Manuel9999's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio User defined reports

  Can the final user modify the .rdlc file to have a customized report Is there (o will there be) a "Designer" external to Visual Studio In what type of application do you use StimulReport How did you find out about it My biggest problem with going with them is the lack of information available out there. How are they as a company Are they responsive when you have problems ...Show All

• Windows Forms Minimise Command Line Application

  I have a custom task for an installer that is a command line application. The problem is that when it runs, it looks a bit scrappy as the console window opens up. There's no way I can see from within the installer database to specify how a window opens up, so is there any way inside C# I can force my console application to minimise Cheers, Bill Just FYI, this forum is for posts regarding the C# languag ...Show All

• SQL Server table group option on top?

  I'm having trouble using the group option on tables. I want my table to be in this order, group, header, details, and footer. however by default it is header, group, details, and footer. Ive tried moving group up, cutting and pasting, and recreating the table...but I can't get it in the order I want. Im grouping my data by store location, the headers are my inventory/sales name fields, details is my data..etc. T ...Show All

• SQL Server Need Help creating a SSIS Package (Newbie)

  Following is what I would like to do, so I can keep updating my central SQL Server database with latest updates from the field. I like to use SSIS 2005 to create a package that could do this. Any help to get me started would be appreciated. I need some help soon, pls give me something to get started. APpreciate it. Thanks. Open connection and read client location table on the local SQL Server database called PODO For each location id in the t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VSTS Roadmap

  Hi,  Anybody who has access to VSTS product Road map, Will you please be able to share the same , both on the future versions and features list. I would really appreciate your help in this regard. Thanks and Regards Prash We have not publicized any of our vNext plans for Team System. As soon as this information becomes available, it'll be posted to the Team System site . You sh ...Show All

• Windows Forms Exception Handling

  A Try-Catch block in 'OnThreadException' does not execute the 'Catch'. Instead an unhandled exception 'Send Report' dialog pops up. What am I missing or doing wrong The code looks like this: static void OnThreadException( object sender, ThreadExceptionEventArgs t){ try { Exception e = t.Exception; string message = e.Message; if (e.InnerException != null ) message += Environment .NewLine + Environment .NewLine; ...Show All

• Visual Basic newbie building my first custom control collection

  Hi, I am trying to build a function to create a collection of all textboxes with in a form.  Maybe someone can tell me what is wrong here in module1 i have... Public Function AllTextBoxesInControlCollection( ByVal CollectionToScour As Control.ControlCollection, ByVal owner As Control) As Control.ControlCollection AllTextBoxesInControlCollection = New Control.ControlCollection(owner) For Each ctrl As ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) how to implement a application like the north face demo on PDC 2005?

  In the demo, user can use a mouse to rotate a sports clothes. I am always being attracted and puzzled by it. Can one give me some advice to implement this Thank you. I have not done much with WPF 3D yet, but there is probably a utility class that will do the manipulation. If not a simple conversion of mouse x to rotation angle would be a good first step on rolling your own. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System SQL Express only?

  Not a big deal, but I currently have my test machine without Express installed and it will not allow me to work a database project. Is Express the only version that works for these types of projects at this time TIA, Greg After you make the changes, you do need to restart VS right now, this is not automaticly refeshed at this point in time, the information is loaded and cached at startup time. -GertD ...Show All

• Visual C++ Call to Windows Sockets 2 API causing delay

  Hi All, When I call getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() Windows Sockets 2 APIs in my program, it causes a delay of few seconds. Any idea why the delay is occuring Thanks in advance, Praveen I think both calls are winsock APIs that query network information using IP and protocol port number even though the service name could be on your local machine. Therefore, the calls will go outside your machine and come back. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Getting problenm in release mode....

    Hi All, I am not able to launch the application in release mode. The error message shows   "Unable to start program '%CIDL_PROGRAM_FILES%\ABC\ABC.exe.   An error occurred that usually indicated a corrupt installation (code 0x8007007e). If the problem persists, repair your Visual Studio installation via 'Add or Remove Programs' in Control Panel"     While the same set ...Show All

• Windows Forms Stopping Index Change on ListView

  Hi... I have a control with a ListView on. In certain circumstances, when the user selects a different item on it (index) I want to be able to prevent the index change and revert back to the originally selected item. Is there any way of doing this The only event I can see is 'SelectedIndexChanged', which is a 'past' event. Of course, I could override WndProc and do the processing there, but want to avoid this if there is a 'simpler' way. Thank ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot drop the table transactional replication error 3724

  This thread is no longer active . I moved issue to a new, cleaner thread named: How can I get Transactional Republishing to work -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've tried for more than a week to figure this one out, but have not found a solution. I'm missing some critical information that perhaps someone can share. I'm desperate and embarassed that ...Show All

• .NET Development updating records

  I am trying to update a record using one of samples provided and I always have the following error: "Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference" The code I use is as follows: Dim totalsRow As mdstats1DataSet.TotalsRow totalsRow = mdstats1DataSet.Totals.FindByRecordID(1) totalsRow.smtpin = smtpin totalsRow.smtpout = smtpout The error is on the "mdstats1DataSet.Totals" Can anyon ...Show All

• Smart Device Development VS 2005 and Smart Device installation problem

  I have a weird problem with my VS 2005 and Smart Device SDK installation. I'm using the DVDs from the Windows Mobile 5.0 Developer Evaluation Kit given away at the recent MEDC. I want to successfully install the Pocket PC and Smartphone SDKs and compare the IDE etc with that of evC 4.0. I appear to have successfully installed VS2005 however the Smart device SDKs do not appear to installed correctly at all even though I did install them. There s ...Show All