How do I convert string to numeric in VB.NET 2003 ?
Example convert P50001 to 50001 or 50001P to 50001 but if P is in middle
then not convert.
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I am using the following to calculate the number of visible lines in
a listbox. This works, but when I add a horizontal scroll bar it
does not work correctly. How can I subtract the size of the
horizontal bar to maintain correct value?

I can not add a new items to combobox after the datasource was loaded.
I usually do item.add(0,"--select") for dropdownlist at asp.net but it does
not allow in window application in combobox.
Please advice.

I've serialize an object like this:
   Dim MyName As String = "testing" & vbNewLine & "serialization"
   Dim Formatter As New Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(MyName)
   Try

I have to read data from an Excel Sheet.  Using Microsoft Office Interop and
Automation I create an Excel object
Dim xl As New Excel.Application, wkbk As Excel.Workbook, rng as Excel.Range
I open a workbook and then read the data from a worksheet using the Sheet's

This actually stemmed from anther post I created.
But, I have two combo boxes.  ComboBox1 is populated by a list of Systems
(DataSet from Oracle Query).  
Now, I want to take Combobox2, and when the data is changed on Combox1, I

I have two apps, both developed using the same VBE, and both having a
VScrollBar, but the two VScrollBars have very different styles.  (In the
screen shot, which I had hoped to attach but can't, one appears on the left
and the other appears on the right.  But, even without the ...

Is it my imagination or is this chapter vaguely worded?  I'm still working my
way throught but it's my impression that someone trying to literally follow
the sample code will get very confused.
Case in point.  The chapter seems to be encouraging use of console apps for

We have many many systems (accounts) which we need to search on.  What my
initial Idea is to have a ComboBox1 populated w/ a list of all systems at
load (from Oracle table).  Done and quick
But, step two, I want to populate ComboBox2 depending on the System

I'm getting this error on this statement ...
Dim TA_rect As Rectangle = CType(Me.ClientRectangle.memberwiseclone(),
Rectangle)
"Me" inherits from UserControl.

I have a BindingSource with an underlying table with two primary keys.
To set the position with one primary key works fine as shown in the code
snippet below:
Dim index As Integer = myBindingSource.Find("ColumnName", myColumnName)

I just loaded VS 2008 on xp pro.
Tried to create ASP .net pages.
The designer won't let me drag and drop?
It seems to be sequential.

Does anyone know how I can make an MST file instead of an MSI file? I
want to be able to install a program from a batch file. Or is there
any way to make a silent install package?

I need to rewrite some old DOS applications that look for files at a
table driven defined site (UNC), downloads the files, UNZIp's them,
processes and prints the results.  
Question is : Can I even do this with a Console application?  This

I need to connect to a Web Service with VS2008Pro using VB. Because
the access has changed from a general password for all users into a
Kerberos/Spengo authentification I looked around for some code.
Many of the examples use an object type called "DirectoryEntry" which