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I just checked out this develop.I'll definitly investigate this. Once again Thanks.

My apoligies to Mrpaul.You handled it well.Most sorry. As far as dll's go,the only ones I've really used are things like the web browser control and the windows mediaplayer control.I guess I panicked trying to use the shell32 dll,when I got a "Guid is not valid,or not registered error" on some notification function.Funny enough it works fine for the simpler shell functions. The vb .net standard edition does have limits though(i.e no class library,etc).I just think it would be good to learn how to do everything in notepad,eventually much more cost effective,and you would understand more clearly how the assembly and resource files etc fit together.I mean you can't upgrade the standard edition,and at about 1,000 Canadian dollars the proffessional one is a little expensive. As far as I remember I believe there is deployment issues with the free vb .net express edition.Why build something if you can't deploy it?Right now I have the standard edition, but I'm just thinking of the future.The next ide/programming software I might get next could very well be Borland C++,but I would still like to keep abreasrt of vb .net Anyway thanks for the replies.

Thanks Mskeel.I just don't feel like laying out a lot of money for the proffesional version.People program java and Php in notepad.As I say, the vb .net standard edition is very limited for importing dll's.

Mate.Go back to sleep.Read what I said properly.

I've become frustrated with using the Visual basic standard edition.You're mostly limited to the stock provided dll's and can't really import new ones. I think I'd be interested in learning how to program vb .net completely from notepad. I ran and debugged a simple application from the command line.The problem was when I tried importing a reference to system.Windows.forms and got a class not recognized error,yet it imported system.io just fine. When I used java I just adding the dll's to the directory and used the imports statement and everything worked,but not with vb .net. How do you add references in notepad?Does anybody have any links for developing vb .net with notepad?

Half the applications in the world won't work because of permissions.It's too bad.

That should do it.Actually Im mainly replying to this thread to test an application of my own.

You know what?I don't think my localhost problem is due to the trogan virus.From what I've read and what I've seen the "trogan" appears to be just a minor irritant that doesn't cause major damage. If I could only get the localhost working.I want to write one of the microsoft exams soon.

You know,if I reformatted the hard drive,would all my software still be protected? Some music software I downloaded, so I wouldn't be able to re-install after doing a reformat of the disk,and I just don't feel like installing a cd burner on this machine the way it is now(in order to "save" the music software). I have a good feeling it's the virus causing all these problems and Ill have to take a drastic step to get rid of it.Nortons anti-virus can't do any more than they've already .done. Maybe I should think about suing them.Then I could buy a whole bunch of new computers.That's an idea.

The web matrix and apache server not working isn't the only problem I've had since I moved and got my computer set up again.I can just managed to get rid of the trojan virus by re-installing windows xp,and I now I've gotta find a driver type file for my sound card. My advice.If you want consistancy in your computer,live in the same place and don't move.

I've used the web matrix on my machine since it was first issued. You dont need the IIs to run the web matrix on the xp home edition . Everything worked fine until I moved and got a new isp provider. I still don't have a clue what the problem is.

Hello.Recently having moved I got a new isp provider. The problem is that now when I try to run the asp web matrix or the apache server on my computer I get an 404 error,page can't be found error. Im using windows xp home edition.Im a little flustered with this problem.I would appreciate any help.It appears somehow that the local host can't be found. Thank you.

Thanks for the help Nerseus.The Temporary agency idea is good. I just wonder about the benifits of being a freelance programmer. That's my dream.Im sure many programmers find they can be productive for say 16 hours at a time. It's just working 9-5 what if you got in a little programming rut? Lets say you forget to fill a dataset properly, and it ends up taking a long time to figure out,something stupid like that. Somethingyou wouldn't normally mess up with. The kind of feeling you get before playing baseball or something. Surely pro programmers mess up like that even on rare occasions,or do they? If I went into an office programming job,Id have to bring my cd full of VB,C#,web,sql code for reference.I guess there wouldnt be any harm in that.I hope not.

I took digital electronics and assembler and Pascal programming in college in the late eighties.The closest I came to programming for years after that was a drum machine. In the last few years I think I,ve become pretty solid with vb.net, C#,Vb script,javascript,Html Sql and Im now getting into xml web services. Im sure theres a lot of people on this board who could teach me a thing or two.My dilemna is How do I break into the programming field? Theres a lot of competition from students. Id like to do freelance or begin with a smaller sized company. I just don't have the best strategy for getting into the programming work force,I would't feel comfortable working for a huge company.Maybe I should do some volounteer work on web sites or try to sell some desktop software.Any ideas?

I find the Vb .net standard edition to be a really good deal. It works fine on a webserver . It's also great for database stuff,I just found you can't always trust the server explorer to see if you have a database connection.It's best to write it in code first. A good deal for the money.