Recent content by tmcnutt

Here is a simple set up with the problem that I am having with combo boxes. I have form1 that is the main form and it calls form2 which has a checkbox that enables a group box which contains a combo box and a few other controls. If I populate the combo box and then decide to clear the checkbox...

Thanks for the replies. See example below. I would like a product configuration form that includes all possible components available. The engineer would click the check box next to the component if he/she wanted to include it and it would expand and they could fill out the details. If it wasn't...

I want to create a selection form in Word that will allow users to select components and fill out data for that component if selected. I want all of the selected components to print out if they were selected. Basically, I want to have all components that are available for our final product and...

That worked! Thanks, Tom

How do I check email in the postmaster account? I can access it from OWA, but would like to access if from Outlook. The email address is hidden so when I try to set it as an additional opened mailbox from the advanced tab, I get an error that the name is not found. Is there a way to access it...

I installed Outlook SP2 and it took care of the problem.

I want to save emails in text format and also list the attachment name in the text. All users are using Outlook 2003. It works fine on my machine, but other users' messages do not list the attachment when saved to .txt format. The attachments are already stored in a folder and I did not want to...

I am trying to run a process with administrator privileges, but having no success. I am using impersonation, which shows that the current identity is that of the administrator account. What I am trying to do is run a .cmd file on either the local machine or on a network share. The problem is...

I have created a program that creates a folder tree on a network drive and sets different permissions on the subfolders. The program works fine when I run it because I am using Administrator permissions, but someone with user permissions can't run it. The program is written in VB.Net 2003 with...

I have a program that creates a folder structure (folders and subfolders) and sets different permissions on several subfolders. It runs on a network drive and works fine since I am an administrator. I need users to be able to run this program so that it will create all folders and set the...

I found a way to do this with the item collection. I didn't see the ToString function when I pressed the period to list the members, all I saw was "GetType". Here is the code I used to save the text to a string array: Pumps.Options(i) = CheckedListBox1.Items(i).ToString Here is the code I used...

I have a CheckedListBox with several text fields and I want to assign the text of the selected items to a string array. I have tried to access the text via the items collection, but having no success. Also, can I loop through the array and set the checked items in the CheckedListBox based off...

I have a tabcontrol with several tabpages and on some of the tabpages there are required fields that need to be filled out. I want to change the font and/or color of the tabpage name only and not all of the text on that page. I want to indicate to the user that there is missing data on a certain...

I am writing an application in VB.Net that is controlling Word. None of the enumerations are recongnized such as wdWindowStateMinimize, but I can enter the integer value and it works fine. I did a similar program in VB6 and it worked fine. Any ideas on what I a missing? I am able to control Word...

I have tried to run a scheduled backup which requires more than 1 tape and I can not get it to work when the 2nd tape is inserted. There is a hotfix listed, but I already have the SP1 which includes the hotfix. It works fine if I run it manually. I have included the /UP switch that is mentioned...