Brent Rockwood's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions lines with vectors

  is it possible to draw a number of lines at specified lengths in any direction, using the co-ordinates of a userform i need to creat changing diagrams with the page. cheers hi, you can use System.Drawing in general to draw shapes , regarding to charts open FAQ thread at the top of this page you will find 2 posts that talk about this hope this helps ...Show All

• Visual Basic Databases vs Files... which ones best?

  Hi everyone, I have a really (long) general question here that i hope some of you can help me out with. Its a pretty important question because it will determine how i will structure my project. Its regarding the use of files and databases in my project, and which is better to use and why. First a little background info on what ive done so far in my project so you know my situation. My application is going to draw on a lot of ta ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro missing object

  In our program, we call form "BB" from "AA" and can refer back to object "AA" from "BB" with no problems.  Now from form "ZZ" call "AA" then from "AA" call "BB", now "BB" cannot refer back to "AA".  Instead, we get "cannot find object 'AA'", even though "AA" is still open on the screen. Thanks in advance. I am not sure how you are referring to each of the forms in question, but I will gue ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions starting an external program in vb2005 express

  Hi, I recently donwlaoded an example for vb2003 and an now am trying to use it in vb2005 express. My problem is i can't find anything to start an external application (eg. excel) in debugging mode, as this example requires. I just get an error message 'A Project with an output type of class library connot be started directly.' I also don't have some of the window's shown in the example, is this unique to my express edition The link to my exam ...Show All

• Visual C# Can't start my Windows Service

  Hi... I've got something which is making me pull my hair out which I hope someone can shed some light on. Basically I've got a Windows Service using VS.NET 2005. This service has been working fine for a while. For some reason now, I cannot get the service to start. By placing MessageBoxes in (with the correct display permissions) I found that the service itself is just not 'activating'. (Main and OnStart are not being called) So I cannot even at ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Visual Studio vs SharePoint/Front Page

  What is the 'connection' between these two seemingly unrelated development tools I have been reading some evangelical blogs on the sharepoint v3 site, and it seems as though Sharepoint v3 will offer a lot of "infrastructure" (security, web parts, asp.net) for business-oriented / collaboration / scheduling web sites that may require a lot more effort using Visual studio. From the look of things, it's apparent to me that Microsoft is be ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How can I delete a Team Project

  Hi, How ca I delete a Team Project, I try, but ins't works. Any Idea. Hi Raymundo, This command will only delete the project you specify. It will delete the SharePoint site, Reporting site, Source Code, Work Item Tracking, and all the project related data that was created when the project was created. Other projects on the server will not be affected. If you are concerned about this, you can do a backup of the databases to ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Help converting Function to C#

  Im a little lost to say the least. Trying to compare 2 pictureboxes. Are they the same. Thanks Public Shared Function ImagesAreTheSame( ByVal bmp1 _ As Bitmap, ByVal bmp2 As Bitmap) As Boolean 'If the images aren't the same size, quit If bmp1.Size.Width <> bmp2.Size.Width OrElse _ bmp1.Size.Height <> bmp2.Size.Height Then Return False Else 'Convert each image to a byte array '.NET.NET() D ...Show All

• Visual C++ branch hints

  Hello, In gcc I can send the compiler a hint about the expected flow of a branch #define NOT_LIKELY(expr) __builtin_expect((expr),(1==0)) #define LIKELY(expr) __builtin_expect((expr),(1==1)) I know the intel compilers do this, too. Is there a way to do this with the Visual Studio 2005 compiler Thanks. Hi! No, there is no hints like you mentioned in VC++. Still, if I remember correct, Intel ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Customising RI messages

  Hello I'm after a bit of advice. I'm currently revisiting Foxpro after a period of 10 years. I am in the process of designing a database for a customer that will include Referential Integrity. I have RI working - no problems. What I would like to find out is how you customise the RI error messages. I would like the user to see an error message they could understand rather than something like "Table insert fail:trigger failed". I have looked t ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. winform / directx interaction

  So I want to program a simple project in c# that works as follows: A winform shows up with a blank label and a "start button." When the start button is clicked the program enters into fullscreen directx mode, and the user uses the mouse to draw a line, once the user is done drawing the line, the program leaves directx mode and the original winform is there with the length of the line in the previously blank label. Programming the winform is obvi ...Show All

• .NET Development Using ADO with C++/CLI

  Hi: I am using managed C++ VS.Net 2003 and I am using ADO.Net to develop a database storing the information being used as part of a graphical application I am creating. Both will be designed to reside on the same laptop or other platform. My questions are about the performance benifits or general considerations : 1) Is there a design benifit of using Connected or Disconnected And should I connect several times or just once 2)Should I us ...Show All

• SQL Server XML Bulk Load

  I am trying to load data from two different elements to the same database table but keep getting errors. It appears that the sql:relationship is not defined properly but I am unable to find anything explaining how to define the relationship. Would someone please help The xml data is: <billers> <biller Key="8279" > <billerInfo> <billerId>0062599175</billerId> <billerName>AAA Hawaii Insuran ...Show All

• Visual C# how to remove this black selected thing?

  http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7840/dontwant9cj.jpg I dont like this black selected thing to be visbile once I select the item in listview. How to remove this black selected thing Like: http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7636/want0uy.jpg I have one more question to ask... I have listView1 and imageList1. listView1 has two items like "Default Folder" and "Setting". imageList1 has 4 images (0 to 3). 2 im ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Registering Express editions

  Hi,  Can I reuse my registration number for the Express Editions on more than one PC or do I need to register again Thanks The registration key is also tied to user profile, so you will need to re-register to obtain a new registration key every time you reinstall your PC.  To be safe, you can keep a copy of the ISO file as Andre suggests. Thanks, -Scott Currie (DDCPX Program Manager - Micro ...Show All