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• melody45 Interfacing with parallel port

  hi, i need a help ,i donnt know how to program with with printer port by using C# 2005 Part of the purpose of the .NET Framework is to hide the low-level interfacing with hardware when not necessary. Instead of trying to access the parallel port directly, use the PrintDocument class under System.Drawing.Printing. This will allow you to programmatically select your printer from those available to the system, present a print preview, ...Show All

• GlennDek TextBoxes accept 'Returns' even if 'AcceptsReturns' is False!

  Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: For both TextBox and RichTextBox, even though "AcceptsReturn" is False, they do accept Returns! Do you have a default button on the form Reading the MSDN entry it seems as it only has effect if there is a button set to be default. Like OK button in a dialog. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/system.windows.forms.textbox.acceptsreturn.aspx RichTex ...Show All

• Pikios add record forms using sql

  the videos are excellent. I'm trying however to create a form with a few fields that when i hit a submit button they add a new record to a database. I'm wanting the databound controls to start at a new record. Is anyone aware of a good tutorial or have a link that may show me how to do this Most of the tutorials i have found show using a master/details view with the binding navigator. Kind Regards Mordt ...Show All

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

  In Visual Basic I can't access the online help When I try to enter in a link of help,like Overview of transact-SQL, I recive a message "on line help is not available" and several sugerences for remedy the problem, but none of them works. I may have a similar problem. I downloaded and installed Visual Basic 2005 Express and MSDN (which came with it). I only installed ...Show All

• Danimal67 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

• rikrispy TreeView question #2

  Hi Is there any way to get a TreeView which is being populated with Files to read the appropriate file icons for each of the files I do have a useful program (Audacity) which can rip icons from files, but I suspect that would be a rather long and laborious procedure. Is there any inbuilt function or method to do this kind of thing Even just the system file icons would do most of the job for me. It is a bit boring when I just have on ...Show All

• am456 Databases!!!

  Hello, I have a problem trying to connect to an Access Database, the problem is that I want to make a working project without thecontrols, I only need the source code to do that. I would like to know about working with databases without using the bindingnavigator, how can i do that. I don't know, please help!!!:D Hey there, the information you game me is very good, I'm working right now in the database, but I h ...Show All

• Shveik Relative path

  I have a project that opens and reads data from an Excel workbook. I'm opening the workbook by specifying the path as in: oWB = oXL.Workbooks.Open( "C:\Documents and Settings\alewis\My Documents\Visual Studio\Projects\Copy of SectionWgt\SectionWgt\bin\sect wt.xls" ) I don't know what will happen when I try Click Once but it probably won't be good. Right now I just want to stick the whole project on a thumb drive and work on it on ...Show All

• Daniel21 'Not in list' functionality with VB.net Express

  Hi, I have a database to store car details, and one of the tables is a 'Colours' table, consisting of a ColourID (primary key) and Colour. If I use Access, I can use the NotInList property to add a new colour to this table from my general Cars table through a combo box. Is it possible to replicate this with VB combo boxes Thanks, Dave   ...Show All

• Piwi VC++ Need explanation of message please.

  Can someone explain what the message " Either VCProject or VCCodeModel is not ready yet. Please close designer and try again." means please. I keep getting it in the form designer and cannot see how to fix the problem. I think this is a Bug I had the same issue. Is MS going to fix this Hi, Were you able to solve the problem Ada. ...Show All

• zoid Registration Benefits - IconBuffet

  I have been working with VW Dev Express and have accessed some of the benefits from the Registration Benefit Portal.  I would like to be able to get the IconBuffet item, however, it does not appear to be one of the benefits of VWD.  Does anyone know which Express software includes IconBuffet as a registration benefit --Charles I've downloaded and registered Visual C# Express, but the icons are not ...Show All

• Nigel A Banks Help with TextBoxes

  Hi, I'm a Newbie. Suppose I have 20 Text Boxes; say TextBox.1 to Textbox.20. How can I access or add data to these Text Boxes by using a variable (e.g. put 5 in Box 5, put 9 in Box 9, etc.) I don't want to write a separate piece of code for each individual Text Box. Thanks, David. The easiest way is to add all the textboxes to an array and access them by index. hi, actualy y ...Show All

• Martin Sawicki - MSFT invalid object

  I am trying to write to a database table using native configuration. I have already checked my connection string, I believe I am connecting. However, I get the "table3 is invalid object " error. I checked the spelling and case of my objects. These objects exist. Why do I get this error Hi, FYI: Is your problem solved If yes then can you click on "Mark as Answer" so that we will know your post is being answered. ...Show All

• Bernadou Package Load Failure

  Hello there, I have uninstalled all Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 components as described, none were listed. I installed VC# 2005 Express edition today, and when loading it i get the following message: Package Load Failure Package 'Visual Studio Explorers and Designers Package' has failed to load properly (GUID ={8D8529D3-625D-4496-8354-3DA6630Ecc1B}). Please contact package vendor for assistance. This also shos up for Visual Studio Common IDE Packa ...Show All

• BeOne Music in my game in C# EE

  Hello guys! I have been here a few times and every time I need help I get a solution from you guys! Okay, I am making a game sort of like an advanced Space Invaders. Anyway, I need some music for the game. I was wondering.... how do I integrate music into my game Paul For a good example of sound in a C# App that is game related have a look at the following example of SpaceBlitz ... SpaceBlitz is a Version of Space Invade ...Show All