Chartsiam's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Standard format / encoding for xml?

  Hi We are developing this application which uses different platforms like .NET, J2EE, Documentum etc. Data resides in Oracle. Application is exchanging data across these platforms using XML over HTTP protocol. The problem comes when one perfectly (almost  ) created&nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development oleDbCommand Fill error

  Hi, I have a dataset that is filled from a OleDBCommand that reads an excel file. This dataset is a typed dataset with a specific definition, meaning that it has some fields of type Double and others type string. For some strange reason when I tried to the Fill from the OleDbCommand I got an error that said: "Input string was not in a correct format. at System.Data.DataColumn.set_Item(Int32 record, Object value) Couldn't store < ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can I reach the Tag of a checkedListBox-Item??

  Hi! I created a CheckedListBox. Every contained item got an unique Tag: ListViewItem baItem = new ListViewItem(bauabschnitt.BA_Bezeichnung); baItem.Tag = bauabschnitt.BA_ID; listBA.Items.Add(baItem.Text); Now I want to loop through the selectedItems and retrieve the Tag of each item. But I only can do something like this: foreach (int indexBA in listBA.CheckedIndices) { string baBez = (string)listboxBAS.Items[indexBA]; ... } Isn' ...Show All

• SQL Server Maintenance Plans Cleanup Task does not delete files

  Hello, I've created a Maintenance Plan with a Backup Task and a Cleanup Task. The Backup task works fine, but not the cleanup task. When I execute the maintenant plan, there's none error message but the old backup files aren't deleted. Could you help me please Thanks I was a bit puzzled by this as well, but then i read the help file: Backup and restore history Retaining recor ...Show All

• Visual C# A beautiful language ruined by generics

  I've read all your arguments. I see good points of each side. Thank you for letting me enjoy this article. It seems the question is for C#'s code readability v.s. code reusability. As a solution developer I prefer not to use generic or template because my problem domain resides in a specific classes or types. However if I need to maintain or to develop a library, I probabily look into generic stuff. Hmm... ...Show All

• Visual C# Saving A MDI Child Form From Its MDI Parent's Toolstrip

  I have searched the web and I cannot seem to find out how to call a public save function in an mdi child from its mdi parent’s toolstrip. I’m basically after the same functionality as you get in something like Word. You can have several documents open, but when you click on save from the toolstrip it only saves the active document. How do I get this to work   Either: a) create a save event on you ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions compiling and building

  hey guys, does any one know how i can compile the  *.ccp i wrote on other on other software ( say C++ 6.0 or Borland Builder 6) I’m having hard time compiling  on C++ express 2005 edition, languages that were written some where . You probably want the x86 file. The other two are for the two 64bit versions of Windows. The x86 file is for 32-bit Windows. As far as I am aware there is no 64 bit ve ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Is it possible to connect to SQL Server Express?

  From the SQL Server Express web site it claims that you can use Visual C# Express 2005 with SQL Server Express 2005, but I have yet to find a way to make that happen. When I try to select a data source the only options I get are Microsoft Access Database File Microsoft SQL Server Database File When I try to select the latter, I just go on a wild goose chase where it claims that I don't have credentials with the server. When I use the re ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista vista 5231

  Help!!! Please.. I've just got build 5231, and installed it onto my box. Some weird and horrible reason it's not allowing my network card to install correctly. I have a SIS 900 integrated network card, that according to device manager, it has installed but requests me to re-install the drivers. When I go through the motions it has my drivers listed in the drivers list. But always reports that an error has occured whilst installing. I've download ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Retrieving icons from application's resource

  Hello, I was trying to write a small piece of code which would allow me to retrive the program's icon in the resource sections of another program. I've got this so far: HMODULE library = LoadLibraryEx( path , NULL, DONT_RESOLVE_DLL_REFERENCES); HICON hicon = (HICON)LoadImage(library, MAKEINTRESOURCE( index ), IMAGE_ICON, 0, 0, LR_DEFAULTCOLOR); Where path is the path to the executable I want to load, index being the number of the icon. Calling G ...Show All

• Visual Studio No such interface supported

  Seemingly out of the blue, while I was working, the Visual SourceSafe web service returned this error when I tried to interact with the VSS 2005 database through remote access ("internet access") in Visual Studio 2005... Unable to cast COM object of type '...' to interface of type '...'. The operation failed because the query interface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{...}' failed due to the following error: No ...Show All

• Smart Device Development PocketOutlook DaysOfWeekMask

  Just wondering if anybody out there is having trouble with the Monthly by Numer recurrence rules in the Microsoft.WindowsMobile.PocketOutlook API I cant seem to set multiple weekdays for the DaysOfWeekMask when recurrence is set as Month by Number, it throws an exception. This forum is intended to deal with issues directly related to the .NET Compact Framework. It appears that this question can be ...Show All

• SQL Server Date Format

  Hi, I want my query should return a content of date field in 'MMM-YYYY' format. Can Anyone help me to get this There is no built in function to do that. You can use the date functions like datename to get theappropiate results. HTH, Jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All

• SQL Server Inner Join problem

  SELECT * FROM items JOIN products ON items.product_id = products.product_id AND release_date > CURRENT_DATE; In the above , would you please explain its algorithm logic How does it process Another way to look at this is the clause order. Each executes in an order that is very important to understanding how the query works. This is the order (I can't remember where a good resource on this subject is, but I will find on ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to create an extended form base class?

  I want to create a new form base with additional properties, methods and events. How do i do this I tried creating the following (VB.Net code) but i cannot inherit it using the add inherited form wizard. Public MustInherit Class BaseForm    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form    ...      Public MustOverride Property X() End Class And if i try to inherit it manualy it gives ...Show All