LiFo's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Ctrl + Enter with a MenuStrip

  Hi, I was following a tutorial to try to make my own browser interface. I tried to implement the Ctrl+Enter in a Textbox to make like Internet Explorer to complete the address, eg.  google => http:// www.google.com  . The problem is that I cannot take the Ctrl+Enter keys event while I enable my MenuStrip (eg. File, Options, Help,....) as it makes the focus on the MenuStrip! When I "un-enable" or delete my MenuStrip, it works well. W ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Network error detection, handling and best practices

  Hey, Hope I didn't miss it on the net. My architecture contains several services (physically located on different systems) communicating via WCF. What is the best way to detect network errors I've thought about two possibilities - 1. register for the Faulted event on the channel - This does not seem to work as I excepted. Channel doesn't necessary go to faulted state when a network error occurs. why is that 2. I can use events ...Show All

• Visual C# get the next value of identity

  Hi how can i now in sql.. what will it be the next value of identity try: SELECT MAX(ID_COLUMN) FROM TABLE_NAME This gives the current max, so add 1 for the next value. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums How to make custom text for pushpin (pulling from xml element)

  I am looking to create a custom pushpin, where instead of the default pushpin appearing, you see a rectangle with the name/title of the location. The trick is I want to pull that title from the same geo-coded xml file which is used to display the layer when you hover over.   Okay so below is the code I am working with currently. I have seen the custom pushpins used - but Im at a loss as to how to make those custom pushpins be ti ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView CurrentCellChanged event problem when populating...

  Hello, I have a DataTable with 11 columns and 9 rows. I use a DataGridView for displaying that, and I generate manually its columns. I have some problems when I populate my DataGridView : the CurrentCellChanged event is raised 3 times consecutively : the first time, the DataGridViewCurrentCell exist (and Columns.Count == 1 and Rows.Count == 1), the second it's Nothing (and Columns.Count == 11 and Rows.Count == 9) and the third it exist again (an ...Show All

• SQL Server Subscriptions and Windows NT Auth?

  Is there a way to work with subscripts for differnt users with windows NT authentication (Analysis Services - with Dimension Security) I need to have different users in the connection - but with the subscription you cannot specify the user for the datasource. You need to specify a single user on the datasource to use for reporting services. Why - and why its possible to specify an NT user for the fileshare - why not for the datasource Is there ...Show All

• Visual C# How to read JPEG in .NET

  Posting it for Vijay L ...   How can I read JPEG, GIF and PNG in .NET if I am using J# I know one solution: I can use System,Drawing.Bitmap to read JPEG/GIF. Use Bitmap to do further processing and then save back as JPEG.   Problem with this solution: - Bitmaps take more space than JPEGs. - This is not an elegant solution,   Is there any other way I can read these different formats   Reg ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Custom Exception causes "Not Authorized to View this page"

  Hi, I am having a problem throwing custom exceptions. Whenever my web application throws an unhandled custom exception it does something so that the next time I run the application I get a "You are not authorized to view this page" message. I have tried manipulating the Directory Security in the website property pages and on the physical directoreis themselves with no luck. It seems to work just fine if the exception thrown is a system exc ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Replicator Use In State Machine State Activity

  I have a state activity in a state machine. I have added an Event Driven Activity and I would like to use the Replicator in that activity to manage the fact that I want N users (where N will vary and change during workflow state execution)  to respond (fire an event) before the containing state can transition. Since EventDriven activities require an IEventActivity as the first child this is preventing me from using the Replicator. Any thoug ...Show All

• .NET Development TextReader or Stream from XmlReader?

  My main question: "How can I get a TextReader or Stream object from an existing XmlReader ". Read on for more: I have an existing XmlReader.  Let's call it reader1.             // customContext and customSettings may or may not make use reader1's properties             XmlParserContext customContext = new XmlParserContex ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista using workflow parameters

  In workflow: -I can defines parameters and use them to put values in/out workflow and outside environment througth C#/VB assignment code. -I can create some public variables and use them to store/transfer data with outside method/service througth tab Properties. Is there any way to direct use parameters to communicate to outside method/service Thanks Kha - what do you mean by tab properties   W ...Show All

• Windows Forms how to bind datareader to datagridview in vb.net2005

  how to bind datareader to datagridview in vb.net2005 Hi!   You can't bind it to data reader, look for alternative like dataset, datatable, BindingSource or any class that implements any of IList,IListSource,IBindingList or IBindingList interfaces. Sohail. ...Show All

• Windows Forms How TO Auto Update From mySelf TaskVisionUpdates Site?

  i config all projects include webservices sites and Taskvisonupdates sites,and i have a new version which be copy to 1.2.0.0 fodler in taskvisionupdates site root,but client cannot auto update it's version to 1.2.0.0 Did you update the UpdateVe ...Show All

• .NET Development Start the database service?

  I know the answer to this question may be "you can't do that", but I thought I'd give it a shot.  Is there any way to start a SQL Server/SQL Server Express instance on a local machine from an application which connects to a database therein   Or does this violate some security rule I've experimented with creating an installation package of a VB.NET/SQL Server Express application and I'm very happy to see how the package will download ...Show All

• Windows Forms paste event?

  I have a "paste" button on a toolbar above a richtextbox object. When I click it, I can test to see if the clipboard format is one I am expecting and then do the paste (I don't want the user to be able to paste in  ...Show All