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• Rohit Saxena How do I Install the .net framework 1.1 onto a removeable drive

  Hi I have written an application on a standard desktop using Vb.net 2003 running under XP Pro SP2.  I am trying to install the application onto an embedded Pc which uses a Compact Flash drive (4 GB Microdrive) as the boot C drive (running same XP Pro SP2). The problem I have is that when I start to install the dotnetfx redistributable .net framework 1.1, the installation fails half way through. (it asks for the CD .net framework 1.1) I ...Show All

• Corsario007 App.config problem

  hi all, I've developed an application in which the connection string is provided in the app.config for dymanic changes to be made. but now the issue is the changes which i do for the sql connection string is not accepted as i thought. < connectionStrings > < add name = " DatabaseConnection " connectionString = " Server Name=netbiz/sqlexpress;Data Source=Net;Database=Airwaves;uid=sa; " /> &l ...Show All

• SuperPoney Double Trouble - bug in double?

  There appears to be a bug with Double, unless I'm missing something The following lines of code are basically all the same. However, some of the numbers evaluate to "true" while others evaluate to "false". I can not figure this out. Response.Write((Convert.ToDouble("3.170404") == 3.170404)); // is true Response.Write((Convert.ToDouble("5.170404") == 5.170404)); // why is this false Response.Write((Co ...Show All

• Desperate Jaap FK violation on TableAdapter.Update

  I have 2 tables, namely Parent(ParentID, ParentName) and Child(ChildID, ChildName, ParentID). I created a form by dragging the datasources based on the dataset produced by this tables. The Parent table is represented by details while the Child is with DataGridView. The Child table bindingsource is bound to the relationship between the two tables so I expected that Child.ParentID would change accordingly after updating the parent table to the dat ...Show All

• Inna73863 Read a pipe delimited file

  Is there some easy way to read a pipe delimited file into a dataview, dataset, datatable etc Basicly I'm working on an interface to a web app that will respond with a pipe delimited set of records.  IE each record on a seperate line and each field seperated by a '|' char.  I'd like to get this into some form of data object to be able to better deal with it in code. Thank you very much I'll give thi ...Show All

• umberto21 Visual Studio 2005 Beta with web service

  Hi Really quick question that someone may be able to help with.. I have converted my solution to VS 2005 Beta from 2003 and now my solution will not build. I have a project within the soltution that uses a web reference and when this reference is included in the project the solution fails to build.. take it out and all is fine. I wonder if the issue is that the web service project actually uses this project as a reference itsself, kind of like ...Show All

• vludyeidiet Bug in VS2005 Custom Tool (XSDs) or VS2003 conversion problem

  I'm trying to convert an application from VS2003 to VS2005. My latest problem involves xsd files (dataset specifications). None of my VS2003 xsd files compiles within 2005. I get a similar error for each: Error 2 Custom tool error: Value cannot be null. Parameter name: ServiceProvider C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\EDS C2 R13d (Perf fix DM)\PCIU_Projects\Main\SupportingData.xsd 1  ...Show All

• Rose Say I'm sure this isnt the right place for this question but ....

  I was wondering if microsoft is ever going to make drivers available for Windows XP 64-bit edition. I just purchaced a fingerprint reader (a microsoft product) only to find it does not work in XP 64. I have searched everywhere I can think of to find out if there was a driver available but it doesnt seem to exist. Then I looked at the microsoft hardware site and randomly looked at driver downloads for their hardware and none NONE were available i ...Show All

• Paul Laudeman Generics inheritance

  I am using a generic class as my base class for collections.  Here is my inheritance tree....     Public Interface IEntity         ...     End Interface     Public MustInherit Class BaseEntity         Implements IEntity         Implements IComparable         ...   &nb ...Show All

• Cep Disable all interupts

  Hi , How can i disable all hardware interrupts Thanks. Ok , I want to disable some I/O devices such as keyboard ,mouse,HDD , CD ROM , Modem and spechially windows clock for short period of time. Sean you said :" if you were doing this in Windows, .NET is out, you'd have to write it using C++/assembler or some such system-level language. if you were doing this in Windows, .NET is out, y ...Show All

• zoxter Problem with finding record position

  Hi! I am learning data access with ADO .NET. I've a problem. Here is a code for finding a record using primary key. Dim n As Integer = InputBox("Enter Salary Number:", "Search", vbOK) Dim rowFoundRow As DataRow = DsMember1.Tables("Member").Rows.Find(n) If Not (rowFoundRow Is Nothing ) Then MessageBox.Show( CType (rowFoundRow(3), String ), "Search Result") Else Messag ...Show All

• jonzim WSCF generated WSDL with types instead of XSD Imports?

  I REALLY want to use the WSCF tool to generate my WSDL, and I woule REALLY like to have it all in one file ... instead of having it use the "Import" statement and point to an external XSD. Mostly from an interop point of view, but also to make it selfcontained and easier to read. (Like it's ever easy to read a contract - WSDL or legal ones :) Anybody have a clue as how to do that best regards Lars ...Show All

• Narenkumar Timeout Problem when Calling GetResponse()

  Hello, I am trying to use the HttpWebResponse and HttpWebRequest to connect to a web address. I am expecting back XML from the address. I can access the web address and successfully get back XML when I connect to it using my web browser but when I try and access the address using the GetResponse method I get a timeout. Is there a setting I am missing that would cause a timeout Here is my code: HttpWebRequest restRequest = (HttpWebRequest ...Show All

• E_Mind Accessing DHCP Lease Table Remotely

  What we are actually looking to do is to have our program reach out onto the network and communicate with an electronic device we have manufactured. What we are looking for is to take a known Mac Address and find out the device's Dynamically Assigned IP Address. We would like to do this with minimal End User input. We know that every DHCP network has a DHCP server, and every DHCP server has a lease table. Every DHCP Lease table has a correlat ...Show All

• RicardoJB SqlConnection and thread safety

  I believe I know the answer to this, but I would like confirmation. I have been experiencing NullReferenceExceptions being thrown from a call to ExecuteScalar(). The occurence is intermittent, but only happens when two separate threads try to use the same pooled SqlConnection on synchronous schedule (i.e. every 5 seconds). I surmise that the cause of the NullReferenceException is a conflict between the two threads trying to simultaneously ...Show All