VB.NET

Datagridview sort resets my formatting
Hello, I'm trying to figure out how to keep my cell formatting the same even after I've clicked a column sort header. Basically I've programmatically changed forecolors and backcolors of several different cells in my datagridview. When I the click the sort header it resorts the data but all my color formatti... 14 Jul 2008 18:53

How to show disk space of a specific computer on the network
Input: A computer name on the internal network Out: Disk space total and remaining on all drives. ... 15 Jul 2008 11:16

Question about Windows Service and Setup projects
I am reviewing Windows service programming. I'm running VS2005 and programming in VB. I've just found an example in Support: 'How to create a Setup project for a Windows Service in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005' http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317421 I've been able to program and run this ex... 15 Jul 2008 15:25

Flicker when updating Listbox
I have a program that displays constantly changing prices which it sources from the web once per second. The prices are displayed on a Listbox (not the best choice but there are good reasons for this). The Listbox flickers when updating and I can't find a solution on the net. Here is the code: 'update Listb... 14 Jul 2008 17:51

Ribbonbar Question
Not sure if this is the correct forum. Writting a ribbonbar addin in vb2008 to change the background of an indivdual slide. This program does it for all slides How come? On Error GoTo NoBackgroundFound Dim ActWinSlideRange As Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.SlideRange Dim ActWinSlideP... 14 Jul 2008 07:30

Timer in module
Hi How can I use a timer in a module such that I can start the timer and then trap when timer has reached the interval? Many Thanks Regards ... 14 Jul 2008 04:26

Problem with casting
Hi, We have an very strange error and i though you can help us to understand what is happening. First we have an interface defined as: ---code-begins Public Interface ILessonReadersDAO <... properties and methods here ...> End Interface ---code-ends Then we have different objects who implement that... 13 Jul 2008 21:17

Export to Excel truncates numbers
Hi and TIA! I'm exporting a dataset/datgrid to excel but some text fields get converted to numbers in excel and I loose leading zero's. I've tried several methods with no success. If anyone has come across this and can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Thanks! -- ******************... 13 Jul 2008 19:14

How to unit test a Dataset?
Hi. I have written unit tests for my helper classes that return simple values as strings or integers. Now I need to test the methods that deal with DataSets and DataTables. Is there any special issues when running these kind of tests? I ask this because if I create a DataSet from scratch reproducing the desired ... 13 Jul 2008 17:11

Currency manager changes position on endedit
Hi I have a winform app with fields bound to a backbend db via a currency manager (System.Windows.Forms.CurrencyManager). The app generally works fine but in a specific instance where I select a value from a drop down control and then call the MyCurrencyManager.EndCurrentEdit(), to begin to try to save the ... 13 Jul 2008 15:07