marco_polo14's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development Background image on a panel in Compact Framework

  Hi, I’m working on a PocketPC application in VB.Net on Compact Framework1.0. We are currently developing a tutorial module that reqires slide show type of presentation. Each slide contains a common panel and a label with several other controls like pictureboxes , buttons etc. The idea is to have a background image put on the panel so that the text in the labels (which are inherently transparent) will also “appear” to have th ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) [bug] wcf hangs indefinitely on complex type when returning (worked on feb ctp)

  In the may beta 2 release, I can no longer return some of my domain types. Something I could do perfectly with the feb. ctp. My domain model is decorated with the correct datacontract and datamember attributes. In it I have a 'Person' which inherits from a base class. In that baseclass I have a private bool. This class serializes and deserializes great. However, when I use some other domain object, which has a property of type 'Person', the s ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions I need to count by ascii characters. Seems tricky!

  Hey guys, I'm doing an expirement and I need to basically "count" but using a set of ascii characters. I'm having a heck of time. And using VB.NET Express. For example, in Decimal, you count 1,2,3...8,9,10. As you know, once your first character reaches 9, a new character is added, 0, to the left, and then you start over counting the 1st character such as 10,11,12...18,19,20. Each time the rightmost character reaches 9, the next ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Enhanced build features

  I'm trying to setup the "out of the box" build environment that Microsoft claims the Foundation Server includes, however I'm obviously running into some problems. First off, I have two virtual pc's.  My server is running 2003 w/ sp1, SQL 2005, and Foundation Server, with Active Directory.  My client machine is running 2003 w/ sp1 and visual studio (beta 2.050215-4400). I converted my vss database to team foundation server and this enti ...Show All

• SQL Server Updating data

  Hello. Is it possible to somehow update data as it is copied from source to destination using SSIS. Currently I extract data from Database A, load it into database B, then clean/update the data in database B and then load it into database C using DTS on 2000. What I would like to do is extract data from database A, clean/update it, then load it straight into database C without having to load it into database B first. I am unable to c ...Show All

• SQL Server CREATE TABLE/VIEW from stored procedure or SELECT...

  Can anyone tell me how can I create a table in (SQL Server 2000) direct from a stored procedure execution or from a SELECT result I need something like this: CREATE TABLE < t > FROM <sp_name p1, p2, ...>or like this: CREATE TABLE < t > FROM SELECT id, name FROM < w > ... Thank you! Sorry joeydj but your example create a copy of another table! I need to create a table that contai ...Show All

• Visual Studio Package 'Visual Studio Common IDE Package' Failed to load

  I recently installed VS 2005 Proffesional and the MSDN Library. Everything was working fine till i Searched for something in the MSDN Library and i got the error: Package 'Visual Studio Common IDE Package' Failed to load in a MsgBox and i could not search MSDN for any help. Otherwise i can still use the Index and the Contents of the Library. I tried uninstalling & re-installing VS 2005 and MSDN Library and also the Document Explorer but t ...Show All

• Visual C++ Tracking Reference (%), value, ref??

  For a while now I have been reading the documentation, for Visual C++ 2005, in an attempt to migrate from native code to managed. I find it hard to understand how to use the different types, and what the equvivalent in native code is. Look at this code: ref class rc{}; value class vc{}; f1(rc^ c1){} f2(rc^% c1){} is rc^ myrc = gcnew rc; equvivalent to rc * myrcN = new rc; in native code And is " Handle to Object on Managed Hea ...Show All

• .NET Development POP3

  Hi, I'd like to ask how to get e-mails from a POP3 server in vb2005 and if i got them how can i show them as an html mail message thnx a lot; Here's a fairly good article http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/internet/Pop3Access.asp It's in C#, but you should get the gist. ...Show All

• Windows Forms I'm not understanding this...

  Hi, This is what I'm doing: public void Bla() {      DataRow row = dataSet.Tables["Table1"].NewRow();      row["bla"] = ...;      ...      dataSet.Tables["Table1"].Rows.Add(row );      adapter.Update(dataSet, "Table1"); &nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Adding help.rtf file to deployment package and controlling where deployed to

  I am publishing my application using the Click Once deployment method included with the VC# Visual Studio Express Edition.   How do I get the Click Once deployment method to allow me to include my Help.rtf file as part of the deployment package   When I run the resulting SETUP.EXE, the application is being installed at \\Document and Setting\user….\Local Settings\Apps\2.0\BTH1K….\R0Q…..\.....\pgm.exe.   Is there ...Show All

• Visual C# overide a property???

  I have a property... public string Text { get {whatever...} set{whatever...} } I want to override it in an inheriting class. Can I do this somehow Thanks in advance, Devin Properties work just like methods in that you use the 'virtual' keyword on the property to permit it to be overridden like so: class BaseClass { public virtual string Text { get; set; } } class DerivedCla ...Show All

• Visual C# statusStrip...when files are loading

    hi, I'm trying to make the statusStrip tell the user that the program is loading. I have tried the following code. but seems that the status strip only show the message just before it finished loading files which is not my purpose. . Unlike when i put MessageBoxes, one appears right after i clicked OK in folderBrowserDialog() and the other MessageBox appear about the same time that the data from the opened file were shown. Any ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Office Web Components

  What is the best forum to ask questions about Office Web Components You can post quesitons concerning Office Web Components in the Office Web Components newsgroup. Please post your questions here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.web.components&lang=en&cr=US Thanks! Mike Hernandez Community Program Manager VSTO Team   ...Show All

• Visual C# Creating a Service

  I know this isnt a "C#" question, but I can't think of anywhere else to ask it. I currently have a program that is basically a front end to a database with things added on. I would like this to be available to other apps I will write, and pretty much act like a service on my computer that others applications can use. I presume I should make it into a windows service (is this correct). I have plenty of tutorials in how to convert the ...Show All