Visual Basic .NET 2003 articles, fixes and updates - Year 2006

This list contains all of the known Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, howtos, fixes, hotfixes, webcasts and updates of Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003 that have been released in Year 2006. The list is daily updated.

• 315698 How to write to and read from Microsoft Message Queue Server in Visual Basic 2005 or in Visual Basic .NET Q315698 KB315698 December 30, 2006
• 821790 BUG: You cannot create a new Microsoft Visual Basic .NET project by using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Q821790 KB821790 December 27, 2006
• 325118 Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio .NET debugger does not step into the Load event Q325118 KB325118 December 11, 2006
• 323085 "PID Has Expired" Error message when you try to create a No-Charge Web Response incident Q323085 KB323085 December 11, 2006
• 320427 You receive a "VC package not available or not registered" error message Q320427 KB320427 December 11, 2006
• 317915 How to move the Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 MSDN documentation to a different location Q317915 KB317915 December 11, 2006
• 911793 How to enable the "Option Strict" and "Option Explicit" statements in Visual Basic applications Q911793 KB911793 December 6, 2006
• 897298 You receive an "unhandled exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException'" error message when you call the Application.EnableVisualStyles method in Visual Basic 2005 or in Visual Basic .NET Q897298 KB897298 December 6, 2006
• 896292 You receive a "The remote procedure call failed" error message when you upgrade a Visual Basic 6.0 project to Visual Studio .NET 2003 or Visual Studio 2005 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 or on Windows XP SP2 Q896292 KB896292 December 6, 2006
• 814736 You receive an "Unable to get the window handle" exception when you display a child form that contains ActiveX user controls Q814736 KB814736 December 6, 2006
• 811658 How to use the Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 native debugger to debug a Visual Basic 6.0 DLL when it is called from an ASP.NET application Q811658 KB811658 December 6, 2006
• 327821 How to fire KeyDown or KeyUp while pressing TAB in a Windows Forms control by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q327821 KB327821 December 6, 2006
• 326651 How to dynamically add ActiveX controls that require run-time licenses in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 Q326651 KB326651 December 6, 2006
• 322025 How to make a Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 class usable in a For Each statement Q322025 KB322025 December 6, 2006
• 321296 How to access properties of the current cell in the Datagrid by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q321296 KB321296 December 6, 2006
• 320305 "The Visual Basic 6.0 upgrade tool is not installed on this computer" error message Q320305 KB320305 December 6, 2006
• 319964 The debugging session ends and returns to design mode in a Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 project Q319964 KB319964 December 6, 2006
• 319823 How to handle events in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 Q319823 KB319823 December 6, 2006
• 318357 How to debug a Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 application that does not respond Q318357 KB318357 December 6, 2006
• 317752 How to use Server Explorer and Query Designer walkthrough Q317752 KB317752 December 6, 2006
• 317058 DataSet contains duplicate records based on the SQL outer join query Q317058 KB317058 December 6, 2006
• 317030 How to handle arrays returned as a Variant from a Visual Basic COM object Q317030 KB317030 December 6, 2006
• 316889 SET statements do not have connection-wide ccope with ExecuteReader() of SQLCommand class Q316889 KB316889 December 6, 2006
• 316302 How to bind a DataGrid control to an ArrayList of objects or structures by using Visual Basic 2005 or Visual Basic .NET Q316302 KB316302 December 6, 2006
• 316170 BUG: Upgrade Wizard incorrectly converts an ActiveX control's DataSource property when you upgrade a project from Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic 2005 or to Visual Basic .NET Q316170 KB316170 December 6, 2006
• 316151 How to write your own registry accessing functions by using the Base Class Libraries in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 Q316151 KB316151 December 6, 2006
• 316137 Error message when you use square brackets as a delimited identified in Visual Basic 2005 or in Visual Basic .NET: "Identifier expected" Q316137 KB316137 December 6, 2006
• 316136 How to synchronize the access to a shared resource in a multithreading environment with Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q316136 KB316136 December 6, 2006
• 315935 How to build and use XML Web services by using Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005 Q315935 KB315935 December 6, 2006
• 315678 How to create and use a typed DataSet by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q315678 KB315678 December 6, 2006
• 313638 How to bind an ArrayList or Collection of structures to a Windows Form by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q313638 KB313638 December 6, 2006
