In VB6, to display decimal places, I would have selected dataformat from the
properties, and used the builder there.
Is there an equivalent in VB.net?
Thanks

I'm printing some stuff in a memory-created bitmap (format
Imaging.PixelFormat.Format16bppRgb565) and, at the end, copying the bitmap
to graphic device of my UserControl.
I noticed that method is not too fast to draw from my memory bitmap. In

I have set up a Windows service in VB.NET, and created a
'Service Manager' Windows Forms app that can 'get'
information from that service. The service consists of the
basic service 'framework' along with a large class that I

In T-SQL, Consider this table:
CREATE TABLE stringTest (
   String1 VARCHAR(5),
   String2 VARCHAR(5)

I am trying to setup a filter for the dataset on a form as follows:
Me.Ds1.Tables("company").DefaultView.RowFilter = "city='New York'"
But nothing happens when this code is executed. The same 7k records are
available in the databindings.

If I have a sub that handles multiple controls - such as
Private Sub X_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Handles btn1.Click, btn2.Click
If btn1.Click = true then messagebox.show "Btn1"

My application can allow a user to open a file for viewing by fetching
file data from database, creating the file in a temp directory and
starting appropriate process (i.e. Adobe or any other depending of
file type) to open the file.

Hello you,
Problem is that Type.GetFields does not return InnerList from a class that
inherits from CollectionBase.
I have a class:

I want a textbox control which support like-as IntelliSense feature to allow
user select a word when inputting text.  Is textbox control support it?  Or
Are there any third party control support it?

I am in some desperate need of help and guidance as I am kind of lost
on this issue.  I am using a datagrid for the first time, so please
bare with me.  I am trying to make a 8 row by 5 column table, with
column 1 being a text column and 2-5 as a checkbox column.

I have a form and a user control
In my usercontrol i have a datagrid who need a customerGuid to display
customer information
When i load my form i need to tell the userControl that the guid of the

I have a Windows form that displays a database table in a DataGrid. When you
click on a row, the row's values get copied to bound TextBoxes below, and
when the "Save" button is clicked the database is updated (as is the DataGrid
row) with changed values in the TextBoxes. Here are ...

I have VS 2005 Beta
Hot to change the color of the lines that  divide the procedures?
Actually (the deafult I assume) is a very dark green.
I went to

I wrote a control in which I overrode WndProc to implement a custom
MouseMove. I caught the MouseMove message and passed it to a function which
raises a custom event. In this function I get the x and y from the LParam of
the message; x being the low order word, y being the high ...

Is Control Handle unique??
If not, how can I check if two control are the same instance or
object(instance not class)