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    Question My Application Icon Not Displaying on Desktop

    Are you copying the shortcut instead of the actual exe????
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    Deployment of a service based DB VB express2010

    If your two PC's are both connected to the internet, and you don't want to mess with Networking (Can't blame you) you can look into Dropbox to see if it will work. I really don't know but seems like it would be worth looking at. Dropbox - Simplify your life
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    How to run .hlp files on 64bit Windows 7?

    On my Vista type machine, I get the following error message when I click on a .hlp file: ----------------------------------------------- The Help for this program was created in Windows Help format, which depends on a feature that isn't included in this version of Windows. However, you can...
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    Deployment constantly failing

    I had something similar once and it related to the fact that my solution was burried too deep into folders. ???
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    allow editing for existing but not add new

    Not sure but the properties of the datagrid may allow you to set ability to add and edit.
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    Culture Codes in Excel

    Gembox: http://www.gemboxsoftware.com/ may have something???
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    i need to make a stop watch!!

    Does the watch actually look like a clock in that it's round and shows the hand swooping around? If yes you'll need to use the cos and sin functions and be familiar with trig or find some existing code. Also see the timer control.
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    ADO in vb.net

    Sometimes 1 particular machine may have problems. Try installing on 1 or more other machines to see if you have the same problem. I have never had problems with ADO.Net finding a provider.
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    VS 2005 VB.NET application crashes on startup

    Can you have the one that's failing write to a log file as it starts up?
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    MSI or clickOnce?

    Must admit that I'm lost but this might help: Advanced Installer http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Programming/Setup_Utilities/Advanced_Installer_Professional.html
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    Error: "You do not have a license to use this ActiveX control."

    I probably don't understand you question very well but will take a shot at it. You must compile your program into an .msi file and I use the free Advanced Installer program. Once you have the .msi, you can install/setup the program by a click on it from any Windows PC greater than 95 that has...
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    Hard choice MSAccess or SQL

    Using/installing the server is not a big deal if you have admin priv., then use Visual Studio (VB I assume) Net ADO.Net to access the mdf. Getting the connection string is more difficult if you weren't the one that designed the database, however, once the server is installed, google the sqlcmd...
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    Hard choice MSAccess or SQL

    Greetings Splater This has been discussed here before as shown in the link below. Generally I'd say go with the mdf because it's newer and therefore offers more compatibility with the general sql world. http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/showthread.php?t=18887&highlight=msaccess
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    reading excel colums in vb.net + more

    There is also a free product but you must carefully read it's limitations: http://www.gemboxsoftware.com/
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    Problem Accessing SQL 2005 Express Database

    see sqlcmd
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    Obfuscating, Compiling, And "Deploying" Question

    See the free advanced installer program that lets you create a msi file. Also users installing the msi will need the windows 3.1 msi installer. Get the free Advanced Installer here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Authoring-tools/Setup-creators/Advanced-Installer-Professional.shtml Also if you have...
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    Using the brush / paint code / animate?

    Maybe there is a better way but you could use a timer.
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    Using Dispose and/or null on objects

    Im new to this also but I use: = nothing
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    Trapping for changes in datatables

    Generally, now days things are done on a 'what you see is it' paradigm. In other words, if you can see it, its already written into the database. That's my thoughts, that the days of 'Save' buttons are in some ways, gone.
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    Resuming focus in VB.NET?

    this link may help a bit http://www.dotnetspider.com/code/C-385-Find-all-running-applications-processes-system.aspx
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