I would like to dim variables using dynamic code, like following:
Dim type as String = "Integer"
Dim variable as [type]
(the issue is in fact about my own types,

I am trying to connect a web service to an SQL Server 2000 database. SQL
Server is installed and started and the database appears on the Enterprise
MAnager window but it does not appear in the Server Explorer in VS2003.NET
IDE window.It gives the error "Server does not exist or ...

I have an ascii file with hex values.  I need to read the values and convert
the string to a short.  Is there an easy way to do this?

a particular Windows Service App is running. What is the best way to do
this? I am writing is vb.net
Thanks,

I have an enumeration as follows
Public Enum Delimiters
 Tab
 Semicolon

Currently, I am binding a combobox in a windows app using a datatable. That works perfectly fine...
When user selects an item in the combobox, I will open a new form to display some information.. But once the new form is opened, the bindings in my combobox disappears, except for ...

How do i get rid of the "OR " (at the end) from this string?
I have : "Keywords LIKE '%awlad%' OR Keywords LIKE '%huzz%' OR "
I want: "Keywords LIKE '%awlad%' OR Keywords LIKE '%huzz%' "
Many thanks

When you go to the Add New Item Dialog box in VB.Net, you're given the option
of adding a Class or a Component Class.
Exactly when should you use each of them?

I've got two tables that are linked by a field.  The first table
contains a list of items (like a checklist).  The second table contains
the corresponding a record for each user and each checklist item.  The
records in the second table don't exist initally, only after the user

All-
 This is a bit 'out there,' but, here goes.  I have copied the WinSxS folder from a WinXP box to my Win2K box.  I would like to be able to apply XP control styles to my Win2K VB.NET apps.  Given what I have copied into my WinSXS folder, would I be able to use a combination ...

I'm trying to work with a datagrid column in order to display a tooltip in a
datagrid cell. The reason I am doing this is because I have some long strings
being returned and I don't want the rows of the datagrid expaning down to
much.  I basically want to display the first 50 ...

Does someone know the location, from which I can download something like
TreeList control (multicolumn TreeView), freeware of course.
Thanks in advance,
Jan

What is the best way to test whether .NET 1.1 is installed on someone's
machine?  I'd like to give him a small program to run to test this, and
based on the answer, he'll download either the big version (with
dotnetfx.exe) or the small version of the install package for the app ...

I have a multithreaded application that manipulates a Queue:
protected Queue outputQueue;
when I add elements to the queue I use a critical section
private void Add(OutputRecord record)

hey all
currently i use the following piece of code to check if the string passed to
me can be converted to base64, it is not very efficient and bad, can someone
please suggest another of doing this