I have been using vba and visual studio 6 (vb6 only) for developing
windows apps and I am keen to move to .net to keep my skills updated.
But my main reason for move would be to make asp applications less
painfull to develop.  I have used solely vbscript/html/MSSQL for some

When I set validateRequest="true", and a user tries to submit html into the
form, the server returns with a huge error page detailing what wasn't
allowed.
Is there a way to customize just this error page to something more friendly?

I have a vb form which calls a thread which makes webrequest calls into the
internet, processes the info, and passes the info to another routine in
another sub. It is stopping when it tries to make the sub call. The call is
within itself or a sub in another dll.

Hi anyone.
Does anyone know of issues regarding impersonation in VB .NET with regards
to accessing remote WMI information?
I have a wrapper class which encapsulates various WMI calls, this appeared

Attempting to add a property to a class using
CodePropertySetValueReferenceExpression to add the set statement does not add
(byval value as <type>) so using te property fails.  Any ideas?
MikeG

I have created a simple Windows service in VB.Net which installs fine
using InstallUtil.exe to install it to, for example "c:\test", or
"c:\Windows\YellowBanana", but if I install it to "c:\Program
Files\Test" it installs ok but will not start (no useful error message

Please help.
My bread is at stake.
How do i know if a event has a handler associated with it?.
I dont want to keep counters myself.

I have a web app that uses web user controls to facilitate code reuse however
I need the controls to run in a specific order when the page is posted back.  
Is there anyway to specify the order in which the controls are processed?
The page is coded in vb.net

I am trying to write a Wake-On-LAN utility for a local subnet. I can do the
Wake-On-LAN, but before this I need to find the MAC addresses on the local
LAN.
I had planned to query DHCP on the WAN to get the MAC addresses, but there

I have an application written in VB.NET that needs to trigger an action on a
Webpage.
For other actions in communicating I've been using WebRequest.Create /
WebRequest.Method, but I dont seen to be able to trigger an action (such as

I'm trying to write a url as a hyperlink in the Eventlog,
does anyone know if this is possible ??
I have found the following site that confirms this can be
done, but he doesn't say how !!!

I having one little doubt. I know there are some application blocks for
dotnet. What is the total number of Application Blocks and what they are? I
searched through the web and the msdn i cant able to find.
Thanx

I am trying to change the cursor in a vb windows program with the following
code.
Me.Cursor.Current = Cursors.Hand
It is not working.

I want to know that is there any class or method provided in .net to
compress files and folder.
I want to compress files/folders as well as decompress it without
using winzip.

Yeah, I know this question was asked by someone elselike 2 weeks ago. But I
need some additional help. I have a program I'm developing, and multiple
different forms will be opened. For now though, I just have two forms. One is
the main window, and the other sets some preferences ...