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• Net-Benjamin no email received for activation key

  I do not receive an email to complete the process of getting an activation key for Visual C++ Express Beta 2.  I signed up for the MIcrosoft Passport and downloaded Visual C++ Express Beta 2 a few weeks ago and have since used it, but now it is asking me for an activation key.  What could be wrong Thanks, Randy I did not receive one either, but it was on the web page after downlo ...Show All

• Ralph Depping C# handling multiple events

  I see that in Visual Basic 2005, you can create an event handler that handles multiple events. For example I have five buttons and I want all clicked button events to be handled by the same handler: In VB I would have: Private Sub Button_Click(ByVal sender as Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click, Button2.Click, ..., Button5.Click <code> End Sub As of right now I have a ton of "this.button<number>.click ...Show All

• ChiefW missing reference

  hi friends... i downloaded vc# 2005 express edition,when i try to use Tcp.Listener class i get the following error. . Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Net' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference ) C:\Documents and Settings\Ravi n Kapil\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\ravi\ravi\CodeFile2.cs 4 14 ravi .. . . . has ms removed some classes from express editions as it is free ...Show All

• Runnerdave Feedback from VBForums.com..take a look..

  This poll is just started...ready to have feedback from one od the biggest VB and Programming community. You can see it here http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php t=339889 ...Show All

• Tina Tam - MSFT Status Strip - RTF Location

  Hi All, Would like to know, what is the code for status strip text location. I am developing an advanced notepad for some customizing text etc. and cannot find code or examples anywhere of how to put a text label in the status strip for the text "Column" & "Row" location. Its basically the same as the windows notepad feature. Can anyone please help me with this. Thank You. but abo ...Show All

• lingling Trouble calling function in BindingSource.Filter expression

  Hi! I'm new on VB2005 Express and looking for some help... I’m trying to create a telephone agenda in VB2005 to learn the language. I’m trying to use the string function "Left" to create a filter in my dataset. I create a form with a tabcontrol and one tabpage for each letter of the alphabet. The hole idea is to show only the records with the first letter is the same of the tabpage selected. To create the filter i use the c ...Show All

• Triumph69 MDI Taskbar?

  Does anyone have a mdi taskbar class or somthing. I cant find one good example anywhere :'( The MenuStrip has an MdiWindowListItem property. Assign your "Window" ToolStripMenuItem to this property and a list of open MDI child windows will be automatically created below it. The MainMenu has a similar MdiListItem property. Is there a way I can set the MDI child's icon to be on the MdiWindowListIte ...Show All

• 3TP LLC Cannot create a new project that opens startup form

  Have been using vb 2005 express final now for a week or too.  Have had no problems using and modifying example code and connecting to a MySQL database.  However i am now trying to create a new project and no matter what form is selected under startup form nothing displays when code f5 is pressed.  Message that build is ok in status bar screen refreshes and back to IDE.  However existing projects work ok.  Even creating a ...Show All

• Lance Olson - MSFT I've VC++ .NET 2003 installed..... i need to remove ?

  Hi Excuseme for the stupid question.... 1) I've a registered VC++ .NET 2003 installed, I need to remove it before install the VC++ Express Edition 2) If/When VC++ 2005 Express Edition will be available in italian On Italian site i not find nothing about that. Thank you in advance Bunker 1 - No. 2 - I have no idea. Thank you Bunker ...Show All

• Scott_P BUG:???? Two ComboBoxes on one form won't allow debug

  I have a simple windows form, and name it form1. I then add a combobox to it and start the debugging. Works fine. I then stop the debugger and add another combobox. I go to start the debuggin again and it won't work. It starts to work but then just quits the debugger. It acts like there is a "Me.Close()" in the form load(). I also have another computer running the same vb express that this doesn't happen on. Is this a bug Or is it a s ...Show All

• sane79 "Advanced Compile Options" and Problem with "console"

  --> I'm sorry I think I've posted this into the wrong forum before. I was previously working with Visual Studio 2005 beta 2 and since .NET Framework 2.0 I switched to Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. There is no "Advanced Compile Options" in the "My Project"/Compile tab. Is this normal (I can't set any "optimize" settings) And for some reason the console window doesn't show up when it's called: Sub something Console.Write("something") End S ...Show All

• Tampali Word Scrambler

  Hi, I'm new to C#, and i thought this would be a good idea to get better at the principles of C# so i decided to make a program which would take a entered word and rearange the letters in it into every possible combination so for example if i entered "crash" it would come out with: crash crahs crhsa crhas chrsa chras chars chasr etc... Im having a bit of trouble and i was wondering if any one could help me with this. Any he ...Show All

• WedgeSoft Build Error with PostBuild script

  It seems that regardless of what command I put into the Post-Build property of my project I get the error: 'C:\Documents' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. The system cannot find the path specified. I've tried even simple things like "echo hello." and I get the same result. echo hello. 'C:\Documents' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operabl ...Show All

• Padschild VWD: Full-text search capability.

  I am very new to VWD express, and am currently working through the tutorials. I don't have a coding background and so far have found learning VWD pain free. However, the application that I intend to build will require a search capability, but it would seem that full text indexing is disabled in VWD express. Are there any options for me other than to buy the full version of Visual Studio Hi, Ple ...Show All

• cvajre Hello World

  Hi Guys,  What version of the compiler do you ship.  It says it is version 13, but from what I've heard the latest compiler is version 7.1 or possibly 8.0. Regards in advanced Chris     That's a small piece of history . The Visual Studio IDE 2005 it's version 8.0 but the C/C++ compiler (and other related tools like the linker) predates the Visual Studio IDE so they h ...Show All