I want to be able to accept a value in "goToTextBox.Text" if it is a decimal
value such as 3.4. My Try statement currently catches non-numeric or blank
data, which I want to retain. How can I accomplish this?
T.I.A.

Is there a good source of information on how to read a USB port, in
particular reading data from a BarCode reader?

Is there a way, in VB.Net, to write a windows based program that will use
more than one version of Office (Excel)?  
Example: if office 2000 then else if office 2003 then.
Is this possible?  Examples?

I get  :Value of type 'String' cannot be converted to '1-dimensional array
of String'  refering to curitem
Dim curItem As String
curItem = ListBox1.SelectedItem

i want to setup my VB.NET application like this:
At the time of installation,i want to take information
from the user like user name and copany name and Email
address and stored those information into database.

I am trying to get the # of current Files in a specific directory
I can get it fine if the path is simular to "C:\windows", But not if it is a
network path like \\Servername\Directory
How can I do this? Or where can I llok to find this information.

I am writing an application that needs to fire the print dialog off when it
detects it to automate the application. At the moment I can pick up when the
print dialog in on the screen but am unable to send the correct message to
either send an ALT-P or default key press to the ...

Actually, I am showing the icon on MDI form.
Hence, I don't want to show any type of icon (including default) on child
form.
I tried that but I could not able to delete the icon at design time.

I have a Messagebox that looks like:
MessageBox.Show("There are pending changes for this patient. Do you want to
continue to close?", "Pending Changes", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo,
MessageBoxIcon.Question)

My combo Box 's datasource is the table without databinding.
Now , i need to set some value , I try Me.cboUnit.Text =
drInvoice.item("unit") , HOWEVER, it didn't work . I can't assign to that
combo box. e,g drInvoice.item("unit") should be 'ABC'

Seems like the copy protection (ie licensing/antipiracy) tool that I
used with VB6 isn't very compatible with VB.Net. Anyone have a
recommendation for one that works well with VB.Net applications? Only
basic protection is really needed, so simple to use and cheap are more

i want to install a software directely into my pc from
webpage(ASP page).
I know the code to download the software from ASP but i
want to know how to installed directely into my system.

How can I export Windows Registry information to a .REG file, using VB .NET?
TIA

Is is possible to utilise the icons in shel32.dll and "import" them
into an image list, or do I need an icon ripper?
If the former is true, I am using XP, but how will it look on systems
using 9x or NT4, or 2000???

I have a progess window with a label and progressbar that get updated
once per iteration of a for next loop. Everything works perfect (after I
call the Refresh members of any control I change in the loop,. like the
label), until the progress window loses focus and gains it back. ...