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• Tanveer Malik coding a weighted coin toss of 90/10 percent probability

  Anyone know how to code a weighted coin toss of 90/10 percent probablity instead of 50/50 I don't know how the pseudo random number generation works in .NET ( that's VB6 you're reading about ), but it will be something along these lines.  Doing stuff at 'random' is not something computers are capable of. thanks for the responses, Christian. Thanks. Does t ...Show All

• Pico Publish Can't Find Redist Files

  I've checked SQLExpress, .Net Framework, and Windows installer  and checked "Download prereq from same location an as my application" and get several errors.  Here is a sample:  Error 4 The install location for prerequisites has not been set to 'component vendor's web site' and the file 'DotNetFX\dotnetfx.exe' in item '.NET Framework 2.0' can not be located on disk. See Help for more information. TOPKPDFServ ...Show All

• Useless Upgrading vb6 projects

  I was unable to upgrade projects from vb6. I get an error when "invoking upgrade engine". Error occurs in vbu.exe. Error message: Enexpected exception ocurred during upgrade engine operation: Error in remote procedure call. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BE). Using: XP Pro Spanish Version VB 2005 Express V8.0.50727.42 VB6 projects made with VB6 Enterprise Edition (SP6) Spanish Version. I had a similar proble ...Show All

• prasannadotnet Can Anyone Relate To This???

  Hi There http://www.geocities.com/tablizer/oopbad.htm Cheers Bronco Billy "Beer and Fast Women are Ok... No Cigarettes or Hard Liquor Allowed"   ralphg wrote: Hi, we live in a free world where erveryone can express his opnion. I know I like OOP. You should try both worlds and see whats best for you to use. Hi There I have Tried Both Worlds.... I Don't Dislike OOP... I j ...Show All

• Oscar Abraham Tell Us Your Express Story and Win $100!

  Want a chance to show off a cool way you’re using Visual Studio Express or SQL Server Express We’re looking for your stories! Tell us about something that makes your life easier or is just plain fun and if we like it enough to include in a feature article, we’ll give you a $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com! http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/support/hero_promotion/default.aspx I have created a Web Brows ...Show All

• EK4527 How can I make ....?

  Well, The main is that I want to make the program alert me what key was press when that key is pressed. How can I make that Or If there is a good tutorial for starting programming in C# Thanks Yeah, it’s working, but your code above it’s a bit wrong, or well it doesn’t work in my PC, I have to put this: private void e(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e) { String dec = e.KeyChar.ToString(); MessageBox.Show(dec ...Show All

• jjohnson Help a Beginner

  I cannot understand why the following code does not show label1.text until the copy has comleted. It then shows label1.tex t= "All Copied" I am expecting "Please wait" until the copy is complete. Any help appreciated Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim pathtobackup As String Dim datenow As String Label ...Show All

• Ryan108 Getting Computer Login Name.

  Hi all I'm using VWD Im trying to get the computer Login Name(Username) in my web application. I tried using HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name and alot of other way like the old method servervariables and many other. But cannot rem them no. All of it works IF im working local Host. But it Just Became Empty or Wrong Value if its working on a server/client basis. And ideas how to get it using web Application Thx in adva ...Show All

• mb974 Legal to distrubute ping.exe and tree.com with product for win98 that does not have it in system32 or system?

  Is it legal to distrubute ping.exe and tree.com with product for win98 that does not have it in system32 or system from xp pro or home I'd say no. These are operating system files. I've never found any EULA or agreement that allows you to distribute OS files - and I've read quite a lot of EULAs lately. There is a redist.txt file which indicates which files you are allowed to distribute. Do you need to distribute ping or could you ...Show All

• fsangio VB2005 don't view SQL SERVER EXPRESS

  Dear Friends, I have on my pc a well working istance of SQL SERVER 2005. I can connect with it by "SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP" and successfull create database, table ecc. But Visual Basic 2005 "Database Explorer" don't view any istance of SQLEXPRESS Server . The first row of Database Explorer say: "......Data Connection ". In this manner I cannot use database that are inside a SQL SERVER! ...Show All

• not a programmer sendkeys and focus

  Ok i got a bit of a prob. i'm tryin to make vb type in a webbrowser thing tht i got onscreen in a vb form. my friend suggested send keys but you have to set a focus to the webbroweser or somethin like tht. i tried everything he's said but i've had no luck. can anyone out there help me   if u didn't get tht, i want vb to type in a webbrowser bit which is in my form when i click a button.   ok a bit of an update ...Show All

• MontyMan Upload a File to FTP Server using My.Computer.Network.UploadFile DOESN'T work for me ???

  Hi All, I wanted to upload a file to an FTP Server. The file which I want to upload is a fixed file. So, I made a button & gave the following Code to it: My.Computer.Network.UploadFile("D:\Downloads\Test.zip", "ftp://ftp.somedomain.com/", "user1", "pass1", True, 500, FileIO.UICancelOption.DoNothing) However, When I run the App & Click the Button to upload the file, I get the following message from ...Show All

• Andreas Wolff SQL Express saving

  Hello,   A quick couple of questions. If I upgrade to VS 2005 Pro from Express. 1. Will my express database application still work if i connect the mdf to a server hosted SQL 2005 Server. 2. What exactly happens (if the above is possible) if more than 1 person uses the DB Front end I have built and submit changes to the same table at the same time. I understand that the database information is cached when you are wo ...Show All

• 95se5m install errors

  Where does the download put the installation file when downloading vb Express beta 2   Have tried twice to install and keep getting install errors.  Tried downloading the vbsetup.exe file again, but figured out it's still looking at the same install file that's already been downloaded previously when I execute it.  It all installs OK on the laptop. Also, on the desktop install, I don't get the .NET beta 2 selection to install.&nbs ...Show All

• fozia Error spawning cmd.exe in simple C++ application

  I got a big problem. I do not know why I write a very simply C++program.I put it below #include<iostream> #include<cstdlib> using namespace std; int main() { cout<<"helo to C++"; return 0; } When I build it , it will show me a error: hello.cpp Linking... Embedding manifest... Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'cmd.exe'. Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\LXY\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\ ...Show All