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• K.Sathishkumar A total newbie...needs help.

  Greetings, I am really new to the programming world and was wondering if anyone can lend me a hand. I am working with Visual Web Developer Express Edition and have loaded the Personal Website Starter Kit. I am looking to change the database connection string in order for the database to function correctly when it's posted online. Where or how do I do that Is it even something I can or have to edit Am I asking the right questions ;) Any ...Show All

• MicroAdmin 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

• Steve Severance MIcrosoft Visual C++ Runtime Library

  I am getting this error when trying to open my newly installed quickbooks: Runtime Error! abnormal program termintaion Any Ideas on why this might be Thank you Chris This error is appearing for a number of applications, and not consistenetly. This therefore suggests it is a problem with the runtime library and not necessarily with the application. I originally saw this with Crystal XI ...Show All

• Alexey Shcherbak A problem connecting to the database. Cant update it from the program

  hello. i started to learn visual basic 2005 express edition. and i learn it from the tutorial in MSDN. i came to the "managing your records: using data in your programs" topic. i did everything the tutorial says: create a database, making a table in the database, adding the database to the "data sources" and creating a dataset. then i carried the table, that i created in the database, onto the form, as the tutorial says. ever ...Show All

• joan leon VB.NET & SQL Server Installation Problems

  Hi, Maby someone can help... I've just downloaded the .img installation file of VB.NET (the latest express edition) and extracted it and installed it. Before then, I uninstalled VB.NET Express edition BETA 2. On completion of the install of the latest VB, the SQL Server installation failed and when I started VB, there where absolutly no templats what so ever. I re-installed the whole lot again and check out all the advice that there was but s ...Show All

• rfb SQL and VB

  Hello I was wanderin say you create an app that has a sql database ... when you publish it and send it to a friend do they need to have sql database to connect to like i do in VB yea im a complet noob sorry and any sql intros would be great.. ty ty ty ty you sent me a link to buy visual studio so i guess vb2005 expres doesnt have the capabilities to do this ty thats wierd s ...Show All

• kopi_b Beginner, need help

  I am just getting started with learning the C++ language. I have downloaded the Visual C++ express edition and set it up with the instructions on this page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/ Now to test the installation I am trying to compile the simplest of programs: // hello!.cpp #include <iostream> int main() { cout << "Hello!"; return 0; } and get this error: Error1 fatal error C1010: unexp ...Show All

• rayBristol SxS installations of VS 2003, VS 2005, and C# Express 2005 are okay?

  I want to install all of these awesome tools side-by-side.  Is that possible On a different topic, can I install them on XP x64 (or even better, Vista beta x64) Thanks! All the VS products you mention can be installed side by side. They can even be installed side by side on XP x64, where they will run on WOW64. I assume they will also run on Vista, but I'm not sure. (Hey, that's what beta testing is all about ;-) Or you c ...Show All

• BenziZbit Problems with VCSSETUP, beta2

  Having problems with this install.  I keep getting a message saying that I've got a previous version of .NET Framework SDK 2.0 beta installed.  I have uninstalled everything I can think of related to .NET anything and I've rebooted several times.  I've gone to the registry/software/microsoft and removed any references to .Net and rebooted again. Any suggestions Sorry to hear you are having trouble. If Framework is only comp ...Show All

• pramodh Data types: Decimal vs. Double

  Can someone explain to me the difference between a Decimal type & a Double type & explain where it is appropriate to use each one Thanks... OK ... so when would you use Decimal & when would you use Double Should you stick with one type or the other in an application or is it OK to use both I would like to hear what everyone uses & why... One difference i ...Show All

• Davey Gepp Upload to webserver

  I'm having different troubles connecting to the web server.  On a new website I can connect ok (although it took some time getting everything just right).  I have an existing website that I would like to connect to and copy the site down to vs2005express I must have put the wrong username in the first time and now it won't even ask for the username or pw it just tells me I don't have the correct permission to connect to this source. Wh ...Show All

• Mike Turner - MSFT SQL Error running Timer Project

  I down loaded the Timer project in Vis Express. It says it should run right on install. When I run it I get the following Error " An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connection to SQL server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under default setting SQL server does not allow remote connections." Thats clear enough but how do I change that setting. Thanks ME ...Show All

• Uluru Network Applications with VB2005 Express a few simple questions????

  Hi There, I know that this might sound like a foolish question but... I'm new to this programming so please bear with me  Here Goes... If I want to develop a client/Server application, like say a front end to look at a large database and deploy it out to many clients across a LAN (not an Internet solution) then can I do this with VB 2005 Express edition I know that the SQL Express edition cannot be deployed on the network serve ...Show All

• Nathan Dolly Visual Basic vs Delphi

  what are the main differences between the two - and more specifically which one is better/more popular     Back in 80s I had to take a basic class - didn't know what the heck it was. In fact, the only time my program ran error-free was when I included a ' at every line. Then one day I realize that Basic was just algebra for the PC and that was when I cracked it. Borland's Pascal was far better ...Show All

• JKCroney Running VB 6, VB.NET 2003, and VB Express 2005 on the same PC

  I currently have VB 6 and .Net 2003 Installed on one PC.   Can I install VB Express on it as well without any issues   I have heard that there is sensitivity to the order in which these products are installed. I've heard that one really wants to install Visual Studio 6 First and then the later products. I've always done that and had no problems. Yes, it appears to work just fine on my ...Show All