MaxWeber's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Undocumented add-in option

  going to tools -> options -> Environment.add-in there is an option for enabling add-in components from a url. Does anyone konw how to setup this feature In Visual Studio 2005, you can register addins using the old way (through registry + COM) or through an xml file (.addin files). One of the things you can set in the .addin file is the location of the addin assembly which can be a URL (e.g. http://www.website.com/myaddin.dll). See th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Save Column preferences in test results

  Is there a way to save the columns you select on test results How about on the test manager Thanks, TomK Hi Tom What do you mean by being able to save the columns If you mean having the columns persisted so that they appear next time you open the IDE, the answer is yes (both for test results and test manager window), after you select new columns, if you close the IDE, and re-open it, you sho ...Show All

• .NET Development howto let the user select a directory

  Hi, i am wondering,how can i let a user select a directory trough a dialog,and search that directory and subdirectories for images with an extension i want Also,how can i then change the filenames of those images like pic0001 0002 0003 etc etc and copy those to a directory thx Use the FolderBrowserDialog for the first question. Use the Directory.GetDirectories (passing SearchOption.AllDirectories) method to ...Show All

• SQL Server Back to Parent Report button not visible

  When I preview a report that has a link to a details report page in VS a "Back to Parent Report" button is displayed. However, when I publish the report to the Report Server, the .aspx page doesnt display the "Back to Parent Report" button. Is there a setting I need to make to have the button displayed thanks, lance The "back to parent" functionality in the HTML report viewer is achieved by clicking the ...Show All

• Visual C# What is the use of "STTBF".

  Hi, Can any one tell the use of " STTBF ". Actually, I have generated a document by Mailmerge from the template doument. The mailmerge operation can bound the data from database to the template document mergefields. When merges these data to the mergefields in template, I think internally they have some handles some string tables for storing these data from database. Then they will fills up the data to the mergefiels. So, ...Show All

• .NET Development Trouble displaying/binding data from MySQL database using c# Express

  Hello, I am trying to display data from a MySQL database, and am not able to figure it out.  I am using c# express and I think that dataGrid was replaced with dataGridView and I can't find any examlpes to display the database.  Here's what I have so far: Database table: customer (customer_id, first_name, last_name) Here's my code as well: private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)         ...Show All

• Visual C++ Modifying intrinsic property sheet inclusion

  Intrinsic property sheets like "Optimize for speed" seem to be added to all projects. It's strange seeing that under a debug configuration. How do I remove sheets such as that one when they're not what I want Thanks, Gary The Optimize for speed sheet is also added to configurations of the Makefile type. It is definitely irrelevant there. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Remove TextBox Border

  There is no BorderStyle for TextBox control. How do I implement this in VB.Net There is a workaround. You place the textbox in a smaller panel (read this thread from the beginning): http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework/browse_frm/thread/4b0db0e960c94b72/0512ddbb39e69620 Cheers Daniel ...Show All

• .NET Development Middle Tier and Whidbey

  Hello everyone, First of all, I wanna thank you for the great FORUMS. hmm, I just want to know if there is new features that could be used in making middle tier by using WHIDBEY, especially in making Web Applications. cause all the features I have seen till now were talking about the UI. Thanks, A. New features in ASP.NET Web Services for v2.0 include:     - SGen.exe     - Type sharing     - Eve ...Show All

• .NET Development HTTPS?

  Hello everyone, Just want to know if there's a reliable article about implementing HTTPS or Secured Site in .NET using ASP.NET (VB CodeBehind). Thanks in advance. Hai Jon There is a chapter about inplementing SSL [https] in the study guide[book] of Exam 70-315 ie MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Developing Web Applications with MicrosoftR Visual BasicR .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET You can find details about the book i ...Show All

• Windows Forms IE.net?

  The major thing that I would like to see are better HTML controls.  AFAIK, since HTML is everywhere in the OS now, why wasn't it a larger part of the .NET framework   COM Interop works, but it has such an ad hoc feel to it,& ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Are default *.exe and source directories different than in VC6

  Hi When I begin a new solution (or more likely a problem) its directory structure is strange. Source is in solution/solution/solution.cpp but *.exe goes into /solution/debug directory. Why is this different from previous versions. And how to change default behaviour to a proper one. Regards LM You can always specify where output files go. Take a look at the "How to specify where output files go" secti ...Show All

• Visual Basic Creating a menu when my application is executing !!!

  Hello, I need to create a menu, when my application is executing and this menu must take the name of the options from a table SQLSERVER2005. Can anyone help me Thanks Hello, the first code is working very god, but I have another problem. This code is god for a menu like this: File-Save       -Open . . . But if I like this menu: File-Operations-Save      &nb ...Show All

• SQL Server Shortcut to move the splitter in Management Studio?

  Apologies if this has already been asked. In SQL 2000 QA, the ctrl-b shortcut by default put you into move splitter mode when you had the results pane showing. I cannot find the euqivalent shortcut in management studio's query window. Has this been removed or is there another shortcut that does the same thing This may not sound like a big deal but it's having a definite impact on my productivity by interupting my train of thought and makin ...Show All

• SQL Server The 'IBMDADB2.1' provider is not registered on the local machine

  I am receiving this error when I try to run a report I have deployed to the report server (SQL Server 2005 Standard on a maschine with Windows XP Professional) An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted) Cannot create a connection to data source 'DataSource2'. (rsErrorOpeningConnection) The 'IBMDADB2.1' provider is not registered on the local machine. The DB Provider I am using is OLE DB and the connection string ...Show All