Recent update: 2008-3-21
Hi, I've tried to change the backcolour of the Column Headers in a DataGridview but making the change in the properties or in code has no effect e.g. the following code statement doesn't cause any change With dgv .ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.BackColor = Color.Beige end with What am I ...
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ChrisN at 2008-3-6
Using VS Web Developer 2008 Express Edition I create a strongly typed dataset (.xsd) in the \AppCode directory, setting the language as VB at creation time.The generated code, viewable in Class View, comes out in C#, making it impossible to add partial classes (since I'm a VB developer).Could ...
Hi I have a simple windows application project (MyProject) with one Form (MyForm) and one user control (MyControl) I'm trying to create a new instance of MyControl by using the Activator.CreateInstance method, this failed with the inner exception: System.MethodAccessException ...
Just wondering if I will run into any problems running both VS 2005 SP1 + WPF extensions and VS 2008 Beta 2? Also, do I need to migrate VS 2005 .NET 2.0 based classes for VS 2008 or can I keep reference my existing .NET 2.0 projects from within VS 2008 with cause them to crash and burn when ...
Hi,I've downloaded VB.NET/VC#/VWD 2008 (Express editions), and hearing that they allow you to change between .NET FX version 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, I found that this was easily possibile with VC# 2008 but not VB.NET (or VWD), since they did not have a drop down box in the Project window like VC# did. ...
I have downloaded the new 2008 version of visual basic. When I drill down into the help files and click on a subject I am thrown only to the online version and the page displayed is the generic " The page cannot be displayed" error page. Do I have a currupt help files, or have these ...
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Aybe81 at 2008-2-27
Hello,I'm trying to do this simple thing but it doesn't work,Public Class Window1 Protected Friend Overridable Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) Handles Button1.Click End SubEnd ClassPublic Class UIL Inherits Window1 Protected Friend ...
Hi,I've downloaded VB.NET/VC#/VWD 2008 (Express editions), and hearing that they allow you to change between .NET FX version 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, I found that this was easily possibile with VC# 2008 but not VB.NET (or VWD), since they did not have a drop down box in the Project window like VC# did. ...
I am beginning to play with Lambdas and I came across something that I cannot figure out. I am iterating through my list and printing them to the screen using a lambda but I then tried to assign my lambda to a variable and I get an error. Code Works: Code Snippet Dim people As New ...
I have embedded image in my report and using reportviewer in .ascx page but image is not showing in page though all data are showing properly. When I export the report in PDF/XLS images are showing properly. I am using visual studio 2003 for reporting and Visual studio 2005 for web ...
Hi I have a simple windows application project (MyProject) with one Form (MyForm) and one user control (MyControl) I'm trying to create a new instance of MyControl by using the Activator.CreateInstance method, this failed with the inner exception: System.MethodAccessException ...
Just wondering if I will run into any problems running both VS 2005 SP1 + WPF extensions and VS 2008 Beta 2? Also, do I need to migrate VS 2005 .NET 2.0 based classes for VS 2008 or can I keep reference my existing .NET 2.0 projects from within VS 2008 with cause them to crash and burn when ...
<font face=Arial size=2></font> My programs can not install into another machine,if it has not got VB Program.How can I realise it ? Which assembly or reference must be included ? Mür?it Hakan ??L
I've watched Beth Massi's video on reporting in Visual Basic using the ReportViewer component and I can't find it in Beta2 of VB Express on Vista. Can I download a copy of the Viewer from somewhere and if not will it be in the finished version? ...
The new intellisense features in Orcas are great! But, it's kind of desturbing that codesnippets won't get executed when pressing the TAB key. For example: - CodeSnippet shortcut: p - writing p - pressing TAB - keyword "Partial" is written on the screen Benjamin ...
