Robert McDaniel's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms What do I Raise an Event?

  I just read the article entitle: Multiple Forms in VB.NET. Part 3 - Using Events in Multiple Forms by Ged Mead | Published  09/03/2003.   http://www.devcity.net/Articles/102/multipleforms3.aspx ________________ I followed his example and everything worked well.  I want to r ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista problems to un(re-)install WWF, WinFX

  I tried to install WinFX Development Tools (Orcas) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=D1336F3E-E677-426B-925C-C84A54654414&displaylang=en but it failed telling that they cannot be installed without installing first "WinFX runtime". When I try to install WinFX, the installation fails telling that an instance of WinFX is already running. After deleting/cancelling processes  msi.exe, and setup.exe ...Show All

• Windows Forms More visual inheritance issues - docking and having to always "BringToFront"

  Is there something I'm missing here   I have a base form that i designed that has atoolbars and some panels.  Some of the panels are private, some are protected, the toolbar is private.  The toolbar is docked top and so are all b ...Show All

• Windows Forms pressing arrow keys as hot-keys changes control focus

  I want to define the Left and Right arrow keys as "hot keys" in my form. I've handled KeyDown, and I set the Handled property of the event, but if the current focus is on a button, radio, check box, etc, then the arrow keys& ...Show All

• .NET Development Sqlparameters open or close

  anyone know for sqlparameter could be open or close No, the SqlParameter object doesn't have the concept of state, where it could be open or closed. Is there a particular scenario that you have where this would be useful Could you provide more background on what you are doing that is prompting you to ask this question Maybe there is another way to do what you need to do, without such functionality. Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System MSSCCI provider causes VC6 crash

  After installing the MSSCCI provider, launching VC6 by double-clicking the Xxxx.dsw file now causes VC6 to crash at startup. When I launch VC6 alone and open this same Xxxx.dsw file (through Open Workspace…), it gives me the error "Illegal characters in path." I get this error after selecting the correct TFS server and folder location for the project. What steps must one go through to take a VC6 project and get it to use TFS ...Show All

• .NET Development TextFieldParser exclude character like "E"

  Hy I use this code to read data from a file Using MyReader As New _ Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.TextFieldParser( "C:\NecArt.dat" ) MyReader.TextFieldType = FileIO.FieldType.FixedWidth MyReader.SetFieldWidths({11, 2, 5, 10, 30}) Dim currentRow() As String While Not MyReader.EndOfData currentRow = MyReader.ReadFields() MsgBox(currentRow(4)) End While End Using On some lines I h ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions data view multiple search

  hi there any advise would be greatly appreacated im trying to filter a datagrid i only want to show records with eather 1 or 2 or both in one column but i cant seam to figure it out the code i have so far goes as follow but it only shows the rows with 2 in there column Dim toorder2 As Integer Dim toorder As Integer toorder = 1 toorder2 = 2 Me .Tyre_stockTableAdapter.Fill( Me .WorkshopDatareoreder.tyre_stock, New Sy ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to add a property to the properties Window?

  Hy, Is it possible to add properties to the Properties Window (properties like Enable,Text,Visible>>>>You know...the little window in the right corner of the screen :) ). For example...I want  to add another backgroundimage property..that handles the mouse over state of a usercontrol.......and ..so on....Is It possible                       ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Is COM the only solution to call native C++ class/object in C# smart device application?

  Hello, Generally, to use classes written native C++ ( VS C++ 6.0 and before), to my best of knowledge, there are extended Managed C++ (i.e. MC++ ) and COM approach. I havent known how to develop COM yet. My suituation is that I must port code written in VS C++ 6.0 to Pocket PC 2003. Currently I build DLL file in eVC4 and then import in C# .NET 2003 by P/Invoke method. But this is not enough enough for me, I need to maintain the ...Show All

• Visual C# multiline linklabel ???

  hi, How can i have a multilined linklabel thanks Check this http://www.gotmono.com/docs/gnome/bindings/gtk-sharp/misclabels.html ...Show All

• Windows Forms Manually Trigger a ClickOnce Update for Application

  Hello, I have a ClickOnce application that function correctly and applies updates as I publish them. However, the users only see the updates the next time they shut down & restart the application, and I have several users that leave the application always running. How can I manually "trigger" the update process I found this article, which looks promising: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library(d=ide)/system.deployment ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums app_sheetbeforedoubleclick exists?

  Hi, I'd like to capture doubleclicks on cells in all workbooks so I assume I should use a class module. (my app_... procedures work well for other purposes) I'd use the procedure: Private Sub App_SheetBeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As Range, ByVal Cancel As Boolean) according to the help, but when I try to compile it says: 'Procedure declaration does not match description of event or procedure having the sam ...Show All

• Windows Forms Inheritance in Remotable Object

  I have a class(suppose B) inherits another class(A).  Public Class  B : inherits A Class A is a common class containing common attributes and methods. But the problem is : I have to make class B Remotable which means Public Class B : inherits M ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. dazed and confused about xna

  hi, i am finding understanding what xna is quite confusing. i heard it's a build tool to make managing game assets easier. i heard it's a direct-x c# only development environment for writing games for windows and xbox. i'm really not sure what this thing is. i heard this is for indie devs. i am just getting started to write a 2d game for windows using direct-x and thought this might be the ticket. i've installed it, and i see i have some k ...Show All