Make screensaver fire whenever computer locks?
Is it possible to force the screensaver to appear whenever a computer becomes locked? Specifically on XP, 7 if possible. ...
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VB.NET Form with placeholders that contain elementsthat have to be validated
I have this silly problem: I have a form with X fields and the possibility to add (visible = true) extra 'Cursisten' (contains 3 fields per cursist). I added 10 placeholders that will be enabled one after another whenever the last 'cursist' was filled in completely. This is because I enabled validation on the placeholder elements that a...
Search AD with textbox value and return results as datatable
Currently I have a gridview bound to a datatable which is populated with groups from the AD. I need to be able to add search functionality so users can type in part of a group name and have the results display only groups that fit their search criteria. Here's what I have so far. <asp:TextBox ID="searchParam" runat="server"></asp:TextBo...
output data to text file in asp. markup code
I downloaded some sample code which includes a database query within the markup code. It makes a query to the database and displays the results of the web form and I would like to divert the output to a text file and I am not sure how to do this? Can this be done from here or would it just be easier to code it in the source and make a ne...
Address data extraction from text via asp.net (vb.net)
I have address data that is surrounded by random text. Is there a way to extract this data either with a call to a web service or some vb.net function? example: 1111 S WILSON ROAD APT B8 CITY STATE 55555 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...
vb.net linq left outer join null
I've got what I think is a working left outer join linq query but I'm having problems with the select because of null values in the right hand side of the join. Here is what I have so far Dim Os = From e In oExcel Group Join c In oClassIndexS On c.tClassCode Equals Mid(e.ClassCode, 1, 4) Into right1 = Group _ F...
VB.NET web service client accessing Java web service - connection aborted
I had a problem getting a VB.NET web service client to receive the response object from a Java web service. In the process of posting this question someone from another department volunteered some code written for a similar situation. I couldn't find this anywhere on the net so I'm completing my question to help others out. Dim myServ...
.NET Multiple Namespaces for single class
Is it possible to have a single class reside within two name-spaces and how can I do this? To clarify: We have a class library (let say root namespace is classLib1), which has grown over time (more classes) and I want to logically group classes into different namespaces. However some of the older classes need to be grouped into these n...
Help: The prefix '' cannot be redefined from '' to 'http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9' within the same start element tag
I seem to be getting this error how can i resolve this, code below. Dim writer As XmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(FileLocation + "StaticUrls3.xml") Dim urlList As New List(Of String) urlList.Add("link1") urlList.Add("link2") urlList.Add("link3") writer.WriteStartDocument() writer.WriteStartElement("urls...
.Net compiled 3rd party dll reference conflict
I am using Umbraco (.Net CMS) and it has a reference to a specific version of a dll (see 1 Umbraco Reference below). This is fine until I try to hook into the .Net MailChimp API which references a different vesion of the same DLL (see 2 PerceptiveMCAPI below). I can think of a couple of options for resolving this a. Get either the U...
NullReference on a value that is not null
I have a function that gets a string passed to it. When testing the function, I'm getting a null reference exception on the string parameter that gets passed to it, even though the string is not null, I don't understand why I'm getting this error. I have a screen shot below I used a dummy value to verify both the string parameter in...
ASP.NET: Programatically DataBind a GridView control
I have a blank/unbound GridView control on my form and I am binding it in the code behind like this: GridView1.DataSource = _dataSet DataBind() Running this code populates my GridView control with all the columns and data that _dataSet has. I want to display only some of the columns, change the column names, and rearrange some of thes...
'ObjectDataSource1' could not find a non-generic method 'getCOMDLs' that has parameters:
Getting this error message and I am not able to figure out why. Here is my code: <asp:TextBox ID="searchParam" Width="250px" runat="server"></asp:TextBox><asp:button ID="btnSearch" runat="server" Text="Search" /> <asp:ObjectDataSource ID="ObjectDataSource1" runat="server" SelectMethod="getCOMDLs" TypeName="NewEmployee"> <SelectParam...
Uninstalling the application silently / automatially
Hi, Is it possible that my application, when exit, uninstalls itself automatically, without any user intervention and involvement? Thanks ...
ASP.NET: My GridView control is only partially populating itself....(??)
Markup <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False"> <Columns> <asp:BoundField DataField="insured_first_name" HeaderText="First Name" /> <asp:BoundField DataField="insured_first_name" HeaderText="Middle Name" /> <asp:BoundField DataField="insured_last_name" HeaderText="Last Name" /> </C...
Insert a Line Break after text in TextBox ASP.NET
I need to add line break after the following in the textbox. txtBody.Value = "Dear " & Trim(tblProperty(0).Item("Contact")) & "," I've tried so far 'ControlChars.CrLf', ..., 'vbNewLine', 'vbCrLf', ... at the end. ...
Events not working with after Deserialization
PROBLEM: I have a Child class which uses DataContractSerialization and raises a Changed event when its Name property is set. <DataContract()> Public Class Child Public Event Changed() <DataMember()> Private _Name As String Public Sub New(ByVal NewName As String) _Name = NewName End Sub Public Propert...
Selecting Multiple Distinct Values in my Database [pls Help]
I have this online quiz wherein it generates random questions but the only problem that's left is that it repeats the previous questions... i have this limited questions (i.e i have 10 questions in my table but my limited questions is set to be 5 ..the output would only display 5 random questions) which i named as RequiredRecords ques...
Is this some kind of referencing problem? Value not sticking
Apologies for the appalling title. I have mocked up this code to mimic an issue I was encountering on a project. I want to know why the property status does not 'stick'. Stepping through the code I can even see it setting the property! Is it something to do with Structure being a value type? Here is the code, it is standalone. Impor...
How do I place a video on an ASP.NET page and make it so that it will load in a timely manner?
I have an .avi video (500 MB-50 minutes) that I embedded using the following code in VB.NET: <OBJECT width="360px" height="360px" CLASSID="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" VIEWASTEXT> <PARAM name="autoStart" value="False"> <PARAM name="URL" value="Video\Wellness_1.wmv"> <PARAM name="enabled" value="True"> <PARAM name="balanc...