What have I done?

[Ron Dahl]

My visual studio has been working fine for vb.net for months.
Now when I add a button with the following code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel)
End Sub

The word "caption" appears at the top of the messagebox, but the word "text"
is not visible and the words "OK" and "Cancel" are also not visible. The
buttons are there, but I can't see the words.

I first noticed the problem because I now can no longer see any of the items
in a listbox. I can add three items to a listbox, scroll up and down and
see that the three items are there, but they are invisible. I have tried
changing backcolor, forecolor and font, but the text is still invisible.

I also can't view the text in a listbox I created months ago in previous
vb.net projects.

Where should I start looking to solve this?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Ron Dahl

[Cor Ligthert]

Ron,

In your situation I would start with trying naming the messagebox
System.Windows.Forms.Messagebox.show(....)

To be shure you have the right messagebox

Cor

My visual studio has been working fine for vb.net for months.
Now when I add a button with the following code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel)
End Sub

The word "caption" appears at the top of the messagebox, but the word "text" is not visible and the words "OK" and "Cancel" are also not visible. The
buttons are there, but I can't see the words.

I first noticed the problem because I now can no longer see any of the items in a listbox. I can add three items to a listbox, scroll up and down and
see that the three items are there, but they are invisible. I have tried
changing backcolor, forecolor and font, but the text is still invisible.

I also can't view the text in a listbox I created months ago in previous
vb.net projects.

[VJ]

Did you recently change from Win2000 to XP or that is the first time you are
running the project on XP?... if so try changing your Control's ForeColor to
see difference. I have had this problem from moving from Win2k to XP

VJ

"Ron Dahl" <rd***@ghp.com> wrote in message
news:eN**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

My visual studio has been working fine for vb.net for months.
Now when I add a button with the following code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel)
End Sub

The word "caption" appears at the top of the messagebox, but the word "text" is not visible and the words "OK" and "Cancel" are also not visible. The
buttons are there, but I can't see the words.

I first noticed the problem because I now can no longer see any of the items in a listbox. I can add three items to a listbox, scroll up and down and
see that the three items are there, but they are invisible. I have tried
changing backcolor, forecolor and font, but the text is still invisible.

I also can't view the text in a listbox I created months ago in previous
vb.net projects.

Where should I start looking to solve this?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Ron Dahl

[Ron Dahl]

I tried your suggestion, but putting the full path didn't make any
difference.
Thanks, Ron
"Cor Ligthert" <no**********@planet.nl> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Ron,

In your situation I would start with trying naming the messagebox
System.Windows.Forms.Messagebox.show(....)

To be shure you have the right messagebox

Cor

My visual studio has been working fine for vb.net for months.
Now when I add a button with the following code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel)
End Sub

The word "caption" appears at the top of the messagebox, but the word

"text"

is not visible and the words "OK" and "Cancel" are also not visible. The
buttons are there, but I can't see the words.

I first noticed the problem because I now can no longer see any of the

items

in a listbox. I can add three items to a listbox, scroll up and down and
see that the three items are there, but they are invisible. I have tried
changing backcolor, forecolor and font, but the text is still invisible.

I also can't view the text in a listbox I created months ago in previous
vb.net projects.

[Ron Dahl]

Changing the forecolor of the button that calls the messagebox didn't make
any difference. About two weeks ago I upgraded to SP2 of Windows XP, but
I've been using Windows XP for quite awhile. It seems like if it were a SP2
problem, it would have showed up before now.

I had also downloaded Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta about two weeks
ago. I can convert a project to 2005 Express Edition and they work fine. I
can also create a new project in 2005 Express Edition and it works fine.
Also seems to work fine in Excel VBA. It's just Visual Studio that is
messed up.

I guess I'll look for the Visual Studio disk tomorrow and try to reinstall
the product.

I really don't want to move my projects to 2005 Express Edition Beta, (since
it's still a Beta) but if a new install of Visual Studio doesn't work, I may
have to.

Ron

"VJ" <vi********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Did you recently change from Win2000 to XP or that is the first time you
are
running the project on XP?... if so try changing your Control's ForeColor
to
see difference. I have had this problem from moving from Win2k to XP

VJ

"Ron Dahl" <rd***@ghp.com> wrote in message
news:eN**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

My visual studio has been working fine for vb.net for months.
Now when I add a button with the following code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel)
End Sub

The word "caption" appears at the top of the messagebox, but the word

"text"

is not visible and the words "OK" and "Cancel" are also not visible. The
buttons are there, but I can't see the words.

I first noticed the problem because I now can no longer see any of the

items

in a listbox. I can add three items to a listbox, scroll up and down and
see that the three items are there, but they are invisible. I have tried
changing backcolor, forecolor and font, but the text is still invisible.

I also can't view the text in a listbox I created months ago in previous
vb.net projects.

Where should I start looking to solve this?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Ron Dahl

[Anand[MVP]]

Have you tried changing stuff in the Display Properties->Appearance tab in
your control panel?

