found this oddity-
copying a vb6 function with optional parameters and pasting it into a vb2003
class, for conversion purposes, it all works fine except that the collapsing
"-" on the LHS goes away, only to return if "Optional" is removed. Strange.

After installing Windows Server 2003 SP1, my project no longer has a valid
reference to SQLDMO.  I was using it to get a list of valid SQL Servers on
the network.  Perhaps there is now a better way to do that, rather than
using a COM object?  If not, does anyone know where to ...

I need to send some raw data to a SATO printer
I can easily send the textstring to a laserprinter
But the SATO does nothing
I am almost sure that the textdata is correct (taken from another app

I installed VB2005 Pro last week with no particular issues.  However,
I have since encountered a problem with one (so far) other retail app
on my system.  That application will open and run to a degree, but I
can no longer print.  Print launches Just-In-Time Debugger.  Closing

Is it something like:
Dim myint64 as int64
myint64 = ""281271892897891272891728978912wdjhjsjkdhs ^^" ?
I would like to understnad that in order to avoid that kind of holes in

Hi! I am designing a clipart manager that sells with over 1500+ copyrighted image. I want to protect these image, I read a bit about resource file, would it be the way to go? the image will be about 5 to 7 go... that's big, but it's the smallest we can go. (thiese are PSD format, ...

I want progress on my ftp upload, so I am trying to add an event.
All the FTP stuff is in its own class (FTPClient). In the class header I
have:
Public Event SendProgress(ByVal bytes As Integer)

I'm kind of a newbie to VB, so I hope this doesn't seem too trivial.  I
have a problem with the DataGridView control.  I can find all kinds of
stuff about populating data in a DataGridView control, but I haven't
found a way to save the data on program exit.  There must be a way,

I am learning about serial port communications using VB.NET 2005.  However I
cannot get the proper event to fire when data is received from the other
end.  When the following program connects to HyperTerminal, I get a "Got
Data" message.  I can send data to hyperterminal without ...

The SaveFileDialog remembers what directory a user last saved to, and
the next time it is displayed, it remembers this.  The defaults for
restoredirectory and initialdirectory properties define this behavior.
FolderBrowserDialog has SelectedPath property for setting the initial

I have a program which takes photos of members using a web cam, then saves
them as bitmap files
The bitmap is used by a Picturebox to display the photo and clicking on a
button enables the camera and another button takes the photo and saves it

I'm curious - which is the better ".NET" method to use if needing to know if
an object is Nothing?
1: If  IsNothing(myobject) ...
or

What is the difference between   
Dim thing as New SomeThing
and
Dim thing as SomeThing = New SomeThing?

I'm trying to build an RSS reader in VB.net.
I have created a class for RssItems, such as the following,
PUBLIC CLASS RssItem
   Public Author as String

I'm opening my own form and doing something like:
If dlgDirectory.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
...
End If