alvi fawad's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Variable data in header not printing

  Wanted to start a new thread on this in case it was getting missed. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252093(VS.80).aspx I am trying to print a document number in the header of a report. I am using the technique of referencing a hidden text box in the body that contains the data I want to show. In the header I have this: =ReportItems!txtShippingOrderNo.Value And in the body I have a "txtShippingOrderNo" textbox: ...Show All

• Visual Studio 'Catch' visual studio's menu/toolbar action (like save)

  I'm lost. I've been trying to find something I actually understand but without success. So I'm going this one last go via this post before throwing in the towel. Maybe someone here can show me the light, or at least give me a somewhat better idea what I'm looking for. Our application is now running inside visual studio (using vsip), complete with a tool-, and editorwindow. I would really like to have our stuff react to the menu/buttons of vis ...Show All

• SQL Server Strong SA password

  On running the setup file, I got this message when trying to run msde: "A strong SA password is required for security reasons. Please use SAPWD switch to supply the same. Refer to the readme for more details. Setup will now exit" Advice on this issue would be appreciated. Thanks. Hi, I think you forgot to pass the SAPQD switch which passes the sa password to the installer. You h ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Character* in string comparison....

  Can anyone tell me if this is correct ........................ if ( (strcmp( returnVal, "<name> %s </name>" )!=0 ) ) { ................ where returnVal a char*.If not is there any way to correct it This line looks fine to me, as long as returnVal is declared as: char *returnVal; or const char *returnVal = "foo"; don't forget, strcmp returns 0 if the strings are equal, and something ot ...Show All

• Windows Forms Dynamically switching queries and databases

  I am using VS2005 and am able to bind a complex query to a DataGridView at design time. What I ultimately want to do is: (1) Select a named query from a drop-down box then reconfigure the DataGridView for the appropriate number of columns and repopulate with the new query. (2) Select a database from a drop-down box and refresh the DataGridView with data from the new database. (Assume I have created the appropriate DataSources.) I see wh ...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

• Visual C++ Data Access Error

  I am developing a VC++ .Net Win Forms Application I want to define a double precision array of points required later in the program I have defined a class to store the data as global variables (Access public with static variable) public __gc class GVar {     public:  static Double dArray[,] = new Double  __gc[1000,200]; }; And a button click event is defined as follows private: System::Void btnNext_Click(Syste ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Serializing object in smart devices

  HI, I am working on a project that need transfeering of objects from the pocket PC to the PC. As i know, the best way for doing this is to serialize the object into an array of bytes and transfeer it, but i found that this kind of serialization is not suported in smart devices. what could i do thank you in advance XML serialization is supported on NETCF V2, you can use that: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/system.xml.xmlserializ ...Show All

• Windows Forms Alpha transparency for a form

  Hi. Consider this: I want a form that is completely transparent. On this form I want to draw shapes and images (using Graphics.DrawImage etc. ), that are alpha blended (the images are png with soft edges). Is there a good way of doing this Up until now, I tried using the TransparencyKey property on the form, but this does not give alpha blended transparency. Thanks Chris Hi. Thanks for the reply, b ...Show All

• Windows Forms Panel Auto Scroll Scrollbars visible?

  Panel Auto Scroll Scrollbars visible Any way to tell if visible...and their width Can the vert be set to the top (with auto enabled) Thanks I just can help you with: in Pixels the width of the scrollbar by default is 20px ...Show All

• .NET Development How Can I test if an object is serialized and how can i avoid a chatty Object

  Guys,Trying to get to grasp with passing data between tiers using objects is proving very difficult with my knowledge and I tend to think that maybe I could just use "Dataset" I need an example of how to create an object and serialize it on DataTier and recreate the same object on a BizTier avoiding network trips "chatty" object. My attempts led to this .Which still create a chatty layer .Could you improve,suggest or advice A pratical example wo ...Show All

• Windows Forms ProcessDialogKey doesn't get called

  I derrived a class from System.Windows.Forms.DataGrid, overriden the ProcessDialogKey to put custom processing for "Delete" button. All works fine till I created the inherited form derrived from the form with my grid on it. Base form has a datagrid  ...Show All

• Visual Basic Need some help.

  I have made a program with a MDI that can edit text documents. However I cannot open files. My saving function works fine. Could someone please tell me a good way to open a file with the OpenFileDialogue in Visual Basic.NET 2005 Express Edition and give me some sample code Thanks in advance! Hey don't worry, Thanks for the code... lol I just used SharpDevelop to convert the code. I can also change VB.NET to C#.NET and vice versa... H ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions missing project template, Windows Service (.NET)

  I'm trying to create a managed service using VC++ 2005, express. I've done this once a couple of weeks ago but now, either I'm missing something very obvious or somewhere the project template has gone missing. When I select File->New-> Project, I can't see windows service (.NET) under the list of installed templates. If anyone can spot what's missing I'd be eternally grateful. My apologies, you're right. I ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Microsoft Access and Outlook Integration - Attach documents

  Hi - i am building a basic contact management system in Access. I have an email form built in Access that allows a user to email directly from Access via Outlook. However i need to be able to attach document(s) to the form in access as you would in outlook. Does anyone have any code that i can use/modify for my purposes that will enable me to do this Thanks, Rhys. This would be part of Office programmabili ...Show All