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• George Clingerman TreeView question #2

  Hi Is there any way to get a TreeView which is being populated with Files to read the appropriate file icons for each of the files I do have a useful program (Audacity) which can rip icons from files, but I suspect that would be a rather long and laborious procedure. Is there any inbuilt function or method to do this kind of thing Even just the system file icons would do most of the job for me. It is a bit boring when I just have on ...Show All

• Broadbent VB express beta 2

  when i try to conencto to the sql server express i get this the user instance login flag is not supported on this version of SQL server any ideas Hi Keith, Based on the subject, you're saying VB Express which then prompts you for a download of SQL Express.  Could you confirm you downloaded SQL Express It sounds like you're either trying to connect to an older version of SQL or one of the upper SQL Product ...Show All

• Luke_82 What happened to SoundPlayer?

  CSE Beta 2 seems to have some interesting new Windows Forms controls added... but one that I used a lot in Beta 1, SoundPlayer, seems to be gone... autocomplete won't find it in the System.Windows.Forms namespace. Anybody have any information about this Hi ! I had the same problem today. Adding the directive using System.Media; made the code work again ... Carsten anyone has any more info o ...Show All

• Sheeja Anil How do I make my program save its preferences into an external file!

  I've been working on my program for a while now, and i still havn't found a way to make an external preferences table. i'd like for it to store its preferences into an external XML file, but failing that is there a way to fairly moderatly easily make a registry based preferences table Hi, I just struggled upon the fact that I am not able to understand WHERE and HOW the my.settings.save method is really saving the xml data. E.g. ...Show All

• Simone Poste uninstalling the betas?

  Does anyone know if Beta 2 can be uninstalled cleanly so that it won't interfere with the official release I've heard you may have to reformt your computer to completely get rid of the betas, and I'd prefer not to do this. But I also don't want any problems arising when I use the retail version. Thanks, John I have yet to see a need to reformat the machine due to a Visual Studio Beta. If you have any problems ...Show All

• Jim Holloway Getting JIT debugging to work

  Hey, I'm a complete newb to C++ and visual studio c++ express edition. I need to activate JIT debugging to get the Torque game engine to compile properly. Everywher I look it seems to say go to Tools>Options>Debugging and then enable JIT debugging. I don't have this option. Is this a feature that isn't in the 2005 express edition Any help is greatly appreciated. That's an assert failure, an indicati ...Show All

• Suresh.cgmohan Package Load Failure

  When starting Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition I get the following error;   Package Load Failure Package ‘Visual Studio Explores and Designer Package’ has failed to load properly (GUID={8D8529D3-625D-4496-8354-3DAD630ECC1B} Please contact   vendor for assistance. Application restart is recommended, due to possible environment corruption. Would you like to disable loading this package in the future You may use ‘VWDExpress/r ...Show All

• satish kumar USBs, COM ports ...

  How do I get my program to receive a binary file from a external device, analyze (compare) that binary and react to it. Can I get some help (in VB) about the code that I should use. I'd prefer COM ports but USBs would work. I know how the comparing should look like but I don't know how to store that data and get it! Any help HUmmm... , I need help about the code for the COM port !!! ...Show All

• uitmaurik How to call a B function/method of a MDI parent (Form1)

  How to call a B function/method of a MDI parent (Form1) from a MDI child (Form2) of that parent (Using C++.) I already attempted to use examples of this site but it somehow does not work for me. Please, how can one refer to Form1's method Thanks for any guidance for a beginner. Is the trouble that you need to have Form2 defined before Form1 (because of those static members) See http:/ ...Show All

• Digo21 Combobox Databindings

  I am totally mystified by the workings of the combobox in the .Net environment. My problem is similar to that described by Johnathan on 25th Jan 2006 and replied to by Mattias Sjogren. Whilst Johnathan's original attempt was not the solution he used the following statement "foreach (String item in comboBoxCatagory.Items)" In order to try and get and understanding of how the Items are used I tried to execute the following: &q ...Show All

• Mmondragon C#: Some equivalent to JavaDoc?

  Hi. I'm a Java developer and I'm in the process of learning .net. There is some kind of documentation generator like JavaDoc Regards. http://ndoc.sourceforge.net/ There are some JavaDoc-like templates, too ...Show All

• Daniel Bogdan Help me with importing c++ dll functions.

  Hi, Im trying to import these functions from vb.net but i dont know what WORD and so on would be in vb.net and how I would call them. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Decrypt Message From FrontCode Peer Cache Server // // Parameters // pSrc : (IN) Message From Peer Cache Server. Buffer must be 132 bytes. // pDst : (OUT) Primary Node Addresses. Buffer must be 120 bytes. // // Remarks // Node Address St ...Show All

• blumonde Expression type ... not a collection type

  I am very new to programming and I am working with Visual Basic Express and code from the following article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb;en-us;194870 I copied the code to a new project and imported the CDO 1.2 library. I had to change "Dim oMessage As Message" to "Dim oMessage As MAPI.Message" bacause "Message" was ambiguous. I also had to add "Dim CdoDefaultFolderInbox As MAPI.CdoDefaultFolderTypes" because it was not de ...Show All

• Redhaze insert

  how can i insert a new record programatically Check out the following sample from MSDN docs: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.sqldatasource.inserting(VS.80).aspx It shows code sample which uses SqlDataSource's Inserting event to insert a employee record using a stored procedure. You will need Northwind database if you want to try this sample code. Hope this helps. ...Show All

• Donald Sechrest How do I switch to snap-to-grid in WinForms designer in C# Express?

  For the life of me, I can't find an option anywhere. The auto-snapping works most of the time, but I need to tweak some stuff manually. Thanks, -jk Bravo! I didn't see the "Show all settings" checkbox. 1. Choose Tools -> Options 2. Ensure Show all settings  is checked 3. Under the Windows Forms Designer node, select General 4. Change LayoutMode to SnapToGrid 5. Click ...Show All