RyanOnTheBeach's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development database access in wm 2003. database folder

  Hi! Can you please help me undestand some things on how databases work on windows mobile (2003 and 5). 1) I have a 'database' folder in my device. Does this mean that sql server mobile exists in my device 2) I have a large set of data that I'm currently accessing by loading an xml file into a dataset. I would like to transfer it into the database folder and somehow and access it partially, since I always only need part of the data. Can you provi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Which languages are supported?

  Hi, all. There's a way to generate code for the web tests. It automatically produces VB code. Are there any other languages that are supported for this I'm specifically interested in C#. Can I generate C# code for the web tests Thank you. You can generate VB and C# code. It depends on what flavor of test project you created. When you create a new test project, if you are under the VB projects, then you ...Show All

• .NET Development Best practice while writing C# functions

  Hi, Anyone has any idea about how to free up memory in C# functions. Does the GC collects memory after a function has executed How about setting variables to null after we are finished with them, or the GC will automatically set them to null Does setting variables to null in finally causes an overhead void TestFunc() { XmlDocument xdDoc = new XmlDocument(); try { // use xdDoc } catch { // handle cat ...Show All

• Visual Basic Custom Registry Values During installation

  Hello all, I am very new to the .NET world but have been asked to learn it.  I'm very excited to have the opportunity. I need some direction with Setting up (Setup), my application. I have created some new entries into the registry with the Registry Editor in Visual Studio, setup phase. The new entries I have made are for the ODBC entry.  The entries work perfectly when I specify all the values, but I have one problem. I ...Show All

• SQL Server Sql server 2000 full text index, repopulation performance

  Hi all We have got couple of our large tables text indexed (only the content columns, full population and then incremental population thereafter). However sometimes when we reboot the server or whatever reason we required to rerun the full population as the index looses the last populated date time stamp. As this takes long time as well as it has direct impact on the server performance. so is there anything else we can do to force the ...Show All

• .NET Development COM+ exposing public classes ?? !!

  Hi Guys, Im facing a problem with the COM+ component, will appreciate if u can provide any kind of guidance. My COM+, references a class, lets call it class A. It uses the properties of Class A, and has methods to return / insert / update / delete etc. I have an Admin module(another dotnet solution), which accesses the COM+ component (via referencing the dll). And uses the methods which are in the COM+.   Now the problem is, the admi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Reset Settings

  I would like to run some code after a reset enviroment settings event. How would I go about that Hi GBob, Unfortunately there is no such event available today in VS 2005. However I will put in a recommendation for future releases. I would also like to understand your scenario. Please let me know. Regards Dr. eX ...Show All

• Windows Forms Zero Touch Deploy with XP Theme manifest file

  Hi I have an application and a manifest file which makes the application use the XP theme controls. However, when I try to deploy this application over the web it does not pick up the manifest file Anyone know how i can overcome this as i ...Show All

• Visual Basic loading image into button

  hi, i have a button and i want my button to have a image when in runtime, but my image is located in my project Resources folder, what is the syntax to load the image from the Resources folder to my button button1.Image = image.FromFile(...) Assuming VB'05 here. Make sure your image is loaded as a resource in the project's properties under resources. It's possible to have it in the folder on the ...Show All

• Visual Studio how can i get the latest version by command line ?

  Hi, I need to get the latest version of my project by command line , i checked the VSS 2005 help i didn't find any real example. Please can u give me an example (with recursive option) Thanks, Tarek Ghazali SQL Server MVP Thanks for the info. This is pretty much the answer I thought I'd receive, despite what my hopes would be. Didn't think about using the Share command in VSS to create links to i ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView with all TextBox Events!

  Is it possible to have all textbox events (keydown, keypress, ...) in datagridviewtextboxcontrol. I read the C# exsample, but I don't undestand C#. I progrmming in VisualBasic, so I ask anybody for VisualBasic smple code! Thank's. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions In "English" please "A first chance exception of type System.TypeInitializationException"

  I'm going around in circles here. In plain-speak, English please, what in the heck is: A first chance exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' I'm trying to create an application that has a NumericUpDown control. I double click the control and get: Private Sub NumericUpDown1_ValueChanged( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NumericUpDown1.ValueChanged End S ...Show All

• Visual C# exit application after aborting thread

  Hi there. During my application a thread is started by the user. however when the user closes the app from the X button at the top right hand corner of the form, the application (or form) closes but app still remains in memory running how can i kill the thread and remove the application from memory, as it should do normally when you run and close an application (like MS word etc...) I have put this in my closing event handler of the form but doe ...Show All

• SQL Server ExecuteSQL task has changed

  Since the last IDW. The column "ParameterName" has been added to the ParameterMapping tab of the ExecuteSQL task. I enter a statement of SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE COLUMN = I map to a input variable.  The default name of the parameter supplied is "NewParameterName" My task now fails with Error: 0xC002F210 at Execute SQL Task, Execute SQL Task: Executing the query "SELECT *  FROM  TheBigOne WHERE HostName = " failed with the ...Show All

• .NET Development embedding a windows form control into a web page

  Hi guys, I am not sure if this is the right newsgroup to post this in, please direct me if not :-) <snip> I am embedding a windows form control into a web page using the following html tag: <object id="myControl1" name="myControl1" classid=" http://localhost/bin/ActiveXDotNet.dll#ActiveXDotNet.myControl "> The control loads correctly in the webpage and exposed methods are accessible via javascript. The ...Show All