John Finney's Q&A profile
Visual Studio Express Editions References / on-line chat
Hi All- Which reference would I use to set up the ability for on-line chat Thanks in advance! Hey check out this chat site, http://chat.roselinsofia.com ...Show All
SQL Server "Too low memory" and XML in cache
Hi, I've read that the parser can use 1/8th of the available memory for the xml-cache, but I've run into this limit much sooner than I'd expect. I'm not using "sp_xml_preparedocument", but rather operating on columns with XML as datatype. This means I don't have the handle to the document and can't use "sp_xml_removedocument" to free the memory. It's a simple application written in C#, so should it be sufficient to & ...Show All
Visual C# Is there a way to save font dialog setting to registry in one key?
Hello, I'm wondering if there's a way to save (and load) the font setting of an application to the registry in one key. Is that possible or I have to save each element manually (font name, color, if bold, if underlined, and so on!). Please help. ...Show All
Smart Device Development Accessing the Location Service
I have an AV6600 Mobile PC with Phone and Assisted GPS. Does anyone know how I could access the GPS data There's no standard API for getting at GPS information on PocketPCs at the moment. Unless the hardware manufacturer makes an SDK available with libraries to access the data, it's inaccessible. Neil Enns Lead Program Manager Visual Studio for Devices ...Show All
Visual C# Getting the OS version
Hi, Can someone help me with this problem. I need to get the OS version such as say Windows XP or Windows 2000 Professional and so on. But when I tried it using the code: Environment.OSVersion.ToString(); On a Windows XP OS I am getting the output as Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0. Can anybody provide me with a solution in C# so that I can get the exact version of the OS as say Windows XP or Windows 2000. I do not want to get this result us ...Show All
Windows Forms Running My EXE The Second and Subsequent Times Displays An Installer Popup
I have a Visual Studio 2005 C# forms project and a Setup installer project which generates a .MSI that installs the forms project. I run the installer and install the forms project, then I click on the installed EXE shortcut to run the forms project code. The first time I launch the installed EXE it displays the forms, but on the second and subsequent time I launch the EXE it first displays an installer popup, then reinstalls itself and then rer ...Show All
SQL Server What should I do to clean a whole DB ?
My DB is holding some data for the moment I'd like to clean. I'm wishing to erase the WHOLE data stored in the database (just the data, not the DB itself). What SQL command should I use If there is another way to do what I'm wishing to do, let me know please. Thanks. Oh ok... Thanks a lot for your help Ali Raza Shaikh ...Show All
Visual Studio Express Editions Beginner Code help
I need to read from a text.txt file If "C:\standards" exists within the text file I want to replace it with "P:\standards" else If "P:\standards" exists within the text file replace with P:\standards Mike Public Class Form1 Private Sub Form1_Load( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me .Load ...Show All
SQL Server Problems Using Temporary Tables
I am declaring a temp table in control flow via Execute SQL task. I then want to use that table as a source in a data task, keep it alive going back to control flow and use it as a destination in another data task following. I am having trouble just getting the first data flow to access that temp table. In my Execute SQL task, I'm creating a simple temp table. After executing that task, I can head to the data task and change my OLE DB Source to ...Show All
SQL Server Locking up after SQL Server Mobile Merge Replication
Hi, I am trying perform merge replication programatically between SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server Mobile. Using the following code (note i have changed some of the names for the purpose of the post <*> etc: private void Synchronise() { SqlCeReplication repl = new SqlCeRep ...Show All
Visual Basic imageformat conversion..
sorry for asking a sillly question.. i want to know how to convert a jpeg format file to bmp file.. without changing the bit depth of the image...if anybody can give the code too.. it would be great.. ashtified_85 http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp ID=5799 -- Teemu Keiski ASP.NET MVP, AspInsider Finland, EU http://blogs.aspadvice.com/joteke ...Show All
Visual Studio CrystalReportViewer Refresh
How can I avoid parameters prompt after refreshing report in my CrystalReportViewer. crv.ReportRefresh(); display parameters prompt again. Hello, The only way to avoid prompting would be to write code to pass in the values. There is not an easier way to do this with the Crystal Reports .NET viewer. Keith - Business Objects ...Show All
SQL Server Controlling number of Matrix rows displayed
Here's hopefully a simple one and I'm just not looking in the right places for the documentation: I have a matrix and the result set it displays can range from 20 rows to 200+ rows. The columns range from 25 to possibly 100+. I need a way to set the maximum number of rows displayed per page so that if there are 200 rows returned (or some other arbitrary number) and the user wants to see 25 rows per page, then 8 pages will be returned. Is t ...Show All
Visual Basic Making object move continuously
How do I make a particular object move continuously after clicking the button once ...Show All
Visual Basic Using a Process to start an application
I have been using a process statement to fire up word, excell, etc applications. I do have a question about about music files which are played via real player. These files have a .cda extension. I can take a music cd and fire up real player by double clicking on the .cda file. If I move the .cda file from the cd and place it on my desktop and double click it, real player starts but does not play the file. The same thing occurs if I try to use a ...Show All