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• Mynor Ivan Muralles MSFT the special characters in Labels...

  Hello, I was wondering if there was a site or a reading that had like the grand master list of all the special character "numbering" for the labels... because when I type in "&" in the text for the labels, it just comes plainly out as a " " space... or if you do not know the list but do know the substitute for a "&", then that would also be a great help! Thank You! Keehun Nam If you want a ...Show All

• Nathan Certification courses for vc++

  hi, Iam Lakshmi, i have 4+ years of experience in c++, 2+ in vc++ (version 6.0) .I had a break in my career for last 1 year.To upgrade myself i thought of taking some certification courses. Will MCSD- .net certification will help in building my career i heard .net course covers c#,vc# and asp.net. this is new technology for me. And i don't have experience in this field also.. Is there is any certification courses for vc++ will anybo ...Show All

• db_guy Error creating new project

  Ok I'm new, just decided I wanted to figure out how to use Visual Basic. I downloaded & installed the express, clicked on file, new project, clicked on windows application and bonk! I get an error that says "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007B)" And there's an OK button. If you click on it, you're back at the start page. SO! I can't use this... Any ideas ...Show All

• schwechel Saving Text to an Excel file

  I have searched all over for this, and can't figure out what to do, could somebody please start from the top, and explain to me in depth exactly what I need to do to Save text to an excel file Using normal file appending doesn't ever change the cells, I need a more integrated way, so please explain to me what I need to do from scratch, as of now I have nothing on my project. -Thanks He didn't o ...Show All

• Thomas Jespersen Data Format

  The data in my Access DB is a long time like: 02:06 PM After I fill the data into a DataGridView by using DataAdapter, it shows :12/30/1899 02:06 PM. Where I should go to control this format Thanks for any help! Cici I'd check that the data is in the dataset and that the data binding to the column in the datagridview are correct. Cici.... first of all th ...Show All

• azfar ; after every line in int main() {}

  I read in a tutorial that at the end of every line in the int main() {} . But then I had a bunch of problems coming up with this code and one of the main problems was the fact that I put semicolons at the end of every line in the int main function. Here is the code: #include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { int choice; cout << "Enter the number 1 if you want the color blue \n"; cout << "Enter t ...Show All

• Jos Wilson Sound player in VB.NET Compiler Beta2 2005 Express Edition

  Hi. Can someone tell me how to put a working sound player into the VB.NET 2005 Express Edition Beta2 I am having a little trouble, and I can't really figure out what it is. Is it a control If so, why isn't it in the Designer's Toolbox Thanks! It worked. Now, do you know how to make the program play something  other than .wav files Hi. I work with C#, not VB, but maybe y ...Show All

• Matthew S. Monroe Great tip!

  Take a look at Absolute Beginner’s Video Series in MSDN. http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/learning/default.aspx When I watched videos and taked a look at samples I learned very much about using Visual C# Express Edition and programming with it. This is C# stuff. The series includes over 10 hours of videos. Lessons Lesson 1:  Getting Started with Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Lesson 2:  Creating a Windows Applica ...Show All

• idoprz Installation Error

  I'm having trouble installing vcssetup.exe. It stops loading after it extracts the installation files and opens the "Setup is loading installation components. This may take a minute or two." screen. There are about 4 bars left to load and it stops. How can I get it to carry on I found out how to make the installation continue. I uninstalled Norton Internet Security because it always asks you if you want to let a program use the internet, ...Show All

• John S1 reformat reinstall

  I just had to reinstall windows and when I re installed express it wont take my registration key. I tried to revist link in confirmation email but wont take the key. any help in how to get it registered would be great. The Express registration process binds the key to your machine and user account... when you formatted you nuked that user account causing the key to be worthless. Thankfully with the Expr ...Show All

• Maddu Message box and localization

  Is there a way for localization of messagebox... without creating a new one if there is no way ... how would i create a dll file with custom message box that i can replace standard one so i use the same method and everything for calling (opening) messagebox is there a sample code Hi, take a look at those resources: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconDesigningGlobalApplications.asp http:/ ...Show All

• Asif Raza Ashraf custom cursors

  hi, i was wondering how to make a custom cursor with its own image & stuff... it's vital to my application. Please help!! thanks No, Visual Basic 2005 is much better suited for this. If you search the internet for ".cur file" you will find several shareware apps that allow you to create your own custom cursors. You can set a custom cursor by passing a .cur file to the cursor property of a form or contro ...Show All

• inventivedisplayname Noob to VC++ looking to get started...

  I am trying to learn C++... (I got sucked into learning vb.net, because of its ease of use/ surpluss of begginer walk-throughs, and I would like to learn to write code not dependent on the .net) Does anyone know of a good website with tutorials and lessons to learn the new VC++... I basically have no knowledge of C++ and I can't seem to find project lessons that are compatable with the VC++ express edition. (The msdn walk-throughs and examples h ...Show All

• michael fz Connecting to a remote registry in VB 2005 Express

  Hello everyone, I don't know if it is possible in the Express edition to do any sort of remote work. I seem to have seen something somewhere that sounded like it was not possible. Anyway, here is what I would like to do: Connect to the registry on a remote PC and read a key. My program works on my local machine. But, I am not sure how to change the code to run it against a remote machine. Presently I am using the: "My.Computer.Regi ...Show All

• mak3937 how to load automacticaly tabs

  Hi again, I have form that reads data from a db and insert/update in that db. I have a tabcontrol with 4 tab pages. The thing is when I try to update a data from my form it does not update all the related files. If I don't open any of that 4 pages, data in that pages cannot be updated. Because that pages and their controls are never loaded. I'm using my own insert/update command instead of a table adapter option. It's like "UPDATE ...Show All