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    Replied To a Post in Excel Workbooks are not being completely Closed via VB.net

    @Minimalist, when you say "if others are also using excel , their processes will also be killed.", are you meaning that if the user has other instances of Excel open, …
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    Revoked Solved Status for Excel Workbooks are not being completely Closed via VB.net

    Hi group, I'm discovering that my Excel spreadsheets that are being created by a VB.net app I've written isn't completely closing them as they should be. I'm struggling to understand …
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    @rproffitt, To clarify, because as the app ran I noticed the computer speed degrading. So I opened the task manager and saw many many instances of Excel open (via the …
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    @ Reverend Jim, I've gone back to working on this with no success. I've done a lot of reading and all offer various ideas. I've also tried your method of …
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    Marked Solved Status for VB.net Build Failure

    Hi group, I'm making a handful of changes to an existing program I wrote a year or so ago. For some reason I can't get it to build as I'm …
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    I can't remember if this was an imported project or not. It may have been. But I like Rev. Jim's idea. I've done this before. So I think I'll do …
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    @rproffitt, When you say to change the name via the command line, where is this found? For the record, I can see the Restran Solutions.pdb file listed in the \bin\Debug …
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    @yvrej17, I found how to "Clean" the solution. Unfortunately it did not work. I'm still getting the error message : "Could not find file 'bin\Release\Restran Solutions.pdb'." (Restran Solutions C:\Program Files …
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    yvrej17, I'm not sure what you mean by "clean" the build. The reason I'm getting the error message as I've attempted to build the project. However it isn't building because …
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    Marked Solved Status for Excel Workbooks are not being completely Closed via VB.net

    Hi group, I'm discovering that my Excel spreadsheets that are being created by a VB.net app I've written isn't completely closing them as they should be. I'm struggling to understand …
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    Oracle has referred me to Microsoft. They say it's a Visual Studio issue. :( Don
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    @jwshepard, My apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I do appreciate the code snippet. Unfortunately I can't tell if it's working or not. I am getting a …
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    Created Excel Workbooks are not being completely Closed via VB.net

    Hi group, I'm discovering that my Excel spreadsheets that are being created by a VB.net app I've written isn't completely closing them as they should be. I'm struggling to understand …
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    Group, I've written what I believe is fairly simple code to populate a combobox via data from an Oracle Database. Unfortunately it isn't working and the error in the output …
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    Marked Solved Status for Connecting to a Oracle Server in Visual Studio Express 2015

    Hi group, I've looked all over the internet to find my solution without luck. Hopefully you can help. I need to add an Oracle server to my data sources in …
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    I did find the solution on my own. I kept trying different things. It all came down to choosing "<other>" and loading the Oracle OLE DB.
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    ddanbe, I'm begining to think that part of the issue is my connection string. While I did get it from our database team, I've either entered it wrong or I …
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    Hi Group, I'm attempting to pull info from our database to populate a combo-box in VB.net (Visual Studio Express 2015). Here's my first attempt at the connection: Dim conn As …
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    Hi Group, I've imported an existing form into a new project that I'm creating (using Visual Studio 2015 Express/VB.net). When displaying the "Design" version (the user interface), it looks like …
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    Hi Group, I've imported an existing form into a new project that I'm creating (using Visual Studio 2015 Express/VB.net). When displaying the "Design" version (the user interface), it looks like …
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    Marked Solved Status for Error CA2213: Change Dispose Method to call Close or Dispose on this field

    Good Morning group! I've made some minor changes to my coding (to open a log file, write to it and then close it) and now I'm getting an error that …
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    Group, I get the error when I try to build the project. The Errors List says, "CA2213 (the warning code) Main contains filed Main.objwriter2 that is of IDisposable type StreamWriter. …
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    Created Error CA2213: Change Dispose Method to call Close or Dispose on this field

    Good Morning group! I've made some minor changes to my coding (to open a log file, write to it and then close it) and now I'm getting an error that …
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    Group, I can't seem to append multiple files into one text file. Unfortunately it's creating the first file but is not creating or appending the additional files into the first …
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    Rev Jim, Brilliant. I see also I wasn't reading the text file to append it to the other file. Thanks for the help. This is awesome! Don
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    Rev. Jim, do you think it would be a problem to do this? The program runs Monday thru Friday. During the week there is only one file to update. Monday …
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    @rproffitt and @ddanbe, you prompt me to ask a couple of questions: Line 20 is saying (I hope) that `If i = 0`. "i" should be the first file in …
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    Marked Solved Status for VB.net Published and Installed. But Where is the Executable File?

    Group, I've created and published a VB.net program. I've also installed this onto my computer. I want to set it up now to run via the Window Task Scheduler. However …
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    Minamalist, I did as you've suggest (or I think I did). Is this what you were suggesting (see the picture attached)? ![Capture.PNG](/attachments/small/4/db78337b6450a299837923a21f38f58e.PNG "align-left") Unfortunately I don't have a dropdown that …
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    Minimalist, the program is installed. It is listed in the Programs and Features listing with all the installed applications. I am trying to run this through the Task Manager. The …
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    Group, The "Release" folder inside the "bin" folder is empty. I've attached a picture of the search results for the "One Click Application". I have multiple including the shortcut that …
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    Created VB.net Published and Installed. But Where is the Executable File?

    Group, I've created and published a VB.net program. I've also installed this onto my computer. I want to set it up now to run via the Window Task Scheduler. However …
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    Hi group, I'm trying to insert both a copied range (from and Excel file) AND a message (text) into the body of an Outlook email. I've perfected the code to …
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    Group, I've figured it out: Since Outlook is using HTML, I needed to wrap my information within the HTML syntax. Here's what it now looks like: `.HTMLBody = "<p>Text above …
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    Hi group, I'm trying to insert both a copied range (from and Excel file) AND a message (text) into the body of an Outlook email. I've perfected the code to …
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    Rev. Jim, Truthfully, I thought about that as I saw the suggestion somewhere else. But I thought about trying to learn the most efficient way to show and hide the …
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    Minimalist, The "condition" to show the textboxes and hide the labels come via a the event Private Sub btnEditPropList_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnEditPropList.Click lblProperty01.Visible = False tbxProperty01.Visible …

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