I have several applications that use panels as screens, but I can *not* seem
to set the focus for a Textbox.
Panel1.BringToFront()
Panel1_Textbox.Focus()

I really enjoy working with LINQ, but am not very good at xml.
I get XML from suppliers that is like:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='windows-1252'?>
<detail>

I have a function, shown below, that returns a SqlDataReader. The
function creates a SqlConnection that it uses to create the
SqlDataReader. If I run this function over and over, does it cause a
"memory leak" since the SqlConnections aren't being disposed of? When

I am currently working on a small application that sends messages from a
client to a server and receives messages in return. Basically the
functionality is made with sockets which is working just fine except of one
little thing. whenever the client tries to receive a message the ...

I'm thinking of using Must so I've been reading about it. I found
something on the following site:
     http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread746452.html
     The following is excerpted from it.

My Edit menu contains
Find Symbol
Quick Find
Quick Replace

Hi everyone. I've attached a piece of code that works and throws no
error... but the 'happy' checkbox is just a gray line when you run it.
It databinds a listbox to a collection of objects, and some text
fields, check boxes, and a slider bar to various properties of the

I am having trouble getting any of the combo boxes to respond to a mouse
double click. Nothing happens! I do get a response using the mousedown event,
but not a mousedouble click event. I am using VS 2005, VB.NET. I had no
problem with Access VBA 2000 with this kind of event.

hello all, thanks for reading.
i am trying to find a better way to keep track of changes in a ms sql
database table.
we have a ticketing system in the office, and a small app was written

I am use to working against SQL Server databases, but now am trying to
connect to a basic Access 2007 accdb I have my my local dev machine.
I know I have not kept up with the latest technologies, but there seems to
be a few to many ways to connect, OLEDB, ADO, ADO.net,  RDO etc...

I'm not happy with the order in which OpenFileDialog retrieves multiple
selected files.  I want them in Date order, oldest to newest, but by default
they come in by filename, last to first.
The only property that seems relevant is Sort, and all that does is invert

I'm having a really weird problem with a combo box (drop down list) on
a databound form.
I load 3 values programmatically into the combo box "MALE" "FEMALE"
and "UNKNOWN".  When I run the app, if I tab to the combo box and type

Hi, I do apologize as I'm sure this kind of post is frowned on... But
I'm stumped and just need a kick in the right direction...
I'm using Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition.
My goal: Take input from a TextBox, check it for a certain string, and

I having trouble despite searching the net
Dim colors As New List(Of Color)(256)
       Dim c1 As Color, c2 As Color
   ' after adding some colors to the colors

I have this flash video that's an EXE file.
What I'd like to do is be able to test to see if the computer is idel (no
mouse movements or keyboard activity) for a certain time and, if so (say
five minutes), run the exe file.