Is there a merge module for the dotnet framework?  If so Where?  I cannot
seem to find it.

I have a combo box which displays FirstName+ Last Name of a person.
I want to store their id's in the combo like we store in ItemData of VB 6
combo box.
Is there any itemdata equivalent in VB.Net Combo?

All,
 I have a web app that uses a Web Service from an external provider.  The
app works while hosted on my local dev machine.  I used the "Copy Project"
option from within the IDE to deploy to an interal web server.  However, the

Do I use 'or'  for bitwise operations where in c# I use | ?

I need to find all occurrences of a comma in a string EXCEPT where it
occurs between quotation marks.
For Example:
Field1,Field2,Field3,Fiel4,"Lastname, Firstname",Field5, Field6

I'm having a couple of problems with the Internet Explorer
browser control. I'm using VS.NET 2003 on Win2k SP4 with IE6.
First, let me briefly describe how it's used in my project.
1. I have a DLL containing a form which hosts the IE

Is there such a thing as a CONTAINS for a string variable in VB.NET? For
instance, I want to do something like the following:
If strTest Contains ("A","B", "C") Then
   Debug.WriteLine("Found characters")

I'm trying to convert a class to VB.NET code from C#.
public class SomeClassCollection : CollectionBase {
   public SomeClass this[int index] {
       get {return((SomeClass)List[index]);}

I am using a Graphics object to draw on a form.  If I pop up a message
box, or if say the user minimizes and then restores the form, my
graphics are erased (just where the box was in the former case).
Do I have to detect these things and redraw, or is there a way to

When I use either one to read a Text file, I get the same result. The length
of the string that the file's content has been written into is the same.
However, if the file is binary, FileGet gets me the correct content while
StreamReader gives me a truncated string.

Howdy,
I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a tutorial or
some information on how to create a chart/graph for a VB application?
Thanks,

Hi I have a novice question. I am writing some code, and several routines in
.NET. So far very succesfully using several sample to work from, though am I
jumping in by doing this and I really need to understand best methods etc.
However, I want to know as Its something I am having a ...

I am looking for a way to create 3d text.  Is this possible natively with
VB.NET 2003?
Or, is there a good add-on somebody could recommend?
Thanks,

I need to have a "scrolling" text label or textbox at the bottom of my
window to show the URL of where a song is being played from.  I want the
text to scroll on a single line from left to right in case the URL is longer
than the width of the textbox/text label.

I've run foul of this bug advisory from Microsoft:
   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;292744
My preferred solution of the two listed is to use late binding.  I have
Option Strict "On" in my source file.  Regardless of this, is there any way