Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition,289 - Visual Studio Express Editions,
Recent update: 2008-3-21

Hot to protect my program

221 byte By CarlInMilford at 2008-3-7
Lets say that I create a program that is actually useful and I want to provide it to some people to use. How can I protect the program so that only the people I authorize can use it? How is licensing implemented? Thanks

installation problems... can't install Visual Studio Express

1270 byte By Niklas at 2008-3-6
1) I tried to install. Message: deinstall Microsoft SQL Server and .Net Framework 2.0 Beta 22) I don't have Microsoft SQL Server, but I deinstalled .Net Framework 2.0 Beta 23) Second try. Now I the error was at the download: no connection possible. (I don't use a Proxy or something.4) seached ...

SQL Express Local and Remote database

213 byte By AndrejS at 2008-3-5
did anyone try... are there any samples.. for this.. i would create aplication with local database, but in code on runtime it should change connection string and connect to remote database.... ? is this possible

Message box and localization

288 byte By AndrejS at 2008-3-3
Is there a way for localization of messagebox... without creating a new one? if there is no way ... how would i create a dll file with custom message box that i can replace standard one? so i use the same method and everything for calling (opening) messagebox? is there a sample code?

Error in running built programs on other drives

271 byte By N2H at 2008-3-1
Hi everyone, I am using Visual basic .NET 2005 express beta. I can build a project and then run the exe file in the same location as the installed VB but if I copy it to other drives in a server then I cannot run it there. Does anyone have ideas to fix this? Cheers

Really need help with online starter kit..

384 byte By Davood at 2008-2-28
I just downloaded and installed the shareware app installer for visual basic.I try to start the sample app but I get the error "A problem was encounted creating the template 'Sharewareservice' the selected template cannot be found. Please check the file name"How can I get the shareware ...

Service Broker

95 byte By drdexter33 at 2008-2-27
Is Service Broker included in SQL Server Express or is there an add-in? thanks. doug

The UniqueIdentifier as an Index Field

956 byte By Neilb54 at 2008-2-26
I'm trying to creat a Form that can display and add records to a simple table with it's primary Key defined as a uniqueIdentifier type and the default value in that field is set to NewID().I've created a Form, added a Dataset, Binding Control, and Binding Navigator, and 2 TextBoxes to ...

Uninstall .NET Framework 1.1 ?

838 byte By Gunny at 2008-2-25
Is .NET Framework 1.1 redundant? Or does it have stuff that is not included in .NET Framework 2.0?Following instructions, prior to installing VB 2005 Express I uninstalled .NET Framework 2.0 which had previously been installed on my system via Windows/Microsoft Update. The VB 2005 Express ...

New Project dialog box

265 byte By ClemCadidlhoper at 2008-2-24
<font size="3">I need to find out how to get the "New Project" dialog box back. I think I checked the "Don't show this again box, and the info I have found refers to choices that don't appear under the options tab on either of the two computers I am using.</font>

screensaver tutorial project

954 byte By fsangio at 2008-2-23
I have opened the new project screensaver and even if in the guide it is written: Once your project is loaded into the Visual Basic environment, you can compile and run the program in one step. To build and run the Screen Saver application Press F5 to build and start the screen saver under ...

support windows95?

384 byte By mylaputa at 2008-2-22
i am beginner of vb6, but haven't use vb.net before.If I using VB 2005 Express to build an application,Can any one tell me if that application i build can runningon windows95 and windowsNT4?If can, what important thing i must know?eg. install .net framework 2, but it do not support win95?If ...

array questions for a VB Learner?

858 byte By Luke_82 at 2008-2-22
i am having problems putting text from 8 tb's on a dialog form into an array and passing the data back to a mainform as a single object, i then want to put this object into an array of like objects and be able to display each of the values/references from a selected object in the mainform ...

"HELP" 2 array questions for a VB Learner?

858 byte By Luke_82 at 2008-2-21
i am having problems putting text from 8 tb's on a dialog form into an array and passing the data back to a mainform as a single object, i then want to put this object into an array of like objects and be able to display each of the values/references from a selected object in the mainform ...

noob questions:)

275 byte By tschuler77 at 2008-2-20
hi guys, I'm trying to configure the microsoft psdk right with visual c++.net express. I just wrote my first program and when i try to build it it tells me...... <font size="1"> fatal error LNK1104: cannot open file 'user32.lib' any suggestions? </font>

Does anyone know how to confirm if an email was sent successfully?

611 byte By heavenly at 2008-2-19
I’m using the new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage to send emails and will like to have a way to confirm if sent ok. (I have no problems sending, I just need the confirmation only) Which function or method to use? Can anyone post a snippet for ...

Passing an unknown type of a menu in a method.

490 byte By fanis at 2008-2-18
Hi All,Can somebody help me with the following issue.I want to pass a menu item to a method of a class. What happens if I do not know the type of the menu in advance (could be Visual Basic's menu or a menu item of a third party manufacturer ( Xceed or Sandbar etc). I think the only way is to ...

