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• Adrian Crawford Unable to download Express Editions

  Is anyone else experiencing problems try to download Visual Studio C# express from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/download/default.aspx I have also tried downloading Visual Web Developer Express from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/download/default.aspx . I'm using IE6.0 and each time I click on the download button another window pops up and eventually times out with the error "The page cannot be disp ...Show All

• ankitshah112 How do I select multiple items in a list box

  I have a list box and would like to select multiple items by holding down the ctrl key and selecting the items with the mouse. I looked at the "listbox1" events and couldn't find an event that was applicable. Can someone help me out. Thanks in advance. Ken Set SelectionMode property on the Listbox to MultiSimple Thanks Spotty. ...Show All

• roadsign71 I can't register the Express version of VB.NET IDE

  I get a Server not found html error message whenever I try to register the express version I downloaded.  I can't seem to go to go.microsoft.com. Is there a problem in the sight right now Is there other alternative url to register the express versions Thanks. Hi, this is an often asked question: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=9662   ClarkMe wrote: <p>I get a Server not found html error m ...Show All

• jrothlander do loops and message boxes

  I am trying to code an application that will give the user 10 tries to guess a random number. Each time the user makes an incorrect guess the application will display a message that tells the user to guess a higher or lower number. Here is what I have so far. I know I am so very close but I can't seem to get it to work. Private Sub uiGameForm_FormClosing( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Hand ...Show All

• nwr Error after deployment

  I have created a Windows app in VB 2005 Express and it runs OK on my development machine, it does give one error which I assume is to do with a demo version of a componenet which has a nag screen.  When the nag screen goes away, so does the error message. I have published the app and installed it on another machine.  Whenever I try to run it, I get a 'has encountersed a problem and needs to close' error.  My question is: is this e ...Show All

• KSo Display names of computers on a network in a combo box

  I know that this must be posted somewhere, but I can't find it. Hopefully this won't make you mad as this has probably been asked many times: I need to display the names of computers within a network in a combo Box. I have recently restarted to do a bit of programming and I have forgotten nearly everything, so please excuse me if I don't know what you mean. You need to provide the function with the combobox y ...Show All

• Paul_IRET Sound

  Hi im making a VB Program in Visual Basic 2005 Team SUite the problem is ow can I add sound to my prog You don't without writing some code to talk to the Windows Media player classes. I found this way: My.Computer.Audio.Play(My.Resources.Resource.Sound, _ AudioPlayMode.BackgroundLoop) Whatever how I put MP3 sound Well, it's obvious that the person who repli ...Show All

• Richard Masse Building & Debugging

  Hi there, I got a question. I'm currently learning Visual C++ in school. I'm using Visual Studio C++ 2005 Express Edition which I've downloaded from the website not long. I typed out a simple program and try. However, upon building solution (Build>Build Solution), I get: ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 0 failed, 1 up-to-date, 0 skipped ========== Only if I rebuild solution (Build>Rebuild Solution), I get: ------ Rebuild All started: P ...Show All

• B. Horwatt Controlling The Startup Position Of Owned Forms

  Hello All, I am having a bit of a problem with handling the positioning of several of my forms in my application. I am using an MDI Form as the main parent form. I am using the MDI Parent form for this purpose becase I want all the other forms to stay within the boundaries of the of the main application form and the MDI Parent form has served this purpose well form me in the past. This app will not be a traditional MDI app as there will not m ...Show All

• Leandro M Lopes 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

• RohanP How to: Multiple tables of a DataSet in an XML-file

  Hi all, I've created a DataSet and use xml-files as my database. The principle is outlined in this article: http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/28678 So for every DataTable I have an XML-file containing the data for that table. If the dataset contains a lot of tables I also get a lot of XML-files that way. I've found examples of reading/writing the complete dataset in one file and reading/writing datatables on a per file basis. ...Show All

• gosalyn BindingSource.Filter help please

  Hi, I have an Access database which I've managed to link up to my VB.net application, and I can view whole tables, edit the data within it etc just fine. However, I would like to filter one of my Tableviews to show only the rows where the value in the UserID column is equal to the User logged into my application. The form this Tableview will be on has access to the current user that is logged on by: Public thisuser As String with that stri ...Show All

• polym Static Exe files

  I have tried to make static executables in Visual Basic using ILmerge to merge the .net DLLs into the exe, but it freezes up and starts gobbling up memory, so I usually kill it once it goes above 200 megs of memory. Is there a way to make a completely independant exe so it doesn't need the .NET dlls Here is the command I was using with ILmerge: ilmerge /out:necro33.exe /log:der.txt NecroTest.exe System.dll System.Drawing.dll System.Windows.Fo ...Show All

• Goodway Is there only one possibility the read out variables etc. from an HTML or PHP website?

  Hi, Im working on Visual Basic Application. I implicity want to read out some variables or text from an website. Here my idea: Im owning an website writen in PHP an HTML. Now I got an "Who is Online" System. The Application should (with assistance of an timer) periodly visit the website and read out the variaable contains the number or online users. Now the Application should notify me in an an baloon tip: "12 users yre visiting y ...Show All

• RE Elliott Connection Test

  Hi, im very new to Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. I have had a bit of past PHP codeing but not alot. I was wondering what i code i could insert into my applictation so that if it does not connect to a webpage, any webpage that it will display a message... "Internet Conection Unavaiable"  Then close the program     Any help would be great thanks........ Hi, Use the My.Computer.Net ...Show All