markj11's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Application-name

  Hi! Is there a Property, which contains the File-name of the running Application For example "App.exe" Greets reg3x System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess() Hopefully this is what you want. Rich. ...Show All

• Visual Basic My combo box doesn t display the first item of the dataset (first Row)

  Hi guys, I m binding a combo box to a dataset filled from a tabe in a SQL database. When I click the combobox, I can t see the first item (first row) from the dataset. Instaed, I only can see the list start from the second row. When I do a test to display the rows of the dataset using Msgbox, I can see the first row coming from the dataset, but it never shows up in my combo box, which means the problem is not with my dataset but rather with t ...Show All

• Visual C++ Compiling code written in C in .NET2005

  Hi, I am using .NET 2005 and I created an empty project, Win32 Console Application,and the code I wrote is simple C, not C++. When I try to compile it it gives me this warning : C4996: ' scanf' was declared deprecated. When I run my application it stopes after the first scanf function. I read in MSDN that they changed something about this functions, but what #include <stdio.h> #include <conio.h> #include <stdl ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Installation Issue

  Hi I have to design workflows using visual studio.net 2005 .I have installed MS Visual Studio 2005 professional edition.I have .Net Framework 2.0. The category "Workflow" does not appear when I go to Visual Studio.Net File New dialog box.I think I have to install windows workflow foundation. I downloaded it from from the below link but I am not able to run it.I get an error saying that the file is not valid Win32 application. ...Show All

• .NET Development How do I build a website that the user can download a zipped file from?

  Okay from that I can see that you want to be able to support a user uploading a file. However, that doesn't change the fact that this should be posted to http://forums.asp.net Update: Sorry Tom didn't post that message. Should be pay attention more closely. Tom, The reason I didn't respond was because it is an off-topic post. As I stated in my first post AND second post you need to post it in the correct forum: http://forums.asp.net ...Show All

• .NET Development Delete files in a secure way (shred / wipe files)

  Hi Is it possible to delete files in a secure way with .NET (shred / wipe files) If yes, how can I do this Thanks and Regards Dominik thank you for your answer. do you have a code example for me or can I simple open the file (filestream), write some garbage into that file, save and delete it ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Interactive pages like .asmx?

  Will there be a feature in WCF that allows invoking of web service operations similar to how .asmx pages allow you to invoke WebMethods This is a very convenient feature, and useful for quick testing of services, where writing a full-blown client app is time-consuming. There is not a test page available currently, but we're working to make one available with 'developer tools' asap. Please bear with us while we ...Show All

• Windows Forms How did they achieve the Windows XP Look?

  Does anyone know how they got the controls on the forms to take on the Windows XP appearance. For instance the combobox controls take on a flat border style appeareance which isn't even a DropDownStyle option.  All the controls seem to take&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Basic nth root function

  I'm trying to code an equation that calculates the nth root of an expression. For example, I want to isolate the variable 'r' in the expression r ^ n = x. ( i.e. "r to the power of n = x"). If n=5 for example, the expression could be written as r = 5th root ( x ). Is there a specific function that does this I dont think theres anything specific in the system.math namespace so I did a quick search ...Show All

• Visual Studio How can I debug an addin?

  Hi, Never developed an Add in and I am going to have a go at it. I was looking through an example I have downloaded but cannot figure out what I need to do in order to debug it. Also any links on how to write them as well Thanks ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.VisualStudio.v80.en/dv_extcore/html/f71a2253-3e68-4e5e-9a18-edbba816caf6.htm in the VS doc collection is a good place to star ...Show All

• .NET Development 2 Connections? Why?

  I have the following DataSet Object in the DataAccess Class. public static DataSet SearchAccount() { SqlDataAdapter DASearchAccount = new SqlDataAdapter(); DataSet DSSearchAccount = new DataSet(); SqlConnection Conn = new SqlConnection(strConn); DASearchAccount.SelectCommand = new SqlCommand(); DASearchAccount.SelectCommand.Connection = Conn; DASearchAccount.SelectCommand.CommandText = "USP_TestSearchAccount"; DASearchAccount ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL2000 Linked Server to Oracle

  Server: Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 OLE DB provider 'MSDAORA' reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error. OLE DB error trace [OLE/DB Provider 'MSDAORA' IUnknown::QueryInterface returned 0x80004005: The provider did not give any information about the error.]. Searching on this error I get tons of hits, I have read through them all and tried every posted suggestion, however I still am unable to get this ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS could not copy a support file: *.vshost.exe to output directory

  I am getting this error or one that says the process can not be started because a file is locked; almost everytime I hit F5. My setup VS2005 Pro RTM with WinFX and DirectX 9 October. Does anyone know how to fix this (I tried the fixes for this seen in Beta 2 but it did not fix this issue Thanks, blair  This link will solve all of your problems its real simple. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/e ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Host a WCF Service in WAS

  Is it possible to host services in WAS in XP SP2 I've installed Win FX for XP on my m/c. Pls let me know the details of any specific component that need to be installed for this. and a sample WCF code that is hosted in WAS. Thanks in advance WAS is only available on Vista. http://hyperthink.net/blog/PermaLink,guid,e74cfea2-cc84-49dc-b047-b11d3402a94c.aspx Thanks! Scott ...Show All

• Windows Forms clear dataGrid

  Hi there, I was just wondering how to clear a DataSet. I couldn't find the right method in the MSDN Library. Thanks Chris Since you are using C#, set the Datasource = Null.  'Nothing' is a VB construct. ...Show All