Email and Graphics Question for vb.net vs2005

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Email Question:

When I send an email (basically a sms to a phone) from ms outlook it works
fine. When I try to send it pragmatically I get an error stating that it
can’t relay for <the email address>

Try

If Not strMailSv = "" Then
If Not msgTo = "" Then

Dim message As New MailMessage(sMailFrom, _
msgTo, _
sMailSubject, _
sTextBody)
Dim emailClient As New SmtpClient(strMailSv)
emailClient.Send(message)

'MsgBox("Message Sent")
Else
MsgBox("No recepiant specified",
MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "Mail")
End If
Else

MsgBox("No mail server specified", MsgBoxStyle.Critical,
"Mail")
End If

Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.ToString())
End Try

Is there a way to send it and authenticate with the server using this method?

Graphics Question:

I have a borderless form that has a transparent background. I only wanted
the color that I painted the background with to be transparent and not the
controls on the form. The problem I am having is when I pass another window
in front of it or drag the window, it doesn’t repaint with the transparent
background. It just shows the drag marks of the window that I dragged in
front of it. The other thing I noticed was if I do an invalidate() it just
gets darker and eventual it will because a solid color again.

This is my code that I am using:

Private Sub DoubleBuffering_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As PaintEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Paint

Dim g As Graphics '= e.Graphics
Dim Dw As Bitmap

Dw = New Bitmap(Me.Width, Me.Height, e.Graphics)
g = Graphics.FromImage(Dw)
g.SmoothingMode = Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.HighQuality

DrawRoundedForm(0, _
0, _
Me.Width, _
Me.Height, _
18, _
Me.Region)

'filling the main background
Dim cl As New SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(125, Color.Black))
g.FillRectangle(cl, New RectangleF(0, 0, Me.Width, Me.Height))
cl.Dispose()

Dim c2 As New SolidBrush(Color.WhiteSmoke)
g.FillRectangle(c2, New RectangleF(15, 15, Me.Width - 30, Me.Height
- 30))
c2.Dispose()
e.Graphics.DrawImageUnscaled(Dw, 0, 0)
g.Dispose()
End Sub
Protected Overrides Sub OnPaintBackground(ByVal pevent As
System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs)
'prevents flickering on background redraw, does not redraw the
background
'MyBase.OnPaintBackground(pevent)
End Sub

Any body have any ideas?

Last question, thought I might through this in.. :) I like how Windows vista
takes and blers the background. Is there a way to do that behind this window?

Thought I might ask..

[Branco Medeiros]

Andrew wrote:

Email Question:

<big snip>

Graphics Question:

<sbig nip>

Last question, thought I might through this in.. :) I like how Windows vista
takes and blers the background. Is there a way to do that behind this window?

<snip>

You have two (or, maybe, two and a half) completely unrelated
questions in a single post. Although this is not a crime (just bad
practice), I suggest next time you post each question in its sepparate
thread. I guess you'll have much better chances of getting an answer.

Regards,

Branco.