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• Visual Basic replacement for winsock

  i have an application in vb6 which uses the winsock component to communicate over the internet. I wish to port the application to vb express, but cannot find a replacement component for winsock without going to APIs. Is there a simpler way to connect to the internet and is there some sample code somewhere I can try. Thanks Dick R. .NET has native implementation for socket communication - no external files ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Test Run Error (Beta 2): Deployment from network share is denied by current user settings

  Hi all, Beta 2 looks and feels great so far. I am developing in a VM, but keep my project files on a central server, which is accessed through a network shared (mapped drive). When trying to run a basic unit test, this is the error message I get Failed to Queue Test Run  '<something here>' with id {2ddc7564-d243-427e-967b-fbb3209a0e94}: Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.TestManagementInterface.ExecutionException: The file or dire ...Show All

• Visual C++ How to disable support for C99 extensions / force compatability with C89?

  Hello, I'm working on a school project that requires use of C89 and does not allow use of any C99 or non-standard language extensions.  I'm a C++ programmer that is just learning the differences in C, so I would like to just have this enforced by the compiler.  As such, is it possible to disable support for the C99 extensions on the compiler   I'm using whidbey beta 2. Thanks, Byron There are onl ...Show All

• Visual Basic DataTable Find Row

  I need find a Row for check user name in my Logon Form and modify the field Machine in table 'Users'. The error appear : "Table doesn't have a primary key", but i check and the primarykey (user) exists in Sql Table (Users). What happening Dim daUsers As New SqlDataAdapter Dim cbUsers As New SqlCommandBuilder Dim dtUsers As New DataTable daUsers.SelectCommand = New SqlCommand( "SELECT * FROM User ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error 32000 during Team Server install

     I installed the prerequisites: Sharepoint services, SQL Server 2005 CTP April on a new install of Windows 2003 Server Standard SP1. Around 99% through the install I got a 32000 error. I am using the Virtual CD tool to access the ISO image downloaded from MSDN. The image is set as drive z I am logged in a TFSSetup user who is an administrator on the current box I assigned TFSService user as the service user (Both users are domain ...Show All

• Windows Forms Howto paint DGVCheckBoxColumn for certain rows as something else

  Hi, I hv a problem to completely disable or not to paint as checkbox cell inside a DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn. The reason to disable depends on the values for a specified column for each row in DGV. For now, I'm using CellPainting event handling and the code is something given below: private void dgvMobile_CellPainting(object sender, DataGridViewCellPaintingEventArgs e) { foreach (DataGridViewRow dr in dgvMobile.Row ...Show All

• Visual Studio Error with MSBuild and Hatteras client

  Here's a chunk of my buildlob.log file.  Is anyone having problems like this Using "CreateWorkspaceTask" task from assembly "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Hatteras.MSBuild.dll". Task "CreateWorkspaceTask" C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v8.0\TeamBuild\Microsoft.TeamBuild.targets(86,5): error MSB4018: The "CreateWorkspaceTask" task failed unexpectedly. Micros ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to get IP address

  I am trying to get the IP address of the PC that will be updating records in database and insert into one of the field of the record. I get need the local LAN IP for now as the application using VB 2500 express with MySQL will be running in a local LAN. Vincent Dim sIPAddress sIPAddress = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR") If sIPAddress="" Then sIPAddress = Request.ServerVari ...Show All

• Visual Studio View in browser

  When I try the "View in Browser" from the new VS2005 (Installed yesterday), I get a message "Can not launch c:\.......\Netscape.exe". How can I change the default internal browser I dont use Netscape nevigator at all, only tried it once. So what do you do when you get there ... the options are pretty vague to say the least. ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB6 and VB2005 Express

  Thanks to an incomplete download of Service Pack 2 , My Sony Vaio locked up during the "direct installation" (never again...downloads only!) and then was stuck in an endless loop from the Sony screen to the Windows screen), I lost my VB. I had copied my Product Key info to my hard drive (yes, the one I had to reformat), so (live and learn) I have no Product Key info. How can I find out my Product Key info so that I can reload VB6 ...Show All

• Visual Basic Read-Only RTFBox.SelectionFont.Size?

  If RTFBox.SelectionFont.Size is read-only, then how do you change the selected text's size ! Also, the other formatting properties that have to do with SelectionFont are read-only. How are you supposed to change the properties of the selected text then ! rtfbox.selectionFont = New Font( "Tahoma" , 8, FontStyle.Regular) new font - self explainatary "Tahoma" - font name, you could do "arial" or som ...Show All

• Visual Basic PictureBox

  I draw some objects (such as line,rectangle,text,...) with methods drawline,drawrectangle,drawstring,... (graphics namespace) on a picture box. but these objects are clearing when the picturebox moves out of screen and enter to screen or the form minimizes and the restore. i sove this problem with .AutoDraw=True in VB6 but i dont know how can i fix problem in VB.NET2005 You should handle the OnPaint event ...Show All

• Visual C++ Building Live.com Streaming Media Libraries in Visual C++ Express Beta 2

  I am attempting to build the live.com streaming media libraries, and test programs in Visual C++ Express Beta 2 using the instructions given at the URL below. http://www.live.com/liveMedia/#config-windows Each of the four libraries (BasicUsageEnvironment, UsageEnvironment, Groupsock, Livemedia) and the test programs (testprogs) has a make file. The make file for the windows environment is generated using the instructions at the URL above. I ha ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions test post

  wasting as little time as possible after 5 tries to post here. Sorry ...Show All

• SQL Server SMSEE no longer launches, after SBO is installed...

  Well, that's what happened to me anyway. I was using the SQL Server Management Studio (November CTP) succesfully since two months ago. Yesterday I found the SQL Server Books Online for 2005, and, thinking nothing could go wrong, I installed them. Since that very moment, SMSEE does not work anymore. Task Manager tells me "smssee.exe" starts, but then disappears immediately, in less than a second. Any idea why could this happen And, most important ...Show All