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• SQL Server How can I assign a value to a textbox programmatically in a report?

  For example: If I want to display the date today, txtDate.Text = DateToday; There is no way other than assigning a expression to the Textbox. The "MS Access way" doesn't work anymore ;( You can do something like: =iif( some_condition = true, System.DateTime.Now, "No Date") or create your own function: Add Public Function myFunction(val as Object) if val is Nothing then return System.DateTime.Now return "Empt ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Cannot connect to server

  I can download the ~3mb files, but when they are run and they are trying to download and install everthing, it says that the transfer rate is 0, then goes to say that it is trying to re-establish it's connection with the server. It can't do this, and when 5 attempts to do this fail, it exits. Any ideas It happened to me too.  The setup thing downloads, but running that it tries 5 times to download and then says it failed.  I'll ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista ASP.NET and Workflow

  Our company is going to write asp.net application in visual studio 2005. This application is documents lifecycle system (Case is flow throught the entire company and is approved or not by users) One of users (not knowing any programing language) must create a case and define a flow of document circulation. Would like to ask few questions because We are new in workflow so our questions can be obvious. 1. First we would like to ask what a fe ...Show All

• SQL Server Converting from 2005 to 2000

  I hope i'm posting this in the right forum.. Anyways, I have a SQL Server 2005 database, that I need to load in SQL Server 2000.  How would one go about converting a 2005 database to 2000 Thanks in advance! I just figured that out today, in fact.  In case you haven't found the answer yet, use the Export utility in SQL Server 2005 Management Studio.  Select the database you want to transfer, right ...Show All

• .NET Development well format xml

  Hi,  I get an xml file, which is not well formed, it's structure is like: <groups> <group> <name></name> <desc></desc> <items>  <item>    <name></name>    <desc></desc>  </item> </items> </group> </groups> As you can see, the problem is, that some nodes are defined in different mapping types. I can't do anyt ...Show All

• Smart Device Development bat files/ Shell script in windows mobile

  How can I run a bat file in Windows Mobile 5.0 Actually ShellExecute does not exactly wok as a shell i.e. only exe,bat and cmd files can be run using ShellExecute. My aim is to import a vCard to outlook. to do this you have to just type the name of the vcard file at the run prompt. to do such an operation in win desktop i made a bat file and invoked shellexecute and my work was done. Can bat files or any shell script be run in Windows Mobile ...Show All

• Visual Basic How do I execute a sub in different form?

  How do I execute a sub in different form Michael Make sure the sub is and the form's class are Public.  Otherwise, the sub will not be available.  If that doesn't work, we can work offline or something to get a sample project and see what's going on.  I know this scenario genreally works, so maybe there's something simple. ...Show All

• Windows Forms crystal reports

  how do i dynamically access data from a database and create a crystal report out of it and eventually display it in a crystal report viewer in vb.net ...Show All

• .NET Development Using System.Net Class

  i want to write a program which will download a file from internet.......but during that i want to show some updates of most likely like progress or so...... i came to know that i have to follow the IAsync...but no further could you please provide some useful info. The timeout value choose is going to depend on several things... What server you are making the request to.  Is the server frequently overloaded   What is the averag ...Show All

• Visual Basic Keep a function running until it ends

  Hello all, I have a unique problem that i'm hopeing all or some of you can help me with. I'm writing a content management system for my personal blog. I'm looking at creating a type of rules system. Kinda like in email, when you receive email from someone you know, the rule kicks in and transfers that email to a special folder. I want to do something similiar with my html code. When i add a new post, i want to loop through all of the co ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VEA2005: Database Menu is vanished !?

    Hi, I'm currently work on VEA2005 (11.4301.6568) with ~100 tables and it once worked fine. Today I found that the Database Menu in a menu bar is gone. I tried to re-open some another ERD file or to create new file by selecting E-R Source Model drawing type but nothing changed. I cannot edit any field, table, or even error check. Even repair and reinstall could help nothing. Any Idea is most welcome. thank you all, ok i got it. ...Show All

• .NET Development dynamical build xml

  Hallo. Can you advise me some class to dynamically build xml. I'd like to have same functionality as XmlTextWriter. But the problem with XmlTextWriter is that it requires some file to be saved there. I do not want to have xml in file. Instead I want to have it loaded in memory (With access to InnerXML property or something like this). Thanks in advance. Have you looked at XmlDocument (System.Xml.XmlDocument) It allows you to read ...Show All

• Visual Basic Limiting the movement of a form to be within client area of another form

  My startup form launches as Maximized.  After that, depending on user choices, any of a number of different smaller forms appear at CenterScreen. In some cases I want the user to be able to move the smaller form around a bit (in case it is blocking something underneath it), but I don't want the user to be able to move any portion of this smaller form outside the client area of the maximized startup form. I've read suggestions in this area t ...Show All

• Windows Forms read CSV or an easy way to convert to Access

  I have to import files into a database, and i have that capability but i would like to do some checks before this takes place, such as verify that the appropriate columns are present, verify that the number of rows are a certian number,&nb ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL SERVER 2000 Replication

  Hello, I am using MSDE 2000 for replication of my Data. I have one publisher and two subscribers. but i need t filter rows for publications. Problem is that for filtering, i need host_name and in push replication host_name is name of system in which Agents are running but in MSDE all agents are running in publisher system ( distributor System). so everytime for any publication i get only id of server. i am facing same problem in pull replicat ...Show All