David Trowbridge's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Selecting a row in a datagrid

  I have a datagrid bound to a dataset. I am wanting to be able to double click on a row and have a new form come up that is passed a hidden ID of the selected row, I can then load the relevant info onto the new form. Cur ...Show All

• .NET Development Using returned value from SqlDataSource1

  I, a newbie, can't seem to figure this out or find the answer on forums. Any help you could offer me is appreciated. VS2005, C#, Web forms. What I'm doing is writing the login name and password to Profile.Login & Profile.Password from the text boxes on a login screen only if there is such a combo. I also want to write the person's UserID but can't get it out of the SqlDataSource1. I have an SqlDataSource1 that returns a distinct integer v ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System the request failed with http status 404

  when I tried to open the team explorer I got the following error the request failed with http status 404 Could you provide more information   Was this Beta 3   A single or dual server install   Did you follow the TFS Installation Guide ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System unit testing asp.net custom providers

  I am developing with VSTE for Software Developers and I have written a custom membership provider.  I have also written unit tests for all public methods on the provider. I need to run all unit tests three times, each time, I need to change the values in the provider attributes defined in the web.config file.  I cannot figure out how to create 3 different web.config files and have them copied to the asp.net output directory before ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System PRoject ALert not working in Team foundation Server

  hi Project alert is not working. can anyone tell the procedures to configure that ... Thanks Rithu Could you please describe *what* is not working with the Project Alerts Did you check the check box next to an alert, enter a valid email ID and then click OK Was there no mail generated when the event occurred ...Show All

• Visual C# pass variable from first window to the fourth window?

  how can i pass a variable from the first window form to the fourth or fifth window form Is there any function that can directly get the variable from the first window form while i am at the fourth window form You give Form2 a property Username and add a TextBox on it with the name set to txtUsername: public class Form2 : Form { public string Username { get { return txtUsername ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB.net program crashed under Windows Server 2003

  Hi guys, I'm new to VB. I developed an application with VB.net 2003 under Windows XP, which runs ok under windows XP. But it crashed when I tried to run it under Windows Servers 2003, the error message says: "Class not registered". Could anyone give me some ideas about the possible cause of this error Thanks in advance! Im assuming this is a ComException so make sure the components you are using in your ...Show All

• .NET Development question about callcontext and singlecall server objects

  Simple question - If a client adds data to the CallContext, will any remoted object on the server be able to get that data in the context of a future call   Or is the CallContext only specific to the original "call" the client was making when it SetData() In other words, with single-call, server-activated objects I am creating new instances for each request (method call).  Does each instance of the server-activated obje ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Extending Microsoft.WebApplication component type

  Hi, I'm trying to extend the built-in Microsoft.WebApplication component type, so I've code an .sdm like this: <Import Alias="WebApp" Name="Microsoft.WebApplication"/> <SystemDefinition Name="CustomWebAppType" Layer="Application" Abstract="true" Extends="WebApp:WebApplication"> <DesignData> <Report Type="Application" ...Show All

• Visual Studio Help reinstalling VS .NET 2003

  I had Visual Studio .NET 2003 installed on my PC.  I then wanted to install 2005 beta but it would not install until I uninstalled 2003. Now I need 2003 .NET installed again but now I can't.  The "Windows Component Update for Visual Studio "NET" went ok. But when running setup I get this screen with nothing to select. http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/9174/vs1ow.jpg I tried running "Repair" but it said that it&nbs ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums has anyone done the tests at all?!

  hi, just wondering has anyone done microsoft ISV software tests   i'm a one-person ISV and i'm interested to hear from others who have been through the testing process.  i've been on the ISV empower program for the last 18 months and i'll be taking my tests shortly.  i intend to apply under the "platform" tests, doing the windows client test, and web services + .net framework.  i read the instructions from the testi ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Window Icon Propery no longer working

  In the Feb CTP I could just set the icon like this < Window Icon = " Resources\\Images\\ image .png " > However thsi doesn't work in Beta 2. Instead I get a runtime error FatalExecutionEngineError was detected Message: The runtime has encountered a fatal error. The address of the error was at 0x7f570c2b, on thread 0x120c. The error code is 0xc0000005. This error may be a bug in the CLR or in the unsafe or non-verifiable porti ...Show All

• Windows Forms Datatable sorting?

  Hi, How could i sort a datatable in web service side. I tried the following but didn't work: dataset1.datatable1.DefaultView.Sort="column_name" Thanks a lot. Order by in sql works perfect. This was a good tip.  ...Show All

• SQL Server How do I reference an external assembly?

  I have a situation where I need to use external .NET assemblies, including interop assemblies, from within a SQL CLR stored procedure.  I assumed that if my assembly is registered as "unsafe" that I could reference what I need in my SQL Server project.  However, VS 2005 will only allow me to add references to SQL libraries, or projects in the same solution which are themselves SQL Server projects. So, how can I reference ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB 2005 Express - datagridview

  Hai, I would like to make a datagridview, see example i want 4 dings 1. combobox of column keuze 2. show valuta right 3. datetimepicker 4. edits directly to database De code below wont do the job.         Dim aDataTable As DataTable = New DataTable         Dim aSQL As String = "SELECT Tabel1.Id, Tabel2.Tekst, Tabel1.String, Tabel1.Valuta, Tabel1.In ...Show All