fripper's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Help with ODBC connection

  C++ unmanaged Using ODBC: My app prompts the user for a DSN connection. It then stores the connection string and uses it later. Getting the connection string (this works): m_sDSN.Empty(); CDatabase db; if (db.OpenEx (m_sDSN, CDatabase::forceOdbcDialog)) { m_sDSN = db.GetConnect (); db.Close(); } This brings up the DSN selection dialog. Although I could choose differnent DSNs, for testing m_sDSN ends up with this connecti ...Show All

• Windows Forms Viewing a Word Doc within a Windows Forms application.

  I would like to have a word doc displaying within my windows forms application. Currently i'm using the IE active X control which when given the correct location will load the word doc within IE. There must be a more elegant solution ...Show All

• SQL Server Issues for "embedded" SSIS solutions

  My warehouse app employs a distributed architecture. Extractions from disparate (wildly so) systems, and transformations and loads into a standardized schema are performed at various locations close to the source systems (both physically and "logically" speaking). There are security and other reasons for this. However this causes some related design and implementation challenges for the ETL processing. For one, the ETL processes mus ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions [newbie] Webbrowser question

  Hello all, I am working on an application that will print a saved Web page without displaying it to the user. I have found a code sample in the help that would do exactly this. Here is the code: public void PrintHelpPage () { WebBrowser webBrowserForPrinting = new WebBrowser(); webBrowserForPrinting.Url = new Uri (@ file://c:/out.html ); webBrowserForPrinting.DocumentCompleted += new WebBrowserDocumentCompletedE ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Where is DoubleBuffer?

  In Windowsforms application, we can set ControlStyle.DoubleBuffer to true to prevent flicker caused by the redrawing of the control. In WPF, where is it Currently there is a very bad flicker in my animation . You probably need to read up a bit on WPF rendering, it's very different from GDI. There's no way to control this from your WPF application. They're working very hard to make sure there's no tearing during animation. What kind o ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Require a Changeset comment on CheckIn

  I've poked around a bit, and cannot see where I would require that a Changeset Comment be required on Check In. I see that I am able to require Comments from the four roles (Code Reviewer, Security Reviewer, Performance Reviewer, and Developer). But, I like the fact that the Changeset comments are associated automatically and displayed in the Build report. Is this supported by default, and am I just missing something Or, will I need to writ ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2 Patterns for single Crystal Report (rpt) file

  Hi everybody, Is it possible to display two different pattern of reports and must be on separate pages First Page displays a summary, second page displays details and other info. Having problem doing this placing except for company details on page header and the rest on the Details part of the report. Pattern: First Page: Company Logo Company Name Company Address Statement of Acc ...Show All

• Visual C# No Constructors Defined

  I have yet another simple question. I know that in C# if you write a class and do not define a constructor the default base class constructor is defined for your class. I also know that if you write a class and then make its constructor private it will not be accessible to calling classes, therefore making it impossible to instantiate the class. The problem I am having is that certain classes in the C# language give an error of "no constru ...Show All

• .NET Development WeakReference and TrackResurrection

  I would like to understand the difference between short and long WeakReference in .Net, and in particular how they are respectively intended to be used. I think a have a clear view of the short weak reference behavior and purpose. But my understanding of the long weak reference is limited. In particular, I do not really understand the resurrection metaphor, is-it possible to re-root the reference from within the finalizer Thanks in advance, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to Hide Blinking Cursor in the Textbox

  I have a problem now hiding the blinking cursor on the textbox, how can i do this in visual basic express if i set it to textbox1.readonly = true, the cursor still appear, what i've done is setting the textbox to textbox1.enabled = false is there any way to hide it thanks:) ...Show All

• Visual Basic Help with Calender

  Hi I'm really new to programing and am having trouble with a feature of an application i am writing. I need a callender where the user can select a date and another form will popup with space to enter text i then want this to be saved so that when the same date is selected from the calender again it will open up the window with text. As i said I am very new to programing and any help or code will be appreciated. Tris ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can I override the built-in context menu in a ToolStripComboBox?

  I want to put in a ContextMenuStrip for a ToolStripComboBox so I can add other functionality to it. The only thing I can assign a ContextMenuStrip to is the ToolStrip itself. I have set up the MouseDown event of the ToolStripComboBox to create a ContextMenuStrip with the Items and their events but I can only get the menu to show when clicking on the dropdown arrow. If I ckick inside the textbox portion the only ContextMenu I get is the ...Show All

• Visual C# Dynamical casting with Hashtable

  Hi everybody. Could anyone help me with this I have theese 3 classes: using System; using System.Collections; using System.Reflection; namespace ConsoleApplication1 { class Class1 { [STAThread] static void Main( string [] args) { Hashtable ht = new Hashtable(); Class2 cl2 = new Class2(); Class3 cl3 = new Class3(); ht["CDS"] = cl2; ht["SAP" ...Show All

• Architecture Business Layer Architecture

  Hi All, I am doing research on the all the possible Business layer stratigies(it is be compiled Vs workflow and rule engine or any other idea ).I need to know what all strategies and technologies are there in dotnet to achieve this. If somebody can refer me a good book especially on this topic, that would be of great help regards bhaskar seekbhaskar@gmail.com ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to pass parameters from one form to another?

  Hi All, I use the follwing statement   frmDetail.Show() to bring up another form on existing form but I want to pass One parameter in this form. How can I pass parameters in windows form I know in asp.net web forms we can use response.redirect  ...Show All