I have the following code below that starts an external process batch file.  
I would like to have the application display a dialog box confirming that the
process has ended.  When I run the code below, I get an exception error
An unhandled exception of type 'System ...

can i set the compiler to give me warning if variable is not used ?
( in VB.NET )

It looks like the Format method is another one that didn't make it to the
.NET controls.  Since I need to force a decimal placeholder to values going
into the textboxes, I tried the following code:
Temp1D_textbox.Text = Format("{0:F1}", dcon_x4.AnalogIn)

I have a number of apps which are compiled to a shared network directory.
Users run the executables from this directory.
When rebuilding my apps I cannot complete the build if the executable is in
use.

I've created a form that serves as a front end for a DB.  My question is how
to resize the form, and have the control on the form resize themselves as i
drag the form.  I've got a status bar added to the bottom of the form, but
when I use the mouse to drag the right bottom corner, ...

I am kind of a newbie. What's the difference between using dispose() or
= nothing in the 'finally' block of the following code:
Dim mycmd As New OracleCommand(setta_cmdQuery, con)
' setta_cmdQuery is a simple UPDATE query

How to execute functions in the parent class first and then functions
in the child class?  For example, I have a parent class with functions
'ONE' and 'TWO' and child class has a function 'THREE'.  How should I
declare classes so that all three functions are executed when child

I have to use a cdecl dll (3 party dll). One of the functions needs a
callback as a parameter.
Unfortunately it seems that I'm not able to solve this issue.
What I have done is:

I'm having problems working with a streamwriter object.  After closing the
streamwriter and setting it to Nothing, I try to delete the file it was
writing to, but I always get the following error message:
   "The process cannot access the file "whatever" because it is being used

I have a possible framework bug.
Sometimes when i call other code by double clikking the datagrid, i get
on returning a grey colored cell over the active cell, still showing the
old data.

Could someone suggest a good native .Net collection object that provides
similar functionality to the COM Scripting.Dictionary object?
Specifically I need to be able to add items with an associated key, retrieve
them by key or by index within the collection, and determine whether ...

    Newbie to VB.NET here.
    I need to create a project as a .dll instead of an .exe.    Could not
find the instructions on how to do this in on-line help.   Also using the
Ken Halverson VB.NET book and can't find it in there either.

Does anyone know of an open source project for in memory text/data
compression in C# or VB.NET?

Ive asked this question in ms.public.dotnet.framework.interop but havent got
a reply so im hoping someone may be able to help here. I am a bit of a
newbie to vbnet and am having trouble using some code from
vb6 in vb.net. Im sure its pretty easy to convert but im just unsure of what

I have a two arrays that I wish to sort. One is the index array (full
of floating point values). The other is a string array:
ARRAY 1        ARRAY 2
-------        --------