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• LookingforHelp Graphic in VB 2005

  Please, how to make graphic in VB 2005 Express I need only to make field of coloured rectangles, but so effective, that painting 400 x 300 rectangles takes only few miliseconds so changing all viewfield will be like animation even with scanning near fields (i need to make rendering for programm Life) please show example of code I used code lik this Dim bmp As System.Drawing.Graphics Dim i ...Show All

• dba123 how to Use a SQL select for a variable

  I am sure this is not the easiest thing in the world but, I would like to do a sql query to get information for a variable and I have no clue where to start. Dim Rate As Decimal Rate = 78.81 "This is what I have now" But I want to do something like Rate = Select Price From Product Where Product_No="300" I have the Product table setup up in my DataSet how do you code this Thanks, Terry ...Show All

• Ritesh Patel howcan I install the Document Explorer for Visual Basic Express edition

  In Visual Basic I can't access the online help I think I have a similar problem, I installed all parts of the visual studio express, all went ok, but everytime i go to access help the document explorer appears it just comes up with page cannot be displayed. I thought that maybe it was firewall problem, but I tried turning it off and it still didn't work Are you getting any error messages when you ...Show All

• SVadali7881 Serial communications outputting and receiving one byte of data.....

  Okay, I am on deadline here.... 3 days... and for the last 2 weeks I have been trying to find the answer. Apparently there is no easy way to use a serial ports in VB2005 express... Most of the code I have found is for the .net version. It really doesn't port well. I have gone through and for the most part changed what needed to be changed. No Luck.... With the code written below that was copied and I duplicated the form to match the text, co ...Show All

• Dick Grier C# : What is wrong with this?

  public int [] DaysOfMonths( int MyYear) { return {31, (System. DateTime .DaysInMonth(MyYear,2)), 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31}; } } Mattias, Thank you; it works. However, Why does return @"Mystring"; work without requiring return new string @"My String"; Becuase it's a string literal -& ...Show All

• Ultrasoft I can't start SQL server

  I have the SQL server that came with Web Developer Express or C# Express, I don't remember exactly which one... The thing is, the service won't start. Has anyone experienced this problem here's the error log:(the files it tries to open are not read-only): Thanks. 2006-02-10 19:56:39.32 Server Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.1399.06 (Intel X86) Oct 14 2005 00:33:37 Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation Express Edition on Window ...Show All

• FlyingHigh VB.NET & SQL Server Installation Problems

  Hi, Maby someone can help... I've just downloaded the .img installation file of VB.NET (the latest express edition) and extracted it and installed it. Before then, I uninstalled VB.NET Express edition BETA 2. On completion of the install of the latest VB, the SQL Server installation failed and when I started VB, there where absolutly no templats what so ever. I re-installed the whole lot again and check out all the advice that there was but s ...Show All

• C.Z. Encryption of files on USB drive

  I am trying to create my own program that will encrypt files on my USB drive and decrypt them only when a password is entered, and only when logged on as certain users. Sorry if the code is a bit long. So far I have managed to achieve all but the encrytion / decryption. So can anyone out there help me with this My code so far is: Imports System Imports System.IO Public Class Form1 Dim allDrives() As DriveInfo = DriveInfo ...Show All

• peace467 Problem in installation

  Hello guys !! I am having problem when I try to install C# express 2005. The setup crashes and I get message of send error report to microsoft.In details I found out one sile "csscenario.dll" missing. Please help me in solving this problem Thanks in advance. Have you tried downloading full CD image of that http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/install/ After you have downloaded that you can try mount it with ...Show All

• KellyRainmaster 2nd upgrading question

  Hi again, 2nd issue I have is with another project The issue is something to do with two classes trying to share data from a struct defined in a separate header file This compiled okay under Beta-1   i have a header file called staticData.h which contains some structs i have a main form Form1 and another form PivotData - both these forms use data from the structs in staticData.h in Beta-1, i had #include 'staticData.h' ...Show All

• ger001 Printing a form

  I am having a problem with printing - when I was usin VB6 about three years ago this proved to be a relatively simple process to print the information I wanted. Click on a button and using Printer.Print and Printer.Current x etc I could format the output. I have now been given VB2005 express and this method is not supported any longer, I've tried the help but can't get the examples to work - can anyone help with a simple straightforward ex ...Show All

• djperegrine Several questions

  Hi, I'm new to VB, but have played with some programming just a little. I'm working on a Windows application that retrieves XML weather for any location you specify. I'd like to know how to deal with XML to use the data I want. If either is possible, I have no preference whether I analyze each line as it's downloaded or I dump it all to a file and deal with it there. I'm totally new to this, so I don't know how it works to specify what X ...Show All

• yicheng huang Need help with Popup Calender, won't close and update Textfield

  Hi, I've been looking every for a simple Popup calender solution for my VWD site. I came across this bit of code and I got the popup with the calender displayed but the calender doesn't close and populate my text box field on the calling page. Here is the code to pass the value and close the calendar window: Dim strjscript As String = "<script language=""javascript"">" strjscript &= "window.opener." & _ HttpContext.Curre ...Show All

• Stathis Papaefstathiou Polling Access Database

  Hi there, I have an access database that is used on an online ASP system to book holidays, now I'm wanting to create a VB application that can look at the database and as soon as a new record appears have the display update and a message window appear. Problem is that I can get the program to look at the database and display the content, but I don't know how to get it update and refresh the screen automatically, or even to get a message de ...Show All

• Richard Weir VB Threading

  Hello, I am quite new to VB and I need some help with threading. I've written my own status bar code (it doesn't do it on how far something has got, it just goes for the hell of it) but when I build it, all the other items on the form go see-through (they don't appear, just leave a hole in the form). After searching through lots of forums and what not, I thought threading might be the answer so that the other things load first before the status ...Show All