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• Windows Forms Vertical Text

  How can I draw text on either a label or in a picture box in such a way that the text will a) be vertical and b) it will read from bottom to top  I essentially need to rotate the text 270 degrees. Thanks!! Check ...Show All

• .NET Development Windows Registries: C# :Need Help Urgent

  Hy, Can any body tell me how to remove or repair invalid registries in windows using C# , what is the logic behind all this (means scanning the registries, APIs and others). if any body knows please tell me i'll be very thankful. Bye I have to admit that I didn't get your question, but in case you want to work with the Windows Registry, check Microsoft.Win32 namespa ...Show All

• .NET Development appsettings and adding keys programatically

  I'm trying to add keys from one Web.Config to another without success. keeps popping out with a ConfigurationErrorsException. I'm traversing throgh the AppSettings section of one web.config and adding the key and value found for each element into the AppSettings of another WebConfigurationManager (I was hoping that this could be done in memory instead of writing to the web.config and saving). Why can I not add to the AppSettings [CODE] try ...Show All

• .NET Development how to get printing Document Completion Acknowledgement And Printing Failure Acknowledgement in C#

  I am Printing document with using printdailog class. after prining document i need to update status of that prining Document. So I need printing document completion event or acknowledgemnt. At same time if paper gets jam in printer , then i need to update that document printing status. for that i required printing failure acknowledgemetnt. so please give me solution as earliest possible that through which event or acknowledgment i can ...Show All

• SQL Server NetworkCredentials with ReportViewer (web) control

  I have my web application, which allows the user to view the reports in ReportViewer (WebForm) control on internet. The problem is in setting ReportServerCredentials. As against WinForm I cannt use it like below. ReportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportServerCredentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(sUserId, sPwd, sDomain) In the above, I specify the encrypted value of userid and pwd and domain in the config file and decrypt before doing ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Users

  ok, i was wonderin. you know when you do a directory link thing and you go into a users documents. Well can Vb fin out the users username so u can use it on the link. Perhaps you want Environment.UserName or perhaps you want Environment.GetFolderPath (Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments) ...Show All

• SQL Server ActiveX and RDL

  Is there any element that is supported by RDL that will allow an ActiveX control to be embedded into a Reporting Services report The ActiveX control doesn't need to be scripted, but only listed as an object tag with some parameter tags within it.  I'm looking for something like this: <ActiveXControl Name="Control1">    <ClassID>...</ClassID>    <Parameters>       ...Show All

• SQL Server Flags on a table

  Hi all Been thrown a bit in the deep end and need some advice..... new to db design. I have been emailed the lay out of the table which is not a problem, they then go on to talk about flags on columns if data is inserted , updated... ect. How do i set them up The data is going to be imported in via DTS from a excel spread sheet Thanks in advance Rich No clue. Can you post the exact request ( ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO deployment – light solution.

  Here is a good question to get people thinking Is there an easy way of deploying a VSTO solution without having to install all the prerequisites (just the min comp. and spend 10 min max per pc  ) Imagine the solution needs to be exported to 100 users – it takes time to install all the prerequisites and Office components. So there has to be a way of getting a VSTO solution to run without spending a lot of time at installing all the p ...Show All

• Visual Basic dynamically add image datagridview

  Using the column editor, I can add a bitmap to a datagridviewimage column.  However, I'd like to dynamically add a bitmap (one of two) to a new row while my program is running.  Is there simple code to do this   I've tried searching to no avail. Thanks. Hi, To create a new System.Drawing.Bitmap object in your code     Dim bmp1 As New System.Drawing.Bitmap( "C:\WinNT\Zapotec.bmp" ) ...Show All

• SQL Server Add database in VWD - can't find SQLExpress

  ERROR: Connection to SQLServer files (*.mdf) require SQLServer Express 2005 to function properly . ASP.NET Config manager is able to create aspnetdb and set up MemberShip correctly. SQLExpress service account has access to teh folder (as witnessed by ASP.NET manger success). What else can cause the IDE to fail to create and attach the file Also the accoutn I am running VWD under can access and create/attach db files with no prob ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) how to create and view a 3D model of a "true" object in WPF?

  Suppose I have a car(not a model in computer). Now i want to view a true model of the car in an application, and hope I can view the model from 360 degree. How can I implenment this in WPF Thanks for your advice. You will first need to obtain a 3D model of your real world object. Models of virtually any car can be purchased from professional modelers. For less complicated objects (like buildings) you can try to use a tool to generate th ...Show All

• SQL Server I'm retarded and need help with Derived Column or Script Task

  I am moving data from an oracle database to sql server. Two of the source fields are dates, which sometimes contain values I know to be incorrect ('0001/01/01' and '1900/01/01'). I'd like to use either the derived column or script task (or any other appropriate one) to update these incorrect values (in both columns) to null before inserting into sql server, smalldatetime field. In sql 2000 dts, I would simply use a VBScript IF statement, b ...Show All

• Windows Forms Splash Screen

  I am using Visual Basic .net to create a splash screen based off of the template provided. However when I access the MyProject tab of my application the 'Application' Tab is entirely greyed out with the exception of Assembly Name and Assembly Information. The Combobox that allows me to specify the splash screen is greyed out as well. How do I get around this and why is everything greyed out. Thanks for the help Kris ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to get Special Folder Icons??

  Like Desktop, My Documents ... in VB Could someone tell me If I understand, you want to access these common folders. I just created my own FolderBrowser where I had to solve this problem. Here are a few sections that might help& ...Show All