Kathy001's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Making a picturebox have a transparent background

  I have a picture of a panda with a pink background (panda_down.bmp) and I was wondering: how do I get that pink background to be transparent Never say never, my friend! I ran into the same program you're having. The EXACT same problem.... Well.... I didn't have a pink panda.... But still.... The SHORT answer to your question is that you can't have transparency in a picturebox control without doing some pretty complex coding. If you w ...Show All

• SQL Server Multiselect list box width and other things

  When I create a multivalue report parameter I have noticed that the multi-select list box that is created is never really wide enough for the data that I am listing in the box. Is there a way to control the width and possibly the height, of this list box either staticly or dynamicly Another problem that I am having is with the way a report displays from within the web browser. It seems that when a report will need to scroll to the right that ...Show All

• Windows Forms How create tool bar IE in C#

  Hello, I would like to create a tool bar for IE. But I didn't find a sample or documentation in C#.(I only find in C++). Thank you for your help. Hello degrem_m. You might take a look at this article from the Code Project: http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/dotnetbandobjects.asp It explains how to use band object for (Internet) Explorer. Best regards, Jeroen Landheer. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VS2005 test syntax

  Hello All, Can you please let me know if the test syntax used for VS2005 is similar of the same to n-unit Thanks, Bob Hanson Bob, Our syntax is very similar to NUnit.  For example, we use attributes (with different names) to specify which classes and methods are associated with tests.  We also use our own asserts to allow you to communicate when a test has failed.  In short, if you are already using NUnit, learning VS Unit ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Dynamic Help in C#

  Could someone please check and see if "Dynamic Help" is installed and functioning in C# Express It is not included in VB Express for some reasons, maybe size, but is a very nice feature in the full version of VS. Thanks. Hi Shakalama, Did you install both VB express and C# express editions If so do they work well together in the Visual Studio 2005 shell, use the same My Documents\Visual St ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Calendar Control and Database Connection

  Hi, I m trying to implement a calendar, where you can select certain dates and view list of events for that day. The list is generated from database. I found a script on the web that is quite similar to what i want to achieve. I tried to run this script, however I get an exeption saying: An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. .... error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) This is the code: SqlCon ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Smart Device Deployment Error

  Hi, I have built a windows mobile 5.0 PC smart device database application in VB. When deployed onto the device, it runs well until an event is called to perform some calculations which gives the error - InvalidCastException, Conversion from "" to type 'Integer' is not valid. This event is however executed when the application is tested on the emulator without error. Please help me identify and correct ths problem. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Overriding default windows look on TreeView control??

  I'm wondering if anyone thinks it's possible to modify the look of the TreeView control in Visual Studio 2005 with C# ... Specifically I'm referring to the rudimentary windows look of the plus (+) and minus (-) signs that expand and contract the tree nodes.  I'd like to replace those "icons" with my own icons ... among other things. I'm wondering if this is possible by overriding the paint method and If I should start digging into this, or ...Show All

• SQL Server view executes too slow

  i have written a query and created it as a view when i run the query it takes less that 5 seconds to give results but when i run the view it takes about a minute can anyone help please, it keeps giving me time out errors here is the query. SELECT MAX(B.Code) AS Code, MAX( T.Description) AS Type, MAX( WH.Description) AS Warehouse, MAX(B.Barcode) AS Barcode, MAX(B.BatchNo) AS BatchNo, MAX(B.CustomField) AS CustomField, MAX(B.Colou ...Show All

• SQL Server ClickOne Deployment and SQL Server Express

  This is probably a dumb question. But if I embed a SQL Server Express database into my project and then attempt to deploy it via ClickOnce, will I be able to access that database using the SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP if it is installed on the same machine as the client that my app would be installed Hi, I encounter a problem when trying to deploy my project (VB2005 Express & SQL2005 Express) ...Show All

• Windows Forms Parameter is invalid-

  The follwoing code returns an error 'Parameter is invalid' on the following line marked with '<---------------- Dim dr As DataRow = ds.Tables( "mailsent" ).Rows(ListBox1.SelectedIndex) Dim ms As New System.IO.MemoryStream Dim bm As Image Dim arData() As Byte = dr.Item( "thumbnail" ) ms.Write(arData, 0, arData.Length) bm.FromStream(ms) '<-------------------- PictureBox1 ...Show All

• Smart Device Development questions to windows mobile 5.0 emulator and visual studio 2005

  Hello, I need the Window Mobile 5 Emulator to test pda-optimized html-pages. I've read that it is necessary to install Visual Studio 2005 Beta. Is that correct or is there also another solution (standalone version) I only want to test html-pages. Therefore I want to ask if I have to install the whole Visual Studio or only certain parts. Which parts do I need Thank you very much! Benedikt The standalone version c ...Show All

• .NET Development DBNULL value question

  Using VB.NET, I perform a trim function on a SQL server table field    trim(row1(''account'')) . When the field is empty I get an error: cast from 'DBNULL'  to String is not valid. I want to be able to perform that Trim function without testing each single field if it s equal to DBNULL or not. That s because I have many fields in the same string generated big string and I wanna insert some spac ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System When WebTest Record IE and .NET Runtime Error jumped out

  thanks , I want to ask a question that when I record my web projects at first time(new a webtest file) then I begin to record ,It's no problems,but next When I new an other webtest file to record always a IE error and .net Runtime fatal error(from System Event Log) jump out. On this situation I must reboot my computer to record only one time! How can I hold this problem .NET Runtime .NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.42 - fatal error ( ...Show All

• SQL Server SqlServer2005 can support merge replication with SqlCe2.0??

  Hi guys, Correct me if I'm wrong. That's wat I was doing.. Try to perform a merge replication between the 2. But the following errors are wat I've got during the syncronization: Error Code: 80004005 Message : Run Minor Err.: 28557 Source : Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition Err. Par. : ssce:database;password=mypassword;data source=Program Files\helloWorld\database.sdf; Error Code: 80040E14 Message : The OLE DB Execute method failed. ...Show All