Ed Bills's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic How would I not use .net 2.0

  I want to make a simple program with just a combobox and some buttons. I do not need .net 2.0 for this. Is there a way to make a program that does not require .net 2.0 so that when I didtribute it the user will not need to install .net 2.0 Yes - use C++. Otherwise, you've already decided to use .NET, neither C# or VB.NET provide compilers that can create stand alone executables. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Opening a powerpoint show inside a .net form

  Hi, can any one help me in this as i have to open a .pps file in a .net form but there is no such control i found in .net which open this .I tried to open it in a browser control which is working but is asking for "open or save " options which i dont want to apear ....... I'd recommend you check out the PowerPoint developer resources here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/powerpoint/ The PowerPoint ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridViewRadioButton Cell, Column

  Hi, i'm trying to use the DataGridViewRadioButton Cell, Column, but I need to show an Image instead of a string. Is there a way to do that Thanks Hi, COuld you give idea/direction how to put a radiobutton column in datagridview asap Thanks, ...Show All

• Visual C# How to create a base class windows Form?

  Hi All, I wanted to created a windows form with functions that are reusable.  For example, creating a function to connect to the SQL server and validate user's name and password or insert record to SQL Server just by calling the AddRecord function. TIA For example, try this: public class BaseForm : Form {     public void MyMethod()    {       MessageBox.Show("Hell ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions No help file in published application with vb 2005 express

  Hi, I'm developing an application and I've just performed a publish product, but the help file - which I created with html help workshop - didn't seem to get bundled into the release. How do I make the published product include the help file and put it in the same directory as the installed executable - so the application can find it. On a related theme, I have another executable that I start as a process from my application - that also ne ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Deployment problem

  Hi all, I create an application using combination of direct show and windows media format video images v2. My application run well in windows xp. But i can't run the program in windows 2000 server. I can't install windows media format redistribution kit on windows 2000 server. anyone can help or any tricky idea to solve the problem I need more details about what is failing and where. Are you missing ...Show All

• Visual C++ Image Color Management in VC++ 8 Platform SDK

  I'm converting a VC++ 6 MFC app to VC++ 8 using Visual Studio 2005 Standard. The existing app uses Image Color Management, so it #include's icm.h. In the VC++ 6 environment, it is included from the Platform SDK [$(ProgramFiles)Microsoft SDK\include] directory. A Visual Studio .Net installation delivers a version of the Platform SDK in a subdirectory of the VC directory [$(VCInstallDir)PlatformSDK] and this directory is setup to be used for in ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to programmatically select an item in a combobox

  How do I select a specific item in a combobox by code  I guess I need to find it first but I don't know how to look for it. You can set the SelectedIndex or SelectedItem of the combobox. ...Show All

• SQL Server How automatically process a Cube periodically

  Good morning, I have create a solution with two cubes, but I want that these cubes process automatically, with a batch or a windows task. But I don't find how to do this. Do I need to create a script or something like that. I'm totally lost. Thanks for your help, You can use SQL Server Integration Services (search for Processing Objects Using Integration Services in BOL), or you could also A ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS and SQL Agent disaster (SQL Server 2005)

  I had a job scheduled for 11:59 PM daily, and decided to un-schedule the job and run it manually at 10:30 PM. I found that the job DID run at 11:59 PM also even though I had the 'enable' check box of the job's schedule unchecked. In the Job Activity Monitor the job also said that it WAS NOT scheduled. Has this or anything similar happened to anyone else Am I missing something Any input would be greatly appreciated. dinzana ...Show All

• Smart Device Development how can i in TreeView to see the PocketPC directory?

  how can i in TreeView to see the PocketPC directory thanks so much!!! i know pocketpc is not support dive mapping.... ...Show All

• SQL Server For Loop container - out of memory condition

  Just  upgraded to the June CTP and having problems executing packages that loop using a For Loop.  The first pass is fine but when trying the second we get: Error: 0xC0208296 at LeaseFact Update, Sort 2 [5197]: The input buffer could not be cloned. An out-of-memory condition occurred or there was an internal error. Error: 0xC0047022 at (name of data flow), DTS.Pipeline: The ProcessInput method on component "Sort 2" (5197) failed wi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Where is the RadioCheck property for menu items?

  I am creating a form with a menu item.  I want to display a radio button on it.  However, I cannot find the RadioCheck property in the Properties pane, in order to set it to 'true.'  Here is the snippet of this method: private void oToolStripMenuItem_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { //Checks the menu item oToolStripMenuItem.Checked = true ; // Unchecks the menu item oToolStripMenuItem.Checked = false ; } ...Show All

• SQL Server Error while trying to use ReportServices 2005 WebService

  I'm messing around with the SSRS 2005 WebService from a vb.net application. When calling the .ListChildren method I get the following error: Client found response content type of '', but expected 'text/xml'. The request failed with an empty response. Here is the code I'm using (I called the webreference ssrs) dim rs as new ssrs.ReportingService2005() rs.url = " http://127.0.0.1/reportserver " rs.credentials = System.N ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista OTP: my LG C620 mobile phone can not work in vista-64

  i've installed the lgusbmodem driver,and the program telled me that "installed successful".but when i plug in the data line to my mobile phone ,the system prompted me "found new hardware" and required the driver disk.i browsed to the installed driver directory and installed it. but at last, the system showed me a dialog " can not find the file" . i browsed event viewer, and can not find nothing. in my new vista b ...Show All