Shawn de Wet's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Debug or Release Problem

  Hello, i tried to test my programm wrote in Visual Basic 2005 Express and following happened - when i compile and test in the IDE (Debug) it works great but (Release) doesn't work 100% - when i use the .exe files in debug or release folder both don't work 100% this is my code snippset: the problem is writefile , out the IDE after the command writefile i become the win32 error "invalid handle"! i wonder because in the IDE it ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions MDI child and Parent.

  Hello, i am trying to learn vb by myself. and i am going good also. i have one form which i have converted in to MDI parent from the properties. but i have few more forms, which i want them to open inside the parent form. now i dont know how to make them child form. can u show me Say MD was the mdi parent window and frmtest was a form. dim n as new frmtest n.parent = md n.show That would ma ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to backup VSTS project?

  Which databases are VSTS used in SQL Server Could I just need to backup those database Or there are other files or settings should I backup at the same time Thanks! Ok, this is probably an obvious question, but to backup the ADAM datastore, do I just need to backup the BISGSS folder under C:\program files\MS ADAM directory Thanks, ~slee ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro executable database

  I have constructed a project in VFP 9.0.   I want to make the project an executable database so that others that don’t have VFP installed on their machine can access the forms that display the information.   How do I do this   Also I’ll need to update the table periodically so does this mean I put the table on the server   I’m really lost in all of this.   InstallShield Express Limi ...Show All

• Visual Basic Creating Tables with sql express

  I know this deals with ms sql express more so than vb.net but it correlates b/c I want to edit the database with vb.net express. On to my question... I'm trying to learn how to use ms sql express using the SQL Express Manager. However, I can't seem to figure out how to create tables. I'm reading http://msdn.microsoft.com/SQL/2005/getstarted/default.aspx pull=/msdnmag/issues/04/09/expresseditions/toc.asp  but it seems outdated and I can't re ...Show All

• Windows Forms Web Service

  When trying to use Web Services in a Win Forms Project I have changed the URL Behavior of the service to dynamic and VS crashes. I have also tried to add the app.config manually and it just disappears when you re-open the project. Has anyone&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Beta 2 inherits

  Hello, I was using the following for my codebehind with VW Developer Beta1: Imports System Imports System.Web Imports System.Web.UI Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton Imports System.Data Imports System.Data.OLEDB Imports System.Web.Mail Partial Class default_aspx When I created a new page, I got the following. Partial Class default_aspx     Inherits System.Web.UI.Page I read the articl ...Show All

• SQL Server How to pass .net application's parameter to a TRIGGER?

  How can i pass my .net application's Userid to the trigger I have a audit trail trigger on myTable.  I dont know how to pass the userid (not the sql server user) to the trigger when a user delete a record from the application(.NET Application). The trigger saves the modifications on the table including the userid of one who does the changes. There is no way to send a value to a trigger directly other than in the inserted table ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS: % in filename

  I have added to a VSS project, a file which contains a % char in the filename.  For example: "Is_Old_New_65%Line.vi".  When I try to Check-out the same file, VSS complains with the error: "Is_Old_New_65%Line.vi is not a valid SourceSafe syntax".  Looks like VSS is treating the % as a control character, and rejects the filename.  Since VSS was able to ADD the file with the % character, it should also be able to ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Binding Transform doesn't work?

  I'm trying to bind a transform DP to another transform's DP. Isn't that workin <Canvas>         <Rectangle Fill="#FF8800" Name="r1" Width="80"                    Height="{Binding Path=Width,ElementName=r1}">             <Rectangle.RenderTransform>        ...Show All

• Visual Studio Reinstall .net framework 1.1 in windows server 2003

  I had a connectivity problem with TFS and I read in the MSDN forum that I should uninstall the .net 1.1 framework to solve it. I did this and the problem disappeared. The problem now is the editing of portal sites. I think that without .net framework 1.1, I can’t customize the team project SharePoint portal site. So to test this and try to solve this problem, I am trying to reinstall the .net framework 1.1. The problem here is that when ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Cannot Create C++ Class from wizard

  I cannot create a class from the wizard from Project Add class. I get an error "Code model not available, cannot add class". Even if I manually create a class then also I am not able to add functions or members to it "The operation could not be completed. The parameter is incorrect". Any suggestions Please post a bug report on the Microsoft Product Feedback Center . ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Reporting Date Parameters

  I am using SQL 2000 reporting and I have 3 report parameters (2 of them dates).  Is there a way with the included report viewer (from the sql reporting samples) to allow the date input parameters to be date pickers Thanks Nick, I do not see the week values.  I would like to add Week to Date (WTD) as a filter value for a report I have.  That way the user always has WTD data.  A ...Show All

• .NET Development Format string: 0 as 0 ... 1000 as 1,000

  Hi, I was wondering what the correct format string for thousand separator is 0,0 or #,### don't work because they are fine for any number except for 0 where they either display 00 or nothing. Thanks, Tom Hi, Do you mean to display 0 as 0 and 1000 as 1,000 if so, try this format string: #,##0 cheers, Paul June A. Domag ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Registration Not Recognized

  Hi, folks. I have been using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition for just over a month now and am happy with it, overall. (I work on a Windows 2000 computer, usually logged in as a general user.) However, a couple days ago I tried to start it up, but a message box appeared, stating that the 30 day trial period had elapsed, and I should register it if I wanted to continue using it. However, I HAD registered it right after I installed it. ...Show All