Hi I'm trying to create a log window that keeps the user informed with misc
messages.  Right now I'm using a richtextbox (tried a regular textbox as
well) that has a scrollbar and I append text to the end of it:
rtbLog.AppendText(vbCrLf & msg)

after I migrated to dotNet, code wizard never bothered upgraded my MDIform
background embedded pictures b/c MS is no longer providing us with that
feature.  Is there an alternative solution that would let me embed my
background bitmap/jpeg picture into my MDI form?  And to make ...

I'm trying to get the row count from a table, in the fastest way (con
is the connection name).
Dim NRows As Integer
Dim CountQuery As String = "select count(*) from MyTable"

My application addes or deletes tab pahes at the user's discretion.  On each
tab page are controls that must be duplicated.  Here's a sample of my code:
   chart_tabcontrol.TabPages.Add(1)
   chart_tabcontrol.SelectedTab =

Hi, I am looking for a bit of advice.
I have an application that can be installed on users home PC's that
authenticates to a windows domain server over a VPN.  Once authenticated
against the Active directory I need to reuse the inputted information over

I have two classes, only the type of one of the properties is different.
How should I declare the two classes?
For example:
I want to declare 2 Classes, named MySQLIntfield and MySQLStrField. Both

Does anyone have some good examples of Excel automation with (VB).NET?
I have some Excel spreadsheets that a customer needs parsed out but I've
never tried to use Excel programatically before!
Thanks!

I’m in need of some remedial instruction collections of objects.  I doubt if
this question is specific to pocket pc and VB, but that’s where I’m coding.
When I create a collection, call it collection A, and then create a new
collection B, if I make a change to one of the items in ...

I am developing application which is providing compression of files.
I want to know is there any method or dll in .net which is allowing me
to compress file through code and to uncompress file.
Microsoft has provided tool in C++ that is cabinet SDK.

   I'm trying to execute a standalone application written in VB .Net using
a windows service developed using VB .Net. But the service is not able to
execute the application.
   How to make the application execute from the Windows Service that i

When a run a project in Vb .Net it builds Ok, but the project does not appear
to run.  The exe is shown as running in task manager but the form does not
appear on the screen.  This problem occurs no matter the VB project I am
running.  The only way to stop it is to kill both the ...

could someone please suggest to me another way to work around sub main?  I am
currently migrating 6.0 codes over to .net.  as soon as sub main() ran, vb
ends the application immediately.  So I moved my codes to over to my splash
screen form.  Made my project preference to run ...

Has anyone experienced significant slowdown in the apps the longer they run?
I have a VB.Net app the runs fairly "snappy" for about 10 minutes of
constant use, then a significant drop-off begins until it becomes
unresponsive.  Another head-scratcher is if the app is simply ...

Hey list, I have an arraylist containing some objects that I want to
serialize and send over the internet and then deserialize back into the
arraylist of objects.
What I have so far:

I have the following code which is supposed to draw a grid in a panel
consisting of a specified number of squares.  I can get it to draw the grid
and activate the autoscroll feature, however I cant get it to scroll
properly.  I dont want to make the grid a bitmap and move that as ...