Kashif Chotu's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Paste As Visual Basic

  Did anyone make the Paste As Visual Basic utility work It was described on this MSDN article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/02/PasteAs/default.aspx I was able to generate the setup wizard, install and activate the Addin. The command appeared on the menu. But when I click the command on the menu, nothing happens. The dialog box that should appear does not appear. If anyone could make it work and can give me some hint, I' ...Show All

• Windows Forms Clickonce problem, client unable to access data store - "An attempt to attach an auto-named database failed."

  Hi, I have an application which I wish to deploy using clickonce from a web server to a number of client machines using VS 2005 Beta 2. The application requires an SQL Server Express instance on client machines to manipulate user data. When I publish my application to an apache web server the client machine is able to install the application with no problems. However whenever the application is loaded on the client machine I ...Show All

• Windows Forms Richtextbox help...

  Hi... How do you set the cursor position in a RTB. Like if I want the cursor to move to the end of text, how do I achive this Raj Because the length of the RichText portion of the RichTextBox is variable (depending on the formatting in use), it is far easier to simply determine the length of the plane text and set the SelectionStart position to it (ie the end of the document) ala: richTextBox1.SelectionStart = richTextBox1.Text ...Show All

• SQL Server Nothing happens... how to debug NS?

  I created my Notification instance, enabled, register, start sucsesfully. Then I added Subscription and Subscriber Finally I run the query to add Events to my event class. The NSEventBeginBatch<EventClass> returns a valid BatchId The NSEventWrite<EventClass> inserts 1 row And NSEventFlushBatch<EventClass> also works... But nothing happens... No email or File, no logs anywhere and no Events in the event viewer. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Build server and test projects

  I've got a solution with 3 projects, a windows app, a class library, and a test project. When I create a new build type to build this solution, the build seems to fail building the test project. The relevant (as far as I can tell) part of the log is: Target "CustomTest" in project "TeamBuild.proj" Done building target "CustomTest" in project "TeamBuild.proj". Target "Test" in project "TeamBuild.proj" Using "TestToolsTask" task from assembly " ...Show All

• Visual C# Reference value

  I have the following class that lets the user change a quantity via a dialog box.     public partial class QuantityForm : Form     {         double Quantity; // storage for passed in quantity         public QuantityForm(ref double quantity)    // pass as ref so it can be changed         {   ...Show All

• Visual C# How do I add annotations to an existing PDF file?

  Hey howzit, I have been searching the net for ways to adding annotations (sticky notes) to PDF files programmatically, I have found one library on sourceforge.net called ITextSharp, but it creates a new PDF file (see code below) and then allows one to add annotations, I want to add annotations to an existing PDF file that is already filled with data and text.     // step 1: creation of a document-object iTextSharp. ...Show All

• SQL Server Strange problem about report export formats

  Hi, all here, I have tried ages to fix this problem, but it just did not work out, please help, thank you very much. (I am using SQL Server 2005 reporting services) My problem is: 1) I have exported my report to Web archive formt (.mhtml) which can then be changed to html format. But when I email this file to other computer, in ther file the images and chart did not appear! only table data region is there what is the problem cos the ima ...Show All

• Visual Studio Join the World's Largest Software Factory Users Group is VS 2005!

  Come on over to out large GotDotNet group if you want to be up to date on all the latest happenings in Software Factories in VS 2005. We are located here with over 83 Members/Fanatics: http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/news/viewnews.aspx id=15536008-e1a7-4c7f-b7c1-dc148491e2c6 Kind Regards, Damon Carr, CEO and Chief Technologist agilefactor www.agilefactor.com 'An Early Adapter of the Microsoft Software Factory Revolution' ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. About DX 10 ...

  ... I don't know where to post this: there will be a managed version of it I'm pleased to announce that the DirectX 10 discussion that was part of the overall DirectX presentations at PDC 2005 are now available for viewing through the DirectX Developer Center (http://msdn.com/directx) ...Show All

• Visual C# How to find registered event handlers?

  Hi, I'm trying to determine if an object has any event handlers registered on it. The reason I need this, is to not let an object to register one single event twice. this .menu.BeforePopup += new CancelEventHandler(menu_BeforePopup); // OK this .menu.BeforePopup += new CancelEventHandler(menu_BeforePopup); // Don't let it happen twice   Any help would be great You can only do that from within the class that provides t ...Show All

• Visual C++ Cannot find Bitmap::GetHistogram

  Hi all, I have a problem using the VC++2005. I'm trying to recover the histogram of a picture using GDI+, it seems that the GetHistogram method does not exist. Any ideas I have tried to find this method in the gdiplusbitmap.h and I cannot find it either. System: Both VS2003.NET and VS2005 installed. The docs for this method say GDI++ 1.1 version. I didn't even knew that there is another GDI++ ve ...Show All

• Visual Basic Compiler Problems even though code is sound.

  Hi, I'm having a strange problem with Visual Studio 2003 and I'm hoping someone can help. The problem is I'm getting compiler errors even though the code is fine. Here's an example.... This is code from a form I have... Public Class frmGasDiagram Dim udtGasDiagram As clsGasDiagram In some methods of the form I get errors saying the type udtGasDiagram cannot be used as it hasn't been defined, but it is. If I change the ac ...Show All

• .NET Development Multiplatform .NET (or running a .NET app under linux)

  Hi, When I started studying .NET, the first thing we were told was "the .NET framework is multiplatform, you can use it in any OS". I didn't find any obvious way to compile applications for linux, and I was wondering if it is possible If yes, could someone direct me to a guide Thanks in advance, Ameralis Zaiir The mono project has been compatible with the .net framework 2.0. Before microsoft started the .net fr ...Show All

• Visual C# Multiple languages on the same WinForm

  Hello, I must write an application that must support input fields for a "left-to-right" language (as English) and input fields for a "right-to-left" language but on the same form . The keyboard is bilangual (QWERTY and a "right-to-left" language). When the user enters a left-to-right language input field, the keyboard keys must be QWERTY. When the user enters the right-to-left language input field, the k ...Show All