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• SQL Server Isqlw for sql server mobile edition (sql ce 3)

  In sql ce 2.0 in window ce 2003, I use isqlw20.exe to create database and table. Developed application with eVC++ 4.0 Now I have to use window mobile 5, VS 2005 for native C++ development, sql server mobile edition, but I can't found isqlw for this version of sql. I do not have sql server install in my desktop PC. So how could I create database and table with the pocket pc's database Thanks. ISQLW30.EXE is available from SQL Mobile 3.0 for Pocket PC and Pocket PC Phone Edition Devices/Emulators. If you have installed SQL Mobile 3.0 cabs, you should find a shortcut getting created automatically in ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSTS 2005 (PDC bits) Installation and Running Issues...

  I installed the given PDC VSTS 2005 and by the end it sort of failed still it finished the installation.  An exception was thrown while "Executing Action: hxMerge_VSCC_v80" and request for the selecton of a debuger by just ignoring the issue it continue with the installation and later told me that it was completed successfully.  It happend by the point in where it tried to run VSTS for some reason that I don't know, still on a retry I got the same issue. On both occations it installed the product, still when I run it it just shows the splash screen and goes away. Did some one had the same experience Can some one tell me how to ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Designer Support Issues

  I've been having issues with the way designer support works with the compact framework in VS2005. I've been working on converting a CF 1 / VS2003 project to CF 2 / VS2005. I've used the article at http://www.mooseworkssoftware.com/VS2005%20Control.htm to figure out how to get designer support. I have needs for a custom serializer. This have been placed in a full .NET project, signed, and placed in the GAC. My XMTA file gives the fully qualified type name for the DesignerSerializer attribute. I've been able to get all this hooked up and working. However, I've been finding that my custom serializer is not used sometimes, for no apparent re ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WinFX Feb CTP and WSDualHttpBinding problem.

  Hello, I have following problem - any time I want to configure WSDualHttpBinding for the service, I get an error when calling methods of such service from the client: Error message: "The format of the specified network name is invalid." Stack trace: at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SharedHttpTransportManager.OnOpen() at System.ServiceModel.Channels.TransportManager.Open(TransportChannelListener channelListener) at System.ServiceModel.Channels.TransportChannelListener.SelectTransportManagers() at System.ServiceModel.Channels.TransportChannelListener.OnOpenCore() at System.ServiceModel.Channels.TransportChannelListen ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do I determine a CheckBox control width when adding CheckBoxes at runtime

  Hello All, I am adding some CheckBoxes at RunTime and am having trouble calculating the width of the control. How do I determine the width of the checkbox and the padding around the text. I am using graphics.MeasureString but I must be missing something as they are not calculating properly. Thanks in advance for any ideas and/or suggestions. Hello, I did not see an AutoSize property for a CheckBox control. Is this a 2.0 feature ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Serial Port Sample Code Needed for Visual Studio 2005 & Visual Basic

  Hello All, I am an Electrician that uses Micro-Controllers in my work and only 1 - week old in VB programming. I have been able to build a Windows interface and perform several task in Visual Basic using Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition but Completely Lost in using my USB port. I would like to start out Very Simple and simply press a button to send a byte of data out the port. If anyone could assist me in a very simple code sample I would be gratefull. I have read sample code in books and posted on the internet but without much luck on having anything work. I have installed the Serial port in my project that comes in the Visual Studio ...Show All

• .NET Development arraylist problem

  when i make a arraylist, i can add the elements in it, but when i look in the arraylist, i can only see the last element that i have made, can someone help me with this problem i have uploaded my project to http://rapidshare.de/files/15261426/RSS_Campzone.rar.html i know that arraylist make a reference to a object but how can i solve this problem. Sorry for my bad english, P-Storm I think that this is the smallest amount of code that reproduce the problem. I tried to get adres() as new CSSData, but that give me an other error, that i can't use new there. I need to have a variable size with all different ...Show All

