Lawrence Parker's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms How do I use set focus to next "tab-able" control

  Got a VB app where I to set focus on the next enabled and "tab-able" control in the tab index given a current starting point control which is currently disabled (and therefore isn't the active control).  It appears I need the GetNextDlgTabItem API but I can't get it to set focus from the returning hWnd. Thanks! Ah, if you ar ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Question about authentication through VPN??

  Hi, We have some long term contract developers that work for us - we provide them a VPN account to get into our network and I was wondering if that will work the the TFS client   the user logs into their computer using either the domain account or local account (not sure which one) then VPN's to our network - question is, with the TFS integration with AD, does that work through only a VPN connection or does the user "really have to be logged into our domain" Also with the proxy server addition, if we place a proxy server at their site, does that have to be part of the domain   I would assume that needs a VPN connection too s ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Pocket Explorer "Default" layout

  I'm currently trying to write a CSS styled site that will behave nicely on the pocket PC. However, although my site works nicely in "one column" and "desktop" it looks terrible in "default". Does anyone know what it does for "default" Perhaps something to do with a fixed width DIV Sorry about that. See http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=223605&SiteID=1 for forums (you could post to one of the developer groups) ...Show All

• SQL Server Updating data

  Hello. Is it possible to somehow update data as it is copied from source to destination using SSIS. Currently I extract data from Database A, load it into database B, then clean/update the data in database B and then load it into database C using DTS on 2000. What I would like to do is extract data from database A, clean/update it, then load it straight into database C without having to load it into database B first. I am unable to clean/update the source data in database A, as this would be the obvious thing to do. Thanks. The way to do updates from the pipeline is to ...Show All

• Visual Studio HelpPlugin table in merge module for VS2005 doc

  Hi, I have been trying to add my documentation to the Visual Studio 2005 beta 2 and VSIP SDK. I want to do this through the merge module MSHelp2_RegTables__RTL_---_---.msm and HTML_Help_Registration__RTL_---_---.msm. In Visual Studio 2003 the merge modules contained the Visual Studio collection files that were referenced in the HelpPlugin table. These files are not in the available merge modules in 2005. So what specifically should be entered in the HelpPlugin (HelpNamespace Parent and File ParentHxt columns) and HelpNamespace tables to plug into the VS 2005 collection What namespace shoud I use, MS.VSCC.v80 or MS.VSIPCC.v80 I have tried lo ...Show All

• Visual C++ IAccessible::accNavigate stack no balance issue

  IAccessible::accNavigate stack no balance issue     Please see blow code sample, hr = pacc->accNavigate(dwNav, varChild, &varT); if hr==E_INVALIDARG {  pacc->accLocation(&rc1.left, &rc1.top, &rc1.right, &rc1.bottom, varChild); } I know when hr==S_OK then should call others. My question is if such kind above code. Why we blocked at function, pacc->accLocation I found the stack is not balance before call into and go out so that my code was blocked. Would you please help me to check this Thanks, Best Regards, AndrewChang ...Show All

• Smart Device Development connection string to MSDE database

  Hi, I'm developing smart device application in VB.NET. I couldn't make the connection with MSDE. I used the following connection string. myConnection = "server=10.0.0.8;Integrated Security=SSPI;User ID=sa;Initial Catalog=Example;Data Source=PPL\SQLSERVER;Trusted_Connection=yes;" MSDE is on the same machine where i'm developing my apps. & testing the result with emulator. (NOt using RDA or Replication).Simply using ADO.NET commands to select a table from MSDE engine. Please help me to solve this. I need it urgently. Note: 1) Windows apps working well with this connection string. Thank You.   ...Show All

• .NET Development Remoting-v-webservices - the prescriptive guidance is nuts ?

