I have a simple windows application and sometimes when I go to run, I get
the this error
and it says "Window class name is not valid."
What does this mean, and why does it only sometimes do this. not very

I have a soluation that has a class lib and a windows app.    when I look at
object explorer for the summary info on the dll it shows up.  When I copy
that dll into another project and look at the object lib the summary info
does not show up.

I'm writing a simple vb.net app that will store/read some data in a small
access database. I'm trying to decide whether I should create the database
'programatically' in the app directory when the app runs, if it doesn't yet
exist. Or when the app installs also install a copy of ...

I have a xml file like this:
<book id='1'>
    <name></name>
    <author></author>

I'm pretty new to VB.NET and I've run into a snag that I'm not really
sure how to get around. I'm writing an application that shows a
splashscreen, then a license agreement. When the user clicks 'I
accept' to accept the license agreement, the form is supposed to load

Can someoen show me a simple way to do this?
I want to either read a file or copy and paste text into an Rich text
textbox on the form.  I then want to hit a button and the program will
run through the code and in a label display all of the CAPITAL letters

How can I create tool tips for Richtextboxes....
this is what I am trying to do....
have a one line rich text box.  When the users hovers over it, the tool tip
will display all the text in the textbox.

   I've discovered what I believe to be a security risk with ClickOnce.  I
have only just started publishing my application using our own Trusted
certificate, before this I was using a test certificate.
   The problem is that when I published a new build with the new

Hi!, how to get the text that is between < and > if it's length is
more that 10 characters , text contains this:
<
to select this text

I have a service I am developing for a client, it requires some
configuration parameters that are stored in the settings file; accessed
using My.Settings. The service appears to be reading the file correctly and
picking out the parameters. I also need to write a configuration

I am thinking about splitting a program I have into a service component
to collect data and a presentation piece to display it.  It would
require sending about 40KB of data when a display is needed.  I would
rather stay away from an access database and don't really know enough

Online matrimony is a service available on internet for those who are
seeking brides and bridegrooms. The matrimonial websites contains the
profiles of persons searching for a partner. The website provides
brides and bridegrooms from various nations and religions. This

Here are some odd responses from VB9
App.Major                : 2
App.Major Revision       : 0
App.Minor                : 1

I'm having an odd issue with GZIP compression (having followed example code
found on MSDN). Basically, after running through the compression routine I
end up with a byte array several times larger than the source text file,
full of zero data. Below is the code used to do the ...

I have an class that has a member that is an enumeration.
When the property that exposes this is accessed I want to check if it has a
value and if not assign it a default one.
private _EnumX as EnumX