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• Jerald Problem with ShellExecute

  Hello, I build a new Windows Form Application. In the constructor I get a value from the registry and store them in a member variable: private : String^ SrcPath; . . . this ->SrcPath = rk->GetValue( "SrcPath" )->ToString(); Now, if the user click a button e.g. play, it should open an .exe file. I do this like that: ShellExecute(NULL, TEXT( "open" ), TEXT( "game.exe" ), NULL, this->SrcPath, SW_SHOW); Application::Exit(); B ...Show All

• Mikael L C# 2005 Express over C++ 6.0

  Do I need to uninstall Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 to install C# 2005 Express, or I can use them together You do not need to uninstall Visual C++ 6.0 in order to use C# Express or any other members of the Express family. ...Show All

• Dan S ListView sorting question

  Hi I have a ListView control called HSlist on a form which has 3 columns. The adding data seems to work OK, but the sorting is weird to say the least. Initially, I thought that the list would be sorted on the contents in the first column, so I added to the ListView with the Item containing the data that I wanted the list to be sorted on (numerical). Then I found that the list was being sorted on the second column (strings), so I swapped th ...Show All

• Anrijs Vitolins Problem creating a querry with an embeded variable when using access datafile as connection source

  When a Data Connection is established using Microsoft SQL Server Database File (SqlClient) as a data source the following code works perfectly SELECT * FROM ProdMaster WHERE (PRODMASTER.DESCRIPTION LIKE '%' + @DESCRIPTION + '%') The ToolStrip on the form opens an input box so you can type in a choice of DESCRIPTION and when the button is clicked the dataset returns only those values that meet the criteria input BUT If you ...Show All

• big14outdrs Problems encountered when changing to 2005

  Hello, I just installed VC++ Express 2005 and opened my project in it. It seems several changes were made in the compiler that now causes my code to be erroneous. I'd like an explanation why these things have changed and the best way to correct them if possible (when its not obvious). 1. I noticed the Win32 Application project wizard was gone. Why 2. for-loops no longer accept previous loop-variables from same-level for-loops to be used. W ...Show All

• Andreas Link VB 2005 Express/MS Access - row is not being added

  Has anyone had any success with adding a row to an (external) Access 2.0 database. My code is: ' *** create a new row by calling the NewRow method Dim thisRow As DataRow thisRow = dsACCIMAGE.AccImageTable.NewRow() ' *** manipulate newly added row using column name ' note: can alternatively replace column name with column index ' e.g. thisRow(3) = SelectedPathName ' Code for the 1st column goes here after auto-cou ...Show All

• AnnyJacky Graphic in VB 2005

  Please, how to make graphic in VB 2005 Express I need only to make field of coloured rectangles, but so effective, that painting 400 x 300 rectangles takes only few miliseconds so changing all viewfield will be like animation even with scanning near fields (i need to make rendering for programm Life) please show example of code Check out this thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.asp ...Show All

• Andre de Cav Visual Basic Problems Using DirectX 8.0

  ok, What I really would like is to download visual basic 6.0, but I cant find anywhere to do that.. My problem with visual Basic express edition, is I cant seem to get my reference to Directx 8 to work, I have reinstalled directx 8 and VB but it still wont work for me, any ideas> I am programming in BASIC and am very new at it... if anybody could help me I'd be very thankfull, you can contact me by emailing me at Lukeskiwalker@b ...Show All

• sonj textbox_gotfocus event to event handler

  I have been building an app to learn and make my life easier some day. I have way too many text boxes on it now and want to be able to handle some of the events for all the text boxes using a single sub. Can this be done Have been poking around with the addhandler stuff, but no luck as yet. In VB6 I might have built a 'real' large array of textboxes but this didn't seem possible in 2005, might have missed something thou.... TIA stubs ...Show All

• Richard S Sourcesafe and Express Editions??

  Can I use a version control tool like sourcesafe with any of Express Editions Roygar - The short answer is no.  Niether SourceSafe nor the new version control system that is available with Visual Studio 2005 Team System are integrated into Express.  You could potentially use a source control system that you control through an external tool or through the command line, but you won't be able to get t ...Show All

• Samuel.Suarez Can Visual Web Developer 2005 be used to create pages other than .aspx?

  Hi, all... I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, since this forum apparently is only about installing and registering express editions, but I couldn't find any other place to ask. So...I'm considering installing and using Visual Web Developer 2005 Expess, but wanted to know if it would allow the creation of pages other than .aspx... Will it allow creation of any othe type Thanks, Rick ...Show All

• KeithL [MSFT] Creating Shortcuts For Applications/Files

  Hello Again Everyone, Once again I am asking for help from all you wonderful people here in the Visual Basic Forum. I have developed a nice small application that runs great and does everything I want it to do.  I would like to include code in the 'Installation' application that I created to create a normal application shortcut to place in the Startup Menu that points to the application I am installing and possibly to place a shortcut on th ...Show All

• techbuild password

  hi i am using vbexpress as front end on a msaccess database. I have created a user name and password screen in vb which will authanticate users to my msacess data base via vbexpress. Can anyone please help me in what will be the easily way to achieve this and where should I keep my user name and password to compare. Some codes are also appreciated. for instance, if textbox1 is the username and textbox2 is the password Dim myQue ...Show All

• mahrb Reading data from a database field

  I want to read data from one of the fields in my database directly to a variable. I have a TableAdapter, BindingSource and DataSet from the table. Is there a way to read the value from one of the fields Like MyVariable = TableAdapter.Fields("MyField").Value or something like that You can read values out of the DataSet after you have called TableAdapter.Fill on it.  You should be able to do c ...Show All

• Tom Michaels Corbis images and the icons

  I heard they come with the regisration. But where can i find them after registering it. Hi, After registration, you'll get an email with the links to download these. Best regards, thanks man ...Show All