Information not found

380 byte By Mable at 2008-2-17
I find very little content in the VB Express Help files. If I try to follow links from the pages I have -- even the "Guided Tour" -- I get the "Information not Found" page. I have my Help options set to search local first, then the Internet. My connection is good. Did I neglect to download a ...

vb address book coding help

4051 byte By vb_student at 2008-2-16
how do i do an add button, next, previous record, save record on my address form ive done in vbheres my coding so far, if you scroll down to the add button, next, previous record, save record, could you show me what ive done wrong, im really stuckPublic Class Addressbook Structure Contacts Dim Fname...

Splitting multibyte variables

1122 byte By samperiau at 2008-2-16
I have a variable CRC As UShort 16 bits unsigned and CRChi/CRClo As Byte.In Delphi and most assemblers I can split CRC into 2 bytes by (or similar)CRChi=High(CRC) 'Get the top 8 bitsCRClo=Low(CRC) ''Get the bottom 8 bitsHow do I do this in VB2005?As you may gather I want to get the CRC value ...

need help

302 byte By farah at 2008-2-15
i build a program in vb express that can read a binary file in hex mode by inserting the hex location i need help to seek and hex and write after the hex i seeked or searched i need the code in vb express how can i build a search for hex in file and write hex using the fileput after the hex i ...

DataBinding

542 byte By Babroberg at 2008-2-15
I am going through the Learning Resources by Bab Tabor. Lesson 9 is about databinding. The culmination of the whole lesson developing a simple application where you can use a form to change data in the original SQL database. When I build my own program based on the specific example outlined in ...

Can I use Visual Studio Express for VBA

132 byte By MarioFromBelgium at 2008-2-15
Hi, I want to start developing with VBA. Can I use VISUAL studio Express to develop in VBA or are there better tools for this?

Need example in VB2005 code for sending Emails with images!

906 byte By heavenly at 2008-2-15
Please post any links you might think will help me understand and develop a small application for sending emails containing an image not as an attachment but instead images placed along with the text. If this cannot be done then I will settle for having the Image as an attachment. I’m only ...

Pb with parameters in a QUery

279 byte By phc at 2008-2-15
Hi, In "TableAdapter Query Configuration Wizard" I try to create a Query with a parameter like : Select field1, field2, field3 from MyTable where Field1 = @Field1 And it sends me an error : <strong>Unable to parse query text </strong>Can you help me for this pb. Thanks

Edit a listview subitem

490 byte By robinva at 2008-2-14
Hi,I have a listview with 3 columns, and some rows.I have searched the internet for a code to edit a value of a subitem.I found soms code, like: ListView1.ListItems(2).SubItems(3) = "something", but this won't work.Does someone can help me?(Sorry for my limited ...

Basic help for dummies, Please!

1498 byte By RickRoush at 2008-2-14
I've just started my 16 lessons in Visual Basic Express 2005 and I'm learning my first programming since old GFA Basic. But my goal doesn't seem to be part of the lesson plan, and that is to simply send "H1carriagereturn" to com2 at 4800 N81.I've tried the code snippets, (probably don't ...

"Microsoft Sans Serif" Form font and Chinese Windows XP

535 byte By anna at 2008-2-13
I thought I'd start a new thread on this, as this seems quite animportant issue.If you would like your applications to look the same on English andChinese Windows XP systems, you have to change the defaultForm font "Microsoft Sans Serif" to a different one (Arial, Tahoma etc)Otherwise all ...

ClickOnce FireFox Replacement

642 byte By BrentPabst at 2008-2-13
Hi,I have discovered that FireFox does not support ClickOnce, rather ClickOnce does not support FireFox at this point in time. I realized the reason why was in all of FireFox's security it wont even allow the installer to access Windows System information, sometimes a thick thick lead wall can ...

Problem with Graphics

535 byte By Keegan7 at 2008-2-12
I don't understand why this doesn't work: Dim g As System.Drawing.Graphics g.DrawLine(Pens.Blue, 1, 1, 100, 100) ...

Catalog Web Site

302 byte By DKB at 2008-2-11
Hello Developers,I am about to start a project that will allow my clients to upload images and text to the site's database once I scan the data. Does anyone have some good advice and perhaps be willing to mentor or even partcipate in the project, I am using the visual web developer 2005 ...

using windows authentication but having roles specific to the application?

701 byte By lvsund at 2008-2-10
Hi,I am interesting in finding out if it is possible to use windows authentication for a asp.net application, but where the roles are application specific.I want to have administrator role for the application, HRIS superuser, and standard user. The default would be a standard user role unless ...

