I have a datagridview that has one column it is of type
DropDownListColumn but I only want the user to be able to add new rows
by making a selection from the dropdown. I want all the other rows to
be read only. I tried to handle this on the row level but I have no

vb.net 2005 express
I havnt posted in a while but I have been busy doing the tutorials on the
SQL Express and the first VB.net videos.
( Basically started from scratch and gave up the idea of mdb tables and

I have inherited this vb6 code which i am trying to rewrite using vb.net 2005
I need to be able to get this working as we cannot issue out new end user
software at the moment  
Public Function Decript(String1) As String

If i put this on the form
Private Sub cboManager_Enter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles cboManager.Enter
CType(sender, ComboBox).DroppedDown = True

Can anybody assist me in fixing this code to return the number of days
idfference
DateDiff("d", Date.Now, CDate(FILEMOVEDATE))
FILEMOVEDATE = '05/07/2007'

I have a x509Certificate that I exported and I am using for testing called
wsTest.cer.pfx.  I want to use this cert to send a public key to anyone who
requests it, and then use the private key to decrypt any incoming messages.
In the code below you can see I can grab the ...

My question is best explained by example.
In the VB.NET 2005 code window, if you do a ctrl+f find, the find window
stays on top when you put focus back to the code so you would think that the
find window is always on top. However, when you drag another application

My application requires user interaction with a graphics interface that is
changing (data is being collected and plotted). Sometimes the graphics
updates are slow and the user is locked out until completion for tasks like
scaling and reading the cursor and all that.

Is there an intinsic or 3rd party Windows control you would recommend for
the following?
I'm wanting to create a form where a user can set the order of hundreds of
pens.  I was thinking about some sort of drag and drop that automatically

I see a lot of posts about creating a cursor from an image but is it
possible to do the opposite?
We have added code to allow a text box on a statusbar to be dragged to
allow dropping an open window on another icon, grid, etc. It would be

I'm writing XML in VB.NET 2005 using the System.Xml.XmlWriter class.
It's all working fine but I'd like to remove a few NewLine characters.
For instance if I use the following code:
Writer.WriteStartElement("Name")

I am trying to write a windows sevice that will send emails. The data
is stored in a database and the service scans the database for new
entries
It work well as a stardard windows app, but when you make is a service

Hi all
Using VB2005 on Vista with a Norwegian locale setup.
The test program has 3 textboxes the sum held in txt3.
Using the code below, txt2 conversion causes an error when it is left

I have been experimenting with adding Microsoft Forms ActiveX Controls
to a VB2005 Form to be used as a Windows Application (i.e. compiled to
a "*.exe") and can't get them to work properly.
For example I added the ActiveX Microsoft Forms Object toggle button,

Why when using the FormatPercentage method I get a figure which is 100 times
what in the database and what is the common approach to resolve that?
Thanks,
Sam