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• Ben Gribble Solution configurations and solution platforms grayed(disabled)

  I Installed VC# Express Beta 2 under Win64. Just started the IDE and then I removed some buttons from the main toolbar, set font colors, etc.... Created a few projects and wondered how could I change from Debug to Release configuration.... Then I saw I removed the Cconfiguration Manager", "Solution configurations " and "Solution platforms" from the Standard toolbar... I put them back... but now are BOTH GRAYED AND DISABLED, so I can't change con ...Show All

• chet1940 ManagedThreadID doesn't work for interop for SetWindowsHookEx.

  I am converting a VB6 program to be C#. Therefore I was looking up how to hook the application for mouse, key activity and I found this article by Microsoft. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318804/ In the code it uses AppDomain .GetCurrentThreadId() to set a callback thread for Hooking. It uses interop to the user32.dll. I modified/used the code and it works. However, the compiler insists that I should not use this function (GetCur ...Show All

• Craig Oliver creating a searchable pdf

  hi there, I want to create a pdf with hidden text layer i.e a searchble pdf but i m not sure how to do it. It would be great if somebody can tell me how to implement it or just kind of a road map. I want to convert a tiff file into a pdf file and want to make that pdf file serachble by indexing service and also with text layer. It would be great if anybody can help me. Thanks in advance ...Show All

• decrypted console window together with a WinForm application?

  i need a console window together with a WinForm application. like: http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/console.asp public class Win32 {         [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]         public static extern Boolean AllocConsole();         [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]         public static extern Boolean FreeConsole( ...Show All

• Karthik Mani Database Question

  Ok. I have a database in attached to my program. What I would like the query to do is this. SELECT textBox1.Text FROM TableName; Here is the code I have now. private void doQuery_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { sqlDataAdapter1.SelectCommand.CommandText = "SELECT" + textBox1.Text + "FROM TableName" ; dataSet1.Clear(); sqlDataAdapter1.Fill( dataSet1, "TableName" ); dataGrid1.SetDataBinding( dataSet1, "TableName" ); But ...Show All

• Gary Loong How to Set columns width in a Win. Form Datagrid at runtime?

  Thanks for the help. I figured out how to make certain columns to be readonly. But I had to do this to the DataTable before its even binded to the dataGrid. Is there a better way to do this Also is there a way to set the width of each column I looked at the code above. But I think were using differnt types of datasource. Im a newby with C# so excuse me if my questions seem kinda stupid...... Im not sure how to make the code you posted above ...Show All

• MeanOldDBA Console window keeps closing itself

  Hello, I'm a newbie to Visual C# and I am trying to create the dirt simple "Hello World" sample as a Console Application and when I run my program the console window blinks up then disappears...it closes itself. Anyone know what's going on here To debug, I set a breakpoint at my " static void Main()" line and the code starts, a blank console window even appears but as soon as the program executes the " Console .WriteLine( "H ...Show All

• mgholam How to access Sybase database from MS SQL

  I want to get a bulk amount of data from 2 databases. one is MS SQL database and the other is Sybase Adaptive server anywhere database. the tables in both database are logically related as follows. MSSQL_DB --> tbl_Contracts.ContractID = Sybase_DB - tbl_Allocation.ContractID is it possible to access both database at the same time using a stored procedure in SQL server or is there any other way to accomplish this task like, extracting an ...Show All

• LAUJ How do I change the default programming language?

  How do I change default language in Visual Studio 2005     When Visual Studio starts it display information about C++, but I would like to change this to C# Use the Import and Export Setting Wizard: 1. Choose Tools -> Import and Export Settings ... 2. Select Reset All Settings and click Next 3. Select whether you would like to save the current settings and click Next 4. Select the settings yo ...Show All

• Slybacon Help - (More advanced) OleDBProblem - Please answer

  I have to write a little Client/Server App. where the Client uses a MSDE to check out Data when he gets out of the House. When he reconnects to the System the Client haves to Sync the whole Data (including Authorisationinformations - new Users etc) So right now I've made 2 System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection's, connect to one SQLServer, Read the contents of a table/view via the DataReader line by line and fire a insert-Command foreach line! is t ...Show All

• motters Properties that "bubble up" set property

  I don't really know the right term for this, but the following is what I am looking for. Say I have the following: public class MyClass { private MyObject mSomething; public MyObject Something { get { return mSomething; } set { mSomething = value; } } } Now say MyObject has an inner property MyObject.InnerProperty, and the user does MyClass.Something.InnerProperty = "value", is there any way for the ...Show All

• LorenaHE RaftingContainer upgrade to Beta 2

  I don't even know what a rafting container does.  I assume that it was automatically added to my forms when I added some other controls.  Now when I upgraded to Beta 2 it is obsolete and I need to change to ToolStripContainer I think. I have top, bottom, left, and right RaftingContainers, what are they there for thanks for looking, dave Well, I think it is something left over from playing around with ...Show All

• Mihir101 How can I know if the Microsoft Media Player 10 has been installed in user's PC? thanks!

  How can I know if the Microsoft Media Player 10 has been installed in user's PC thanks! Player.versionInfo  <CLICK THERE Hi, You can check in the Registry programmatically using Microsoft.Win32 namespace. The entry will be in the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Software\Microsoft\WindowsMedia\Setup\BlockingRefCounts\App\WindowsMediaPlayer Regards, Vikram Hi, Are you using the Media Player Activ ...Show All

• cutatl26 config error

  how do you fix this error Configuration system failed to initialize Does the advice in this thread help you at all ...Show All

• Rob Claisse create an drawing program

  Hi everyone, I would like to create a drawing program, but I don't know how to create a drawing box. For example like in MS Paint. Please help it's important. Thanks hi! Not an expert You can create a bitmap get its graphics and then draw into it U can paint where ever u want on the form!! ...Show All