Can anyone help? I have just installed Visual Studio.NET 2003 and went to
'Check for Updates'. Received the message regarding not being able to
connect to Internet, which I can without any problems. I have found the
problem reported in many places and they reference KB836454. ...

this is what I'm trying to do:
myActionQuery = "UPDATE MyTable SET " & _
           ", Data = " & mData & _
           " Where ObjectID = " & mObjectID

I wanted to list all files in a directory so I found some code:
Dim t(), st As String
t = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory,
"*.txt")

I am learning from a text book. Debugging breakpoints does not  work. The  
Breakpoint properties dialogue contains the following comment
"The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for
this document."

I just wanted to get some of your opinions on the approach I am using
for a small windows forms app I am writing in VB.NET.
First of all I have kept all of my data classes seperated from my GUI
classes - no user interaction is required within any data class.  To

Is it possible for a class to inherit from two interfaces?
When I try to add a second interface, and compile, the error is:
    type in interface list is not an interface
related to the second interface.

I am working on a project which requires me to store different data for
different windows (can be browser or non-browser window) and to be able to
retrive corresponding data when meet the window again.
For example, a prompt accepting userid/password input. The project needs to

I'm having a strange issue when I step through my code.
I have a 'main' form, from which I open a 2nd form. Both forms remain open.
If I use a break point in code that runs behind the 2nd form, when it gets
triggered, then I step through the code, and get to a point where the 2nd

I'm looking for suggestions on storing classifications of application
settings in a WinForms app.  I've got a couple ideas using XML config files.
One is to have a set of .config files for each classification.  For example,
I might have a Documents.config that adds key/values for

Hoping someone could advise me here pls; I'm creating a C# class that
implements a telnet client socket allowing a VB . NET application to
communicate with telnet servers. After leaving the app running for just 6
hrs, the thread count exploded to close to 1000, before the app ...

this is my code :
I convert this code from VB6...
Problem : lResult  =487
Private Declare Function w32_WNetGetUser Lib "mpr.dll" Alias "WNetGetUserA"

Can someone help me figure out a way to open a form only once in an MDI app.
I have an MDI app that contains several forms. I use each form depending on
the type of document that the user needs to see, i.e. for documents of type
A, I use form A, for type B, form B, etc. Each ...

I would like to know how to call various routines dynamically using
VB.NET.
Let say I have a class called CMyBarcodeReader that needs to send a
barcode number that it has received from scanner to a routine called

Can someone tell me how to test if a field is a const?  I am using the FxCop
introspection engine, but I suppose I could use reflection if required.
for example, the following would return true:
private const string DEFAULT_STRING = "Default";

I am  developing a application in vb.net.  I split down my functionality
into several separate DLL's. The solution is becoming very large, nearly 100
projects, each project a dll's. There is one entry exe.
It is very slow to load and compile now. All my references are project