I've installed the "free" ComponentOne software in the VB Resource Kit,
however, I don't seem to be able to see any of the items in the ToolBox e.g.
Chart. I can run the example files but don't know hot to drop a Chart, for
example, onto a form. Does anybody know how to do this?

What I am trying to do is to String Compare just the first 6 characters
of a string.
For example:
For the compare string "Powama" I want to return true for any strings

I made an application program. I'd like to set Exe file version and
Copyright, so they will be shown when the user right clicks exe file
property. In VB 6.0, you can do it when you compile the program to an
exe file. How to do that in VB.net ?

To anyone who may see this message.
I am working on a VB2003project in which i have a list box to display
a list of cars with the following fields: Make, Model, Year, Mileage,
Price.

Hi people.
I am trying to replace the old CallByName function of VB6 with those of .NET
I have a Class with a String Property and a Method with 3 arguments which
returns a DateValue.

i got error problem..........
An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred
in system.windows.forms.dll
Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an

I'd like to affect specific items in a List Box. In other words, I'd like to take any one (or more) elements of the List Box Collection and, say, turn it red, or turn it bold.
Anybody know how to do this?
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how I the client tell the server that the socket is closed? or this there an
even that informs the server that the clients socket is close?
Oh, I am using vb.net 2003
Thanks

Having finally got a working asynchronous server up (sends and recieves data
fine) i get stuck again.
I'm not quite sure how i can safely disconnect the client. It doesnt really
matter how initiates the disconnect, both sides should be able to do it.

I need to run external BAT file and print it's output from my
application. I use the following code:
            Dim prs As New System.Diagnostics.Process()
            prs.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False

I'm trying to delete all the records in an Access database and then add in
new rows. This I have done. However, the primary key values don't re-start
at 1 but instead continue from the last value when the table was full.
Is there a way I can re-set the primary key starting value?

While writing this plea for help, I think I solved my
dilemma, but I don't know why the problem solving
statement is necessary.  The inspiration for the
statement came from an undocumented VB example I found on

I'm in need of a good lightweight video playback DLL.
Windows Media Player is too finicky with video streams - certain corrupted
streams won't play (but play fine via DirectX). Does anyone have a
recommendation on a good video player?

In other programming languages I've been able to easily change the style
of a progress bar between smooth and blocked. I find that is either
really hidden or impossible in .NET. Am I missing something?
I'm shocked that .NET doesn't have a style property for the progressbar

I needed to make a TextBox on a DataGrid ReadOnly based on the condition of
another cell on its row.
I achieved this using a Custom Data Column Class "DacDGTextColLotNo" but I
can't get the TextBox to display its value when you leave the TextBox.