I sometimes use delegates for broadcasting
"StateChanged" events, i.e. if I have multiple forms
and/or controls that need updating at the same time
as the result of a change in a global/common object,

I have a text box control that user enter values into the textbox. Let
say a user entered some text that had 10 characters in it. Let also
consider this a password textbox. When the user went to run the
system, he entered in his 10 character password then he entered in his

I'm using VB 2005. The TreeView's standard Drag and Drop functionality works
fine in my app. Unfortunately I have no clue how to show a proper
(Win-Explorer like) drag image.
Can someone point me in the right direction?

I created a textbox and assign it with date. It goes like this:
TextBox1.Text = System.DateTime.Today.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy")
How do I save it to my database? I used this code but an error occured:
.addValue(TextBox1.Text.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy").ToString, "Date")

How would I open a pdf from the application.startup path? (assuming the user
has a pdf reader available)
Thanks,
Tony

I was wondering if anyone knew how to close a form when the user presses the
esc key. I dont have any buttons on the form so I cannot use the
cancelButton property of the form.
I have tried using the forms keypressed event but it doesnt seem to be

The documentation has many examples that use "SyncLock Me".  But the
documentation of the SyncLock Statement under "Programming Practices" says
you should not do this (see the snip below), and I think the cited reason is
pretty weak.  What do you think?

I have got the return value of MonthsOfYear Property of the IMonthlyTrigger
Interface, but how to return months?
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa380736(VS.85).aspx
My return value is 84, it shuld be 3,5,7 month, but i do not know how to get

Just wondering if anyone has ever managed to find a way to have a
datagridviewimagecolumn display different images on different rows depending
on some data element in the row.  Our application needs to display a series
of fees charged against an account. Some of those fees are ...

i'm developing a project where the gui is written with vb.net VS 2005
Express.
I wrote a C DLL (VC6) when i put the serial communication.
Since the communication should be slow i need absolutely that vb makes

Before launching the need to check if you have Framework, if not, to start
the installation process.
http://www.alvas.net - Audio tools for C# and VB.Net developers

Using a month calendar control so that my user can select a start and end
date for a range that will be used in a SQL query.
Problem.....if user selects a date in one month and then scrolls to the next
month the "date" moves with the scroll......i.e. click on 3rd Feb and then

I have developed desktop application in c#.net. I have installed it on
15 to 20 computers which all are in network. Application having some
setting in app.config file.
My problem it that if I am changing any settings of application then I

Hi to all,
sorry for the strange object and for my English too :)
The object should sound as "how to implement a Finite State Machine with
an Object Oriented Programming language".

I have made a application that scans barcode. The barcode scanner is connect
to the PC via one of the USB ports.
The technique that I use is hidden textbox that constantly has the focus to
process the input on the keydown event. This works fine.