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kurtjm at 2008-2-19
I have a Windows Forms application. Created in VS2005 w/Orcas, using .NET 2.0/3.0. The application consists of 3 forms, all of which are displayed when the application starts. One of the forms is a xaml form. The application runs just fine in debug mode. Today I finally published the ...
Orcas June 2007 CTP: When using the method call syntax for LINQ queries, the wrong IntelliSense member list appears for lambda functions between the Where and Select method calls (e.g., OrderBy and ThenBy). The problem occurs only for VB, not C#. Full details are in the Orcas and Entity ...
i thought this was the proper way to do it, but gives me error... how should this look? Dim Date1 As Integer = 1 Dim Date2 As Integer = 0 Dim Datestart As Integer = 0 Private Sub Druggy_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load If Datestart = 0 Then ...
Hello VBTeam can you tell me what I can/will do with the new "My Extensions" feature? Benjamin
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minx at 2008-2-15
Is there any way to increase the duration of tooltips that popup in intellisense? For e.g., the yellow tooltip that pops up when one types MessageBox.Show or Date.Today. They disappear too fast, especially for more complex tooltip descriptions. I looked in the Visual Studio options, but did not ...
I have been looking at the June 2007 CTP and saw the Partial Methods in action for the first time (in the autogenerated code for the DataContext in "LINQ To SQL".Why do you have to write "End Sub" when there cannot be any implementation between "Sub "and "End ...
I have created an Excel Macro to manipulate data in an excel spreadsheet save it then open a Word template in order to do a data merge. I do both a letter and then envelopes. Here is my problem. Sometime it runs great all the way through. Other times I get the following: Run-time error ...
I have been looking at the June 2007 CTP and saw the Partial Methods in action for the first time (in the autogenerated code for the DataContext in "LINQ To SQL".Why do you have to write "End Sub" when there cannot be any implementation between "Sub "and "End ...
Hello VBTeam can you tell me what I can/will do with the new "My Extensions" feature? Benjamin
I added the 2.0 code from a visual studio 2005 project and I get this error when I tried to get a list(of String) of the directory contents. Any ideas?
Is there a better way to handle FTP in the 3.5 framework.
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digioz at 2008-2-13
Hello All, I have an Enterprise type software which was initially written in Visual Studio 2003 and currently uses .NET Framework 1.1. What I am trying to do is to upgrade this project to a Visual Studio Orcas (VS 9.0) and have it converted to use .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5. Does anyone have ...
Hi, If a 32 bit PC can work up to Int64 and UInt64, then does "Orcas", (now officially "Visual Studio 2008"), automatically detect a 64 bit processor and support Int128 and UInt128 ? If not why not? Surely a 64bit processor can handle 2 lots of 64bit registers? I've ...
I have created an Excel Macro to manipulate data in an excel spreadsheet save it then open a Word template in order to do a data merge. I do both a letter and then envelopes. Here is my problem. Sometime it runs great all the way through. Other times I get the following: Run-time error ...
Orcas June 2007 CTP: Online help's "Lambda Expressions [VB]" topic provides the following as a code example in the "Lambda Expressions in Queries" subtopic for method call query syntax: Dim londonCusts As IQueryable(Of Customer) = _ db.Customers.Where(Function(c) c.City = ...
Orcas June 2007 CTP: When using the method call syntax for LINQ queries, the wrong IntelliSense member list appears for lambda functions between the Where and Select method calls (e.g., OrderBy and ThenBy). The problem occurs only for VB, not C#. Full details are in the Orcas and Entity ...
How about posting a list of the new, updated, and deleted features and bug fixes in Orcas June 2007 CTP? I assume that most of the features and fixes promised for Beta 2 will be in this drop, but confirmation would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, --rj P.S. You can get more info on the ...
Intellisense (Auto list members and Parameter completion) for ASP.NET file-system (Web Site) projects are missing for VB in Orcas Beta 1 as well as Visual Web Developer Express June 2007 CTP running under Vista Ultimate. I've been working with ASP.NET Web Applications so far in Orcas Beta 1, ...
