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I'm making a standard form calculator (e.g. 7 x 10^5) and I need help thinking of the best method to use. I basically need the program to take the number/input (say 70000) and then see what multiple of 10 it divides by to give a number between 1 and 9. …

Hello All, Can someone help me out with this please? I have no idea : Error : [B]No accessible 'Main' method with an appropriate signature was found in 'UsedCarsSales' The second error is Project-level conditional compilation constant 'VBC_VER = 9.0, TARGET = "winexe", CONFIG= "Debug", PLATFORM= "x86" , DEBUG; ^^ …

I need to create an application (or find one application) that copies files from a computer to another, across the internet to create automatic backups. The target computer is a company server to which i have phisical access. The "source" computer(s) (several computers in several clients, that we - company, …

Hello Everyone, I hope this is the right place i'm posting this, basically I need some help with Visual Basic 2008. We've been set a task to build a really basic web browser with one advanced function. I've done the web browser with the basic functionality, but this advanced feature …

I have two different forms. one has a listbox and the other has a masked textbox. the masked textbox is used as a login and i would like the masked textbox to be checked against the listbox items to be able to "gain access" and login Any ideas?

Public Class Projectile_Motion 02 Dim initialHeight As Double ' Holds beginning height 03 Dim initialVelocity As Double ' holds velocity 04 Dim time As Double ' holds time 05 Dim heightVal As Double ' holds height at different intrvals in time 06 07 Private Sub btnmaxheight_click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal …

i have a list box and a button. i would like when the button is clicked the selected item in the list box is deleted. any ideas?

I have a form with a text box and a form with a list box. I would like to be able to push a button on the form with the text box and have it be added to a list box. any help?

I know this is a basic question. I asked the same question a while ago, even then thinking it was a simple question. The answer I got seemed to be what I already know and was obvious.. however, when I tried it, it did not work, so I just worked …

Hi, I was wondering if anybody who is a more experienced VB developer than I would mind casting an eye over my source code and offering any advice on how it could be improved. The application is timer that runs for 7 minutes, the first minute is phase 1 and …

I have problem with saving entry to mysql.. first entry saved but it doesnt work with second, somehow the save_new button didnt respond at all.. then i use saveandclose button it works or after i restart the pc the save_new button function will do it job for the first entry …

Hello everyone, By the way im portuguese so , sorry for my english and im new in VB.net so sorry if i dont understand somethings. I really need everyones help, you may think that my question is kind off easy for you , but for me its a bit hard …

I have a masked text box and two text boxes. I would like to save all of these fields so that when the "open" button is clicked the field repopulate.... anybody have any idea on how to do this? If so please help me out. thanks in advance :)

I am trying to populate a text box by taking the first 8 characters of a string in a list box. I have heard of a left mid and right function. Does anybody know how to use these functions? Thanks in advance :)

For a school project I need to make a timer with a bell sound that sounds every 60 seconds in VB, I cannot work out how to make the bell sound on the 60th second, I am not getting any errors in the VB console, so I assume that I …

Hey, I have to build an addition calculator. in the application interface should have a label on top which displays the number you clicked then under the label a running total label and then under than there should be a keypad with numbers from 0-9 and a plus sign. my …

Hi, I am trying to add (Push) whatever the user enters in (MyStack) into 5 different labels that should show the (UserResponse). The problem is I don't know how to display each element in a different label. For example: - The first element that the user enters (UserResponse) should be …

I am desperately needing the assistance of people who understand VB and issues with programs written and compiled by incompetent programmers (me). Desperation compels me to throw myself on the mercy of the VB community of people who know what they are doing in the world of code writing; desperation …

i am having trouble linking 2 listboxes together... What i woud like to happen is a selecting from listbox1 to populate listbox2. Any ideas on what to do? thanks in advance

How to print this series using loop 1,1,2,3,5,8,11,19,30,49...........

hey guys i was wondering if anybody knew how to open an array into visual basic. I have it saving as a text file correctly but i have no idea on how to open it up to use it again. what i have so far is [CODE] Private Sub Hour1ToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal …

Hello fellow coders! I run the Vintage Computer Festival East, which is an annual convention to celebrate computer history of the 1940s-1980s. This year's event is VCF East 8.0, May 5-6, 2012, in Wall, New Jersey. Our keynote speaker for the first day (May 5 at noon) is Dr. Thomas …

I'm writing a program in visual basic 2010 express and i have a combo box. in that combo box there are 3 selections 20 25 and 30. at first i had a percent sign in front of each but i wanted to take it out... so i took out the …

Hello all, I'm taking my first BASIC programming class this year, and for a final project, I'm trying to make a book-keeping log. What I want to have happen, is to open a list of books, highlight a book title, click the "check in" button and have the text change …

Hi, I'm a programming beginner and currently learning VB.net as a starting language. I have just been making a little test console application using visual studio asking about favourite football teams, please could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Below is the code, now I want the user to …

i have two forms in my program. The second form appears when button1 is clicked. I would like the information (textboxes) to be filled in when the second form loads. basically i have a complex calculator and when button 1 is clicked i want a second form to show with …

I have a list box with 5 selections. when and item in the list box is selected i want a combo box to populate with different selection. any ideas on how to get the combo box to populate?

does anyone know if you can make a water mark in visual basic 2010? I was wondering if it could also go behind all of my labels, text boxes, etc... like in the background... Thanks in Advance

I am trying to make a program that randomly selects a name. i have a prompt that allows me to enter the number of names and the names themselves. but i dont know how to save or open the information into an array... can anyone help me with this?

So i want to have an application where the user types in a word in a text box and in another text box they put a letter for example "e" and in the third text box they put down what letter they want to replace it with example "f" So …