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• AndyDragon Any Advice?

  I'm running VWD Express 2005 and loving it. I still have VS Dot Net 2002 installed and I would I'd like to remove it from my PC. Any suggestions, precautions, do's or don't would be most appreciated. Thank You in advance - BJC I've done the same thing a couple of times with both VS 2002 and 2003 and haven't run into any issues. If you're concerned, think about digging up your 2002 CDs and keeping them near ...Show All

• forum389 Help with SaveFileDialog???

  Hi Ladies and Gents, Please can you help with the below The SaveFileDialog is appending to my text files and I can't find a way to get it to overwrite whatever existing text is in the save file. Please can someone advise me Private Sub SaveToolStripMenuItem_Click_1( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SaveToolStripMenuItem.Click Dim Save As New SaveFileDialog() Dim myStreamWriter As ...Show All

• Erfan Installing over VS 2005 Beta 2

  Question 1: What is the correct way to install VS 2005 Standard over VS 2005 Beta 2. Should Beta 2 first be removed and then install the Standard VS or is it ok to install over the Beta 2 version. Question 2: I have been trying to use the different starter kits and the .vsi files are not recognized by VS 2005 Beta2. I am hoping that by installing VS 2005 Standard this will take care of this issue or is there something else I ne ...Show All

• Pablo. I'm still on SP1. So I can't install C# express

  Hi, I can't install SP2 on my Xp because my modem's driver works only on SP1. But it required by VC# Express. What i can do I think that the best way it installing Sharpdevelop (http://sharpdevelop.net) 2.0 and continuing development on .NET framework under opensource IDE. zaba thanx for ANY help It doesnt support 16bit apps :-( ...Show All

• midi25 Include a None option in a databound DropDownList

  Hi, I have a databound combobox showing as a DropDownList and this works fine except that once you have set a value you can not remove it, you can only pick another value from the list. I guess I need to include a Null or None value in the list but how do I go about this i'm still looking for a solution to this problem but for anyone that is interested I have worked around the issue for the moment by ad ...Show All

• Cika DLL project with C++ Express

  Hi, I've just start to use the Express version and so far I'm very impressed with with. Nice option from Microsoft to release this versions of their tools for the developers to start trying with. Anyway: I'm looking to work on a DLL project, but I can't find this option in any new project or wizard. Altough there is a screen where that option is grayed. I'm missing something here or this is not possible with this versions If it's not p ...Show All

• Chiwi I have problem with the tutorial. not able to delete

  Hi, I am a beginner in using visual basic 2005 express edition. And I went through the tutorials. But when coming to 'Connecting to an Existing Database' part, I encounter the problem which I am not able to update the changes to the database. When i tried to delete a record, the change is not made to the database. So everytime when i press F5 again, the data will be get back to the old one. I understand that t ...Show All

• Diogo Mendonca Verissimo FindInFiles problem pattern matching

  I am trying to process all the files in a directory with a particular extension.  I am using the following line of code, but it is returning nothing in strMarkerFile For Each strMarkerFile In My.Computer.FileSystem.FindInFiles(My.Settings.printspoolpath, ".txt", False, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly) The printspoolpath string is a network path representng a samba share on a linux server.  By this point, the path has pa ...Show All

• arshad imam How to use C# sqlConnect.connectString for MS SQL server 2005 Express?

  what's wrong with these lines String connectionString = "Data Source=(local);Database=loler;Integrated Security=SSPI" ; SqlConnection cx.open(); it give me exception as: {"An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Pro ...Show All

• Bezpol How to save the items collection?How to add item to diferent column?

  Hello.In my aplication I have a listbox.The user can add items to the listbox but when I close the program the settings are not saved.In the "Application Settings" I don't find "Items Colection" or....I don't now...help..please 2 - I have 3 columns Name Adress Country How I can add items to name, and after that to adress,etc hi, saving a control is not a good practice, you ...Show All

• AlonsoR My.Settings file location

  Hi. Is there an easy way to change the location of user config files without having to re-write the entire settings class and provider Reason: I'm the only user of my PC, and I do a lot of small samples that never make it to real life (at least, not on their own.) Usually when I'm done with the test/sample project it's deleted or at least never used again. Then I have several unused user configfiles floating around in the Application Data ...Show All

• Mike Klimentiev DirectX SDK and Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition Beta

  I have Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition Beta installed and I wish to learn DirectX graphics and game programming. My installation of the DirectX SDK goes smoothly, but whe I attempt to debug a DirectX code i get an error in the using Microsoft.DirectX and using Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D, Visual Studio doesn't recognise the DirectX namespace and refuses to compile and run. How do I solve this problem I down ...Show All

• reichel1 Can't use style builder!

  I use VWD Express edition. When I highlight a word in Design mode and select the Style Builder, the style builder box comes up just for a couple of seconds and then disappears. The same thing happens if I try to access it from the properties panel on the bottom right hand side of the workspace. Any suggestions Thanks! Yes, I do have IE 7 beta 2 installed. Hope it gets fixed, but until then, do you know if the p ...Show All

• erickson777 Updating a MS ACCESS Database from VB Express Edition

  I am trying to learn Visual Basic and started with a small inventory project. I gather information from a form where the user will enter information, and then I try to update a MS ACCESS database. When I stop the program while debugging, it seems like all the data is captured, but never written to the database. Also in the DataSet.xsd, I am getting over 100 warning messages. One is ProviderType attribute is not declared, and another is AllowDbNu ...Show All

• johnGa How to let build environment refers to the Include, Lib, and Src directories of the Microsoft Platform SDK?

  I'm new to Visual Studio 2003. How to let build environment refers to the Include, Lib, and Src directories of the Microsoft Platform SDK I want to add the IP helper Library into Visual C++ console project. I already download the Windows Platform SDK for windows. Someone kindly please help me solve my problem... K, u can delete this thread cause i already post another thread in express visual studio forum ...Show All