I've got a small pc audit app sitting on a server.  I'd like to create a
shortcut to it on each PC on the network. But I get a permission error
when trying to run the program unless I copy it down to the local hard
drive.

I am trying to pass the date selected from the monthcalender tool to a
form that is open already. It is window dressing for my application. The
user clicks a button and the calendar opens and then they select a date.
I can?t think of how to pass the date to the other form, any ideas ...

I try to run the code as the following:
       Dim ExcelConnection As New
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data
Source=C:\Inventory\book1.xls;Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=No;"";")

I successfully (well almost) ran a DTS script using the Export wizard in SQL
Server, and exported it to VB6 which
in return I converted it to VB .net and fixed all of the errors using
several web pages as references.  The script executes and appears to

        I created a datagrid including 3 columns. They're datefrom, dateto
and duration. The duration's column is simply computed by dateto
substracting datefrom. I've write this calculation in CurrentCellChanged
event. It's fine if I press the tab key after entering the date of ...

Curently I manualy code keypress edits. i.e. allow only 3 digits before
decimal and two digits after decimal in .NET.
Is there an easy solution to mask text boxes?
The MSMASK32.OCX from vb6 does not seem to be appropriate for a desktop

I've created a user control inheriting a picturebox. I want to set a
non-rectangular area to the current system color.control.
I'm looking for either a "fill" command that will set all contiguous
pixels of the same color to a new color, or possibly a command that

I've got a bunch of ListBoxes.  I want to have a context menu that will
include, for example, an edit routine.  The problem I have is the following.  
Suppose you select item 1.  Then you move your mouse to item 9 and right
click.  Item 1 is still selected.  Is there any way to ...

I am using VisualBasic.Net 2003 (Version 7.1.3088) with the .Net Framework
1.1, and when I try to add, at design type, an image to a button
(System.Windows.Forms.Button) I keep on getting a popup dialog with the
error: "Invalid Parameter used". No matter if I tried a 16x16 or ...

hello ng,
can you help me?
how i can find out:
is the last print job (standard printer)

I notice that when I hover over a method or property there's often a pop-up
that tells me something about what it does.  Can add this feature to my own
methods or properties?
       Art

I'm having problems writing to a text file.  Basically it refuses to
write anything.  The file is created.  At the appropiate times it goes
into the correct if statements (I have verified this using msgboxes).
Any idea why it wouldnt be writing anything?

I have a C++ function in a DLL of the form
BSTR WINAPI DoSomeWork(LPCSTR szConnection, LPCSTR szGUID)
I use SysAllocStringByteLen to return a BSTR.
For the most part this works accept when the calling applicaiton tries to

I have a requirement to develop an app in Vb.Net that will use a multi-line
(4 or 8 port) modem on which outside users will be able to dial in and send
data files. The app just needs to be listening, respond to an incomming call
when it occurs and store the received data in a file. ...

I am looking for code for VB.NET or C# for a CCITTA CRC Checksum using the
table lookup method for speed.. I have found a few CRC-16 examples but they
are in a language I cant seem to figure out. Could someone please help me
with this?