Todd Dawson's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Bindingsource AddingNew causes "Cannot add external objects to this list"

  Hello! I want some columns to be prefilled before added so I handled the AddingNew event of my bindingsource: Dim _view As System.Data.DataView = New System.Data.DataView(OrderTable ) Dim _row As System.Data.DataRowView = _view.AddNew _row.Item("PositionsNr") = 4 _row.Item("PositionsSubNr") = 1 e.NewObject = _row   While executing it raises the error "Cannot add external objects to this list". I think it's some kind of mis ...Show All

• .NET Development using ADODB

  im trying to execute a store procedure in a method written in c#, but i want that method to return a recordSet so i tried using adodb but how to execute the store procedure using adoodb is it possible thanks in advanced Hi, Yes you can. But you'll have to use SOAP to get xml values returned by the Webservice. When you return a Dataset, it would be converted to xml. Just download the SOAP SDK and see the docs o ...Show All

• .NET Development How to consume WSE 3.0 enabled webservice

  Hi, Is it possible to consume a WSE 3.0 enabled webservice in a console application which is developed in .Net 1.1 framework I tried to call this web service from console application, but is asking for a policy to be set. since my console application is developed under .NET 1.1 framework, how can I set the policy. What I understood from WSE 3.0 concept is, In order to consume WSE 3.0 enabled webservice, the consumer application should ...Show All

• SQL Server Report performance issue - time in processing

  I'm having performance issues with a report which is taking nearly 22 minutes to return 2100 rows. I've queried the execution log tables and the Time in Processing accounts for more than 99% of this. The report is applying cell formatting using a coded function to retrieve formatting from a stylesheet which hasn't proved problematic so far with other reports, and has several levels of grouping in a single table with sub-totals for each group ...Show All

• .NET Development Remoting vs Indigo taking *nix and Mono into account

  I'm designing a distributed system (actually redesiging DCOM app).  Planning to use Remoting but Indigo is on the horizon so have been taking a look at that.   Ideally, I'd like the same code base for Unix/Linux.  I understand Remoting should theoretically work on Mono.  I've been told Indigo will never be ported to Mono because MS isn't going to license the technology to allow it.   If Indigo isn't going to be ...Show All

• Windows Forms datagrid.refresh() doesnot work !

  Hi, Datagrid.Refresh() doesnot work. we are working with .Net ver 1 (beta ver). When a row deleted from datagrid ( click row header then press delete key), that row removes from the datagrid even if the database rejects deleteing that row ( database  ...Show All

• Windows Forms Forms / Web Integration

  I have stumbled into the deep end of the pool and could use some help. I have a VB.Net 2003 WIndows Forms app that I need to integrate into a web environment. I need to perform the following: a) Validate that a good Internet connection exists b) Programmatically log onto a web site using userid & password provided by the windows app user. c) Authenticate that this is a valid account d) Pass data fields to a "program" on the web site to updat ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to bind a listbox to a query

  This seems to be a simple issue, but I haven't been able to uncover the solution as yet.  I have a dataset with the corresponding TableAdapter and Binding Source objects as part of my form.  I created a new query to introduce a criteria and order by condition.  I can preview the data using the 'Preview Data' menu item.  If I use the drag and drop method to bind the data to a listbox, I get the whole database in native orde ...Show All

• Visual C# Fast way to Save DataSet to sql table in batch

  I am new as C# programmer. Want to know if any fast way can insert dataset (10,000 records) back to sql table. I do not like the idea to insert back one row one command each time. Thanks. take a look at this thread ...Show All

• Visual C# create gif

  does anybody has a simple idea how to create .gif image with c# do you want to create one (like draw a box from scratch) or make a gif from some other image. System.Drawing and System.Drawing.Imaging and System.Drawing.2D are all classes that deal with writing / copying images. hth, mcm ...Show All

• Windows Forms any idea how to get the 1st icon from an exe -file?

  any idea how to get the 1st icon from an exe -file and load it into an imagelist Try the following... Public Shared Function ExtractAssociatedIcon (ByVal filePath As String ) As System . Drawing . Icon Member of: System . Drawing . Icon Summary: Returns an icon representation of an image contained in the specified file. Parameters: filePath : The path to the file that contains an image. Return Values: The System.D ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to instance a class in the current project

  Hey NG So, the subject says everything - I think. I have a MDI-Application. In one of my ChildForms I have some UserControls. By changing the CheckedEvent of a RadioButton(in the Form), my class enables or disables all TextBoxes of the UserControls. - Therefor I use ReadOnly Property to access the status. But I do need the status also in the UserControls. I don't want to check the RadioButton - I don't think that is the correct way.  - Beca ...Show All

• .NET Development WSE 2 SP3 Not Seen in VS2005

  My requirement is to transfer files to my web site ISP using a webservice. They do not need security as they are public data files.. My development machine has VS2003 and VS2005 installed My ISP supports VS2003 but not as yet VS2005 so the web service must be written in VS2003 Currently my simple web services work fine. My intention is to use the advice supplied in http://www.codeproject.com/soap/DimeTest.asp . This is backwards to my requir ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Custom MessageBox on Pocket PC

  Ok here's the case: I need to show a messagebox, that looks just like the ordinary Pocket PC (or smartphone) MessageBox. Only difference should be, that the messagebox should have timeout time and it could be playing sound in a loop. I can handle those, but the look and feel of the message box causes me problems. I have tried to make a form, that looks like message box, and show it using ShowDialog method. In Visual Studio 2005 designer it looks ...Show All

• Visual Basic Cannot concanate output from two richtext boxes

  Hi pals, I know this may sound stupid but i'm unable to concantenate richtext output from two rich text boxes. For example: Consider two Richtext boxes: R1 and R2 when I type in code: R1.rtf & = R2.rtf R1 appears blank after running the code. I need help please! The richtextbox does not like concantenation characters (+ or &) you can however use the selectionstart method to set the insertion point or just use t ...Show All