Doc_Brown AKA Neil's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions A Problem with Relative Paths

  I've been using Visual C++ 2005 Express without problems for a day, but now I'm suddenly having problems with relative paths.  Instead of a path resolving to one relative to the project file, it's always resolving relative to 'Visual C++ 2005 Express\Common7\IDE'.  I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and looking through settings, but to no avail.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. AFAIK this is a problem from the IDE. The IDE auto completion for include files seam to look into the current working directory and not into the path were the current file resides in. Whatever the IDE sugg ...Show All

• Windows Forms Reset Layered Mode after setting Opacity back to 1

  Hello, when the property Opacity of a form is set to a value less than 1 the fist time, the form will be transformed to "layered mode" - so far, so good. But how can the form be transformed back in "normal mode" after setting Opacity = 1 without DllImports Regards SlEasy ...Show All

• Visual C++ Problem using argv in main

  Hello there, I am pretty new at this C/C++ I am writing a console program, and from what I read here, and around the internet is that the argv array in main()  is supposed to hold any arguments entered on the command line... argv[0] is the name of the program, and argv[1] to argc is the arguments. So if I were to write a program that opened a file in binary mode. To run it I would type executable and then the file I want to open and operate on. example: C:// binaryopen  binaryfile.bin binaryopen is the name of the program, argv[0] binaryfile.bin is the file being operated on, argv[1] at least that's what the internet ...Show All

• .NET Development Application doesn't exit

  Hi, my .NET-application uses a .NET-Assembly which seems to create some problems: When I click the X-button of the window of my app, the window hides but the programme doesn't end. I tried to get arount that by using this code: private void MyForm_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e) { Application.Exit(); Thread.CurrentThread.Abort(); } The Assembly mentioned above works asynchronously and has some events, which are triggered periodically. And this is, why I get a System.InvalidOperationException (Can use Invoke or BeginInvoke only when window handle is created) occurs, when I close the window, when I don' ...Show All

• Windows Forms Sharing components between forms.

  Is it possible to somehow use the designer support to build an application that has several forms but only one DataSet instance. I don't see a complex application to display all related data in a database in the same form. E.g. I have a table orders and one order_entry and I want to have a form that displays the list of orders and when a ...Show All

• Visual C# How to store list using Settings Designer (in 2.0)?

  Using the Settings Designer I can easily store individual items (string, int, double, etc...), but how do I store a list of items.  I used the Browse... selection to set the Type to ArrayList, but I couldn't figure out how to set the default value.  So, in the constructor of my main form, I added the following code... Settings.Default.MyList = new ArrayList(); Settings.Default.MyList.Add( "abc"); Settings.Default.MyList.Add( "123"); Settings.Default.Save();   However, I get a null reference exception on the Save().  I worked around the problem by stuffing the list into a delimited string, but that's pret ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Inhirtence

  hi again , okai have a problem in which i want to display the text from a text box which is on form number 1, to the text box which is on form number 2, both forms are in one project. clearly it is a case of inheretence but plz give me its code... Thankyou... hi, no its not inheretence, its properties, or constractor Public Class  Form1      Inherits  Form           'form contain 1 textbox , 2 buttons      Private Sub  button1_Click( ByVal  sender  As Object ,&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Want Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Beta 1 Installation

  I first uninstalled Beta 1 of of C# 2005 Express and then tried to install Beta 2 but got a message that XP SP2 is required.  My company doesn't support SP2 yet so I tried to install it myself but ended up getting a permissions error.  I have administrator privilages but the XP SP1 on my system has been customized by my company. I would like to get back to where I was with the Beta 1 install, but can't find it on the site. Is there any way that I can get C# Express Beta 1 reinstalled on my system Yes, we have kept the Beta 1 manual installation instructions available online at: http: ...Show All

• Visual C# Not executing some event

  I have listbox and I use "ItemIndexChange" event to do some action, but i do something else when i click on the list ("MouseDown" event). Events order: "ItemIndexChange", "MouseDown". How can I prevent executing "ItemIndexChange" when I clicked on the list and execute this event when I use keyboard to navigate throught list items. Just be creative and use a boolean flag or something: public class MyClass { private bool _itemChanged = false ; private void listBox1_ItemIndexChanged( object sender, EventArgs e ) { _itemChanged = tr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Adding a folder to a database project from code?

  I know that database projects is "unmodeled" and only supports minimal features. Does anyone know how to add new folder from an addin ( modifying the .dbp file directly produces a "project has changed on disk" and thats kind of ugly) /Andreas I've manage to get a "semi ugly" workaround to work: 1. Unload solution (wasn't able to unload the db-project only -> got object not set error) 2. Add folder/folders on disk 3. Reload solution /Andreas ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to program a log in form?

  Dear all, I am new in using Visual Basic. However I've discover the excitement of programming in it! Especially using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition. I wanted to develop a Staff Attendance System where I need staffs to log-in! When user press [Submit] button after entering UserID and Password , System will verify UserID and Password with database . If UserID and Password match, Date and Time-in will be stored into another table. I have the whole programming line.. but do not know how to quate it in Visual Basic. The idea is as follow : ( Action when user click Submit button after filling their UserID an ...Show All

• Visual Studio Network Adaptors not working after VS 2005 Beta 2 Install

  Has anyone had the issue of their network adaptors not working after intalling VS 2005 Beta 2 On an IBM ThinkPad T41, Wireless & LAN Adaptors present and enabled. If I uninstall VS it all starts working again. If I start in Safe mode with network enabled it works. Thanks Check out this blog from the VS Devices team for more info: http://blogs.msdn.com/vsdteam/archive/2005/06/13/428588.aspx ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to trap the mouse events (move, hover, etc) for the designerhost?

  I've implemented a custom form designer based on MSKB 04 sample. I'd like to perform some actions when cursor moves over the designer. How can I trap these mouse events Or should I take a different approach for this kind of task Thanks, Alan Martin, I din't get a chance to try out the global behavior yet. Thereis a bit learning curve I need to go through on it... Behavior seems to play a big role in design time of 2.0. Thank you again, Martin. Alan ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Remove This Smart Tag

  I've developed a SmartTag using C# (btw very slick... thanks VSTO team!). In the smart tag context menu, apart from my own actions, there are some default ones like Remove This Smart Tag Stop recognizing 'foo' etc. My question is how do I deal with "Remove this Smart Tag" If the user clicks on it, they expect my document will no longer place a smart tag in that same spot. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be an event to tell me that the user doesn't want a smart tag there. So the next time my "Recognize" is called, I will re-insert the smart tag (since I will recognize the term again). I guess I can train users not ...Show All

• Visual Studio Is VSIP still alive?

  When I went to download the aug and sept ctp releases of VS SDK (~40MB), I found download links for VSIP SDK too (~47MB). I thought VSIP was what became VS SDK 2005. Could someone explain what is the difference Also, Microsoft has released VSTA beta (Visual Studio Tools for Applications) at the PDC 2005. How is it different from VS SDK. TIA, -Azhagan The VS SDK contains the VSIP SDK content plus more. The VS SDK has a new structure more help etc. VSTA will be distributed as part of the VS SDK in the furture. Currently we have not released any VSTA bits. VSTA enables ISVs to create managed add-ins using a ...Show All