Nicolas S.'s Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Need help Inventory database program

  I am trying to create an inventory program in VB using Visual Studio 2005 Standard, for my small repair shop. I have three venders I get parts from, each has their own small program that I can use to lookup parts and pricing. But It is a pain to use three different programs. In side their program folders I noticed that they all have an Access Database file (mdb) that they have me download to update their program when they have a price change. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development DataGrid binded to a list of custom objects

  Hi, I have a list of custom objects (of type List<CustomObject>) and I want to present them in a tabular way with no editing, no sorting etc.. DataGrid seems like a natural fit but I was not able to make it work. I must mention I still use VS 2005 Beta 2. Can anybody help me with a small sample Thank you, Valentin Iliescu Consider using BindingList class instead of List: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms132679.aspx In ...Show All

• Windows Forms problem using reg free com

  i'm testing some click once features, so all i have is a simple windows form, that clicking it's button invokes some com object method. my com object is unmaneged, it's added as reference with properties: isolated = true, copy local = true. when publishing the click once app, app starts to run , and when calling this com, it fails with error: retrieving the com class factory for component with CLSID {my obj clsid} failed due to the following ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office InfoPath - Explicit call to webservice in .NET code only works in debugging mode

  I'm trying to make a call to a webservice in the FormCode of the InfoPath project. I have made a web reference in the project and call the webservice to retrieve some data. When I open the InfoPath form from the solution and preview the form everything works fine. When I publish the InfoPath in a local directory on my machine the webservice call is not executed but I don't receive an error message either. The webservices configured as an InfoPat ...Show All

• SQL Server SP1 Installation Failure for Reporting Services Instances

  The upgrade was alright for my first/default instance of reporting services but failed for the other 3 non-default instances. I was running SP1 using remote desktop connection. I got the following error at the report manager and the reporting services configuration's initialization. Is there any way to get around this The version of the report server database is either in a format that is not valid, or ...Show All

• SQL Server Report Viewer/Explorer-WebPart missing under SharePoint v3+SQL Server 2005

  Hello all, I'm new with SP v3 and the Reporting Services of SQL Server 2005. I did a prototyp report and show it with "SQL Reporting Services Report"-WebPart, but I can't find the WebParts Report Viewer and Explorer in the WebPart Gallery. Please, could somebody give me a clue where the problem could be, or how I could isolate the problem area. Cheers Marc Hi , Can any one help me ...Show All

• Windows Forms Need expert to review application

  Taskvision was my first big step into Windows programming. I have since gotten fairly comfortable and was able to convert it into a contact management app. However I have added so many functions and learned so much along the way that I think&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO project does not appear in "VSTOprojects" CAS list

  Hiya, I am going thru the VSTO articles, trying to build a VSTO app in whidbey. When I run the app, I get an error < error > The current .net security policy does not permit the customization to run. <\ error > So, I  follow the advice on how to assign a strongName to the assembly: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/0c0116yz(en-us,vs.80).aspx However, when i navigate  to the "VSTOProjects" folder, the p ...Show All

• Windows Forms Files

  I want to run a vb.net program(exe) file from my house pc. The pc at my house does not have .net on it, so what dll files must I put on my pc with my program to let it work Thinstall seems to be a really co ...Show All

• Visual Studio Determining order for build

  I have a solution which contains 15 projects. How can I automate the build process for my solution I don’t want to write a batch file that call MSBuild.exe for each project in the solution, doing so I have to ensure that the batch file always call MSBuild.exe in appropriate order. Secondly there could changes on day to day basis which could make maintaining the batch file a tedious task. How does IDE determine the build order, is it ...Show All

• Visual C# Declaring Arrays

  Hello, I have a question about declaring arrays. Here is my array I’ve declared which contains 3 string. string [] strName = new string [3]; I am trying to pass this string array to a DLL that is created in Delphi and the declaration is looks like this. strName : Array [0..3] of String[128]; As you can see in Delphi, they can declare a string array that has ...Show All

• Visual C# How to Send mail -help please-

  iam a new C# asp.net developer and i want a code to send mail to mysite users . i want a code and instruction to get my framwork ready tahnks for help This question has been asked many times on the forums. Please do a search and you will find the code and instructions you are looking for. Here are a few to get you started: v1.1 http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=717&SiteID=1 v2.0 http://forums.microsof ...Show All

• SQL Server sql server upgrade from 2000 to 2005

  I am currently using sql server 2000 and I have just installed sql server 2005 in a separate box that will be used as the production server so I will be upgrading to the new database server soon. I was reading the upgrade options for this situation and one option is to detach the 2000 database, copy the mdf and log files to the new server and attach it to mssql 2005. Another option is to recreate the tables, views, etc. and export/import the ...Show All

• SQL Server Copying table data from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2000 - Very Slow when using OLEDB Source and Destination sources?

  An SSIS package to transfer data from a DB instance on SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2000 is extremely slow. The package uses an OLEDB Source to OLEDB Destination for data transfer which is basically one table from sql server 2005 to sql server 2000. The job takes 5 minutes to transfer about 400 rows at night when there is very little activity on the server. During the day the job almost always times out. On SQL Server 200 instances the job ...Show All

• Smart Device Development open IE in application

  Does .Net CF provide any method to open IE with given URL Just like it is in full .Net Framework :        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(URL) Thanks. OpenNETCF provide Diagnostics.Process It works, justing calling Process.Start("iexplore.exe", URL) . Thanks. ...Show All