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Hi I want a user to be able to select a file (or files) that will be used the very first time they use an application. This value will be stored in the registry until changed by the user. The application program startup is set to Form1 and the Form1 load event establishs some defaults and...

I have a strange need....but enough about my private life...seriously though. Is it possible to use VB.Net to write directly to a particular spot on a disk? Essentially what I need to do is the equivalent of zapping a bit in a file but I need to do it in place so I effectively want to write a...

I am trying to run a TCP listener as a Windows Service and it is behaving strangely. If I code Message = " Running on " & shostname.ToUpper WriteEvent(Message) ' LocalEndPoint = New IPEndPoint(IPAddress, portNo) Message = "after new endpoint"...

I must be doing something stupid but I can't figure out what it is If I run the following code asis it works fine: MsgBox("Add col1") dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn(System.String.Format("Column 0", 0), GetType(System.String))) MsgBox("Add col2")...

Hi I have a requirement where I need to read the contents of a file. However, the file is opened in a another long running process. Using SPF/PC I can read the file without any problem but VB.Net is throwing an exception saying the file is currently open. I suspect that the long running program...

I am currently investigating remotely controlling an application and one of the things I would like to do is to restart the remote application. I am a little unsure of the best way to do this. If I spawn off another thread will it die if I kill the original application? Any advice on how to...

I have a datagrid that gets built on the fly and then displayed. I need to be able to update and display the updates at set intervals. So far I can build the dtatagrid and I am fairly sure that the update parts works but I can't get it to display the 'new' datagrid. I did some searching and...

This seems like it should be pretty simple but I can't seem to get it working. I am trying to use an index for a checkbox control i.e. for i = 1 to 10 CheckBox(i).Visible next And it doesn't like it one little bit. What is the best way of doing this?

Is it possible (and if it is, how) to stop someone hitting a VB.NET console application CLOSE button, or to ignore if if they do? I am writing an application that needs to be running all the time and I don't want anyone to be able to close the DOS window and terminate the application. Any...

Hi I have a pretty simple form that is set up as a continuous form. It is a list of department names in the table tblDept. I would like to add a counter to each displayed record that is a count of records where the department ID matches the one displayed but in table tblContact. I know that...

Hi I have a need to send an email from a z/OS REXX EXEC. I have the USS environment set up and can happily send an email in batch (using PGM=AOPBATCH), however, when I call AOPBATCH in the REXX exec it is failing. I feel sure I must be close to getting this puppy working but I just can't get...

I have a report that is creating mailing labels and I want to give the user the option of cancelling if certain information is missing (Like Town/City name in the address). I can't seem to get it to cancel the report in preview (haven't tried the print part yet). I can get the name of the...

Hi listers I am using HLA on z/OS 1.2 and have a question which is not, strictly speaking, assembler related but I will ask it in any case. It used to be that the CSCB control block for a job was pointed to by ASCBJBNI - 8 (don't ask, it just was!). Now it appears that this is no longer the...

Hi I am wanting to allow a user to email the contents of one record from a table to someone. I have manged to get an email sent with just the one record, but it is in datasets style and I want it to appear exactly as it does in the form. When I print one record (from a print form button on...

I have a need to send PCF commands from an MQ Application running on z/OS to an WIN NT Queue Manager. The PCF manual is not at all helpful and I keep on getting a reason code x'844'. I am sure that it is because the PCF message format I am creating is invalid but I can't for the life of me see...

Hi Folks, I am trying to set the base number for a reports page number to be a variable assigned by the user (default will be 1). The main reason for this is that the user wants to add the access report to an external document and wants the page count to start accordingly. I can get the page...

I am having trouble with the IMS Bridge on z/OS. I am pretty sure that the problem is with security permissions but finding where is proving troublesome. There is an ACF document that we have followed as all the IBM manuals describe is RACF. The problem is that the CA document 'assumes' that...