mikul's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Missing Data Sources (providers) from Import Wizard

  I have installed SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition, and I am trying to use the Import Wizard to bring in an Access database. Upon the opening of the wizard, I am presented with a drop down combo box with very few choices. I am trying to add more data sources (Access, Excel), but do not know how this list gets populated. I have MS Office 2003 installed (re-installed) and re-installed the SQL component piece that contains the data sources. I eve ...Show All

• Windows Forms Error when editing Datagrid style?

  I am using VS2005 beta 2. I convert my VS2003 project and edit it at VS2005.  When I try to edit the datagrid by clicking on its TableStyles property, I error of "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". Is there any major change in datagrid that cause this error Any method to set datagrid's properties using VS2005 UI Hi, Sad to say but I cant replicate your situation ( I don't have a VS2003 installation ). Bu ...Show All

• Visual Studio PowerToys for the Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer and Distributed System Designers

  We’ve published a set of set of add-ins which augments existing functionality in the Visual Studio 2005 Class Designer and the Distributed Systems Designers. The Design Tools Enhancements add-in provides a common set of features that can be used by both the Class Designer and the Distributed System Designers , such as pan/zoom window and rich formatting commands. The Class Designer Enhancements add-in provides additional functionality for the ...Show All

• Visual C# Connect to Access

  Hi. I Need a sample code to connect to an Access DB and execute a query such as select, insert, ... I want to don't any work in design and all do in code, please. Thank you so much. Everything is working. All I need to do is add extra rows if needed and I'm all done. No help is needed yet. ...Show All

• .NET Development Transaction and Connection Closing in Enterprise library january 2006

  Transaction and Connection Closing in Enterprise library january 2006. How Can I handle Transaction and Connetion in Enterprise library january 2006 We are using Enterprise Library on our ASP.NET project. We are using DatabaseFactory.CreateDatabase() and DbConnection.BeginTransaction() and DbConnection.Commit() in our Business Logic Layer. Are the calling of these methods are appropriate in Business Logic Layer or not. if your answer is in ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Transfer an app to device emulator

  How to manually transfer an app to device emulator I wanna transfer an console app ( binary ) to smartphone (Windows CE 5.0 )emulator and start it. Thx in advance Hi, use the remote file viewer, connect to your virtuak device and the use the export file feature to import the file from your dektopto your emulator. ...Show All

• Visual Basic datagrid and multiple forms (vb.net 2003)

  Hello, i'm having trouble adding a new row to the datagrid from a second, different form. I keep getting the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". Now, it works when i place my code in the same form as the datagrid but not from the second form, like i said. Here is the code i'm using to add a new row to the datagrid: ' frmMain is where the datagrid is located Dim main As frmMain Private Sub btnAdd_Click(ByVal sender ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSTS Developer without Team Foundation Server

  Hi all I would like to install Visual Studio Team System for Developers in order to have features like Code Profiling, Unit testings, Test Case managment but I don't want to install Team Foundation Server. Is this possible by deselecting the installation of Team Systems Client Tools during the installation process Thank you very much Some of the tools will be available.  You will not have any reporting ...Show All

• Visual Basic Menu Item Order

  Can somebody please tell me how to control the order of the menu items in a context menu. Currently they are in the order that I add them. Even Just changing the order in which they add would help(currently they add down the menu. I want to be able to add them up so that as I add new menu items the original stays where the menu starts). Thanks in Advance To customize the context menus, go to Tools -> Cust ...Show All

• .NET Development Having problems running a web service in Visual Studio 2005

  I created a web service following the steps laid out in http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/87h5xz7x.aspx I have encountered several problems. 1. When I open the project I get the following. "The site http://localhost /BriConvert1 has not been configured for use with ASP.NET 2.0. Microsoft Visual Studio has been designed for use with ASP.NET 2.0. If not configured some features may make incorrect assumptions, and pages desi ...Show All

• Visual Basic Validating DBNull - VB.NET Bug??

  Hi All, I have a DB Column "Contact Name" that does not accept null values. When I add a new record and leave this column 'blank' and click on "Save", I get an error message saying "Column Does not allow Null values". So far so good. If I enter a value for "Contact" name and save it, it saves it to the database. Now, If I edit this record and erase the value for "Contact" name and c ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problematic textbox - anchoring issues

  This problem just came suddenly. Everything was working fine, but now the textbox gets 98 pixels added to its Y axis everytime the solution is rebuilt. The same thing happens with any other control. It is placed inside a panel which is docked&n ...Show All

• Windows Forms User Control Property

  hi, I have a user control which consist of a datagrid and a few buttons. i want to add a collection property to the user control, (like items property of the combo box control) so that key and values for the colection can be added at design time. how can i achieve this... thanks in advance Create your own collections class... Public Class MyCollection Inherits System . Collections . CollectionBase ' Invokes A ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions sorting a list of file using their last modified date-time

  Hi guys! I have a simple (not for me) problem. I use this line: Dim fileEntries As String() = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles("c:\dirname") to list all files in c:\ dirname directory. Then I have an array (of strings) sorted by ascending filenames. Now I need that array sorted by each file's last modified date-time. Is there a simple way to do this Is there a way to have an array of all files (listed by last modified date-time ...Show All

• SQL Server Why can't I add a specific Group to SQL Server Login

  Hi, I am trying to add "Remote Desktop Users" as a login group to SQL Server 2005 (i.e. so they can log into management studio). I get a "Not Found Error" (see below). But it is of course found, because I selected it :-) What is going on here I see the "Administrators" group and various SQL Server groupls added automatically there, so there must be a way, right I know I can add each user in the group individual ...Show All