mbackxp's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Package Setup and lost Keymappings

  I can't be the only one with this annoyance. When I setup my packages, I follow the by the book method and execute devenv /setup at the end of the MSI. This installs my package well, but custom keymappings are killed in this process. Does anyone have a technique around this Is there any plan in VS or the VS SDK to give us an installation option that doesn't require mangling VS itself with /setup You keymappings ...Show All

• Visual C++ Beginner cin headaches

  int result; cin >> result; while( result > 3 || result < 1) { cout << "Please enter a valid choice, 1, 2 or 3\n"; cin >> result; } return result; ********************************************* Passing an int to the while statement this loop works like a charm, however any alpha will force an infinite loop. I've tried cin.get(result), cin.get(result).get(), type casting to chars, everything I could ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Cannot load VB Express Edition on my Computer will not install no error message

  Please help. Cannot install VB Express Edition on my Computer. Have Windows XP, 2003 Professional Edition. Can you help with what might be interfering> No error messages whatsoever. Thank you, supermsd Hi, I moved this forum from VB Express so that your post will have a better response. Thanks! ...Show All

• Visual J# performance difference in .NET 1.0 and .NET 2.0

  I recently upgraded a sockets application from .NET 1.1 to .NET 2.0. I found that the getByName method on the INetAddress class takes several times longer to execute under .NET 2.0 than it did in .NET 1.1. That is INetAddress.getByName("10.0.0.1") is a MUCH costlier operation under 2.0. Any suggestions on how best to go about 'recovering' the lost performance would be appreciated. Currently, I am caching the resolution, but it ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro remote data

  I want to create a system with 1 database and many users that can access it a solution is the server client model ok lets say we have a database in a remote server(vfp database) i go to each client and make a datasource and a connection to that database 1)the tables of that database will ONLY be viewed by clients through remote views 2)if yes ,i will put the views in the data enviroment 3)if yes,i can insert,delete,update,buffer...etc the views ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WPF is going be absent in First Vista Release

  Hello all, I am reading on some news groups that WPF is not going to be there in initial release of windows vista. Does anyone knows more about it I cannot imagine vista without WPF. Any thoughts from experts Thanks Basav Jonas Beckeman wrote: This is troublesome news, if it's true. Please, MS, shed some light on this. It would seriously affect my commitment to WPF if it's not ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Newbie Question about Textboxes

  Hi, I'm new to visual basic, and I am trying to use a combobox with 2 items, and when I select one of them I want to be able to have it read a registry key and then output the result to a textbox.    This is the code I have so far. Currently, when I select an option in combobox1, it reads a registry key and then displays a msgbox with the result. I would like it to be displayed in textbox1 instead.  ...Show All

• SQL Server Web Site Admin Tool problem in VS2005

  All, When I create a new project and try to use the WSAT security tab, I get the following : There is a problem with your selected data store. This can be caused by an invalid server name or credentials, or by insufficient permission. It can also be caused by the role manager feature not being enabled. Click the button below to be redirected to a page where you can choose a new data store. The following message may help in diagnosing the proble ...Show All

• Windows Forms best way to use excel with dotnet windows apps

  I would like to know the best way to work with excel in a dotnet windows app. I am currently using the getobject(). I am trying to retrive data from a worksheet and importing it into a dataset. I am using excel version 9.0. I und ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Deploy an Outlook Addin

  Hi I have spent a lot of time trying to deploy an outlook addin that I have created. This has proved very confusing... I have now created a new outlook addin that contains a single line of code (a msgbox) so that i am sure the code is not the problem. I install the adddin on another PC, but when outlook is run, I get the error "The current .NET security policy does not permit the customisation to run. and a lot more as well. I h ...Show All

• .NET Development Inherits OleDbConnection

  I think this class should be possible to inherit! The role should be: all class must be possible to inherit.  If not, it has to be explaind in the documentation. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions RS232 (Comm Port) Cant read the line HELP

  Hi, I was trying to read the text from comm poert w/ new SerialPOrt object but for some reson it dosnt work. But I can write everything though. I'm using all defult seetings for the port object. And here is the code that I have. Also when I chnded read timeout, I got an error in time out. Public Class PORTs Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click sp.Op ...Show All

• .NET Development what is activation scoping in assemblies?

  Hi all, I have just started dotnet framework.im understanding the assemblies ,in the framework documentaion ,i have just come across the naming " activation scoping ".Could anyone elaborate on that Thanks in Advance Santosh Kumar Scoping is the process in which the scope of a member is determined. For example, you may have noticed that you can select a block of text in VS.NET and then press the Ctrl-F key to perform a find-and-rep ...Show All

• SQL Server MDX Parameter

  Hi, I want to create an arbitrary datetime picker parameters (StartDate and EndDate) to use it as a parameter in MDX. But, I couldn't do this, because in the filter pane it always expect me to select from the dimension(always associate with the dimension values). But what I want to do is pass a value from the datetime picker (which is not associated with the dimension) and filter the data where the parameters value is satisfied with the Date ...Show All

• Windows Forms A Smart Client Intranet

  Hi everyone, My company is interested in developing a new intranet and I wanted to run an idea by you to help me decide if it's feasible and/or to iron out some wrinkles.  Here are some of my thoughts and how I came up with the&n ...Show All