JDevitt's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Picture Box and Track Bar Transparency

  Hi to all, how can i make my picturebox and trackbar transparent.  Is there any way i can do it Help me please;) Thanks Hi To make a picturebox transparent, You can set the backcolor of the pictureBox using: pictureBox.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(150, Color.Orange)   ...Show All

• Visual C# Code generation from DLLs

  Hi I have accidentally deleted some sources in my project and want to know if there is a way by which I can extract my code from the dll Shantanu Yes, you can use Reflector . It's a good tool that allows you to recover your code, change it into a different language, peep into the framework (quite instructive!) and in other people's code (except you should not). It will also show you why it is a *must* to seriously obfuscate your code before releasing it (but before you do, have your sources backed up at least twice ;) ). HTH --mc ...Show All

• SQL Server Backup databases programatically.

  Hello 1. Sql Express supports SMO 2. If so How can I make a backup of a database programatically Thanks You do know that you can overload the Server instantiation to direct it to the server you want to connect to, don't you Example: Dim srv As Server srv = New Server("MyLapTop\Express") In VB.Net you can also set the property in the ServerConnection object: Dim srv As Server Dim srvConn As ServerConnection srv = New Server srvConn = srv.ConnectionContext srvConn.LoginSecure = True srvConn.ServerInstance = "MyLapTop\Express" Either one should work for you. ...Show All

• Visual Studio ToolBox Tool Window Missing

  I have a VSIP package with a form. I want to add controls to the form but the ToolBox Tool Window item is missing from the View menu. Do I need to reinstall KJ, In Whidbey the "Reset Window Layout" command has moved to the Window menu.  Do you have that   If you try it, does it fix the Toolbox window appearance problem Please let us know how it goes. Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio MSSCCI example

  Hi, somebody can help me please I'm developing a Source Control Plugin for Visual Studio 2003. I've written this code, and it doesn't work. Somebody can tell me why dosn't work Or better ... Somebody can pass me a working example This is a lot of important for me!! Thanks for all. This is a part of my implementation. When I start, I perform the following actions. 1. Open a project in VS 2003. 2. Choose the option: File --> Source Control --> Change Code Control ...    In this point the IDE calls the SccInitialize Function, then the SccSetOption   function, and finally calls SccOpenProject function. After cal ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Command Line in C++

  Hi, Guyz, I have encountered a problem, i have installed VS C++ 2005 Express Edition on my computer and have realised that there is not 'devenv.exe' that would go with it or with the PSDK that i have downloaded too. if anyone knows or had similar issues on how to call / build / compile etc projects in VS C++ 2005, please post the commands that are used, or links that would tell me how. It seems to be a simple thinkg, but i just cannot get the answer, i was looking for so long on the web. Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks, in advance, Dmitry You can use the compiler directly from the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Coded Webtest and looping thru a datasource?

  Hello, I am have a little problem and need some help. I have created a webtest which loops thru a datasource. Converted it to a coded webtest to do some validation but can not get it to loop thru the datasource. Is there anything that I am missing Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Unfortunately, you found a bug.  The 'one run per data source row' works correctly for the non-coded webtests, but as you found is not currently working for coded tests. ...Show All

• SQL Server Analysis Services

  I am trying to work through the tutorial when you load SQL 2005. I am running the 64 bit version. I have deployed my cube and am trying to display data in the browser. I move over the sales amount into the data area I get the below message. What should I do to fix this issue       The query could not be processed: Memory error: While attempting to store a string, a string was found that was larger than the page size selected. The operation cannot be completed. ...Show All

• Visual Basic vb.net and crystal report

  I am currently working in an access database.Using vb.net, I made a form wherein a user can sort data he wanted to generate in a report...sorting are done by selecting the order_date of the transaction(e.g. from 12/01/2005 to 05/03/2006) then he had to select an account(e.g. company name) and lastly exam(e.g. urine test)...Upon completing the selection on the three fields, I want to generate the report base on the selection...I am obliged to use crystal report for this...can someone please help me how can i achieve this one..I am totally new in .Net...thanks in advance... Few questions first. What v ...Show All

• Windows Forms Getting Output Debug screen messages to show on a listbox in windows form

  Hi... How do I get output debug messages generated by the debug mode (ie. Start with debugging) If I can get them, I wish to display them to listbox that I have in the windows form I created. Is there a smarter way other than using the following : lstDebugMessage.Items.Add("Whatever is inside debug message"); Where lstDebugMessage is the listbox I generated in my windows form. Thanks for any ideas! hi try { //Operation } catch (Exception ex) { lstDebugMessage.Items.Add(ex.Message); } Hope this helps ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Write into Storage ROM on WM5

  Hi everyone! I have few question! 1 - Is possible to create a directory and put a file (a .cab) in Storage ROM with C# and API 2 - I need to make a clean boot (hard reset) in a device with WM5 Can you help me Thanks 1. All files on WM 5.0 are stored in storage ROM (flash to be exact). There's no need to do anything special to store files in flash. In fact, that's your only option. 2. There's no "hard reset" on WM 5.0 any more as all files are stored in ROM. Even removing the battery won't destroy data. To start from scratch you need to reformat storage. Th ...Show All

• SQL Server Transformation Service question about de_dup process.

  A standard SQL statement that is used a lot in SQL is a left join. What I'm trying to do is dedup a table. Example: Select * from table1 as t1 left join table2 as t2 on t1.firstname = t2.firstname and t1.lastname = t2.lastname and t1.gender = t2.gender and t1.dob = t2.gender where t2.lastname is null What I thought was with in a data flow I have one OLDBD SQL statement that is the full table and in the second table I have the OLDBE SQL statement deduping the dups. What I am wanting to do next is remove the dups and then rejoin the deduped dups back into the oringal table that was less dups. In the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Not letting me rename web projects after branch

  If I have a project called WebUIApp in a solution called MySolution that exists in a Main line, in source control explorer I have $/MyTestProject/Main/MySolution/WebUIApp.  In this case, I might have the WebUIApp at http://localhost/MyTestProject/WebUIApp .  Then I branch the Main line to $/MyTestProject/V1/MySolution/WebUIApp.  I then get latest versions on this and then try opening the solution.  When opening the solution, it recognized that I already have http://localhost/MyTestProject/WebUIApp and asks if I want to use it.  I do not want to use it since this is my main line so I choose no and it automatically cre ...Show All

• Visual C++ Change font on a Tabctrl

  Hi, The text on the tabs in my tab control is bold, but I want to have it normal. How I have tryed to change the font with the code below, but the font doesn't change. Have I done something wrong CFont tabFont; tabFont.CreateFontA( 15, 12, 0, 0, FW_NORMAL, FALSE, FALSE,   0, ANSI_CHARSET, OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS, CLIP_DEFAULT_PRECIS, DEFAULT_QUALITY, DEFAULT_PITCH | FF_SWISS, _T("MS Sans Serif")); m_ctrlTab.SetFont(&tabFont, TRUE); Hi again, I have solved the problem. The problem was that the 'CFont tabFont;' object must be declared as a member variable so it doesn't gets destroyed. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VB: Edit and Continue

  I have a problem with Visual Basics Edit & Continue for projects under Team Foundation server, the IDE says its Read-Only even if its checked out prior to debug start. In a non-source-controlled environment it works. You even see the little "lock" symbol on the tab-page with the source code in the IDE on the file you are current trying to edit, so clearly the IDE thinks its locked. Any ideas I ran into this once too, but maybe under different circumstances. I had a setup project attached to a primary project. I deleted the setup project, and then found that I'd recovered the ability to run edit and continue functionality with ...Show All