Gombly's Q&A profile

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums screen resolution

  G'day I am new to this forum and hope i have the correct one ....What I want to do is to change /or resize a screen resolution for a access db depending on what a user has their screen resolution set on there monitor.. can this be done in VBA / access db in a simple way ..... ( I use 1024x768 all the time)some users use 800 x600 some 1024x768, so some forms do not fit the screen...I am not an expert coder so some help may be required Cheers John Yes, this is possible (with a Windows API call I think) but you may also mess up the display of other applications running at the same time and the user may ...Show All

• Windows Forms Custom control and specific 'DockArea', like GroupBox

  Hi, I am creating my own custom control, specifically a collapisble panel. My problem is that I want to set the grid and docking area like that of a groupbox. In a group box, one can place a control anywhere, but the grid is drawn and added controls are docked below the caption.  I want to do this with my control and I presume I have&nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development access updates from dataset

  I have a access database and I used VS.net 2003(C#) to create a xml dataset. I use a the sql statment "SELECT * tablename" to fill my dataset, then access/edit the dataset then every 30 mins want to preform a update to the datasource/database here is where my problem comes in, all the doc's say to 1. delete 2. update/modify 3. insert new records there are really only 2 tables that need to be updated so is there a way to just take the data from the dataset and copy it into the database and if so how is it done thanks a ton ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Problems with office sp1 installation

  Hello, I was installing VSTO on a Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (evaluation copy) when it said that i needed Office 2003 SP1 in order to continue. I've downloaded it from the microsoft site but when trying to install it, i got the following message: "The expected version of the product was not found on your system" I already have Office 2003 installed and i really cannot understand what seems to be the problem. I would be very grateful if i could get some help. Thanks in advance. Hi, This looks like an Office SP1 issue. You will be able to get an effective response by p ...Show All

• Windows Forms GUI Appearance Qualities

  So far I not having trouble with programming but I am having trouble adjusting the appearance of my application. I know how to change the properties of a form using the "Properties" window but I can't figure out how to take it past this step... For instance, I can change the appearance of a button to look normal or flat using the "Properties" window of the button. However, how do I get the button to look round and stylish, like seen in Office 11 Can this be done with windows forms Is there a good tutorial anyone can point me to Thanks! P.S. I am using Visual Studio .NET 2003, programming with Visual Basic... ...Show All

• Windows Forms Search for a value in a DataGrid Column.

  How do you search for a value in the first column of a DataGrid For example, the first Column of my DataGrid is Called InspectionID. It's a hidden Column. Lets say the InspectionID is 50, I wish to search or scan or interogate the first Column called InspectionID to find which ROW has the value of InspectionID = 50. Then I need to make the DataGrid select that row. Keep in mind that the DataGrid may have 1, 5 or 50 rows of data. You will need to delegate the search to the DataGrid data source. For instance, if the dataGrid is bound to a BindingSource that supports searching ( ie, if BindingSource::SupportsS ...Show All

• Visual Basic When I open a form "FORM.VB" how do I auto exec a sub in form "FORM.VB" ?

  When I open a form "FORM.VB" how do I automatically execute a sub in form "FORM.VB" Michael   Michael Dyrnaes wrote: When I open a form "FORM.VB" how do I automatically execute a sub in form "FORM.VB" Michael Call the sub you want to execute from the form load event: Private Sub Form1_Load ( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System . EventArgs ) Handles MyBase . Load InitForm () End Sub ...Show All

• Visual C# How to Register dll's

  Hi: Well I want to do a process, this process will register the softpub.dll, we can register manualy following the steps: start -> run -> REGSVR32 softpub.dll ->enter then i want to register the msxml3.dll, manually following the same steps but typing Regsvr32 %windir%\system32\msxml3.dll but, i want to do this operation automatically inside my application, how can i get this Thanx. P.S. if is possible to do this task, you can post in Visual C# .NET or Visual Basic .NET Process.Start will do this. If it's in the windows system 32 directory, you don't need to pass a path, because it's already in the P ...Show All

• SQL Server Differences from preview to deploy...

  Hello- I've been developing some reports in Visual Studio .NET 2003.  I've succeeded in getting the logic working perfectly and in giving them a cohesive and smooth look. However, I'm experiencing a lot of trouble with the visual aspect once the reports are published.  I'll link to before and after images.  The first is the report in "Preview" mode; the second shows the same set of data in the same report, but deployed on our server. Preview Mode Deployed Version (Note that even though it appears that the deployed report is missing items, it's not.  I scrolled down so that the same objects would be displayed.  ...Show All

• SQL Server CurrentMember failed with (Multiple Items) in the 'filter fields'

  hello CurrentMember failed with (Multiple Items) in the 'filter fields' because ofcourse CurrentMember can NOT be associated with a set !! Is there a simple way to make this Multiple-Item-safe (in the filter) for example this MDX-formula: sum(     generate     (         ascendants([Posting Period].currentmember),         iif(             [Posting Period].currentmember IS             [Posting Period].firstsibling,    &n ...Show All

• Visual Basic RE

  Hey Brian, i'm not sure about the validate(), i got that snippet from MSDN library. the EndEdit(), i think that it's for ending the session between the tableAdapter and the dataset... After that, the last line should save the dataset changes to the Dbase,.. but apparantly it does not work.. grtz mace ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista UISpy missing from the February CTP

  UISpy is missing from the February CTP release of the Windows SDK that Microsoft recently published externally at http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getthebeta/default.aspx This was due to a miscommunication between me and the Windows SDK team. Unfortunately, the January CTP release of UISpy will not work wtih the February CTP UIAutomation dynamic link libraries (DLLs) because the assembly versions have changed in the February CTP release of these binaries. The UISpy executable that ships with the January CTP release refers to the version of the UI Automation assemblies from the January CTP release. Our team has corrected thi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Sln and proj files should be in different folder - Urgent

  Hi, Thanks in Advance. This is what I want to do: let's say you have a web project web1.csproj within a solution file web.sln . If this project has an ASPX page page1.aspx with code behind page1.aspx.cs . I want to have web.sln , web1.csproj and page1.aspx.cs within one folder and page1.aspx within a seperate folder. That way when we deploy to production, we can just copy all the aspx files without copy code behind files, etc. Your deliverable should be a sample solution with the solution, project and code behind files in a 'Code' folder and the ASPX pages in a 'Web' folder. You should be able to work with the solution f ...Show All

• Visual C++ A real challenge for you !! (Menu border)

  Can anyone suggest a way to display a popup menu that has no 3D borders and looks flat like a listbox   I have tried owner drawn menus but they only let you draw on the menu items and not the border.  I can't find an option to turn off the 3D effects for a menu. BTW, I need solution that doesnt use C++, MFC or any libs (only pure API) If you want draw the border by yourself: use WM_NCPAINT, WM_NCCALCSIZE these message be send before WM_DRAWITEM ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How do I fix the TfsOlapReportDS user problem?

  I am currently unable to run any TFS reports. The error message is: An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted) Cannot create a connection to data source 'TfsOlapReportDS'. (rsErrorOpeningConnection) For more information about this error navigate to the report server on the local server machine, or enable remote errors Is it possible to delete and recreate the 'TfsOlapReportDS' user account Hi Gary, To get more information about the error, on the report server machine, navigate to http://localhost/reports and then click on a report. Then we'll be in a better position to know ...Show All