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• Pramod V Change custom FORM settings for all VB projects

  WE all know that in any VB project windows gives us the form(s)..with some standard features...like color -- grey Font --Ms.Sansserif font size --8 Font color --Balck etc..etc I wnat to know is it possble for me to cange few of these standard settings so that every time i open any new project.... or add new form.. i want my personal setting to take effect i donot wish to change these settings indivually at design-time for each form being added t ...Show All

• RadekA VWD Personal Web Starter Kit + SQL Server 2000?

  For apparently known reasons, I couldn't get the April CTP of SQL Express to install on my system, which already has SQL Server components on it.  I'd like to play around with the Personal Web Starter Kit, and I've editted web.config to point to some new (blank) databases within SQL Server. However, I don't have the schema required.  Is there a script I can run to populate a SQL Server 2000 database for use with the starter kit ...Show All

• eyalkz Question for making custom window border (was:PLEASE HELP!!!)

  Hi, i have been prgramming in vb for a few months now and am still a novice but have a really important question to ask. I have designed my program that is an RSS reader but i really need some help on the design... I am going for the same sort of look as windows media player and real player etc. that do not have a border around them... i dunno if this makes any sense but if you go to: www.as-hosting.com/~tom you'll see what i mean. in othe ...Show All

• Mike Whyte How do I perform the Button1_Click subroutine?

  I coded in a Button1_Click event and it works properly when Button1 is clicked.  Now, I want to also "perform"  this Button1_Click subroutine from my Button2_Click subroutine. My Button2_Click event (labeled "Back") subtracts 1 from a counter.  Then I want to perform the Button1_Click event (labeled "Next"). How do I "perform" the Button1_Click subroutine (without clicking on Button1)     ...Show All

• mculo creating dll's

  hey i am designing a program and i was wondering if it is possible to create a dll in Visual Basic Express Edition well, maybe I should rephrase that. I'm designing a program where when you click a button it opens a text editor(already have that made). Someone told me that to reference the program in the code you need to create a dll(is this true ) I just tried: Process.Start( "notepad.exe" ) a ...Show All

• Thanes question about viewing output

  I am just using visual C++ 2005 express as a base to program simple programs in C++. I have a couple problems with the program. 1, after i compile the program, how do i execute the program so that i can see the output of the program. 2. how can i view that in a different window Any help would be appreciated. thanks   E_Eric wrote: i did what you said and it worked... however, when i enter two numb ...Show All

• Matt_Bruce numeric data from database always displays as a date???

  Hi, I was wondering if anyone can shed any light on the followong (not sure if it's an Access or Vb problem). I am using an Access database with a field with numbers in in the format 00:00.0 (i.e 01:32.46 ) When I add this field to my form ( I have tried textbox, masked textbox set to 00:00.0, datetimepicker, datagridview) I get a date of 30/12/1899 00:01 displayed all the time. Also when I preview data it displays the same. I've also trie ...Show All

• davidc20 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 .NET where 2+2 is 5 and nothing works in debug mode. Pick a different language that will never change, such as C++, and stick to it. They're goi ...Show All

• Aaron Oneal Get specific row value from DataTable

  Hey there, I have a problem trying to get an specific row from a table. I'm using a DataSet that has several nums of tables created in runtime, but I need to get an specific row from each table, I'm using this code: Dim TablesResult As New DataSet 'then I call the function to store the tables into the dataset For Each Table As DataTable In TablesResult.Tables Dim  Generic As Integer = CInt (Int((Table.Row ...Show All

• Pradeep K Why sometimes CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") doesn't work?

  On some machines with Windows Xp or 2000, with VB 6.0 or VB 6.3 CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") returns no object. How can i fix if Scrrun.dll is present. on some machines it could be a third party application that is keeping the scripting object from being created...There are virus scanners and such that have an option to block the creation of scripting objects especially the Script ...Show All

• Ðãv? S. Â??????? Outputting Debug messages to quick console window

  Hi everyone, This is my first post here in this forum. Hope someone can help me with this problem. In Visual C++ 2003 or maybe in 2005, I used to use the TRACE macro to output debug messages to the quick console window. This macro I believe is from the MFC or ATL which the express version does not have. So, is there any other ways that I can output to the quick console window for window applications The same for ASSERT macro. Is there any ot ...Show All

• ta2 Webbrowser

  i have a problem which i cant figure out i use to use the following code for making my own web browser WebBrowser1.Url = ("http://www.google.com") now this code doesnt work anymore and i wonder what i have to use now. What do you mean that it doesn't work anymore Are any errors displayed If so are they runtime errors or compile-time errors Use the button which you want to use to redirect the browser' ...Show All

• Startatrix 8007007B failure when creating first application

  The good person at my customer site who has to decide after the first of the year which edition of VS 2005 to buy (I'm urging the MSDN subscription route) wanted to play over the holidays so he could get a feel for it. He is running an up to date XP SP 2 system. He has had the same behavior with both VB Express and VS 2005 Standard Edition. When he tries to creat a new windows application he gets an 0x800700B (File name... syntax is incor ...Show All

• Robert_L VB Express - Publishing Help Needed

  Hey out there. I am an absolute beginner to VB Express and I have what may seem a rather simple question. I have managed to make a couple of simple programmes incorporating data (using Sql Express) but when I install on friends computers the programme which is relatively small wants to install hundreds of megs of additinal progs from Microsoft (SQL Server and Net.Framework) is this absolutely neccessary, can I avoid this in some way ...Show All

• Stefan W. Wrong version of windows found

  I just tried to install and got a popup that said I must have Win 2k sp4 or higher. I'm running Win XP SP2. This is not the first I have hit this. I got it installing the Adobe reader. My system came from Dell preloaded with XP on it. The system properties in the control panel show 'Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2'. My software had always validated when using Windows update. What can I do to correct this Can I edit ...Show All