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• arit Too long to compile?

  Hi, i'm having a freak problem. When i'm trying to compile the code, Visual says: "error compiling, sub rutine too long. I know it's long, but... Can someone tell me if this is normal How can I compile a large sub rutine Thanks There's an option in the Tools->Options... dialog to how line numbers under Text Editor->Basic->General. I would like to ask you why you think you cannot break the c ...Show All

• Jagatheesan Getting started walkthrough and the cardgame program

  Does this program actually do anything All I get is a brief flash of a DOS window What a way to start! Gordon I don't know what sample you are talking about, but try Ctrl-F5 instead of F5. The program compiles and runs.....it just doesn't do anything. With a module being called cardgame.cpp I expected some sort of game to start unless the whole thing is used just to demonstr ...Show All

• MaxOmilian Visual c# express forms editor not running

  I have installed and uninstalled visual c# express 2005 three times (including SQL express and the add on programs). I can compile and application fine, but when I try to visually edit a form, it throws a nasty error about not having correct assemblies. What can I do I also have .NET 1.1, 1.1 patch and .NET 2.0 installed. I uninstalled .NET 2.0 and let visual c# reinstall it. Hi Andreas, I'm not at the machine right now, but it was to d ...Show All

• Tinker Tenor Blurry image after e.Graphics.ScaleTransform (Zoom)

  (I have already tried e.Graphics.SmoothingMode=Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.None in several places) The program in question uses GIF images that contain certain patterns and shapes and enlarges them during the e.graphics print page event. Using print preview's zoom, it is clear that the patterns and shapes have blurry edges and look slightly lighter in color. Printing looks less than optimum because of this. Looking at the original GIF file ...Show All

• luidia.mk Problem w/ query builder for access db - visual web developer express 2005 beta 2

  Trying VWD 2005 Express Beta 2.  Tried to use an Access data source.  Dragged the control to the page.  Entered the address of the access database.  On next page, blank query boxes.  clicked on query builder.  Got error message that had "Microsoft Visual Studio" in the title bar.  Message says: Retrieving the COM class factory for component w/ CLSID {c8b522d0-5cf3-11ce-ade5-00aa0044773d} failed w/ Hresult: ...Show All

• cpeterka report designer in vb.net 2005 express

  Where is the report designer in 2005 express   It is not in the template list     How do i add it to my application   http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx ...Show All

• ramuty New to MsC#2005 and Ms Server 2005, need help!!

  Hi all, I moved from .php, mysql, and Apache to Ms C# 2005 and Ms Server 2005. I want to connect my program C# to a Ms database, just like .php connect to mysql. How do I go about that, what do I need. I had installed "Ms visual C# 2005 express edition" and also "Microsoft SQL Server 2005" on my computer. What else do I need thanks Jason You're the man, thanks for your help!! Jason hi, there ...Show All

• lan yu Visual Basic Express 2005 beta 2 Question

  I downloaded "Visual Basic Express 2005 beta 2" and I'm seeing posts about "Visual Basic .NET Express 2005 beta 2" are these the same animal Thanks for clearing that up - it caused some real confusion for me. Steve Yes, the classic Visual Basic (without .NET) died out with VB6. Hi Pongo, Both are one and the same and in fact the one you downloaded is the correct ti ...Show All

• Jouni79 absolutly new and very confused

  hi everyone , I work in construction , and last year i developed a spreadsheet to estimate materials for different phases of my job . theres about 25 worksheets and lots of vba code . macros etc . I was hoping to try marketing spreadsheet , but ran into issues with excel and protection , liscense control etc . Sooooooo I figured vb 2005 express ...free ....i'm on it ...this will be great ... well .... i'm having issues ....and the w ...Show All

• kmax Command line error D8016 : '/MT' and '/clr' command-line options are incompatible

  I am an advanced level programmer of Borland C++Builder. Interested to try Visual C++ and hence evaluated VC++ Express. Honestly I am both pleased and disappointed. Pleased: For a programmer with zero experience using VC++ product, I managed to get my introductory project saved and compiled simply by way of self exploration. This shows despite VC++ is much more complicated than Borland C++ Builder in interface, it is still manageable. ...Show All

• Vincent Josset How Do I Deploy with CD

  My project to be deployed (called "MIF" here) has forms and Excel files; no SQL. I’ll copy the Excel files to the CD and my app has a button for the user to copy the files from CD to C drive. In the How Do I… Deployment page, “Visual Basic Express Edition includes tools for deploying your program using a method known as ClickOnce publishing. It makes deployment easy .” (italics mine) I have a few questions. ...Show All

• Mandirigma1 How to examine HTML from a web page?

  I'm a bit perplexed with this. I've got about 4096 characters that are returned from Webbrowser.documenttext property, but the rest of the page is lopped off when assigned to a string. Any idea if there is someway to get at this information with VB 2005 Express WebBrowser is type web.   Thanks,   Ben   Here's the failing code Private Sub FGSADiscountAutomator_Load( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal ...Show All

• xkeysboy How to embed child datagrid into its parent in windows forms

  Hi  I want to embed a child datagrid into its parent grid in windows forms so that the user can select some rows in the child for processing. I tried adding a relationship between the two tables but the datagrid shows a + sign which takes me to a new datagrid. I want to display the child datagrid into the parent grid. I searched a lot in the net and could find one similar in Sync fusion. I don’t want to purchase the sam ...Show All

• Damodarnet Cannot activate express products

  Hi everyone, When I click on the "Register now" link in the Help->Activate Product... menu for both Visual Web Developer Express and Visual C# Express nothing happens.  IE is my only installed browser. Is there a link on the Express product web sites that would allow me to actiavte my 2 products   Or any idea on why clicking that link would not take me into my IE Thanks, Mike Hatfield Also h ...Show All

• citrusguy File saving

  I need a basic way to dump some data to a file. I don't know what containers C++ express supports. Does it support CFile, iostream I have tried both of those and it cannot find the Header files. If the problem is with the setup I don't know what I am doing wrong I install C++ express then the SDK then I followed the directions to allow a Windows application but I can use and of the header that I need. Help please the program that I am writing ...Show All