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  1. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    Ehh, there might be some gold or other precious metals in it that someone will take the time to scrap.
  2. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    I'm the wrong guy to ask.

    My grandfather was a hoarder, but my dad was basically the exact opposite. He either threw everything away or gave it away.

    So part of me says hold onto it forever and...
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    Re: React Native Login connect with sql server ?

    I'm not going to vouch for other forums, but keep in mind that VBForums really doesn't have much mobile or web activity.


    The attachments aren't working for me, could you copy/paste the line that...
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    Re: Using twinBASIC for Legacy Projects

    I work in the realm of business enterprise applications. So a lot of what I see is fetch data from SQL database, manipulate it in some way, display it to the user, etc.

    But there's one application...
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    Re: React Native Login connect with sql server ?

    The language at the top of his post is ReactJS which is a JavaScript framework similar to Angular and Vue. It is purely a front-end language. The language at the bottom of his post is NodeJS which is...
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    Using twinBASIC for Legacy Projects

    I often work with clients who have legacy applications that might have originally been written in VB3 then upgraded over the years to VB6 but then stopped because the migration to .NET seemed too...
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    Re: React Native Login connect with sql server ?

    You are not hitting the database from React, you're hitting it from your NodeJS server.

    Your NodeJS code is concerning because there are several bad practices going on, but I don't see anything...
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    Re: Installing VB6 on Windows 11

    You're fine to post links to zip files, but please do not include any binaries such as executables.
  9. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    It kind of sounds like a "softer" version of a Down song.
  10. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    It looks like we have our quick reply buttons back.
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    Re: Prpertygrid Color value save to Xml

    OK, I plugged it into Visual Studio and there were a few errors.

    1. Regarding the incorrect initialization of Font. The error message you are getting is:

    The issue with this is that we are...
  12. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    Ah, the navy blue font too!
  13. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    Same. My day job is basically only MVC C# but I still do some contract work in VB.NET desktop land.
  14. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    Snow avatar and all.
  15. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    Woah. Talk about a blast from the past.
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    Re: Prpertygrid Color value save to Xml

    I will let you take a stab in the dark at how to resolve that one. It’s super easy.
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    Re: Prpertygrid Color value save to Xml

    I’m not able to see the image. Can you please copy/paste the error message?
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    Re: Conversion Question

    Good question, they've been gone at least a week.
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    Re: Prpertygrid Color value save to Xml

    The constructor is wrong because each variable is currently defined as a string. Take a look at the relevant documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.drawing.font.-ctor...
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    Re: Conversion Question

    That's a good point. There's definitely something going on under the hood here because the constructor for SelectListItem is:

    public SelectListItem (string text, string value);
    And it is not:
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    Re: Conversion Question

    That's not correct. DBNull and null are not the same thing and what your code is doing is checking the former not the latter.

    I'm sure that you're aware of this, but I'm going to include it...
  22. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    Rob Halford of Judas Priest, it was a nod to "Breaking the Law"
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    Re: Prpertygrid Color value save to Xml

    I did free type this example and I used the wrong attribute. Use XmlIgnore (documentation) instead of NonSerialized (documentation).
  24. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    \,,/
  25. Thread: Post Race!

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    Re: Post Race!

    Louisiana just signed a conceal carry law. It looks like I'll no longer be breaking the law starting July 4th.
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    Re: Prpertygrid Color value save to Xml

    The idea behind the two properties I gave you is that they act as wrappers to handle only the serialization. If you look my examples, the property setters are not setting the value of the property...
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    Re: Prpertygrid Color value save to Xml

    I didn't get a private message nor would I want one. If you want help then I encourage you to post your code here to allow the community to help you out.
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    Re: Prpertygrid Color value save to Xml

    Can you provide me with the entire class definition?
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    Re: Prpertygrid Color value save to Xml

    The basic issue is that color is a complex type that cannot be serialized easily. You will need to use a class that contains the property that is serializable. Take a look at this example:
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    Re: Next US government shutdown in a few weeks

    There's that old joke that <favorite economist> has predicted 20 of the last 3 recessions.
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    Re: Next US government shutdown in a few weeks

    I would say that we have started to see signs of a weaker dollar globally. If you look at what the US did to Russia in response to them invading Ukraine, at first it crashed the ruble but it has...
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    Re: Next US government shutdown in a few weeks

    I'm not worried about my personal gain. I have my own investment strategy that is working out very nicely.

    I am worried about the country I live in.
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    Re: Next US government shutdown in a few weeks

    Ultimately we will get another omnibus package and I do not see how it can remain sustainable. Last year it was $1,700,000,000 (1.7 trillion) and the number only ever goes up, never down.

    The...
  34. Re: [RESOLVED] [SQL Server] Authentication and Authorization In Single Database Hit

    Thank you for that wqweto, I did modify the query to drop the join on the ApplicationUser.

    However, after some additional testing with more data I found that the query wouldn't work like it is...
  35. Thread: Javier Milei

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    Re: Javier Milei

    I would completely agree with this, but what makes me excited is that he was elected by espousing Austrian economic policies. So if nothing else, the radical message he was saying to get elected is...
  36. Thread: Javier Milei

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    Re: Javier Milei

    I will say that I had no idea what was going on in Argentina until Javier Melei's rise (around August of 2023) and that was in part because a lot of libertarian podcasts I listen to started talking...
  37. Thread: Javier Milei

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    Javier Milei

    Well I am super excited about Milei and I'm surprised he hasn't come up in the World Events yet. He ran and won the Argentinian presidency as an unapologetic Austrian economist, although after he got...
  38. Re: Need help with crazy C++ pointer macro

    I'm neither a C++ developer nor a VB6 developer, but I've used both languages.

    The basic idea of the chunk of code is that is moves a pointer by the size of the pointer and then gets the new...
  39. Re: VS 2022 (Vb.net) - wrong e.KeyCode and e.KeyData values

    By the way, I updated your post to use
    so that it keeps the formatting. If you edit your post (or visit the link in my signature), you'll see how it's used.

    Regarding your problem: The KeyCode...
  40. Thread: Post Race!

    by dday9
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    Re: Post Race!

    Got some good news from my kids this afternoon. My son brought up all his grades to be on the honor roll and my daughter has been nominated to be in the gifted and talented program with the parish.
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