vb.net

Is there a way to check if Texture2D is currently not in use so I can execute SetData() on it?

Attempting to do SetData() on Texture2D that has been recently Draw()-n by SpriteBatch leads to following exception: The operation was aborted. You may not modify a resource that has been set on a device, or after it has been used within a tiling bracket. Can I determine in advance if executing SetData() will throw this exception? ...

Retrieving call source for a WCF service

Hello, I'm fighting since two days with a simple question : Is there a way to identify the source of a WCF call ? I'm trying to find a realiable .Net property that will let the service know the address (URI) of the calling Web Service. Especially in the case where two Web Services are hosted on the same machine. Thanks in advance. ...

Trimming text in ASP.NET

How to get following result in ASP.NET: INPUT string: "Duck, Donald" Required String: "Donald Duck" P.S: The input string is dynamic. ...

Requesting help for Vb.Net project

Hi I am doing a project that has to send automatic sms.I am developing in VB.bet desktop appliction and backend as MS-Sql Server 2000 .Shall I get any help regarding to send sms without sms gateway software or any freeware sms gateway that supports in winXP, thanks in advance. My email id is [email protected] ...

Right clicking suddenly unbearably slow in VS 2010

I have been using VS2010 without any issues, always on the same application. Suddenly within the last my solution has become unbearably slow when right clicking. When doing other projects, it is fine. The only thing I can think of that I changed was disabling the SQL Server debugging. It happens if I right click anywhere within the c...

How can I call a function when an event happens?

I develop a website and I have this problem: The registered users on the website should put a (date & time) field, and when the current date will be the same of this date a function (that I developed) should be called. How can I do that? Your Faithfully. ...

How can I use Postmark for ASP.NET Login controls?

I'm wondering how I can use Postmark for sending emails rather than specifying an SMTP in the web.config for the various login controls: asp:RecoverPassword asp:ChangePassword I don't want to use SMTP, Postmark is doing a great job with all of our other email. Any suggestions? ...

opening code generated pdf in browser without saving it to either webserver/client

Is this even possible? tried several ways and i have no idea how to continue. Using vb.net in vs 2008 and itextsharp This is my code for creating the pdf.. also have alot of code to fill it Dim doc As New Document(iTextSharp.text.PageSize.LETTER, 90, 80, 80, 90) Try PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc, New FileStream(Server.MapP...

Can a Service Write to Registry [HKLM]

I am writing a service for Windows Vista/7 which needs read/write/delete access to the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons Are there any special considerations I must make just in case the target system has UAC enabled and the service must always run with administrator privi...

Need to confirm my thinking on Modules vs Classes in VB.net

I'm working on a project with a contractor we hired to do some VB.Net programming. I used to program for this project, but I have more recently become primarily the project manager so I can work on other issues I have. His method of programming differs greatly from what I was taught in school. The only time he uses classes is basically i...

C# GZipStream to String

Hi all, I am in need of a way to write a GZipStream to a string. I am using: GZipStream Decompress = new GZipStream(inFile, CompressionMode.Decompress) I have tried several methods, but can't figure it out. Does anyone have any ideas? Many thanks, Brett ...

Setting a timeout on XmlDataSource in VB.NET XML Feed slow sometimes

Hey I have a XML Feed which is sometimes slow to connect to making my front page quite slow to load sometimes. I load it as follows Try XmlDataSource.DataFile = "http://www.rte.ie/rss/news.xml" XmlDataSource.XPath = "rss/channel/item [position()<=3]" dlRSS.DataSource = XmlDataSource dlRSS.DataBind() ...

Communicate/Send Image to a VB.Net App

I am writing a VB.Net application wherein I would like to be able to communicate with it from a remote computer. Specifically, I would like to be able to send (from a remote computer) both text data and also images (jpg, png, etc.) and then have the application use the sent information by displaying it to the user. How would I code th...

Class Inheriting from Another Class

Hi, I have a Class FileDoc Public Class FileDoc Inherits BaseClass Public Sub DeleteDoc() dim catId as integer = Cat_ID End Sub a bunch of properties... End Class And I have another Class... Public Class BaseClass Private _Cat_ID As Integer Public Property Cat_ID() As Integer Get Return _Cat_ID End Get S...

Read printer pool to get number of pages being printed

I have a network printer in the classroom lab. I'd like to keep record of how many pages of each student has printed. I want to know how can I read the printer pool to get the number of pages, when a student prints. Here's what I have in mind: Write a Windows service to get: User logged in name Number of printed everytime they print th...

Add a usercontrol to a panel (vb.net)

hello, I want to add a usercontrol to a panel. My code does not work: Panel1.Controls.Add(uc1) thanks ...

Can't access sub nodes with XPath expression

Trying to figure out XPath and I have successfully create an XPathExpression that lets me grab the events, but any nested sub groups seem to be unavailable to the query, I can get all the children on the Events group, but the LocationName field I can not access. I am trying to figure out how to get the LocationName child into my query ...

How can I add a link to DataGridViewLinkColumn(vb.net)

hello, how can I add a link to DataGridViewLinkColumn?Here is my code: Dim linkColumn As New DataGridViewLinkColumn linkColumn.Name = "Links" dgv.Columns.Add(linkColumn) dgv.Rows.Add("URL", "TEXT") What is the code for "URL" and "LINKTEXT"? ...

Removing items in code generated from Codedom

Is there a way to remove items in code generated in Codedom from VB code? For example at the top of all the code I generate, it has: '------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ' ' This code was generated by a tool. ' Runtime Version:4.0.30319.1 ' ' Changes to this file may cause incorre...

PROBLEM EXECUTING a query in vb

I have a problem with a sql query. Through the query I am trying to search database for any occurrences of string (can be anything) in a column using the SQL LIKE command. The problem is that it works fine for most of the strings say john, jim, ji"m , but does not work when i include the following characters which are ( ' , { , } , and a...