Amy U's Q&A profile

• .NET Development need API or .NET function to get current user access level

  Does anyone know of a API DLL function or .NET function that will get the current user's access level -- i.e. administrator, power user, guest, etc... -thanks!- Take a look at System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity and System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal classes. ...Show All

• .NET Development Serialization with .net 1.1?

  Hello, I write an application for CF.NET. How can I perform Serialization in CF.NET I write my program with VS2003 but I cannot find BinaryFormatter class..What is the way of doing this Thanks in advance. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Crystal Report 9 DOS Printing

  Hi in my application i want option for DOS network printing a crystal report. i designed my crystal report with dos supporting fonts... is it possible to export crystal report directly to PRN - formatted text (im using Crystal decisions Crystal report 9 - .Net 2003).... thanks Raju Hi, Can you be more clear in your problem definition so that some of us can help you... Thank you, Bhanu. ...Show All

• SQL Server moving SQL location

  Hello, In process of installing TFS, I unintentionally installed SQL server on C drive as I could'n see any option of selecting the drives. Is there any way in which I can move the database folder to another drive without reformatting and going through the same procedure. TIA Krisna, What version of SQL server are you running Yes, you can move the DB folders, although SQL server itself will want to stay on the C drive. No ...Show All

• .NET Development Retreiving ClickOnce Published Version Number

  I would like to retreive the Last or Next ClickOnce Published Version Number at run time. Is this Possible If so how VB Only Please. Framework 2 In System.Deployment.dll there's an ApplicationDeployment class whic exposes the current version: ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.CurrentVersion There's also an UpdatedVersion property you can look at. -Shawn ...Show All

• Windows Forms TaskVision: Danger of BadPractices

  Hi! Since TaskVision doesn't follow any of the Microsoft Patterns (as a matter of fact it doesn't follow any pattern at all, it doesn't even follow the  ADO.NET  API or WindowsForms.NET API) and so many people is downloading it, using it, and&n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB.Net Express Edition will support to add new record to database?

  Hi, I have problem to update record to database, Dataadapter.update command will not given any error message even that will not update to the read database. I have check with SQL Express database and MS Access database. My coding as follows, Me .Validate() Me .Table1BindingSource.EndEdit() Me .Table1TableAdapter.Update( Me .Db1DataSet.Table1) I just want to know , Express edition will support database update or inset options. P ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS 6 restore

  Greetings all, I am new to VSS and am not sure how to restore a vss archive file. I have archived the vss file and moved it to another PC...I installed the same version of SourceSafe as the original PC, but can't seem to figure out how to restore the project. Suggestions would sure be appreciated. Thank you. Randude VSS n00b Are you using Source Control plug-in other then Source Safe To switch back to Source Safe try registering ssscc.dl ...Show All

• Visual Studio 'Unable to find the report in the manifest resources' - Build Action is missing??!

  Hello, I have just upgraded my VS2003 project to VS2005. Had a million things to fix, but I'm finally down to the last few. The biggest remaining problem is my Crystal Reports don't work. The error message is below... On googling it the answer seems to be I have to include the *.rpt's as an embedded resource. However, and this is the really odd bit, the properties that should show up in VS2005 to allow me to do that are simply missing! ...Show All

• SQL Server Is SSIS slower than DTS????!!!!!!

  I am new to SSIS and probably doing some mistake while transferring data from oracle source to oracle destination.   Please guide me..   In our project we need to transfer nearly 80 GB data from old system (Oracle 9i) to new system (Oracle 10 G Release 2). To do this exercise we are testing and comparing performance and cost effectiveness between different tools like SSIS, DTS and SQL * Loader (oracle built in tool).   ...Show All

• Windows Forms bound controls not committed when selecting the menu bar

  Hello, I have a question in regards to binding controls (ie. TextBox). I noticed that any value in the control does not update the object it is bound to until that control loses focus. This normaly works quite well, except the following scenario: Suppose there is an app w/ a textbox, and a save option in the menu. If a user edits a new text string into the textbox, and clicks on the menu to select the save option, the textbox still has foc ...Show All

• .NET Development console output

  I am making my first steps in C#. I am used to another object oriented language (VDbase plus) but not .NET. I designed a form under Windows Applications. There is a button on it. I want to print a short message to the console. I thought this function will do it on click. It does not print anything. The statement Console.Writeline ("hello") if placed in Main() body does not give any output either. I did set the Project->AppProperties->Gener ...Show All

• Windows Forms Contex Menu with image.

  How to add an image in Contex Menu with specific menuItem in Contex Menu. See these links: http://www.codeproject.com/cs/menu/nicemenu.asp http://www.codeproject.com/cs/menu/menuimage.asp http://www.codeproject.com/cs/menu/MenuExtender.asp ...Show All

• SQL Server Font object saving and retrieving

  Let's say a User selects a Font from a FontDialog, and the selection is assigned to a Font object. How can I save the Font object to a SQL database, and later retrive it restored to a Font object Thanks in advance. Seems more like a question for the .NET forums. Is the Font object serializable If so you could store the xml to SQL Server. ...Show All

• .NET Development upgrade to MSDE

  Our company has an existing application (standalone PC app) that uses Access database via the Jet Engine. The program runs on a user’s machine only (distributed from a CD or USB jump drive.). We are looking to convert this application to .NET, keeping in mind that we need to have an easy setup with a royalty free solution.   Should we continue to use the Jet Engine or is it time to upgrade to MSDE Is the Jet Engine being phased out. T ...Show All