I have been reading various messages in this group, and could not find
an answer regarding what I am trying to do. At least, I could not find
an easy answer.
I am trying to figure out how to read and XML file and put the data in

I would like to use a Guid as a record identifier for to prevent update
collisions (not as the key, but as a substitute for a timestamp field).
What is the proper way to define storage for a guid in VB?
What is the proper way to define storage for a guid in SQL Server?

I am reading the value from config file using the below statement.
System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("MY_DATA")
How to write data back to the same location?
I am using .Net Framework 1.1.

I have not found out how the grid sets the selections, so I am not
able to get it to act like I want.
I've set the grid's SelectMode to FullRowSelect, but;
When the user isn't supposed to be messing with it, I want to

Greetz
I'm tring to do something simple, such as change the background color of a
simple button when mouse enters the button area.  Below is what I've got, I
don't get any errors, but the background color never changes.  Is something

Using VB.net 2003
I used the Linklabel for the first time last night and even though I
got the task to work I was hoping someone would check I'm ysing the
correct method as I know there are many ways of achieving the same task

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My apologies .. I am have no experience with GDI programming what so ever
so I have been struggling with the this code
The target is to create a transparent scrolling  text ticker control, I have found the code below on the net, it works great except when I ...

Hello,
I am loading a dataGrid and formatting it with datagridtablestyle, but
when it loads different info it does not  clear the old. With out the
formatting the code works. I have tried clearing the datagrid

When I loop through a datatable rows and add Amt field content (which
is float in database) sometimes it adds upto High Precision value
leaving a difference of -1.81898940354586E-12 though I am only adding
Currency Format numbers i.e., 23.43,56.99 etc,So I am not able to

How can I do a bit-wise operation on a UInt, such as:
dim x as UInt32
x = x And &H80
It says the "And operator isn't defined for UInt32"

I'm currently developing on a large project where several assemblies
build into DLLs that support the final .NET EXE. The original plan was
to implement the project in VB.NET, so the EXE project is a VB WinForms
App. Later on we got approval to not stick to that requirement so I

How do I delete a sub key value?  Can any one provide a example?

I have a large table.  Normally, the user will need to see only the data
from the past two years, but sometimes, they will need to go back further.
I have a form with a datagrid, a DateTimePicker and a command button.
What I'd like is when the user selects a new date and clicks the ...

I have this custom class.  When I select it in the designer, I can't get
the property "SelectedBackColor" to show up.  Any help?  Thanks
Chris
Public Class FormatedTextbox

I have a considerable number of controls in which I'd like to keep all the
fonts exactly how they are seen in the normal-sized, even if the client
machine uses large or extra large. Is it possible to ignore and/or override
the larger font settings at the app level, or do I need to ...