• 313513 InvalidCastException when you bind DateTimePicker that contains a null value in Visual Basic Q313513 KB313513 December 6, 2006
• 313509 BUG: UPGRADE comments overload the task list in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 after the Upgrade Wizard runs Q313509 KB313509 December 6, 2006
• 313506 Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 does not support the comImport attribute to manually declare a COM component Q313506 KB313506 December 6, 2006
• 312902 How to create a serviced .NET component in Visual Basic.NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q312902 KB312902 December 6, 2006
• 312389 How to return a strongly-typed array from the ToArray(type) method by using Visual Basic 2005 or Visual Basic .NET Q312389 KB312389 December 6, 2006
• 311491 An "could not copy temporary files to the output directory" error is generated in Visual Studio .NET or in Visual Studio 2005 Q311491 KB311491 December 6, 2006
• 311335 Procedure View is not available in a Visual Basic 2005 or Visual Basic .NET project Q311335 KB311335 December 6, 2006
• 311331 The behavior of variable declaration changes in Visual Basic 2005 and in Visual Basic .NET Q311331 KB311331 December 6, 2006
• 311326 Error handling in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 Q311326 KB311326 December 6, 2006
• 311319 How to share data across multiple instances of a class without using a module in Visual Basic 2005 or in Visual Basic .NET Q311319 KB311319 December 6, 2006
• 311318 How to create a Key property for a TreeView node in Visual Basic Q311318 KB311318 December 6, 2006
• 311317 How to subclass windows in Windows Forms by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q311317 KB311317 December 6, 2006
• 311315 How to add a custom Toolbox icon to a Windows Forms control in Visual Basic .NET and in Visual Basic 2005 Q311315 KB311315 December 6, 2006
• 310366 The CommandBuilder object may rebuild a command that you try to modify during the next call to the DataAdapter.Update method and your changes to the command may be lost Q310366 KB310366 December 6, 2006
• 310082 How to extend a Web Form control to work with the validation controls by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q310082 KB310082 December 6, 2006
• 309617 How to upgrade a Visual Basic 6.0 project group to Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q309617 KB309617 December 6, 2006
• 309023 How to check security in a Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 COM+ application Q309023 KB309023 December 6, 2006
• 308537 How to create a forms collection in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 Q308537 KB308537 December 6, 2006
• 308051 Output parameters are not returned when you run an ADO.NET command in Visual Basic Q308051 KB308051 December 6, 2006
• 307222 How to use inheritance in Visual Basic 2005 or in Visual Basic .NET Q307222 KB307222 December 6, 2006
• 306978 How to use QueryPerformanceCounter to time code in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 Q306978 KB306978 December 6, 2006
• 306961 How to implement custom collections in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 Q306961 KB306961 December 6, 2006
• 306821 How to improve string concatenation performance in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 Q306821 KB306821 December 6, 2006
• 306394 How to determine when a shelled process ends in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 Q306394 KB306394 December 6, 2006
• 305705 How to programmatically start the default Internet Browser by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q305705 KB305705 December 6, 2006
• 304722 How to determine the operating system service pack level in Visual Basic .NET or in Visual Basic 2005 Q304722 KB304722 December 6, 2006
• 302656 How to obtain the NetBIOS and DNS computer names by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q302656 KB302656 December 6, 2006
• 301283 How to catch exceptions in Visual Basic 2005 or in Visual Basic .NET Q301283 KB301283 December 6, 2006
• 301070 How to encrypt and decrypt a file by using Visual Basic .NET or Visual Basic 2005 Q301070 KB301070 December 6, 2006
• 325682 HOW TO: Implement a Custom DataView Class in Visual Basic .NET Q325682 KB325682 November 23, 2006
• 319591 HOW TO: Save a .gif File with a New Color Table By Using Visual Basic .NET Q319591 KB319591 November 23, 2006
• 829115 PRB: "InvalidCastException" Error Message When You Bind an Office 2003 Web Component on a .NET Windows Form Q829115 KB829115 October 23, 2006
• 924009 Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1 release notes Q924009 KB924009 October 19, 2006
• 321525 HOW TO: Use DTS Package Events in Visual Basic .NET Q321525 KB321525 October 16, 2006
• 324899 HOW TO: Implement and Use Custom Extension Functions When You Execute XPath Queries in Visual Basic .NET Q324899 KB324899 September 29, 2006
• 316260 HOW TO: Programmatically Create a Hierarchical DataSet Object with ADO.NET in Visual Basic .NET Q316260 KB316260 August 14, 2006
• 909085 FIX: The Visual Studio IDE crashes when you compile a large Visual Basic solution Q909085 KB909085 July 20, 2006
• 307224 How to use XML in connected and disconnected ADO.NET applications Q307224 KB307224 May 23, 2006
• 300929 How to apply an XSL Transformation from an XML document to an XML document by using Visual Basic .NET Q300929 KB300929 April 26, 2006
