Recent content by elziko

I want to use the Directory.Exists method to see if a directory exists. But it doesn't seem to work for the root of a removable (USB) drive. I plug in my drive and it gets allocated a letter ("F:"). I then confirm that I can view the drive in Windows Explorer but: Directory.Exists("F:\")...

Thanks for your suggestions. appi: I'm on Windows 2000 so your ideas are a bit of a mystery for me! How would I go about that on Win2K? jee: I have tried removing the entire line you make reference to which made no difference. I'll give it a go your way too. ALSO, I have just realised that...

Thanks for your reply but sorry, where/how do I need to check these? Cheers elziko

I have just noticed that the solution I detailed in my first post will sometimes get one database running but not the other! -- Cheers, elziko

I have an Oracle server running (Personal Edition 8.1.7) and on that I'm using two databases. When my machine starts up I try and access one of the databases and I get the following error: ORA-0134: ORACLE not available ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist Some times this happens for...

When I click the "To..." button on a new e-mail in Outlook 2002 I am told: The address list could not be displayed. The Contacts folder associated with this address could not be opened; it may have been moved or deleted, or you do not have permissions." However, if I click on...

I need a class that will read POP3 e-mails off a server. Including attachments etc. Cheers elziko

No that will only do what u want for this project! MS didnt have time to offer this function so for this try doing the following (cut & paste from a post on MSDN) You need to modify the templates that projects are derived from. For instance to modify the Class Library projects, modify the...

I've tried making a Ghost Boot Disk but cant find any options to image from DRIVE to DRIVE! Just onto the network. What type of boot disk do I need and can someone give me a little more information? And from what I understand, if u clone a drive the SID remains the same on the cloned drive as...

Add this declaration in after the SendMessage declaration then: Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias _ "FindWindowA" (ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal _ lpWindowName As String) As Long elziko

I'm using Outlook XP (2002) and I keep on setting it to leave a copy of each message on the server for a 10 days. However, each time I set this the mailes are deleted off the server on collevtion and if I go back into the relavent settings the checkbox has unchecked itself. I'm collecting from...

I'm about to get a new hard drive and I cant to copy everything (including operating system) from the old one to the new one so that my computer doesn't seem any different. I dont want to just add the new hard drive and use the old one as is because the new one will be faster and I want my OS...

The DataRepeater seems like it must must be bound to a data source. Is there anyway I can add instances of my UserControl through code? Is there another control which allows me to repeat a control/controls through code and not using data from a data source? Thanks, elziko

I know I can use the RASDIAL API to create/drop/check if a conection has been made but I need more information on a connection. Specifically what bit rate the connection has been made at. Anyone know how I can do this? Cheers elziko

Try persiting to XML... which can easily be changed to any text format file: Dim objCon As ADODB.Connection Dim objRec As ADODB.Recordset Set objCon = New ADODB.Connection Set objRec = New ADODB.Recordset objCon.Open YOURCONNECTIONSTRING objRec.Open...