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• Jaagiri Still can't install .Net Beta 2

  I installed .Net Beta 2 a few weeks back, and after just a couple of tries, it crashed and would never restart. I followed all the proper uninstallation steps before trying to re-install it, but no joy. I've been to the Aaron Stebler blog, and followed all the steps for a manual uninstallation, but it made no difference at all. When I try to install Visual Basic .Net Beta 2 now, it downloads, then it giver an "Encountered an unexpected ...Show All

• SoQL Resource Editing

  When I try to edit resource file (*.rc) I get this error: "Resource Editing in not supported on the Visual C++ Express SKU". Does that mean there is no way to get the resource editor to work in VC++ Express I've tried both links to resource editor in this post. The first one crashes as soon as I add a dialog and try to change the width property. The second wont even open, windows says it's an invalid zip file. ...Show All

• Pam B Why The H*ll Doesn't This Work

  Hi There Module Module1 Sub Main() My .Computer.Printers.DefaultPrinter.WriteLine( "Hello World WithOut a Printer" ).Print() End Sub End Module Cheers Bronco Billy "Beer and Fast Women are Ok... No Cigarettes or Hard Liquor Allowed Hi Daniel Thanks but No Thanks...... I started reading your Link and Went to Sleep....  This Program is the Lowest Level VB Printing Pr ...Show All

• Waldo Wrangler Exception thrown in a ClickOnce installation

  Hi again, Sorry, but I have another ClickOnce problem. My program runs without exception in the development environment, but the ClickOnce RUN version throws an exception in the form.Load event. Private Sub Form1_Load( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase .Load Try Dim fileStr As String = "..\Images\" doorPic(0) = Image.FromFile(fileStr + "Door1.gif&quo ...Show All

• Ian Bavey - MSFT Nested Loops In OOP

  Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim a, b, c As Integer For a = 0 To 1 For b = 0 To 1 For c = 0 To 1 MsgBox( "Fish" ) Next MsgBox( "Dog" ) Next MsgBox( "Cat" ) Next End Sub I Started VBE in Nov/05..... My first OOP Language... I am having extreme Difficulty in Learning OOP.... Would someone please Translate these ...Show All

• Nicole Boden Populating a Combobox (with values)

  Hi all, I'm pretty new to programming with vb.net. I'm stuck on a problem: I need to populate a combobox with items and a value for each item. for example if it were for countries: Item - Value Canada - U France - E Egypt - A and such... I was able to do such things with ASP, but with .net it doesn't seem the same. I tried: Combobox1.Items.Add("Canada", "U"), but it didn't work. Any help would be appreciated. T ...Show All

• Haider Sabri cl broken

  Hello,  I'm tring to compile an image processing library (DCMTK) with CMake. CMake performs a check for a functional compiler (cl) and allegedly tries to compiles a test program. This part of the process is failing  - giving me a message  "cl is broken". I'm assuming that the CMake files provided by the DCMTK guys is correct and that I've missed something in my VS2005 Express set up. Does anyone have any ideas Thanks ...Show All

• Koen Vandecasteele Upgrade Visual Basic 6.0 to VB 2005

  How to upgrade from visual Basic 6.0 to 2005 Thanks SJWhitely. I didn't know about the autoupgrade feature as I have no VB6 projects to have tried it on. VS.NET 2003 has a VB6 upgrade wizard on the Tools menu. Do you know if VS 2005 has the same or is it again a case of just upgrading a project when you open it It took me a while to figure out how to upgrade the VB6 projects (I've used VS2003, and ...Show All

• Perry Ismangil Adding install-time code

  Hi, quick question: How do you add code that you want to run when your program is being installed (For setting inital values for reg keys and things like that) Or is it easier just to have a "FirstLaunch" registry key and then run that code from within the actual application hi, Is your problem solved Thank you, Bhanu. If you are using VB2005 Express Edition, you only have ClickOnce D ...Show All

• SeanDr_MS how to limite data displayed in a listbox?

  I have a listbox "listboxServices" and an ACCESS db table "services", when i set the listboxServices' databinding to the default dataset, the listbox will show all the data in the services table. Instead, I want to list all services that have a null value in "DatejobDone" column in table "services" (i.e. all pending services). please help. btw, I created a new query for table "services" --- ...Show All

• euton_l Me.Visible or Me.Hide ???? Help

  I want to make my VB application run in "hidden" mode, with no interface or GUI This is my code so far, but I can still see the Windows form.....   Public Class Form1 Private Sub Form1_Load( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase .Load Me .Visible = False End Sub End Class I even tried the Me.Hide() method, but I can still see the GUI when I run the app.&nb ...Show All

• Dinesh Rathi How to add Visual Foxpro Database into Visual Basic Express 2005

  I have just install Visual Basic Express 2005. Only database from MS Access and MS SQL can be link to this VB. Can any one tell me how to link to Visual Foxpro 6 database Thank you. The data tools for the Express editions do not support Visual FoxPro. Only Access and SQL Server are supported. However, it is still possible to connect to a Visual FoxPro database using ADO.NET code. There are several meth ...Show All

• ukesh How to make a text field only accept number

  Ok I am writing a program that takes 3 grades and performs the sum of them and compares to 189. If the total sum is higher than 189 it displays the score and pass. If the score is less than 189 it displays the score and fail. The problem lies in that in the fields where i input test scores it should only take numbers, but the program actually lets me put letters on it. If i put a letter and try to calculate the program crashes. I wanted to se ...Show All

• ANAANA Displaying Data from a Access spreadsheet on a form

  I want to display data from a spreadsheet on a form in a more attractive way than just using the "datagrid". Is there a way I can possibly have the information displayed in a different way Can anyone point me in the right direction (I would like to be able to display the information in a window with a scroll bar if possible) Thanks. Eric if it is working, then good luck for you, and regar ...Show All

• vx2929 ContextSwitchDeadlock was detected - CLR unable to switch contexts

  I'm using VS Express (VB) and have a Windows form that uses the My.Computer.FileSystem.GetDirectories to get a list of files in a directory and then using the My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile to copy the files in the directory to a new location. As each file is copied I'm updating a ListBox (adding an item). After about 2-3 files the ListBox is no longer updated (even tried Refreshing the ListBox and/or Form) and if there are very many files I ge ...Show All