WilliamW's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Automate Internet Explorer?

  Hi @ll, I think I'm getting crazy now. Since several days I'm trying to automate IE using VB 2005 Express - but I don't get it. The problem even starts when trying to launch IE - nothing happens. I know, there's the possibility to use the "Webbrowser" - but that doesn't help me in that special application. What I want to do is to start IE at a particular time and close the IE window again at a particular time. Here's my try to launch (and see!) the IE window - but that works for no reason: Public Class frmIECaller Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Public webBrowserIE As System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser ...Show All

• Visual Basic C++ exported functions to VB.net

  New to C++. I am writing a DLL which exports functions to be called from VB.net. Following samples I have exported some simple functions which can be seen in VB.net but when I try a more complicated function it is not seen in VB.net. C++ makes no complaints when I complie and link. #pragma once using namespace System; namespace MathFuncs { public ref class MyMathFuncs { public : // Returns a + b static double Add( double a, double b); // Returns a - b static double Subtract( double a, double b); // Returns a * b static double Multiply( double a, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Access to Project Queries over team site

  I would like to open the project queries (which are normally in the Visual Studio in the Team Explorer) but from the Team Portal Site. so I don't have to open the vsts2005 and export it into MS Excel to access these reports. How does it work Unfortunately we don't currently have a web part that can run TFS queries and display a result on a web page.  It's been a highly requested feature and something we are looking at for the next version. Yes, you can use the BI Report Builder or Report Designer to write reports against the data warehouse and host those reports on a web page.  We have no ...Show All

• SQL Server Blank Error Messagebox Displayed at startup

  When I start SQL Server Management Studio an error message box with no text is displayed with the Exclamation ICON.  Everything seems to be working after clicking OK though.  Anyone else experienced this.  Also...  Why is it that I can't repair the installation from Add and Uninstall   Do I have to uninstall it to repair it The SQL 2005 is the Developer Addition with a new install... Does repairing .NET Framework 2.0 fix this problem You can do that by going to Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs and clicking on the Change/Remove button for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. When the setup dialog appears ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Build and Test Config Deployment Item Issue

  When we add a deployment folder to a test config the items will deploy without any issue locally. However, when we use the same test run config in a team build the build fails to deploy the items correctly and the build fails to run the tests. To reproduce this create a solution with a test project and a DB project. Add some files to the Create Scripts folder in the DB project. Add a unit test to the test project that passes. Under Solution Items right click on the test run config and choose properties. Add the Create Scripts folder from the DB project to the deployment items (Note: add the folder not the individual items). Run t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error: "Build machine cant be contacted" when team build invoked

  Hi, When i try a team build i get an error that says" Build Machine cant be contacted ". I have the team system installed on a single machine. While configuring the team build, i have taken care to  specify the  build machine name to be the  machine on which the team system is  installed. Does anyone know the solution to this. thanks Please refer to post http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=7184 You can also look at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ms181709(en-us,vs.80).aspx  for Team Build features and HowTos. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Saving Data

  I'm really new to VB .NET and I almost feel silly for attempting this but, I'm making a game out of windows forms and I was wondering: How do I save data, like the ammount of money on a character, so somebody could just load up the game and use their pre-made character Please respond to me question! Lol, I accomplished that...but now how do I load that data -EDIT- Let me make that clearer: how do I load an integer from it Ok so this is my Class1: Imports System.XML.Serialization Imports System.IO Public Class Class1     Dim Munny As Integer     Sub New()         ...Show All

• Windows Forms .NET Magic TabControl Help

  I’m playing with the Magic .NET UI [http://crownwood.net] TabControl, and I'm stuck on something.  I'm creating new tab pages programmatically, and each page has a richtextbox as it’s only control.  My question is: how do I access the members of my richtextbox from the mainmenu of my mainform.  For example, if I were to simply put the rtb on my ma ...Show All

• .NET Development JIT Compilation optimizations

  This is a bit of an overkill question I know but it was bugging me.... I just read that the JIT compiler runs a one-time-only optimization on installation based up various factors of the machine is on .. cpu type, memory, OS etc. If, for example, I install a program written in a .Net language and then add some more memory to the machine, would it be best practice to uninstall the program and re-install it so that the JIT compiler takes into account the upgraded memory   Many thanks >>just read that the JIT compiler runs a one-time-only optimization   Well then it wouldnt be JIT (just-in-time) would it ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB6 Upgrade Wizard

  Hi, I was wondering if there is any possibility that MSFT could make the VB6 Conversion / Upgrade wizard open source. I think it could really help those of us whom have a lot of VB6 code that we'd like to migrate to .NET speed up the process. Thanks Unfortunally the owner of artinsoft admits that that even their advanced conversion doesn't work well. See   Abandoning the Fantasy of VB Migration Wizardry   http://www.devx.com/vb/article/16822 I am the head programmer of Plasma Automation and we make a CAD/CAM application using VB6. (http://www.plasma-automation.com). Just as important I ported this ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Basic VB coding question about changing label text on the fly, etc.

  I suspect this pertains to previous versions of Basic, but since I don't know the answer, I'll ask! Problem: If I update a label.text or textbox.text property in a loop, the program is so busy with the loop that the box does not appear to update. Example: Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim a As Integer = 0 Dim t As Integer Label1.Text = "nul" For t = 0 To 10000    Label1.Text = t.tostring Next End Sub ======= Even if I insert an internal loop to slow down the For-Next loop, no screen updating occurs until ...Show All

• Windows Forms Visual Studio custom control designer events. How to enforce a single instance of a control on a page?

  I have a custom control that I've added to my tools menu but I'd like the component to ensure that when it is added to the page that there are no other instances of that component already on that page. I've looked for any information outlining any events that are thrown when a control is dropped ontp a page in designer but without luck. Is there an equivilent of a "onDrop" event in designer which I could then attach my "one and only one instance" logic to for the component. Hammy IComponentChangeService.OnComponentAdding event may be what you want Raghavendra http://blogs.msdn.com/rprabhu ...Show All

• Visual Basic retrieving a selected value from DataGridViewComboBoxColumn

  How do you retrieve a selected value from a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn Thank you, looking for the same thing. i have a datagridview with a combocolumn. I need to display the displaymember-value in for example a messagebox. how can this be done ...Show All

• SQL Server Can I create Packages programatically

  For example assume that there is a DTS That takes some SELLS data from an oracle database and sum the sells for each month. I can create the package visually, but what about if I want to create it programatically. I want to make a software  for Balance Scorecard in which the users dont need to know Integration Services. they should have a consoloe for asking where to get an Indicator value. and the program should create it programatically. ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to print true black barcode?

  Hi, I have a problem. Barcode printing on plastic card from program develloped with Visual Studio 2003 using PrintDocument component or Crystal Reports for .NET goes wrong - barcode prints "in composite black using YCM colors" instead of printing "in true black using only K color". Without problems I can do the same job from Delphi 4 QuickReports or from MS Access 2003 Report. Please help me with any ideas Thank you, Juozas Kimtys Hi, Thank you for the answer. It is good idea to look to printer settings, but there is no user accessible settings for my two different card printers from different manufacturers that h ...Show All