Cannot copy assembly '<...>' to file <...>.dll'.  The process cannot access
the file because it is being used by another process.
Could not copy temporary files to the output directory.
The file '<...>.dll' cannot be copied to the run directory.  The process

I'm using a listview in view 'list' mode, multiselect and dragdrop true.
When the listview appears, it has a horizontal scrollbar (if needed) but not
vertical scrollbar.  How can I get it to display a vertical scrollbar?
Thanks for any help.

I have a parent child forms.  I want the close, maximize, and minimize
buttons to be removed.
One the child form I have set the maximize and minimize buttons to false.  I
have the child form mamiximze in the parent form.  So then the maximized

I am trying to dynamically load an assembly via reflection and then invoke a
method of that assembly that will populate a custom type collection passed
into the method byref.  I am able to dynamically load both the DALC
component (for the method call) and the Entity component (for ...

I'd like to post this as a new thread to an article in
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb originally made by nevin and replied to
by Alan Pretre back in December ("ThreadState == not in the enumeration").
Like nevin, I have a VB.NET multi-threaded application, and quite

I have a TabControl that has 1 TabPages on it.
I would like to have a button on TabPage1 that goes to TabPage2.  Kinda like
a Next> button.
I can get this to work using the .BringToFront and .Show methods, but the

I have finally got my windows service installing OK using the vs.net
installer- however, when I uninstall the application it leaves an orphned
service entry in the service control manager list. If I try and run the
'MyService' it says the system cannot find the specified file. If ...

How would it be possible to sort an array of objects (my_class) based on one
attribute of that class?
suppose the class' attributes are  the following
my_class:

I used the example on Bob Powell's site to draw a gradient on the background
of the parent form in my survey app.  Now, I would like to have a logo
docked in the corner, but have the background of the logo be the gradient,
not the base color of the window.  The logo is a gif set ...

I like to design my printouts with a layout designer and fill the fields
with code.
It would me nice if the end user can use this designer to add a company logo
or change margins and perhaps more.

Can someone suggest a good tutorial on inheritance of graphical classes,
i.e. VB Form Classes, or are there known issues with this, as I seem to be
running into all sorts of unexpected problems.
I apologise if this is the second time I have posted this question, but the

I have an app that I need to make sure after installation that the machine
has been rebooted. Is there a way to detect if a reboot has been performed?
Maybe like initially writing to a config file and then setting a value in it
upon reboot?

I am new in VB.NET and at the bigining of my work I have a problem. I wont
to make small program which contain 3 forms. In the 1st Form I put 10
Textbox which
contents I need to display in the 3th form. This 3th form I connect with

I'm having an issue getting a button to show up on a TabPage control.
Here's my setup.
I have a derived TabControl that uses my own derived, customized TabPages.
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How can I change by program the default printer in VB.net if I have two
printers connected in one computer?
I want to print diferents reports in diferents printers connected in one
computer and I want to change the default printer depending of the report.