VS 2008 transparent label
I have a picturebox with a picture in it. I have put a label over them and set its background color to transparent, and the font is red. when I run the program I see that the label is not transparent,...
View ArticleReading buttons from an HID
Hello, everyone. I just bought a new computer, which runs Windows 8. I have a flight simulator panel which contains a 64 button HID card. It worked fine under XP. It showed up in 'game controllers'...
View ArticleVS 2010 Getting column names as F1, F2, etc. instead of the column name.
Hello to all. I have this piece of code, which writes the content of a worsheet into a text file. In spite i have declared HDR=Yes i'm stil getting column names as F1, F2, etc. Can someone please...
View ArticleMacro not running on correct file
Hi all, I posted a thread a few days ago regarding opening a .CSV file and then running a macro saved in an external workbook on the CSV. The problem was that opening the .CSV using VB.NET was causing...
View ArticleVS 2008 How do I display left-over of a product when making a stock-out
Pls I'm new to programming(vb.net 2008). I am designing an office inventory management software. I have three forms for Products, Stock-In and Stock-Out; each having there tables in the sqlser 2005...
View ArticleVS 2010 Detect system board speaker beep
Hi all, Is there any way of detecting when the system board speaker is used? I'm using a piece of software that when it alerts out it sends a beep continuously to the system board speaker to warn the...
View ArticleCommunicating between 2 Windows Application Forms?
I have a windows app in which it has a main MDI form with many MDIChild forms. There are several instances where more than 1 form needs to be open. When I make updates on one form, they need to be...
View ArticleVS 2012 Filtering the filtered bindingsource results
Hi Guys! Code: Private Sub ToolStripTextBox1_TextChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ToolStripTextBox1.TextChanged     Dim str As String() = ToolStripTextBox1.Text.Split(" ")...
View ArticleMulti Language Support
My application program's default language is English. I want to make it support several language, for example, English/Spanish/Franch/Chinese/Russian. Default is English and change in the Preference...
View ArticleVS 2010 Need Help with User Form
First off, I hope I posted this is the right section and sorry if I didn't. I am new to visual basic and am creating a user form. There is a list box on the user form and I want it to automatically be...
View ArticleVS 2010 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 - Vista problem
Hello, I am realy having problem with installing application (created in Visual Basic Express 2010) on Vista. This problem is shown: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Failed to generate...
View ArticleVS 2010 Looking for 'concept' help to rewrite an existing VB6 project in VB.Net
(PART 1) I feel that a little background is in order. I have an industrial controller programming background. I am self-taught in VB6. I am now stepping into .NET with VB2010Express. I have just...
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VS 2012 Need Help in Apply ContextMenuStrip during runtime: when Adding of...
Hi.. I need help with my usercontrol, by adding contextmenustrip in every panel i create. (newpanel) Public Class Card Dim panels As New List(Of cardPanel) Dim x As Integer Private Sub...
View ArticleConsole Application ReadConsoleOutputCharacter or .NET alternative?
I'm working on a roguelike similar to nethack (a console game where the graphics are simply unicode characters). However, I have reached a barrier when trying to identify what character the cursor is...
View ArticleShowDialog on another process?
Is it possible to do so? I want to show a form dialog on another process, in the center of it, so the user won't be able to click on anything in the process until the dialog closes. For example, let's...
View ArticleVS 2012 Filtered Binding Source. How to Update/Delete my DataTable?
Hi guys. This is my first post here. Please guide me in posting here. :wave: I have a Datatable that is filled in from user inputs which i got from different forms. Code: Dim temptable as Datatable...
View ArticleVS 2008 How to make friends list in a instant chat messenger?
Hey Vbforums, As my subject states how do i make a friend list system for a instant chat messenger in visual basic?I have developed a very basic version of IM.its like you have to input the servers IP...
View ArticleHow to make friends list in a instant chat messenger?
Hey Vbforums, As my subject states how do i make a friend list system for a instant chat messenger in visual basic?I have developed a very basic version of IM.its like you have to input the servers IP...
View ArticleVS 2012 (VB.NET) and SQL SERVER 2012
I am new to VS and I am trying to use VS 2012 (VB.NET) with SQL Server 2012. I have been developing using Access for many years and need something scalable. I am looking for some hands on tutorials...
View Articleconversion from string to type 'integer' is invalid error from text file
Hello again. I can't find my error in this code. Anyway, the assignment problem is to create a application that generates hundred numbers from 1 to 1000 and save the numbers to a file. The chapter only...
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