anuppm's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio solution level tasks

  Hi, I haven't been able to find a way to hook tasks in at the solution level. I was hoping for something as easy as with projects (wh ere you just hook into the project file xml). What's the best way to accomplish this To be a bit more specific, there are things I want to happen before anything gets built and things I want to happen after everything gets built. All the examples I've hunted down seem to make modifications at the project level. I assume I could create a Proj that uses the MSBuild task to build the solution and add whatever tasks I want before and after, but I'm hoping to find a way to do this while remaining inside visual st ...Show All

• Windows Forms Calculated Databind in a DateTimePicker

  Hi all, I have a bindingsource / datagridview populated at run time from XML.   I have a column in the datagrid with a number in it; I have a textbox bound (at runtime) to that column (that all works fine). What I am trying to do is have a datetimepicker display a date which is a specific date (actually an application user setting - my.settings.mydate) PLUS the number in the textbox - or a specific column from the selected row of the datagrid. Anyone have any idea how to make that binding [[using VB2005 EE]]. Thanks in advance for your help !!! Randy Hi Randy, This answer is going to be very non-technical as I don't have a ...Show All

• .NET Development Code Access Security and Web applications

  Whilst I understand the good ideals behind CAS I'm a little puzzled about the real life use. So I've got a web site running under a specific identity that has the properly restricted ACLs. It uses my site that I've written. My site uses other components that I've written. For any of the features to work they need a valid session key that is maintained on every call. At no time does it use any 3rd party code. All the code (bar the site itself) is strongly named. So where's the risk It seems to me that the risk is that someone can install a component that executes my code, well I maybe naive but I trust my machine administrator not to do that. ...Show All

• Windows Forms VS Crashes upon exit

  I've been having the following problem since B1 and I was hopping it would go away in B2 but it didn't. Here it goes: I have a control designer (Windows Forms Control) that makes a call to the following code from a Verb: internal static void ShowURL ( string url) { WebBrowser browser = new WebBrowser (); browser.Navigate(url, true ); } This works fine, a new browser is created, the pages is shown and everything is fine and dandy, that is untill I try to close Visual Studio, it seems that thebrowser object (even though the browser window was closed) is still alive. Is this a bug  Can anybody suggest a workaround Frank ...Show All

• Visual C++ Newbie question

  Sorry if the answer to this question is out there already, I have looked but I must be looking in all the wrong places.  I am coming back into the C++ world after being away from any sort of coding for years, and I was still  newbie even then. But, in the desigh mode of VSC++ Beta2, is there a way to link the a component such as FileSystemWatcher with a contol/window piece visually, or do you have to physically edit the code at teh code leve I can't seem to find anything to explain how to deal with the components you can drag onto the form even though I have found several on how to deal with the controls. Thanks. ...Show All

• .NET Development how to show string of data in text box using parmeter query

  I am tryin to input an ID number and retrieve all the information from that particualr ID Private Sub btnSubmit_Click(Byval sender As System.Object By val e As System.EventArgs)Handles Button1.Click connClass.Open() Dim cmdStudents As New OleDb.Command Dim sStudents As String = Select Student Name, Information From ClassName Where Student ID = cmdStudents.CommandText = sStudents daStudents.SelectCommand = cmdStudents Dim cbStudents AS New OleDb.CommandBuilder() cbStudents.DataAdapter = daStudents Here is where i run into the problem Dim ol As New olet2() 'This is my other form with a textbox1 If textbox1.Tex ...Show All

• Visual C# problem in adding reference to a DLL file

  When trying to add a reference to a DLL  file (made with ANSI C++) to a VS2005 C# project, by right click on references, add reference, I receive the following error in both of them:    "A reference to 'dllFileName.dll' could not be added. Please make sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM component."       Now When I try to use the TlbImp on a .dll file the following error appears:    "The input file 'dllFileName.dll' is not a valid type library".   How can I resolve this problem. Well to ask the obvio ...Show All

• Visual C# Please help InitializeLifetimeService

  I created a child AppDomain. I success to create instance from child AppDomain. But I have a issue that the object will be diconnected after 5 min..... I search some post that I need to overrid InitializeLifetimeService method to extend life time... So I try to overrid InitializeLifetimeService method and set the InitialLeaseTime to TimeSpan.Zero But object still be diconnected after 5-10 min... public abstract class ApplicationBase : MarshalByRefObject { public override object InitializeLifetimeService() { ILease lease = (ILease)base.InitializeLifetimeService(); if (lease.CurrentState == LeaseState.Initial ...Show All

• Windows Forms Combobox to list controls added to the Formsdesigner and enable selection

  Hello everyone, Could any one please point me in the direction of how to have a combobox list the controls added to the forms designer and also enable the selecting the controls from the the combobox In process of developing a GUI similar to .NET IDE would appreciate any help Thanks Baskar. We're talking of designer classes here, this link is  ...Show All

• Windows Forms Implementing DataBinding in webControls in asp.net 2.0

  Hi , I implemented DataBinding concept in VS 2003 based on the MSDN article http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconimplementingdataboundcontroldesingerwebforms.asp I would like to know how to implement the concept in VS 2005. ...Show All

• SQL Server how do I determine how many columns there are in a file?

  Hi, I have a few different files in a directory. I want to take each file and determine which columns and data types it has. How can I know how many columns there are in a file Thank you. Your only option is to create a "Smart" custom source that is either a script source or a script component. Your custom component would take the column name, or position and output the relevant column into the data flow. You could also unpivot the data so that your columns were now rows. You then filter the flow based on the column you want to process. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Mobile app which DO NOT have local datastore... stupid idea?

  Hi ppl, I am new in this arena and would appreciate it if you can provide me w help/info. We need to create a mobile app which draws/submit data to our server via internet (web service) ... Since most moblie apps we've seen stores the data internally (SQL CE and etc...) and only sync up later.... is our idea of bypassing this stupid   :P Our reasons for not storing the data are:- 1.   We wanted to ensure all data are updated immediately. 2.   We wanted to avoid downloading/storing of data to the moblie device. 3.   Sync-ing ... seems like such a complicated thing.. hehehe...       d ...Show All

• SQL Server using a date in where clause, without hardcoing a specific date

  i want to limit the data being stored in a table to the past 6 months only. data in the table is refreshed each night. how do i do this without hard coding a date Perhaps something along the lines of where datcole> DATEADD(mm, -6, getdate()) ...Show All

• Windows Forms question about class attributes

  If you open the object browser and look at microsft's classes, in the lower pane of the browser it shows comments about the selected class, and then if you select a class member, it shows info about the selected member. Summaries and even argument info and return value info are shown. Also I see simiar if not identical information when intellisense pop ...Show All

• Smart Device Development MDE: Can't run Device Emulator Manager

  I'm trying to run the Device Emulator Manager on my Win2K desktop. It terminates immediately without a message, whether I start it from the Start Menu, from Windows Explorer or from the cmd line. The emulator itself starts up and runs fine. I'd like to set up an ActiveSync connection to this. As I understand it, I need to get the Device Emulator Manager running to do this. Hi George, That means that the breakpoint was not hit for some reason - most likely because it did not bind to the right place. I made a test file you can run so we'll see the registration error - I've sent it to the email address fo ...Show All