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• Visual Basic encrypt dataset without writing to file first?

  I want to write an encrypted xml file using a dataset but I'm getting the data from sql server. How would I do this I would also need to be able to decrypt this xml file after it is written obviously. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Problem installing Amazon Movie Collections Starter kit

  Hello, I have VB.NET 2005 Express edition installed. I downloaded and installed the Amazon movie collection starter kit. The installation seems to be giving no problems, but when I try to create a new Visual basic project, I don't get the possibility to create a Amazon movie collection project, or moviecollectionDL project.. Same problem ooccurs in Visual C#.Net express edition   What could be causing this problem Hi Patrick, You should be able to find the Starter Kit in the New Project dialog box by selecting the MySK node - the description for the template is "My Movie Collection Starter Kit (download)& ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Speeding up the emulator

  My emulator is working pretty nicely but it is really slow (I don't have anything installed on it). I tried to assign to it as much RAM as possible (current RAM available 17MB), but it still is slow. even a simple tap on the menu has a significant lag time. Is there a way to speed up the emulators performance Thanks. Changing the amount of memory the emulator uses will not affect its speed. There is a known bug, where the emulator is really slow if it is left running while you suspend/resume the host PC (or hibernate and resume).  To work around it, launch Windows Media player and leave it running ...Show All

• Visual Basic winform in ie? possible?

  Hi... Can I have a winform and display it in IE I can assume users will have .net framework 2.0 installed. Alan, anything that allows me to have a designed winform displayed in IE would work.... ...Show All

• SQL Server Losing umlauts in SQL Templates

  Hi there, does anybody know why I'm losing all umlauts whenever I drag a custom template to a script Double-clicking works fine, but I definitely want to avoid a unproductive workaround like double click > mark all >copy > paste in other script. We work a lot with shared templates and we cannot avoid using umlauts in the scripts. Any expericences or suggestions Thanks in advance Thomas Sounds like your local windows regional settings might not be right for you. Try changing the input language to German and see if that helps. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Would there be any advantages if i changed from an access database to sql server?

  And would my old sql queries still work Thanks Mike SQL server is good for huge database, database that need speed, database that do not need to be installed with the client and when you have multiple people wanting to change the database at the same time. Your old queries might not work (depend on how complex they are). And in .NET you are sure to have to change your code because Access use System.Data.OleDb and SQL use System.Data.SqlClient. And SQL Server cost a lot more... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Distribution Licence

  I have read various things regarding the re-distribution of Crystal Reports. Can you please confirm that VS2005 includes a re-distribution licence for the Crystal Reports Control, i.e. if I develop a product that uses this control can I distribute it freely Please check the following sites for licensing: First here is the VS licensing: http://www.businessobjects.com/products/reporting/crystalreports/net/licensing.asp Second here is the CR Developer licensing http://www.businessobjects.com/products/reporting/crystalreports/licensing/details.asp Thanks ...Show All

• Visual C# Is it possible to "melt" multiple dlls into 1 large dll?

  Hi, We are developing a class library, and currently the library spans over several Visual Studio projects, both C#, managed C++ and unmanaged C++. This again means that we have several dll-files. When time comes to sell our class library, we would like to sell just 1 large dll-file instead of all the dll-files we have now. Finally, we use a few 3rd-party dlls and some unmanaged C++ dlls, which we also would like to "combine" or "melt" into the single large dll. Is this at all possible If not, how can we at least reduce the number of dlls I know we can combine e.g. all our C++ code into 1 project and get 1 dll and do the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Formatting Lost in Description-field of Work Item

  We're using TFS Beta 3 Refresh and we're having the following problem: When we create a Task or a Bug Report on our MSF for Agile Software Development project, we can use formatting in the Description-field. Things like Bold, Italic, Lists... seem to work which is of course very important to make a readable Task or Bug-Report. However, as soon as we save the Work Item (using Ctrl-S), all formatting is lost. Things like Bold, Italic are lost, Lists are replaced by asterisks, some carriage returns are deleted. This is naturally very annoying because this behavior screws up a perfectly readable Bug Repor ...Show All

• SQL Server Error Code 0xC0202009 + connection password

  Hi, I have developed a .dtsx package than runs normally from my computer. When I import it on the server and assign it to a job it always fails. I tried also to run it directly from the server (remote desktop) and also faild. I exported the dtsx file on server and refresh the db connections and after that workd fine from the server. Another work-around was to use windows authentication. Then runs normally from the server. It seems that connection password is lost when importing the report on server. (The import is done in MSDB not in the filesystem) But I can not design all the jobs on the server (work-around A) or use windows ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How the Windows Vista (Explorer) View should work.

  This article makes it alot clearer to understand what I mean then my previous ramblings... How the Windows Vista (Explorer) View should work. The View button for icon(s) I think there should be one for Text aswell being able to scale-up and scale-down the text rather then going into  a settings window... I wann be able to set the begin and end for the scale up/down component so If I want the scale-down (icons) to end at 19x19px rather then 0x0px I should also being able to set how big the icon can scale this way when monitors get higher resolutions we can just change the end scale point to something new. I should be able to have a Text ...Show All

• Visual Basic Trouble reading bits.

  I am trying to read a byte from a certain address in a file. But, I am trying to read the byte in bit format (bits 0-7). I have tried to use the BitConverter and the BitArray classes but I cannot figure it out. I am pretty sure that BitArray is the one I need but there are no methods that look like they would do anything I want. Maybe I am just missing it. I checked the help section but the examples there were not what I am trying to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Read the byte as a byte and then inspect individual bits Here's how to test bit 0 if byte and &h1 <> 0 then endif Remember troy... j ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Report server error

  Hi, I was trying to generate a model on the report server site under TfsOlapReportDS data source, but I got following exception. An error occurred while generating model. (rsModelGenerationError) Get Online Help An error occurred during the generation of semantic model : [Create mapping between cube dimensions and database dimensions] Unexpected error occurred : Schema indicates that cube dimension '[Build].[Build]' is based on dimension 'Build', however, the entity representing 'Build' cannot be found.. [Create mapping between cube dimensions and database dimensions]Unexpec ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Create a Database in vs.net for smartphone ?

  I'm fresh ,I want to create a database project ,including copy, create operation etc,but I didn't know how to create it ,anyone who know it can give me an example about creating a database using vc++,your kind help will be appreciated! You can use Sql Mobile for database programming on devices. Check out this MSDN page that deals with SqlMobile programming and also provides samples - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173041(SQL.90).aspx ...Show All

• .NET Development unwanted ! character appearing in email content/message

  Hi I am using SMTP server to send email in a .net console application. Upon receiving the email , i see a  "!" character appearing in the email body. The email content/message size is around 500 characters. please help. thanks netjay Imports System.Web.Mail ------------------------ Dim objmsg As New MailMessage objmsg.BodyFormat = MailFormat.Html objmsg.From = FrmEmail objmsg.To = toEmail objmsg.Subject = ESubject objmsg.Body = EBody SmtpMail.SmtpServer = SMTPServer SmtpMail.Send(objmsg) --------------------------- Why does this only happen in outlook. The same ema ...Show All