jeff w smith's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Using Dataset from another form

  Hi all, I am the follow cenario: A form with DataGrid and a Typed DataSet already filled by DataAdapter where I show the data to the user. When I click in the Edit button, I open another form with Textboxes to edit the data. How can I bind the DataSet from the first form to the controls of second form at design time I tried to do the follow: - Create an instance of the Dataset in the second form - Bind the controls to this Data ...Show All

• Windows Forms Date Time Picker

  Hi, Anyone know how to format the Date Time Picker in C# to shows MONTHS only Hi, Sorry, please allow me to ask more, can you guide me more details on how to traverse the list view items and create the loop Thanks. ...Show All

• Windows Forms HELP! Bug in DataGridView .NET 2.0 Beta

  HELP! I have a bound grid with DataTable as DataSource. After performing a .Merge on the DataTable I get: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index at System.Collections.ArrayList.get_Item(Int32 index) at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewRowCollection.SharedRow(Int32 rowIndex) at System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView.OnRowValidating(DataG ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How I can create a file association?

  how i can associate a file type with my application ps: I wan't somethink easy.. Amazingly I have been unable to find a piece of sample code on how to do this in C# in managed code... instead, try this old school and trusty VB6 code from Microsoft that provides the basic steps required. ...Show All

• Windows Forms ExcelExporter

  Hi, everyone! I have written an ExcelExporter class for .NET 2.0, which I wanted to share with you guys. You can download the source code at http://www.gotdotnet.com/codegallery/codegallery.aspx id=5713a9fa-d115-4895-aa4f-d26766768eb8 Feedback is always welcome, you can find the address in the readme file. ...Show All

• Visual C++ My Visual Studio does not load stdafx.h & stdafx.cpp in my project file

  Whenever I create project file it won't work because stdafx.h and stdafx.cpp files are not preloaded into the project file, how do I fix this problem Thank you for your input on my problem and your wise thoughts on my future.  I appreciate your time and effort on everything.                         Fellow Programmer, &nbs ...Show All

• SQL Server Would someone try the following and post your result?

  I have a simple SSIS Package with a Source Excel Connection Manager and a Flat File Destination Connection Manager. The package executes successfully until I add a Package Configuration of type XML File.  When configuring the package configuration file, I chose the two connection managers (all properties) and left everything else (variables, properties, log providers and executables) unchecked.  After adding this package configur ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can I alter the property of the main form control from a secondary form?

  Hello, I want to change the BackColor property, for instance, of a control belonging to the main form from a seconday form. How can I do that Please help. Thanks. I'm not an experienced C#'er, but I would try this. If the secondary form was created by the main form, saying secondform.Parent should get you the main form (Possibly you'll need more .Parent, but keep working your way up). Then TypeCast to ...Show All

• Visual C# Scrolling causes flicker

  gday everyone I have a form which contains a panel and two scrollbars. When i use the scrollbars the picture displayed on the panel moves correctly but flickers. In the scrollbar handler i am just invalidating the panel so its redrawn (at a new location). I am guessing the panel is painting the background then the image over it causing it to flicker. I have the forms DoubleBuffered property set to true. Any ideas on a way to stop that ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Middle Tier Server using WCF

  Hi, Please, I need to know if it is possible convert my Middle Tier Server to WCF and how. Using 100% .NET Remoting I wrote a middle tier server named ‘Endomap – Enterprise Domain Application’ to easy administrate connections and application servers. Like an IIS, but only for ‘Smart Clients’, so it is : 1) A windows service (EndoServer) that runs your middle tier Assembly/DLL's in one or more AppDomains. You give your methods the < ...Show All

• Windows Forms What image formats are supported for toolbar controls in studio 2005?

  What image formats are supported for toolbar controls in studio 2005 Same as those supported by System.Drawing/GDI++. That would be at least png, jpg, bmp, gif and tif. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Event Viewer error 3000 (TFS Warehouse)

  We see to get two of these error events logged every hour on the hour.  Is there something here we need to fix Event Type: Error Event Source: TFS Warehouse Event Category: None Event ID: 3000 Date:  12/13/2005 Time:  9:15:48 AM User:  N/A Computer: MYVSTSSERVER Description: An unexpected condition has occurred in a Team Foundation component. The information contained here should be ma ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Need VSTS virtual lab

  I am not an MSDN subscriber for now, thus I cannot get VPC images. Instead I'd like to have a virtual lab on microsoft.com. I'm interested in new version control system and would like to get my hands on it. Have anyone seen such a lab already Unfortunately, at this time we don't have any virtual labs that demonstrate Team Foundation Server functionality. When these do become available (and I'm not 100% certa ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Can we ignore files from source control ?

  Hello All ! I'm now having a solution with several DLLs and a web site for which I generate the xml documentation file. By default, when I build all the xml fils are built in the bin folder and are added to the source control. Personnaly, I think that these files should not be in the source control and so I was manually doing an "Undo Pending Changes" on each of these files. Two questions : Is there a way to say to the s ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums VBA for Powerpoint

  Hi, I have been asked to modify a powerpoint presentation so that from a series of jpg files, one appears on the screen and then after a specific time period disappears and is replaced by another; this being a continuous loop on one slide only - like a photo tour. I have the following code, but need to get it up and running. Any suggestions: Sub ImportABunch() Dim strTemp As String Dim strFileSpec As String Dim oSld As Slide Dim oPic As S ...Show All