Stephane T.'s Q&A profile

• Visual Studio How to integrate already installed MSDN with Visual Studio 6???

  I have installed Visual Studio 6.0. Couple of days later, I have installed MSDN seperately. Now I want to integrate the installed MSDN with that of Visual Studio 6.0. Does anyone know how to do it Thanks Sri I don't think that will work. VS 6.0 supports the older HTML Help 1.x (CHM) format of integrated help. The current MSDN Library is built on top of MS Help 2.0 (HXS) and is only supported in VS.NET 7.0 and beyond at this point. Sorry...hope this helps. -Keith ...Show All

• Visual C++ Hex-to-RGB Conversion

  Is there a method to convert a hex value to a color value, even in the form of a COLORREF if needs be. how do i convert: #FFFF00 to 255,255,0 Surely there must be a method/class to do this thanks Will Is #FFFF00 a string Is the output again a string String to COLORREF Give us more information what kind of conversion do you need. And no! There is no such class or function. You can convert a hex string into a long with strtol. The lower 3 bytes are than the COLORREF value. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Deleting a build type

  Is there a way to delete a build type   I can see the associated files in the Source Code Explorer, but it won't let me delete them from there. You also may need to Get the latest version (recursively) of the TeamBuildConfiguration directory before deleting any files. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Where ReportViewer Control in Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition

  I use Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition Beta 2 but I don't find ReportViewer control on toolbox. How do I use this control in VS 2005 Express Edition Beta 2.  please help me ! Thank you.    I am using the Team suite and it's not showing in the Data toolbox as described at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252104(VS.80).aspx I tried adding the reference: Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms. This does appear to give me access to the classes, but I'm not sure that I'm using the right thing. Do you have any ideas what I'm doing wrong ...Show All

• Visual C++ Gettin started with Visual C++

  hi, i have one question: When i want to make a Visual C++ project in Visual Studio 2005 is it enough only to open new project and for Name and Solution tabs write Win32 because i cant' find this template normally in "Businnes Intelligence Projects" nor "Visual Studio Projects" , or if there's an other way to start please tell me. thanx ;)  What you need to do is to go to new project as you indicated and pick win32. Enter a namne of thep roject but on the right hand side pick either console or just win32 project. You can then click ok. You will get another menu, click next for more options or you can just click finis ...Show All

• Visual Basic textbox selectall not working

  Neither of the two code pieces are working for me... Private Sub TextBox1_GotFocus( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.GotFocus TextBox1.SelectionStart = 0 TextBox1.SelectionLength = Len(TextBox1.Text) End Sub -= OR =- Private Sub TextBox1_GotFocus( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.GotFocus TextBox1.SelectAll() End Sub When i put text in the textbox, move focus away, and then back again, i would expect the text to be selected, however it is not working for me. Any ideas (Visual Basic 2005 Pro ...Show All

• Windows Forms HeaderCell containing several controls

  I would like to add several controls (such as a checkbox and a few buttons) to the header cell of individual columns. As of yet, I haven't been able to locate an example of how to add multiple controls to a header cell . I have seen the link for hosting controls in a datagridviewcell (the calendar example), but I am not sure as to how I can do this with multiple controls, namely using buttons and checkboxes. Anyone have a simple example I could refer to --Thanks! ...Show All

• Visual C# Calling Synchronous Methods Asynchronously -signal start instead of end

  I am trying to start a thread according to the guidelines found in: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2e08f6yc.aspx ( Calling Synchronous Methods Asynchronously) Here's a part using a WaitHandle, which causes me trouble: // Initiate the asychronous call. IAsyncResult result = caller.BeginInvoke(3000, out threadId, null , null ); Thread.Sleep(0); Console.WriteLine("Main thread {0} does some work.", Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId); // Wait for the WaitHandle to become signaled. result.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(); // Perform additional processing here. ...Show All

• SQL Server CLR trigger in another schema

  Hi, I'm trying to write a clr trigger. I have created Myschema schema under schemas folder and Table1 under this schema (i.e.: Myschema.Table1).  I created a clr trigger and tagged it with the Sqltrigger attribute as shown here: [ SqlTrigger (Name = "Trigger1" , Target = " Myschema.Table1 " , Event = "FOR INSERT" )]  When I try to deploy my assembly from VS 2005 I got the following error: Cannot find the object "Myschema.Table1" because it does not exist or you do not have permissions If I move Table1 in the dbo schema the assembly is deployed succesfully If I add the assembly from the Assembl ...Show All

• Windows Forms ClickOnce: IE opens .application as XML file

  Hi,    On some XP SP2 and 2003 machines, when an user invokes URL with .application extension, it is displayed as an XML file (deployment manifest) in the browser. I checked the MIME type on server, and it is configured correctly. Even, I checked the .application extension in the Tools -- Folder Options -- File Types in the Explorer on the client machine, and it has right parameters. If I execute following on command prompt on the machine where I am seeing the issue, .application gets executed fine (Application gets installed properly). rundll32.exe dfshim.dll,ShOpenVerbApplication  htt ...Show All

• Visual Basic System.IO locking my files preventing another Sub to run properly

  Once I get to this point and call this function below, I get a lock error on the incoming .mnt and .naf files that it tries to move.   here's my entire code: http://www.webfound.net/allcode.txt Here's the Error System Error Information: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.Place: 6 System.IO.IOException: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError() at System.IO.File.Move(String sourceFileName, String destFileName) at HEDI2.Module1.MoveInputFiles() in Y:\ine ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions how do i.....?

  I am 17 and have recently begun learning VB 2005 express. I want to make a program that shows itself in the system tray when I click the button that I have assigned for that purpose, but I don't know how to. Help!!! Take a look at the notifyicon component . Here is a link to a sample . ...Show All

• .NET Development The best way to connect to a access database

  Hi. I am using vb.net 2005 prof. When i connect to a database (access) with a datasource (the build in way), and the program are running, it seems like it takes forever to load the database. Is VB really loading the intire database to memmory That would be a problem if it's at realy big database. I have changed the code, so i connect programmaticly and it is much faster, but why does vb load the entire database I was realy exited when i started vb.net, it was realy easy to connect, and work with databases, but it's no use, if vb is loading the entire database to memory. What is the best way to connect to at database Could anybody gi ...Show All

• .NET Development No symbols are loaded for any call stack frame. The source code cannot be displayed.

  Hello. I installed VisualStudio.NET 2005 a few days ago.  ( not beta ) While I'm debugging, I'm faced with strange message box. -- MessageBox -- No symbols are loaded for any call stack frame. The source code cannot be displayed. -- Debug Detail Window -- FatalExecutionEngineError was detected Message: The runtime has encountered a fatal error. The address of the error was at 0x7a2b5aec, on thread 0x358. The error code is 0xc0000005. This error may be a bug in the CLR or in the unsafe or non-verifiable portions of user code. Common sources of this bug include user marshaling errors for COM-interop or PInvoke, which may corrupt the stac ...Show All

• Visual C++ How to Create a New Instance of MyApp ???

  How Can Io Create a New Instance of my Application.. You can use FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE This is a godd link that describes everything: http://www.microsoft.com/msj/archive/SF9C.aspx ...Show All