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• Thomas Waldron .Net 2.0 Winform takes time to load controls

  Hi All, I have developed a winform application in .Net 2.0 using C#. My page has few labels and 3 images of 10k each. It takes about 1 second to display the contents after load and hence ahows a flikering effect. I tried with some buffer techniques but was not able to get a solution. Kindly let me know how to improve the performance. Regards Anurag Banka I'm not sure I'm understand right - ...Show All

• Serg256 ValidationEventHandler

  Hi, all I'm using ValidationEventHandler Event to catch the error when I validate XML files against schema. But this event can catch only first error it was hit and won't catch any other error refer to this link. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemxmlxmlvalidatingreaderclassvalidationeventhandlertopic.asp I want to know how can catch all errors in the file Thanks! ...Show All

• IMustCode Exchange 2003 Workflow

  Hi All Can any one help me,how to configure the workflow in exchange 2003 If any one have step by step guide or Webcasts kindly provide it. FYI I searched in microsoft MSDN i didn't get the document what i need Thanks In Advance Many Thanks Hameed Hameed, I see, I thought your question was related to System Center Capacity Planner. As this is a forum specializing on predeployment sizing using SCCP, I would sugges ...Show All

• joao.carlos datasets -- hide password information from the user

  I have a dataset that has 6 columns. Two of these columns contain passwords. I need to use these passwords for FTP purposes, but I would like the user to see only "****" when they run the program. How can I do this Yes, this dataset is bound to a datagridview. The response I got in another forum was to just hide the columns. The problem with this is if the user would like to add another row of information, they could not add the pas ...Show All

• RotcivL How do I create a simple table in C#

  Hey, Iam designing a inventory software, and I need to make a table that shows the item number, description and price of each item. Iam not using any databases, just want to store all the info in 1 file. Whats the best way I can do this in C# Sorry for the late response :$ Here is what you can do : dsInventory = new DataSet ( "Inventory" ); DataTable dtInventory = new DataTable ( ...Show All

• cronik Have an idea for a Windows Desktop Search Technical Chat? Post it here!

  Microsoft is striving to deliver an integrated community experience that responds to the needs of our customers.  We're committed to providing online communities that allow people to interact, collaborate, provide feedback, and seek help with Microsoft products and technologies.   The Windows Desktop Search Forum is one example of such a community and we're currently exploring the possibility of expanding our communi ...Show All

• henniman execute another app in installer?

  Hi there. My application requires the DirectX runtime files (Microsoft.Directx.dll and the Microsoft.DirectX.Directsound.dll files only) Because of licensing, in order to distribute these files I need to either: 1) include the entire Microsoft DirectX distributional setup file for end users 2) refer the user to the Microsoft DirectX website to download and install the end user/runtime files   IF I decide to go for 1) - how ...Show All

• Graham Heslin Localization problem with Settings (VS 2005)

  My application saves several float objects in user.config using Settings .Default.myfloat = number; The object is cast back to a float by its property in Settings.Designer.cs public float myFloat{    get {        return (( float )( this [ "myfloat" ]));    }    set {        this [ "myfloat" ] = value ; &nbs ...Show All

• Mercedestime .Parent

  I would like to have a collection of objects that implement a 'parent' property similar to the way controls in a control container (ie forms.controls/control.Parent) Could any one suggest how this might be best acheived or point me to some reading around the subject. Essential, I beleive I need a reference back to the parent container so that if a child changes its properties, like a volume property, I can check if the parent is able to ac ...Show All

• Ben Westbrook - MSFT SQL Server on C# question

  Hi, I want to be able to run, pause or stop a SQL Service (as in SQL Server Service Manager) from within a C# application. How can I do this The server I'm using is called DEANHPLAPTOP. I'm sure this can be done through the command line somehow in DOS but how can I do it in an application The end result I want is to have it so that the first form in the app (login form) starts the service if it's not already running and then stops it when t ...Show All

• DonW How to find a System Tray Process

  Hi, I'm trying to retrieve a process from the System Tray programmatically. My program starts the process and then saves the Process object. Later, the program tries to locate the process and bring it to the front (in focus). For all processes that do not reside in the system tray, I can do this with no problems. When I call AppActivate on a process that is in the SystemTray, the ArgumentException is raised. Does anyone know how to ret ...Show All

• sunrunner Icon in Form

  Hi All, I would like to make to change icon in the same form. By this means that the form has 2 functionality: when functionality is changed also icon must be changed in the same form. Is there any ideas for solving the problem Many Thanks. I mean that design of Form A is flexible, so icon and form caption are changed by out side effect, not in property. I know there is an Icon proprity, but I would like to ch ...Show All

• jrett Exe path from file extension

  Any way in the framework to get the .exe file path from a particular extension TIA I used to do this in VB with psapi.dll... Can't locate the code tho. The registry value for .sln seems to be : VisualStudio.Launcher.sln I need to get the Program exe name and path of associated extensions. Since you’ve already found how to ...Show All

• Rashar Cannot make a debug release anymore

  Today I switched my builds to release, to test the performance of my application. But now the configuration manager is greyed out, and i cant make any debug releases anymore :( Who can help me please close visual studio and re-open it, also make sure your not playing the app while you try to change it. so werid are you in VS 2005 or 2003 do you have all service packs running. Did you try reinst ...Show All

• Kenneth LeFebvre Do you know what's the different between "equals" and "=="

  Hi, Do you know what's the different between "equals" and "==" Hello, Equals vs. C#'s operator Check it out on this page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnguinet/html/drguinet4_update.asp Hope this helps, Chad Equals is a virtual method inherited from System.Object. All objects in .NET have an Equals method because all are derived from System.Object. Some classes ove ...Show All