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• Pon_teh_pony Timout when creating a database (mdf file) in VB EE

  tiemout expired the timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation of the server is not responding also if i try agian it goes in takes a long time when i create a mdf file in my server explorer it has a picture of a server let say (((name.mdf))) it has a red x i try to run the application it does not work no communication with the server i have to enter the data into the table manually it does not work threw the application hop ...Show All

• Guber I need to count by ascii characters. Seems tricky!

  Hey guys, I'm doing an expirement and I need to basically "count" but using a set of ascii characters. I'm having a heck of time. And using VB.NET Express. For example, in Decimal, you count 1,2,3...8,9,10. As you know, once your first character reaches 9, a new character is added, 0, to the left, and then you start over counting the 1st character such as 10,11,12...18,19,20. Each time the rightmost character reaches 9, the next ...Show All

• Gerben3000 I can't download "Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!"

  I have register Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition, when I access Registration Benefit Portal, I can find "Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition - Build a Web Site Now! " in the download list, but I can't find "Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!". How can I download it Some other ...Show All

• Yesb2k Installing visual studio express problems

  Hi All Having problems after downloading the express editions of vb and web developer. it copies 39 files to the temp area then does the loading instalations componets, i accept the license aggrement and click the two boxes. I then click install, it then says :-  Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition - ENU has encountered a probelm during set up. setyp did not complete correclty. Error signature bits says something about dllmgr_bitse ...Show All

• graey fstream with Japanese filenames?

  Hi I'm currently making a studylist program for learning Japanese. I'm using an fstream reader to read and open my studylists and it works fine when the filename is in English, however when the filename is in Japanese, or any directory in the path is Japanese the fstream reader returns a null string. (actually it returns nothing which I'm assuming is null). This is strange because reading the studylists (with Japanese entires) is fine, ...Show All

• Jim Stapleton Major new discovery: the Platform SDK's MFC source code can be built and used with VC++ Express

  As you all may know, MFC is not included with Visual C++ Express 2005.   You'd have to purchase VC++ Standard edition to get MFC. But the MFC source code (no binaries) happens to be included with the Platform SDK, in the folders: <installed Platform SDK folder>\SRC\MFC and <installed Platform SDK folder>\INCLUDE\MFC There are some make files in there (mfcdll.mak etc), but the main MAKEFILE an ...Show All

• BasselTab Understanding VB Express SQL 2005 Express DB access

  Hi, I'm justing trying/beginning to understand the way VB 2005 Express handles database access to SQL Express 2005. I've created my first DB application that id actually useful to me and my colleagues at work, so i'm really excited about this. Quite new to OOP programming and VB. Last time i did any programming was way back with TurboPascal and Assembler :-) The .mdf and .ldf files are in the same dir as the project and do not get permanently at ...Show All

• KirHil Database error running the club website starter kit app

  Hello Forum Members, I downloaded the release version of Visual Studio Web Express and then installed the club web site starter kit.  I created a new web site using the template and then tried to run it.  It looks like the database file is not compatible with the database instance. Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated.   Server Error in '/Club Web Site Starter Kit1' Application. The membership provider and rel ...Show All

• CassMori How do you shut down computer from VB 2005

  I have tried every code that I could find and nothing seems to work.. Any suggesions on how to do this I'm working with VB 2005 not .Net So it didn't work. Link to a class to shutdown windows http://www.mentalis.org/soft/class.qpx id=7 The program isn't recognizing it as valid code. Is there a net framework update that I need to download so this would work ...Show All

• jaedge WebBrowser object question - hover target

  How can I get the target url of a hyperlink when the cursor hovers over it I'd like to display that info in a status bar on my form, like IE does. I know the WebBrowser object is aware of the hyperlinks, because the cursor changes to a hand when it hovers over them. I just don't know how to get the embedded url. Thanks... In the event handler StatusTextChanged and read the StatusMessage property. It wil ...Show All

• Dummie I can´t create a new Website!

  When I try to create a new web site, I get this error "the number separator information specified in the numberformatinfo in ambiguous for parsing" and the project isn't created. I can create new single files but no project. My Windows is XP danish I trying to create asp.net Web Site version 2.0.50215 My mail Haniiraqi@hotmail.com you also could try to change the decimalseparator to , and  groupseparator ...Show All

• meili Problem with Calculating a Total

  My datatable has Units - Decimal(18,1) Price - Decimal(18,2) Total - Decimal(18,2) My Code Dim Rate As Decimal Dim Unit As Decimal Dim Total As Decimal Rate = 78.81 Unit = 5 * QTY / 18000 Total = Rate * Unit When you do the math above for Unit you will get 2.77777777777 then Total would = 218.916666666, what I really want is for Unit to = 2.8 * Rate = 220.67. Units = 2.7 & Total = 218.91 is what is being sto ...Show All

• nyaung Couldn't get Design Time license for 'SoftwareFX.ChartFX.Lite error

  Question: Couldn't get Design Time license for 'SoftwareFX.ChartFX.Lite.Chart' what's the meaning of the above error and how to solve it I'm quite new to c #. Thx! It seems the source code is implemented with the tool "SoftwareFX.ChartFX.Lite.Base.12.I3". My computer has no such tool, so the error message shows. Does anyone know about the softwarefx I am now using the visual studio express version. It says ...Show All

• Chandresh Error Message

  I have create a dll name "Special". At the C# IDE, i able to add the special.dll file to my reference. But, when i running the C# program, It come out with below error message Could not load file or assembly 'Special, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. Did you know what message is it How's to solve it Sorry ...Show All

• Eric Hsieh How to use UTF-8 above 128!

  Hi all, My program needs a 3 byte output. I've managed to convert 2 of the Integers into UTF-8 format. But one of the Integers is 255, this is a constant not a variable amount. But it outputs 2 Bytes and not 1 as I need. So is there any way to convert 255 into a UTF-8 format Thanks for any help or advice. Hi there SJWhiteley , Thank you for your excellent reply and very useful to a beginner to Visual Basic like me. The de ...Show All