Server and The Log ...Show All

• ZJames About SetSysColors Function

  The SetSysColors function can set the system colors of the OS. But now I want to set the system colors of only the application instead of OS, how can I do it System colors is the colors for display elements. You have to handle WM_CTLCOLOR... messages by yourself. Than a parent can control mostly all colors of the child controls. WM_CTLCOLORBTN WM_CTLCOLOREDIT WM_CTLCO ...Show All

• CostanzaFV GetPixel from a WebBrowser control?

  Hello, once again Microsoft. I need help with my WebBrowser control. You see, I would like to be able to grab a specific pixel from it. I've tried to declare the GetPixel lib (GDI32) as I did in Visual Basic 6, which I got pretty used to. That didn't work, so now I need some swifty code to do it. Maybe capture the WebBrowser to an image an use the .GetPixel property I just don't know. Please tell me what you know, and help me!  - ...Show All

• edutrom typedef arrangement CL doesn't like

  typedef { unsigned __int8 uint8;   unsigned __int16 uint16;   unsigned __int32 uint32;   unsigned __int8 char8;   char8 * string8;   signed __int32 BOOL;   __int32 WPARAM;   __int32 LPARAM;   __int32 HWND;   unsigned __int32 UINT;   __stdcall CALLBACK; } Can someone please tell me why this is wrong More specifically, the compiler seems to want a typedef statement for each typedef, and I haven't s ...Show All

• olaf ASP.NET Web App Configuration Tool - TIME OUT

  Good Day Fellow Developers, I've just started using the VWD Express tools, and am well on my way of following the on-line tutorial's by Bob Tabor. Upon reaching the step to create the user login / membership feature, he instructs the developer to click on the ASP.NET Configuration Tool, and click the "Security" tab once the tool interface appears. When selecting this tab, I receive an error that the tool has "Timed-Out", and ...Show All

• bkork On the right track?

  Hi, i'm new to vb and am just trying to make a small app to help myself learn. I was just wondering if my code "style" is on the right track. I realize that the code may be a bit over commented but me and a friend are collaborating on this and i think its better to over comment at this point. We are just making a small ftp app that will upload a file using the FTPWEBREQUEST class. We realize that this doesn't maintain a connec ...Show All

• Adhamz link.exe error

  I followed this tutorial: Building Windows Forms Applications with Wizards in Visual C++ Express (12 Minutes - 8.2 MB) And I get an alert box that pops up and says: --------------------------- Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library --------------------------- Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\link.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the a ...Show All