• 317479 HOW TO: Draw a Rubber Band or Focus Rectangle in Visual Basic .NET Q317479 KB317479 April 21, 2006
• 311292 HOW TO: Find the src Attribute of a Frame Element in Visual Basic .NET Q311292 KB311292 April 21, 2006
• 311023 HOW TO: Manage Quotation Marks in Concatenated SQL Literals by Using ADO.NET and Visual Basic .NET Q311023 KB311023 April 20, 2006
• 313800 Programming samples that can reference items and folders in Outlook by using Visual Basic .NET Q313800 KB313800 March 22, 2006
• 308054 How to use a Web service as a data source for a client application in Visual Basic .NET Q308054 KB308054 March 22, 2006
• 814329 BUG: "Event '<Event Name>' cannot be found" error when you upgrade a Visual Basic 6.0 project to Visual Basic .NET Q814329 KB814329 March 20, 2006
• 814328 BUG: "Method cannot handle event" error when you build a Visual Basic .NET 2003 project Q814328 KB814328 March 20, 2006
• 313787 How to use the Microsoft Outlook Object Library to create an Outlook contact in Visual Basic .NET Q313787 KB313787 March 15, 2006
• 317528 BUG: The scale value for Oracle numeric parameter is ignored Q317528 KB317528 March 13, 2006
• 816802 A "No mapping exists from DbType Object to a known OdbcType" error occurs when you configure the OdbcDataAdapter by using the Data Adapter Configuration Wizard Q816802 KB816802 March 10, 2006
• 320930 You receive an error message when you install or start Visual Studio .NET or Visual Studio 2005: "Unable to pre-create directory for profile files" Q320930 KB320930 March 7, 2006
• 318460 "Namespace is already plugged in" error message occurs when you try to install the January 2002 edition of the MSDN Library Q318460 KB318460 March 7, 2006
• 317345 How to create and load add-ins in the Visual Studio .NET IDE by using Visual Basic .NET Q317345 KB317345 March 4, 2006
• 833903 Comparison of features that are included with Microsoft products that use the .NET Framework Q833903 KB833903 March 3, 2006
• 317552 Error message occurs when you try to change Visual Studio .NET components: "A selected drive is no longer" Q317552 KB317552 February 10, 2006
• 836675 Object properties in the PropertyDescriptorCollection class do not update as you expect Q836675 KB836675 February 9, 2006
• 834062 The Software Development Kit WinTalk sample cannot be opened in Design view in Visual Studio .NET Q834062 KB834062 February 9, 2006
• 829445 BUG: The System.Collections.Queue.Clone method loses data while cloning objects Q829445 KB829445 February 4, 2006
• 320567 Visual Studio .NET and Microsoft Developer Network files corrupted during installation from Samsung DVD-ROM Q320567 KB320567 February 4, 2006
• 823992 BUG: When You Remove Visual C# .NET an Error May Occur If You Try to Install Visual Studio Tools for Office Q823992 KB823992 February 3, 2006
• 823240 BUG: Breakpoints that are added by macros are not highlighted in the source editor Q823240 KB823240 February 3, 2006
• 820650 Error message when you upgrade a Visual Basic 6.0 project to Visual Basic .NET 2003: "UserControlName.ToolboxBitmap was not upgraded" Q820650 KB820650 February 3, 2006
• 814603 BUG: Late-bound calls to overloaded methods of a structure instance do not work as expected in Visual Basic .NET Q814603 KB814603 February 3, 2006
• 814357 BUG: You receive an error message if you change the case of a control name on the form Q814357 KB814357 February 3, 2006
• 317273 Unhandled exception when you pass non-public class object to COM DLL in Visual Basic .NET Q317273 KB317273 February 3, 2006
• 317098 BUG: "Sub Main was not found in WindowsApplication1.Form1" error message when you change the Name property of a Startup Form in Visual Basic .NET Q317098 KB317098 February 3, 2006
• 827819 October 2003 Visual Studio .NET documentation update Q827819 KB827819 February 1, 2006
• 826009 BUG: "System.MissingMethodException" error message when you try to build an application that hosts a licensed class Q826009 KB826009 February 1, 2006
• 315972 How to use the Visual Studio .NET application center test Q315972 KB315972 February 1, 2006
• 308046 HOW TO: Use Base Classes to Reduce Code Forking with Managed Providers in Visual Basic .NET Q308046 KB308046 January 28, 2006
• 318003 BUG: Visual Studio .NET Setup fails on AddShareAndPermissions custom action Q318003 KB318003 January 26, 2006
• 313519 BUG: You receive an "Unexpected error in Microsoft Visual Macros. It is safe to save your work and restart both Visual Studio Macros and Visual Studio" error message and Visual Studio macros fail when you close a modeless Windows form in Visual Studio Q313519 KB313519 January 26, 2006
• 834610 BUG: "System.IO.FileIOException" error message when you run a project that indirectly references the Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility library in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Q834610 KB834610 January 25, 2006
• 814733 BUG: New folder button is visible at run time when the ShowNewFolderButton property is set to false Q814733 KB814733 January 25, 2006
• 319720 "High encryption mismatch" error message occurs when you try to install Visual Studio .NET Q319720 KB319720 January 25, 2006
• 327213 BUG: SaveFileDialog object returns "Cancel" whether or not you overwrite an existing file Q327213 KB327213 January 23, 2006