Hi, I created a simple TabControl with 2 tabpages and, using the Collections mechanism, set the backcolor to Desktop; it seemed to work OK but when I went back to the IDE the colour had not been implemented. I can do a code behind and set each TabPage backcolor. On a related point, when I do ...
To whom it may concern, will orcas support advanced databinding? Or will the datasource dialog be the same as in VS2005? I'd like to see more declaritive databinding support. For instance my busines layer is fully equipped with TypeConverter, TypeEditor etc. If I bind my object to the ...
Hi. I want to change the default cursor of a form to a costum cursor in the project's folder. Is there any code for doing this? Thanks, Fredrik ?.
Hello. I'm creating a text-based download application (in Visual Basic Codename "Orcas" and .NET Framwork 3.5). Is there any way to check if there exists a file on the fromloc filepath on the internet? (I use fromloc as the internet file location and toloc as the output file ...
Hi. I've created a little application, and now I'm creating a setup for it, but is there a way to create a shortcut to the uninstaller in the start menu (or any other place)? Thanks, Fredrik ?.
HiI have small problem when i execute my EXE file. I have developed windows based application using C#.Net.i have build my package and installed my new box sucessfully. The problem is when i execute my exe like Noodle.exe its getting firewall protection alert message. Its saying Noodle.Exe has ...
All mention of collection initializers for VB 9.0 has disappeared. The topic was covered briefly in the September 2005 "Overview of Visual Basic 9.0" doc file, but the current HTML Overview of Visual Basic 9.0 version discusses only object initializers and array initializers.Will ...
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JeffB. at 2008-2-5
I've been trying to find the correct syntax to use for collection initializers within VB.NET (in the March CTP). Can someone give me an example of how to do this in VB?
In the final Express version will the following be addressed please:An option to show a Licence dialog without having to edit the XML.A better looking Licence dialog - the one in 2005 is primitive to say the least!An option to run any obfuscator on released programs, again without having to ...
Hi,I created a simple TabControl with 2 tabpages and, using the Collections mechanism, set the backcolor to Desktop; it seemed to work OK but when I went back to the IDE the colour had not been implemented. I can do a code behind and set each TabPage backcolor.On a related point, when I do the ...
I have created an Excel Macro to manipulate data in an excel spreadsheet save it then open a Word template in order to do a data merge. I do both a letter and then envelopes.Here is my problem. Sometime it runs great all the way through. Other times I get the following: Run-time error '464'; ...
Hi,I can use code to create a table adapter to insert records into either a master or child table but when I try to use drag and drop to createa datagrid I get the following error.Failed to enable constraints. One or more rows contain values violating non-null, unique, or foreign-key ...
Hello.I'm creating a text-based download application (in Visual Basic Codename "Orcas" and .NET Framwork 3.5). Is there any way to check if there exists a file on the fromloc filepath on the internet?(I use fromloc as the internet file location and toloc as the output file location, ...
(First time to this forum!)I just downloaded VB Orcas beta the other day.Tried out the Windows Forms Application and itseemed to work well and looked quite like my VB Express.I just tried to open a new project, WPF application, andget this message:Microsoft Visual Basic Codename Orcas Express ...
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Kccc at 2008-2-3
congratulations to the visual basic team i love your new product Visual Basic Codename Orcas, it's a wonderful program i have finaly finished my First Program in VBCO its just a simple Web Browser to see how the program flows and to see if there were any bugs. there were no bugs as i could see ...
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garaa at 2008-2-2
are there going to be splash screens in VBO or not because witn i want the the applacation thing under splashscreen it has (none) and i cant choose anny........ help would be apreated....
i need help,i am fairly new vb programmer, love the express versions, working on a simple app that is using speech synthesis, was able to get app to speak text from textbox using speak async, running into problems getting speech rate to change, need to slow it down, i know it is accoplished ...