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• nutsboutdan Tableadapter Problem (one form two Tables)

  I have a problem with my tableadapter in Visualbasic 2005 Express Edition. Can anyone help me with the following problem I am using 1 form called MyCustomers In this form I am using 2 tables called Customers and Contacts The two tables each have a primary key. For the Customers table CustomerId en for Contacts ContactId The two tables have a relation. The Parent table Customers [CustomerId] is link ...Show All

• jg3333 SQL Server express - using VB .NET not able to connect

  Dear all,   I am using Windows XP SP2 & Installed Express edition of SQL server. My application is available in VB .NET, i have tried all the possibilities still I am not finding any way to solve the following error   "unable to connect database - It is only possible to connect to SQL server desktop engine database." I have selected OLEDB for Sql server it was taking server name, username, password and in the databas ...Show All

• Amr Ashraf Machine Name?

  On this page, http://beta.asp.net/guidedtour2/s2.aspx the VWD Guided Tour states: "Throughout the Guided Tour you will see references to "machine-name" and the username used in the demo.  Be certain to change all references of "machine-name" to your machine name, and username to your username." What's a machine-name and where do I find it   Ditto user-name Not caseless.  Your suggestion worke ...Show All

• Lianne This application has failed to start because MSVCR80D.dill was not found

  The file is there in c:\windows\winsxs folder. This happens when I try a to create a simple project to test system and press f5 to bebug it. The file will create with release set and create the exe but will not debug I would appreciate any help. I have removed all re-installed all and no matter What I do comes up the same  Thanks Operating system xp pro I had not set the switches. I jus ...Show All

• Jim Parish Other local databases other than SQL2005Express and Access

  Hi, I'm a huge fan of the Microsoft Visual Studio Express software, but despite that SQL 2005 Express should be light-weight. It's still too heavy for me. It draws the performance out of my system. I like this database, but I still find it somewhat heavy. Working with Jet databases goed smoothly on my system. Since I want to test other databases, can I use the following ones within the Express Editions: 1. FireBird 1.5.x and up 2. MySQL 5.x 3. E ...Show All

• DeanHuff VWD Personal Web Starter Kit + SQL Server 2000?

  For apparently known reasons, I couldn't get the April CTP of SQL Express to install on my system, which already has SQL Server components on it.  I'd like to play around with the Personal Web Starter Kit, and I've editted web.config to point to some new (blank) databases within SQL Server. However, I don't have the schema required.  Is there a script I can run to populate a SQL Server 2000 database for use with the starter kit ...Show All

• Marcelo Diniz What about bloviation?

  I have looked everywhere to see if I could find out if VS 2005 will have a better obuscator.  Does anyone else know if the VS 2005 will even obfuscate at all (I'm adding the word obfuscating here for other searchers). I think a bundle obfuscator will be preset only in some "advanced" Visual Studio 2005 versions. Like Visual Studio 2003. I must disagree for it. If I'm right, at the moment, you can ...Show All

• PawanSingh Help, Downloads, etc. do not work properly when behind proxy.

  After a fresh install, selected the "Create new project", and told it I wanted to download a template (wanted to see what's available), and it doesn't work through a proxy (Cisco Content switch). Just wanted to make someone aware. Thnx. ...Show All

• GSK_phili Create an extension virtual drive.

  Hi, I am trying to make my own app that will allow user to create thier own virtual drive. does anyone have any clue on how to start To create a fake drive you probably need to write a device driver. That's not something you do in C# or any other managed language. You might have to look at the platformSDK. ...Show All

• Nigel Stratton How to create an Icon image file

  Hi team, I have been trying to create an icon file for my new project. But I have been totally unsuccessful and I am confused. Since I have never done this before I must ask the question that is probably obvious to everyone else. What makes an Icon file an Icon I know that it has an extension of .ico but there is more to it than renaming a 32 x 32 pixel bmp to an .ico. Is it the size Some internal header data When I try and add a resour ...Show All

• Shuklin invoke a sound with a timer

  how would you write visual basic code for a metronome i'm fairly new and can't find help anywhere Find a nice metronone wav file invoke the sound with a timer You can control the interval with a slider. how do you invoke a sound with a timer where do I put the code It doesn't go in the timer code because it has "sub" ...Show All

• Eugene Mayevski Splash Screen not selectable

  I can't seem to change the splash screen under Project|Properties|Application|Splash Screen. Only my main form is visble in the list.  I've added a splash screen from Project|Add Windows Form. Any thoughts -Scott To revise my last, It's just intermittant.  No two ways work the same back to back.  Just takes some fiddling. Turns out if you add a splash screen vi ...Show All

• satishdayala Re-Writing Code?

  Hello How would I go about making a program were It re-writes the code of a button through the text of a textbox. Let me clear this up a little bit more. I'm working on a program that currently has 2 buttons and a textbox. Now when I press Button1 I want it to write TextBox1's Text into Button2's Code. So for example: Lets say I put Msgbox("hello") into textbox1 and then pressed Button1, then pressed button2 and A message ...Show All

• Shaundakahl How to: Carry a value from a variable from form to form?

  I am attempting to carry a value of a variable from one form to another, but when I close or hide the original form and call the value in the subsequent form, the variable looses it's value. Using VB 2005 express. Please help!! you can also pass it to the form load event and then set the local form2 variable to that value. ie above the fray, in form 2 dim myvalue2 as string then in the form load(byval value as ...Show All

• oconnoradrian killing a process in task manager

  What have I to do if I want to kill a process in my task manager My application name is BackupAll.exe and it is, obviously, in my tsk manager when it runs. When I close it, while it is burning a dvd (using nero com object), the form closes but in task manager BackupAll.exe still exists!! How can I kill it DEFINITEVELY when I close my application Is there a simple and effective way Thanks!! Well, if I close my application, while it is N ...Show All