JuniorBR's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Is it possible??

  Is it possible to create a windows form to act like a Shell similar to UNIX/LINUX (like bash) If so, how would this be done Any ideas I want to create a simple client/server app that you can login to linux shells through this windows program. A simple textbox filled window wouldn't work correctly would it Or simply put, how could you create a windows form that acts similar to windows telnet window... or better yet, the old windows terminal ...Show All

• Visual C++ Error while compiling.

  I got this two errors while compiling my whole project : 1.error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _sleep referenced in function _Error 2. fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals Can some one please help, thanx Cheers, C What method(s) do you need for sys\times.h Visual C++ 2005 ships with a sys\utime.h and a sys\timeb.h. The chances are that the function(s) you need is/are in these header files. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Hide certain standard control's properties from designer

  Hi, I created a custom control which inherited from Forms.Button. There's no problems to create & expose custom properties but... I cant find anyway to hide the standard Button's properties... Note that I'm using J# Thanks override the property, apply the Browsable(false) attribute. . . call the base property to access it. this is c#, but the approach should be the same: public partial class ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Activity Property values not available at runtime

  I am currently experimenting with a custom activity. We have a number of business rule objects which implement various, relatively complex data validation rules. The custom activity allows these business rule objects to be assigned to the activity and for parameters to be assigned as part of a workflow that links together a number of these business rule classes into a sequential [potentially brancing] workflow. So I basically have: BRActivity ...Show All

• SQL Server Group By Expressions

  I'd like to dynamically create a group by expression. I have select sourcecd FROM dbo.ITMV_ScanCardHistory GROUP BY dbo.fn_GroupBy (@GroupBy) Where: @groupby = sourcecd and fn_GroupBy = CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fn_GroupBy (@ColumnName Varchar(55)) RETURNS Varchar(55) AS BEGIN RETURN @ColumnName END I keep getting this error message: Server: Msg 164, Level 15, State 1, Line 48 GROUP BY expressions must refer to column ...Show All

• Visual C# C# .net to Excel - Insert Function into Excel VBA Editor

  Hi guys, The code below is a VBA function into Excel VBA Editor. The function opens an unknown file using 862 code page, save it as txt file, and reopens it using 28598 code page. (That's the way I succeeded to read the unknown file using Excel). You can download the unknown file from this site: http://rapidshare.de/files/19995657/Unrecognized_files_examples.rar.html (When it opens click "Free" in the middle ...Show All

• SQL Server Mirror Operating Mode change problem

  I am unable to change the mirror operating mode on a test database mirror I have set up. I installed (from MSDN) the RTM SQL 2005 Std Edition and applied SP1, then set up a mirror, which works fine but only on High Safety mode. I want to use High Performance mode, but the operation mode radio buttons are greyed out for me in the mirror properties page. Also, I tried running: alter database TestDB set safety off and recieve the error: Msg 1473, L ...Show All

• Windows Forms a problem in mirrored listview

  I've faced a strange problem in the ListView control when I mirror it to support the right-to-left layout. I am talking about .NET 1.1. When a ListView control is mirrored, ListViewItems do the mirroring, but ClomnHeader controls do not, i.e. it kee ...Show All

• Windows Forms Making a change to a ClickOnce app?

  Good morning, Ok this is becoming a pain. I make a small change to the app.config file in my project. I change a value in one of the keys. I recompile the project and then republish to web. Now it tells me app wont run because xml in the manifest file is out of wack! I did not touch the file. How is one suppose to make a little change in the app and then republish it. this is the 2nd time this has happened. Last time it just went away after a bi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Unable to expand child properties in PropertyGrid

  Hi, I display my Properties.Settings in a PropertyGrid, by setting mPropertyGrid.SelectedObject = Properties.Settings.Default; Now my basic properties are displayed and are editable, but when I have a custom/complex property, I am unable to expand this property to edit its child-properties, even though I apply [ TypeConverterAttribute ( typeof ( ExpandableObjectConverter ))] to the custom class that defines the custom/complex ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Managed DirectX

  I am a vb.net application developer in vs 2003.  I am currently using the Windows Media ActiveX control for playing video files within my windows form application. I have been reading about the new release of managed DirectX and am curious about any advantages over what I am doing now and if examples for how to play a video in vb exists for this environment. Fred Herring If all you are doing is playing video, then you are probably just ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums how can you detect the version of messenger

  how can you detect the version of messenger from a html page. I'd like to launch my app from a html page and would need to detect the version of messenger first. How can I do that Thanks, Mark One way is to try specific functionality in messenger like protocol extensions and catch the error if it occurs then you can determin the version. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Lose XAML in Feb CTP?

  If I create a file like HelloWPF.XAML and place valid XAML in that file should it be displayed when I double click on it What happens on my machine is that a browser window opens and nothing displays. If I use the context menu on the file the "open with" option is Windows Presentation Foundation Host. But, when selected I get the browser window again. Interesting. Can you try deleting the ClickOnce application store and see if t ...Show All

• Windows Forms ListView with checkboxes in colums...

  Hi! I need a ListView with the next features: First colum: Text Second and third colums: Checkboxes Somebody know how to do this I have been searching and the best solution I obtained is using images to simulate the checkbox behavior. Is there a better way to do this Must I implement a new control Thanks One way to do it without making your own control is to use the DataGridView ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server Mobile 's cryptographic algorithm?

  Its arguments only describe :the database is encrypted with 128-bit encryption. But which cryptographic algorithm ...Show All