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How to display a grave accent in a textbox

On a postback I'm setting the value of one of my textboxes to a grave accent. This is causing a bunch of the HTML that follows to be shown in the textbox instead of the grave accent. What am I doing wrong? ...

Can GetSetting() be called in a Windows Service?

I have written a window service. and I am able to successfully install/run the service. Now I have added a timer to the service and I want to be able to adjust the interval via the registry. But I can't figure out why GetSetting("MyAppName", "MySection", "IntervalSetting") will NOT return the value in the registry! Am I missing som...

Security Issues Writing to Event Log with My.Application.Log.WriteException

I'm handling the Application.UnhandledException event in a WinForms app and need to log exceptions caught there. My app.config is set up to log exceptions to a FileLog and an EventLog. The problem is that when running as a non-admin user, the EventLog cannot be written to because of a SecurityException - I get the message "The source wa...

how to resize columns in datagridview?

during design time i cannot figure out how to resize the datagridview columns in vb.net! ...

Visual studio extensibility - What is the difference between add-ins and macros?

Hello. What are their differences? What can you do with one that you cannot with another? Thanks ...

How to add my own training files in SAPI 5.1

Actually I am working on an application in which I want to add training apart from SAPI default trainings. Because I am manipulating English Language to form a meaning word in my own language although it is not a standard but my supervisor requirement is to use some proper nouns into SAPI therefore I am facing difficulty in adding my own...

Create and pass custom function as a delegate (VB.NET 2005)

Hello, I have a function Process(data, f) where data is a normal parameter and f is a function needed to process the data (passed as a delegate to Process) The signature of f is int f(a,b,c), with a, b, c supplied by Process when it calls the delegate. Up until here, standard delegate usage. Now, I have a special but common case wher...

Subclassing the Flash OCX to change the mouse cursor

I'm trying to do this with no luck so far. I'm listening for the WM_SETCURSOR messages and setting the cursor there, it works most times, but not always. I've seen two other cases that I need to catch: WM_PAINT: At least after a WM_LBUTTONDOWN the cursor is painted somehow without calling WM_SETCURSOR... WM_CAPTURECHANGED: Happening s...

Binding datasource to a repeater in asp.net

hi guys, I have a repeater which contain thumbviewer.I used following code to bind repeater Dim files As IList(Of FileInfo) = New List(Of FileInfo)() Dim dtDoc As DataTable = objdoc.GetDocDetails(Session("RegID")) Dim filters As String = "*.jpg;*.png;*.gif" For Each filter As String In fi...

Error in vb.net windows service when connecting to SQL

I've installed a vb.net windows service on a Windows 2008 machine, that is attempting to connect to SQL 2005. The service starts succesfully, but can't see the database. The event log has the following entry. The description for Event ID 0 from source SU4.ESMR.DAL.Job.FillPriorityJobByType(oJobDS, TypeID: 3 cannot be found. Either the c...

Why does Visual Studio sometimes not go to my breakpoints?

Hi, I have been using Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 and i have noticed that sometimes when i place break point in my code that it does not want to go to the break point. So i restart my PC and then it works again. Its like something get's stuck? Does this only happen to me??? How can i prevent this! It is driving me nuts!! Thanks in adva...

How can I gracefully exit my application on an error?

Here's a question where my real world programming inexperience shines through. I have a function which makes a call to three other functions: Public Sub StartService() RunSearch() SaveMessages() DeleteMessages() End Sub within each of the methods RunSearch(), SaveMessages() and DeleteMessages() I am using Try Catch statem...

Where can I get started with basic online functionality for a game in VB.NET?

I am creating a Boggle clone game and it works very well so far. Right now it is only single player. I would like to make it so that other players can connect, and show up in a listbox, and then I can select that person and play a 3 min round with them. What would be the best way to accomplish this? I know a lot about VB.NET, but I ...

Integrate Third Party tool with vb.net

Dear Friend How can integrate particular Third party tool with my vb.net application Plz help thanx in advance ...

Design Question - DataSet or List - Update Changes

Not sure if I have the correct subject line. Here is my issue. I have a form with 2 GridView. One GridView has a list of all zipCodes. The users is to select a location from a dropdown list, then select the zipcodes he/she wants to be assigned to that location and then click the "Add" button. The zipcodes then appear in the second GridVi...

Is it possible to programmatically set the user account for a windows service?

I have created a windows service that has the Account set to user. Which means that when I install the service I need to pass a user name and password. Is there a way to set these maybe in the ProjectInstaller class maybe in the BeforeInstall event? if so HOW? ...

LINQ to SQL Classes not CLS-Compliant?

I'm using LINQ to SQL as my data access layer for a new project. I have added my database tables to the designer and all is well. Whenever I use one of these classes in a function, Visual Studio warns me that 'Type xxxx is not CLS-compliant' or that 'Return type of function xxxx is not CLS-compliant' Is this a problem with the classes...

Windows Service Hung on Starting during boot

We have two services developed in Visual Studio .NET 2008 with VB.NET. Both were developed completely separately by separate individuals (one of them being myself), but both are reporting the same error during boot: "service hung on starting" appears in the System event log after booting. The services proceed to start up fine after tha...

WPF: How do I bind the color property of a gradientstop that is located in a controlTemplate in vb code?

I need to do this in order to create a dynamic background brush for a custom control (inherits ContentControl). My custom control has two dependency properties: StartColor and EndColor. In the control template for the custom control, the control is wrapped in a border that's background is a RadialGradientBrush with gradient stops. one gr...

Wanting to email from C# with attachment like MS Word

This is really odd that I can't seem to find out how to do this, so I'm wondering if I'm missing something obvious. I'm wanting to put a menu on our application like is found in Word and Excel, File -> Send To -> Mail Recipient (As Attachment) Our requirements are to create and display the email with the attachment, just like Word and ...