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• Visual Basic Transfering finished .exe files on VB6!

  When i save a finished file to .exe format, and send it to other people, when they try to run it, and it cant find the files (such as pictures, music etc...) on their computer and it doesnt run! I know this is because it cant find the file directory, but how do i send the file so that other people can run the program on their computers Cheers Well, one method would be to store the exe file in a folder, t ...Show All

• Visual Basic [VB6] Serial communications garbled

  I have a problem with an application that was written in VB 6.0. I wrote an application in VB 6.0 about two years ago and it has been running fine until recently. At some of our cutomers locations the serial communications is being sent gets garbled, but it recieves fine. If the the computer is reset and the application is run, it runs ok for a couple of days and then the problem reoccurs. Any ideas on what it could be ...Show All

• Visual Basic Add text to a text box from a module

  I'm upgrading a program I wrote in VB6 to VB2005 and am having a problem with updating a text box. I have a module that manages serial port communications. When data is received in the serial port buffer, it should update a text box (txtSerialIn) on a form (frmSerialInOut). Here's the code: Public Sub Handler( ByVal strInMessage As String ) frmSerialInOut.txtSerialIn.Text = strRXData & vbCrLf & frmSerialInOut.txtSerialIn. ...Show All

• SQL Server Is there any downside having the SQL-server installed on the main server?

  Is there any downside having the SQL-server installed on the main/domain server Or should you have a separate server just for SQL I would rather prefer using a dedicated / or another server than the domain controller for this. But, that depends on the usage and the load you will have on the server. HTH, Jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista CallExternalMethod to Terminate a Persisted Workflow

  I have a sequential WF with a CallExternalMethod Activity attached. I am wanting to tell the host to terminate another persisted workflow. I have a method in the workflow codebehind that uses the SqlTrackingWorkflowInstance class along with SqlTrackQuery to return a specific workflowInstanceId from the tracking/persistence store. I am attempting to terminate that specific workflow from my current workflow. I know in beta2 it is not po ...Show All

• Visual C++ Showing my own minimized windows

  Hi I want to show ONLY my own top-level minimized windows. How can I get this Thanks raulhsj wrote: Hi I want to show ONLY my own top-level minimized windows. How can I get this Thanks Could you re-phrase your question please Do you mean you want to restore only those minimized windows that are part of your app ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Pure virtual function call R6025

  Can any one help please. I keep getting this error Program: C:\Program Files\microsoft Office\Office 11\Winword.exe R6025 -Pure Virtual Fuction Call On a XP machine SP2 Office 2003 SP2. No other programs. Have tried reinstalling the service packs and making sure printer drivers are XP. Have aslo tried installing office 2002 but still get error. Happens on different word documents.Many thanks   Hi Ades, I fee ...Show All

• Visual C# Built a C# console app on XP, gets entry point error on WIN NT4 SP6a

  Hi, Using VS 2005 on WIN XP pro SP2, I built a C# console app that works on XP. It uses/opens a serial port to detect pin changes, opens a file, and uses the system timer and timer events. When I try to execute it on a WIN NT4 SP6a PC, I get a kernel32.dll entry point not found message. Are there any build/release options I can change to get this to work on the WIN NT4 system, or something I can put in my code to fix this I don't thi ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Cannot get Username & Password authentication to work.

  Hi, I'm trying to build a small demo WCF application that uses the WSHttpBinding with simple username & password authentication over HTTP. Upon running the application I always receive the following error : The service certificate is not provided for target 'http://localhost:8080/OrderManagementService'. Please specify a service certificate in ClientCredentials. How can I fix this problem without using a service certificate The only ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System vssscc file corrupt

  Somehow (not too sure how it has happened) the <solutionname>.vssscc file has become corrupt in the Team Foundation Source Control. Performing an h get * in the directory that is bound to the solution folder in source control give an error about nulls in the database on the vssscc item. h get * /force seems to ignore the error and proceed though. This is causing our Team Build to fail when getting the solution out of source control. Any ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Problem in WebDeveloper 2005 Express

  I created a new website using starter kit. Edited a page in the deisgner view. Closed and opened the project again. Now it is not showing the designer view, showing the error msg "Cannot switch to design view. there are Errors". There are 135 errors in the source view. Most of them tag mismatch .. Suggest me a way to see the design view. The system will not be able to render the Web page ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Beta 3 Refresh Expire?

  Does anyone know when the Beta 3 Refresh version of TFS will expire I would love to upgrade to the final version, but I have to patiently wait till the Partner program muddles its way along - probably at least 2-3 months if past performance is any indicator. Beta 3 works for us for now, as long as it doesn't expire. I know I could put the Trial Version in, but to be honest, I'd rather just wait till I know I'm putting a version in that doesn't ...Show All

• .NET Development Cannot exclude attribute from transformation output.

  Here's my XML... < xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" > <Requested_Stuff> <IMS_REF_CODE_UPDATE environment="PROD"> <CorpId>prod stuff</CorpId> <UpdateDate>07/21/2003 18:23:20</UpdateDate> </IMS_REF_CODE_UPDATE> <IMS_REF_CODE_UPDATE environment="QA"> <CorpId>qa stuff</CorpId> <UpdateDate>07/21/2003 18:00:00</UpdateDate> </I ...Show All

• Windows Forms 2 groupboxes & radiobuttons

  Hello :) In 1 form, I have 2 group boxes. In those groupboxes, there are 10 radiobuttons: 5 in one groupbox, 5 in another. By default, it means I can have 2 radiobuttons selected at once. Is there any way to make it only able to select 1 radiobutton in the form Thanks, Klaidas PS: I'm using J# Hello Yes, you can handle this in the CheckedChanged events of the Radio Buttions, suppose that if rb ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005 data dictionary (get code of stored procedure)

  Hi all Does somebody know how to get the code of a stored procedure I would like to know the name of the view in the data dictionary which holds the code of the functions or stored procedures ... Thanks for any help Best regards Frank Uray Here is an example USE AdventureWorks GO SELECT SPECIFIC_NAME,ROUTINE_DEFINITION FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES WHERE SPECIFIC_NAME='uspGetBillOfMaterials' ...Show All