I have created a windows service but am having difficulties handling
exceptions in the OnStart.
What I want to do is if an exeception occurs during any of the code executed
during the OnStart is to log the problem and stop the service.

I'm using VB.NET and I'm trying to execute SQL Command,
Where one of the parameters I'm trying to insert, has some unicode
characters.
The execute command gives no error, but when I use Nevigator to see the new

hi..
I want to add a dll named rtb.dll to my vb.net project and use its function.
But when i add it through Add Reference, it gives following error:
"This is not valid Assembly or COM component"

if I have a simple Access table like so:
Customer = (customerNo , firstName, lastName)
and the customerNo field has autonumbering set (i.e. is the primary key
value in the table and is a number that increments automatically when a new

can i make my program to automatically break when the contents of an
arraylist/queue change?
if yes, how?
Thanks.

What's the difference between:
dim ipad as IPAddress()
and
dim ipad() as IPAddress

I have a simple one form VB.NET desktop app, that does a little threading
like so
mThread = New System.Threading.Thread(AddressOf DoSearch)
mThread.Start()

I have a simple atl com object which I created with visual C++.
In vb6 there was two ways to use this object. 1. I could add
it as a componenet, and then it appered on the toolbox, and
2. I could add it as a reference, and then use CreateObject

I add new records from a table to another table. The aother table has a
unique field. How do I supress the message saying 'duplicate records' like
set warnings = false before the update and set warnings= true after the
update

I have a DataBound ComboBox, which has a text value as the Value property,
and the UniqueID for that value is bound to the Combobox.Tag property.
When a user makes a new selection in the combobox, I need to run a SQL Query
with the UniqueID of the new value they are picking.

i have (had) an mdi form
form1
but is's gone from my application
the strange thing is, that when i run the application the form is there!!!

I am fairly new to Visual Basic and would appreciate any help.  I have an
application with a lot of ActiveX controls.  When I close the form, it
doesn't close immediately; it seems to "clear" all the controls first and
then the form closes.  Is there a way to close the form all ...

I?m looking for VB Naming Conventions documents. Could someone help me ?
TIA,
Fernando

I am currently looking at writing a TCP client for talking to a number of
networked card readers. With Vb.Net, the process hangs pending an input. To
overcome this problem I am using the ThreadPool class and spawning a thread
for the TCPClient to wait for an input, which I then ...

I have a file name in my app.config file which contains the & character.
<appSettings>
       <!-- User application and configured property settings go here.-->
       <!-- Connection string values -->