rboarman's Q&A profile

• .NET Development active application handle

  I am trying to transport a vb6 program to vb2005.  In vb6 I could use API's to do things like get a handle for the active application (enumWindows), get the location of the active application ( GetWindowPlacement ) , and the title text of the active application ( GetWindowText).  I have spent several days looking but have not been able to find anyway to duplicate thes functions in vb2005.  The API's don't want to work in vb2005.  Am I missing something or do I need to go back to vb6 to get the same fuctionallity   Does anyone have any suggestions" Thanks Dick Thanks Pa ...Show All

• SQL Server No support for SQL Server Authentication and SSIS !!!!

  Hi I want to manage my servers from a central location and have the ability to manage my packges too.  Unfortunatley my servers are across domains which means I have to use SQL Server Login, which isn't a bad thing.  However for some bizzare reason I can't connect to Integration Services using this method, only windows authentication which is a complete pain in the butt from a management stand point as I have to copy packages to various servers rather than add them from a central point. Does anyone know if this bug/feature or what ever Microsoft is calling it will be fixed or know of any workarounds.  Thanks   ...Show All

• Visual Basic Executing stored procedure that returns parameters

  I'm trying to execute a stored procedure "spImport" that returns three values: @InvalidCount (bit), @InputRecords (int), @Message (str) The following code gives me an error about SQLCommand: Dim TransferCommand As SqlCommand = stConnection.CreateCommand() TransferCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure TransferCommand.CommandText = "spImport" Is there a better way to write the code The code you listed looks good. There should be more code tho. At some point you should be passing this command to a DataAdapter so that you can use that to fill a dataset ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Installing DirectX SDK

  Hello.I am using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.I downloaded the DirectX SDK from December and I have installed on my computer but I cannot build DirectX Aplication.Why I use VB. The 2nd question: "VC# is better for DirectX applications " You will need to give us more information than that. What are you trying to do (step by step) and what errors are you getting. C# and VB are just as good as each other for DirectX applications apart from 2 things: 1. There are far more samples and tutorials in C# than in VB - if you can read C# well this won't bother you 2. C# allows unsafe co ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Access Add-In from the OUTSIDE...

  Hi there, I've got a tough question (I think ). I've made a plugin that works quite fine (excluding some deployment problems, but I hope in the future to solve them)...now, I'd like to make an application that can work with plugin from the OUTSIDE...let me explain. What I'd like to do, when running this application is: first, understand if Outlook 2003 and my plugin are installed (but this isn't quite necessary, hoping my users won't be too stupid ;)) second, if Outlook it's not running, make it to run...eventually, I'd like to understand if the plugin was loaded correctly third, I'd like the program to call a function of the Add-in. The la ...Show All

• .NET Development Compatibility Issue

  hai..   if i am developing a application using .net framework 1.0 and deploying it in a server with .net framework 1.2..What are all the problems i may face.. Thanks in advance... Regards, Satheesh There's no version 1.2 of the framework (except for early prerelease versions of what's now known as v2.0). As long as you're deploying on a system with the same or a more recent version of .NET installed it will just work most of the time. Just make sure you test properly on the target platform and read the breaking changes documents published by Microsoft. ...Show All

• .NET Development Email To Plain Text.

  Hi this is anil kumar tumbalam. I have writen application in vb .net to read mails from pop3 account. Now i have facing a problem in Reading Message Body [ie. only body of the message]. Can any body help me. Thanks in Advance. I'm not sure whether yahoo or hotmail supports POP3. Suresh. ...Show All

• .NET Development On Installing WSE 3.0

  This is a new install on a Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 Service Pack2. On this machine I have installed Microsoft SQL Server 2005 CTP which brought in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. There are no other Visual Studio Products other than the above. When I try to install WSE3.0, I get the message: Error 1772: Problem with installer package. The message is for all options Developer/Custom/ etc. Is there a work around Well. I uninstalled the SQL version which mandated that I uninstall all Visuao Sudio 2.0 Beta related programs. After this I installed VS 2005 Professional Edition[60 day evaluation] an ...Show All

• .NET Development Web Services - File Transfer

  Hi All,      I am using VS 2005 (BETA 2) and a Web Service to upload/download files.  I am trying to use the My.Computer.Network.UploadFile and My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile methods.  In essence, I have a file (test1.exe) that resides in the same directory as the web service, and would like to save it to a remote computer when the user calls my method.  It gives me the following error: System.Net.WebException was caught   Message="The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden."   Source="System"   StackTrace:    at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile(Uri address, Strin ...Show All

• Smart Device Development .NET Conversion problem

  Hi. I have a .NET 1.1 project which works great. I want to convert this to .NET 2.0 (both CF) I have a UI problem here. In my project I have events and delegates on the main UI. in .NET 1.1 I get no errors, everything works fine - I also get no errors from the UI Designer in VS2003   When converted to .NET 2.0 in VS2005 (yes I did update the framework/platform in the project after the VS2003 project conversion to VS2005) - I get a UI Designer error:   The type 'System.Windows.Forms.Form' has no event named 'OnStatusChange'. Hide      Edit at System.ComponentModel.Des ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS2005 Team Ed for Architects

  I'm trying to understand the differences between the Team versions. First: Do the "team" editions need the Team Server I want to explore the Architect tools, but I do not have the Team server installed. Second: Does the Team Ed for Architects have all of the Developer tools in it If not, how can I get them both TIA!!   No, you do not need Team Server to install Team Suite, Team Architect, Team Developer or Team Test. Here's a link for more information on the Team products: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/default.aspx Team Architect does not have all the developer tools ...Show All

• Windows Forms Urgent !!!! please ;)

  hie, Can anyone drop some ideas on why this new stuff is failing with the sample code even  It throws the exception Stack Overflow !!! Another confusion : do i need to resolve any kind of firewall issues even if I am creating my terrarium just to test the creature  (I tried to craet a new one but one ball at the right top corner&nbs ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Glass effect in vb.net whitout dwmapi.dll, maybe dwm wrapper

  Hi, I'd like to ask, how can i use glass effect in vb without dwmapi.dll because im using xp. But from Joejoe'site i downloaded vista welcome center, and it has glass effect..without windowblinds. How Or maybe i should use dwm wrapper if yes, write a little sample.. thnx Hi Atis, The support engineer wrote a sample app for you, but I can't post it here. Please email me at budsup@microsoft.com so that I can send it to you. Thanks for using Microsoft ISV Support. According to your problem, I wrote a sample application for you. Please check it out! -brenda (ISV Buddy Team) ...Show All

• SQL Server Difference between permission to connect database engine (grant,deny ) & Login(enabled ,disabled)

  When I create a new login in Sql server 2005. I do two operations :- Database engine ( grant ,deny ) - > set to deny While Login(enabled ,disabled ) -> set to enabled Now I tried to login with this login but unable to login to Database engine. Again I do Database engine ( grant ,deny ) - > set to grant While Login(enabled ,disabled ) -> set to disabled Now I try to login with this login but unable to login to Database engine. Basically what is the functional difference between these two attributes :- 1> Database engine (grant,deny) & 2> Login(enabled ,disabled) Thanks in advance . ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Printing a DataGidView?

  Could someone please help Suggest an article or somewhere I can get info on how to Print data from a DataGridView on a Window form in Visual basic Express. Preferably with some control over which column I would like to print. I have read how to print from DataView but NOT DataGridView Thanks to anyone who might steer me in the right direction Bernard ...Show All