Ahmad_ADSC's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Dispose methods should call base class dispose

  Don't you thinkg that the requirement to place the call in a finally block so that it would be called for all code paths is too much Even the auto-generated WinForms Dispose() method doesn't pass that rule: protected override void Dispose(bool disposing) { if (disposing) { if (components != null) { components.Dispose(); } } base.Dispose(disposing); } My opinion is that base.Dispose() method shou ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Free and good Tutorials

  hi, i hope if anyone counter a good free tutorial that talk about the new concepts of "OO" to share it in this thread .    this is a very good online Tutorial its free and covers almost of basics in brief and good explanation   the best dictionary to explain computer terms note :-  this dictionary have other sections so search for technology sections there a list of terms that used in computer field its ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Web test relative paths

  With unit tests I can use relative paths (even go so far as to adding them to the config file) Can I do something simular with webtests Since a web test is simply an XML file I assume I could open the web test and edit it, but would like to hear if there is an easier way.   Thanks, TomK Sorry about the poor documentation. (It made sense to me, I knew what I wanted) My web test is data driven. With Unit tests if  ...Show All

• Visual C# C# & COM Interoperability

  I'm beginer in COM, but write some projects in C#. I have a Windows Service, COM object written on C# and 2 or more VBScripts to communicate with COM object. Situation: En example: VBScript 1 make some operation with COM-object but if I start new VBScript 2 - it create it's own example of COM class and make operations with it. Question: How can I use both VBScripts with the same instance of COM-class The data from COM class (specifie ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Problem with BindingNavigator

  I have two problems with BindingNavigator 1.I use BindingNavigator to add records to my database, when use some controls(ComboBox,CheckBox,DataTimePicker) to binding data, I got some problem. if I don't click the control and select a value, I can't save the new record,  I get an exception because som required fields are not set. I found even I select the value same as the current one, I still got the same exception, what should ...Show All

• .NET Development Show RowState in DataGridView as color

  Is it possible to change the background color of a row in a DataGridView to show its RowState For Example all rows that are new will have red background, all modified rows oragne Hi I would implement DataGridView.RowPrePaint event to custom draw the row based on RowState. (see .net help - there is a sample also on how to implement RowPrePaint event) ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Smartphone emulator

  Sorry if this is a stupid question. i am quite new to this field..where do i find the smart phone emulator in vs.net 2003 i only see the pocket pc emulator thanks Bugzz Please re-read the link I sent you. SP2002 is not a supported platform for managed development. I.e. You need SP2003 for NETCF. Please re-read the link I sent you. Cheers Daniel ...Show All

• Windows Forms Trying to Auto Deploy Windows App (No Luck!)

  I am using a call application that has a button with the following code to have the windows application sitting on the web server come up.  Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click    &nb ...Show All

• Smart Device Development VS 2005 seems to require a focus on a form

  When developing my vb program in vs 2003, I was apparently not required to focus on anything on a form if I didn't want to. So on a form with nothing but a few buttons used for the purpose of calling other forms, I could use this code to press ESC and close the form: Private Sub LocMenu_KeyDown( ByVal sender As Object , _ ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles MyBase .KeyDown If e.KeyCode = Keys.Escap ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Documentation Checkin Policies

  Anybody know if it's possible to apply check-in policies to project documentation  I have a requirement that a project document can only be updated and up-issued if it is associated with an open work item (allows better traceability). Also, Is there a way that the version number of a document held in configuration control be reflected in the metadata for that document This would help keeping document headers/footers etc. up to date. Cheers ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista 'Sealed' Sequence or Designable CompositeActivity

  I want to create an activity with several child activities. I do not want the child activities to be modified and I do not want other activities added. I could start with System.Workflow.Activities.Sequence and set each of the child items Visible property to False . But when my activity is placed in the workflow, someone can still drop additional activities onto my own because it derives from Sequence . I want this activity to appear as a logica ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Convert from RTF to HTML

  Hello - I want tool or article that enable me to convert HTML code to RTF code Hello Hossam, There are several tools already written (including Microsoft Word) that can convert HTML to RTF. Please see the MSN search results here: http://search.msn.com/results.aspx q=converting+HTML+to+RTF&FORM=QBHP Thanks, Josh Free Base Class Libraries Development ...Show All

• Visual Basic NullReference exeption dealing with array of listbox

  I have an array of listbox, and everytime I try to copy items to one of the listboxs I get a nullreference exception error..the array is part of an record so I did a redim on it to no avail. Structure team_info dim logs() as listbox end struct For Each i As Object In ListBox1.Items logs(home.opps_played).Items.Add(i) this is where I get the error on the logs array :( I don't see ...Show All

• Visual Basic C++ exported functions to VB.net

  New to C++. I am writing a DLL which exports functions to be called from VB.net. Following samples I have exported some simple functions which can be seen in VB.net but when I try a more complicated function it is not seen in VB.net. C++ makes no complaints when I complie and link. #pragma once using namespace System; namespace MathFuncs { public ref class MyMathFuncs { public : // Retur ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) how to draw shapes using mouse

  Hi how can i draw any shapes using mouse just like paint brush. Is it possible with wpf thanx - Nagu You can use an InkCanvas control: it's a control that allow you to use the mouse as a electronical pen, like on the tablet PC. But I don't know if this is exactly what you want/are talking about... ...Show All