How to read ANSI text files?
TIA

My application run a splash screen in order to check if .NET Framework
is installed before to use it.
I have a function which controls this fact.
however, as it happens during my splash screen, i don't know where to

An elementary question I know, but I've just realised that I don't
know the answer:
I want to use the FileSystemWatcher component. Its only obvious  way
of use is to add this to a form. (Maybe there is a way of adding it to

What is the purpose / benefit of using an interface statement?
It doesn't seem like anything more than a different way to make a class...
(except you can't define any procedures in an interface like you can do in a
class).

I have 2 question.
1st:
What is the difference between the Debug and Release mode when making an Exe
file, when working at design time or in run time?

I have defined a Class called EntSor  (see code ) with a procedure Sub
D?finit which assign the values of this class.
Then I have defined an Arraylist with
Dim colEntSor As New ArrayList()

I want to sort files in a specified folder by their creation date and then
display their names (sorted by the creation date) in a textbox for example.
How would you do that?
       Dim dir As New DirectoryInfo("C:\myFldr")

Is there a way to find if text file is in ANSI or Unicode?
TIA

What is the syntax to create an instance of a class present in a wrapper dll?
Thanks in advance

Dropping a COM control on to a vb.net form builds a wrapper dll which is
required to access the control's members during design time.
I want to design a console application which uses a COM control. What is the
procedure that needs to be followed to be able to access the COM ...

I want to write a function that takes an Object and the name of a property
of that object and returns a boolean saying whether or not the given
property is an enum. So, the signature would be thus:
Public Function IsEnumProperty(byval someObject as Object, byval

how can I install an assmebly using gactutil.exe on a GAC directory on a
remote server?
thanks for your help!
Reza

Can I have more than 1 criteria for Dataview.Rowfilter?
For example:
Dataview.Rowfilter = "Column1 = " & Var1 & "AND colum2 = " & Var2
Thanks

I need to create/instantiate a global class library
project so that 2 EXE's can write to the same class
library form in the same instance of the class libary.  I
am thinking something along the lines of declaring the

Discovered a fun one that I thought I should share, and hopefully catch
Microsoft's attention to update some documentation.
I'm a bit new to VB.NET, and was struggling with getting a combo box to
work. I was attempting to take advantage of the cool way to load a combo box