Ok, apparently it doesn't have to do with the page written in vb VS c# because I created a c# page with the same problem.
I'm guessing it has to do with me trying to pull the cutechat from a page in a different directory than the cutechat software is loaded. I have tried adding the <add key="CuteChat.DataDirectory" value="~/cutechat/cutesoft_client/cutechat" /> key to the web.config file, but it still doesn't seem to help.
Anyone with any suggestions? I'm running out of time to try and get this to work.
Thanks ahead of time.