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Hi, I've got an application at the moment that has to process a fairly meaty job. Instead of making the user sit looking at a dead form, I figured it'd be nice to show a "Program is working" message to them... And to make it pretty, slapped an ani' gif …

Hi All I have a load of information on my label in a groupbox on the form there is too much information to be seen in one go so i want to use a vertical scrollbar to move the label up and down inside the groupbox so it can be …

Hi, I'm in the process of nailing together a small program, the purpose of which is very simple: Monitor a number of various network locations for the existence of some files. when they spring into existence, check to see if someone is using the file and when it accessible, light …

Hi Guru's I would like to be able to run code from a text file - is that possible. Ideally multiple applications will read this file and all behave according to the code inside the file. rather than having to keep rebuilding and distributing new versions./ I can't think of …

Hiya, A short while ago, I posted the following code snippet in reply to someone who was looking to make a simple encoded password... See here for a full explanation of how this works -->[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post1470261.html#post1470261"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/post1470261.html#post1470261[/URL]. While this method is a little cumbersome, it does work and can be encoded and …

I need help for background music i have the code but its not constant (continual) Here's my code : [CODE]My.Computer.Audio.Play(My.Resources.NAME OF FILE, audioplaymode.background)[/CODE] I need the constant (continual) code please.. Thanks in advance

Any Ideas on how to get a picture of just a certain program widow and not the entire Desktop? This is the Code I used to get a pic of the Desktop [CODE] Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick Dim bounds As Rectangle Dim …

Hi all Does anyone know if it is possible to open a firefox webbrowser in a form. Or does it take you default web browser as the webbrowser to open in form. Eg - My Default Browser is Firefox - so does that mean the webbrowser control would be a …

I am building an application that contains data that needs to be fed out to seperate groups of people. Sending them emails is the only way to do it but this takes ages to do. Does anyone know of a way to send emails through lotus notes via vb.net code. …

Hey guys! Some time ago, I saw someone asking about trial software protection, and my first thought was a '30-day evaluation' mode. I was thinking on how it can be done without using any third-party programs. How can I detect the first run and count down (or up) the number …

Hi all I need to change something that is hard coded into my application - Souds simple i know - however......... In essence what i need is a single word that will be interchangable and will be available straight away and the next time the application starts up. So need …

Hi All Does Anyone know how to make a variable public to all forms within the application. Eg [ICODE] Public MyPath = "C:\" [/ICODE] can do for one form but not all

Hello All. I am having issues with files on a network drive being moved - the file name always remains the same but the location changes. (users move it - much arrrrrrrgggggggg!!) Is it possible to search through all drives and paths to find FILEX ? I hope so as …

Hi All I know it is possible to use the internal system speaker to generate sound. EG [ICODE] System.Console.Beep(500, 500) 'Beep(FREQUENCY,DURATION) [/ICODE] However i was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible and how to go about using said system speaker to speak - MESSAGE YOU ARE NOT AUTHORISED …

Hi to any an d all that read this thread. I have a VB.NET App that creates forms from a template. I am having problems getting them to communicate with each other. Is it possible to send data from one textbox in the first instance to the same textbox in …

Hi I Have a form that contains around 30 Labels and 30 Pictureboxes. I have a piece of code that on form load that steps through the labels and changes the text to a file name from a directory. This all works fairly well however: I need to be able …

Hi all. I am having issues with people not closing an important file in excel. I have a new vb.net based application that i want to close the excel file when i prompt it to. The application checks for specific named files in a hidden folder on a timer event, …