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• Billy Hui Questions about MSDE...

  MSDE is called a "desktop" DB engine, is it not  I think it is.....so anyway....my question goes like this... I'm writing an app that requires some variables common to all users of the app. The app store much data not does it need muc ...Show All

• grimdog How to run a batch file at end of install?

  I can using a Visual Studio 2005 setup project to install my application and help files. It installs everything just fine but I need to run a batch file at the end of the install so that the help is integrated into VS2005. How do you run a batch file (or executable) at the end of the install I tried adding a custom action and pointed it at my batch file but it then complains that a problem occured during install and promptly unrolls the insta ...Show All

• PrashantT Major confusion on understanding how to use config file in C# 2.0

  I'm so confused with this stuff in C# 2.0. I'm new to C#/.NET (coming from a Java background). I used the vs.net 05 beta to make the properties file and I added one string property to it, but it looks nothing like the examples I see that show the key/value being as: <add key="somekey" value="someValue"/> Instead my generated app.config file looks like: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <configuration>    ...Show All

• Odd Keyboard input in Form

  I'd like a Form to handle keyboard input.  However, I do not want it to clash with other controls that use keyboard input, such as ComboBox, PropertyGrid, etc. Is there a way I can find the Control that has the keyboard focus and query it to see if it (is one of the known ) text entry Controls.  This way I could prevent multiple controls from handling the same input.  This particular application needs global level input due to its ...Show All

• spmoran Image source inconsistency between ToolStripMenuItem and ToolStripButton

  Why doesn't ToolStripMenuItem allow me to pick from an embedded resource like ToolStripButton does   This inconsistency doesn't make any sense to me. I'm still a little confused. Here's the steps I tried and the results I got (albeit on a daily build). Can you let me know if you are doing something different or just getting different results Add ToolStrip Add ToolStripButton to ToolStrip Select ToolS ...Show All

• Matt2006 Small problem with a e.cancel in a KeyPress event Plz help

  private void textBox1_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e) { if (!(Char.IsLetterOrDigit(e.KeyChar) == true ||(e.KeyChar)==8)) { e.cancel = true; } } i tried the above code for my alphanumeric filter as a textbox it is giving me the following error.: its saying : --->System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs' does not contain a definition for 'cancel' <----- help! how can i ...Show All

• bauts How to delete a file copied not by FileSystem when uninstall the product???

  Hi all I have a question on the uninstall the product. for instance , I installed the product in d:\mytest\test1 and there is a file named 1.txt in the d:\1.txt which was not copied by the setup. However I want to remove it while uninstall the product. 1.If use RemoveFile element,how to reference to this file. How to achieve this. Thanks a lot. refer to this article for the same: http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article ...Show All

• guideX WinForms vs Normal Windows App

  Hi...I'm kind of new with WinForms on the .net framework I'd just like to know if anyone could tell me about the differences between a windows application as we know it and WinForms .net a WinForm application is a windows application that typically provides a GUI user interface....it is what previously to .Net was a "Windows Application"...Today with .Net you have WinForm app for creating applicat ...Show All

• iamnoel Crystal Report Query Error

  hi, i have 2 subreports populated manually and having 2 datasets... when i use the main report and i put 1 of this subreports inside , populating manually before showing , everything go ok: subreport=ccMainReport.opensubreport("crystSubRep1.rpt") subreport.SetDataSource(ds) CrystalRe ...Show All

• Dean.C graphics flicker problem (double buffer not working)

  I am trying to create a simple Breakout type game. I have a game panel on my form that holds my game (the paddle, ball, and board of blocks). I use a timer with an interval of 10 to move the ball a set distance every tick. The problem is that I also draw the board everytime this timer ticks and it flickers. I tried setting the doublebuffered attribute of my form to true but it didnt help. Anyone have any ideas either a different/ebtter way t ...Show All

• niceanimesh ClickOnce ... endless frustrations

  Hi, if ClickOnce was a person i'd certainly give it a knock out right now ... I'm so frustrated with that thing, using it since the early alpha bits and always having problems with it ... now in beta 2 it doesn't work again the way it's supposed to. The specific problems I have right now are: As soon as I activate ClickOnce security settings, setting them to full trust and debugging the applicatin with this permission set, as soon I try to lau ...Show All

• Dark Angel Comparing types of objects???

  Hi In the following code, I am trying to compare the type of object in obj variable with type of typeInt. int typeInt=0; int a = 1; object obj; obj = (object) a; if (typeInt.GetType() == obj.GetType()) { MessageBox.Show("Int returned"); } I want to make sure if&n ...Show All

• ZK Unwanted character when reading csv file

  I read the first line in a csv file: StreamReader stream = new StreamReader((System.IO.Stream) File.OpenRead(this.inFileTextBox.Text)); string dummy = ""; while (dummy != null) { dummy = stream.ReadLine(); } Something like that. However, with some csv files the line will be surr ...Show All

• Mathai use generic collection as datasource?

  I have a generic dictionary of my custom class and want to use it as a listbox datasource. Is this possible Actually, I don't really have to use it as a datasource if this is not possible. My custom class is an item in a listbox and combobox. If I change the description property in my class, how do I get the listbox and combobox to update (the tostring method returns the description) >> I ...Show All

• Madhukar Bhalerao Missing dll's?

  Hey there, I'm attempting to setup my own TaskVision server internally - I setup the server, verified that the database was created, verified that the web services were installed correctly. I edited the taskvision client config to point to the new server,&nb ...Show All