Jax Developer's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Unit testing for beginners?

  I haven't found any beginner articles on how to use unit testing in VB. I'm not even sure exactly what it is (well, I understand the general idea). I'd love for some info or pointers for how to use this technology to help me write more robust code. Can anyone out there help me Keep in mind that I'm not a enterprise developer working on an n-tier scalable system, in a large scale team environment, blah, blah. Just an intermediate level coder that ...Show All

• Visual Basic I know VB.Net but I want to learn the basics of VB6 as quickly as possible

  I use VB.Net but I have a requirment to learn the basics of VB6 as quickly as possible. (sorry I m going backward :). I m mostly familiar with VB.Net but not with VB6 Anyideas, thanks Here's a good site to get started with: http://www.profsr.com/vb/vbintro.htm#content There's also a tonne of great content at the VB6 Resource Centre: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbrun/ Hope that helps, Jonathan Aneja The VB Team ...Show All

• SQL Server Having trouble using my component

  Hello, I have a component that I've built on one machine, compiled it, added it to my toolbox and it works fine. Now, I've ported (i.e. copied and pasted) the code to the project environment. it still compiles OK but for some reason it isn't made available when I go "Choose Items..." I've a feeling this is a problem with strong naming or something. In my AssemblyInfo.cs file on my laptop (where it works) I have the following: [assembly: Asse ...Show All

• Visual C# What's this error???

  When I try to changed the name of the control then I received this kind of message. "The name cannot be changed when there is a reference in the markup. Do you continue " Does anybody know where to fix this problem Thanks and Regards, Julia hmmm. when u change the name of the control on the proprety window what error code she has did you tried .. to see what MSDN says pleas ...Show All

• SQL Server Exporting Data from Database to a csv file

  Hi, How do I export data from my database table into a Comma separated value file format. I am using SQL Server 2005 with vb.net Thanks It would use the SQL Server Import / Export wizard , it is more comfortable than the BCP command, although in some cases like automatic commandline export thats the only choice. Right click the database and choose the Export... command. You will be guided though a w ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Threading on NETCF

  I am looking for a replacement of .NET's Monitor.Pulse(), PulseAll(), Wait(). Has anybody found a nice work around for that (in my opinion) silly limitation in Compact Framework Thank you very much for any help, Roland AlexY wrote: http://www.opennetcf.org/sdf The monitor in this compact framwork is not like the .NET Framework does. The monitor is block a state object inside the class. But ...Show All

• SQL Server Merge Replication - Weird Conflicts for no reason

  Hi. I am using Merge Replication on Sql Server 2005 (which works much better than 2000 by the way) and everything is working great except occassionally I will get some conflict rows for no reason. The same column(s) of the same row was updated at both 'PublishingServerName.DatabaseName' and 'SubscribingServerName.DatabaseName'. The resolver chose the update from 'PublishingServerName.DatabaseName' as the winner. I checked our audit table a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Were do i create a menu?

  Were do i create a menu |: tnx In the design view, you drag over a menu from the list of components in the toolbox. Then you just click on menu items and type to add them, and set their properties as you would any other item on a form. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Designer not showing up

  When I create a new WinFX Windows Application and open up the Window1.xaml file, it goes directly to the xml editor with the xaml file loaded (eventhough the WinFX Designer is the default).  So when i click the Design button at the bottom of VS2005, a blank page comes up and i can't do anything within it... should i seem something in the toolbox that i can drag over   Something doesn't seem to be correct. I uninstalled the Nov CTP o ...Show All

• Visual Studio using chart componet outside of reportviewer

  All I want to do is display a simple chart on a web page. I know I can create report file, add it there and display in reportviewer, that's pretty straightforward. But what I am curious about is if there is a way to use charting component directly. Not that there is anything wrong with doing it through reportviewer, but all those frames, scripts and all other verbose output that it generates seem a little excessive for my purpose. I am a ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB.NET :IMPORTANT QUESTION!!! please answer if you know

  I finish a project in vb.net, and i compiled it (in Release option). Now, it has 5 MB (aproximate) from my HDD(with the dll,exe etc.). When i execute, it takes ~34-38 MB from RAM (is huge, i think). Whay try to make a simply windows application project in vb.net with a blank form and compiled him->run and look or RAM ocupated...is mutch i think I suggest you read http://getdotnetco.web101.discountasp.net/GdncStore/free/Articl ...Show All

• .NET Development easy winsock question

  I've been using visual basic for a few years but I just switched to .NET today, and I can not figure out how to add a winsock control, can someone help me Thanks. I am very interested in learning how you used to use the VB6 winsock control. Do you use the control to implement a custom protocol ontop of TCP OR Do you generally use the control to implement a standard protocol such as HTTP or FTP to perfo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Builds failing with .NET Runtime error

  Last night the build process failed while initializing the build. I tried to start a build twice this morning with the same results. After checking the event logs of the build machine, I gave it a reboot and started another build which made it to the Compile phase before failing. In each case the the event log reports 2 errors: .NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.42 - Fatal Execution Engine Error (7A05E2B3) (80131506) Followed immediately by: Faul ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridViewComboBoxColumn Sorting

  hi Is there a way how to sort a DataGridViewComboBoxColumn by its DisplayMember instead of the ValueMember The problem is, that I can't just call the datagridview.Sort Method because the datagridview is bound to an external datasource. The DataGridViewComboBoxColumn is bound to an external datasource as well, and the ValueMember is an Integer. thanks Manuel No there isn't any way t ...Show All

• Windows Forms Forms Designer throws error but compiles OK

  I'm using VS2005 with a managed C++ project. I have 2 user controls in the project (along with a lot of other stuff), I was previously able to manually add the first control onto the GUI of the second but now I get an error from the Forms Designer: Could not find type 'Mcomms_Design.ControlOverlayImage'. Please make sure that the assembly that contains this type is referenced. If this type is a part of your development project, make sure t ...Show All