Visual Basic .NET Forum

Hi Everyone, I finished playing newgroupie this morning and went to bed. When I came back, I couldn't get any new messages for this group. I'm using Outlook Express. It showed the newsgroup highlighted in the Folder View with the number of new messages in brackets. When I went into the folder, however, it just sat there and wouldn't go get...

Is there a function for converting Hex To Dec Thanks Chris Wilmot

my regex for matching phone #'s: \({0,1}(?<areacode>{3})\){0,1}( |-){0,1}(?<prefix>{3})( |-){0,1}(?<suffix>{4}) which i then .Replace to become: (${areacode}) ${prefix}-${suffix} question: how do i fix the match regex so that it 'stops' after the suffix of the phone # is matched? right now, it will return '(800) 555-1212345' if i type...

hi all i'm a fresh newbie, sorry for the layman question how can i force a form to be loaded in maximun size ? thank you in advance amitis

I want to write a sub that will accept a folder parameter (string, as in: "C:\Temp") and then delete all the files in that folder. Can anyone tell me what a simple way to accomplish this is? I don't see an obvious method for the Directory object; I assume I could get the file list for the Directory and then explicitly delete each file, but is...

In the past I have instantiated an out of process com (Activex EXE) from SQL Server to protect the MSSQL processing space. Now I want to use VB .Net because a friend of mine has created a pluggable data access layer assembly in .NET. Is this possible? I heard something about a singleton remoting object but haven't been able to find any...

while writing a RegEx, you implicily name your Groups: \b(?<month>\d{1,2})/(?<day>\d{1,2})/(?<year>\d{2,4})\b so, why isn't .Name a property of a System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegEx.Group? more importantly, how can you refer to a Group by name in code?

Hi all! I'm a VB newbie, and trying to send an Outlook Task automatically without user intervention in a VB application. When I use the following code, if I enable the send portion (see code below) , I get an error saying "Send is ambiguous across the inherited interfaces 'Outlook._taskitem' and Outlook.itemevents.event'. Any help would...

Can you teach me how to export access file to excel file in VB.net? Thank in advance.

I added a toolbar to a form and added one button. I made sure ShowToolTips = true for the Toolbar, and have set a tooltip for the button. The problem is the tooltip only shows after clicking somewhere on the toolbar itself. It seems it needs to have the focus before tooltips will show. Any ideas? Greg

I'm new in Vb,I'm Delphi programma, Is it possible to set viualy Datagrid Columns,I mean to give a 1)column header caption,2)column size. 1) i result using AS in the sql select i'm using vb prof. thinks in advance. Carlo

Ok I want to filter a dataset into a dataview and be able to reference back to the dataset from the filtered dataview. Example: 100 record dataset filter it to a 5 record dataview loop thought the Dataview and update the original dataset .... if there is a way to index the dataset from the dataview. I know I can update the

I don't get it why not use regular e-mail...to anybody

Hey there. I'm a student taking VB.net and need it on my comp for my final which is in 4 weeks. Anyone know where I could find it the cheapest? They gave us a copy with our textbook, but it's only DVDROM...and none of us have one... Thanks for the help! Kat

Hey everyone, Just a reminder, Deploying applications is today at 4:00 EST at msdn.microsoft.com/chats... I know there have been a lot of deployment questions latley and I thought this could help out... See ya there,

Hi Sir. I got some problems in Visual Basic development and I am unable to get help from anywhere.I don't have so money to buy too many expansive books.So can you help me. I am also trying to get help from microsoft.com but I am again and again refused. I do development using Visual Basic and do love microsoft aswell because it is a great...

I created an empty web project in VB.NET, and created a simple WebForm1. When I run it in URL, it throws this parse error. Any ideas what's going on? Parser Error Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source...

Hi In my VB Dot Net program, I'm using Automation to call Excel worksheet to do some insert some data. I have rename my worksheet to a name. eg. "ABC". How do I insert the worksheet name & Page No to the Footer so that when I print the worksheet, the name of the worksheet and page number will be printed out as well?

I posted a while ago on this subject but have still not solved my problem. I am trying to search a networked directory using the system.IO class. The network directory is 'J:' Below is a snippet of code that I used to get started. Now- for testing purposes I copied the folder to my local hard drive and the path works just fine....

Is there any inherent support for modem communication in VB.Net? I need to interface with a low speed device via a modem using an XModem protocol. Any suggestions? TIA Brad

How do i shutdown an app when the OS is shutting down?

In VB6, I copy *.exe file in a folder on the network and all user can run this (if they have all *.ocx files). I would like to make the same thing in VB.NET, but I can't. It gives me error wen I run the program. I build my application with release option and I copy the *.exe file from ....\obj\Release folder. I don't want to use a setup...

My XP machine installed an IE patch, and it crashed my .NET app on my local machine. The resulting error is 'Server Application Unavailable' when making a request to your webSvc on IIS. If you are running Windows XP with ..NET Framework 1.0 (Development Machine) then follow the link. It has instructions on how to fix the problem. W2K...

How do I create a map in VB.net where user can "drag" it using their stylus as the map size is big and how to create a zoom in , zoom out function for it? I would like to do something similar to those map in http://www.mapopolis.com/ Thanks in advance

Hi Is there a map system available that will allow displaying a map in a vb.net app based on a specific address? Thanks Regards