anybody know if/where there are replacements for the 101 samples distributed
with the earlier versions of .NET
-Lou

I want to PostMessage from a class instance to its containing form. I
want the WPARAM to point to the class instance. I am using the
declaration of PostMessage from www.pinvoke.net. WPARAM is an IntPtr.
VB2005 won't let me do this:

I have the following which generates MDI forms, but doesn't show them at
this stage:
For n As Integer = 1 To 10
fmViewer(n) = New frmViewer

I'm connecting to an Oracle database and running a query which returns
data.  The query can be fairly long - 2-3 minutes.  I have a label set
up on the form which is invisible to begin with.  I want to make it
visible (with it's message) when the user clicks a button to run the

Are you appearing in any dot net interview I found a very useful link
for Interview question in Microsoft technologies. It helped me a lot in
Interview preperations :)
Here is the link

I have a simple form with a toolstrip on it and some toolstrip buttons.
   Tooltips work fine.
But then I use the ShAppBarMessage API call to register the form as an
Application Desktop Toolbar.  That's when the tooltips seem to stop working.

Can anyone help me find a programmatical way to avoid having an excel
workbook be hidden when data is transferd. I have created an MS Access
Database that can transfer various information into excell
spreadsheets, but when the spreadsheet file is opened the info is

I have a few stored procedures called from different methods in my
vb.net code and for different dataadapters, that all share the same
connection and transaction object. The rollback() method can be called
from various places.. But I'd like to execute some code each time it is

is there any way to detect if yoru app is runnign on a terminal server in
.net? so we can slim down graphics and such for it? thanks!

In asp.net ,in command button script ,
How can i select and assign a value into a variable from a table.like
select ref into @var1 from table1 where id='1';

i need to implement drag and drop in treeview in VB.
Kindly help.
My treeview contains activities maintained using XML Files.
Hopefully, Thanks.

I have some dates in a file that I need to read as strings in the
format eg '8.Aug.06' and then convert to a .Net date type. The date is
also available as day of the year, ie an integer.
Does VB.Net 2.0 have any direct method to turn a month abbreviated as

Have a previously created an Excel file and want to print on default printer.
Want to initiate printing from within my application.
Thanks

Could someone tell me how a thread can send data / post message to another
thread in vb.net please?
I have a main thread and a socket thread. I need a way to let the main
thread know when my socket thread receive data.

I am a beginner,
like to working with ado net
I have a datagridview
If i selecting a row in the datagrid i want to have returning the selected