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Re: Installer Class and Custom Actions Part 1 of 2

Thanks for detailed explanation, I've used it to create custom action for copying some file to the target directory But it gives me an error ERROR 1001: InstallUtilLib.dll Unknown Erro r. We have used Add-in express framework for office addin development and its setup project. When I create a setup...

Posted to .NET 2005 by panchamk on 11/20/2017
Filed under: FAQ, Install / Upgrade, Deployment

Usefull code for beginners for Select query

I hope that this code will be usefull for sql beginners. usally, all of us know the normal select query with like ('%%') condition. but, if you have multi creteria in one select, you can use underscore '_' for anything. for example, My Item code is '01107-08253-000' here, I want...

Posted to The Lounge by Vidya Dhanam on 6/7/2011
Filed under: Feedback, FAQ

Dynamically Read, Compile, and Run Source Code From a Text File

Here is a simple tutorial on how to read, compile, and run code that is written in a text file. In this example, we will be reading properly formatted VB.NET code from a text file which will change the text of a TextBox in a Windows Forms application to "Hello vbCity!!" when a button is pressed...

Posted to James Atkinson - Software Development Blog by James Atkinson on 4/24/2010
Filed under: FAQ, VB.NET, C#, Compiler, CodeDom

Getting Assemblies from the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) in VB.NET

Intro to the GAC The global assembly cache (or GAC) is a location on your harddrive where Windows stores assemblies (.dll) that can be used by many applications. In fact, all of the .dlls used for .NET development are stored in the GAC and reference when added to a project (ie. Imports System.IO). The...

Posted to James Atkinson - Software Development Blog by James Atkinson on 1/2/2010
Filed under: FAQ, gacutil.exe, VB.NET, GAC, Global Assembly Cache, Process, Visual Basic

Source Code Formatting

To highlight code in your forum, blog and wiki posts wrap code into the folowing tags (example is for VB.NET Code) [code language= "VB.NET" ][/code] Tip: Use the editor button to help you insert the appropriate language tags. Languages supported (in alphabetical order): C# HTML Javascript SQL...

Posted to vbCity Site Tips by Serge B. on 12/13/2009
Filed under: Code, FAQ, Formatting, Tip, vbCity

Programmatically Entering Data Using the WebBrowser Control (VB.NET)

In response to a question posted on the vbCity.com forums, this article explains the basics of programmatically entering data into text fields and "clicking" buttons presented on a webpage using the .NET Framework's WebBrowser control. These methods will vary depending on the website and...

Posted to James Atkinson - Software Development Blog by James Atkinson on 12/12/2009
Filed under: Automation, Web, FAQ, WebBrowser

How do I mark a thread Resolved?

This is quite simple actually - you just click the green button " Verify Answer " on the post that is best solution/answer to the question you posted. This will change the little (No Answered) icon on the right on the thread title in the thread list to (Answered) This also promotes the correct...

Posted to vbCity Site Tips by Serge B. on 12/11/2009
Filed under: FAQ, Tip, vbCity

Looping through TreeNodes and ListItems

As a programmer starting out one thing that I kept running into was the need to loop through the Items collection of a ListView or the Nodes Collection of the TreeView control. In these examples I will be using a 'For Each' Loop to iterate throught the Items Collections of each of the controls. We will...

Posted to .NET Newbies by Matt on 1/30/2009
Filed under: FAQ, TreeView/ListView

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