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Hi all :) i have a windows form with a datagrid on it. I also have a textbox txtSearch where users will type in a name and then the datagrid displays the records based on the search. While i know what i want to do...i have no idea how to achieve this?? any help would be much appreciated...

Thanx for your suggestions :) i put the following code in and it now works: Private Sub Form1_KeyPress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs) Handles MyBase.KeyPress If e.KeyChar = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Chr(13) Then SendKeys.Send(vbTab)...

hi ive set up my tab order on my form which works fine but i'd like to be able to move thru the controls in the same way using the enter key. How do i set this up? I assumed that it would do it automatically!

i have the following error when trying to run my code: An unhandled exception of type 'System.IO.IOException' occurred in mscorlib.dll Additional information: The process cannot access the file "c:\export.txt" because it is being used by another process. The file is created but is empty. I...

hi :) thanks very much, but could u pls be a little more specific as im very new to this? maybe example code?

ive created a mail merge document (in ms word 2003) that uses all the necessary fields from my database. What i need to do next with my windows form is when the user clicks on the mailmerge button, all records that require an acknowledgment letter will be pushed through to this existing mail...

An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in PostBook Planning Dept.exe Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. I get the above error message when trying to run a mail merge on my windows form. Can someone pls help? Can post...

Hi there :) I'd like to run a batch of mail merge letters at the end of each day on the program that i'm trying to write. Basically it will look at a field "Acknowledgement Required", if equals true then create mail merge document. there is also an "Acknowledgement Sent" field which would need...

An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in PostBook Planning Dept.exe Additional information: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. The above error occurs when trying to run mail merge in my program. My code is as follows: Private Sub...

oh its ok now....i just changed the datetime format in sqlserver to nvarchar and it works :)

ive done everything that you suggested and now get the error: the conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out of range datetime value. ive checked the date format on both sql server and in my program and as far as i can see they should be compatible. The data in...

yeh ive done that, seems to be a problem with datetime, which ive changed, but its still playing up!! thank you for replying anyway :)

thanx..but i changed the code and still have the same error :(

Hi - im getting the following error message when running my program. It happens when i click the update button which is supposed to update the database: An unhandled exception of type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException' occurred in system.data.dll Additional information: System error. The...

Hi there :) im trying to find the best way to write an online asp.net for an asset management database. ive tried using a datagrid but it's too large to display on the page as there's too much information to display. users need to be able to add, delete, edit and update the database on the...