Here's a short description of a problem that took me a couple of days
to bypass (not solve):
I update a table thru a dataview (or dataset, no difference in
behavior for this problem) and all but one column (a middle column,

If I want to add rows to an SQL table, can I only do it like this:
Dim commd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("insert into table etc....")
Or is there a better way?
Additionally, is there a best pratice method for connecting to SQL and

I am VERY new to programming and VB.NET.
I have a windows form which has radio buttons and passes a variable
into the URL which is the server name, this is attained from a text
box.

I've develpped a reusable UserControl. The only headache it's giving me is
how to hide the inherited properties such as AutoScroll, DockPadding, etc...
wich could cause some visual Anoyances on my control.I've tried
<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(False),

I have a dataset that has a number of tables in it, each table has only
one column - that column is the same name in each table.
I now want to have all these tables as one table and then loop through
the rows of this one table, and put them into an arraylist.

Hi,
I'm compiling a vb file in .NET 2005
and try to view the assembly-exe using the ildasm tool but I get an error :
"Failed to open meta data"

Hey There
In VB6 It was easy for me to create a Data Control and use Ms Access
Databases using SQL sentences, but I don't know how to do this in VB.NET
I whant to access a DataBase in access in the same folder of the

I have a textbox that is getting input in the form of a percent ie.
"100.00%". How do I convert this to a double?  If i do
System.Convert.ToDouble(MyVar) I get an exception.  How do I strip the
percent sign off?  (Also there may not be a % because the user may just

I need to read the settings from "project a" in "project b" from the same
solution, how can I do this using "my.settings.[whatever]" I'm using VS2005
and VB.NET
regards,

I am looking for a VB.NET code that I can use to monitor an independent Web
Site,  I would like to do an equivalent of a PING of the site every 5 minutes
or so and make sure that it returns the appropriate login is screen.  I then
will use the response to send an email if the ...

"Application has generated an excepton that could not be handled" is the
error. This appears to be generated inside the "InitializeComponent()"
subroutine. This application has one custom control which may be the cause
BUT it was working correctly last week but this week it does ...

I have an application that writes to a word document.  After that I wish to
print the document to a particular printer automatically.  I tried but it
keeps on printing to the default printer.  How can I set the printer for the
word document to print?

I am new to Visual Studio and VB. Is it possible to create an dll with
Visual Studio using VB .NET that can be consumed in .NET applications
as well VB 6 and VB Script ASP apps?
If so, which project template do I need to start with? I tired using

I've read that modules in .Net are mainly for backwards compability.
Is this true?
If I have variables I want to be exposed to all classes (regular
classes, forms etc), I'd find it natural to put these in a module and

If I create a serviceController like:
srvController = New ServiceController("Fubar")
serviceController will be created regardless if the service exists or not.
It will only throw an exception if I access the properties of the