Todd Biggs - MSN Product Manager's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Inserting string from XML file to System.Drawing.Image

  What am I doing wrong I simply want to add the "im" field at the end of the path, so that the correct jpg is shown.  I've created filestreams and everything works fine for the the text fields.  The images are located in the "Program Files\SmartDeviceApplication1" directory, as is the XML file.  If I type in the actual name of an image, it works, but of course the image is shown for every entry.  (So I know the directory ...Show All

• Windows Forms I need help with a code

  I'm making a small program for my own etertainment, but I;m stuck on a part and I was wondering if someone could help me out. I have five labels on a form along with a word bank, i have a command button that randomly selects a&nb ...Show All

• .NET Development Client/Server software. Way to go?

  Hello,   I need to create server and client software, but I do not know the right way to go. Communications between applications would be through internet and only server would have reachable IP address.   Main concepts of application working:   Third-part vendor would be responsible of order receiving. After order received, order’s data would be passed to my server application (perhaps, here web ...Show All

• Visual C# Who have some experiences of dealing with MailMessage?"

  I am working on a simple email retriever. This is what I got from email server with my program, I can't understand the coding. I just want to check out the sender's email address, the subject and the email body, who can tell me how to do that I use C# and .net 2.0 . Any help will be appreciated Received: from microsoff32b3b (unknown [222.132.12.112]) by smtp3 (Coremail) with SMTP id wKgAoHGAThA2zgZE3TSCAQ==.43628S4; Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18: ...Show All

• SQL Server Start SQL server 2005 CTP

  Hi I need an answer to this: I just downloaded and installed SQL server 2005 CTP. When I start the MS SQL server database Engine it returns this error: TITLE: Surface Area Configuration for Services and Connections - localhost An Error occurred while performing this operation - (SQLSAC) Program Location: at Microsoft.SqlSac.MainPanel.UserControlService.ActOnService(ServiceAction action) Can you please tell me how to fix th ...Show All

• Windows Forms Refreshing databound ComboBox error

  Hello, I am very new to vb.net and I would appreciate any help offered! I have a simple form with the following items placed on it:    Two ComboBoxes: cmbLanguage and cmbLanguageVars.    Two DataAdapters: daLanguage and daLanguageVars    Two DataSet ...Show All

• Windows Forms WM_QUERYENDSESSION and differences between Win2000 & 2003

  From a locked workstation, if the next user would supply a different set of credentials to login than the user currently logged in, windows prompts you by asking if you would like to logoff the currently logged in user. If you say yes to this and you're in Windows 2000 Server, the WM_QUERYENDSESSION event fires with the lparam set to ENDSESSION_LOGOFF = 0x80000000. If you would do the same thing in Windows 2003 Server, the WM_QUERYENDSESSION eve ...Show All

• Windows Forms Passing a Parameter in a DataGrid ButtonColumn

  Greetings, I am using a DataGrid to display advertisements on a ad board. All works great, except on day 2, the links that were visited show visited today. The culprit is that the control links that are really a ButtonColumn are rendered with; href=__doPostBack('DataGrid1$_ctl7$_ctl0','')" and the next day there are mor of these same links. Ideally I would like to set the eventArgument parameter, to a unique ID to have something like... href ...Show All

• SQL Server Where is Service Manager in SQL Server 2005?

  I installed SQL Server 2005 CPT on a new machine running XP.  I do not see SQL Server Service Manager.  Has something changed in 2005 over 2000   There are times when it is necessary to stop the database.  The old way you just clicked on the icon in the lower right of the PC (with the green arrow) and selected stop.  I realize I can go into XP Services, find SQLServer2005, right click and select stop, but is there some ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Uninstall Microsoft SDK

  Hi everyone ! I hope this is a good forum for my question. I didn't find any better. I would like to unsintall "Microsoft SDK Update February 2003 (5.2.3790.0)" I don't need it at the moment and would like to recuperate disk space. The uninstall string is like this: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\\Setup.exe" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Default_Local.htm" The target file (Default_Local.htm) i ...Show All

• Visual C++ Quick question (basic MPG calculation cpp)

    I have here some code I am writing to calculate MPG. The sentinel value is -1, but when I press -1 it still asks me how many gallons used, before exiting the window. Can anyone help me see what I am doing wrong heres the code I have so far: BTW The code works up untill I want to exit by using the sentinal value (-1) it actia;;y adds the (-1) to the totmiles then it asks for total gallons, THEN it exits. DO you se ...Show All

• .NET Development Mutex could not be created

  Does any one know problem behind this I just closed Visual Studio editor and restarted IIS once. And its started working. HTH. Raj ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions TextBox (multiple line) & Databinding

  In an attempt to do a project recently, I've bumped into a problem with textbox and databinding. I have a multiple line textbox and wish to display the address of a company. However the full address of the company is stored in multiple columns inside my database. When implemented, I can only display the street address onto my textbox. I'm currently databinding the textbox to the address field in my customer table. Is there a way to display more ...Show All

• .NET Development User Authentication ASP/SQL

  I have been working on an ASP page (with VB Background) that is a basic user login page. It is being run on our Intranet within my organization, however, it's not working. Can anyone provide some suggestions I've included the code for the .aspx page and for the code behind on the "Login" button. Front end: %@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Codebehind="login.aspx.vb" Inherits="PIF_VB.log ...Show All

• Windows Forms how to indicate install location, program groups, short cuts etc.?

  Using vs2005 (not express), how does one indicate where to install an application. What about dlls; how can they be installed into the windows system32 directory It appears that everything must go into a folder based on the Manufacturer property and subdirectory based on the installer project name. Can the developer choose another location If so, how Also, what about the program group and shortcuts under the start | all program ...Show All