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• StephenR MS Access and VB

  Hey everyone! I was wanderin if Access is worth using for a database with VB2005E or should I just learn SQL and ditch Access.\ I would like my application to store data but dont want to require the end user to have access... Im just so confused with this whole database deal... I searched google for some tutorials but im helpless lol Can you help clarify or send me a link for more help with this issue I am totally new to programming... TY very ...Show All

• jayson.ws.tool.ci.ftsp Classes... Posititve.. Nested Classes? ...Negative

  Hello, within another thread, I've learned to use the Property Class in the simplistical way... But this is what I was able to produce: Day1.Lunch But if I wanted to do Day1.Lunch.Special how would I do it I tried to put multiple Public Property statements within another and produce a huge mess... Had to undo.......... I tried to read the MSDN's Nested Public Class, but no avail... Please help me out Is this even possible (ex. Cars.Honda.Civic.2 ...Show All

• berwiki Help with KeyDown or KeyPress

  I am very new to VB but I am progressing well. However, I have tried numerous solutions to this problem and have not found the right answer yet: I want my program to do something anytime a certain key is pressed. It is not going in a textbox or form. So Basically something like this: If (The "5" Key is pressed) Then DoTheseThings() End If I need it to always be active. Any help Thanks!! ...Show All

• sskalskii Assigning a Picture to a Picture Box Using Variables

  Hi, I'm sure this is pitifully simple, but I can't for the life of me figure it out. I want to use variables to both refer to a picture box and to refer to the image assigned to it. For example: PictureBox21.Image = My .Resources.Resources._131 I want to replace the "21" and the "_131" with variables so that I can use a for...next loop to assign a bunch of different bitmaps to a bunch of different picture boxes. ...Show All

• Nishantha How to turn off ASP.NET Development Server

  I am having trouble with running application under IIS and, therefore, would like to make my Visual Web Express edition run the application under IIS and not ASP.NET Development server. Is it possible to do that how Bascially my application just reads data off Excel sheet and displays the data on web page. This does work under ASP.NET dev. server but when i try to use IIS (yes i have set it to run that applicaation under 2.0) it throws the foll ...Show All

• Nitin Badole Missing Visible property on forms

  I'm new to VB. Why is the visible property missing on the forms property list It shouldnt be missing. Have you got the form selected. Are you looking in the right place - show the properties in alphabetical order and you'll find it easily, It was just a beginners question. So, let's all just chill out and ease up a little. hi, do you think this property is good for forms this propert ...Show All

• Bill House Problem in WebDeveloper 2005 Express

  I created a new website using starter kit. Edited a page in the deisgner view. Closed and opened the project again. Now it is not showing the designer view, showing the error msg "Cannot switch to design view. there are Errors". There are 135 errors in the source view. Most of them tag mismatch .. Suggest me a way to see the design view. If you have a tag mismatch... please post one of ...Show All

• dydoria Do Loop

  The problem is when the main function of a do loop is too short the program will freeze like so: Do Until Running = False lbl.Text = "meh" Loop well since lbl.Caption = "meh" is executed so quickly in the loop the loop is executed at a rapid speed and the program will freeze immediately >_< what I want is to have a very rapid speed speed(less than 1 millisecond) but without having the program freeze immediately. Any ide ...Show All

• Wali Basic help for dummies, Please!

  I've just started my 16 lessons in Visual Basic Express 2005 and I'm learning my first programming since old GFA Basic.  But my goal doesn't seem to be part of the lesson plan, and that is to simply send "H1carriagereturn" to com2 at 4800 N81. I've tried the code snippets, (probably don't know how to use them), and looked at examples of long serial port programs, (don't understand anything about them). I've tried the simple ...Show All

• mightymoe C# Interface Class

  Can someone explain how to use C# Interface Class and show me a simple example. Having difficult time getting my head around this. thanks Nick In what way are you having a difficult time with them An interface is simply a generic declaration/definition of a set of the public methods, properties, events, etc that any class implementing the interface must itself have. By using an interface (or any base class) you can have a ...Show All

• DaveSimmonds Indigo and Avalon; But VBExpress Beta2?

  Should I fallow the same instructions found here: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/uninstall/ Before installing WinFx (avalon and indigo)... -will,    Anyways I've uninstalled everything and installed in this order which I think I found out was wrong: 1. Installed the 'winfxsetup.exe' (which installed the 2.0 frame-work) 2. Installed Visual Basic 2005 Express 3. Did not see any of the 'Temp ...Show All

• Gokay ___RTC_Shutdown??

  Hi, I recently downloaded the Express VC++ free edition to try it out. I've been working with VC++ 6.0 for the last couple years (even though it's out of date). I just created a test program called CardGame using a walkthough from the express VC++ site. I compiled and got a bunch of link errors that I've never seen before. I've been programming for a long time. the errors I get are: ------ Build started: Project: Game, Configuration: Debug Wi ...Show All

• kenambrose Import dll functions

  How can i import a dll called mxsock.dll It wont add in references. Here are the calls in C. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // -- MXSock.dll -- // WinMX WPNP Support Dynamic Link Library Header File // Copyright 2004 [Nushi]@[2SN] ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #pragma once ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // includes ///////// ...Show All

• nick di pietrantonio Using Module

  Hello, I am working on a program that uses a lot of subs and functions, so I wanted to bring those together in 1 single module file. Now I did this (see code), but I noticed that it compiles the module with my app, and it doesn't compile it to an dll as I want to. Anyone here knows how to solve this because it is important that I can 'update' the file just by replacing my module dll by a new one. Here is the code I'm using: Module modules ...Show All

• stupid girl What good is it.

  I posted two different messages, two days ago. So far, at leasted 130 people have read both messages. But so far, nobody has taken the time to answer them either. I thought this forum was about helping others along! This really sucks! Thanks Bill Gates! Just another waiste of my time! You also have to realize that maybe the reason you're not getting responses is because people don't know the answer to your question.  What good is it t ...Show All