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• AndreSei VB .NET 2003 with VB 2005

  hello i am very much beginner in programming. and i have got very much valuable informations, suggetions, and help from people. i am about to start learning vb.net soon. i have seen VB 2005 also and i come to know that it is very much easier and also user friendly. At present where i am going to learn VB.net 2003, they dont have any course on VB 2005. i want some suggetions from you people. 1. programming wise what are the different be ...Show All

• profx.netter Cannot access local MSDN library

  I'm just making the transition from vba and have downloaded the vb express iso, burned a cd and completed a no issue installtion of vb and the msdn library. However, on pressing F1 to invoke the document explorer - selecting to try local then online help - I just receive a blank window. The contents and index sidebar are empty, as is the main window. If I run a search I get result from MSDN online, codezone community and questions, but the local ...Show All

• nicope Can not debug converted code.

  Hello. I recently converted a windows application created in Visual Studio VB 2003 and when I try to run the code in the debugger I receive the error: "Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition does not support debugging the code type specified by the project". I've deleted every object and reference in this project to try to narrow down what could be causing this error. Even after deleting everything except for one blank form I stil ...Show All

• Mehul123 Activation

  I am not receiving the e-mail to verify my e-mail address and get an activation key. I have been having trouble registering for the past 3 weeks. The trial period is almost up and I need to continue working. I have tried using the registration, activation link from the product and from the profiles update page. I have also tried using 3 different e-mail addresses. It is not sending me the verification e-mail. I do not have Spam blocker or anythi ...Show All

• Sankar N linking a timer and progress bar

  hi i was wandering is it possible to link a timer with a progress bar thanks for your help The maximum value of the progress bar must not be less than the value of counter at which the button is made visible. Also the timer must be stopped when it has done its job. If you can't sort it please post all the relevant code and the max, min settings you have put on the progress bar. Dave ...Show All

• Pabya why is vb.net printing so difficult?

  Hi, I have loads of VB6 apps I am trying to migrate to VB.net and the biggest problem I have is that printer.print has no equivalent in vb.net Can anyone tell me a simple way to print in dot net Thanks Personally, from what I've played around with, I much prefer this new method to the VB 'classic' way of printing - it was always a pain in the neck to print anything other than text. Have it your ...Show All

• Divyajosephjohn Compile to Native

  I am using VCEE and am trying to create a dll using /clr, can this be done I get an error... StationFormat.obj : fatal error LNK1306: DLL entry point "public: class System::String ^ __clrcall StationFormat::stnFrmt::toStnFrmt(double,int)" ( toStnFrmt@stnFrmt@StationFormat@@$$FQAMP$AAVString@System@@NH@Z) cannot be managed; compile to native Can I compile to native   Thanks, crescens2k, that did ...Show All

• zbig555z Debugging a project

  Is it possible to activate JIT on the Express development platform It is time consuming to debug by running the .exe When the execution is halted by a so called fatal error, I think that the help could be better. The explanation is extremely technical; I just want to know what Basic line to correct and why in plain English. Example: Form.KeyDown event. Try forgetting writing e.Handled = True and see what you get of help. Help You are more confu ...Show All

• BavBoy Help to Convert ASCII to UTF-8 - Should be Simple

  how can i convert like " A! " to " " and like " Uc" to " " And so on.. Its like turning it into ascii instead of what its supposed to be OK.... I'm looking at the bits. Are you saying that the display is not displaying the data correctly   OK !!! Now we're getting somewhere....... For a moment let's talk about three things. The inputs, outputs and your display. W ...Show All

• Narayan_jn Can I install Web Developer Express along with Visaul C# Express?

  Hi all. I already installed Web Express, and want install Visual C# Express side by side with Web Express on the same computer. But MS instruction manual says I need remove all "previous versions" , including  "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition" and other componets that I've installed. MS did not define what "previous versions" are,  and when I run autouninstall, it wants me to remove Web Express compo ...Show All

• -Sachin converting text box entry to type long

  Hi all, im having a bit of trouble with a piece of code, Basically its a user interface with about 48 textboxes on it, the user enters values into the textboxes and presses a button on completion. what i need to do is convert each value to type long before sending it to the serial port. but i keep getting an error saying that type string cannot be changed to type long what should i do (by the way i have already established that ...Show All

• GnomeKing Open form?

  Hi I just wonder how to make one form open a new form and then close it self hi, to open form you can open the origional form form2.show() or you can open instance form2 frm = new form2() frm.show() you can use show or showdialog , show dialog will not allow you to deal with the main form unless you close the dialog to make the form close itself me.hide() or me.close() don't close your start up form or ...Show All

• MiLambert Printing from VB Express

  I have come across several posts indicating that it is nearly impossible to print documents, much less interact with Word, when using Visual Basic Express. Is this true If so, will this functionality ever be included or will I have to either purchase Visual Studio or learn another language I'm with you SJW. Everbody just wants to be able to call Print and have it all done for them. We're developers people. We ...Show All

• LLam Internal Links

  Hi, I was working on a project in Visual Basic Studio 2005 Express Edition, and was wondering if there was any way to link the various items in the project together, using an index page Its probably fairly simple, but I cannot find how to do it anywhere. Thanks a lot. Scott Thank you a lot for your help. This was exactly what I have been trying to do for the past three weeks. Scott ...Show All

• Tim5827 How To Change PaperSize When Printing

  After a lot of errors, false starts and senior moments, with the help of several generous souls who responded to a query I made on the VB Express Forum and with several revelations from the book “Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005,” by Petroutsos, I am a closer to understanding printing and modifying the papersize and other printer parameters. I am including the code for a small VB windows test program that programmatically creates two diff ...Show All