daveNETGuy's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Shimming in VS 2005 Tools for Office

  OK - so maybe I'm missing something - it would appear the VS 2003 wizard can still be used to create shims for IDTExtensibility2 COM add-ins for Office... (I need to support Word, Excel, PPT, etc.) ... but the wizard is a C++ language wizard, and VS 2005 Tools for Office doesn't include C++. Any other stand alone alternatives for building shims, or something that works stand alone in VSTO Hi; We're using the shims. The shim is C++ but it can call a C# Add-In. That is our setup. - dave ...Show All

• .NET Development SerialPort Problem - Possible Encoding problem?

  Hi, we are using the SerialPort class and cannot seem to get it to receive any data. We don't receive any exceptions when starting up, just no data events. We have written a very simple test application to verify that there is indeed a problem. When using an application such as Hyperterminal or the old MSComm control, data is received just fine. We are using the release version of the 2.0 framework (not a beta) The serial port is a typical serial port in the back of a desktop PC (it's not a USB to serial or anything). The data coming across the wire is binary data - not text. Is there any sort of way to figure out what is going on This ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Checking multiple cube dimensions into source control crashes visual studio

  When I try and add more than one dimension to a cube under source control on my Team Foundation Server, visual studio crashes, to get round it i need to add them one at a time and close and reopen visual studio, is this something i have set up incorrectly or is this a problem with Team Foundation Server We are having difficulty reproducing this behavior in-house. We've been trying with a Beta 3 Refresh release. Are you using Beta 3 or Beta 3 Refresh Does the crash occur immediately after adding the multiple dimensions or later (for instance, when checking in the changes) Is there any information provi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Events and the Serial Port

  Dear VB experts I have just started to use VB Express. I realize I am trying to run before I can walk, but I seem to prefer working backwards from a given solution and there appears to be little about the serial port in published information. Coming from VB6, I was hoping to be making more progress than I am. I find the help files all lead me to a point, but never give a complete example. 1. I am trying the create an event generated by and error received on the serial port. I have got the serial port to work under several different approaches, but I am having trouble (syntactically) creating the event. What I have is: Sub Send ...Show All

• .NET Development Active Directory help

  Hello .NET developers, I am currently writing a asp.net app in which I am going to need to try to get the current users email address from AD. Im quite new to the AD scene, but not .NET, (ive been doing .NET for a while). So I currently have this code DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP: //Dev"); DirectorySearcher dSearch = new DirectorySearcher(entry); string name = "Ma*"; dSearch.Filter = "(&(objectClass=user)(l=" + name + "))"; string res = ""; foreach(SearchResult sResultSet in dSearch.FindAll()) {     res += GetProperty(sResultSet, "cn"); }   But i get the error saying: System.Runtime.Int ...Show All

• Windows Forms change ms access password....

  Hi, Is there any way I can programmatically change the password of an MS Access db Thanks Sorry Freja, I have no idea - I found that link by searching within MSDN. I did more searching now, and found this one, which might be more helpful: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dndao/html/daotoadoupdate_topic7.asp But perhaps not what you need. I'll loo ...Show All

• SQL Server How do I - SQL 2005 CTP

  Anyone have any tools for setting up new db's Thanks, BillB SQL Server Manegement Studio, Visual Studio and Express Manager can all do this. You can also do this in script via; CREATE DATABASE -Euan ...Show All

• Visual C# textbox test always highlighted on window open

  I have a help non-modal dialog that just displays a text message in a textbox. The textbox is the only component in the form. The problem is that when the dialog is displayed, all the text in the textbox is selected / highlighted. I have tried calling deselectAll on the textbox in the constructor and in the load and visible changed methods with no change. How do I get rid of the selection Correct. I don't mind selectable / highlightable, I just don't want the carat to show up. Having a blinking carat in the textbox makes it seem like it is editable (which it is not because I have set readonly to true ...Show All

• Windows Forms Multiple selection checkbox

  Is there a control that list checkbox and support multiple selection I checked CheckedListBox and it doesn't support the multiple selection. How can i do to support it Is there any article out there for it I'd prolly need to check for Ctrl+shift everytime the user check an item. Thanks, That's not what i want ... I want the user to be able to do a multiple selection by using crtl+shift .... ...Show All

• Visual C++ CallByName in C++.

  Hello !   I need answer to a problem.   We all might be familiar with CallByName in Vb.NET and by reflection we can achieve that functionality in C# and Java also [to call a method when its name is given in string] . Do any one know some way of doing that in C++. If some one can possibly help, that would be great.   Regards, Haroon Its possible if you use C++/CLI or managed Extension, also by reflection. Pure C++ doesn't support this. On a per DLL or module base it might be possible to simulate something like this, in using LoadLibrary/GetProcAddress. ...Show All

• Visual C# delegate conversion

  I have an internal delegate type that I cannot expose, so I've created an identical delegate who's signature matches that of the internal one. Any thoughts on how I can convert the public delegate to the internal one I'm a genius! delegate void Foo(string s, Type t, int i); delegate void Bar(string s, Type t, int i); Foo f = new Foo(SomeMethod); Bar b = (Bar)Delegate.CreateDelegate(typeof(Bar), f.Method); works! could have sworn I tried that before I posted, and it didnt work... oh well. thanks anyway. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Ready to Launch SQL2005/vs2005 media package wont install VS2005

  I  received the Ready to Launch package for SQLServer 2005 and VS 2005. The Box says that VS2005, SQLServer 2005, and BisTalk Server 2006 are featured. I also received the ADVPACK.dll error, but only when I tried to run the CD 2 \wcu\SDK\x64\setup.msi. It says it is trying to install Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 SDK. Then it errors out with “ Error Creating process <C:\DOCUME~1\USER\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP001.TMP\install.exe>, Reason: C:\WINDOWS\system32\advpack.dll. CD 1 is not labeled as such but has the SQL Server 2005 label on it. CD2 is labeled as such and has VS 2005 on the label. CD3 is labeled as MSDN Library. Whe ...Show All

• Visual C# URGENT! Runtime error

  I've got to demo a project for my degree tomorrow and after running my final build on other machines it seems it only works on mine. The error is: EventType : clr20r3 P1 : userfriendlylatex.exe P2 : 1.0.0.0 P3 : 447b4557 P4 : system.windows.forms P5 : 2.0.0.0 P6 : 4333aefa P7 : 1979 P8 : 2 P9 : pszqoadhx1u5zahbhohghldgiy4qixhx This seems to be an unhandled exception but how do I find where this is Really apprecaite any help. Try putting the PDBs from your binaries into the same directory and run it again to get a call stack or something that you can work with. The PDBs are, I believe, au ...Show All

• Windows Forms datagrid rows drag&drop

  i am binding a collection of custom objects ( objects are simple objects inherited from arraylist ) to a windows datagrid. I want the user to be able to change the places of the rows by dragging and dropping rows. Behind the scenes, my custom collection should be reflected the changes on the grid. Then the user will save the changes to the databas ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System HELP! How do I recover the MSF Agile Process Template or install the 100.4 build?

  I dowloaded the 100.4 build of MSF Agile Process Template, deleted the built in Agile Process Template in TFS, and then found that there is no "ProcessTemplate.xml" file in the build. How can I either recover the MSF Agile Process Template or install the 100.4 build Please help! Hector Hi Hector,     Send me your email address. I'll send you the original process template. My address is my first name dot my last name @ microsoft.com. Cheers, Randy Miller ...Show All