I am using the BindingSource.Find-Methode to find an Item in my
BindingSource. This works fine to find the exact pattern, but now I
search for a fuzzy  finding method.
For example:

Public ArrList As New ArrayList
   Public bitvalue As Byte()
   Public Sub addvalues()
       Dim index As Integer

I'm just trying to convert a small program that was written in VB6 to
VB.Net.
I'm stumbling at the first hurdle!
In VB I could do the following (ensuring that the textbox only contained

Im assuming these two adapters are the same thing.
For example, go to your data sources in your project and drag and drop a
datagrid on your form.  You will get a TableAdapter automatically added
to the form.

I'd like to try writing desktop, ie. winforms, apps in VB.Net, and
need to check what to do:
1. Install .Net framework 2.0 (or can I use 3.5?)
2. Install SDK

Can anyone give me an example of using joygetdevcaps and joygetposex in
vb.net. I have no problem in VB6 but get various exceptions, memory
violations in .net. I have (I think converted all the longs to integers
etc)

Hello experts,
I want my external application run from the root folder where my
project (.exe) resides. For example, my main project (.exe)  should be
in the same directory with my external file works with parameter "-b".

If I try to add a string to a string variable and display it in a listbox,
the string does not display
Strng="abc"
listbox1.items.add(Strng+"xyz")

I am having trouble creating a report (not Crystal) where the data is
displayed in three columns--think of mailing labels.  I have done this with
Microsoft Access Reports, Crystal Reports, but accomplishing this in the
.Net 2.0 Reports is a problem. There is a property of the ...

How can I tell via code if a Form is already open.
Each time my forms load I have some initialization code that runs, but if
the form is already open and hidden I don't want that initialization code to
run. Thus, I just want to unhide the form.

I have a databound grid on my form.  I edited the collection and set
the defaultCellStyle.Format = c2 on a particular column, but when I
enter 100 thats the way it is displayed in the grid.  If the format is
c2 it is supposed to display $100.00.  What am I missing?

Does anyone know why there isn't a parameterless constructor for the
String type?
Given that you can...
Dim s as New String("Hello")       ' inefficient, don't do this

Hi, I just want to make sure I'm not missing something obvious.
VB.Net controls like the CheckBox are implemented with a label
attached to it.  This is very handy.  But the TextBox control has no
implementation with a built-in attached label.  You have to separately

There is a problem about progress bar; although the
"progressbar1.visible = True" is present for my invisible
"progressbar1" control to make visible when button1 is clicked, before
execution of my external process, it appears after the external

I have set of controls (Textboxes, checkboxes etc) along with the Grid on
Windows Form.
I use BindingSource to populate both Grid and the set of Controls. User
selects the record in the grid and all controls are populated with data from