say I have a databound combo box, which allows for text entry still
(DropDownStype = DropDown in this case).
now, If the user doesn't enter manually an item in the data bound list,
nothing should be selected of course, but I want if a user enters an item

Does anyone know the proper method to save information to embedded
hashtables.
I am trying to save parent/child information to  hashtables but I am not
getting the correct results  I have made a very simplified example of

If I want to delete a file I can call File.Delete(filePath)
but what happens if I am trying to delete the file that is open???
In java you would do someting like
int status = fileExists(filePath) // return 0, 1, or 2

I am trying to understand Delegates and where/when to use them.
I can see one potential use of a delegate (on form closing, set the cancel
property in the event arguments.)
Does anyone have a link to a site that describes delegates using VB.Net in a

  Try
           Dim guidString As String =
e.Row.Item("entrepriseGuid").ToString()
       Dim frm As New modifClient(New Guid(guidString), False)

I'm using VB.NET to update data in an Access database. Before inserting the
value, I want to compare the length of the string I'm holding in a variable
to the length of the data column into which its intended. How do I do that? I
checked the properties of the DataTable, DataRow ...

What is the difference between now and the VB 6.0 days? I have a
project with several dependencies. When I attempt to execute the
application from the IDE several error messages are displayed related
to "missing" dependencies. The files that "cannot be found" do in fact

I have seen some posts on this subject but I still cannot make my app work right.
I have a MDI application with a parent form and two child forms.
The parent form is called Mainform
The child forms are called invoiceForm and customerForm

my project's start object is a login form.
When login is successful, it opens a new form, with:
Dim CalledForm As New MyForm
CalledForm.Owner = Me

In my project I have a need for encrypting the password portion (only
password, not the whole file) of my database connection string, so the
password doesn't show as plain text. So, basicly, what I need are two pieces:
a piece of code (can be ran seperately as utility) that ...

I want to create a UserControl using DataGrid,ComboBox and DataTimePicker Control. I want to DataGrid's TableStyle Collection at user Level. I wrote following lines on my user control, but it is fail.
Private _DtGrTableStyle As TableStyles
Public Property DtGrTableStyle() As ...

I am trying to create a vb program which, among other things, will open
a new copy of MS Access (with a custom copy of the system.mdw) and load
a database. I have been trying to utilise the
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start function, but this fails to correctly

Good morning,
      I'm developing a VB .NET application, and while I'm executing
it, the following error appears:
No se puede cargar el archivo XML

Has the older VFW Video For Windows driver been included with the new
Windows Vista for backward compatibility or has it been dropped in favor of
directx.

in my solutions i have a lot of dll like datetimepicker.dll... wwmt.dll
is it possible to embeded all this dll in one dll like myprojet.dll
but all the dll must work