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• Visual Basic Draw Lines in VB 6

  I have some Picture Boxes on a form and I need to draw some lines above them, but I can't. If I try to draw them with the Line object, if I draw them on the form they stay behind the Picture boxes and there is no way to bring them in front. I need to draw the lines above 5 Picture boxes. I've also tried to use the Line command, but it doesn't seem to have any effect. If you have any ideas, please help. Thank you! The best resource for VB6 questions is the Microsoft Newsgroups: see post http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=138342&SiteID=1   Luca Dellamore ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView - slow

  Hi, this DataGridView is really giving me headaches like you can see in all the topics I start :) This time it's about performance. I'm using a DataBound DataGridView and performance for painting on it, etc. is good as long as it contains no data :) However, as soon as I load 10 columns in it with about 200 rows, performance really drops. Resizing the form that contains the grid becomes real slow even with column auto size off. Painting selection rectangle over columns becomes real laggy, etc. Anybody got some ideas why this could be the case Or is that "to be expected" Thanks, Tom   MortenFraMoss w ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB.Net help - Various Issues

  In our point of sale system, we can export various reports as a csv file.  The problem is that when we open them in Excel, some of the fields (which contain a number 20 digits long) show incorrectly as Excel can only recognize 15 unique digits and changes the last 5 to zero's. I have written a VB program that will allow the user to open teh csv file in a datagrid, adn the numbers show up correct.  Now I am having a problem figuring out how to do the rest of the program.  These are the issues I have remaining: 1.  The worksheet is 82 columns wide.  I need to be able to only import specific columns into the datag ...Show All

• .NET Development Unhandled Exception Microsoft ODBC.SQL Server Grantor Does Not have Grant Permission

  When I install my application on a Users Machine and they click a button that has to fire a stored procedure they get an error message: Unhandled exception has occured in your application. If you click continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click quit the application will close Microsoft ODBC.SQL Server SQL Server Grantor does not have Grant Permission. I'm testing this out and gave the user full blown dbo rights and it still does it. I log on to the User workstation and don't receive this. They can still use the application but its quite annoying. I'm new to VB 2005 and have used VB 6.0 fo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Express Beta 3?

  Hi, Would microsoft release a beta 3 or would they just stick to CTP's until RTM If it would be CTP, I really hope that it would also be available in manual downloads... (I'm only on a dial-up)... cheers, Paul June A. Domag Hi, Any plans on making upcomming CTP's available as a manual download Coz I really can't install it via internet. (Got a Problematic Connection)... cheers, Paul June A. Domag ...Show All

• SQL Server cant connect

  i am devleoping an ASP.Net website now. i got a problem on connecting. when i try to connect (i manually made thew connection), it wont connect. the error is this: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open user default database. Login failed. Login failed for user 'MANEC\Batman'. at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlInternalConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection) I have other other webpage that uses sqlconenction. they connect fine but they are not manually created. i created their connection through the sqldatasource wizard. i am testing these pages using the built-in server of VWD-Express ...Show All

• Visual C# MSDN Library for VS.NET 2003 download

  Is it possible to download or buy MSDN Library for VS.NET 2003 separately Ok, thx, I have solved my problem But I have an other 1 See the topics ...Show All

• Windows Forms Creating an bitmap from designer host surface.

  Hello, I'm having a trouble saving a bitmap with a "preview" from all components placed in the host designer (later, this image will be shown in a button, to open the design and to continue the design). I'm using DrawToBitmap to do this, but this method works in reverse order with the control to draw is a container controls. I have attempted place in reverse order all components in the container, but this are sorted automatically. See the code below: Bitmap mp_bitmap = new Bitmap(mp_activehostform.form.Width, mp_activehostform.form.Height); Rectangle mp_rec = mp_activehostform.form.ClientRectangle; mp_activehostform.form.DrawToB ...Show All

• SQL Server Reporting Services Problem

  I have a URL link to a report such as in  a html page. Here is a typical example  <a href = " List">http://www.myserver.com/ReportServer %2fCustomReports%2fOrganization>List of Managers</a> This works great and renders the report However after I return to the calling page and perform a POST such as  <form ACTION=" http://www.myserver.com/Catch.asp " METHOD="post" name="frm1" id="frm1" <INPUT id=Var1 name = Var1 type=hidden value="valuetopost"> The variables Var1 are never passed if I do this AFTER linking to the report. It always works if I do this BEFORE calling the r ...Show All

• Windows Forms .Net 2.0 Bootstrapper

  I have an old vb 6 app that I want to update some functionality using .net 2.0 this all works no problem. Wanting to make the end user experiance as seemless as posible I decided to change deplyment from installshield to a vs2005 setup project and use the bootstrapper to check for and if needed, install .net 2.0, this all works except that when .net is already installed on the target machine the bootstrapper flashes a ui on the screen before bownloading the main msi in the background with out telling the user what is going on. Is this std behavior, is there anyway i can make the bootstrapper show the download progress of the main msi so I ...Show All

• Visual Basic Why do the ODBC 3.5.1 and MySQL 3.1.8 drivers not work?

  Why do the ODBC 3.5.1 and MySQL 3.1.8 drivers not work Michael Seriously I read a few of your post, atfirst I can understand that you are pissed off. But then when I read a couple more, I totally think you should go do something else. I have the same problem with MySQL but I know its a B E T A, and people answering this thread is just like YOU and ME. Its not like every reply is OFFICIAL MICROSOFT SUPPORT. So STFU. Dont act like a kid that doesnt get candy. You made me register to post this................ ...Show All

• SQL Server Generating XML based on XMLSchema in a SQLSERVER2005 Stored procedure

  Can a stored procedure in SQLSERVER 2005 generate XMLdata based on the schema Are there any features in SQLServer2005 to achieve this Please suggest me in this regard. Thanks vaishu Yes this is possible. Michael Rys' article about FOR XML support and the Xml datatype shows examples of this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnsql90/html/forxml2k5.asp ...Show All

• Visual Basic local resource

  how can i write and read from local or global resources file in vb 2003 Here's a link to a How Do I...Read and Write Resources tutorial. You might find it useful :) Yun ...Show All

• Windows Forms MDI Child closed but MDI parent think other

  Hi, I have strange problem that the mdi child are closed but when I open new mdi child I see the buttons of previuos MDI childrens. I checked and found that no reference in MDI parent to MDI child. Why this is And how can I solve it Thank's, Alexei Hi, If you defined the child form as a variable (say its name is FrmChild ), use this method before show it : FrmChild Variable = New FrmChild ...Show All

• Visual Basic How do I use dot net controls in visual basic application.

  I have a legacy application that is being installed at various locations. I want to enhance the application and want to use some dot net (2.0) controls. How do I achieve this Would appreciate any suggestion. Thanks You cannot use .NET 2.0 controls in VB6. As was stated previously to use .NET 2.0 controls you need to be rewrite you VB6 application using VB Express/2005 to be using these control. ...Show All