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• Soe 2 windows open when i click F1 in VB code

  when i click F1 in certain code of VB , my library help example( help1.chm) and VB help are opening. actually should open. closing VB help , my library help is also closing , therefore something related to parent relationship. how to hide or remove the VB help when i click F1 on related to certain help(.chm). ...Show All

• Carlos J. Quintero Run VB app from URL

  I just put a VB executable file into the home directory for my web server to try this, and ran the URL which led to the .exe. It actually popped up a window which showed the splash screen for my app, but then it hit an error, which doesn't surprise me. Is there any way to do that so that you could type in a URL and run my application instead of saving it to your computer and running it there Is that a publish option or is it not possible ...Show All

• scate Can I suppress print preview multipage icons?

  Visual Basic 2005 Exress Edition: On the print preview, there are icons for: 1 page 2 pages 3 pages 4 pages 6 pages But, my application always only prints out one page. Can I suppress those icons A print preview control is the 'innards' of what a print preview dialog looks like. I added the following code to a program I'm working on to test your idea. You would have to add some way to c ...Show All

• sparrG3TI Refer to object by name.

  Hello, I'm new to VB and OOP and I'm jammed on something.  I need to refer to checkboxes on a form by their names. Form1 contains  a DataGridView of 15 columns.  I also have a context menu with 15 items that the user can check/uncheck to make the column visible/hidden.  To do this I set the AccessibleName property of each ToolStripMenuItem to the name of the corresponding column in the DataGridView.  Here's th ...Show All

• jayson.ws.tool.ci.ftsp const_cast of std::string::c_str() for winapi?

  For some winapi structs and functions a non-const char (or wchar_t) is required. If my code uses the stl std::string, would it be acceptable to use const_cast on the c_str() member function Or is copying to a TCHAR array the best solution The situations I might envisage using such a const_cast would be where I'm fairly certain the system only copies the string (to a listbox, combobox or comboboxex list, for example) , rather than alters ...Show All

• GreyWolf Hash Table Question

  Hi, what I need is as follow. I have a class that contains a string. ref class WordObj { public: String^ string; Int32 info; // further data }; Now I want to add such WordObj to a hashtable. myHT.add(wo->string, wo); As you can see, the string inside the WordObj is the key. Is it possible to prevent the hashtable object to store the string twice Once as key and a second time as part of the stored object. It is important ...Show All

• BrentLak datatable of SQL 2005 express can't be saved

  In the tutorial of msdn for record sets, I followed all steps but I cannot save any data to my datatable when I press save button in vb 2005 form. Furthermore the code for saving record doest not work as well. Following code is not working: Me.AddressesBindingSource.EndEdit() Me.AddressesTableAdapter.Update(Me.FirstDatabaseDataSet.Addresses) I have also run into this problem in the tutorial. In fact whe ...Show All

• Tamar Problems debugging

  I have a problem when I'm debugging a project. Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging. What can I do hi, Is your problem solved Thank you, Bhanu. What kind of project is it I don't believe you can debug a class library... and probably some other types of projects. Hmm... that is interesting. Is this the first time you've tried to create ...Show All

• Sam Dela Cruz Problems with controls Position

  Hi I am new with VB Express. & for .NET Environment. Please Leave this post if it is silly. I tried to place three buttons in the form. I Placed it, compiled it and ran the form, and it worked properly. After I tried adding another button in the form. I rearranged the buttons to a new location. saved, compiled and when executed, the three was still on the old location , and the new button in the new position. I tried re arrang ...Show All

• Traveler2 installing VB2005 Express on Win98SE

  hello. how to install VB2005 on Win98SE my win98se have NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package. bat I see this: "This operating system is not supported. please see readme.htm for information on system requirements." Thank you. VS2005 (including any of the express SKU's) will not run on Windows 98, sorry.  You need to be running at least Windows 2000. ...Show All

• Kimse10 Vb express beta 2 +sp2 installation issues

  i was trying to install vb express edition and it requires sp2. i tried to install it and serious hardware issues occured and after searching on the internet there is a problem with the motherboard and cpu signatures. after various failures to install sp2 i decided that i want go there again due to sensitive data that i have on my pc.my questions is; is there any other way to install vb and web developer express edition beta 2 without ...Show All

• vero_ read write serial port

  I have found several classes online that say they make using the serial ports easy. I am never able to get any of them to compile. Is there a bare bones example of how to read/write to a serial port all bundled in a project for Visual C++ Express Edition Stop the presses!! I revisited your TCHAR post. I had tried this already but I must have done something wrong. I can now get this to compile under a window ...Show All

• Shoven Create project templates with a directory structure

  Hello! I would like to create custom project templates for my needs. Currently I have this project structure: \project\ \project\bin\ - for output exe, dll etc \project\res\ - for icons, bitmaps, rc files etc \project\src\ - for source files and projects \project\temp\ - for obj, pdb, res files for all configuration etc. After googling, I found some examples and articles, how to create VS C++ templates. I have created .vsdir, .vsz ...Show All

• RLyons Unknown Error "-1"

  I am currently trying to create a new project using visual basic 2005 express edition. Whenever I try to create a new project I get the following error message..   Unknown Error "-1" Has anyone seen this before I have tried to reinstall a couple times but I still get the same error. I am running Win XP Pro. with SP2 and have installed all of the latest updates. Thx sf I have encountered a similar problem. This occurs for ...Show All

• qrli The element 'Project' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003' has invalid child element 'Propertygrou

  Ever Since I installed beta 2 I've been recieving The following error under the Microsoft.common.targets tab, in Visual basic beta2. I don't uderstand the problem.  Warning 1 The element 'Project' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003' has invalid child element 'Propertygroup' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003'. Expected 'PropertyGroup, ItemGroup, Choose, Error, Warning, ...Show All