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• Aloneball Truely a Newbie

  I am Very Raw at this. I have visually constructed a Windows App. But now I don't have the slightest clue how to "Tell" It what I want it to do. I have various text boxes for inputing numbers. I want to do math equations. Example...as an investment calculator and a mortgage calculator. I would like to hit the "Button" and run the calculations. I don't even know where to start. I know NO code at all and can't seem to ...Show All

• Zafar Rathore Web file existist

  Hi, I'm building a small program which displays images that are downloaded from a website during runtime. My question is: How do you determine whether a file exists on the web (i.e. check to see if a .gif file exisist at a URL e.g. "http://www.somedomain.com/someimagename.gif") Hi, Iv'e had a look over the above code and it makes some sense to me. I think it will work. However, when I cop ...Show All

• Peter K permission denied runtime error 70

  I'm writing a program that copies a file over another. Either of the files could be in use at any time by others (momentarily). I want to ensure that I won't get permission denied if one of the files is in use. My thought was a loop that waits for the file(s) to close(if needed), then copies it. How do I check if the file is in use Thanks in advance for your help! Care to tell us how you achieved the c ...Show All

• display5 afxwin.h missing? windows.h missing? What am *I* missing?

  I downloaded and installed Visual C++ EE yesterday. I'm trying to compile some OCX example code that came with a vendor library, and it's failing because "afxwin.h" can't be included. I did a search and neither than file nor "windows.h" exist on my machine. What am I missing It's been a while since I've tried to write C++ on Windows machines, but aren't these headers fundamental Why aren't they installed with VC++ How can I get them and the othe ...Show All

• ie1jch How to turn off ASP.NET Development Server

  I am having trouble with running application under IIS and, therefore, would like to make my Visual Web Express edition run the application under IIS and not ASP.NET Development server. Is it possible to do that how Bascially my application just reads data off Excel sheet and displays the data on web page. This does work under ASP.NET dev. server but when i try to use IIS (yes i have set it to run that applicaation under 2.0) it throws the foll ...Show All

• halfazner Object Reference Problem, Why doesn't this work?

  Hello All, I am really stuck here and I could use some help in figuring out why this code does not work in .Net. I am converting/rewriting a VB6 app. The VB6 code does what it is supposed to do. The .Net code is syntatically correct as far as I can see but does not function as expected. What is supposed to be happening is that clsApp.Mainform is supposed to be getting set to frmMain which is the central form of the application, thus allowing ...Show All

• Andrew A Sending keys to a game

  I tried to send keys using the "SendKeys" function to a game, and its didn't worked. How can I do it Your code will help .... does 'esc', by chance, bring up a console window, or chat window or something like that It will take more than just a simple SendKeys from your app to another app. Here is a quote from Help: Because there is no managed method to activate another application ...Show All

• Vinood Using .dll

  Can anybody inform me if Visual C++ Express Edition allows to create dll and to use Thanks Well, you could just get the Win32 Project files from a non express edition and use it in the express version that works. From Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\vcprojects, take both win32wiz files and put them into the corresponding directories for the express edition. Then you will get the Win32 Project app ...Show All

• WiltsDBA how to test snippets of code

  hi, I'm new to VC++ express edition. I just want to know that, if I have a snippet of code and I want to compile it and run it. How can I do it with out making a full project. is there any way to compile and test short programs. As I know, ist is impossible. Create a simple "template" project and use it for your quick experiments. This is not possbile through the VS2005. Nevertheless, that is something that we are cons ...Show All

• SlashOwnsU Connecting to access mdb file problem.

  I am having some trouble connecting to my Access Database from Visual Studio Express 2005. I can add a connection if it is a sql database, but when i change the Datasource to the access option and hit ok i get a window that allows me to change my Connection string, and thats it. If i cancel it exits the wizard. Also the only data provider i have is .net framework provider for ole db. Should i have a second provider The other softw ...Show All

• LarrySmith Someone help me make this dll project in c++ able to be referenced in vb.net?

  I have this c++ dll project but i cant figure out how to get it able to be referenced in vb.net it always says it cant be referenced. Please Help and post a link to the project you edited or send me a copy of it at josh@winmxunlimited.net The Project source - http://www.winmxunlimited.net/source.zip   did you try registering it with regsvr32 Do you have source code for the project Here's something else that may help. Get a ...Show All

• Clumsi VSExpress & .Net Framework 2

  I installed both VB and VC# Express a while back, along with the required .NetFramework2 Beta. Both products worked fine after the install, but recently I installed another product which required the .NetFramework v2 but refused to work with the Beta copy I had installed with the Express packages. I checked on the MS Downloads page and found that apparently the .NetFramework v2 has been released, so I uninstalled the Beta and installed the ...Show All

• ttigue My Sql & MSFlexgrid1

  hello i need to excute my sql query result into MsFlexGrid1 i use this code Dim conn As ADODB.Connection Set conn = New ADODB.Connection Dim c As Integer Dim r As Integer Dim x, y, z, i x = "localhost" 'srvname.Caption y = "root" 'srvuser.Caption z = "admin" 'srvpass.Caption i = "microsoft" 'srvdatabase.Caption conn.ConnectionString = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};SERVER=" & x ...Show All

• Oslario Installation problems for Platform SDK into VC++ Express

  I have downloaded and installed both Platform SDK and VC++, i followed all the steps from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/  and was still unable to get the windows applications. i am able to run VC++ and when i try and create a Win app project i get these errors The following error has occurred during XML parsing: File: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCProjectDefaults\CoreWin_Express.vsprops ...Show All

• scottnmead How to INSERT into a Access DB with C# 2005 Express edition?

  Now I've blowed all my fuses! For two days I've been looking for after information how to use the INSERT query in Visual C# 2005 Express (VC#05Expr) without actually finding it - not even at Microsoft's sites. I just want to see a simple code example, or a "How to do", to insert the data from two variables into one table Access database with two attributes (columns). I tried to write the code as I've been doing in VS.NET 2003, but that doesn't ...Show All