Sidd Shenoy's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms How to do password masking in data grid

  Hi, I would like to do a password masking in a data grid cell. It should display * characters instead of password. I appreciate your help. Regards. Hi Ken, Thanks for your suggestion. I create a derived class exactly what you recommend, the * characters displayed in the datagrid. But when I click on the password field and then click to other field, the following error appears --------------------------- Error when committing the row to the ...Show All

• SQL Server Suggest Column Types

   Is there a parameter/ registry setting I could use to change "Number of rows" in "Suggest Column Types". Number of rows to scan is defaulted to 100. I believe the maximum rows you can set to 1000. If you try to set anything more than 1000, system will change from what ever you set it back to 1000. I came across this problem during testing. I was wondering anyone else came across this and how they resolved it! Thanks Sut ...Show All

• Visual C++ TIME CONVERSION BUG

  // TimeConstructionBug.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application. // #include "stdafx.h" #include "ATLComTime.h"   int _tmain( int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { COleDateTime a(2006, 12, 1, 17, 0, 0); SYSTEMTIME b; a.GetAsSystemTime(b); FILETIME c; ::SystemTimeToFileTime(&b, &c); COleDateTime d(c); CString startTime(a.Format()); CString endTime(d.Format()); printf( " ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Problem in Statemachine

  I have created statemachine workflow and put state one State Activity. In that Statemachine Activity, i put one EventDriven Activity. In that EventDrivenActivity, i put one handleExternalEventActivity and one code Activity But control is not coming to CodeActivity. What could be the problem. Some news regarding this issue I have the same problem http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPo ...Show All

• SQL Server Linked Server problem when querying

  I have a linked SQL Server on another machine which is created using a stored procedure that executes the following: EXEC sp_addlinkedserver @server = 'Achilles\Mixed' , @srvproduct = ' ' , @provider = 'SQLNCLI' , @datasrc = 'Archilles\Mixed', @catalog = 'DB_INTRANET' The stored procedure executes successfully and I can also succesfully DROP the linked server. H owever when I try to query tables in linked database ...Show All

• Visual C++ Problem Converting char** to cli::array<System::String^>^ and vice-versa

  I am trying to convert an (unmanaged) array of char* to an array of (managed) Strings, and vice-versa. Is there a nice way of doing this I get confused when trying to create an array of pointers, and cant quite figure out a nice way of doing this. Any help here would be appreciated. I have been using Marshal.AllocHGlobal and then Marshal.Copy to convert single Strings to char*, but I dont know how to convert an array of String^ to a char** ...Show All

• Visual C++ BOOST with visual c++ 2005

  Has anyone been able to get the full BOOST suite compiled and working with vc++ 2005 (and as in full I mean threads, bgl, lambda, date and time etc) Arash Partow Just to keep you updated. The libraries folks are actually investigating the issue. Take a look at http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/ProductFeedback/viewFeedback.aspx feedbackid=e08bd793-3fef-40ff-adda-ed313e0eafcc  where the bug was upda ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I prevent others using my assembly?

  How to trust the calling assembly that loads my assembly. I don't want anyother client load my assembly except specific assembly   Sean Vikoren wrote: To get really secure code, you will need to compile to a native format.  Of course when you do this, you loose the flexibility of running in the CLR. The security protections offered by the CLR would also be lost.  Considering that no call ...Show All

• SQL Server .rss methods no longer supported

  I am having a problem running a sql2k report service script on my new sql2005 server. It seems that the methods SessionHeader() and rs.render are no longer suport. can someone help me figure out what I need to do to continue automating my report running rss file contents: (the parts that should matter) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Report Parameters Dim branch as string = nothi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Create a custom DataGridViewColumn for radio buttons

  Hi, In my application, I want to create a custom DataGridViewColumn which contains radio buttons, much like the DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn. I know I should derive from DataGridViewColumn and DataGridViewCell, but I'm not quite clear on how I should proceed. There's so little information on this topic; as far as I know, no MSDN article on this area has been written yet. Hope that somebody here can shed me a light. Thanks a lot. Dotnetjunk ...Show All

• Visual C# txtbox

  hi,   i want to enable my 2nd textbox and button after the input on my 1st textbox. i am doing it in C# and ASP .NET.   i tried this code but it didn't work. private void textbox1_TextChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { textbox2.Enabled=true; button.Enabled=true; } Did you set a break point to make sure this code was called When you say 'didn't work', what happens I just mocked up a project, ...Show All

• .NET Development Newbie-What is the proper way to handle special characters in XML?

  I'm having a problem with single quotes in my XML document. I have Xml that resembles something like below: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <root> <MyText>Text contain's a single quote</MyText> </root> This content resides in a file and when I extract the xml and pass it to a stored procedure, instead of the entire xml being sent to the stored procedure, it is being truncated because of ...Show All

• Visual Studio "Query Engine Error" after .NET 2.0 framework is installed

  HI, I have a question here: I am runing reports which were made by CR 9.0 for VS 2003. After .NET 2.0 framework is installed, there is an "Query Engine Error" on Crystal Report Windows Form Viewer. I know I should let my app use .NET 1.1 by an exe.config file, but the problem is my app is not a stand-alone application, it is a MMC snapin. So I cannot write a mmc.exe.config to force all mmc snapins to use .NET 1.1. So .NET 2.0 ...Show All

• SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP update now available

  There is a new Management Studio Express CTP download available at   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=82AFBD59-57A4-455E-A2D6-1D4C98D40F6E&displaylang=en . This update fixes the defect where installing the full Books Online documentation prevented Management Studio Express from starting.  With the update, Management Studio Express and Books Online no longer interfere with each other. To update Management Stu ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Changing screen resolution with FoxPro

  So, after I did not find any solution of my DirectX problem, I'd like to ask how can I change the screen resolution via FoxPro. MFC, API calls Thanks Sorry I don't have an answer to your DirectX question as I'm not a graphics designer so I have no experience with DirectX. Maybe you can get you are looking for with VFP9 and GDI+. As per your current question: Robbo's function is also documented in "using Win32 fu ...Show All