ronmurp's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Hiding Taskbar

  Is there a way to hide your taskbar while running your application Here is a sample in C++ that you can convert to VB.NET, there is a little article that explains the working of the code. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Max controls in controls collection of panel?

  I am adding UserControls to a Panel at runtime based on the Datarows in my DataSet.  When the count gets to 357, the program generates an exception of "'System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception' occurred in system.windows.forms.dll, Additional information: Error creating&n ...Show All

• Windows Forms Putting classes using MS Office into the Global Assembly Cache

  I've created a class in VB.net that uses MS Word via Automation and which I wish to use with several Win Forms apps.  Unfortunately, when I attempt to give it a strong name (after setting Assembly: AssemblyKeyFile in the AssemblyInfo.vb file) I ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Bug in VFP 9? Adding an object to an array with AddObject.

  We have this base class that basically implements a collection (I know there are collections in VFP, but we can't change this overnight). Part of the process is to add an object to an array. This code word flawlessly on VFP6 for years. this.ItemCount = this.ItemCount + 1 Dimension this.Item[this.ItemCount] Local cItemPlace cItemPlace = "Item[" + LTrim(Str(this.ItemCount)) + "]" this.AddObject(cItemPlace, this.ItemClassName, &tInitParame ...Show All

• Windows Forms Add newData Source: Error getting type information

  I'm trying unsuccessfully to add a new data source. I can create a dataset from the whole database, with no problem. When I try to create a dataset from just one table, I get the error: "An error occurred while creating the new data source: could not get type information for 'MyDB.Customers.Dataset'. Suggestions The .xsd is created, but not the .xss file. I've tried selecting only certain fields, etc., but it makes no differ ...Show All

• .NET Development Web Service that returns a DataSet Class

  Hi,        I want to return an object of a class that is inherited from dataset from my web service I am sure this is possible because i have seen web services like this but never got chance to look in to the code . I know it is straight forward to return data set like: DataSet ds=callwebservice.GetDataSet(); but i want my web service to return an object  like SomeClass SC=Callwebservice.GetDataSet(); please ...Show All

• Visual C++ DLL Compatibility?

  I am converting an app from vc6 to vc8 (vs2005). I've got everything to compile fine, and most of the testing looks good. While system testing in Release mode, I get an occasional crash. The dialog box says "PCSMain.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created". Even though I have drwtsn turned on, I don't see any error logs being created. Even while ...Show All

• Visual Basic [OTP] VB6 ADODC Runtime

  Hi, I am trying to teach myself VB and unable to figure out how to set up the recordsource of a ADODC at run-time. This is what I am trying to do. I greatly appreciate if anybody can give me some feedback. Sincerely KPLG Private Sub Form_Load() Adodc1.ConnectionString = "Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=ChangeDB;Data Source=EMC-NT" Adodc1.CommandType = adCmdUnknown Adodc1 ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Getting rendered graphics (quickly) from the card

  I had a thread about thins some days back, but for some reason I can not write into it now. I am faced with the task of rendering some graphics with directx and then copying that graphics into another card which generates a video signal. I need to feed it a new frame 25 times a second. The size is 720*576 The rendering does not have to be any faster that this. I have tried two methods of geting the pixels, and both are much too slow. On ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions BindingSource.Filter help please

  Hi, I have an Access database which I've managed to link up to my VB.net application, and I can view whole tables, edit the data within it etc just fine. However, I would like to filter one of my Tableviews to show only the rows where the value in the UserID column is equal to the User logged into my application. The form this Tableview will be on has access to the current user that is logged on by: Public thisuser As String with that stri ...Show All

• SQL Server Help Needed: For Creating Synchronous Transform Component

  Hi I am currently trying to write a custom transform componet in c# that will take a row of data, perform a look-up via an external system, then if there is a match then send the data from the extranel system down macth ouptut (which will have different columns to the input) and drop the data that was read, else send the data down the unmacthed output which will be the same as the input. So I would like to write a synchrons transform becuas ...Show All

• Smart Device Development cabwizsp

  Hi! I have some problems deploying my application on smartphone edtion of windows mobile 2005. I read in several articles that I have to use cabwizsp. Where can I find this tool Sereral articels mention it, most of the describe how and when to use it, but the tool itself seems to be a secret! Thanks, Dimitris CabWizSp is an old version of SP CAB utility which ships with SP 2003 SDK. WM 5.0 uses unified CAB utility with has /compr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Load times for VC++ Express? Seems like a long time to get the app. going

  Hi all, Just a quick question: is there any way to improve the load times of VC++ Express I have a relatively fast computer, 2.4Ghz with over 1G of RAM. What is going on with VCE that it takes over a minute to load I realize this doesn't seem like a long time, but when you are used to programs that immediately spring to life, waiting for VCE while it does something in the background is annoying at first, and worrisome in the second. What is it ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem using DataGridView in DragDrop Event

  Hi   I would appreciate your help in solving my problem. I have a UserControl which contains the DataGridView (manually populated – with unbound data) and this control is used several times on the main form. It is here that I require to drag and drop (Move) rows of data from one DataGridView to another. The problem is when I try to add the new row to the DataGridView it adds an empty row, but when I look at the object I’m cloning it c ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions system parameters

  hi guyz, i am a newbie in winapi programming, i am having problem regarding syatemsparametersinfo call. from user32.dll library it's showing that "SPI_* parameter(system parameters) are invalid, in this function i defined it as dim SPI_GETDESKWALLPAPER AS UINT32(WHICH IS ACTUALLY A DWORD) AND THEN I PASSED IT AS   ARGUEMENT,WITHOUT INITIALIZING IT, I UNDERSTOOD THAT PROBLEM THAT BEING UNINITIALIZED IT HAS A JUNK VALUE, BUT I ALSO ...Show All