Rgds,
Anand
http://www.dotnetindia.com

"Ron Dahl" wrote:

My visual studio has been working fine for vb.net for months.
Now when I add a button with the following code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel)
End Sub

The word "caption" appears at the top of the messagebox, but the word "text"
is not visible and the words "OK" and "Cancel" are also not visible. The
buttons are there, but I can't see the words.

I first noticed the problem because I now can no longer see any of the items
in a listbox. I can add three items to a listbox, scroll up and down and
see that the three items are there, but they are invisible. I have tried
changing backcolor, forecolor and font, but the text is still invisible.

I also can't view the text in a listbox I created months ago in previous
vb.net projects.

Where should I start looking to solve this?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Ron Dahl

[Ron Dahl]

I think you're on the right track.

The words "text", "OK", and "Cancel" are visible if I use Default
DesktopOnly or ServiceNotification as in:

MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1,
MessageBoxOptions.DefaultDesktopOnly)

Or

MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1,
MessageBoxOptions.ServiceNotification)

The words "text", "OK", and "Cancel" are visible are not visible if I use
RightAlign or RtlReading as in:

MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1,
MessageBoxOptions.RightAlign)

Or

MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1,
MessageBoxOptions.RtlReading)

Could you explain further how I should change stuff in Display
Properties->Appearance tab in my control panel? I'm not sure exactly how to
get to these properties.

I'll keep looking but more help would sure be appreciated.

Thanks, Ron


"Anand[MVP]" <An******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:28**********************************@microsof t.com...

Have you tried changing stuff in the Display Properties->Appearance tab in
your control panel?

Rgds,
Anand
http://www.dotnetindia.com

"Ron Dahl" wrote:

My visual studio has been working fine for vb.net for months.
Now when I add a button with the following code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel)
End Sub

The word "caption" appears at the top of the messagebox, but the word
"text"
is not visible and the words "OK" and "Cancel" are also not visible. The
buttons are there, but I can't see the words.

I first noticed the problem because I now can no longer see any of the
items
in a listbox. I can add three items to a listbox, scroll up and down and
see that the three items are there, but they are invisible. I have tried
changing backcolor, forecolor and font, but the text is still invisible.

I also can't view the text in a listbox I created months ago in previous
vb.net projects.

Where should I start looking to solve this?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Ron Dahl

[Anand[MVP]]

Well I dont have SP2 on my machine and am not sure if that has changed
something. But you can always set the default theme and hope it resets
everything back to normal.

Rgds,
Anand
http://www.dotnetindia.com

"Ron Dahl" wrote:

I think you're on the right track.

The words "text", "OK", and "Cancel" are visible if I use Default
DesktopOnly or ServiceNotification as in:

MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1,
MessageBoxOptions.DefaultDesktopOnly)

Or

MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1,
MessageBoxOptions.ServiceNotification)

The words "text", "OK", and "Cancel" are visible are not visible if I use
RightAlign or RtlReading as in:

MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1,
MessageBoxOptions.RightAlign)

Or

MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1,
MessageBoxOptions.RtlReading)

Could you explain further how I should change stuff in Display
Properties->Appearance tab in my control panel? I'm not sure exactly how to
get to these properties.

I'll keep looking but more help would sure be appreciated.

Thanks, Ron


"Anand[MVP]" <An******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:28**********************************@microsof t.com...

Have you tried changing stuff in the Display Properties->Appearance tab in
your control panel?

Rgds,
Anand
http://www.dotnetindia.com

"Ron Dahl" wrote:

My visual studio has been working fine for vb.net for months.
Now when I add a button with the following code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel)
End Sub

The word "caption" appears at the top of the messagebox, but the word
"text"
is not visible and the words "OK" and "Cancel" are also not visible. The
buttons are there, but I can't see the words.

I first noticed the problem because I now can no longer see any of the
items
in a listbox. I can add three items to a listbox, scroll up and down and
see that the three items are there, but they are invisible. I have tried
changing backcolor, forecolor and font, but the text is still invisible.

I also can't view the text in a listbox I created months ago in previous
vb.net projects.

Where should I start looking to solve this?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Ron Dahl

[Ron Dahl]

For anyone following this thread, it was McAfee Version 8 that caused the
problem. I went back to Version 7, and now everything is working as before.
I believe our IT Department reported it to McAfee, so I assume they'll issue
a patch soon.
Ron Dahl
"Ron Dahl" <rd***@ghp.com> wrote in message
news:eN**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...

My visual studio has been working fine for vb.net for months.
Now when I add a button with the following code:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MessageBox.Show("text", "caption", MessageBoxButtons.OKCancel)
End Sub

The word "caption" appears at the top of the messagebox, but the word
"text" is not visible and the words "OK" and "Cancel" are also not
visible. The buttons are there, but I can't see the words.

I first noticed the problem because I now can no longer see any of the
items in a listbox. I can add three items to a listbox, scroll up and
down and see that the three items are there, but they are invisible. I
have tried changing backcolor, forecolor and font, but the text is still
invisible.

I also can't view the text in a listbox I created months ago in previous
vb.net projects.

Where should I start looking to solve this?

Thanks in advance for any help.
Ron Dahl