  Web-services excel for cross-platform/cross-language communication. However, what about communication for the internal tiers of an app, where it is .NET on both sides It's the endless debate of remoting-v-webservices. Remoting - faster performance and richer type system, versus the lower-performance, lowest common denominator of web-services. The message that I perceive from MS is "use web-services for everything - remoting is only for in-process, cross-app domain communication", but as Rocky Lhotka suggest "the prescriptive guidance is nuts." http://tinyurl.com/5wnul So, is the "politically correct" choice of web-services really that ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Convert BitArray to byte[]

  A question for those that, for one reason or another, have ever had to deal with binary on a Commercial Project. Converting a Byte into its Binary representation is done as follows: BitArray Name = new BitArray (byteobject); The BitArray can then be indexed to work with the data and process it. However when trying to put the data BACK INTO THE FILE, a problem arises. BinaryWriter Streams only accept bytes and other data to be written to the data stream; Converter Class DOES NOT have any method which accepts a BitArray; BitConverter Class also DOES NOT have any method which accepts a BitArray; So, if one wante ...Show All

• .NET Development HOW to : Copy files with all extensions

  HI ,  I want to copy files from one folder with all extension to another folder .  How do i achieve this. For example :  I've files with names like bs .txt, bs .mmx, bs .git , bs .yrt ( some extension for reference) now i want to copy all the files with bs name ( what ever may be the extensions) ...i tried system.io.file copy method using *.* at the end but it fails... Can anybody guide how to achieve it.. Regards, Bsraju In that case you'll want to use the overload of CopyTo that takes "bool overwrite" as its second parameter and pass true to it. -Shawn ...Show All

• Visual C# Combinations of matrix

  Hi, I like to create hashtables from a string array haviong all possible combinations. I guess i will give examples to better explain my problem. suppose there is a string array which we call matrix in mathematics 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Now the combinations should be cerated and each combination will go in one hashtable (1,4,7) (1,4,8) (1,4,9) (1,5,7) (1,5,8) (1,5,9) (1,6,7) (1,6,8) (1,6,9) (2,4,7) (2,4,8) (2,4,9) (2,5,7) (2,5,8) (2,5,9) (2,6,7) (2,6,8) (2,6,9) (3,4,7) (3,4,8) (3,4,9) (3,5,7) (3,5,8) (3,5,9) (3,6,7) (3,6,8) (3,6,9) Also the matrix can be of any dimension and ...Show All

• Smart Device Development WinMobile 5.0 Development - Clear answer needed

  Hi Everyone, Searched everywhere for a clear answer to this questions, can someone please point me in the right direction. 1. Can eVC++ 4 still be used for WinMobile 5 development I understand that VS2005 is the recommended way, but can programs compiled with eVC++ still run under WM5 2. If aswer to 1. is "YES, programs should run" then is there a document that details possible issues that might be encountered (apart from screen orientation which seems pretty clear). Hi, Yes Visual studio 2005 provides very good development environment and tools for developing device application compared to eVC, the connect ...Show All

• Visual C++ CFrameWnd::OnSetPreviewMode ASSERTs in VC 2005 but not VC 6.0

  I have a VC++ 6.0 MDI project that uses a class derived from CPreviewView to provide some mildly enhanced Print Preview functions. The class is invoked according to the MSDN documentation by calling DoPrintPreview. In Visual Studio 2005 the program asserts in Debug mode at the last line of this fragment from winfrm.cpp: void CFrameWnd::OnSetPreviewMode(BOOL bPreview, CPrintPreviewState* pState) { ...etc... if (bPreview) { // Entering Print Preview ASSERT(m_lpfnCloseProc == NULL); // no chaining m_lpfnCloseProc = pState->lpfnCloseProc; // show any modeless dialogs, popup windows, float tools, etc ShowOwnedWindow ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to get test result through code.

  Hi, I have created several Unit tests to test my connector application. I create an xml test result file through code. I want to capture individual Unit test results (Pass or failed) in some variable so that I can populate the Test Result column of my XML file. Can I get the result in MyTestCleanup() method or is there any other work around possible Regards, Huzefa Hi Gary, There's good news for you. In our 2008 version (there's a Beta 2 available for download already), we have two new things: First of all, trx files are much easier t ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server Express EULA

  Hello, I want to use SQL Server Express 2005 as the database server for a commercial web site. Web site users will have both anonymous and non-anonymous access to web pages on the site (generated from data in the SQL Server Express database). Is this kind of use within the EULA of SQL Server Express 2005 I notice the EULA includes the following line in section 4 (you may not): * use the software for commercial software hosting services. It sounds like it might exclude using SQL Server Express as described above. Anyone know the intention of this clause ...Show All