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• Windows Forms multi column in table need add combobox

  hey me to 2 column( ex:id,code) in student table.Need Add ID,Code column this in Combobox help me thanks Can you rephrase your question it is not clear enough. If you need to bind two columns to your combo box: Go to your dataset in designer mode Right click your adapter select add query, and then add aquery that include code like this: select Code + ',' + ID from as NewField StudentTbl then your adapter will have a new method for that information, bind your combo box and fill the dataset by this new method I hope that this is what you asked cause your question was very blur ...Show All

• Visual C# Passing data between class and form in C#

  hi.. i have to pass some data from a class file to form which is having richTextBox .. any sort of help is appreciated. thanks You refactor the class to it has properties: public class Customer { private string _name; public string Name { get { return _name; } set { _name = value; } } } Now in the Click event of a button or TextChanged event of the RithcTextBox you can set this property with the value you want: private Customer _customer = new Customer(); private void button_Click( object sender, EventArgs e ) { _customer.Name = richtTextBo ...Show All

• .NET Development Cryptic debugger message

  Hi, I have written a small application that uses interop with kernel32.dll for communication with the serial port. I have having a rather puzzling problem. Whenever the application runs I get then following messages in the debug output window. The application invariably compiles sucessfully however intermittantly totally freezes (in a release build this freeze is replaced with a silent crash). "Managed Debugging Assistant 'InvalidOverlappedToPinvoke' has detected a problem in '<long path here> bin\Debug\MTKCOM.exe'. "Additional Information: An overlapped pointer (0x0575F440) that was not allocated on the GC heap was passed via Pinvo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System error when install december CTP of TFS

  I got an error message when install December CTP of TFS. It says: "D:\program files\Microsoft visual studio 2005 team foundation server\tools\TFRSconfig.exe " /setup /install /s chatsql2 /u "NT Authority\Networkservice" /buildInIdentity /l 1033" returned non-zero value:-2147220957. chatsql2 is the data tier machine.   Do you have any idea on this Hi Jemmy - Posting setup issues in the Setup and admin issues forum would yield better responses. This post seems "similar" to the issue you are mentioning, however the error is probably occurring in a different part - but the workarounds mentioned for the DT might be s ...Show All

• Windows Forms Application.StartupPath???

  I seem to be having trouble with Application.StartupPath. It works fine until I call A OpenFileDialog. Then the startup path is amended to whatever the directory was that the file was opened in.  example.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ c:\program  becomes c:\program\test I have tried telling the OpenFileDialog to restore the directory, but if  ...Show All

• Visual C++ Answer to C++ Help

  I have tried F5, i think it has something to do with my setup..when i open the window it adds a class as well... This is probably related to your original post at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=130435&SiteID=1 . The easiest way is to take a look at the videos at http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/learning/vcexpvids/default.aspx  describing how to create VC++ application using the express edition of VC2005. Thanks,   Ayman Shoukry   VC++ Team ...Show All

• Visual Studio CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.LogOnException: Logon failed.

  Hi I have created a ReportViewer and bound it to the report that i had created in the same webapplication. When i run the application i get this error, please help CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.LogOnException: Logon failed. Regards Sumi You need to pass either the viewer or the report the logon information. The ReportDocument has a method that is called SetDatabaseLogon that has a few overloads, the one you want takes the user name and password as string arguments. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to login as a different user to Team Server?

  I have Team Server installed and I have been testing with it for a bit but have come across a problem.  I have the Server running in a VM and have created another user on the local system that I want to log in as.  Then I gave that user permissions to use TS.  On my client machine I had been accessing TS as administrator and must have checked the "Remember Password" box on the login screen in VS.  Now I can't figure out a way to logout and log back in as the new user.  Seems like it should be easy. Thanks, Adam Hi, Shenry Yes, that is correct; Team Server s ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VSTF Create project Error

  Hi, While creating new project in Visual studio Foundation server I am getting following error Error TF30170: The plugin Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.Portal failed during task SharePointPortal from group Portal. Explanation Plugin error text: “The underlying connection was closed: The connection was closed unexpectedly.” User Action Contact your Team Foundation Server administrator. Warning TF30144: The New Team Project Wizard attempted to roll back all of the steps taken to this point but was unsuccessful. Contact your Team Foundation Server administrator for further instructions. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Missing WorkFlow Project Templete!!!

  I downloaded and setuped the Feb CTP of WinFX ,SDK and so on...(All in Vista Developer Center) But I can't find "New Project"----->"WorkFlow",and WinFX is here normally!!!! I used Visual Studio 2005 TeamSuit Chinese Edition. Please give me the answer. Did you install Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation You need that in order to be able to create workflow projects. Thanks Iza. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Using the BuildEngine object model from a task.

  Can somebody explain why the below task cannot work When I try to use the task it fails because the below call to GetLoadedProject() returns null. Why I assume that I should be able to obtain the Project object for the current file. If not, how am I supposed to use the object model from a task I assume that I'm supposed to be able to use the object model from a task... No using BuildFramework=Microsoft.Build.Framework; using BuildUtilities=Microsoft.Build.Utilities; namespace Bentley.Build.Tasks { public class DynamicImport : BuildUtilities.Task { private string m_project; [BuildFramework.Required] public str ...Show All

• Visual C# Default value on value-types

  I have implemented a value type that use a string value as value container. I need to initialize this string with a "" value insead of null. Is it possible to explicitly initialize a value type Is there a way to run a default parameterless constructor Thanks, Felice R. Yup, that will work - so long as you (i.e. the original poster) are aware that if you create a new array of this type, then the string value will be null for each of the elements. Jon ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Windows SDK February CTP docs are now live on MSDN

  The Windows SDK February CTP docs are live on MSDN! You can check them out here: http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp . ...Show All

• Windows Forms GUI using VC++

  Hi all, I am very very very new to this field. I am making a GUI for an executable file that runs in DOS Shell (or command prompt) using Windows Forms Application of Visual Studio using VC++. The exe has many flags with it where the user can give his own inputs. i am able to run the .exe using WinExec though with default arguments, what I need to do is to take the inputs from the user and then pass it to exe. how do i do this I tried using scanf but doesnt work... i know my question may be very very simple...but please help !!!! Please follow your thread at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies PST

  I have thousands of Mails archived in PST files. Is there a possibiltiy to search also these mails Hi, I have my PST files mounted but still they are not indexed, I checked if the add in is disabled and it is not. Any suggestions Not sure if it is the problem, but my PST files and compressed and password protected. Thanks. ...Show All