DanielHac's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic How to obtain program directory

  How do you obtain the installed path for the program.  I need to check if a file is present in the directory where the main application is installed.    Thanks. In VB Express / 2005 My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath For More details... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6whasz3x(VS.80).aspx ...Show All

• Visual Studio MsiProductCheck element

  Hello, I'm preparing custom package for Bootstrapper. I need to check if such a product was installed already (using my application or another installation). Product redistribute as msi file. I added folowing section to product.xml: <InstallChecks> <MsiProductCheck Property="ComponentsInstalled" product=" "/> </InstallChecks> <Command PackageFile="Components.msi" EstimatedInstallSeconds="60"> <InstallConditions> &l ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions setup and deployment with c# 2005

  hi there how do I use setup and deploymet wizard in VS 2005 thank you Hi hz . If you mean a deployment system for .NET 2 Betas programs, you can use the great ClickOnce method. It is quite simple to use. You can find it in your project Properties panel inside Visual C# Express. It can create also a stand alone executable for the installation (a Setup.exe file), or you can deploy your apps throught an IIS WebSe ...Show All

• Windows Forms ClickOnce updates all assemblys!

  Hi, I am now trying to deploy with Click Once, and have run into 2 problems/questions. I have 6 projects 1 win and 5 class libs. I seem to think that with Click Once I should be able to make a change to library X and redeploy, in turn the user would only need to download that one assembly. The problem I am having is, a change to 1 library forces the user to download the entire application again. I must just be missing something, what is the wa ...Show All

• SQL Server Announcing SQL Server Everywhere Edition

  Today we are announcing SQL Server Everywhere Edition, a light weight database designed for client applications that run from desktops to mobile devices. Pl see the section 'Dynamic Applications' in the Microsoft's Data Platform Vision and Roadmap from Paul Flessner, Sr VP, Microsoft. Microsoft’s Data Platform Vision and Roadmap: Your Data, Any Place, Any Time Microsoft’s Data Platform Vision and Roadmap: Your Data, Any Place, Any Time ...Show All

• .NET Development Error : execute reader requires an available open connection

  Hi all, I have an error that occurs randomnly in my web application (it does not occur all the time) - execute reader requires an available open connection , the connections current state is closed. I have the connection string defined in web.config as <add key="ConnectionString" value="Server=Server1;database=db1;uid=sa;pwd=;pooling=false;"/> For Any help ,thanks in advance Why do you have pooling set to ...Show All

• Visual Studio Backward Compatibility Issue with Domain Model

  Dear all, DSL Tool is really an interesting stuff. But now I've have a question. Here is the situation. When I design a Domain Model and use it in the Experimental Build to draw a Domain Graph, it works well. So I draw alot of business stuff on it. As time goes by, after I modified my Domain Model, the previous Domain Graph that I draw can not be opened. Domain Model may add some new features as time goes by. Will the backward com ...Show All

• .NET Development Unable to open the offline cache location..

  Hello people, first of all, i need to explain that i'm not very good with english, i'm from Chile, in SouthAmerica, so if i make some mistakes, please, forgive me for those mistakes, well I have problems when i trying to create new projects in my visual studio 2003 installed in Windows 2003 x64. I follow the instruction to change my ASP.net 2.0 to x64, because in another way i can't see my Web sites in the localhost (I can't see my pages if I ha ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error 28940.TFServerStatusValidator: Calling the Team Foundation Server ServerStatus Web service failed with 503 HTTP

  >>>> Error 28940.TFServerStatusValidator: Calling the Team Foundation Server ServerStatus Web service failed with 503 HTTP ServiceUnavailable status. Verify that Internet Information Services, Windows SharePoint Services, and ASP.NET are configured correctly and that ASP. NET v2.0 Web Service Extensions are allowed . For more information on troubleshooting this error, see the Microsoft Help and Support Center. <<<< I t ...Show All

• .NET Development Thread safety over string

  I'm making an application that will have a rotating text moving on the screen. I decided to create a thread to manipulate the string shown on the screen. The thread simply moves the last character to the first position. The problem is that the message will be changed over time. As a result, thread safety becomes an issue. I used to use the SyncLock <string> to solve my problem and it seems to work fine. However, when I run the code analysi ...Show All

• .NET Development SmtpMail::Send Works Once then fails

  I am trying to send a list of reports to a list of ppl. I am using a simple managed C++ program, and SmtpMail::Send. This works fine for the first email I send, all calls there after to my SendMail function fail. I know "SmtpMail::Send" is considered obsolete, but we are currently still using VS:2003 with .net 1.1 (I think). I get this error on the second and all following calls: System.Web.HttpException: Could not access 'C ...Show All

• Windows Forms multiole lines in combobox

  hello i have multiple lines in a certain column(called ReferenceRange) in my database,how can i display them as a multiple lines in the combobox thank you for the help and for the time <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0735618917/104-2232975- ...Show All

• SQL Server which kind of file with extension .pem ?please help me

  In document for  encryption in SQLServer with application XP_Crypt, i see file with extension .pem when using private key or public key. How to create file .pem. Please explain me private key or public key. PEM = Privacy Enhanced Mail A search on the Internet should provide you with additional information on this format. For example, see: http://search.msn.com/results.aspx q=Privacy+Enhanced+Mail+&FORM=QBRE Also, for ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WorkflowInstance.GetWorkflowDefinition and running instance

  Hello, As it was mentionen in earlier posts in this forum, WorkflowInstance.GetWorkflowDefinition returns meta data information of the worklfow. That is to say workflow property values updated during runtime would not be included in the returned Activity instance. I would like to ask you how would it be possible to get the exact copy of a running workflow instance from the host application (including values set to activity properties at ru ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Suppress Prompts

  Is there anyway to suppress dialog prompts in vfp 8 I'm writing over a file about 60 times, so I don't want to click everytime it needs to over write the file. Thanks! ...Show All