AlanJensen's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Menu Bar adding to VB.net

  Hi, I find myself at a loss as to what the name is of the menu bar which typically has: "file edit view, etc..." I would like to add one of these to a vb.net project and am not sure what the name of this menu type  ...Show All

• .NET Development DataGrid & XML-File?

  Hi there, I am a totaly newbie into the .net compact-Framework and have the following problem: In my application there is a DataGrid. I created a XML-File: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <Value Debitor="true="> <entry>Test 50</entry> </Value> There should be just one colums which rows contains the "entry"-values... Now my Problems: -How can I create a colum ...Show All

• Windows Forms Form close event stupidity!

  Hi, I'm a PHP developer turned C# and its all a bit confusing.  (i've done a bit of VB6 so maybe it ain't so confusing). How do i add code to the form close event For example, frmMain contains a button to open frmLogin which disables  ...Show All

• Windows Forms datagrid / variable problem

  Please bear with me, I'm new to this, so I'm sure there may be a better way to do this. But with my limited knowledge, its the only way I can think of doing it. I have a hidden datagrid which selects the data out of a sqlserver database. It will have multiple rows (up to 10). I need to be able to read the data in and populate it into text boxes on the web page for the user to be able to modify (but not write it back to the database, it will ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS Package failing to disconnect?

  I am building a package that will be used to transfer data from Access 2000 to SQL 2005. For development purposes, the first thing I do is search for my SQL database. If it is there, I drop and recreate it. If I run the package once, it runs fine, . After that, I get the message that the database is in use and can not be deleted. I do not have Mgmt Studio open, so the only thing that could have a connection is the BI Studio. The only way I can s ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies #msntb_toolbar_full_name#

  I have the following sign come up on the screen. #msntb_toolbar_full_name# is unable to load config file. If you recently upgraded to a newer version of #msntb_toolbar_full_name # and have not restarted your computer since the upgrade,please try resarting your computer.If the problem persist,please reinstall the #msntb_toolbar_full_name#. I'm currently running WXP Home Edition,IE7. W Defender.This problem only occured after I complet ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Getting started with WPF. What do I need?

  I have Visual Studio 2005 but what else do I need to download http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/downloads/getthebeta/default.aspx and see "I want to develop WinFX applications." section ...Show All

• Visual C++ stl queue - why don't you work

  I'm wondering why I get this message when I try to use a stl queue in a managed class. I'm using .net 1.1, so i can't use the new 2.0 typed queue. error: error LNK4006: "class std::queue<short,class std::deque<short,class std::allocator<short> > > * (* ALDaps::que)[64]" ( que@ALDaps@@3PAY0EA@PAV $queue@FV $deque@FV $allocator@F@std@@@std@@@std@@A) already defined in main.obj; second definition ignored So, I added ...Show All

• .NET Development Internet connection

  Hi! How may I check if the system is connected to the internet, through a VB .NET Windows Application Regards! M.Sadegh Samiei Hi I don't like linking to dll's as this causes no end of deloyment headaches + security exception issues. This works in c# using System.Net; HttpWebRequest  request  = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create( url ); You simply get exceptions when Create is called. It's part of th ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies WDS not indexing email

  WDS is not index my email. I'm using Outlook 2003. In WDS I went to custom folders then to outlook. When I looked at the outlook subfolders there is a warning sign next to the two mailboxes I have opened with a message that the outlook mailboxes I selected is populated by an add-in program. I disabled all outlook add-ins restarted the computer and outlook. Then reindexed and still no email indexed. I'm using the Symantec AV 8.1 corp version. Tha ...Show All

• .NET Development unique nodes from Nodelist msxml dom

  hi I am trying to access unique nodes from NodeList  (MSXML2.IXMLDOMNodeList) This is a part of my xml file in which i have multiple < FamilyCharat > with different ChrCod    value i have loaded it into Nodelist when i am counting No of  < FamilyCharats > it is showing me 3 ,where as ChrCod of 2 element has same ChrCod  and i need only unique ChrCod and its and there value < Fa ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView and Lookup ComboBox

  Hi, I do have one DataGridView bound to one datasource, two column are ComboBox (lookup), the ValueMember and DisplayMember as been set to the required lookup datasource Table (Different from the grid). When run, the grid does display the text instead of the value as expected, I can select the text in the combo and everything Looks ok. However, when I do close the Windows form an error related to the second ...Show All

• Visual Basic Help with simple task...get data from registry into a text box on a form

  I am trying to pull data from the registry and output in into a text box on a form. I have the pull part: Private Sub Form1_Load( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase .Load Dim readValue As String readValue = My .Computer.Registry.GetValue _ ( "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters" , "DhcpDomain" , Nothing ) How do I d ...Show All

• .NET Development Installing .. advpack.dll

  Not sure if this is where to put this question but I can't find anything else on these forums (shrug ). I'm trying to install the 2.0 redistribution package and get an error with c:\windows\system32\advpack.dll when trying to install. Any suggestions The reason I'm looking to install it is because I have an application that requires it. Maybe I actually need something different Ugh. lol ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro RICHTEXT.RichtextCtrl

  Hi Guys Please point me in the right direction.... I retrieve RTF from SQL via ADO into Excel. I need to strip the RTF, within VBA, to show only the text, before pushing it to excel. Would the following be the right way: Dim objRTF As Object Set objRTF = CreateObject("RICHTEXT.RichtextCtrl") And where do I go to from here Please, please, please HELP!!! This RTF is killing me!!!! Since y ...Show All