Dean Hawthorne's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Using both Crystal .NET and Crystal XI

  We are maintaining a web application that uses VS 2003 and Crystal .NET and developing an upgrade using VS 2003 and Crystal XI.  How can I switch back and forth between Crystal environments in VS 2003 on one development machine   Is it possible   Has anyone accomplished this    Scott Hello Scott, I'm not sure if other people have some tips in this area (or hacks) but I do know that Busi ...Show All

• Visual Basic Data Binding of a List Box

  Hi, I have a ListBox (Sorted=true) with Data Binding. I set the StaffName as Dispaly Member, and StaffID as Value Member. When using the code: Dim i As Integer i = Me .ListBox.SelectedValue   , i equals to the ListBox. SelectedIndex, not the StaffID. Do anyone know why Thanks. Hi, As mentioned on ListBox.Sorted property documentation http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4fdk4ah9(en ...Show All

• SQL Server Can SQL server 2000 publisher work normally with SQL Server 2005 subscriber ?

  or is there any resource about it thanks for your reply. I notice that that the publisher can be any version as long as it's newer or eque to the publisher version.   if it is a readonly subscriber ,the subscriber can be any version. BTW,all of the version is newer than sql 7.0 sp4.   Thanks again. ...Show All

• SQL Server Copy data from one table to another

  On the OLE DB Source, I have as following: select field1 , field2 , field3 from table_source On the OLE DB Destination, I used fast load option with table lock checked, and check constraints to copy data to table_destination. Both table_source and table_destination have the same table definitions. After the dtsx package ran, the number of rows copy over to the destination is not same. I got different results from different runs. This ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions public vs. private methods

  Hi I am going through the video tutes here, and reading the supplementary material in the PDF, but im still confused about the differences between creating a public, or private method. what is the difference are they both used, or is one preferred to the other thanks for any tips. DA hi, think of it as securety permissions and visiblity to others for example if you have private stuff >>> then we ...Show All

• Visual Basic Using the dialog boxes

  How do you use the dialog boxes in vbexpress 2005 to adsd things like open and save actions Any help appreciated. Sorry for the late reply, to do multiple extensions, just change the code above to OpenFileDialog.Filter = "JPEG files (*.jpg;*.jpeg)|*.jpg;*.jpeg| Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt|All Files (*.*)|*.*" Best regards,   ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions howcan I install the Document Explorer for Visual Basic Express edition

  In Visual Basic I can't access the online help Are you getting any error messages when you go to the help menu from the top... At the moment you can not install the different parts seperatly (Other then SQL Express). ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSIP Package Deployment

  Hi I developed a package using VSIP7.1 wizard. It works on exp version of my .NET. I got the required PLK for deployment and did deployment steps according t owhat specified in SDK. but it doesn't work on my visual studio. on the other machines it even dosen't work on Exp version of .NET. I copied the 7.1Exp part of regisry of my PC to 7.1 and then it worked on my machine. Can anybody tell me how should I deploy it to other machines I don't ...Show All

• Visual Studio Questions on Visual Studio 2003/2005

  Hello, I'd like to know which version is included of Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2003 and 2005 I know in the 2002 (and 2003 ) it's version 9 (or equivalence) Also I would like to know which full Crystal Reports versions we can use with the .NET studios I've tested CR10 with 2003 and it fits but could XI work with 2003 for instance A list of compatibilities would be advantageous Crystal Reports for Vi ...Show All

• SQL Server SOS, please help

  hi all I'am working on a smart device application that is supposed to be capable of communicating with a sql server DB on another PC on the same network. using VS 2003 i tried to specify the IP address in the connection string but it didn't work out i tried to put a web service on the DB server but the problem i hit is i wanted to send and receive objects between the service and the device, so i added a DLL containing the classe ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to append a line to its previous line in a text file?

  Hi, everyone, I have a file with several lines, looks like this: 001 John Smith St.Louis MO 555-555-5555 002 Peter Johns St.Louis MO 555-555-5555 003 Jimmy Howard Chicago IL 555-666-7777 004 Tom Somebody Chicago IL 555-666-7888 005 Jane Smith New York NY 212-555-555 006 Mike George New Haven CT 203-555-5555 -------------------------------------------------------------- all the lines have the same information, but ...Show All

• Visual Basic Using Call, is it worth it?

  Call funcOne() or funcOne() Is there a difference (besides the obvious aesthetic difference) There is no real difference - many moons back in the mists of time, in VBx you did need to put call keyword in. Its supported for legacy purposes and there should be no difference. There is one or two places where it is still used - but if you havent found where then I wouldnt need to tell you about it. (Clue: you may need to use it if you a ...Show All

• Architecture A good second book about arquitecture

  Hello I have finished "pro scalable application in .net 2.0" which was nice. Now I want to read another book about architecture. What do you recomend I think Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software is a good option, do you know another Thanks. DDD is a good book - however it deals with a certain narrow aspect of architecture. I would recommend reading "Software Architecture in Practice&qu ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to Get Values from Datagridview row

  I have a datagridview on a form which is bound to a dataset. When the user selects a row I want to get teh values from two of the columns in that row. I am able to use the following code to get a value a place it in the variable varTransID. varTransID = TransactionsDataGridView.CurrentRow.Cells(0).Value However, I am afraid that if the user rearranges the columns then the the column reference will pull fromt he wrong column. IS there any way ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Is there any Comprehensive guide for Windows Workflow Foundation?

  Hi All, I've just started working on Windows Workflow Foundation. I need a detail guide of How to on the subject. May be something like chm files. msdn does'nt help me in the cause. If anyone has a resource as such please let me know. I agree with you that the help is not very good. I have readen a book that it is quite good to start: Presenting Windows Workflow Foundation, that you can find at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/win ...Show All