Michael K Campbell's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ vc++8.0 bug: access violation upon call of any CImageList methods

  I have sucessfully imported and compiled a complex MFC 6.0 project from vc++6.0  into vc++ 8.0 (MFC 8.0). It contains several subprojects (libs and dlls). In vc++ 6.0 those project linked MFC6.0 statically and after I imported it to vc++ 8.0 I set the linkage of MFC8.0 to "shared". However when I try to compile and link the project in vc++ 8.0 in release mode (debugmode works fine) I get an acess violation in afxcomctl32.inl. This happnes w ...Show All

• SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP update now available

  There is a new Management Studio Express CTP download available at   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=82AFBD59-57A4-455E-A2D6-1D4C98D40F6E&displaylang=en . This update fixes the defect where installing the full Books Online documentation prevented Management Studio Express from starting.  With the update, Management Studio Express and Books Online no longer interfere with each other. To update Management Stu ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro need a object treeview in foxpro (link to table)

  a treeview object link to database or table for a fast read (example listbox, combobox) (no object add to for display treeveiw) I would just like to second that: a native vfp treeview would be great! The activeX version is a hassle to work with. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Problem with DataReader.Update, CommandBuilder

  It doesn't ******** work!! here's the code, taken from...ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.v80.en/MS.MSDN.v80/MS.NETDEVFX.v20.en/cpref/html/T_System_Data_SqlClient_SqlCommandBuilder.htm Dim myConn As New SqlCeConnection("Data Source = " & "\Storage\MASDB.SDF") Dim myDataAdapter As New SqlCeDataAdapter() Dim strSQL as String = "SELECT Text FROM Test where ID = 1" myDataAdapter.SelectCommand = New SqlCeCommand(strSQL, myConn) Dim cb As SqlCeCommandBuilde ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Issue with MS 3.0 Outlook version

  When I enter CRM via the outlook version, It will open all the list views but will not let me drill down into specific acounts, contacts etc. The link will simply not do anything. They will work if I have the web version open. Thanks Hi, Please send a screen shot of your Outlook client showing this issue so that the engineer can investigate this for you. You can send it to budsup@microsoft.com ...Show All

• Visual C# MS, MVP feedback, question: casts / conversions -- some way to automate?

  Is there some way to adjust the warning level and other compiler flags so that the c# compiler is 1) not so darned finnicky about expressions using mixed floating point and integer types and 2) actually performs automatic conversions more correctly than it does, like a 'C++' compiler some feedback on this also -- requiring explicit casts in so many situations is all downside, as far as I am concerned: Its very time consuming having ...Show All

• Visual C++ Found fix but WHY is it needed?

  This is a brand new MFC program I created thru VS and C++ version 6.  When I added a new dialog which only has a progress bar and named it IDD_COMPUTER_SPEED I get the following errors "error C2065: 'IDD_GET_COMPUTER_SPEED' : undeclared identifier" and "error C2057: expected constant expression" both pointing to the .h file that was created automatically.  I don't know why I'm getting these error beca ...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 Express Editions RSS Screensaver Starter Kit

  This thread is the place to ask questions and provide feedback for the RSS Screensaver Starter Kit.  How about where is the " RSS Screensaver Starter Kit" for starters George J. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Project Location is not trusted

  Hi All, I have Visual C# 2005 express edition installed on my computer and I'm having trouble with non trusted projects. All my projects are saved in the default location (my documents\visual studio 2005) yet, if I save a solution I received via email in that folder and try to open it in Visual C#, it complains that the location is not trusted. All other projects created within Visual C# 2005 work fine. I looked at the sln and csproj fil ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Determine if Bluetooth or GPRS connection

  Hi, How is it possible to determine if the bluetooth, gprs or wlan is turned on in my ppc or smartphone if not then how is it possible to turn it on regards, rnv not sure about Bluetooth, from what I've read, it's none too easy to check whether bluetooth is on, or a device is connected. We have some customers who use bluetooth GPS devices, and we've had to tell them that they have to manually ensure that the devices are paired ...Show All

• Smart Device Development unresolved external symbol wWinMain referenced in function wWinMainCRTStartup

  Hi. I used the included wizard with VS2005 to update my EVC++ 3.0 created project. After sifting through other migration issues I ended up with the error given in the title: unresolved external symbol wWinMain referenced in function wWinMainCRTStartup Ick. I looked at another forum entry, but it did not seem to help. It just created more problems. What do I do to resolve this Keith What does the w i ...Show All

• Smart Device Development emulator ppc can't connect to internet with a connection behind proxy.

  Dear Experts, I am using vs 2005 beta 2 and vs 2005 release team suite. I configure emulator ppc 2003 to connect internet like normal. But today, when i use a connection which stand behide proxy with port 3128. I do like below but it doesn't work, can you see and tell me how i can configure that. Many thank for your instruction. 1) From vs2005:     Tool->options->Device Tools 2) I choose Pocket Pc 2003 SE Emulator ....etc... ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to get files with multiple conditions

  Suppose i want to GetFiles from a folder where FileName starts with 'A' and ends with 'A'. How do i do this Is this possible to do using Directory.GetFiles() ~nhd Yes, with a good constructed wildcard, you can. Here's an example of using GetFiles method to search d:\ and all files that starts with "A" and ends with "A", with any file extension: string [] files = Directory.GetFiles( ...Show All

• .NET Development Data access with Nested DataList problem!!

  hi all, i am using nested datalists in my ASPX page. I have a table MainCat where I have two(2) fields: Id and Name. And anohter tabel Details with five(5) fields: DetailsId,Id(foreigh key),ItemName,HitCount,DateAdded Now I want to use those MainCategories from MainCat table the Items(ItemName) for which have HitCount greate than 0(zero) I want to display like this: Maincate1 ItemName(1) hitcount ItemName(2) hitcount ... MainCat2 ItemName(1) hi ...Show All