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VB6 to .net 2003  Replies (5) 30 January 2006
I am trying to convert a piece of vb6 code to vb .net 2003 and I get following error: "The referenced components MSComm CommonDialog are missing design time licenses." I have been able to find su...

Visual Basic and Unicode  Replies (1) 29 January 2006
Can programs written in Visual Basic be designed such that they can read and write Unicode Files? -- Message posted via DotNetMonster.com http://www.dotnetmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/dotnet-vb-...

drawing a pixel  Replies (1) 28 January 2006
I have a picturebox, PictColor, where various subs write pixels to it. Supposedly, in VB2005 Pro, I should use Graphics.DrawEllipse. That's fine but the examples always show writing to a Form and...

building a web site  Replies (1) 27 January 2006
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COM Interop  Replies (1) 23 January 2006
I have some troubles trying to implement an interface in .NET based on an interface defined in a VB6 component. The troubling property in the VB6 interface is: ---------------- Property Get Fie...

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vb6 user defined type  Replies (2) 20 January 2006
what is the equivalent to type in .net 2005?...

Free mp3's  Replies (1) 18 January 2006
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Convert ActiveX Exe to .Net  Replies (2) 18 January 2006
I have an vb6 ActiveX exe that is used by a couple of programs to receive request to ftp files to a server. It is set to multi-use with thread pool set to one. Each independent program creates...

Remplace LoadWithPartialName (Obsolete in VB 2005)  Replies (1) 17 January 2006
Hi everyone, I would like replace Dim objAssembly as [Assembly] = [Assembly].LoadWithPartialName("System.Data") in VB 2003 obsolete in VB 2005 By Dim objAssembly as [Assembly] = [Assembly...

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upgrade wizard fails  Replies (2) 16 January 2006
when trrying to upgrade a VB6 project (about 40 forms) to VB2005 I get the error:- "Unexpected exception occurred during upgrade wizard execution: Retriveing the COM class factory for the compo...

How do I declare a string and pass it from a Visua ...  Replies (1) 14 January 2006
How do I declare a string and pass it from a Visual Basic GUI to a C++ DLL? Now I am debugging successfully. I can debug either on the Visual Basic end or I can debug on the C++ side by using the ...

Error calling COM object in VB .NET  Replies (7) 12 January 2006
Hi everyone I'm migrating an app from VB6 to VB .NET and am having a problem with accessing a COM object. The following code works fine in VB6: Dim objObject As COM_login Set objObject = ...

VB6 IDE vs net2005  Replies (7) 8 January 2006
This really p---es me off. I installed VB6 after installing 2005 pro I make a lot of changes in my VB6 app and run(compile) with Save. If I have a syntax error it shows it to me and I correct and...

Upgrading split function  Replies (6) 7 January 2006
I am upgrading a vb6 program to vs.net 2005. I have found a difference in the operation of the "split function". Example code: Dim result() as string Dim source as string source = "" result ...

Debug assertion failed in wincore.cpp line 980  Replies (1) 5 January 2006
I am getting the subject failure after having upgraded to VB.NET 2003 from VB98. During startup, the splash form shows and the login form shows. After the login completes, the splash and login fo...

Resource files  Replies (1) 4 January 2006
I use language resource files in VB6. Both directly and via resource files in dll's. Apparently you have to convert, using resgen.exe, for vbnet 2005. Boy, is it confusing. Does anyone have so...

Where is Procedure View Button in Vb.Net 2005 ?  Replies (2) 2 January 2006
How can I display only current procedure in VB.Net 2005, like Vb-6, I mean Procedure View and full Module View in VB-6 ? Best Regards, Luqman...

reading and writing binary data in VB  Replies (1) 2 January 2006
In Visual Basic 6 I have written a program to read and write to a file. It works fine. Now I have to do the same for binary data since the information I write to the file has [i]end-of-line[/i] an...

MSDataSetGeneration Tool Failed  Replies (1) 1 January 2006
I am trying to upgrade an application from .net 1.1 to .net 2.0. In the conversion process I am getting an error. "the custom tool MSDataSetGenerator Failed" for every typed dataset in my applic...

Threading in .NET  Replies (1) 28 December 2005
Hi all, I have a problem regarding the threading issues in .NET. Actually I have a application in which i execute a process by invoking the thread in the background and at the same time I want t...

reading and writing a file in VB  Replies (2) 28 December 2005
Has anyone had any experience reading and writing a file in VB? When I write a string variable to a file it puts quotes around the line. THen when I read it back, the quotes are there. How do I...

Migrating a VB6 Project to Visual Studio 2003 (VB. ...  Replies (2) 27 December 2005
I may be taking over a project from another developer which was developed in VB6. He's concerned that the project won't migrate easily to the VB.NET environment in VS2003. I've been impressed ...

Regarding usercontrol in .NET  Replies (1) 27 December 2005
Hi all, I have a problem regarding use of a usercontrol in .NET. My usercontrol consists of two listviews which I say as source and destination lisviews which contains the files and folders. I ...

Volunteer needed to Learn Programming Windows Form ...  Replies (1) 26 December 2005
This is a 1-time notice that I hope will be of interest I'm creating a Computer-Based Training course on Building Windows Forms Applications using Visual Basic 2005. I need one or two volunteers...

ManualResetEvents  Replies (1) 25 December 2005
Hi all, I have a problem regarding use of manualreset events in .net. I have a developed a sample appliation in which entries from the listview which I say is a queue for my processes.I want to ...

Error automating DTS Package from VB6 to VB.Net  Replies (1) 20 December 2005
I am trying to convert a VB6 SQL 2000 created code into VB.NET. Everything complies fine but then I get this error message: An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred ...

SCM Start Service  Replies (1) 18 December 2005
December 18, 2005 I'm attempting to create the most basic windows service in .Net 2.0, but I can't get it to start. When I click Start in SCM, it gives an error message: "Error 193, 0xc1"......

Upgrading mobile app  Replies (1) 15 December 2005
Hello all I have a pocket PC VS2003 app that when I run through the VS2005 upgrade it looks like it only converts one file and leaves the rest alone. When you go into the notes of the conversion i...

VS2005 and other retail apps  Replies (1) 13 December 2005
I installed VB2005 Pro last week with no particular issues. However, I have since encountered a problem with one (so far) other retail app on my system. That application will open and run to a deg...