Sweetlou's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms DataGrid update

  I have a DataGrid showing some records and when the user double-clicks one of them, a Form is open to allow the user edit the data using a DataSet cloned from the DataSet used the Main DataGrid.  The Update in the Database happens but  ...Show All

• .NET Development invalid schema messages in app.config

  Hi, I have built a config file with the following section I recieve the following messages, which I want to get rid of. I must be doing something wrong if I get these messages every time I build. could not find schema information for element PluginConfiugration could not find schema information for element plugin could not find schema information for element class .. etc. < configSections >< section name = " PluginC ...Show All

• SQL Server Filtering Table name with Parameter

  <br><br>I obtain table names from a database and pass them to a dropdownlist. Based on user selection, I want to pass each table name to a query.Here is an extract from my code: <asp:SqlDataSource ID="SqlDataSource1" runat="server" ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:ConnectionString %>" SelectCommand="select * from @dDTable"> <SelectParameters> &l ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error TF42052

  Hi, I received the "TF42052 : The file system on the build machine does not support access control lists. Please specify build directory on a file system that supports access control lists like NTFS " error when I try to build on the server. Sorry, I posted this in another forum as well but I wasn't getting any responses I use the Team Foundation Server Workgroup Edition and the Team Explorer version is 8.0.50727.147. ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem Installing AdventureWorksDB.msi

  I'm running on a stand alone machine. No network connections. I get the following error message when running this script: "Error 1316. A network error occurred while attempting to read from the file C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\AdventureWorksDB[1].msi" So how do I resolve this problem, so I can get the Adventure Works DB installed I faced the same problem. I saved Adventu ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions New to Visual Basic 2005 / Need Suggestions for books, tutorials, etc

  Hi all I am new to programming, and new to Visual Basic. I just downloaded VB 2005 Express Edition about a week ago, and I have been taking the msdn video lessons. I am on video 6 of the 16 videos. There are so many books out there for Visual Basic that I don't know where to start. Maybe if I tell you what my goal is for using Visual Basic that will help you point me in the right direction. My company has an Information Technology Applic ...Show All

• .NET Development Why does ArrayList not have a Get(int index) method??!

  Hi there, Why does ArrayList not have a Get(int index) method Java's version does and this is exactly what I need because I want to pick out certain objects in the list and make a new list from them. It seems silly that it doesn't. Using Enumerators is fine if you want to go through the whole list. But I want to look at individual objects in the list at random places. Is there another List class that I can use or another way I can do this Tha ...Show All

• Visual Basic Brushes? How do I pass a "Brushes" as a parameter?

  Hi I want to fill a rectangle with a Colour. Graph.FillRectangle(Brushes.AliceBlue, x + 1 , y + 1 , W - 1 , hgt - 1 ) That works fine  so whats my problem Well i don't want to use the same colour all the time so i wrap it in a method and pass the color in as a parameter.  But How i tried something like Dim myBrushes As Brushes myBrushes = Brushes.Aquamarine    'to try and pass this as a parameter ...Show All

• SQL Server Login failed for user'(null)'

  In VWD 2005EE Beta 2 I was able to connect to my SQL Server 2000 database with the below code in green: Sub BindMxDataGrid1() Dim connectionString As String = "server='ccsserver'; database='castsql'; trusted_connection=true" Dim CommandText As String Dim filtervalue As String = SearchField.Text.Replace( "'" , "''" ) If filtervalue = "" Then CommandText = "select Code, Name from Portfile ORDER BY Name" ...Show All

• .NET Development bug in Int32.Parse

  In Visual Studio 2005, the following throws a FormatException and it definitely shouldn't.  The same code works fine in Visual Studio 2003. This is the version that I am seeing the problem, running on XP:     Microsoft Visual Studio 2005     Version 8.0.50727.42  (RTM.050727-4200)     Microsoft .NET Framework     Version 2.0.50727     Installed Edition: Profes ...Show All

• SQL Server how do i get date into dd-mm-yy format??

  i have the following in an insert stored proc CONVERT(CHAR(8),GETDATE(),10) but this inserts 03-06-06. how do i get it to 06-03-06 Cheers, Craig Did you see the reply I posted -- Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/ Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/ wrote in message news:acc61a6e-96e2-4412-9e4f- ...Show All

• .NET Development Preparing a Web Service and VB.Net client for easy deployment.

  Hi I have developed a Web Service to provide and receive data via a VB.Net client application. One problem I have is easily preparing this for deployment. At the moment the Web Service and Client are both on my development machine, I have added a Reference to the Web Service in the Client project and the Web Service is addressed via localhost. How can I easily get this ready for deployment. The Web Service will be deployed on a local intranet ...Show All

• Windows Forms Input Validation on Windows Forms

  I am still having trouble getting this straight. I wonder if anyone can help. I have a straightforward Windows Forms application, displaying data in separate controls (not a Datagridview (yet)) bound to a database via a Dataset and BindingSource, all set up automatically in VS. I want to validate my user's input, so: 1. I want to do the validation as soon as the user enters data, while his attention is still on that field, AND I want to wr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Managing Shared Components between VSTS Projects

  How would one share component development between two VSTS Project teams Is this possible For example a team may be responsible for common UI components shared between between other projects. This development may be in tamdem. If you have a component that is common to multiple projects, one option is to use a separate team project for that component and only share the built component (binary reuse) with oth ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro BUILD PROBLEM

  Hi all,Im a new programmer in VFOX PRO 9 and im currently having a rather noobish problem. I want to make my application as a .exe file so i can distribute it to someone that doesnt has the vfp installed.i have included the dll files that are specified in help and have put the application as a top level in the application builder.i have disabled quick start and have selected a form as main so that program starts with that one.the problem is that ...Show All