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Im coding an application in VB.NET and need to check if Visio is installed on the computer. Is there a way I can do this? Would I be able to check the version of Visio as well? Thanks

Hmn, is there a place that i can grab these data structures from?

Hi, Im coding in vb.net and am wondering if it is possible to use a dataset containing multiple tables as a data structure. Ive got a really complicated data structure (basically a tree) that could very easily be represented with tables and relationshipts (entity-relationship diagram) in a...

Ive got a collection that Id like to sort. It is of highest priority that the sorting has to be fast. Memory space is an issue but not as much as sorting speed. Also, Id like the sorting algorithm to work fairly well for large (infinity) number of objects as for small number of objects. Is...

Hi, I need to write a few lines of code that opens a particular document in Visio. This is how Im currently doing it: Dim App As Visio.Application Try App = GetObject(, "Visio.Application") Throws exception if no existing Visio.Application Catch E As Exception...

Hi, Id like to know if theres anyway that I can check if a particular application is running. In my application, i need to check if Visio is running.

That would work. But efficiency is also a rather important factor. Would that really be efficient?

Hi, I need a datastructure to store data that has a structure similar to a tree. The tree can have multiple children (not constrained to 2). Each child can have only one parent. Im thinking at the moment of implementing a Graph data structure (which is really an expanded tree). However, i dun...

Ive got this module with a Sub Main() Method. In that, im making a call to show a form (frmBlah.Show()). Now, what happens is that, the form is shown but the program exits almost immediately. So basically, u get like a brief flash of the form and thats it. I want the form to be shown and until...

Hi, Id like to know what type of data structures are built into VB.NET 2003. Id like one thats able to handle a sufficiently large number of data and thats pretty fast. I tried looking into the msdn but it doesnt seem to have the info i need. Is there, perhaps, a link that has all the data...