Don w.'s Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Would there be any advantages if i changed from an access database to sql server?

  And would my old sql queries still work Thanks Mike SQL server is good for huge database, database that need speed, database that do not need to be installed with the client and when you have multiple people wanting to change the database at the same time. Your old queries might not work (depend on how complex they are). And in .NET you are sure to have to change your code because Access use System.Data.OleDb and SQL use Syst ...Show All

• Visual Basic Minimize my code

  Hi!! Please help me, I have ha problem with multiply code. I going to make several buttons on a form, but I want to minimize my code. I have tried using arrays but it doesn’t work with ‘ New’ Se the following example. In the example I have five buttons, but in the real program I’m going to use 50 buttons. And that will generate lots of code if I can’t use arrays or something else. So can any one help I would be gratefu ...Show All

• Visual Studio CR VS2005 Web Deployment

  I have Visual Studio 2005 (Non Beta). I have a web application that uses the Crystal Report and works beutiful on the development manchine, Now I have copied my application to my production server and I get the following error message e: Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDecisions.Web, Version=10.2.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. So ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Menu Item Access Key (underline) won't display

  Just installed VB Express 2005 and tried a simple application. I cannot get a menu item (using designer) to display the underline when I run the project. I am creating a menu item of  "File", and I want an access key for ALT-F I entered text of:  &File In the forms designer, the "F" in "File" WAS underlined. When I run the project, the underline is NOT displayed, although the ALT-F access key DOES work. Anyone else able to reproduc ...Show All

• Visual C# Run .NET application without framework

  is there any way to run an application with out the .net framework , for example in flash,,, u can make a sqf to be exe and the exe contains the flash player and the swf... so i was wondering if theres any way to insert in my application a framework obviusly not the full version... but i want an app to run without framework :( thx mig16 You can tak ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB SQL - Fieldname,etc - simple PROBLEM

  VB SQL - Fieldname,etc - simple PROBLEM Having trouble with what should be a ridiculously easy small, brief routine in VB. Any insight, would be really helpful. All Im trying to do is have VB pull data from two databases, two different ways; database (1) Simple table, with entries such as (strucuture of db); P 101 102 103 104 105 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1286 2847 5288 2299 3300 2 3101 3024 3503 ...Show All

• Visual C# .net 2.0 problems

  Whenever I try to use anything from the 2.0 framework I get an error in VS2005. If I have "using System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles;" The compiler tells me "VisualStyles" is not part of the System.Windows.Forms namespace. I've tried reinstalling VS2005 and .net 2.0, but no luck on either case. Things like AutoScaleMode don't work either. Anything pre-2.0 seems to be working fine. I'm just wondering if there is some weird way t ...Show All

• Visual Basic vb6 activex dll in vb.net 2005

  I found out that I can write ActiveX DLL's in VB.NET 2005 by creating a class library, exposing it as COM in compiler options and registering it with regasm.exe. The DLL will function as a plugin for another application. When I create the DLL in vb6 I can call it from the application by refering to <dllname>.<classname> something like mydllname.classname. In VB.NET 2005 should I also use this Name my class library mydllname and cr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Hi All

  It is possible to pass a value to a formula field, but how can I pass the path to a bitmap I am using VS2005 Beta 2 --Goos van Beek Keith Thomson wrote: Hello Goos, Unfortunately, it is not possible to pass the path of an OLE Object at runtime using the version of Crystal Reports included with Visual Studio 2005. Keith - Business Objects Sounds like a sad story :( ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Making Visual Studio Project Wizzards

  Hello... I am looking for information on how to make project wizzards for Visual Studio Express 2005 but have had no luck. Does anybody know where I might find such information Thanks Aristotel Hi there, could you give me more information about what kind of wizard you are trying to create Do you mean an IWizard to be used with custom templates or some other kind of wizard More information could help us dire ...Show All

• Visual Studio VB6 + Crystal Reports 9 without installation

  I would like to know if there is a possible to open an application on Visual Basic 6 with Crystal Reports 9, from a mapped drive without installation on each computer. Thanks, Seven Know Hi, I have the exact same problem.....what runtime files do I need to register on the local computer I have followed the microsoft article 248055 "PRB: Run-Time Error 713...." however I still get the runtime err ...Show All

• Visual Studio Missing reference for AssemblyInfoTask

  Hi guys. I'm trying to "tweek" the AssemblyInfoTask app.  But, the unit tests project references Microsoft.Build.Extras.Mocks.dll.  I can't seem to find this assembly anywhere (on my machine, or the net). Any pointers to where it may be Thanks. David, I goofed in the version I posted to the web and forgot to include the assembly. I have a new version of everything with numerous bug fixes that I'll be ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Reporting Services Error when clicking Issues List on project home page

  Hi. I'm running Team Foundation Server RC (upgraded successfuly from Beta3 Refresh). I can successfully create new projects, but when I click the Issues List link from the project's home web page I receive the following error: Reporting Services Error This report requires a default or user-defined value for the report parameter 'StateParam'. To run or subscribe to this report, you must provide a parameter value. (rsReportParameterValueNotS ...Show All

• Visual Studio IVsProject3->OpenItem is called for each document having a breakpoint before the debugging starts

  Hi, I have implemented my own debug engine, we are creating a virtual project to enable debugging. All my docs are non file based docs. My problem is that when I start a debugging session I see that OpenItem in IVsProject3 is called for each document that has a breakpoint in it. Iam not sure why it is happening but I observed the same behavior with the MY C sample provided with the sdk. The call comes from the Vsdebug.dll, Is there any wa ...Show All

• .NET Development How do I reference a string in a XML file that's part of my C# project?

  Hi, I'm working on doing all my strings like message, label, title... in a XML file that's part of my C# (VS 2005) project.  I'm doing this for Localization(Globalization).  Can someone tell me how I can refer to my string(the us-en one) in my XML file   (like subsituting the string in a MessageBox.show. < xml version = " 1.0 " encoding = " utf-8 " > < trans-unit id = " m1 " > < source x ...Show All