richwu's Q&A profile

• .NET Development An issue with Packaging and Deployment

  Hi, I have an application developed in VB.NET. I am using the package and deployment wizard of Visual Studio to deploy my application. There is a folder that I need to deploy along with the project. It contains some images that is used in the project.   When I create an .msi   and use it for deployment it is working fine except in a special case. The images inside the folder can be removed or renamed and even new images can be add ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions error going to the registration portal website

  when i click on the link to access the registration benefits, it takes me to Microsoft Connect.   You should be able to login using your passport, and if you have registered your copy of VB, there will be a link titled Visual Studio 2005 Registration Benefits Portal. Click that link, then click the 'Click to access!' link and it'll show a list of stuff to download.   ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How long will run an application.

  Hi people..:) Sorry .. I'm not a good english writer :( If I make an application using VB 2005 Express, how long will it work May I use this application for ever :) Hi, Only the VB2005 Express IDE will expire. Currently the expiry date for the Beta 2 products is 1st May 2006. The applications you developed will have no expiry but as per the Go Live license terms you would need to rebuild the application using ...Show All

• Visual Basic Force jit to compile

  how do i force jit to compile the rest of my program, and yes i know about ngen, that does not affect the current running program, and brakes if an update happens The current jit only compiles used peices of code if the comes upto a large chunk of vital code, the program will freeze while it compiles. if there is a command to force compile any uncompiled parts of the program, it would be better than ngen, or eve ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problems sorting the DataGridView

  I am adding 20 columns to a DataGridView grid and setting the DataPropertyName so that it binds correctly. I am also setting the sorting to "automatic" for each column. When the grid first appears, the column headers appear. I can click on any column header and see the ascending/descending glif appear - but since there is no data in the grid - there is no sorting. However, as soon as I bind the grid to my data, my data appears in ...Show All

• Visual Basic Launching apps from windows service

  I need to start windows apps from windows service. I use following code  myProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = Param  myProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = False  myProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized  myProcess.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(FullServiceName)  myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = FullServiceName  myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = True ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS Internet web service error

  Hi, Could not connect to my sourcesafe database over the internet, error returned is Cannot contact the Visual SourceSafe Internet Web Service or cannot access the specified database. The Visual SourceSafe Web Service returned the following error: VSS Web Service allows only databases which have the default data path in srcsafe.ini I've setup sourcesafe server and client (VS2005) as instructed. I've tested the webservice directly with s ...Show All

• Windows Forms Small problem (MDI form, ToolStripContainer) but very urgent

     Hello to everyone,   I have a small problem but it is a very urgent one. I have an MDI form which contains a ToolStripContainer for ToolBars and some others. The problem is appearing when I am trying to open a new child form. I cannot see this ChildForm because it is behind the ToolStripContainer of the MDIForm. Can you give a solution to this    Thanks in advance and HAPPY NEW YEAR. ...Show All

• Visual C++ converting float to string and string to float

  I know this is getting kinda repetitive but...how would I convert a float to a string and also a string to a float..Thanks a lot..(Code samples would be awesome). Echo: I tried your code, and it works with: Int32 i(99); cout << i.ToString() << endl; You might want to make sure you're using the Visual Studio versions of the includes.  The /showIncludes compiler flag (set under C/C_+->Command ...Show All

• SQL Server MDX Calculation & Display Folder ?

  Does anyone know how to set a "DisplayFolder" property for a MDX calculation in SSAS 2005 I have a price value and I compute the average value with MDX by I would like to store this new value in the same display folder as the price... Bring up the cube editor. Go to the calculations tab. Look on the icon bar. In the middle is: <check syntax> then <font> then <color> then <calculations properties> Click on the last ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System OK, Everything is Installed, Now What?

  OK, I have installed windows 2003 server, IIS, SQL Server and Team System Foundation, but now what I go to the location http://localhost:8080 and I get a message that I am not authorized to view this page. I set all the permissions so I should be authorized (or so I think) and still nothing. When I browse to the website in the IIS directory, I don't see any page. So, the bottom line is, everything is installed, and now what ...Show All

• Visual Basic Streaming text from a view to a file.

  The following code is supposed to place data rows from a SQL Server 2000 view (vwExport) into a text file: G:\doc\Output.txt. The compile error I get is: 'Application.ApplicationDataSetTableAdapters.vwExportTableAdapter' cannot be converted to 'System.Data.DataTable'. Code: Dim strExport As String = "" Dim strExportFile As String = "" Dim x As DataView = New DataView(VwExportTableAdapter) Dim z As Integer Dim y As ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problems/bug? Navigating Webbrowser control from a remote form

  I have two forms: form1 is the starting form; form2 is a form with a webBrowser control.  If I navigate the browser control from form2 where the webbrowser resides it works fine.  If I navigate form2’s browser control from form1 my firewall and ...Show All

• Windows Forms visual effects help

  Hi! I only just noticed this yesterday... if you are running Windows XP and VS.NET 2005 - if you place on a Winform a group box for example - you will see the cool little UI effects which "round" the corners rather than just a simple "corner" But when you run the application with the group box on the UI - it shows it in the "corner" form rather than the rounded effect! So my question is, can I have t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Designing editing masks with InfoPath

  Is it possible to use InfoPath to design/extend the work item editing masks If I remember correctly RickLa mentioned something like that during one of his talks... Thanks, Neno Hi Brad, what I mean is the UI representation of a work item. The window with the tab control and the textboxes... this is somehow magically automatically created from the XML describing the work item type, right Now how can this appearance be modified (e.g. posit ...Show All