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• Steve Culver - MSFT HTML and VB

  In my application i want to have a search bar powered by google. I would like the textbox to correspond to the textbox at www.google.com and the "search" button to correspond to the search button on google, and for the results to be displayed in my Webbrowser. Is that possible ANY information would help   Thx Dim u As New Uri( "http://www.google.de/search q=" + Uri.EscapeDataString(TextBox ...Show All

• Varadca Simple way for database access?

  Hi there, I'm embarrassed to admit I've only just made the step up from VB6 and am a little lost! After much fiddling I've come up with the following solution for querying a simple database for names matching what is entered into a text box (and popping the results in a listbox), but I can't help feeling there must be an easier way than that pasted below. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Private Sub tbSearch_TextChanged(ByVa ...Show All

• gchornenkyy PauseTime

  Hello all In VB6 I could pause an event by using the PauseTime property "eg: PauseTime = 0.01). How do you pause time in VB 2005 Express Thanks all Use the System.Windows.Forms.Timer class, you can simply drag one of these onto your form from the Toolbox. This class simply fires an event at a specific interval. I would think more about using a timer control and implementing something in th ...Show All

• Montane Help needed on creating a chat program in visual basic 2005 express edition

  I have created a program but i would like to add a chat program in it as well, so it's built in how do i do this I don't want single users connecting to it but i want Multiple users like msn messenger but slighltly simpler. Im using visual basic 2005 express edition and would like help tj Try going here http://s13.invisionfree.com/Visual_Basic_Dot_NET/index.php showforum=30 ...Show All

• cfgumtow remoting

  Hi to all, Iam developing a remoting application of CLIENT ACTIVATED in c# express.Iam using a class libarary named mathc:marshalbyrefobject. one sever application,In the server code i wrote tcpserverchannel t=new tcpserverchannel(6000); channelservices.registerchannel(t); Remotingconfiguration.registeractivatedservicetype(typeof(mathc)); In the Client application i wrote mathc obj; RemoteConfiguration.regi ...Show All

• Kyle Miller Unhandled exception after modifying controls in designer

  I converted a project form VB7. After a little tweaking it builds without any errors. The program runs fine and publishes without problem. Where the problem starts is if you change the font size or move a control on form with designer the program throws an unhandled exception when you debug. If you undo the changes in the designer it still throws the exception. I have to delete the form and load an unmodified backup copy to get program to work a ...Show All

• stipe How to disable the space bar in maskedTextBox?

  I have a masked text box of an IP address. the mask is set as 099.099.099.099 and it allows user to enter space bar. I' like to know how to disable the space bar key i.e. when a user press space bar then nothing happen, the cursor is still at the same position.. I've tried to use the keyDown and keyPress with the e.handled = true; but it dose not work. Can anyone help me Thank you See i ...Show All

• RaviKalyanK desktop changing the picture - function

  Hello to all!   I ask you to help me. I want to create an application to change the picture of the (windows)desktop. How can I do this! I believe that it is a function but which Can You help me Please   Thank you. it`s very good to have someone, who can help sombody! I searched but it it`s very difficult for me! Thanx and a good evening’       &n ...Show All

• Joel Martinez Next page - HasMorePages

  Hi, I fill my printdocument with handly positions. Page 1 works correct. But it doesn't go to page 2. Dim intHoogte As Integer = 120 while (blablabla) If intHoogte Mod 73 = 0 Then ev.HasMorePages = True intHoogte = 120 End If intHoogte += 15 End While After this code, the text for page 2 appears on height 120 on page 1. Start your query in the BeginPrint event, read the ...Show All

• crypto256 user set connection string

  I am creating a program that will read MS Access Database information. I have all of the forms created and everything work fine. The only problem is that the databases are created by another application and in that application they have the ability to set the database in any location on the computer. What I would like to do is have the program check the default location of the database and if it doesn't find the databases, then I would like t ...Show All

• .Net Junkie VB + SQL server vs Access

  I am very new to programming etc so I may be misunderstanding the situation, but my question is this: VB.Net Express is a programming language which comes with database functionality via SQL Server Express, whereas Access is a Database which is programmable via VBA. So, if one is developing a (fairly simple) database based application what are the pros and cons of using one set of software tools versus the other Thanks for any insights. Eric ...Show All

• XiaoFaye Visual Basic Express 2005 says no SQL Express Server is installed

  Hello- I am trying to use a SQL Express database with visual basic 2005 Express Edition. Whenver I add a database from the module menu it says that sql server files require SQL Server express to work properly. I have SQL Server Express with advanced services installed in my computer. Note: I didn't install SQL Express at time of installing Visual Basic since I wanted to use SQL Express with Advanced Services. So after installing Visual Ba ...Show All

• B.Hutchison Download.com

  Hi, I wrote a program and uploaded it to www.download.com . They copy-protected and configured my .exe file to "try & buy" with their Protexis technology, then they gave it back to me in a zip file with this readme.txt file: What's in this zip file - YourProductName.dat: This is your original application, encrypted and renamed as a .dat file. For example, if your file was called YourProductName.exe, it is now encrypte ...Show All

• Tamiri How do I get different colors of text in a RichTextBox?

  How do I get the following to display "Light Blue" in light blue letters and "Black" in black type RichTextBox1.Text ="Light Blue " & "Black" this answers my question, but is there a module that you can change the text easily with the color of it. Module ColorText Public Sub ColoredText( ByVal ParamArray saElements() As Object ) ...Show All

• Patrickk How can I prevent the first picture from disappearing?

  I have a picturbox with a background picture. I add a picture with a transparent background. No problem, the background remains. I add a second picture with a transparent background. The first picture disappears, happily the background does remain. How can I prevent the first picture from disappearing I am not sure what you are doing. If you have a PictureBox and set the BackgroundImage and then the I ...Show All