I'm looking for some code to monitor for when an external drive is
connected to a computer (USB ThumbDrive, External Hard Drive, etc.) and
is assigned a drive letter.
I'd want my code to trigger off of the mounting process so I can search

I am currently using IndexOf to see if a string contains another string but
it only works if there is exact match. In case of misspelling etc it wont
work. I was wondering if anyone aware of partial text matching algorithm or
routine for VB.net.  Furthermore, since I need to ...

I declare the following and use it if the msg returns values.
I also declare an SendMessage using ByVal for other calls.
Isn't there a way I can used the SendMessage and in the call tell it to use
ByRef?

I am trying to write a windows forms app that will automatically sign a user
into a website that uses SSL and then using data from a database, submit this
data to the website from the windows app, rather than the form on the web
page.  

Hi. I am writing a small VB.NET project that will be running as an EXE on XP
(Windows 2003 network) within my organization. It has to pull data from an
SQL Server on the intranet, and in order to do that the path to the local
Access file has to be in UNC format ...

I added a RCW to the GAC using the command line tool gacutil.exe,
(gacutil.exe -i C:\SQLDTSRCW\Microsoft.SQLServer.DTSPkg80.dll).
When I go to add a refernce to it in my VB.NET Console app it doesn't show
up in the list of availible files, I have to browse to it.

How to get all the controls value in a form. i try to use like this below
code. but its says the controls count is 2. but have more than 15 controls in
my form.
For intIndex = 0 To Me.Controls.Count - 1

Through Visual Basic code can I run an Microsoft Access query?  If so, how?
Thanks in advance
bbdobuddy

i have 2 texboxes on my vb.net form. i need to save the data into xml file
and read the data from xml file. can anyone give me a link for sample code.
My xml file data format:
 <?xml version="1.0" ?>

Can anyone tell me what NameSpace/Library I should be looking at to access
the StartArguments of an application ?
Thanks
(Just been trawling through the (un)Help file ... there are a few references

What is the best way to get data from an MDB (Access)
file into a Win Form?  
And is there a way to do this but not have to install the
H-U-G-E MDAC?  (Note: My target users are on Windows 2000

hey all,
what would my expression look like if i wanted to make sure that the input
matched the following pattern.
c:\filename.ext

A monthcalendar checks every 2 minutes if theres a new day. Does anyone
knows how to disable this ?
The problem is that, everytime a monthcalendar checks this, the form
where the monhcalendar is on, gets the focus, which is VERY annoying.

What events are there to do things in when I am on a row in a datagrid
(bound from a dataset) and press Delete key...
There's no Delete Event on the drig and I can't figure out if there are any
events on the Dataset itself either..

Is there a way to make my VB.NET application aware when
user is logging off? I would like to have my app save
some data to the network's database before the user logs
off without closing application. Currently, if the user