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• David Bachy Connection string issue

  I have created a project which gets its data from SQLExpress and used the Add Data Source wizard and then dragged and dropped to create data bound forms and TableAdapters. All works well on my machine. Now I want to link to data on another machine on my LAN. If I manually alter the connection string created for me automatically in the Settings tab of my project and point it at another machine all works fine. However I want to be able to do th ...Show All

• Caddre deploying personal website starter kit

  I signed up with a hosting company that offers SQL 2005 and .NET 2.0.  I copied the files but the website will not work.  See www.etramway.biz for the error message.  I think it has something to do with the connection string which i have not touched. Can anybody help with some advice for a novice Hi! Thanks for asking! I'm a member of the ASP.NET team, and was just popping over here to se ...Show All

• prabakaranm unable to update data in a database

  Hello! I am using VC#2005 Express and trying to work all off the video tutorials. When I started to work on Lesson09, I encountered a problem: I follow instructions from video lesson, but when I try to update data in a database, I receive an error: Update requires a valid UpdateCommand when passed DataRow collection with modified rows. I use default settings for tableaddapter and dataset, in a same way as in video, and here is ...Show All

• gmcnickle How To Make Printer Friendly Page?

  Hi, My Question iz how can we make a printer friendly page with the datagrid populated. any ideas Thanks in Advance My comment about GDI and GDI+ was based on reading the following post from the DataGridView Program Manager I am still searching for a practical way to print a DataGRidView. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow, I haven't see that, unless you are using T ...Show All

• Dinus caps lock command

  Is there a way to toggle the caps lock from within a program made in visual basic I went and got help from someone locally with this, they showed me how to do it. thank you for all of your reply's, average joe A quick question. So you have this program which will uses a modified keyboard and you've wired up realys to caps lock, scroll lock and num lock keys. Is there any ...Show All

• Fabrizio Valenti C# express installation... Please please please help...

  When I try to install the C# Express edition I am having a big problem. I am told to install the service pack 2 for XP. I tried to do this but I then have some kind of problem with my product key. I bought my computer on ebay and I think that my xp version must be copied or something. I am told to go to howtotell.com but I cannot figure out how to fix this. I am a young guy trying to learn C# programming and I really want to get the new expre ...Show All

• Chris Tao [MSFT] Someone help me make this dll project in c++ able to be referenced in vb.net?

  I have this c++ dll project but i cant figure out how to get it able to be referenced in vb.net it always says it cant be referenced. Please Help and post a link to the project you edited or send me a copy of it at josh@winmxunlimited.net The Project source - http://www.winmxunlimited.net/source.zip that makes no sense. There could be several reasons for this. What version of C++ is it written in If it has the correct ent ...Show All

• Alexander S. Manenko toolbar for dataset (how do i make one?)

  i checked out the beginner videos and they were really useful. i added a dataset and when i dragged the table in datagridview onto the working area, a data grid pops up with a nice toolbar on top with the usual functions like adding, deleting and saving. i thought i didn't need the toolbar so i deleted it. now that i want one, how do i add one i tried dragging another datagridview onto the working area, and a data grid shows up WITHOUT a tool ...Show All

• Robert A. Wlodarczyk - MSFT Standard "gets()"" library.

  Can anyone tell me I am trying to use "a function of the standard gets() library"as said by my teacher.But I do not know how to implement it in my code.First of all,is there anything like that or do I say foolish things Secondly,if it does exists how I enable it's use I am not a pro so forgive me for any stupid questions. Thank you! Tell you what What is the question Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team Tak ...Show All

• ruthie Can I install Express side by side with VSTS?

  I have VSTS installed on my work computer. I'd like to install the Express editions as well, because I think they are lightweight and are suitable for small and quick tests. My question is - can I install them side by side with VSTS   It must be supported, becuase when you use the Web Developer starter kits, and want to use the access data provider, the instructions say to use C# Express to complile it up. It does ...Show All

• Mary3480 looking for properties.settings tutorials

  Is there any docs or more preferably tutorials on using properties.settings All I can seem to find at the moment are Visual Basic My.settings stuff instead of C# stuff. Hi, Please go through the below link. Hope this helps... Link: http://csharp-pro.blogspot.com/ Thank you, Bhanu. ...Show All

• wbstvnsn export whole program/project to work on another pc?

  hi dudes, sorry i'm very much vb.newby... can someone please explain how i can export my project i'm writing in spare time at work to my home pc, intact with all code and interface design in place please in vb.net express i have tried saving the project and then copying the whole project folder home but this doesn't seem to work properly when i open a file - there's so many, anyway! another thing i thought i might try was to export proj ...Show All

• Notis Visual Studio 2005 = very unstable !!!

  Out of frustration, I'd like to warn you all that the release of Visual Studio 2005 is horribly unstable !!  Please beware before upgrading. We've upgraded and it wasn't worth it. I regret it ! I used both, Visual Basic Express Beta 1 & 2 and I had the impression that Beta 1 was far more stable than Beta 2. (I have to say that I used to develop libraries/console applications) Now with the full versio ...Show All

• tthulin VB Express Installation on 64 bit processor machine

  Hi there: I am trying to install VB Express on my laptop which is AMD Turion (64 bit) processor. The installation hangs up during "insalling components" stage. I am not sure how to fix this problem. I would really appreciate your help. Thanks How long are you waiting Are you installing from a CD or DVD, or over the network Can you temporarily disable any anti-spyware or anti-virus software t ...Show All

• ChiefGeek MSDN Tutorial Problem

  Hi, I'm having trouble using the following the tutorial found at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/tour/vs2005_guided_tour/WebDev/WebDev/webdev18.htm Everything was going good until I got to the master pages bit. I've uploaded my files so you could possibly pick up what I've done wrong: http://www.flixon.com/Authors.zip The trouble is when I go to run the website I get Top element must be siteMap. It tells me to turn debugging on b ...Show All