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• samsonknight VS 8 Performance makes it unuseable

  Hi, We have converted a large c# solution with 12 projects and about 60 Mb of code from VS7 to VS8 and find that working in the IDE is impossibly slow. We are running on a P4 3.2 Ghz 1 Mb RAM with Windows XP SP2 (clean install). It seems slow in all areas of development. The only area where perfomance is as good or better is in running the release code. So far it's a major backwards step when compared to VS 7. Is anyone else experiencing t ...Show All

• gtrussell WDS and Outlook 2000 crashing on exit issue - open for discussion?

  I read through the previous thread and really didn't get the sense that this issue is being addressed or acknowledged. So, here's my own experience on it: It seems even with the new build of WDS (03/08/06), I too still have the Outlook 2000 crashing on exit problem. I'm running Win2K SP4, Office 2000 SP3 and all updates from Microsoft Update for both the OS and Office. The Pc is a 1.5Ghz P4, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, etc. The hardware is more than su ...Show All

• ks2006 running a process from memory (as opposed to from the file system)

  I have an embedded exe (gpg.exe) in a class library I'm writing. my problem is I dont want to extract the executable to the file system, but instead would like to run the process from memory. Process / Start Info take a file system string path to start the process. any clues as to how I might be able to replace some part of that functionality so that I can load the executable from memory into that Process object am I chasing a le ...Show All

• magicalclick Saving A MDI Child Form From Its MDI Parent's Toolstrip

  I have searched the web and I cannot seem to find out how to call a public save function in an mdi child from its mdi parent’s toolstrip. I’m basically after the same functionality as you get in something like Word. You can have several documents open, but when you click on save from the toolstrip it only saves the active document. How do I get this to work   Either: a) create a save event on yo ...Show All

• nimrodel Database connection Dilema

  Hi I am working on an application with two main parts. The first part is the database I am connecting to and the second is an activeX control. I am also using SQL 2005 Express as my database server. The way I have incorperated the database into the app is by using a auto-generated dataset and table-adapter and then doing the rest of the coding myself. My app has to do a few simple queries and occationally write some information to the database. ...Show All

• Yolip class inherit and event question

  Hi, I have two classes (ClassA and ClassB), public ClassA { public ClassA() { this.MyButton.Clicked += new System.EventHandler(this.MyButton_Click); } private void MyButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { MyFunc(); } protected void MyFunc() { } } public ClassB : ClassA { //.... some functions } What I need is, once the event is fired in ClassA, how can I make inherited classes (e.g ClassB) to know base class ...Show All

• christoph11 Timeout expired in SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery (insert) for SQL Server 2005

  Hi, I am upgrading from VS2000 & SQL Server 2000 to VS2005 & SQL Server 2005. One of my massive programs has an exception after a lot of inserts to a certain table during insert via SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. trace: at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnectio ...Show All

• SergioTorres C# Resolution Independent Application

  How to develop resoultion independent application in C#. I developed applicaion in 1200x768, I want the same application should run in different monitor resolution.  How to do it in C#. plz help me. Hi Tanny, Yes, dock and anchor are the way to go... You might also want to take a look at Form resizing and display tutorial here Regards, Vikram Hi, as i get yoour point you want to have dynamic sizing windows in according t ...Show All

• Simeão Converting document files (.doc, .rtf) to .pdf format using .net

  how can i convert .doc or .rtf files to .pdf format using .net As far as I know there is nothing in the base classes for converting from rtf and doc formats to pdf. I would recommend reading the above article and downloading the source code, then you can take from it what you need. is there any easy method. otherthan full coding There are so much third-party component/libraries that can do this ...Show All

• justinv how do i change the font color of a String.SubString in a textBox?

  for example txtBox.text = "The color is green"; i want to display the word green as "green". is there a way to do that You must search the plain text for the tag's. Manipulating RTB yourself is a little bit hard, use a RichTextBox control for this and only use the Text property to read the plain text and change color, fonts and style with the selection methods. thanks i want to use rtf format but i don't kno ...Show All

• Nung Accessing .AVI As Embedded Resource

  I've got a project in VS2003 where I've added a number of images and a video clip as an embedded resource on 'Build Action'. I can access the images easy enough by using the following code: System.Drawing.Bitmap bitmap = new System.Drawing.Bitmap(GetType(), "sampleImage.jpg"); this .pictureBox1.Image = bitmap; The problem is accessing the embedded .AVI; both the ActiveX Windows Media Player and the DirectX AudioVideoPlayback r ...Show All

• Jason W158421 How can I check if a specific registry entry exists?

  The title says it. Please help. Thanks. Are you looking for a specific key of value If a key, you need only attempt to open it with OpenSubKey() and if you get null back you know it doesn’t exist, otherwise if you do get a RegistryKey instance back it does exist.            RegistryKey key = Registry .LocalMachine.OpenSubKey( @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Window ...Show All

• JoeLopez viewing file from resources

  Hi everyone ! I have a .rtf file in resources. I want to view this file in a rich text box. How Can I Load this file from the resources Thanks fo your answers ...Show All

• JBerggren How to assign 4 bytes of float to byte array

  I need to assign each of the four bytes of a float type variable to four bytes of a byte array. Can someone suggest a way to do this In essence I would like to do this: byte_array[0] = float_byte1 byte_array[1] = float_byte2 byte_array[2] = float_byte3 byte_array[3] = float_byte4   This array will be sent via a USB transaction. On the other end I will need to re-assemble the float type variable... ...Show All

• kapil kumar P Set form background color

  I've created key in registry where background form color is saved (in format: ff8f8f8f, and string key is called myKey). The code which saves color in registry is: if(cd1.ShowDialog()==DialogResult.OK) { string boja= cd1.Color.Name; RegistryKey regkey; regkey=Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(@"Software\myProject\1\options",true); regkey.SetValue("myKey",boja); regkey.Close(); } What I want is, when I start my Form1 t ...Show All