[RESOLVED]VB2005Express - autoextend thingy is switch off

229 byte By JohnMinkjan at 2008-2-10
Hi, Somehow the autoextend thingy (the popup menu which you automaticly get after you type a . like DateTimePicker1.Value. ) got switched of. Where / how do I switch it on again? John Used the Repair/Reinstall option

reading UTF7,UTF8,UNICODE text file

952 byte By samperiau at 2008-2-8
Like may others it seems I'm stuck with reading text files correctly.How can I change this line Me.RichTextBox1.Text = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText (Me.OpenFileDialog1.FileName)so that it will read correctly notepad files (UTF-7?) and any other valid text file?I have added Imports ...

Where is the "Lesson Resource" folder for completing lesson 2?

64 byte By klahking at 2008-2-8
Where is the Lesson Resource folder for completing lesson 2

email snippet "send" does not complete

2374 byte By MisterT006 at 2008-2-7
Hello,I am trying to use the email "snippet". First I found that the snippet is not compete. It did not include code to send the network credentials (username and password) to the email server. Even with that code added, when I send an email, the program hangs and never returns an error.Here is ...

SQL / Datagrid

349 byte By MS82 at 2008-2-7
Hello there, i′d like to know, in general, how would the code be to fill a datagrid ("datagridview1") with all datasets from a table ("Tbl_ausgaben") which is in the DB_AusgabenDataSet ? I think there must be sth like SQLConnection ...? Could any1 give me an exemple code or a link which could ...

Building an Application

110 byte By WastingBody at 2008-2-7
Whenever I try to install my application from the setup.exe I get a formatting error. Can someone please help?

Running a console application inside a windows app.

560 byte By Danielle01 at 2008-2-7
I have a windows forms application that I am writing, and a second console application that someone else wrote.I'd like to be able to run the console application in my windows application.An example of what I mean: http://www.winterboard.com/example.jpgI'd also settle for a way to start the ...

Data UI Property Page Error

598 byte By KevinPulford at 2008-2-6
I am having trouble displaying the data source tool box. When I use the menu option it gives the message "Operation failed. Only true type fonts are supported. This is not a true type font." When I go into the options menu and go into the 'Windows Form Designer' and click on 'Data UI ...

Transfering Versions

243 byte By stevelam at 2008-2-6
Hi, I was using the VS 2005 beta to create a number of apps for various people/companies. Now I have upgraded to the final express edition I cannot edit the code as it says it dosent support solution folders. Is there any way I can fix this?

Express downloading errors

696 byte By BubbleGirl24 at 2008-2-5
Hi everyone, I'm having trouble here. I downloaded the 2.5MB Express setup and ran it. Downloading paused once so I cancelled but didn't quit which got it going again. 3 of the 4 were ticked, but MySQL didn't tick even when it got to the 294MB. Then I cancelled thinking the others were ...

"Parameter is Incorrect" When Creating Tables

343 byte By PhilThornley at 2008-2-5
I am attempting to create a table through the database explorer. The problem is, every time I right-click on Tables, and select Add New Table, I receive an error message stating "The Parameter is Incorrect"I CAN connect to my SQL 2005 Express server, and the connection to my project's database ...

MouseEnter runtime children glitch

911 byte By RhysPatto at 2008-2-5
Hey guys,I was a student studying VB.NET for a year, but now I am learning it on my own, but, in turn, I and probably going the wrong way with a lot of my coding.At runtime, my application creates a new panel(Dim pnl As New Panel..... Form1.Controls.Add(pnl)AddHandler pnl.MouseEnter, AddressOf Panel...

Image source for ToolStrip button

323 byte By GaryNg at 2008-2-4
Dear All, I need to create a single customize toolstrip that contains both standard items(New, Open, Save, Cut, Copy, Paste)and navigation items(Move First, Move Previous, Move Next, Move Last), can anyone let me know where can I get those standard images for me to use for those buttons? Thanks ...

Nothing shows up in data sources?

1276 byte By stg1 at 2008-2-4
I was doing lesson 9 on http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/beginner/. When I did everything it said, nothing showed up in data sources. I downloaded the project file and it does the same thing. Here is what it looks like on my computer: http://tinypic.com/hs0wtj(Nothing shows up in data ...

HRESULT: 0x80131047 while trying to debug an application

674 byte By PiMemorizer at 2008-2-4
Hi everyone. I was just making an application (for no purpose other than learning how to/for fun) that converts binary, ASCII, and English to each other, but when I try to debug it, I get: Error while trying to run project: Could not load file or assembly 'Binary\, English\, ASCII' or one of ...

Dynamic forms

570 byte By jvwardle at 2008-2-4
I'm creating a form for passing information between shifts in my department. Somedays there is little to pass along, other days, ALOT. As of now, I can print the form for minimal information days just fine by directly formating where the labels and textbox informatio0n prints on the page.I'd ...

System.Drawing.Graphics

129 byte By Skyler at 2008-2-3
There you can draw rectangles, arcs, polygon, bezier,.... I tried all methods "draw", But i can't draw a single pixel. How do i?

coding a weighted coin toss of 90/10 percent probability

90 byte By davidtempleton at 2008-2-3
Anyone know how to code a weighted coin toss of 90/10 percent probablity instead of 50/50?