Xcalibur37's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Suggestion: Linq Builder

  I've spent a couple minutes reviewing linq, so please forgive me if this is already available. Also, Linq may not be complex enough to need a such query builder and/or a linq query builder might not be feasible , but I thought I'd suggest the following. Query Builder A "query builder" for linq.   Perhaps a developer could select an object, right-click, and click "Use Linq Builder...". At this point, a linq query builder is displayed and the developer could write linq code against the particular object.  Once the end-result is acceptable (linq code returning the desired information), the linq code would be inserted ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Item Version

  Hello, I was able with the VSS object model to get my hands on and item, get the items latest version, test for the existance of a label on that latest version and then retrieve the label. How would I do this with the TFSOM. Thank you, James Start with this example: http://blogs.msdn.com/buckh/archive/2006/03/15/552288.aspx VersionControlServer.QueryLabels() has an overload that lets you filter by server path and/or version. ...Show All

• .NET Development OleDbCommand.ExecuteNonQuery "Insert Into Select From"

  Hello, I am working with OleDb to perform a bulk insert from a temporary table to permanent database table, both of which belong to the same database. I am wanting to use "INSERT INTO <permanent_table> SELECT * FROM <temp_table>". The query I run in MS Access to perform this bulk load does process correctly, but not in code using OleDb. After properly setting up my OleDbConnection object, opening it, and properly creating my OleDbCommand object, my question is this: when I call "ExecuteNonQuery()" no rows are returned and no data shows up in the permanent table. My connection opens perfectly and the ...Show All

• Visual C# Infinite integer

  Hi, my application is using some integers which is too big for int32 and even int64, can anybody tell me how to create infinite integer variable that can accept very large numbers Thanks, the J# runtime library has an implementation of BigInteger and BigDecimal with a very rich API. here's more info on that: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/12/NETMatters/default.aspx Imran. ...Show All

• Visual Basic entering the time and date on a form

  How do I put in the time and date on a form in VB.NET I did what my book has told me but all it shows up as is 01/01/2000 on the date and the time reads 12:01:01 and doesn't change. So how do I make it show the correct time and date There is another part in my book that explains how to put it in the status bar but I don't want to put them in the status bar. Please help me! I'm not sure what your book is telling you to do as you haven't explained what controls or code you are using but. If you stick two label controls on the form and then use something like dim currenttime as date = now label1.text = format(currenttime,"short date") l ...Show All

• Windows Forms Switching between Debug and Release

  VS2003: I am doing a custom control.  It builds to a DLL.  I include it in the Toolbox by pointing to the Release folder DLL and add the control.   I now want to work on the debug version.  How do I do it quickly   Do I have to delete the control from my application, remove the Release reference, add the Debug reference, add the control to my form, set all the properties with non-default values, rewire up all the event handlers, etc etc Additional question: If I include references to both DLLs, I see two icon of the same graphic and same name in the Toolbox.  Is there an easy way to discriminate the two T ...Show All

• Visual Basic Hip, Hip, Array?

  Could someone please show me how tp place the first 4 random numbers into the array and then get them out again in to a 4 labels Below is what I have so far, I know it is totally wrong but thought it might help if you see what it is that I am trying to do. Randomize() For num = 1 To 4 intNumber = Int((9 * Rnd()) + 1) arrNum = (intNumber) Next Label1.text = (arrNum1) Label2.text = (arrNum2) Label3.text = (arrNum3) Label4.text = (arrNum4) You have to declare you variable as an array: Dim <variablename>(number of elements) As Type Dim arrRand(3) As Integer Dim ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VWD requires SQL Server Express 2005 ?

  Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that VWD Express can connect to SQL Server Express, but not to SQL Server 2000 This is rather surprising, as I've always seen that new IDE products *expand* on the database providers available, not provide *less* connectivity. Going the other way, i.e., *requiring* SQL Server Express in order to connect to data, will make VWD's usefulness very low for many developers. Can anybody explain this to me Does this mean, since I have installed Visual Web Developer Express edition beta 2 that I dont need SSE which doesnt seem to want to install on my system.    SO can I use SQL 2000 ...Show All

• Visual C++ Where is CWnd::CreateControl ?

  Hi, I am investigating if MSVC 8 provides a viable upgrade path for us. I have ported my MSVC 6 applications to MSVC 8 and have gotten all my libraries to compile. However, every application that uses an ActiveX control generates a linker error regarding CWnd::CreateControl. But my other MFC based applications link and apparently run correctly. What gives This is hand copied so hopefully it is correct. error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: int __thiscall CWnd::CreateControl( struct _GUID const &, char const *, unsigned long, struct tagRECT const & ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Shortcut Keys

  How can a make a shortcut key combination ( ie ctrl+shift+q) open a form Assuming you mean at runtime... just for note though... traditionally a shortcut key is a keystroke that works inside of the app... like alt-f bringing up the file menu... what you are looking for is a keystroke that would be able to trigger an event regardless of what app is running... for that you are looking more into the realm of setting up a hotkey. Take a look at this CodeProject article for some code and an explanation on how to do it. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Please Wait at least 5 minutes ?

  I am attempting to run a server on our internal network. I was able to add a plant and herbivore, but everytime I try to add a carnivore I get an error telling me I must wait at least 5 minutes when adding a new species. Well, it's been an hour now, and I have spiders everywhere!. What's up Phil Thanks for the reply, ...Show All

• Visual C# DOS window doesn't close after process started?

  Hi, I'm trying to run a process from a Windows application. Example: if (Regex.IsMatch(textDomain.Text, "( =^.{1,254}$)(^( :( !d+.)[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,63}. )+( :[a-zA-Z]{2,})$)") && Regex.IsMatch(textRecord.Text, "^( :( :25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|[01]\\d\\d|\\d \\d)( ( =\\. \\d)\\.)){4}$")) { Process testProcess = new Process(); testProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true; Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/c ipconfig.exe /all >> c:\\test.txt"); testProcess.Close(); } The application is running like it should, but I'm unable to hide the stupid DOS window which pops up after the process is started. I t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Proxy Remote Object?

  Dears, I have a class file containing the following code: Excel.Worksheet wsActive = (Excel.Worksheet)Globals.ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet; ((Excel.Range)wsActive.Cells[1, 1]).Value2 = "Test"; I can retrieve the ActiveSheet object successfully (because I can get the ActiveCell location from the ActiveSheet object), however, I can't assign a value to the worksheet. ERROR : ((Excel.Range)wsActive.Cells[1, 1]) Cannot obtain fields or call methods on the instance of type 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Worksheet' because it is a proxy to a remote object. Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range Is there anything missed Thanks, ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies Outlook 2000 crashes on exit with WDS installed

  I ran into 2 problems with WDS version 2.06.0000.2083. I have just installed WDS for the first time on XP SP2. I don't have MSN Search Toolbar installed. My Outlook setup doesn't use Exchange and just connects to my ISP to retrieve email. The problem I have is that Outlook crashes on exit. I can post memory dump if necessary. Additionally, if I let WDS finish indexing while Outlook is up, WDS doesn't ever find anything in the email messages. Kind of defeats the purpose of Outlook integration. Are these known issues that I ran into If so, when should we expect to have a new version out that addresses Outlook 2000 integration Thanks. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Serializing a Collection

  I have a control that has a Collection Property on it.  How would I go about making that collection serialize say by serializing it into calling AddRange and passing in all the items of the collection   I tried a TypeConverter using InstanceDescripter, but that didn't work out at all.  Anyone know where I should start to do this ...Show All