System.web.mail

[halcyon03]

Hi - two questions, but let me preface this first. I have not programmed vb since VB 3.0 and im noticing that a LOT more has changed than i thought.

1) Im using VS.NET on a server provided to me from my university and am trying to use System.web.mail but VS.NET is saying that it cant find it. Could this be because my professor has disabled this, or is there a download somewhere to add it?

2) Is it possible to connect to a mySQL database (that is being hosted on a web server which i am the admin for, but dont actually have access to the physical server) using vb.net from a client machine? Virtually i want to be able to update things in the database through a website and read things from the database through a vb.net application. If someone could point me in the right direction i would greatly appreciate it.

thanks,
david

 

[Mehyar]

As for question 1

In a windows application System.Web is not included in the references by default, so right click references and click add reference.

Choose the .NET tab and select System.Web.dll and add it

now you can use it.