I am new to vb.net and not new to db's..
I have form to accept data for collection from class.
so the data is in the collection.
i will be creating more classes and collections for soon.

I am attempting to create an array of value types but seem to be haveing a
problem referencing it.
I have created a class
Public Class Tags

I have a DLL that I would like to use in VB.NET but I am not sure how to
link to it.  It is called PerlinDLL.dll and is a dll that spits out a bitmap
of a fractal image.(link:
http://www.stanford.edu/~jjshed/perlin/index.html ) I do have the code that

I have a Class Library that I have exposed as a COM component for use in a
VB6 program.  In the VB6 references, the pointer is to a TLB file.  Should
this be the file that I deploy to a user's machine?  Does it need to be
registered as a normal COM DLL?  It's not ready for ...

Following is a simple version of my now non-working code:
       hihi = Dir("c:\burn2\*.*", FileAttribute.Normal)
       Do While Len(hihi) > 0
           hoho = hehe

I'm creating databases programatically in .Net and I want to verify that the
database doesn't exist before creating it.  i found the SQL code:
IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM <databasename>)
But when I run the code against a known database, even in SQL Management

In VB.NET Windows Form, how do I set my text box to only allow numbers?

I'm using Visual Basic 2005, is there a way to run dynamic code?
Ex:
Dim strToRun as String =""
strToRun &= "dim s as string = ""Hello World!""" & vbcrlf

For the code below, for both appWord and gappWord, I get the error
"Public member 'GetType' on type 'ApplicationClass' not found"
I realize the test for appWord is superflous as the parameter is passed in
as a known type, but gappWord is has a scope of the class, so a test of the

I have a classic client server app.
When the client is installed on the PC I would like the client application
to some how 'find' the server or servers that host the server logic.
Kind of like how the SQL tools, can list all the SQL servers in the network.

Hello, I am looking it for a way of getting the column name, from a
datagrid when the user clicks on one of the cells. I can get the value
and the row Number and column Number, but can not seem to find the event
that will give me the column name that was selected.

I can't get the following msdn code below to actually open the .txt file i
select
It seems
       Return DlgOpenFile.OpenFile()

I have just started to learn VB. I have console program which loads another
.exe file. How can i get it to do this i have tried searching help but that
is only returning how to make web service load one.
Jeff

how can i get the total playtime of any audio format (especially mp3s)?

I want to avoid an user closes the form clicking on the upper right
side "X" button.
So, for the Closing event, I set:
e.cancel = true