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• Thomas van der Heijden (old) Connection string issue

  I have created a project which gets its data from SQLExpress and used the Add Data Source wizard and then dragged and dropped to create data bound forms and TableAdapters. All works well on my machine. Now I want to link to data on another machine on my LAN. If I manually alter the connection string created for me automatically in the Settings tab of my project and point it at another machine all works fine. However I want to be able to do th ...Show All

• tats Visual C++ Locks up the computer...

  Shortly after I start coding in VC++ my entire computer locks up and I have to restart it.  This has happened every time I have tried to use the program.  I am really disappointed because VC++ 6.0 isn't supported anymore, so this is all I have to use unless I want to spend lots of money...  I like Microsoft's products a lot more than compilers like dev-cpp and stuff, but this really sucks... So anyway - does anybody know why this ...Show All

• Fabiods How to Reset Form and Delete DataSet

  Hi everyone, I have a form that gets filled with all kinds of goodies (listboxes, treeviews, textboxes, labels, etc). A dataset also gets created programatically with a single table (6 columns and probably 100 rows). I'm looking for a way to quickly reset the form back to its original state and delete the dataset. I found: Application.Restart() which looks like it resets the form like I want it to. Two questions: Any repercu ...Show All

• Jim in NoVA creating dll's

  hey i am designing a program and i was wondering if it is possible to create a dll in Visual Basic Express Edition well, maybe I should rephrase that. I'm designing a program where when you click a button it opens a text editor(already have that made). Someone told me that to reference the program in the code you need to create a dll(is this true ) Did you set a breakpoint to make sure your code is called Have ...Show All

• mech_3 Assigning a Picture to a Picture Box Using Variables

  Hi, I'm sure this is pitifully simple, but I can't for the life of me figure it out. I want to use variables to both refer to a picture box and to refer to the image assigned to it. For example: PictureBox21.Image = My .Resources.Resources._131 I want to replace the "21" and the "_131" with variables so that I can use a for...next loop to assign a bunch of different bitmaps to a bunch of different picture boxes. ...Show All

• smattessich Integration of third party activeX controls in deployment

  How can I include third party activeX controls in deployment My distributed VB application does not work after installation on other PC because VB does not register the third party .ocx file on the destination platform. What to do Thank You Heiko   I'm not sure this is possible with the 'ClickOnce' deployment method. Unless someone has a way to do it VB Express, your options are: u ...Show All

• Deadlock Replacement of Winsock in Visual Basic 6?

  Hello Microsoft. Is there anyway to make any replacement of the Winsock Protocol in Visual Basic 6   Mathy wrote: I didn't actually understand any of those posts, since I want to be just as fimiliar to Sockets here as WinSockets in VB6. I don't understand the events of it or anything, or even how to place the socket on a form. Also, I want to know what all that DNS and all that stuff is, and why it's needed. Yeah ac ...Show All

• randy_w_s VB6 to 2005 Control Arrays

  Can someone please tell me a little bit more about Control Arrays after upgrading VB6 to 2005 There are 7 images which use the same click sequence, and they are all named Card. The following is a sample of the code: VB6: Private Sub Card_Click(Index As Integer) If Card(Index).Picture = Image2.Picture Then Safenum = Safenum + 100 Card(Index).Picture = Pile(1).Picture Call Nextmove Call Enemymove Exit Sub End If End Sub VB 2005 ...Show All

• Jhonny ASPX files not working

  I just installed Visual Web Developer Express and wrote a couple lines of C# code to test things out. It ran fine and rendered in my browser. I used the "Copy Website" feature to deploy the app and try it live. I am getting " The page cannot be displayed". The Event Viewer logs the following error every time I attempt to view the page: "T he server failed to load application '/LM/W3SVC'. The error was 'The specified ...Show All

• JumpyNET My VB

  Okay i've gone and bought Vb.net 2003 form Pc worlds right. And i bought a book to go with it. in my book the buttons and loading bars and stuff are all in the xp style. However whrn i do a button it looks 98 ish. what i want to know is is there some kind of setting i can get to make my programs looking the xp style cause at the moment, they look 98. To set up "XP style" buttons and stuff, open the Properties page on your soluti ...Show All

• Keith Newman HTML Help File

  How can I create a HTML help file (or any other help file) for my application Nice find. Do you know of any websites with tuts on this http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hworiHTMLHelpStartPage.asp I don't know how much you need tutorials. But if you noticed the FAR HTML resource being recommended on the Wiki page, I'd second that. There is a free trial for 60 days and I fin ...Show All

• susqu Visual C++ Express Edition vs DevCPP (or classic Win32 API Programing)

  I wan't to now what are the new things of Visual C++Express.I have maked a program in Visual C++ but on another computer is not runing.What I can do Return to classic Win32 API Programing Please recomand me a program... My guess is that you are running into a SxS deployment issue. to learn more how to deply applications on another machines, see http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=234183&Si ...Show All

• zhangg3 Is it ok to install .net2003 after .net2005 installed?

  I have vs.net 2005 installed, now I want to install vs.net2003 (so that I can open .net2005 projects with .net 2005 and open .net2003 projects within .net2003), is it ok to do so if yes, what do I need to pay attention to plz help thx Glenn for ur suggestion, but It's going to take long time to uninstall 2005 and install 2003, then re-install 2005, such a pain You might be able to try it, and then do a reset of the applicati ...Show All

• IVRsurveys valid assemble and com component for dll reference

  Hi, I am trying to add a DLL reference into a C# project in 2005 Express. But it says not a valid assemble or com component. Any idea where shall I look into Thanks... hi, Is your problem solved If yes, then could you please post the answer and mark it as answered Thank you, Bhanu. ok....found the solution... please refer to another thread that I have started earlier " tlbimp.exe and DllImport "..... ...Show All

• Mark G. Goles How to read records from Childtables ?

  Hi Forum, I'm writing this program that loads a 3rd party XML file.  In a simplified version, the XML data would be as follows. <Customers>    <Customer>      <Name>Microsoft Corp.</Name>      <Number>MS001</Number>       <ProductTypes>          <ProductType>Software</Product ...Show All