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• .NET Development Getting IP Addresses

  Hi folks, I'm just wondering how I can programmatically obtain the IP address that's been assigned to my router from a machine that's within the router's internal network (192.168.*) Any ideas The best way to do this is by using a webservice. You need asp.net hosting for this. Basically you need to define a web service in an .asmx file and make a public function which is defined as a webmethod using:- <We ...Show All

• Visual Basic Using .NET Class from Word 2000 (as COM)

  Hi everybody I create a new classlibrary.comclass (.NETFW2.0). I need to programming this from Word2000. Everething is working on my dev. pc, but after deploy it another pc, Set cl = New ClassLibrary.ComClass1 gets an error "-2146232576 Automation error". How can i solve this Thanks a lot. Was the classlibrary compiled with the Have you registered the COM component on the Register for COM Int ...Show All

• Visual Basic Trouble reading bits.

  I am trying to read a byte from a certain address in a file. But, I am trying to read the byte in bit format (bits 0-7). I have tried to use the BitConverter and the BitArray classes but I cannot figure it out. I am pretty sure that BitArray is the one I need but there are no methods that look like they would do anything I want. Maybe I am just missing it. I checked the help section but the examples there were not what I am trying to do. Any ...Show All

• Visual Studio Creating Custom Editor

  Hi I have the following requirement: 1) Provide custom editor - with intellisense support 2) Customize property Grid - which will list custom objects etc... 3) Provide custom tool window - which will enable user for data entry 4) Any data entered by user either using property grid or in custom tool window should be parsed and displayed in custom editor I have following queries, I would be glad if you'll could help me with t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Upload Template Error and Visual Studio 2005 Team System Extensibility Kit Beta 3

  I'm having errors when I try to upload a template created with Beta 2 into Beta 3.  On all of the DateTime fields I have created, I get the following sort of error. Time: 9/28/2005 4:02:46 PM Module: Work Item Tracking Exception Type: System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaValidationException Exception Message: The 'field' attribute is invalid - The value 'Date Started' is invalid according to its datatype 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/200 ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Where to find include file Windot11.h?

  The SDK that I have downloaded doesn't seem to come with Windot11.h I am using Visual .NET 2003. Even the OID_DOT11 found in the NDIS OIDs are not well documented. How can I get more info Please help! Thx I think you need the Vista SDK for that. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=9BE1FC7F-0542-47F1-88DD-61E3EF88C402&displaylang=en ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Connection string issue

  I have created a project which gets its data from SQLExpress and used the Add Data Source wizard and then dragged and dropped to create data bound forms and TableAdapters. All works well on my machine. Now I want to link to data on another machine on my LAN. If I manually alter the connection string created for me automatically in the Settings tab of my project and point it at another machine all works fine. However I want to be able to do th ...Show All

• Visual C# "Absolute path information is required" bug.

  Hello, I've installed Visual Studio 2005 MSDN and I have problems with C# projects. Whenever I try to start a C# project (Windows Application or something else) I get message box: Microsoft Visual Studio "Absolute path information is required". Solution file is created in specified directory (and *.suo file), but nothing else. I also cannot open/convert C# projects from VS2003. I don't have any blocked/protected directories. Everythin ...Show All

• .NET Development Access Database and x64 OleDB Connect

  Hi, i've written a programm wich access an .mdb Database with OLE-DB. Under Win x32 everything works fine Under x64 no Database is found. Is there no way to access an mdb Database from x64 There is no way to access a .mdb database from 64bit. It has been decided to not port the Microsoft Jet Database engine to 64Bit. Brad Rhodes This message is provided as is.... ...Show All

• Windows Forms Windows Form Size Problem!

  hi, guys, I have a small problem, but don't know how to fix it. I have a windows form, and the size is 916*600, and I want it always keeps it in this size. So I set both MaxSize and MinSize to this value. It is displayed perfectly in 1024*768, but in 800*600, when it comes up, the size is 800*600, not 916*600. Is this because the max screen size is 800 in 800*600 mode I tried to call this.Size = new Size(912, 600) in FormLoad(), but it doe ...Show All

• Visual Basic Accessing the GDI+ from a class library

  I'm new to VB.Net graphics, but I am trying to create a class to deal with graphics. However it does not seem possible to access the system.drawing from a class library. Does anyone know if this is intentional or how to access it. Thanks in advance JJRDK You have to add a reference to the System.Drawing assembly first. In the Solution Explorer, right-click on your project, select Add Reference and select the a ...Show All

• .NET Development Compile Typed Dataset

  Hi. I am a newbie and had a basic question. It seems that advantage of typed datasets is type validation at compile time. This would imply that without a compiler, generating a typed dataset is impossible. Is this true As far as the compiler is concerned, a typed DataSet is really just like any other class. Type validation of typed DataSet code occurs according to the same rules as any other code. Regarding gene ...Show All

• Visual C++ Transferring project from a computer running 2000 to a machine with XP

  I am using Visualc++.net 2003. I transferred a project from a computer with 2000 to a computer with XP. The project opens and runs ok on the 2000 computer but on the XP computer I get the message cannot open my .vcprog file. My sln + vcproj file my ab3000.sln Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 8.00 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "ab3000", "ab3000.vcproj", "{67 ...Show All

• .NET Development encoding xml in webrequest

  I am trying trying to send xml in a webrequest object to a 3rd party system, who receives the request via an .asp page. They sent us a sample asp script that utilizes the ms xmlhttp object. In their sample code they encode the xml that is to be sent to them using utf-16. When I try to encode the xml in my webrequest object using UnicodeEncoding, I never get a response. If I change the encoding object to UTF8Encoding and the PI to utf-8 (or unco ...Show All

• .NET Development StackFrame - who invoked the current function?

  I need to know inside a function which object type and function the function was called from (for logging purposes). I have tried using the StackFrame class' stackFrame.GetMethod() and stackFrame.GetMethod().DeclaringType to find the calling method and object, but this behave differently for different objects (because of object hierarchy ). Is there a simpler/better way to go about it Through th ...Show All