I have a Guid.NewGuid() call that is creating an Empty Guid. What would cause such a problem and how can I fix it? Edit: The code: <WebMethod()> _ Public Function CreateRow(rowValue As String) as String Dim rowPointer As Guid = System.Guid.NewGuid() Dim rowPointerValue As String = rowPointer.ToString() Try Dim r...
I am using the following method to browse for a file: OpenFileDialog.ShowDialog() PictureNameTextEdit.Text = OpenFileDialog.FileName Is there a way get ONLY the file name? The FileName method returns the entire path and file name. i.e. I want Foo.txt instead of C:\SomeDirectory\Foo.txt ...
Does anyone know of a good code static code analyser for vb.net? I've seen plenty for c#, and I think VS 2008 some one built in. But we're currently only using vs 2005... ...
How can the OpenFileDialog View Menu be set to Detail View? ...
How do I hide/lock a few tables in Oracle so that only my application has access to modify those data in the table? ...
For testing purposes I need to get my Outlook 2003 addin (vb.net) disabled so that it can only be reactivated through the help menu or by deleting the resilency key from within the registry. I tried to achieve this by creating an unhandled invalid cast exception during the startup eventhandler but this does not help. Outlook only says t...
In VisualBasic.Net When I activate a picture box and then draw something on it, it draws and then immediately goes blank. Works fine when I re-draw it, but almost always messes up the first time I draw on it. This has happenned with several different programs, and the help file is no help. ...
I'm adding a record like this: Dim pathString As String = HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath("Banking.mdb") Dim odbconBanking As New OleDbConnection _ ("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _ "Data Source=" + pathString) Dim sql As String sql = "INSERT INTO tblUsers ( FirstName, LastName, Addre...
Hi, I know this will be a difficult question, so I am not necessarily looking for a direct answer but maybe a tutorial or a point in the right direction. What I am doing is programing a robot that will be controlled by a remote operator. We have a 3D rendering of the robot in SolidWorks. What I am looking to do is get the 3D file into ...
I have this code: Dim pathString As String = HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath("Banking.mdb") Dim odbconBanking As New OleDbConnection _ ("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _ "Data Source=" + pathString) Dim sql As String sql = "UPDATE tblAccounts balance = " & CDbl(balance + value) & " WHE...
Probably a very dumb question, but I want to create an array of queues in vb.net - so I can reference each queue with an index: eg commandQueue(1).enqueue("itemtext") commandQueue(2).enqueue("othertext") where commandQueue(1) refers to a separate queue than commandQueue(2) I've got all tangled up trying to define an object array an...
I'm currently developing a little hobby project to display health information in a game on my G15 keyboard through VB.NET. When I use ReadProcessMemory via an API call, it keeps returning zero. The MSDN documentation referred me to use the Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() call to find out what is wrong and it returns 1400: INVALID WINDOW HAN...
I have the following problem: Multithreaded WPF application, Model View Presenter Implementation. Presenters and Views that belong together are created by a factory on a separate thread and should get a separate Dispatcher. Public Function CreatePresenter(Of T As {New, Class})(ByVal p_eCreationOptions As eViewCreationOptions) As T Impl...
I was working with the generic class in vb.net. And it seems extension method cannot be applied to generic class without specifying the type. I have this generic class Public Class MyGeneric(Of T) 'Methods and properties go here ' ' End Class This is Ok <Extension()> _ Public Sub DoSomething(ByVal myGenericDoubleObj As ...
I have a registry value which is stored as a binary value (REG_BINARY) holding information about a filepath. The value is read out into an byte array. But how can I transform it into a readable string? I have read about system.text.encoding.ASCII.GetString(value) but this does not work. As far as I got to know the registry value is arbi...
Hi all, I am using NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces() to get all the interfaces on a PC. However, this appears to only return "active" interfaces. How can I find "inactive" network interfaces, such as unconnected VPNs, disabled NICs, etc. in .NET. I would like to find them by their name in "Control Panel" -> "Network Connectio...
Is there a programmatic way to extract equations (and possibly images) from an MS Word document? I've googled all over, but have yet to find anything that I can sink my teeth into and work from. If possible, I'd like to be able to do this with VB.NET or C#, but I can pick up enough of any language to hack out a DLL. Thanks! EDIT: Rig...
Does someone knows if it's possible to dynamically create a call chain and invoke it? Lets say I have two classes A & B: public class A public function Func() as B return new B() end function end class public class B public function Name() as string return "a string"; end function end class I want to be a...
What is the best was to evaluate an expression like the following: (A And B) Or (A And C) Or (Not B And C) or (A && B) || (A && C) || (!B && C) At runtime, I was planning on converting the above expressions to the following: (True And False) Or (True And False) Or (Not False And True) or (True && False) || (True && False) || (! False ...
I have some XML in an XmlDocument, and I want to display it on an ASP.NET page. (The XML should be in a control; the page will have other content.) Right now, we're using the Xml control for that. Trouble is, the XML displays with no indentation. Ugly. It appears that I'm supposed to create an XSLT for it, but that seems kind of bor...