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• .NET Development refresing page (F5) should redirect the user to a different page

  Hi, I want my ASP.net C# application to punish the users who refresh page using (F5) by redirecting them to a different page "Standard" behaviour would be to warn the user that the retry button will discard all session data, with an "OK/Cancel" dialog. You could then redirect to any URL from the dialog return. ...Show All

• SQL Server Win 2003 x64 - SSIS error Importing xls and access data

  I am having a problem importing data from xls and access into my SQL2005 DB using SSIS . Would appreciate any help in getting this resolved.   Environment: Xeon 64 bit processor machine/Win 2003 64 bit (x64)/SQL 2005 64 bit   Some of the resources that I have dug up so far have pointed to Jet Engine SP8 and WOW64.   A search on the box shows this: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Msjet40.dll – File version is 4. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Early Out

  Hi. I tried at the "regular" DirectX forums but since there was no answers or even faint ideas I am gonna post my question here. I have a fairly simple shader which loops over a numer of calculations. With ps_3_0 can we exit an loop and the fragment program early on if a certain condition is obtained for( ... ){ if( b > constant ) return Output; } } return Output; The compiler tells me ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development What is the good IDE Tool for iHD programming?

  Hi, I'm totally new to this iHD / HD DVD world and I'm exicted that I found this forum. Hopefully I'll learn a lot from and contribute some opinions to this forum. My 1st question in iHD programming is what IDE tool should be used in programming iHD And my 2nd question is how to run / preview all 3 samples from HD DVD Programming Guide. Thanks, -mh Hi mh, Welcome, and glad to hear you're excited! :-) At t ...Show All

• SQL Server TableCollection does not contain any table?

  Hi All, I have the following C# code to get the table scripts, and it does not work.  I debugged the code and learned that it does not find any table in the smoDatabase.Tables collection, so the foreach() loop exits immediately. Can someone shed a light Thanks in advance public Sample() {       Server smoServer = new Server('MYSQLSERVER');       Database smoDatabase = n ...Show All

• Visual C# Organizing files

  When I create a new Avalon Application VS will create a Window1.xaml file and a Window1.xaml.cs file.  The Windows1.xaml.cs file is one level under the Window1.xaml file.  The Window1.xaml file also has a plus sign next to it so that you can access the Window1.xaml.cs file.  When I add an additional window to the same application VS will create a Window2.xaml and a Window2.xaml.cs.  These two files are positioned at the same ...Show All

• Visual Basic Code Print Button To Print An Existing Word Document (VB.Net)

  I'm very very very new to VB.Net and am doing a class project. I want the user to simply click a print button and get a printout of an existing Word document. Is this possible and if so, can someone suggest the code I would be very greatful for any help. Wanda I don't claim to be an expert, but the only way I've ever found to make it work through the word object library was to have a macro in the documen ...Show All

• SQL Server Populate field with NT Login

  I need to know who is entering data in my SQL database. I use Access Project as a front end and would like to know if it is possible to have an 'ID' field auto-populate with a user NT Login. For example, if user checks a check-box or enters data in field, I would like an ID field next to the checkbox or data field to populate with his user ID. Any assistance is much appreciated! Thanks. Hi, if you ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System PublishRun: Server was unable to process request

  Hi everyone, I get the following errors when the Test Run completes... it seems that permissions may be incorrectly set for this account (against the build server), but everything in the drop phase works fine for other build output, which I find somewhat confusing. Has anyone seen this before MSBUILD : warning : Test Run Failed. MSBUILD : warning : PublishRun: Server was unable to process request. ---> Access to the path '\\90dsdev001\Bui ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums WLM 8.0 Beta problems..

  Hey guys i've been watching this forum for afew days now and my problem hasnt been brought up yet. I have been beta testing wlm 8 for nearly a week now and its just given me some problems as of last night. It seems to have lost some of its features... like music mix and the beta invitations tab on the help menu have disappeared :/ but on my network my friend uses it who lives with me and his is fine... Could this be due to us using the same i ...Show All

• Windows Forms Combo Box Data Binding

  I would like to display two fields in a combox box. Here is what I mean: Table is FName VARCHAR(5) LName VARCHAR(10) IDField, IDENTITY(1,1) ...... The Table Name is : BIO I have setup my combo box as follows: Combobox.Datasource = MyDS.Tables("Bio") Combobox.Displaymenber = "LName" Combobox.Valuemember = "IDField" My 1st question is: How do I get the combobox to d ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Launching an External .exe program

  Hi, I have a .exe program that I would like to run by pressing a button on my VB form. It seems simple enough, and I am trying to use the code given in the MS help file: Tools. Shell """C:\Program Files\SomeFile.exe""" However, VB is saying that Tools is not declared - which makes sense. What type of variable should Tools be dim'd as Thanks in Advance, Ken ...Show All

• Visual C# Starting a console?

  Hi, I've got a console-based project, which contains a class like so: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; namespace vm { public class clsVirtualMachine { public void Execute( string Code) { Console .WriteLine(Code); } } } Part of the same solution I also have a testbed project, which consists of a form, a textbox and a button. Then the button is clicked the following happens: using vm; (....) ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Windows CE and ODBC?

  Do the ODBC core components exist for Windows CE Or even an equivilence I need my Pocket PC to be able to connect to an existing database with simple abilities to select, insert, modifty, etc. I've found a good deal of ODBC drivers for Pocket PC's built for certain databases, but never the one I need. Also the target database is subject to change, hence the need for core ODBC. Pls refer to following link ...Show All

• Visual Studio Class Library as Web Data Source

  I have a class library that has all of my data source objects. I have a "select" method that returns a strongly typed collection but I cannot see this method for binding in the web data sources I was able to get everything working with a win form app with a quick test. Any ideas how I can get these data objects to show up ...Show All