To do this, you can create a flag key in registry. It will store bit value. You can read from the registry and flip the bit value.

Simple method will be to create a check sum funtion and pass a...

I went through what others have suggested, I think dexblack is pretty close.

First of all why would you distribute your application in the form of source code? Anyone can reuse it in that case....

You can do something like this by using an API call.

Private Declare Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32" Alias "SystemParametersInfoA" (ByVal uAction As Long, ByVal uParam As Long, ByVal...

On which line are you getting error? Can you paste the error?

As i wrote in my original post Please dont suggest using Interop Calls. Also Iam looking for formatting techniques.

To do this. Whenever you delete records in the table with referential integrity, you have first delete rows from the child tables and then delete the master row from the Product table, in your case....

But if you want to load a form you would use something like this:

VB Code.

FormName.Show()

When you say execute, do you mean call a form?

Yes, LINQ is defintely a good evolution for dynamic queries.

The ideal approach is to use DataReaders instead of DataSet in getting large no. of rows. DataSet is good for small no. of rows but for larger rows i would recommend using DataAdapters and...

You can do it by quering it based on a column name. So you have to write a backend query to bind your search to the GRID.

I will take look at it.

Let me know if you need further help.

If you are not binding the datagrid with any DataSource then one way of doing is by adding a button type column in each row of the grid and when you click on it the current row will be saved. You can...

You can read good article on file handling in .NET here (http://www.coderewind.com/index.php?categ&view_article=36)

So you want to maintain all the numbers in one text file?

Thats good, glad you solved it. you can read more .net articles & best professional best practices here (http://www.coderewind.com)

What event of the textbox did you use?

What kind of help do you need?

All articles are contributed by Working professionals so they know what a self learner needs. Iam one of the writers on this site.

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This is pretty much doable and this functionality is called AutoComplete is Web Platform and Incremental Search in WinForms Arena.

Catch it on CodeRewind

Let me know what help do you need. I will be posting a series of articles which can guide you through the migration.

I think the logic from Triss would do that. Let me know.

You Can use something like this using DataView

Dim dv As New DataView(ds.Tables(0))
dv.RowFilter = "FirstName = '" & TextBox1.Text & "'"
DataGrid1.DataSource = dv

You can replace the...

Do you want to search a particuar column from the DB or just any text in the Grid?

Are you using VS 2003 or VS 2005?

Database SQL or Access?

So you need to type the parameter in a input box to filter the Grid?

This is pretty easy to do. You can tie the DataGrid to the filter function and pass textbox as a paramter to filter records on the Grid

Is this drive Z on your machine or on any other machine?

Also make sure the folder on the shared machine has proper permissions to modify the access file.

Can you post the exact error message and the MSAccess version?

Best way to share the MsAccess is to keep it on a shared Drive and user maps the location of the Access DB on their machine and then read/write to it.

'Try this if you want to go with app.config, This will not work in .NET 1.0 and .NET 1.1

Dim config As Configuration = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(Application.ExecutablePath)...

Its better to go with an XML file to keep these settings. Its easier to edit and update that.

Use InStrRev function to get the position of the "_" and then use left$ to get the required text.

What code are you waiting for?

So were you able to use it now? Let me know?

Use these connection strings:
-- Using ODBC:
Driver={Microsoft ODBC for Oracle};Server=myServerAddress;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;

-- using OLEDB
Provider=msdaora;Data...