milo68's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Cross Thread Headache

  I am having a cross thread headache with my control I have created. I have a control on a form (frmUtils) when an event is raised by this control I want to update a listbox on my main form (frmMain) to show this data. I have read a lot of posts about this problem but nothing seems to give me an elegant solution. Setting CheckForIllegalCrossTheadCalls=False, causes other code sections to stop working properly. It is very frustrating when something that was so simple in VB6 is suddenly more than a days work in 2005 Does anyone have an comments / thoughts Thanks Private Sub control_Event( ByVal sender ...Show All

• Visual C++ Newbie question

  Sorry if the answer to this question is out there already, I have looked but I must be looking in all the wrong places.  I am coming back into the C++ world after being away from any sort of coding for years, and I was still  newbie even then. But, in the desigh mode of VSC++ Beta2, is there a way to link the a component such as FileSystemWatcher with a contol/window piece visually, or do you have to physically edit the code at teh code leve I can't seem to find anything to explain how to deal with the components you can drag onto the form even though I have found several on how to deal with the controls. Thanks. ...Show All

• Windows Forms App doesn't release resources when closed

  Hi, I have a windows app that takes data from a couple of web services. I have noticed that when I close the app using wither the close box or the exit menu (me.close code behind) that although the app visually closes it still holds memory resources as can be viewed from the task manager - prosesses.  Does anyone know why this is Thanks ...Show All

• Smart Device Development DLL linker error security_cookie ???

  Hi, I'm trying to build my former eVC++ 4.0 Setup.dll with the new Visual Studio 2005 ( PPC 2003 SE ). I builds fine with the Mobile 5 SDK but not under the PPC 2003 SE. I get the following linker error in multiple places : SetupDll.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __security_cookie referenced in function ... After commenting some code it comes down to the following lines: WIN32_FIND_DATA data; ZeroMemory( &data, sizeof( WIN32_FIND_DATA )); In particular it complains about the ZeroMemory() call. Anybody knows what's going on here -Stefan /GS is generally considered goodness from a s ...Show All

• Visual C# Disable button

  Hi, I want the following thing to happen: I have FORM1 and FORM2. When I push on a button on FORM1, FORM2 should open. But my problem is, that when I push again on the button, I get 2 times FORM2. How should I fix this Thx You need to open FORM2 as a modal form, not as a modeless form. So, use Form.ShowDialog() and not Form.Show() ...Show All

• SQL Server How find WHICH HW requirement that is not met?

  Dear All, I get a warning from the SQLExpress 2005 installation that a hardware requirement is not met. The error printout gives absolutely NO info about which requirement that is not met. So far I have manually scrutinized the HW req's and compared with my machine and found no errors. Is there a test program somewhere that can tell exactly which requirement that is not met How can this error message have passed system test I reminds me of a Zilog compiler/linker ca 1980 that bailed out with the highly informative error printout: "link error" and nothing more. That was 25+ years ago... /:o( wabo ...Show All

• .NET Development How can i made a UserControl with Panel

  Hello, I wan’t to make a UserControl. On the UserControl is a Panel. This panel should include some other Components after using the Control. I made the UserControl and put it on a Form. If i want to add a control in it, VB put it behind or in front of the UserControl. It doesn’t add the Cotnrol in the Panel. How can i do it Greets Marco To allow your custom control to be a container control, you need to add above the class defintion this code: [ Designer ( "System.Windows.Forms.Design.ParentControlDesigner, System.Design" , typeof ( IDesigner ))] public partial class UserCon ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System MS Project - can't get work items

  We get the following error on MS Project : TF80071: Team Foundation encountered an error while accessing the work item database.  Please contact the Team Foundation Server administrator. We have Office SP2 and Project SP2 Any ideas Salut Jean-Pierre, You'll have to give us a bit more details I can't really help you with just this. Cheers, ET ...Show All

• SQL Server Swedish characters in parameter

  Hi I’m trying to create a report against a Analysis Service Cube. Everything works except when im adding parameters in the report with Swedish characters in the dimension. When I preview the report I got an error, invalid token......  I guess that MDX doesn’t support international characters like aao What’s my options Is my only option to change the name of the dimensions /Stefan ...Show All

• .NET Development Installing SQL Express and .Net for IIS in Setup Project

  I have a web service that uses SQL Express. I have looked at web setup projects and Web Deployment projects. Under the setup project properties prerequisits I've selected .net framework 2.0,windows installer 3.1 and sqlserver 2005 express edition. After I run the install on a new virtural machine (clean) there is no asp.net available in IIS and sql express is not installed. How do I get these services installed durring my install process Do these services need to be installed with "Custom Actions" Thanks MFZ Ok I feel dumb. I was running the .msi instead of the setup. So none of the pr ...Show All

• Windows Forms comboboxcolumn in datagridview

  I am getting an error of "Getting the Size property of a cell in a shared row is not a valid operation." when I click the comboboxcolumn. Any fix to this problem This is a bug that is fixed in newer builds. Don't use full row select is the only workaround that I can recall. -mark DataGridView Program Manager Microsoft This post is provided "as-is" ...Show All

• Visual Basic Ingres ADO question

  I'm creating a VB.NET (2005) app using Ingres r3 as the backend db. I'm using the Ingres ODBC driver and ADO from Microsoft. I can read data from the db with no problem, but I can't write it back. (err msg says it is a read only driver, but Ingres tech support says it's a read/write). Anyone trying to do the same thing Hi , I think we may perform the test below to narrow down the problem. 1. Based on my understanding, when you tried to do that in VB.NET you will get the error. Here is a link about how to use ODBC in VB.NET for your reference. http://geekswithblogs.net/brcraju/archive/2004/02/03/1689.a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Math Help

  I guess I am having a brain-lock but I am having problems subtracting. I have a variable called Money that is an integer with an initial value of 10. I want to subtract from it and show the results in a text box. The text box shows the initial value of 10. For example, I want to reduce it by .25 and then show that result in the text box. However, I've tried it a few ways and either it wont reduce or only reduce one time. Suggestions on a simple way to subtract this I display the amount in txtMoney When I do it this way: txtMoney.Text = money - 0.25 and then try it again, it wont reduce it anymore..just that one time...Suggestions ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How can I override an event handler?

  If I have a base class A and a derived class B how can I override an event handler and keep FxCop happy   public class A : Form {   ...   this .pictureColor.Paint += new System.Windows.Forms. PaintEventHandler ( this .pictureBoxColor_Paint);   ...   protected virtual void pictureBox_Paint( object sender PaintEventArgs e)   {     Base.OnPaint();   } }       class B : A {   internal B( ) : base ()   {   }   protected override void pictureBox_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)   {   &n ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Developing apps in Vista

  I have WinXP configured with VS 2005 "Whidbey". I want to get ready and start building Avalon applications but downloading Windows SDK is pain due to its size(1.1GB).And this is a pre-requiste before installing WinFX Development Tools "Orcas".After downloading 1.1GB of Windows SDK it has to be burnt into a DVD to continue with installation. And I don't have a DVD writer.Is there any other way out Also I have Longhorn OS installed in other partition configured with VS 2005 "Whidbey" . Do you know what additional software components needs to be installed in a Longhorn OS to develop Avalon/Indigo applications.. ...Show All