Rincewind60's Q&A profile

• Visual C# Cannot make a debug release anymore

  Today I switched my builds to release, to test the performance of my application. But now the configuration manager is greyed out, and i cant make any debug releases anymore :( Who can help me please I even restarted my computer, and i still can't build a debug build. but i can build a release build.. I really hope someone can help me! ...Show All

• Windows Forms MDI OpenFileDialog

  Hi, I need some help. I have MDI Form and ChildForm with richTextBox. and I am trying to open file (like a text file) from the menu on the MDI form, but so far it did not open any file and this is the code that I am using: childForm new childForm(); filename String(); Stream = new System.IO.StreamReader ; dlgOpenFile.ShowDialog(); dlgOpenFile.Filter = "Text files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*"; d ...Show All

• Visual Basic Windows APIs

         Hi,             I want to know what are APIs and if they can be used in my programs.I want my application to show the preview of the different color schemes like the appperance tab of display properties in windows.Should i use any dlls If so can you please tell me which one and how.I also want to be able to reflect them back onto my system.    ...Show All

• Visual Basic Can this application be created in VB.NET?

  Hi there. Is it possible for me to create a system in VB.NET which allows the SERVER (Personal Computer) to send a FREE SMS to any mobile devices automatically when the users are at certain place and do I need any additional external devices to make the system work If yes, what kind of devices do I need   Please help me here. THANKS A LOT Hi, You'll need a GSM modem, a SIM card for the modem. after ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005 Uninstall/Install Problem WMI Configuration related

  Hi, I'm the following encountering WMI error message when invoking SQL2005 setup. The SQL Server System Configuration Checker cannot be executed due to WMI configuration on the machine CAPRICORN Error:2147942405 (0x80070005). For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink LinkID=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.2047.00&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=70342 I'ver found other postings related to WMI errors and ...Show All

• Windows Forms Progress Bar Query

  Hi There, I know how the progressbar control works in regards to showing progress in the bar but how do I have this related to a process i.e the progress bar moves really quick when I relate it to a quick process or it gradually shows progress when I relate it to a long process....if y'know what I mean Having some problems with this. Thanks Hopefully this helps: As an example if the progress bar was sh ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Constraint

  Look into the Northwind.cs generated by SQLMetal and learn quite a bit from the source. I don't see any database and  columns constraints + rules. Did I miss anything or this feature is not yet implemented We don't propagate database constraints in the object model. In our view, the object model is not an in memory constraint mechanism. That is left to the underlying database. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Could not find schema information for the element 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0:system.serviceM

  using CTP bits i can rebuild the samples and all ok - building my own project i get the following error: "Could not find schema information for the element 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0:system.serviceModel'. C:\Documents and Settings\jim\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\msnsearchclient\MSNsearchIndigo\app.config 3 6 MSNsearchIndigo" all of this is using VS 2005 beta2. jim Hi Jim. Let's t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visual SourceSafe installation on Team System/Suite trial

    I'm trying to get setup on the VS Team System/Suite trial. The comparison chart here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/ and here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/vsts/compare/ seem to imply that VSS is included in all the team system products. I can't seem to find it on the trial DVD's and the installation process didn't have an option to install it. Did I miss something   Thanks, ...Show All

• .NET Development problem using subnet mask 255.255.0.0 and .NET sockets

  Hi, I have two computers connected to a network switch. Both use static addresses. Computer 1 uses:  192.168.1.80,  subnet mask 255.255.0.0,  Windows XP Computer 2 uses:  192.168.2.79,  subnet mask 255.255.0.0,  Windows CE 5.0 .NET Ping works fine is both directions. I can also connect to the CE box using remote tools like Performance Monitor, Process viewer, etc, using cemgrc. No problem there. I want to estab ...Show All

• Visual C# What is the difference betwenn localVar = val and this.localvar=val

  Hi in some languages there is a diffrence between localVar = val; and this.localvar=val; what to use when You can't use "this." with a local variable. You can use it with a class member only. There is no difference between "this.member" and "member". I think "this" has two benefits: 1. It self-documents the fact that you're referencing a class member and ...Show All

• Visual Basic MCI Command

  is there anyone know how to remove a vocals from a song using visual basic or how to send the left speaker to right speaker and right speaker to left speaker using visual basic... kindly help me.... I'm doing a player using MCI Command. (*.dat, *.mpg)    mciSendString "open " + FileName+" type MPEGVideo alias mpgName" , = "", %NULL, hvcd   mciSendString "play mpgName" , "", %NULL, hvcd   mci ...Show All

• Visual C# Annoying Dialog

  When opening custom projects an annoying dialog pops up saying: " Security Warning...." And then you have the option to either "Load project for Browsing" or "Load project normally", and then a checkbox "Show this dialog for sub projects" or something like that. Can anyone please tell me how I can disable the dialog Thank you. The easiest will be if I could send you ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions reformat reinstall

  I just had to reinstall windows and when I re installed express it wont take my registration key. I tried to revist link in confirmation email but wont take the key. any help in how to get it registered would be great. The Express registration process binds the key to your machine and user account... when you formatted you nuked that user account causing the key to be worthless. Thankfully with the Expre ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Documentation Error or am I doing something wrong?

  Hi, I have a PPC app which uses two things - a thread and control.invoke. After takeing the code running on PPC to a smartdevice project it tells me that thread.abort and Control.Invoke(Delegate, Object []) is not available. In the documentation I found for both functions .......Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, Windows CE, Windows Mobile 2003 for Smartphone So fromt this point it looks like they are available. Now what is wrong The documentat ...Show All