below is what I have as part of registry class
Public Function DoesKeyExist() As Boolean
   Dim oReg As RegistryKey
   Dim bExist As Boolean = False

Hi, I have a vb.net program made to grab screenshots and then store them in
image objects.
The image is displayed in a pictureBox atm but I want to store the data in a
String only.

I am trying my first migration from vb6 to vb.net 2003.
One of the error messages that I get is:
"Reference required to assembly 'Interop.MSComctlLib' containing the type
'MSComctlLib.ColumnHeader'. Add one to your project."

I've been somewhat confused about what the "proper" place is to store
data files (like file based databases) for my applications.
With all the different "special" folders available, which is the correct
one for databases that get updated every time a user runs the

I am developing a vb.net application using a mySql database with
corelabs provider.
I am having a bit of difficulty getting a db connection to work. Here
is my app.exe.config file:

I'm in the process of writing a program to ensure that a user will setup a
strong password for a particular application. One of the requirements is:-
A Strong Password must include characters from at least three of the
following four categories...

if guid1 = guid2 then
Doesn't work ! ???
How to compare them ?

I am editing an existing application that has a
System.Windows.Forms.TreeView with a right-click menu with several
options.
I want to get rid of the TreeView alltogether and rip out the code for

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context menu.  This dialog has a Summary tab that includes "Title",
"Subject", etc. among others.  How do I populate these fields for a file
using VB.NET.  I thought that FileInfo class would provide ...

Where is this in VB.net?
Its in VB6, where you can jump from one bookmark to another, to help
navigate your code.

How do I automatically generate a YES click on popups?
I tried this..
http://www.realpopup.it/realaccount/MatroExpungeIMAP.txt
But that gave me Uknow erros and I honestly do not understand the whole VBS

I am migrating my first vb6 app to vb.net 2003.
In the vb6 app a number of subs had optional date parameters:
Sub Fred ( ... ,optional FromDate as Date = 0...)
I need something like zero in there to see if the parameter has been used or

I have an application built from a number of solutions and would like to
create a batch file to compile them all using vbc
how can i capture the parameters that the vs.net ide uses when it invokes
the compiler? or is there a better approach

http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
Is MS phasing out VB.Net? This is discouraging to us vb.net programmers.
thanks!

Menu Class: I am trying to build a menu system where the user menu options
are authorised via a database. My first thoughts are to store the menu item
(name) in the database so I can point to the menu item. Is it possible to
retrieve the collection of menu names (i.e. ...