Stefan Weitz's Q&A profile

• .NET Development No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

  I have created remote server, remote client, remote object and remote object helper class. Following steps describes what I have done and how I get the error. 1)      Remote Server will invoke a method in remote object 2)      The remote method will raise an event in remote helper class 3)      Adding event handler to the method catches this event in remote helper class. ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot connect to Database in Server Management Studio

  I currently can't connecto to my database in SQL Server 2005 (enterprise) from the SQL Server Management Studio itself! as soon as I try to use any functions, I get cryptic errors found below.  I am about to pull my hair out.  Everything was working fine for around 4 days and now everything just blows up.  I've tried using both sql authentification and also windows: Errors I'm getting (print screens): http: / / ww ...Show All

• Visual Basic Change Font Style

  Hi, I am a beginner in VB.Net and want to ask a question. I hope somebidy can help me. I want to change the font style from a text in textbox by checking a checkbox. When checkbox Bold checked, the text in textbox change to Bold. When checkbox Italic checked, the text in textbox change to Italic. Etc, etc..... I have my code here: ---------------- If tbxTeks.Font.Bold Then tbxTeks.Font = New System.Drawing.Font(t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System "Remaining work" report

  Hi! I would like to know why the "Remaining work" report in the latest Beta 3 edition is different than it was in the Beta 2 In the current Beta 3 the input values are “Iteration”, “Area”, “Work Item Type”, “Start Date” and “End Date”. The biggest value for “End Date” can only be the actual date. The example included in the MSF process guidance on the Project Portal, on the other hand, shows the “old” report, as it was in the Beta 2. On ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to keep language consistent among controls

  Hi all, I am writing my first program in VB Express. My OS is set to Dutch and I want the UI of my program to be in english. For 90% this isn't hard. However some controls don't seem to support control over the labels. To provide an example: I use the FolderBrowserDialog. This dialog displays the buttons and caption in Dutch. How can I force an application to use a certain language for all automatically generated dialogs Thanks, ...Show All

• Smart Device Development problem in accessing the data

  hi all, coming rite to the question.. well i'm passing  arrays of string from my managed code to my native code .. TCHAR* a[20]; //globally declared int i=0; //global extern "C" _declspec(dllexport) int passstring(TCHAR* f) {       a = f;  / / other codes to process the data       i++; } extern "C" _declspec(dllexport) void shownum() {  &nb ...Show All

• SQL Server MDAC 2.8 Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system

  I have XP Pro SP2 with MDAC 2.8.1022.  It had a problem so I tried to reinstall MDAC and got a Fatal Setup Error. This setup does not support installing on this operating system. I downloaded MDAC 2.8 1177 and get the same error. I thought of uninstalling/reinstalling SP2, but this is a 2 month old Dell Latitude 610 with factory installed XP.  There is no Windows Service Pack 2 option listed in the Control Panel > Add/Remove Prog ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can I create an icon editor of size 32 * 32

  Hi! How can I create an icon editor of size 32 * 32. I only require black and white color. any sample or help  Not sure if this answers your question but here is a fun way to create your own icons from image fil ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Down Load Vista

  We have a new MSDN license and I can not locate the vista (Lonhorn)  Download could you please give me a link to it.   Thanks Hi, This is a developers forum. Please redirect your question to Microsoft Newsgroups .     cheers, Paul June A. Domag ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Windowless controls for web browser?

  I work for a company that is building a very sophisticated web distributed application that uses a lot of overlapping components.  Most of the app is .asp / thin (meaning it is developed using browser technologies) and that works just fine. However, there are some portions of the app that will require "thicker" technologies to provide the right user experience. I have been struggling to find a way to integrate controls into IE pages such th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Charts in VB express

  Does anyone knows what's the best way to approach charts in VB express edition What about MS Office Charts 11.0 or ZedGraphs... I tried to use the last one as a UserControl but the IDE failed to add the ZedGraph.dll ...does anyone has a clue The "best" way is difficult to answer because only you know the demands. But here is a cuple of things you might want to look at. http://forums.micro ...Show All

• Windows Forms SQL parameter query using INSTR

  Hello. I am using the dataset designer to create my SQL queries for a VB project, but cannot figure out how to create a query that will filter my records properly. I am using an Access database. In a nutshell, I cannot get my SQL query to distinguish between 0,1 and 10. Here is my query: SELECT ID, Word, Definition, Source, Unit, Chars, Cat, WordType, Context, Literal, Ant, Syn, ConfusedWith, OnList, Audio0, Audio1, Audio2, Audio3 FRO ...Show All

• Visual Basic Add reference in VB2005 Web project to external folder

  Can I add a reference in VB2005 Web project to external directory Now in VS 2003 I have a directory with dlls. My Web projects add a reference with it. If some dll is updated, my project is automatically updated. But... VS2005 copy all dlls to my bin directory, and don't use my external dir... :( I find this, but don't work in my Web project: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837908/en-us Thanks (Sorry my english is very bad) ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB 2005: Single Complete Reference Documnt

  I am looking for a single view VisualBasic reference document which covers the language, syntax, class structures and details all in a single file (if it exists), can't find it yet on MSDN, all I see is an hierarchical view of the documentation, one sub-topic at a time. If anybody can let me know where it is located on MSDN, would apppreciate that. If I wanted a single resource on the language then Pr ...Show All

• Windows Forms To Long for startup the Application

  Hello people, I have troubles when I create a empty Windows Form Application in C# and I start this after a reboot the first time. It takes nearly 30 seconds til the Windows Form is shown. The second time the Windows Form is shown directly. Now my question is what can I do against the 30 seconds the first time. It would be help ful when I could show a splashform during this time or anything else so that the user gets a short reaction. Further ...Show All