• SQL Server Newbie question about indexes

  Hi , I have following statement : SELECT * FROM Table WHERE Col1=@Var1 AND Col2=@Var2 ... AND ColN=@VarN How should I design indexes for best performance ( Add one index on columns Col1 till ColN or add N indexes, first for column Col1, second for Col2, ... ) Thanks, for your suggestions Here's what the optimizer guys have to say: One index should be fine if he always has every column in the WHERE condition and he is doing equality matching. This will give two main plan options: 1. index lookup + fetch 2. table scan It will be a cost-based decision. ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB.NET modem code

  Hi, I have VB.NET code that will dial a number.  Now what I need is code that will: Hang-up the phone if 8 rings occur If the phone is picked up, it will wait 3 seconds. Please post the code here.  I am happy to answer any questions you have. Thank you. Hii... so any specific code for hanging up the modem HLP THX ...Show All

• Windows Forms Maximize child MDI form without ControlBox

  Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2, C# Maximize mdiChild form without displaying ControlBox ... pretty much says it all. I have set ControlBox, MaximizeButton, MinimizeButton and HelpButton all = False, Set the FormBorderStyle = FixedToolWindow (actually tried them all) and WindowState = Maximize. When I .Show the childForm a controlbox still appears above the titlebar of the MDI parent ... ugly, useless and takes up real-esate better used for displaying data. I provide navigation through ToolStripMenu. I have been trying to create a workaround by sizing the childForm in the mdiParent form's Resize event but I don't know the exact height - titlebar a ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Designer Preview

  Hi, how can I obtain the information, the current instance of a Control class is running in the Designer preview I didn't found a member that supplies me that information in the Compact Framework. Thank you! Yes, it's supported in CF 2.0. See the code below. bool designTime = false; if (this.Site != null) { designTime = this.Site.DesignMode; } // If "designTime" is true at this point // then you're in the designer. ...Show All

• Windows Forms accessing parent forms function

  Hi, I am fairly new to the "Visual" IDE arena. I have a program with a parent window which switches between several child windows, only displaying one at a time. I created a switchPanel method which takes a form variable, closes the current form and sets the new form as the current child. This function works fine as long as I use it in the parent window, but I cannot access it from a child window. I am sure this is some newbie error, and I have spent a couple of hours trolling the net looking for a solution with no luck, so it's time for the forums. This is my problem code... SearchLenderResults^ slr = gcnew ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions fstream with Japanese filenames?

  Hi I'm currently making a studylist program for learning Japanese. I'm using an fstream reader to read and open my studylists and it works fine when the filename is in English, however when the filename is in Japanese, or any directory in the path is Japanese the fstream reader returns a null string. (actually it returns nothing which I'm assuming is null). This is strange because reading the studylists (with Japanese entires) is fine, yet if the file is in Japanese it fails. Am I missing something Thanks there might be a plug in that you need to allow the fstream reader to recognise japanese ...Show All

• Visual Studio Running web form debug in VS2005 times out

  Running a web page from VS2005 in debug mode I get the error message: Unable to attach to application 'WebDev.Webserver.EXE' (PID: 356) using 'A203PC06'. This operation returned because the timeout period expired. The application is on a server on a pretty fast local network. The aspx page does make a database query but I would have expected a different message if SQL were timing out. Runs fine in non-debug mode and in "view in browser" mode. Also runs fine on other PCs which are actually slower than the problem PC! Anyone have any thoughts If you ctrl-F5 the application, and then manually atta ...Show All

• Visual Basic Connecting to sql server on a network

  hi i have two computers on one of them i have sql server 2000 and i have a copy of theprogram and it runs ok ,but on the other Pc when i tried to connect to the sql server on the other pc it alwys faild i put the connection string to point to the other pc but it did not work plz tell me what i can do the message which appers says sql server does not exist I went through the same thing when trying to connect to SQL Server 2000 over a home network and I finally figured it out. First, on the computer that has SQL Server, you need to either disable Windows Firewall or set an exception to the SQL Server ex ...Show All