Kathleen McGrath - MSFT's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms nudge like MSN Messenger

  Hi I try to make form nudge like MSN Messenger by this code in vb.net            Me .Top = Me .DesktopLocation.Y - 6            Thread.Sleep(30)             Me .Top = Me .DesktopLocation.Y + 6            Thread.Sleep(30)             Me .Left = Me .DesktopLocation.X + 6 &nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Open an excel workbook from My.Resources

  Hi! I have an Excel workbook in My.Resources. I want to open it when I use a button. I don't know how to do it Do you have any idea I can do it by opening the file from its adress (see bellow). I want to do the same job with the excel file from the Resources. Thanks for your help.... Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click xlsApp = New Excel.Applic ...Show All

• Visual Basic runtime created panels

  hi again how can i get the selected panel from runtime created panels on click event I mean I have created 5 different panel on a form's runtime. Each of them has a label, too. If i click on one of the panels I want a messagebox to write the text of the label. Only vb2005 codes, plz. thnx Hi, You should create MouseClick event handler like shown below and associate it with all the panels' MouseClick event: Private Sub Pa ...Show All

• Windows Forms Unable to locate the localhost database

  Trying to install TaskVisionSource 1.1.0.0. (local) database exists.  Bug could be that I'm only running .NET Fx. 1.1 om this WXP box But what is a localhost database. Creating a database named "localhost" on my local SQL Server didnt make any diff ...Show All

• SQL Server Another SSIS Package Validation Question

  We are going to be running a package repeatedly 24/7. The same package against the same data store, filtered using a "stageFlag" so as not to read rows previously processed. We have various timing statistics and have yet to fine tune; but on the surface it appears that it takes approximately three minutes to validate and another three minutes to run. If we have no additional data on the second run it still takes three minutes to comple ...Show All

• Visual Studio Linking files from another database

  Does anyone know if it is possible, and if so how does one link files from another database. Thanks, John ...Show All

• Visual C++ Getting started with a plain c++ program!!

  How do I just open and compile normal c program, without it being a "win32 console application" or any other fancy-shmancy stuff File->New->Project A window will spawn. Under the C++ header select "Win32", in the right pane select "Win32 Console Application." Give it a name and hit "OK." Hit Next. UNcheck "Precompiled header" check "empty project" click "finish" Done. Your project is created. Now we need to make a file. Now you ...Show All

• SQL Server I can't show a calculated member

  I need to show a calculated member in a report. Reports works fine with calculated measures, but when you try to use a calculated member then raises an error which says The following system error ocurred. Invalid procedure call or argument. Any ideas Can I use calculated members I'm using RS 2005 April CTP. Thanks in advance. Thanks Chris, that was quite helpful. I wish there was a way to instruct the ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to refresh ComboBox's DataSource?

  I have a ComboBox with its DataSource bound to a BindingSource. And this BindingSource is bound to a generice list. This generaic list will change upon the selection of another option on the same form. When the list is changed, how could I reflect the changed list in the ComboBox When the generic list is changed, it is not recreated. It is just cleared and filled with new elements. So the generic list is still the same object every time it is c ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can I do this with the DataGridView?

  Hi Mark, I have a few issue that need help from you. 1. Custom Column in the DataGridView. a. Multi-Column ComboBox in DataGridView b. DataGridViewTextBoxCell with a button, when the button is clicked a new form pops up, when selecting the value in the pop up form , value will be displayed in the textbox. Besides that, we can directly type in text in the textbox. c. Memo field in the DataGridView , where allow user to type ...Show All

• .NET Development Accessing sharepoint data

  Hi. How do I launch a document in the associated editor (Word/Excel or whatever) Any added difficulities if the document is in Sharepoint Best regards, Throstur Not sure, I'm not an expert with SharePoint. Probably your best bet is to post to the SharePoint newsgroups, they will have the best suggestions. This might be tricky to do if you want to get the full SharePoint UI, but I am reall ...Show All

• SQL Server Does RS support to change the report size automatically?-URGENT!!!

  I will use MSRS to create reports in a .Net Smart Client project later. For some kinds of report, there are some customized columns which may be displayed or not. I design these reports like this: first create all the columns, then set the "Visibility-Hidden" property of those customized columns using expression which including some report parameters.Thus, these customized columns can be displayed or hidden by setting the value of the report pa ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions installation help

  I just downloaded Visual C++ Express Edition and then tried to install it. The framework installed well, but when installing VC++, the computer gives a error saying that a folder could not be created. It doesnt work even after retrying the procedure. Can someone please help me Any help will be gladly appreciated. Thank You. The install needs to write to several system directories and the registry, for this t ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. multichannel audio

  Hi there, I'm wondering if it is possible to program a soundcard with e.g. 5.1 option as if it had 6 mono channels. I already tried faking it with directsound3D but with no success... I wan't to be able to play a sound on e.g. channel 1 and 5 (frontleft and backright) but not on the other channels. If this is not possible using directx anyone got an idea on what else to use I think this must be possible ONE way... Thanks in advance, Pat ...Show All

• Windows Forms Help - Error obtaining DirectDraw interface

  I got an exception when running Terarrium.  The exception is: An unhandled exception of type 'ManagedDirectX.DirectXException' occurred in Terrarium.exe Additional information: Error obtaining DirectDraw interface Can anyone tell me how to fix the problem Thanks, Hao Mo ...Show All