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• Putta (Noobie) Problem with Label Text

  Hi, I'm wanting to update a label on a form as it's opened based on the contents of a combo box on the previous form. I've managed to do this except that the label remains blank until I click on, then the text appears. I'd like it to appear as the form opens. Code so far: Private Sub Label1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lblMachine.Click         Dim my ...Show All

• Jeff Beranek Please Help!! Can't download VB Express 2005 due to BITS error!!

  I have read the faq on my error message: "Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Disabled" and I have set the BITS service to Manual - (it already was) and the only dependency it has is RPC and that is set to 'automatic' (it is disabled so I can't change it to 'Manual').   I tried to "start" BITS and I ran the BITS admin repair tool but still get the same error when I begin to download. Please help friends - I can't ev ...Show All

• kopi Registration

  Anyone else getting endlessly repeated requests from VB 2005 Express to register   I've registered 4 times so far, and still the balloon keeps popping up in the system tray to remind me to do so. I installed from the .img CD download, and there's no option anywhere to enter a reg code.  Does someone know of a registry fix that will turn this off guys plz help i m having the same prob ...Show All

• Zia Khan Registration Benefits Portal Has No Registration Benefits?

  Cute. I downloaded the ISO's (VB and VC++) and installed from CD, but I chose to register to get access to the benefits. I clicked on the link in the registration emails, and got taken immediately to http://connect.microsoft.com. On the "my participation" page it says I'm not participating in any "programs." The available programs page has a list that doesn't include anything that even remotely resembles Visual Studio Expres ...Show All

• andplo Is there a way to determine the color of a point?

  Well, the title pretty much outlines my querry. Is there a way to find the color of a given point, if the point is known I've written a code to randomly draw a "land mass" (a polygon that's flat on 3 sides and randomly "mountainous" on the upper side) for a simple game that I'm creating. I've filled in this polygon as green. When I made a very similar game in QBasic, there was a function for determining a pixe ...Show All

• Chris Conner Ok still answering myself :)

  hi I need to draw lot of rectangles in picturebox with different colors, I am already using this class http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp ID=7801 to have fast graphic* But still I need to make it more effective so my plan is to make pixels instead of boxes and this pixeled bitmap I want to resize, in order to get box from every pixel. Fine, but now the problem, instead of boxes I've got 'points' but resized and foggy or blury if you want ...Show All

• SonGayla ToolStripMenuItem1.Click makes bgcolor change

  Hi, I am building a program with several textboxes, and I have a ContextMenuStrip to use with the textboxes. Now I want to make the textbox's backgroundcolor change into an other color if the user clicks on the ToolStripMenuItem_1, but how do I make this work, because I don't know how to do this. Grtz, Tom. Ok, and thank you for all the explanations you gave me :p I think I know almost everything I need to know to build my program ;) ...Show All

• rewant How to I create a login form with visual basic express editions and mysql

  Hi everyone, I need some help here, I'm new with visual basic express. How to I create a login form with visual basic express editions and mysql. Anyone can help me For example : After I submit my Login ID and Password at "Form1". How to I connect it to mysql and pass the posted value into the mysql query to checked whether is a valid member or not. If is a valid member how to I create a SESSION to store the member details like "user ...Show All

• Nasser Yacout Can't get rid of console -- HELP!

  I was using Microsoft's article on using memorystreams and it involved using a console window to display the memorystream's data. Now, EVERY new AND existing project I open displays a console window when I run it. How do I get rid of the console window It is VERY annoying and may be a BUG. Hi, What type of projects are you referring to When you create a new (Winforms app) one is the console still displaying ...Show All

• Robert Varga Using VB.NET Compiler as an older version

  Is there a way to make the VB 2005 Beta 2 Program compile to an older version e.g. VB6 No.  VB6 and VB.NET a completely different languages. The only thing that is similar is the syntax. You may be able to compile VB 2005 (.NET 2.0) applications to .NET 1.0/1.1 using the MSBuild Compatibility Toolkit . Well, I wasn't really sure what to do with it. You and its site implied that it did something ...Show All

• Spigot How to use "For Each" with a dictionary

  I've just started playing with dictionaries.  I have been able to iterate through a list using the "For Each" construct, but I have not been able to do it with a library.  Any suggestions would be appreciated. For Each x As myObj In listContact    '...code to process each x Next Dim dictContact As New Dictionary(Of Int32, MyObj)    '...Add lots of Keys and MyObjs to dictContact, then For Each x As MyObj in di ...Show All

• Jorg Riedmiller When will Visual Studio 2005 ship?

  I place an order on November 7 with Amazon for VB2005Pro and still they have not ship it yet because they have no receive stock from Microsoft.   Does anyone know when Microsoft will start shipping the new version I have received an email from my supplier (VS2005 standard) and he said that there is now stock in Australia and should ship tomorrow or the day after I ...Show All

• K.M.PONG accessing attribute of the object in the objects' arrayList

  I have arrayList of objects and want to assign a value to an attribute(string) of object which is in arrayList I tried   for (int i=0; i < arrayListofObj.Count; i++) {      arrayListofObj[ i].string= maskedTextBox8.Text; } But it doesn't work. thank you For future reference 'it doesn't work' is not very helpful. Instead, try posting the error m ...Show All

• Jeremy Emery support windows95?

  i am beginner of vb6, but haven't use vb.net before. If I using VB 2005 Express to build an application, Can any one tell me if that application i build can running on windows95 and windowsNT4 If can, what important thing i must know eg. install .net framework 2, but it do not support win95 If cannot, any suggestion eg. using back vb6. Thanks for all reply. Hi, Sadly, Windows 95 and Nt 4.0 is not in the lis ...Show All

• Deasun VB E E 2005 and MySQL

  Can i use VB express edition to manipulate data in a remote mysql dataabase Found this site: http://www.vbmysql.com I have a MySQL Database running on a Linux box, and im able to query it with VB Express Edition 2005. Neat Stuff!!!   JGWingfield wrote: Mattyo - Please post if this works.  The Express Editions (except for VWD) are only supposed to support loca ...Show All