Jon Grieve's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms TaskVision Bugs

  Has anyone tried the "Export to Excel" function in TaskVision, only to find out that TaskVision tries to reinstall Microsoft Office   The attempted reinstallation has now permanently disabled all my MS Office applications;  even Norton AntiVirus wasn't s ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Next Release Date?

  As I complete my WF project and get ready for acceptance testing, a question popped into my mind: Is there a target date as to when the next release of WF will be Thanks. Hi Peter, You can get some information here: http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2006/03/31/566178.aspx Thanks Steve Danielson [Microsoft] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do i make a Wizard that appears only the first-time ?

  hello, i really have no idea on where to start about this, if anyone can help me, Thankyou no, a simple wizard that helps importing a different filetype, in fact what i'd like to know is , how do the program knows it's the first time it is launched thank you ...Show All

• Windows Forms list boxes more HELP needed.

  I need a way of making list boxes center the values displayed within the list.  I also need to find a way of making them unselectable without setting enabled to false or SelectionMode to None because the form won't load the way I trye ...Show All

• .NET Development Insert dataset straight into database.

  I have a Dataset that I can call and bind to a datagrid. I am just doing that so I know it works and retrieves data... But what I want to do is to take the data from the dataset, and slam it right into my SQL Server CE table. I am trying to NOT loop through each record and perform an insert...blah blah. Is there a way I can take this dataset and put it right into my table Thanks Is there a way I can take the data from this dataset, and put ...Show All

• Windows Forms converting from access

  I have an Access application that needs to be converted to VB.Net and my manager wants to know how much effort this will take.  I’ve never programmed in Access so I’m not sure.  Has anyone ever done this   Does anyone have any ad ...Show All

• Windows Forms Any consultants out there know what 'Normal' terms are to a client?

  I have a project coming up and they need to know payment plans, terms, retainers, etc. Is there a standard way people go about this   I'm charging per hour with a predefined amount of hours.  They're going to give me a deposit/retainer&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Dynamic IP

  I write Client and Server in Wcf and i have problem with base address. The Server take the base address from other source ( dll config i write ) Uri baseAddress = TakeBaseIP(); // Create a ServiceHost for the CalculatorService type and provide the base address. using ( ServiceHost serviceHost = new ServiceHost ( typeof (General Service ), baseAddress)) // Open the ServiceHostBase to create listeners and start listening ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem Creating Dataset

  I am trying to add a dataset to a VB Express 2005 project. I used the "Add/New Item/Dataset" to add the dataset and I populated it with some columns but the project shows a warning: Warning 1 The 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdatasource:DataSetUISetting' element is not declared. and there are also several "Could not find schema..." messages. The following code in the xsc file is the source of the warning. This is system generated Th ...Show All

• .NET Development Exception for GetUserStoreForApplication

  When I call IsolatedStorageFile .GetUserStoreForApplication I get an IsolatedStoreException with "Unable to determine application identity of the caller." message. The application is deployed using ClickOnce requiring full trust, and the assemblies are signed  with a strong name using a self-generated key file . This error started occurring for some of our development team after we created a new branch in Team ...Show All

• Smart Device Development SmartPhone CF: Making custom control for a form; How do I make it 'selectable' like other controls?

  Hi, You how how SmartPhone forms, you can use up/down to select between standard controls This doesn't seem to work if you use a custom control.  When I select a custom control (user written/third party written) that I've added to a form, the up/down arrow key gets stuck on it. I have created a workaround, but it is somewhat arcane.  I was wondering if there was a better method #if (__SMARTPHONE__)     protected overri ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How do I delete a task?

  In going through the walkthrough, I accidently created a duplicate of a task. Is there some way to delete it ("Delete" doesn't seem to work.) There is no support for deleting work items in TF. You may want to just change the state of the task. If you truly want to delete the task you will have to remove entries from WorkItemsAre, WorkItemsWere, and WorkItemsLongTexts tables in TfsWorkItemTracking da ...Show All

• Visual C# How to call an API function by ordinal?

  Hi all, I'm working on a project that uses some DLL that export nameless functions, in which exported only by their ordinal numbers; How can I make a declaration for that ordinal function in C# and call it Also, if I have an API function retrieved by address using GetProcAddress, is it possible to call a function in C# directly by its address Is so, how Thanks in advance, -chris Chris, The DllImport attribute has an EntryPoint membe ...Show All

• .NET Development adding new record best practice?

  I have the following scenario: User enters row into a databound datagridview and then presses button "Save" When they press the save button, I am doing the following: CmdInsertCall = new SqlCommand("usp_InsertCall", CohortConn); CmdInsertCall.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure; ///declare parameters up here CmdInsertCall.Parameters["@MSI"].Value = TxMSI.Text; CmdInsertCall.Parameters["@DtCa ...Show All

• SQL Server Multiply Rows with T - SQL

  I need to multiply rows of a table with each other. I found a function like this exp(sum(ln(floatfield1))) . But I can not find the ln function. Is there any other possibility Thanks for any help. Uwe in function is this for MS SQL Server Post your table structure, some sample data and the expected result. We should be able to help you to come up with the query ...Show All