Do we have any idea how long VBNet is going to be supported?
Being a hobbyist VB6 user I am only interested in creating windows based
applications and have no need for web services, asp etc. I suspect the back
will be broken in VB6 once the VB6 support date is met. So I have begun

We have a Vb.Net Windows application that’s about a year old.  The
application takes data from our SQL DB and creates an excel SS and emails
them to customers.  
However, we now have PCs in the office that are using a newer Ver of Office

I would like to hear some practical comments about how to decide whether a
new application becomes a Winform vs a Webform application.  Would you say
that every app should be, by default, a Winform app unless it positively
cannot be (for some technical reason).  Or vice-versa?

Is there a way to kill or stop a timer once it is
started?  Or is there another better way to preempt a
timed process before it times out?
I have tried these combinations but timer1 just keeps on

In VB.NET, when you use shell or have a process object point to and run a
separate application that is installed on the machine, is there a way of
determining the path to the executable?  I've been having the user point to
it using the Open File Dialog from an Options menu item, but ...

How can I access data from network drives, and computer
using servername, username and password?
Thank you

I'm looking for a way to refernce a control by a string that represents the
name of the control.  I dynamically create some textboxes, labels, and
comboboxes each name by a loop iteration index.  (E.G.: "combo" & i)  These
are added to the controls of a panel.  How can I at a ...

I have a method for testing variable length strings for all digits:
       Dim ch As String
       Dim i As Integer
       AllDigits = True

Hey all,
I was wondering if you databind to a listbox, can you at the same time have
an extra item in there like say, <new> ?
thanks,

I am trying to create my first .Net app comming from VB6.
I a have an Access DB. I want to show it in a grid. I have spent
2 days looking through MSDN, Google and can't find any samples on how this
is done.

hello,
i'm having a bit of trouble reading a default value from the registry, and
i'm wondering if anyone else has run into this.  this is the code i use
Dim key As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey

I have connected to some csv files using oledb, and am able to acces the
data vis SQL statements.
Is it possible to update the tables, via insert statements?
I have not been able, but can't remember the error, I'm not at my developer

I got an OEM file and I use a StreamReader to read it but I got a problem
that the file may got some characters that StreamReader can not read so it
reads only some data of it.
eg.

I have a form that has a cbo set to TabIndex 0 (it is the only item set to
tabindex 0). On page Load if I step through the code that cbo LostFocus
event fires after other initializations are completed and after the
LostFocus event completes, that cbo gets focus and the form opens? ...

Hi Group,
I've got an interesting problem, I don't know if this is the right group but
I think so because everything I've read about it so far says it's a .net
problem. Here's the problem, we're using crystal reports 9 and vb.net and