Sandy M's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Overriding from the dropdownlist in the IDE?

  Where has it gone In VS2003 it was possible to select overriding in the ddl’s above the code. I used this feature a lot, now it seems gone Yes, I figured this out shortly after posting here. This is the way it works in VS2003 for C#. I prefer the old VB way. Sure it has the disadvantage of leaving the code, but it provides a central place to overlook the possible overridable functions. I for myself use this ofte ...Show All

• .NET Development Genericity and dynamic assemblies

  I'm writing a compiler for .NET 2.0 ( http://www.marteens.com/freya ). The compiler is written in C# 2.0 and uses Reflection.Emit for creating the compiled assembly (it's largely inspired in Mike Stall's Blue ). Biggest problem I've found: using Reflection with closed generic types when one of the type arguments is instantiated with a type defined in a dynamic assembly (i.e., a "type builder"). Suppose I'm defining a type in a dynamic assembly, ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Working with a Canvas in Cider Designer

  When working with canvasses in the Cider Designer, I can't select it to move it around, and I can't seem to drop anything on it, I have to add with XAML, and if add the items in that way, the items themselves are not moveable or sizeable. Is there a bug fix for this Thank you, Jaco Cider is still in Beta version and, every time I used it, I prefer to go back to the XAML code because this one was too bug ...Show All

• SQL Server Need Advise on SQL Express with Advanced Services

  Hi Guys, Need some advice on the free SQL Express with Advanced Services provided. I plan to develop a small departmental multi-user applications with 5 to 6 simultaneous users using the free SQL Express with Advanced Services with VB.net and stored procedures on a local area network. Is it a good choice to use this free SQL Express with Advanced Services or is it more advisable to purchase a standard version Appreciate if someone c ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions help executing a hyperlink

  can someone please give me the syntax for opening a hyperlink when a picturebox is clicked on a form also, are there any mouse over text properties available i don't see them in the objects properties. thanks i guess in theory it was on a network share, that's where my projects are stored and i was trying to execute the code from within vb. once i did the build and ran the executable, it was fine. i did change ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista HOW DO YOU GET VISTA?!

  I am an beta experience tester, not an MDSN. Somebody invite me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! jag.matharu@hotmail.co.uk ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS and COM

  Dear all, Does anyone know if exists any COM wrapper provider for SSIS TIA This doesn't seem to work for me. I am trying to load a pacakage from MSDB using LoadFromSQLServer instead of LoadPackage and I am getting an awkward message: "Method LoadFromSQLServer of object IDTSApplication90 failed" Can someone piont me in the right direction on how to use VB6 with SSIS ...Show All

• Windows Forms TabControl bug?

  I've come across some odd behavior involving DataGridView controls and TabControls. Have I stumbled across a bug, or is there something I don't understand about these controls My app uses a TabControl with five TabPages. Each TabPage has its own DataGridView, which I bind to DataTables in the main window's FormLoad event. I  set the HeaderText property of each column of the DataGridViews at run time, because I don't know in advan ...Show All

• Windows Forms Timeline control Anybody want to help?

  Hi, i have been searching for a timeline control for a long time now. It should work like the timelines you use in video and audio edit programs (adobe premiere for example). You can compare it a bit with a Ghant chart control. I think the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Why do you need the .vspscc and .vssscc files?

  Just wondering.  In general these VCS overhead files are annoying and kind of get in the way.  Can't you just stuff everything you need to know into the .sln and .*proj files Team Foundation uses these to store lists of files that have been excluded from source control.  We leveraged some of the existing SCC integration layer in Visual Studio to integrate Team Foundation, and these files were one ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Is .NET Remoting supported in Windows Mobile 5?

  Hi everyone! i need to use .NET Remoting (if i’m able to) with Visual Studio 2005, but it wasn’t support in previous compact framework, anyones knows if it’s supported in the 2.0 compact framework Thanks in advance. Guillermo. Have a look at http://dotnetremoting.com they have everything ...Show All

• SQL Server Performance difference

  Hello, i'm running 7 same HW&SW configured servers with the same load with SQL Ex 2005 SP1 installed. I'm executing SP over 200.000 times a day. And here comes the problem, every server got different average response time, the quickest executes the SP in 1 ms, the slowlest in 50 ms, that's 50x slower! Have you any performance hint, please Thank you. Thank you Andreas for your kind help. This is ...Show All

• .NET Development datagrid related

  Hello all, Plz help to rectify my code, its urgent public class Form1 ///// class 1 { form2.getProjectedtable(); } public class Form2 //// class 2 { getProjectedtable() { -------------- display a table in datagrid ---- } Public class Form3 //// class 3 { writing query like select * from table where abc>100 retrieves a row no ...Show All

• Windows Forms how to take words under the muse crasser?

  I am developing a dictionary: when some one right clicks on any word it must be translated (like Babylon dictionary for example).   But I don’t know how take the word under the muse crasser. (And I don’t have any Idea abut how to  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Where I can find Agent/Controller install

  We are MSDN subscribers. We download vs_team_suite_dvd but I can't find setup for Agent and Controller. Could some one help me "Distributed Test Agent" "Distributed Test Controller" -- It should be clear which they are called on the MSDN list of downloads. The docs which mention vs\aqent and vs\controller are incorrect, and we are updating the documentation for that. ...Show All