VB Forum / General / February 2007

How can I get the computer name via code?

I want to use VB 2005 Express.  I am now reading "Build a Program Now" but I
obviously have to learn VB.  Should I next buy "VB 2005 Step by Step"?  How
will I know what in regular VB won't work in Express (I assume Express is a
stripped down version).

I am trying to execute
Call Shell("app.exe < dat.txt", vbHide)
if you try that on a command line,
app.exe < dat.txt

How can I populate a list of arguments to send to a function's
ParamArray argument.
I have a function which has two parameters.  The first is a simple
string value but

Which is correct?
Error Trapping
Select Case Err.Number
Case 53

I need to pass an array of strings to a C DLL.  The DLL needs to be able to
modify the strings.  I tried creating an array of 7 fixed length strings in
VB as follows:
Dim strArray(6) As String * 100

When using this as indicated and trying to set it to accept multiple
formats, it bombs out with the error:
Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'TryParse' accepts this
number of arguments

On a WebBrowser control (that uses Internet Explorer engine) I need to
open the links on the pages displayed there on the default browser,
instead of forcing the user to use Internet Explorer.
I could do a strip on the HTML code and put a layer positioned on top of

I am using VS2005 and can find a users name by using the
System.Environment.Username code. With this, I know there should be a way to
find out what group this user is a member of.
My program will process one function if the user is a member of windows

I have Windows XP Proffessional and have recently downloaded Explorer 7 since
then my computer freezes at least once a day even if Explorer is not open.
Any suggestions?

I was not able to save to CD with this code, but I was sure I had seen
something similar before which did work, so on advice from this forum I have
extracted the pSimple CDBurn but I cannot see how to call this from my
program or include it in my deployment.

I have a project that has 4 forms. Each forms icon is set to "None"
I load the icons from a resource file.
How do I get set me exe icon file. Using the
"Project->Properties->Make->Icon

I am using visual basic.  Is there any possible way to write a program
to connect unix machine and execute a unix command from my
program...is there any way to do this...
anticipating for relpy..

I moved a form in to a new project and while setting the sizing of the form
the caption disappeared.
I check the properties against the original and they are the same.
Frustrated!!!

I am using vb.net 2005 Express Edition.
Application Settings would be a very useful thing, as a global program database
that persists; if only it would work! Does anyone know a hack or a work-around
to get it working?