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• y0da Add-in Manager

  So... I donwloaded the express edition and started playing around with it.  I'm new to VS, doing most of my programming in Dev C++.  I noticed that MSDN had a great article about the 10 best add-ins for studio.  I read it...liked it...wanted to try it.  I downloaded CopySourceAsHTML and installed it, however it didn't work for me.  So I started reading around the newsgroups and discovered I had to enable my add-in in VS ...Show All

• Mido# For Each replacment

  Here's a simple question: OK, I'm relatively new to Visual Basic, and don't have much experience. So don't make fun of me for my stupid question, but here it is: I've got the regex statement, and at the end it says "For Each m In re.Matches(t)"... display a messagebox Now, all i want to do is display a messagebox ONCE with the FIRST instance of the match that it finds. However, when i try to get rid of the full For Each statement, all ...Show All

• Kiran Suthar I got in win32 compile problem with express 2005

  I used this sources in VC 6.0 or .NET 2003 but, in express 2005 It cannot compiled. first c functions like strcpy is warned like as 'strcpy' was declared deprecated. but wosrt of it, WinMain function in my source file is generate error as "error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int"   please help default int error can still be turned o ...Show All

• Joey2006 VC++ 2005 Express Edition & an array of type Point

  I am using VC++ 2005 Express Edition & I am having difficulty with creating an array of Point. I have tried Point *a = new Point[50]; Point *a[] = new Point[50]; Point ^a = gcnew Point[50]; array <Point ^> ^a = gcnew array <Point ^>(50); Point a[50]; & variants of these. Some of them compile & some do not. However, none of them work by allowing me to access their X & Y values (the program some ...Show All

• Curly07 Screenshot

  Hi, I am formerly a VB6 developer and have been having problems with Visual Basic 2005 . What I want to do is take a screenshot of a form, and put it into a picturebox. This needs to be done while the form I am taking the screenshot of is hidden. Here is some code I have tried: Thanks so much, this code worked exactly as I needed it to! The form must be visible for drawtobitmap to work ...Show All

• XGamerX 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

• Esteban Garcia Putting a shape (circle, square, etc) on a form at design time

  Hi, I come from a Borland C++ Builder background and in that environment if you want a shape like a circle or a square on your form you simply drop a TShape on it at design time and set it's properties just like you would do with a button or any other component. Very easy and convenient. Is there such a thing in Visual C# Express I can't seem to find anything other than an explanation of how to code the drawing of shapes at run time. Th ...Show All

• SpeedyBoy Problem creating a querry with an embeded variable when using access datafile as connection source

  When a Data Connection is established using Microsoft SQL Server Database File (SqlClient) as a data source the following code works perfectly SELECT * FROM ProdMaster WHERE (PRODMASTER.DESCRIPTION LIKE '%' + @DESCRIPTION + '%') The ToolStrip on the form opens an input box so you can type in a choice of DESCRIPTION and when the button is clicked the dataset returns only those values that meet the criteria input BUT If you ...Show All

• Paddylast Beginner Code help

  I need to read from a text.txt file If "C:\standards" exists within the text file I want to replace it with "P:\standards" else If "P:\standards" exists within the text file replace with P:\standards Mike Michael, I understand you are a beginner. Change IONOW.iosb to ionow.ceof delete iosb = readlines But I have concerns. These are really simple ...Show All

• Jesse Arnold convert txt file to mdb database

  Hi: I am struggling to convert txt file to mdb database using VB express edition. I inserted the Schema.ini file in the same directory where my text file is, and using ms jet 4 ole db provider with the required parameters, but still getting error that either file path is not correct or server is not working etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks reez Data like this is a problem because som ...Show All

• Biju S Nair Visual Studio Express Eddition Application Deployment

  Hello, Is it possible to create an application with "Visual Studio Express Eddition" that can be deployed on another PC running the Windows operating system without the .NET Framework installed on that PC. Thank you, Robert No. Anything you do in C# express or not needs the .NET framework. ...Show All

• H Magnusson Fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'afxres.h'

  I am trying to compile samurize plugin for T- Balancer : http://www.samurize.com/modules/mydownloads/visit.php cid=6&lid=1897 and whatever I do I receive message from the subject. I followed "Using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition with the Microsoft Platform SDK" and it did not help. I have read somewhere that problem can be related to too long paths. Even so I have no idea how to make them shorter. Also information ...Show All

• Limmy How do I get mathematics functions

  I have just downloaded Visual C# Express. I find that it has no mathematics functions and many others missing such as sleep(). Can someone tell me how I get these. I have looked in the MSDN library at System.Math and can see no way to download the mathematics functions. Is this something that is missing form the Express edition I have just tried the code below following a button press....... ...Show All

• nielsvdcp Having trouble watching training videos

  Hi, I'm trying to watch the training videos on Microsoft's site ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/learning/default.aspx ), yet the video will pause while the audio continues. Anyway to get these videos to run smoothly without the video pausing for a minute every once in a while I can still here the audio though. Thanks! Leo I downloaded them and I still get the same problem.  For e ...Show All

• Qaiser Mehmood Mughal Header Problems

  Hi, I was experimenting with DirectX and the PSDK, when suddenly when I attempted to compile the solution I recieved an error about the compiler complaining about the syntax of one of the PSDK files!! Is this a bug in my code or is there really an error in the PSDK libraries, which i find unlikely. Any ideas Thanks, Mike What compiler are you using I am assuming that the line in question is: ...Show All