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• nirbhay Connection to Sql Server 2000 on Lan

  hi i ahve an appliction will will run on lan and the db is installed on on PC and i want the othere PCs tp connect to that pc to get data can u plz tell me the connection string couse i have tried and it did not work The connection string may look like: strConnectionString = "Integrated Security=True; Server=VKH; Initial Catalog=TestDb" ...Show All

• ab2 Single Instance app, Activate

  Using this in Main to enforce a single instance of the app: Dim firstInstance As Boolean Dim safeName As String = Application.UserAppDataPath.Replace("\", "_") Dim mtx As Mutex = New Mutex(True, safeName, firstInstance) If Not firstInstance Then Return End If Application.Run(New Form1) ... But instead of just returning if its not the first instance, I would like to Activate the existing instance's window. I guess the question is how can I get ...Show All

• Dhinesh SQL Server and TableAdapter

  When i connect my windows form to a database, I want to use the data-bound columns that are in the database to my form. This is ofcourse all very simple, and when I drag them onto my form, some icons appears under the designer window. I get three icons. They are the DataSet, the bindingsource and the bindingnavigator. What i don't get is the tableadapter, and it is not possible for me to use the tableadapter in the code because it doesnt appear. ...Show All

• RayHerring startup position

  Hi, I just want my form to startup in the lower right hand corner of the parent window (in this case the parent is MS Word).  Any way to do this and be independant of the user's screen size Thanks, Marc. i'm looking fo ...Show All

• Silvina ClickOnce Fails to Install (DFSVC Problem?)

  I have a clickonce application that is failing to install. When browsing to the publish.htm or even the MyApp.application file, nothing happens. Seriously. The page refreshes and then nothing. I've looked and it doesn't seem like DFSVC.exe is starting. This has been a problem since beta 2 for several of our machines. I've deleted the Apps folder, I've used mage.exe -cc, and I've made sure the old beta 2 was completely removed. Please help. This ...Show All

• CRathjen - MSFT Dark (abnormal) Selection grabs of controls in a container control

  Anybody who has experienced this and knows the cause Snapshot included. <a href="http://www.freefilehosting.net/play.cfm id=F64D402B-CF1F-D571-A36C5E07BC0698E4">view image</a> Been a while and no answers on this, think it's safe to say that no one's seen this&nb ...Show All

• Rakesh Kumar V.V. from Pampady Problem with file.delete()

  when i try to delete some file the application throws error the error is this: <b> System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file  "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\LoadingMaps\MapBin\italy.jpg"  because it being used by another process </b> and the code that cause this thro ...Show All

• Kumar Abhishek MDI background

  For a MDI application, how can I set a background image for the client region of the main frame window Although in Visual Studio.net I can assign an image to that main client, it fails to show up when the program is running. Thanks! There is lots of good info in this article, but setting the BackgroundImage property in the designer should do the trick.  It works in both VS 2003 and VS2005. ...Show All

• Michelotti21 Designer support? requires IBindingList ?

  Hi, What is the requirement for a property to appear as "DataMember" in the "Object BindingSource" control for example if I have 2 classes , Order and OrderLine , and Order got a "IList<OrderLine> Details" property. this whill not show up as a valid binding. however , if the property type is IBindinglist or any other type that implements it , it shows up just fine. Is that the only way to make a collect ...Show All

• Spock101 How to limit which property driven columns a DataGridView will show?

  Hello! I've got the following simple classical piece of code (where dgvDatabaseNames is a DataGridView and DomainSubstance.DatabaseNames is a BindingList<SomeKindOfClass> ): BindingSource bindingSource = new BindingSource (); bindingSource.DataSource = DomainSubstance.DatabaseNames; dgvDatabaseNames.DataSource = bindingSource;   My question is: The DataGridView automatically shows all properties of the DomainSubsta ...Show All

• Thithi32 Video capture in BackgroundWorker

  This might get a little long winded...... So I've got this little tray application that can capture image from: 1. Local webcam via WIA 2. Network-enabled cam via a standard HTTP call / webClient 3. Locally attached video camera via avicap32.dll So, my app fires off a backgroundworker whenever it needs to capture an image. I do this because I might need to wait a few seconds before my application can connect to whatever camera it's usin ...Show All

• GutRipper Menu Item Character Underline

  In my main menu, I designate the Projects menu with the name &Projects, so that the 'P' will be an underlined shortcut for the menu.  It shows up fine in the designer, but at runtime the underlining disappears.  Any ideas/workarounds Jeff ...Show All

• AnotherDayAnotherSegFault RegionMasterControls not in Toolbox

  I just saw the demo by Mike Harsh and wanted to play, following his demo exactly (I hope). Immediately after he adds the reference, the controls are visible in the General area of the Toolbox. For me, they don't show up - am I missing  ...Show All

• pijcke Need a Good GDI+ Concept

  Hi.. I am new to the Vb.Net (though I have the exp of the VB6) Now i want to make a Game (A board Game) But I am facing the problem that How to display the Board the board (It is a board game) and than create a animatio ...Show All

• Himantura Wizard creation

  Hi, I need to create wizard but I don't know what is the best way to do it. I consider two ways: 1. Create few forms and simply swith between them during on each step of wizard. 2. Create master form that will switch panels of each wi ...Show All