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• James-Jones Visible proplem

  Hey all im calling the me.showdialog (database) to get a form called database.vb to pop up, but VB2005 says its already visibly, and i should change the visible property, but the form doesnt have a visible property, or i cant find it at least.. anybody who can help or is it the wrong command i use msg from VB2005: System.InvalidOperationException was unhandled Message="Form that is already visible cannot be displayed a ...Show All

• gerrod 'NullReferenceException' with blank picture boxes

  Whenever a picture box is blank (contains no image) and it is used in an If statement, it comes up with a NullReferenceException error. How can this be resolved Example 1 : Checks to see if the picture box is blank: For temp = 1 To 116 If Form1.Pile(temp).Image.Equals(Form1.Blank.Image) Then 'Form1.Blank is a picture box with no image. If Form1.Pile(temp) is blank , then the error pops up GoTo 200 End If Next ...Show All

• Adrian Walker How do I change the primary key of my SQL data base?

  I set the primary key of my SQL DataBase to First_Name, Last_Name, Birth_Date. So, the records are in First_Name, Last_Name sequence. I want the sequence to be Last_Name, First_Name. How do I change it I meant the sequence of the records in the file. hi, first of all primary key doesn't have anything to do with your columns sequence the columns sequence depend ...Show All

• Sammy666 Playing Video Files in VB

  I'm making an application in VB express and windows media player, but I need to be able to play de video frame by frame. Is this possible in some way ...Show All

• MarcP Is multiple instance of an Access object possible?

  Hi, I hope somebody can give some guide regarding Access db files and VB. I am working on my final year project and have decided to use vb as a user interface for student grouping according by test grade results. I have managed to get the open file dialog to work while opening the access db file: Dim myConn As New OleDbConnection Dim di As DialogResult di = dlgDataImport.ShowDialog() If di = Windows.Forms.DialogResu ...Show All

• Knack Sixty Help Suggestion

  Someone mentioned that they hope VB Express is easy enough for their mother to use one day. In which case, can I make a suggestion Searches for help on things like: "mouse pointer" busy set how to set mouse pointer cursor busy hour glass Should bring things other than pointer types, class diagram specifics and specifying a character set. I still haven't figured this out yet. I can't ask such a stupid question on this forum, but I will have t ...Show All

• Rid Installing VB Express requires uninstalling VWD

  Ok, I'm stumped...  When I went to install VB Express it told me I had to uninstall VWD and SQL Server Express.  I did that and installed VB, but now when I try to reinstall VWD it tells me I have to uninstall VB. Can you not install both of them on the same machine at the same time Jay Thanks Glenn. I downloaded the installers and saved them on my machine.  So I can click the installer loc ...Show All

• vbnewcomer Insert record into a table with an identity column

  OK, I am trying to insert a record into a table. One of the columns is an identity table - which means the dataBASE SHOULD AUTOGENERATE A VALUE FOR ME. so the question is what value whould I set the identity column to when I try the insert If I try Nothing I get an error, if I leave it out completely I get an error.... Here is a sample of code... dim dr as dataset.ContentRow dim dt as dataset.Content dr = dt.NewContentRow() 'so now set the value ...Show All

• Miguel B package 'Visual Studio XML Editor Package' has failed to load properly?

  Hi, I have a dell M60 laptop with 80GB HD, XP prof. I had 2003 .net and SQL 2005 installed. When I installed vcssetup.exe for vs express, it told me the above error. Then vs express can not run until I disable loading the above. However, I can not open any .net 2005 project like example rss reader. After reading the forum, I tried remove .net 2005. And used manual install VCS.img and magicIO. It reported installation success. However ...Show All

• wemba email snippet "send" does not complete

  Hello, I am trying to use the email "snippet".  First I found that the snippet is not compete.  It did not include code to send the network credentials (username and password) to the email server.  Even with that code added, when I send an email, the program hangs and never returns an error. Here is the code.  Thanks for any suggestions! Dim server As SmtpClient = New SmtpClient( "mail.myserver.com" ) server.Credentia ...Show All

• Tom Frey The things I draw don't stay!

  Hi all, my application involves retreiving information of pixels to form an image. I created an access database with 3 field, PixelColumn, Pixel Row and Colour. I'd then draw rectangles as pixels and fill these pixels with the corresponding colour from the database. A screenshot is available here. http://i5.tinypic.com/120mipz.jpg But if I minimize the form and maximize it again, the rectangles disappear! Is there any way I to mak ...Show All

• JoelDKraft Problems debugging

  I have a problem when I'm debugging a project. Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging. What can I do Hi. I will try installing VB 2005 express in another PC. In my PC it still don't work. Thanks for your help and interest. Hmm... that is interesting. Is this the first time you've tried to create an application on that computer with VB Expres ...Show All

• dmkp231 Use some subs more then once

  Hello Can anyone tell me how to use a sub more then once How I can call the sub in more then once. For instance: If blabla = "blabla" then (opensub command) end if private sub ........... end sub I need to know how to define the sub and how to call it. Bye and thanks in advance. Hello...here's the basics. I've created a simply sub called DoSomething and h ...Show All

• Lee01 I have registered, how do i get the free stuff?

  I have registered my version of VB 2005 Express Edition, but i can not find anything that will lead to the free icons ( from IconBuffet.com ) and free images (from corbra, or something like that). Please can someone tell me how to download these packages. Thanks in advance, Uzzy Anyone know I'm wondering the same thing. The welcome email I got for registering had a link, but it only took me to the registration for betas. ...Show All

• csdcomp localized ISO images

  Today Microsoft released German versions of the Express Editions. However, I can only find the "bootstrap installer". For the English versions, there are ISO images available for download -- are there to be found somewhere for the German versions as well Or is there any other means to install the software without or with slow internet connection Thank you in advance! Yes, I was looking for that as well.... ha ...Show All