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• Murali Krishnan How to refresh text box contents

  Hi Dare I ask another question! I have a second form which opens via a button on main form. This form shows a score table (32 textboxes) The display/saving/loading/hiding for this form all work OK. I now have a new score (4 of the text boxes) to change. The following Sub seems to achieve the resorting of the ScoresTable Collection (the score table text boxes) inserting a new score appropriately. However, this doesn't change the value ...Show All

• Alwyn Rozario New and Need Some Help PLEASE!

  I want to be able to select one or several records in a datagridview and update or change a specific column for each record selected. For example: A Customer database that has a date field for "work completed". I want to be able to select certain customers and update only the date "work Completed" for each customer selected to Todays date or any date I choose. How can I do this In VB express. Thank You I'm very new ...Show All

• SCChoose Two forms, can't seem to access data

  I just finished up the video tutorials about creating the RSS reader and I've been doing a bit of tinkering around. Of the things I'm trying to change is the fact that the news items clicked will load into a very tiny browser window in the application.  Although it can be opened up in a full browser window from within the application, I was wanting to be able to change it so that instead, a new form with nothing but a browser control ...Show All

• Ravimcom Cannot Create C++ Class from wizard

  I cannot create a class from the wizard from Project Add class. I get an error "Code model not available, cannot add class". Even if I manually create a class then also I am not able to add functions or members to it "The operation could not be completed. The parameter is incorrect". Any suggestions Hello - Thanks for the report. It is possible you found a product bug, as many of the Class Wizards are not available in the Express Product. ...Show All

• NOODLEBOY79 Finding the cubic root

  I couldn't find any function for the cubic root in the System.Math class, only the Math.Sqrt() function, I decided to write my own function. After some searching I found out about the formula for Newton approximation method and implemented it in my own function. As you might understand, you can only approximate it. If you are in need of computing the cubic root, please feel free to copy and paste the code, or change it if you want. I see no reas ...Show All

• ShaunS How to make win32 apps project available?

  Hi, i read the installation process at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/usingpsdk/default.aspx But the file AppSettings.htm is found in 1036 instead of 1033. I made the changes but the win32 app is still not available. Simple empty Helloworld projects can be built, but i would like to have the demos. In fact, i'm trying to install Ogre SDk. Lot of work again Please post the erros you are se ...Show All

• Kate Wells Transparent Gifs

  I'm trying to get some gifs I have to show in a picture box, and have them transparent... But for some reason they still have a white background. Anyone have any tips on how to get the background to be transparent It shows on the form transparent, but now when I run it :/ Thanks in advanced! Test using a picturebox with IMAGE equaling a blue and white picture. Picturebox BACKGROUND IMAGE set to NONE. Form (not picturebox,) trans ...Show All

• Steve Kemnitzer Smart indenting not working right

  Hello, I have visual C++ 2005 express and the first thing I notice is the smart indenting. When I turn it on it indents corectly and everything but if I return down from a line of code (so there are blank lines between the cursor and my code) and than I go back and click a blank line, the line will go to the very left like there was never a tab inserted. Is there a way to fix this or is this just what visual C++ 2005 express does ...Show All

• susa Uninstalling Beta versions

  How important is the order in which you uninstall Beta versions   What I am trying to do is uninstall my Visual Basic Express Beta 2 and install Visual Basic Express.  What I did was uninstall Visual Basic Express Beta 2.  Now, if I read the instructions correctly, I was supposed to uninstall the Visual Studio Express first.  What should I do   Robert Instead of uninstalling ...Show All

• Simon Tindall RSS Screensaver Starter Kit

  This thread is the place to ask questions and provide feedback for the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit.    BigJoe wrote: How does the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit generate the *.scr file   I cannot find any settings or custom steps for this file. If I'm right the *.scr file are *.exe renamed file. So you can simply rename them. But I'm not sure of this . I ...Show All

• Jeffrey John Osborn Communicating with Windows Form from external app

  I'm trying to make something so that I can communicate with a Windows form from the mIRC chat client (in a script). Eventually, I want to be able to send it an IP address and have the windows media player object on the form navigate to that IP to show a remote webcam. For now, I'm just trying to change the text of a label on the open form. Is this possible I managed to open a COM connection to the form from mIRC, but I'm not able to change the ...Show All

• Michael B. Parker Need example in VB2005 code for sending Emails with images!

  Please post any links you might think will help me understand and develop a small application for sending emails containing an image not as an attachment but instead images placed along with the text.   If this cannot be done then I will settle for having the Image as an attachment. I’m only interested in Sending; I’m not interested in receiving Emails.   Thanks ALL You have to use HTML. Th ...Show All

• Greg Post-Graduate Eco Student Keeping Data in database after debugging

  Hi, me again. I'm trying to set up an application that allows the user to enter data into a table (what else would I want!). I can do this during debugging no problem but when I close the application down the data is not retained in the DataSet. This means that every time I debug to test a phase of my application I have to input new data and it's getting a bit trying especially as I would ideally like to work with a table that has more than 1 ...Show All

• gerrod Why C# such a pin or missing something?

  Hi, I am a newbie while handling C# apps!. Now my problem is that- I have to run a vb dll(VS6),a ATL dll(VS6) and a C#(Front end...vs7). I have source code of this vb dll and ATL dll Motive here is that if i run my C# app, then it must enter in source code of these VS6 dll. Though for this purpose I tried- 1.Added these VS6 dlls with C# environment, in Dotnet IDE. 2.Tried to open these 2 VS6 dlls with VS6 IDE, while opened C# with Dotnet I ...Show All

• Manivenkit What is the current build of beta 2?

  Hello, What is the current build of beta 2 I have beta2.050215-4400, is that the most recent one. Where in Microsoft site I can find numbers of latest builds, to be up to date Regards,ProJester. Thank You, Luke. Some more details on build numbers.  The latest version of Express is now the August CTP which was released last week to the web. CT ...Show All