Daniel Read's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms need to get a transparent object on a picturebox

  Hello, I need to achive the backstyle property of the VB6-usercontrol in .NET. I tried setting the backcolor of the .NET user control to Web.transparent but it is meant only for transparency to the form and not for any objects in the form. The reason to use the backstyle is to draw a regions like rectangle and circle over the thirdparty streaming control/object. Thanks, These two lines of code should certainly help you - this .SetStyle(ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor , true ); this .BackColor = Color.Transparent; ...Show All

• Architecture Need for MINI OS

  I do embedded systems at times and i would like to utilize the power of the XP core without the overhead of the GUI on the actually embedded system. I would like to turn off the GUI comletely. It would be nice because windows API is more programmer friendly than Linux. Plus the tools are more reliable. Have a look at Windows Embedded . There are two "flavors" right now, XP Embedded and CE. XP Embedded is essentially a "modular" version of XP, which allows you to choose the system components you need for your installation. CE is an operating system designed from the ground up for embedded devices, but it has ...Show All

• Visual J# java.net.ServerSocket under J# & .NET Framework

  Hi, I've converted our Java application to C# recently, This is an Client/Server application exchanging data over tcpip sockets. Conversion was successful. But I've noticed that java.net.ServerSocket.close() does not interrupt accept() method as a result Application does not shutdown. Can you please tell me where I'm going wrong ;-) Thanks, Sameer Hi Sameer, You were doing the right thing here. This problem wont repro for you in final release of Visual studio 2005. Thanks, ...Show All

• SQL Server Not able to connect to SQL Server 2005 Express Server

  Hi all, I met a problem on SQL Express Server 2005. After I installed it and set a database, I can not connect to the instance with the following command: sqlcmd -s hostname.china.***.com\SQLEXPRESS Following is the error msg: **************************************************************************** HResult 0x2, Level 16, State 1 Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL Server [2]. Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Native Client : An error has occurred while establi shing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failu re may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Rollback Changeset

  Hi! We have deleted a folder. - How can I do a rollback on a specific changeset Is there a way to do that without the power toy Regards Simon You can undelete a folder in one of two ways: 1. From the command line using tf undelete 2. From within VS using the Source Control Explorer (SCE). First, you need to show deleted items by choosing the Tools, Options..., menu and then select the Source Control, Visual Studio Team Foundation node in the left hand tree. Check the "Show deleted items in the Source Control Explorer" checkbox. Then find the folder you deleted previously, right click, and chose undelete. ...Show All

• Visual C# Where is the namespace in 2005?

  In ASP.NET using C#, I am not able to add a namespace to my pages. When I do I get a bunch of errors. Here is what I am doing: namespace MyNamespace { public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI. Page { protected void Page_Load( object sender, EventArgs e) {} } } Could this be because this is a partial class In VS 2003 I was able to change the namespace, I could also specify a default namespace, but I have been unable to find a way to do this in 2005. Can anyone give me a hint Not so sure about the namespace, have you tried it without using the partial keyword   and the Defaul ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Problem on Display(true) command in Outlook

  Hi all, I want to display a contact item. It works but the problem is that when I display it with the command 'contactItem.Display(true)' and when I press the Save and Close button, the form contact doesn't even close. I must use the 'true' modal on the display command because I don't want the code after to be executed. I want to close the contact form before. Thank a lot! lildan, displaying an Outlook item modally has always caused problems. Its use is strongly discouraged. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Deploy SQL Server 2005

  My question is if it's possible to deploy SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with an application written using VB 2005 Express. See if the following helps: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165639.aspx   ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Extensible Custom Activity

  hi, How can I make a custom activity extensible so that the user can drag drop and further modify the code in it. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Windows 2003 Enterprise Server Problem

  I set up a small network with Windows 2003 enterprise server as DNS server and about 10 Clients running on Windows XP pro. My server connect directly to internet through DSL Modem with IP address: 192.168.1.189, subnet mask: 255.255.255.0, default gateway: 192.168.1.1. My clients have IP range from 192.168.1.20/180. But when I want online with my client some trouble happended. Some websites when I want to visit were redirect to others . I try to fix this problem but I don't find out the reason. My server has Norton Antivirus and MS Antispyware with newest update. Please help me to fix this problem ...Show All

• Windows Forms Application Running in a Partially Trusted Context

  My aim is to learn how to allow client workstations to seamlessly reach a Windows Form data access application via an http:// invocation.  I can do this when my box acts as both the web and database server.  However, when the database (SQL Server) resides on a separate box (my box runs IIS 5.0), the client workstation can launches the Windows ...Show All

• Visual Basic Field values from current record - Does anybody know how to do this?

  I am using a BindingSource to move from record to record. But I can't find an explanation on how to get the field values from those very same records I am moving thru. Is there anybody who knows how to do this I don't mean does anybody want to tell me go look somewhere else. I've already wasted days searching for the answer. If I sound hostile, I am not. But, you can bet I sure am frustrated! Thank you so much. That was the first helpful answer I have gotten on the subject. Tho I must say hats off also to Josh Lindenmuth who has provided bonafide helpful answers to other questions. ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS Internet setup, how to?

  I've been messing with the June CTP of VSS and VS2005 and can't get the internet functionality to work with VSS.. is there any guides out there or doucmentation on how to set it up thanks! yes, the default website's ID is listed as 998577302, so it is not 1 like you stated. However I do not know how to export the metabase and change it then reimport it    ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) System.Windows.Serialization

  Hey! In this exanple: http://sheva.cnblogs.com/archive/2006/02/21/334977.html a XamlReader object is used. The XamlReader object is in the System.Windows.Serialization namespace . I’m using the march ctp and Visual C# 2005 Express Edition but i cannot add that as a Reference! How do I get the System.Windows.Serialization assembly Regards Erik ...Show All

• Windows Forms Resizing a User Control at runtime with mouse interaction

  Is there any way of resizing a user control at runtime recurring to mouse interaction. What i need to do is to resize an user control like i was resizing a diagram block in the same way we do it on microsoft visio, for example. I know it was possible to do it in vb6, but i can't find out how to do it in .net. I don't know which way to go to solve this. Can someone help me please There was a similar post earlier: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=348301&SiteID=1 Basically the idea is that on the mousedown event over a small section of the control's bottom right corner, yo ...Show All