I'm using Activator.CreateInstance to create an object from a string,
unfortunately it requires that I have a constructor with no parameters (at
least I presume)
   I was wondering if anyone knew how to do the following.

I have a form with a panel on it.  Is there a simple way of gettting /
changing / setting  individual pixels on that panel?  
Could somebody provide a code snippet?
Thanks,

The application is developed in ASP.Net with a SQL Server database.
Essentially, the application uses a single shared Connection object for
all users logged into the system.  The connection object is
opened/closed for each transaction.

Does VB.Net (or .Net) have an OCR capability?  (I need to suck some text out
of a GIF file.)
Thanks,  Bob

I am trying to create a Windows Service installer but it just dumps the
service executable in the application folder and doesn't install it as a
service.
I have gone through this tutorial http://abstractvb.com/code.asp?A=1082, but

I am trying to use WaitForExit to determine when an external application I
have launched has exited (duh!).  I found examples everywhere and it
seemed simple and this works perfectly:
       Dim myProcess As Process = _

Does anyone know of a good example for creating a access database and then
tables within that database.
All the examples I have found so far use a SQL database.
Thanks,

Hey All,
I have a vertical RadioButtonList w/ textalign=right and borders enabled. I
want to resize the borders based on the pixel length of the item text. I am
trying to use the graphics.measurestring class but can't seem to get the

I need a suggestion.... I need to build an application in VB.NET where I
want to place a "WAIT PLEASE" form during the long process of the
application that disappera automatically when the Process is finished.
Some suggestion?

Can any one tell me how can i change the display language after loading the
MDI?
regards
Reny

I can't seem to get the logic for printing multiple pages. I know I have to
do a comparison between the bottom margin and the position of the next line
to be printed and initiate a has more pages condition when they are equal. I
have included my code for the printpage handler ...

I'm researching a VB .NET project that will have two functions:
1 - scan images using TWAIN drivers of scanner
2 - read barcode of that scanned image
I've been researching many companies and was wondering if anyone had any

can somebody explain this problem? it's driving me crazy!
i have a requirement to dynamically create a variable quantity of timers
with associated start button based on the contents of a database. if i
create system timers  dynamically, i cannot reference them from the start

I have a dataset that I do not want written back to the table. I need to
delete rows from the dataset where to fields are equal...example
Dataset1
       bridge   <---- pk

I'm using the following code
**********
command.commandtext="Select * from DB where Acc= 'Net Profit'
connection open