CyberDios's Q&A profile

• Visual C# creating an API accessible to VC++ and C#

  I'm new to C# and .NET and had a question. I'm working on a project, which consists of several applications, some written in C#, and some in VC++. My part is to create a logging and profile service for these applications on a common server. I am creating the server code and API code in C#, and want it to be accessible to all these applications, regardless of language (as other languages could possibly be added later, but not probable). Besides a ...Show All

• SQL Server Need Bulk Insert help

  Hi all, I am not sure I post this in the correct forum or not, if not please reguide me to the correct forum. I have data files created from streamwriter using tab for field terminator and line break from streamwriter. Then I try to use Bulk Insert to load the data file into a table with format file using bcp command. Then I received the following error: Msg 4863, Level 16, State 4, Line 1 Bulk load data conversion error (truncatio ...Show All

• Visual Studio disable the normal prompting process

  I have a C#.NET project, where I am filling parameters. I need to disable the normal prompting process in the report. How could I do it (and how could it depends on VS version when I worked in Beta 2 everything was fine, but in RC1 version it's not) Are you referring to parameter prompts If you assign values to all of the variables before displaying the report, then it shouldn't prompt for input. Make their valu ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET performace?

  Hi, anyone know if there's any document available about performance on specific .NET functions; i.e how many clock cycles does it take to add an element to an Arraylist , and so on I'm especially interested in comparison of ArrayLists and Hashtables, but other things as well. Thanks, / Rolle Here is a list of available profilers: ANTS Profiler dotTRACE AQ Time nProf (free) Sorry for the double post, b ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Make library functions WF aware

  Hi Is there a way for a function that has no knowledge of wether it is running in a workflow or not, to get a hold on the WorkflowInstanceId of the caller The function do have access to the WF API:s but I do not want to send any WF related stuff in the calls to the library (existing library). My newbie guess is that it is impossible. BR Hakan Thank you. This was a great reply. A very quick test show ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions const_cast of std::string::c_str() for winapi?

  For some winapi structs and functions a non-const char (or wchar_t) is required. If my code uses the stl std::string, would it be acceptable to use const_cast on the c_str() member function Or is copying to a TCHAR array the best solution The situations I might envisage using such a const_cast would be where I'm fairly certain the system only copies the string (to a listbox, combobox or comboboxex list, for example) , rather than alters ...Show All

• Windows Forms MaskedTextBox and different phone number formats in different cultures

  Did anyone use MaskedTextBox to display phone numbers from different cultures My problem is this: There are different phone number formats for different countries, as we all know. The number of digits in country codes, area codes and phone numbers are different in US, England, and Italy for example... I tried changing the culture of the MaskedTextBox, but that only effects date formats, currencies, and numbers, not the phone numbers. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office how to turn off outlook security warning dialog box using C#

  Hi, How can one get rid off the  Security Warning dialog box which pops up when you try to access a property of ContactItem in Outlook 2003 I'm using Visual Studio Team Suite Beta 2, Microsoft Outlook 11.0 Object Library, Outlook 2003. I've written a webform to get the list of contacts and display it in a listbox. But everytime the webform loads, an outlook security dialog box pops up. I'm not sure if this is the right forum but ...Show All

• .NET Development Creating Demo Version

  Anyone have ideas or pointers of how i can publish my app as a demo version or a timed version    I have a fairly complex solution  for a very narrow industry.   I don't want to send out completely enabled version of my pkg for evaluation purposes.  So I'm looking for ideas, pointers, code,... on how to best to build a timed expiration capability in .NET apps that is simple yet robust enough to prevent wides ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to troubleshoot custom designer for sequential workflow

  Hello, In the post http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=160891&SiteID=1 , Arjun describes how to define a custom designer for a sequential workflow.  As noted in that post, I've tried to imitate Arjun's steps but my custom designer does not appear to be loading.  I'm reposting the following to hopefully get some visibility: I've tried overriding the HelpText and ShowSmartTag properties but I don't see any change to ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How can I override a handler for a Form ControlBox

  I have an form, and I'd like to have the controlbox on it (upper right corner close/max/min). How do I override the handler for the close   Learning the .NET Framework still.  Whats the correct way to do this Thanks. I got this to work but the property name is: Me.MinimizeBox = False Probably the confusion is that "X" means close in Windows XP but Minimize in the mobile O.S., in my case I am using CE 5.0. So obviously ...Show All

• SQL Server DM Windows Forms Controls in November Feature Pack for SS2005

  Hello, There is a download in the Feature Pack For Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - November 2005 for the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Datamining Viewer Controls. Unfortunately I cannot find a shred of documentation for said controls. It would be nice to know what their names are, where they are installed, how you add them to your toolbox. Sample apps would be of great benefit as well (but I don't want to ask for too much). Here is the descriptio ...Show All

• Visual C# adding child form to MDI

  Hi to all of you, I have MDI project that MDI form and Child form. Now I am adding a second child form which going to be a search form. The problem the MDI does not see it. Can anyone help Thanks jbattat Hi jbattat, what do you mean exactly by "the MDI does not see it" --mc ...Show All

• Visual Basic Update object data in collection

  I am going to have a collection of objects. Let say an employee collection. I add 3 employees to the collection and now I want to update some data for the 2nd employee. Maybe say change the employees salary. How would I change that data. Dim empCol as Collection Dim emp1 as employee Dim emp2 as employee Dim emp3 as employee . . . empCol.add emp1 empCol.add emp2 empCol.add emp3 ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to create an object property for a custom UserControl?

  Hi all.. I created a UserControl where I implemented a property that if of a class type. I want that in VS.NET editor this property to be shown as a tree, something similar to Font property present in most visual controls. Do I have to include some attribute or to make something special with the property Thanks Jaime Hello, A. Create a custom TypeConverter for your class <System.Security.Permissions.PermissionS ...Show All