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• hdb Recommending Ivar Horton's "Beginning Visual C++ 2005"

  I was on amazon.com looking for something else when I stumbled on this book: Microsoft Visual C++ Express Edition Programming for the Absolute Beginner .  Although the book has mixed reviews, I've ordered a copy.  The only negative review of Aaron Miller's book that may be relevant, from my point of view, is the observation that the book is all about the VC++/CLR (.NET 2.0) aspects of VC++ and maybe too little on console applicatio ...Show All

• rebcharles I get 3 build errors while publishing (Please Please Help)

  Error 1: Cannot publish because a project failed to build. 1 1 Band Web Browser(BETA) 1.0.0.0 Error 2: Unable to copy file "bin\Release\Band Web Browser(BETA) 1.0.0.0.exe.manifest" to "bin\Release\Band Web Browser(BETA) 1.0.0.0.publish\Band Web Browser(BETA) 1.0.0.0_1_0_0_0\Band Web Browser(BETA) 1.0.0.0.exe.manifest". The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 ...Show All

• Elinora Debugger already attached error in Visual WebDeveloper

  I am using Visual WebDeveloper 2005 Express Edition for asp.net and i have given response.redirect to a page in the linkbutton click event. A error occurs when i click the link button Unable to attach to application 'WebDev.WebServer.EXE' (PID: 2180) using 'comp26'. A debugger is already attached. Do you want to continue anyway The error occurs as above. The page directive is: <% @ Page Language ="C#" Debug = "t ...Show All

• czp Converting from Microsoft Access

  Some time ago i created a database using access 2k3 and until now i have started to use VB Express i never thought of a stand alone package so my Question is: Is it possible to import all the forms and talbe etc from my access database into VB Express or do i have to start over with the forms and create a new database and possibly import the data into that. Any help in the subject will come in handy as i am new to all this. Thanks in ad ...Show All

• Anoop. H Frozen uninstallation of Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition - ENU

  Hi, as i was trying to delete this version of Visual Basic 2005 Express, the uninstaller froze at 30%. So what i did was CTRL+ALT+DEL and ended the task, but now when im trying to uninstall it says: " The Windows Installer package: C:\program files\microsoft visual studio 8\micosoft visual basic 2005 express edition - enu\vs_setup.msi could not be opened Choose Retry to try again. Choose Cancel for exit setup. [ Retry] [Cancel] No ...Show All

• Phil Kreiker Help on getting started

  I hope someone can help me. I am completely new to VB.net and worse than clueless. I wanted to try to just try to run something to get started but can't even get this to work. Could someone point out why the below will not work When I hold the mouse over the Excel.WorksheetFunction and logresult.ln, it gives shows a box indicating it recognizes it, but when I try to run this as a console application it says " An unhandled exception of ...Show All

• Mifuyne mixing libraries - making debug - missing symbol __invalid_parameter_noinfo

  Hi there,   I have a setup where I distribute libraries built for a release version, and allow a user to use them as a DLL. I originally released them as VC 7.0 libs.   I had a user try to link these using VC exp 8, and received errors which appeared to be stl related. I got express and rebuilt the libs in release form (converting the older projects) and everything built and linked fine.  Unfortunately, there is a r ...Show All

• PLife_Jones how to import Bookmarks favorites file to treeview

  hi i'm export my favorites links from internet explorer as html file now i want to import this ( html ) file to tree view on my form i can read form this file and get folder name and URL but i cann't make it as tree it's now in on level only i want to read from this file and make tree view in many level can you help me if you want to explanation pls tell me   hi, ok i guess saving your data in html page is not a go ...Show All

• Jeff Ulrich How to get caption of active window?

  How do I get the text of the currently active window There is an Windows API Function called GetForegroundWindow() , which gets the handle to that window, and a quick search of google (Google is your friend!) turned up: http://www.codeguru.com/vb/controls/vb_shell/article.php/c3053 However it's in VB6 code. Running it through the code converter didn't help, and the sample isn't very easy to understand, anyway, so here it is, slig ...Show All

• _Andrew back button code

  code for generic back button: WebBrowser1.GoBack() as for the progressbar, im still working on it. Im close, tho. And the question is ...Show All

• Mark Guinness How to save Files with a "SaveFileDialog"

  I don't Really know how Can someone tell me how Like you type a string in a textbox and you press a button called "Save" then you want to select the folder you want to save the .txt at.    Thanks hi, goofu bad words are not allowed here, plz note all of us here are users like you , just trying to help each others i see he had answered your question, unless you want someone to write the project for u ...Show All

• mjpearce want Visual Studia .NET 2005 Express

    Hello   This is Ayan Debnath from INDIA.   Can you, please, send me a copy of - Visual Studio .NET 2005 Express (which includes VB, VC++, C#, WebDev etc.)   They are all available FREE in the website. But, I don't have Broadband service, nor my friends, I couldn't able to download them (every single of them is of 500MB), nor any credit card to buy it from net.   I will be thankful to you, if you ...Show All

• maila Error while installing

  When i try to install Visual C++ 2005 Express I get the following error Error 1311. Source file not found. C:\Documents and Settings\...\vcsetup1.cab. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it. The file is ok.. How do I solve this I would try installing from the Full ISO Image, this image is free to download (Follow the instructions in the Link Below). Manual Install Packages for Visual Stu ...Show All

• V-surfer I have it: I made an error on the instructions.

  I installed C++ Express and Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2. I followed the instructions for changing the lib,bin,and include sdk directory. I tried to build an empty Win32 windows app. The compile goes find but the build has errors: Build Log Build started: Project: TEST, Configuration: Debug|Win32 Command Lines TEST : warning PRJ0041 : Cannot find mi ...Show All

• Jonsey Online Help Search Problem (VB2005 Express)

  Hi: The Help file can not detect the proxy settings in the IE. When setting Help to search online, it gives an error: "The request failed with HTTP status 407: Proxy authentication required". It did not ask for the user name and password as IE does. Is this a bug or any setting I can make Hi Renee: I checked. I already set the proxy server in the "connections" setting. But the Documen ...Show All