Dan Dieckmann's Q&A profile

• Visual C# Firewall Hook Driver w/ .NET

  I am looking for information on using a firewall hook driver with .NET. Does anyone know of any articles, books, or other resources that may discuss this topic What do you mean by "using" with .NET If you want to create a firewall hook driver using .NET then the answer is no. A firewall hook driver runs in kernel mode and .NET cannot be used in kernel mode. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Beta 3 Setup Error: Windows SharePoint Services is not configured as recommended by Team Foundation Server

  I am trying to install Team Foundation Server Beta 3 as single server installation and installed all required software components. However, during the installation, it gives me "Windows SharePoint Services is not configured as recommended by Team Foundation Server" error under "Recommened Components" dialog box. I exactly have followed an instruction specified in setup guide for Team Foundation Server Beta 3 for SharePoint services installation. ...Show All

• Visual C# Inheritance Issue!!!!!

  I have a exceptionBase class for application level exception and one data tire base class.Now I want to create a class which will inherit both the above base classes. How can I approach thsi I am using abstract base classes... Please suggets me some guide lines..... regards ashok No sorry I wasn't clear...in Dave's post: http://davidkean.net/archive/2005/01/02/216.aspx he shows how to define an AddOnClass and t ...Show All

• SQL Server How can I use a Date Picker in a report

  I have a parametrized report which actually uses a combo with dates to render the report. And I want to change it for a Date picker. Can I do it Thanks in advance. That's right - the date picker was added after Beta 2 (from what I can recall, it first appeared in the June CTP). At this point, Beta 2 is way out of date, and you should be looking at the released version, if possible ... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Test Run Error (Beta 2): Deployment from network share is denied by current user settings

  Hi all, Beta 2 looks and feels great so far. I am developing in a VM, but keep my project files on a central server, which is accessed through a network shared (mapped drive). When trying to run a basic unit test, this is the error message I get Failed to Queue Test Run  '<something here>' with id {2ddc7564-d243-427e-967b-fbb3209a0e94}: Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.TestManagementInterface.ExecutionException: The file or dire ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums My Google Translator Activity (It Works!)

  I just made a translator activity, that will translate what you say, or what your buddy says in up to 18 different languages! Heres what you set your xml file to: < xml version="1.0" >  <Entry>   <EntryID>7</EntryID>   <Error />   <Locale>en-us</Locale>   <Kids>1</Kids>   <Page>1</Page>   <Category>50</Category>   <Seque ...Show All

• SQL Server How to load data into a table using a synonym?

  I'd like to use a data flow task to load data into a table by specifying the synonym name of the destination table, instead of the actual table name. The OLE DB Destination is forcing me to pick an actual table or view from a drop down list. Any ideas on how to get around this Thank you. This will be fixed in SP1, so that synonyms also appear in the UI in the drop down list. For RTM, the workaround is to ...Show All

• Windows Forms Communication between windows services and windows applications

  Hello everybody, I know how to send a custom command from a Windows Application to a Windows Service. Is it possible to send a custom command from the Windows Service to the Windows Application Thanks in advance, Panagiotis. What you're talking about is inter-process communcation. Try the following google link: http://www.google.ie/search hl=en&safe=off&q=.net+interprocess+communication&spell=1 ...Show All

• Visual Basic Howto: Return data from one form to another

  Hi! I want to return data to calling point of  the form, but i can't return data when the called form closes. Please tell me how can i return data from one from to another. Shani! Hi Spotty- I tried your example and it worked great.  When I tried to adjust it to my situation, I couldn't get it to work.  Obviously, I'm new to this.  Here's my problem: I have a checkedListBox with seven i ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView Pt.2

  Ok. I have a DataGridView object, and I have the SelectionMode property set to FullRowSelect. Ok, so now this lets me to be able to select the rows in the DataGridView object just as I would in a ListBox object. Now what I want to know how to do is, when I select a row in the DataGridView object, for the text within the row to be placed into a textbox. I hope everyone can understand what I am trying to say. It is the same principle with a ListBo ...Show All

• SQL Server Export Data to MS Access file

  Hi guys, I use Data Flow Task to export data from SQL table to MS Access file. In Connection Manager for Data Flow Destination task I specify  provider "Native OLEDB/MicrosoftJet 4.0" and path to Access file in Database file name box. In design time I have no validation error. Everything looks fine. However in run time mode I'm getting error: "Error: 0xC020801C <Datataset name> , MS Access File [1459]: The AcquireC ...Show All

• Windows Forms Finding Design Time assembly

  In a run-time assembly I specify a UIDesigner for a component's property using string notation, for a designer in another design time assembly. How does Visual Studio then find my design time assembly where the actual designer resides  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Unable to connect to BIS server

  Hello everyone, I was getting this problem on several machines while trying to connect to a team foundation server from vs.net.  Through reading posts I began to understand the problem as being caused because VS.NET was trying to connect to a server it was already connected to.  So I went into the file, C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\Portfolio Explorer\TeamExplorer.config and edited out all ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Newb Question: Opening Forms inside main form

  I'm completely new to programming, my knowledge only goes as far as html, css and light php so I'm way in over my head. :) I've been through the tutorials but all the teach is how to pop open a form in a new window. I need it to display as though it was seamless. I've created Form1 and I want to use that as the main design of everything. What I need to do is open up all other forms created inside of Form1. For instance, if someone clicks on the ...Show All

• Visual C# Query Commands

  Ok. I am trying to use the query command "LIKE", but its not working. I have a row with the name Ben Stuart - A moment inside. When I use the following code: SELECT * FROM TableName WHERE Title LIKE ' e*'; and its not working, it just shows a blank table. But when I use the following code: SELECT * FROM TableName WHERE Title LIKE 'B%' ..then it works just fine. I know the first block of code is to match the criteria to the second letter, and the ...Show All