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• Visual Basic VB6 upgrade to VB 2005 failure, could not find project file it created

  Help me, oh wise one. I support applications in VB6 and VB2003, and I'm trying to upgrade the VB6 app to VB2005, so I have three versions of Visual Studio on my pc. I ran VS2005 and opened the VB6 app to launch the upgrade wizard. It seemed to run fine until it threw an error saying it could not find the project it just created. The project I'm trying to upgrade is called MGxFromSAP.vbp. The error said it could not find MGxFromSAP.vbproj. The ...Show All

• Windows Forms MDI background

  For a MDI application, how can I set a background image for the client region of the main frame window Although in Visual Studio.net I can assign an image to that main client, it fails to show up when the program is running. Thanks! There is lots of good info in this article, but setting the BackgroundImage property in the designer should do the trick.  It works in both VS 2003 and VS2005. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS SErver Beta3 single server installation failed

  with following error event log... Event Type: Error Event Source: Report Server (MSSQLSERVER) Event Category: Management Event ID: 107 Date:  10/13/2005 Time:  3:18:54 PM User:  N/A Computer: TEST02 Description: Report Server (MSSQLSERVER) cannot connect to the report server database. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp . Event Typ ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to Show Image in Datagridview cells

    HI, I am stuck with a problem that how to display an image in the datagridviewimagecolumn As when i m trying it shows a X mark. Not the Image My Code is: Dim ArrowIcon As New Icon( "..\Images\Icon1.ico" ) Dim IconColumn1 As New DataGridViewImageColumn Dim IconColumn2 As New DataGridViewImageColumn IconColumn1.ImageLayout = DataGridViewImageCellLayout.Normal IconColumn1.Image = ArrowIcon.ToBitmap ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums experiences with MS software testing?

  hi, just wondering has anyone done microsoft ISV software tests   i'm a one-person ISV and i'm interested to hear from others who have been through the testing process.  i've been on the ISV empower program for the last 18 months and i'll be taking my tests shortly.  i intend to apply under the "platform" tests, doing the windows client test, and web services + .net framework.  i read the instructions from the testi ...Show All

• Windows Forms C# Version??

  This looks like a great sample, but will we see a C# version any time soon Thanks, Eric J. Smith Does the new version include the C# code for the GDI+ Controls bye Luxspes ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Is Microsoft working on the problems with the Vista handed out at the PDC?

  All, I tried to install Windows Vista with Virtual PC last evenning, following Ben's (Virtual PC Guy) instructions.  I however got stuck early on, it asked for my 25 digit activation code to do the install but refused to accept the one I was given in the book accompanying the disks.  Any thoughts E. Will Microsoft make a new Vista CD available Or will Microsoft publish a workaround I tried all po ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Moving Canvas child around programatically.

  In my Window's constructor, I create a new instance of a custom Avalon control and add it to my Window's canvas: Window2 w; public Window1() { InitializeComponent(); w = new Window2 (); mainCanvas.Children.Add(w); } Now, is it possible for me to change the Top and Left properties of w which correspond to the Canvas it's a child of E.g. w.Top = 45; Thanks, Johann Found it. The Canvas class has static m ...Show All

• SQL Server sql 2000 database to sql 2005

  i updated my sql 2000 to sql 2005 server. the database has the sql 2000 compatibility level. does changing the compatibility level to sql 2005 converts the database to the new database system. or do we have to convert something on the sql 2000 database i have the same issue here. dont know how to convert my sql 2000 database to sql 2005. ...Show All

• Visual Basic SQL problems

  I am having a problem with the table adapter updating. I followed the direction of the video series, by dragging the detailed view of the table from the Data Sources window, and dropping it onto the form. It fills it in, and displays the information from the database. When I fill in a new record, and try to save the new info, nothing translates to the database. Is this possibly a problem with the copy that is in the bin file I seen that the ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How can I get the designed graphical workflow into a Word document?

  Hi, I was wondering what would be necessary to do in order to get the graphically designed workflow into a Word document besides of copy-pasting the screen I tought that this would be great to do for documenting purposes once a workflow has been designed. Any hint would be appreciated. Doriak Doriak, We've added this feature for Beta2...stay tuned!! Thanks, Arjun ...Show All

• SQL Server Working Locally but not remotely

  I have just installed RS on a machine which I can access locally with no troubles at all, I can view the folders and view the reports. But when I access the RS from a machine over the Internet I find the folders come up all okay, when I click on a report is goes as if to load and then displays nothing under the RS bar, where the report should be. I am logged in a Administrator both times. Any ideas Hi there. I cant open Report Manager by y ...Show All

• SQL Server Getting Parameter Values - Need Perspective

  Have several server reports (RDLs, not RDLCs) that use report parameters (text boxes, dropdowns, etc).   Is it possible to view these reports in web pages using the report viewer control and use the report parameters as they were originally intended   From what I've experienced so far, reports behave as if parameter data was not entered.   I've tried to extract parameter values, but only know how to find the parameter m ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Hot to protect my program

  Lets say that I create a program that is actually useful and I want to provide it to some people to use. How can I protect the program so that only the people I authorize can use it How is licensing implemented Thanks Hi Carl, You might want to take a look at the free Shareware Starter Kit available at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/downloads/starterkits/default.aspx It includes code for product activation a ...Show All

• Visual Basic [vb 2005 expr] Killing a copy-dir process

  Hi. In my VB 2005 express application I make a copy of one remote directory (connected as a net unit) to my local hard disk with this line: My .Computer.FileSystem.CopyDirectory("F:\namedir1", "C:\namedir1", True ) This works inside a backgroundworker thread. When I cancel the thread, the copy still goes on, especially if the source-directory is big (some Gb). I want to stop immediately the copy, how can I do this Is there a way to know ...Show All