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• glynnd Create New SQL Server Database

  Hi Using VB Express (released edition) when in the Database Explorer Window and I right click there is an option to "Create New SQL Server Database". However this option is greyed out. Any idea why Reason I ask is that some of the Microsoft tutorials use this method of creating the database in their tutorials etc. Why is mine greyed out. I have SQL Express installed and working. Thanks. Larry_t     ...Show All

• Sumayah [2005] Positioning DatagridView "Center in Form" at runtime

  hi i have a DAtagridView that gets loaded on the execution of SQL query each time the WIDTH of colums are diffrent... so after execution of the query i wnat the DGV control to align itself in the center of the form i donot want to use Dock=Fill..as i am also having other controls also thank u all very mcuh I am using Visual Basic Express Edition 2005 Hi deepa, Is your problem solved Thank you, Bhanu. So how do you ...Show All

• jMerliN VC++ Express Win32 Application without Platform SDK

  Good afternoon... When I select New Project in VC++ Express I given a template choice of Win32 Console Application. My question is, what is a Win32 Console application without the Platform SDK installed   Is this just a Standard C/C++ library application   If not, what is it Thanks Yes is it just a standard C/C++ library application. No win API programming unless you download the PSDK separatly. Thanks,   Ayman Shoukry &n ...Show All

• Quoyle Simple .bat example

  Can anyone point me to an example which will call an external .bat file (within the working directory) when a VB button is pressed I'm able to develop the GUI with a single button however I'm struggleing with declaring the .bat file within VB. Could also use an example which shows how a .dll file is declared.     You could try this: 1.) Call the CreateProcess API routine to sysdevice:\win ...Show All

• Jim Weisz Cannot publish because a project failed to build

  When I was publishing a RSS Reader, an error 'Cannot publish because a project failed to build' occured. I can't find the error help in the local help. How can I solve this problem According to MSDN: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ms228634.aspx That error means there are other build errors you need to fix. If that's not the case, I'm at a loss. This problem appears to have been addre ...Show All

• Rahul Singla How to set a DEBUG compiler constant?

  The "Advanced Compiler Options" button on the compiler page for the Project Properties pages doesn't seem to be there, so I can't figure out how to set a compiler constant to control conditional compilation for debug vs. release versions. I've turned on the "Show Advanced Configurations" setting, which helped with configuration management, but still can't find any way to set a compiler constant relative to the build config ...Show All

• MJTNET Detailed example - structs

  I have a weird situation as follows: staticData.h defines a struct as follows: static struct city { public: int cityID;          char cityName[22];          char countryID[2];          char countryName[20];          double lng, lat;      &nbs ...Show All

• Vanpelt SQL Server Express

  I cannot install the latest release.  It says I have prior releases still installed.  The uninstall tool also says I have installed releases, but it will not uninstall them either, it gets errors and fails.  None of the products show up on the add/remove list as I ran the uninstall on all of them.  How do I correct the problem, why doesn't the tool remove them   If it can detect them, you would expect it could remove all ...Show All

• David L1 Invalid Registration Key

  I succesfully registered on the Site I got the Key, Copied, Paste it on the geistration Field, but did not work. The Program is not accepting the key as a valid one. The MSG is: The registration key you entered is not valid. please enter the registration ke exatcly as it appears on the registration website, or copy and paste it into the registration key field. Which I did but not luck Can some one Help please ...Show All

• Jorn Andre How can I copy data from an .xls file without opening excelI

  Well I want to copy data from an xls file without opening excel into a data set let's say. Does anyone know how can I do this thx As for limiting the rows (you mentioned a range of a1:b12), I'd suggest specifying the column header of the first two columns for A1 and B1, and try using a TOP 12 (or TOP 13) clause. I'm not sure whether this is supported - you'll have to give it a ...Show All

• WhoCaresTheName Downloading videos

  I am trying to download the "Windows forms control series" videos from this site.   http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/learning/#forms   but it only downloaded 1k files.  Did any one get tfis videos downloded When I click on the link, new window opens and a windows media player opens as well. WMP connects on Internet and starts buffering the video. I need to wait a few second ...Show All

• judir Debug troubles

  http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~ei05029/fig.JPG Why this :( I believe his means your break points might not get hit. Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All

• Shantale How do I display a name and address record from a database?

  I have a datbase in my application. I can update it, etc. Now, I want to display a name and address record in a textbox as it would appear on an address label. How do I do that Hi, Could you be more clear in your question Whether you are using VB Express edition and whats the database Do you want help in front end coding or backend The more you get replies, if you are more clear in your question. T ...Show All

• J. Matt Hills Convert from Microsoft Visual C # 2005 Express Editions to Borland C++ builder

  My program should not use .net framework so I should convert it from Microsoft Visual C # 2005 Express Editions to Borland C++ builder how can I do this convert hi, i don't know i just googled it and iat gave me some results , if this didn't suit you , you can re write it yourself hope this helps hi, i don't know how but there are some programs for that , but this will cost you some money g ...Show All

• thanasis_b Need VB help advancing from beta1 to beta2 with a project I was working on...

  Can anyone help me with some project differences between beta 1 and 2.. Here is the biggest problem I have. I can't view forms in the designer. Code executes though the way it should when I compile and run. I just can't make modifications to the forms. Here is the jist of most of the problems I have... Warning 1 Method 'System.Drawing.SizeF.op_Implicit' not found. That points to this line of code... Me .AutoScaleDimensions = Ne ...Show All