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This is probably basic but... I'm creating a class that I only want certain values passed to it. For example in the MsgBox class: msgbox("Prompt",button) where the button can only be certain types. I would like to do the same thing: className("Value1","Value2",something.Yes {or...

I've been tasked with creating a login control for the toolbox so that the rest of the developers can use the same control for apps that require logins. I've never creted a control that would be put into the toolbox nor have I ever created a control that would store a response. I need to...

Maybe I'm just not understanding but... What I'm trying to do is show a form while a background process is running. Similar to a progress bar but not a progress bar. We have a form that has an animated gif (customer request) and that's it. no other controls. They want this form to show...

I need to replace a batch file in the root of C: when my application gets installed. How can I do this? Thanks Ron

I'm using the sample Screensaver in VS2005 and I want to alter it to do 1 thing and I cant figure it out. If the screensaver has been on for more than 2 minutes, I want it to do a forced logoff on the computer. Any direction would be helpful Thank you Ron

I have a small app that creates users in bulk in AD. Everything works beautifully except... The FullName appears as the sAMAccountName. When you open AD Users and computers, the samaccountname is what appears in the name column. How can I get the First Name and Last Name to appear as the...

I have a project that I want to copy to a different folder on the same machine. I want to have both projects. I'm at a point where I'm not sure which "Path" to take and want to try both. How can I safely and completely copy a project? I want to change the names of the folders, project...

I have an MSI that was supplied to me by a vendor. In order to install it I need to use command line switches. Is there a way I can create a new MSI that runs the old MSI with the switches? I need to use Group Policy to deploy the MSI and GP does not allow switches. Thank you for your...

This is probably a strange request, but.... I created a fairly large Wizard. I have literally hundreds of objects in it. In VS 2003 I could print part of the code behind page that defines the objects so I can search through it for issues (naming convention, etc...). But in 2005 they are...

Repost: I put it in the wrong forum first. I need to search LDAP for user accounts that have been added or changed. I think I need to search for the whenCreated and whenChanged attributes. When I search for these on a specific user I return a Date/Time value. Now I need to return all users...

I have a Stored Procedure that restores a database. It works fine with smaller database but tiems out when use on larger (2GB) databases. How can I extend the timeout period? Thanks Ron

I have a Stored Procedure that restores a database. It works fine with smaller database but tiems out when use on larger (2GB) databases. How can I extend the timeout period? Thanks Ron

I need to create a setup project that not only installs my app, but also runs an EXE that I created to run a SQL against a database. This SQL only needs to be run at installation. Thanks Ron

First of all thank you for looking. Here's what I'm trying to do: I have a program that I'd like to store some values in a simple XML file. I need for the program to check to see if the file exists, create it if it doesn't and then fill in the values. I also need to read the values into an...

I have a program that starts another program based on certain criteria. I would like this program to continue to run until the other program closes. How can I sense that the other program closes? Thank you. Ron.

I need to store some information in a file and retrieve it. I have a small program that allows users to choose which database in SQL to open. I need to store the connection string fields. I was planning originally to store them in the registry, but thought it might be better to store them in...

I would like to be able to start and stop a service using VB.NET. I need to check if a service is running and launch another app if it is, if it's not then start the service first. When the user closes the app, I want to stop the service. I've been looking in Help, but it's a little...