rwindsley's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Disabling specific controls

  I used this code to disable all of the controls in a tab...Now I want it that only certain specific controls(e.g. textbox and datagridview) to be disabled...And one more thing, is there any way as how can I change the appearance of the disabled controls It seems that whatever color I use, nothing change..Plese enlighten me...thanks. For Each clsControl As Control In tabEditPatient.Controls clsControl.Enabled = False clsC ...Show All

• SQL Server SqlExpress Bootstrapping

  Hello I'm building an app for retail commercial distribution, and I'm agonizing over which database to use. I'd like to use SqlExpress, as it's supported by the code generation tool I use, but I'm wary of the download size.   SqlExpr32.exe is 35 megabytes, yet Microsoft maintains that it's a " fast download ", a claim whose logic escapes me. If I try to force something like that on my buyers, I won't have any buyers (Framework 2.0 is goi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Strange form issue.

  Anyone ever seen an issue like this http://weblogs.asp.net/jclarknet/archive/2006/05/02/444845.aspx It looks like an issue in the framework, as there is no mention of anything in the app itself. Jason, I haven't seen this, but based on the stack trace Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at System.Windows.Forms.ListViewIte ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office TSQL issues

  I want in incorporate quereis in my VB.Net app to populate word documents..i am getting the data from a sql server database... Do i need to just write regular t-sql statements or do i need to begin with some type of reporting Hi, I have moved this thread to the "Visual Studio Tools for Office" forum because your question is not really focused on TSQL.  You question is more of a Word/VB issue. Thanks ...Show All

• SQL Server Question on Report Builder/Designer

  I have Visual Studio 2005 Team Developer. I don't need SQL2005 since I have SQL2000. How do I get Report Designer/Builder for VS2005 I would like to use the Report Designer/Builder to build reports for Windows applications. Do I HAVE to buy SQL 2005 Thanks. It is also an snap-in to Visual Studio. Everything I have read is that you use it to develop reports for Windows Apps, which is what I want to do. I ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Pocket PC connection!

  Dear MSDN support, When i am deploying the emulator and running the following URL in the emulator to check if i have access to a publication i got an error telling me that i could not connect because i have no connection, but i have just setup a proxy setting on the emulator because i only connect to the internet through a gateway! http://my_computer_name or the ip_address/publication_name i.e. the same as the database/sscesa20.dll ...Show All

• Visual C# Link Button - Windows ApplicationC# Signatu

  Hi, How can I make a link button minimize a applicationto taskbar And from the taskbar maximize Thanks C# Signature: [DllImport("user32.dll")] static extern bool CloseWindow(IntPtr hWnd); The CloseWindow function minimizes (but does not destroy) the specified window. To destroy a window, an application must use the DestroyWindow function. Hope This helps ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. blender and .X

  I have created some models in Blender and was wondering how to set the coords and render them in DX. I am using C#. I am also using C# and Blender for mesh development. There is a new script out there for Blender that is suppose to fix DX export issues here:  http://xoomer.virgilio.it/glabro1/python236.html  . Now when you use the export to DX8 it will be formatted correctly. Another issue I ...Show All

• Visual Studio Does VSS 2005 use new database format different from VSS 6?

  Does Visual SourceSafe 2005 use new database format and works with databases created by VSS 6 in some sort of compatibility mode Or database format is exactly the same Database format is the same for VSS6 and VSS2005. New features like checkout local version, unicode support, etc could have been added and are used by VSS2005 without changing the database format. Alin ...Show All

• Visual C# webBrowser

  Can is save the webpage from the webbrowser i mean with all his images not links to the imagest Like Ms Word does in Internet explorer I use WebBrowser 2.0 component to edit an html page .After editing, I want to save this page. How can I save my web page (SAVE, not SAVE AS). ...Show All

• Windows Forms PDA Hardware Details

  Hai everybody,    I have creaated a PDA application.I need to read the hardware details of PDA on which i insatlled using code in .net.Can i use WMI in PDA.Please help me with a solution.  regards shine ...Show All

• Windows Forms accessing app.config file in class library

  Hi,    I  have a app.config file which resides in the windows application. I am trying to access the AppSettings of this config file in a  class library project but I get null values. Windows application is using .NET remoting to make calls to this this class library (which is a data access layer). I would appreciate any help on this. Thanks Does this hold true in .NET 2. ...Show All

• .NET Development dataset object content changes before accessing it

  Hi, we are using MVC (model viewer controller ) application architure for our developement. we are creating the Dataset in DAO (data access object layer) by executing query against database. this dataset is passed to manager and accessed in the UI. wat real magic happens is the dataset that is passed from DAO and accessed from Ui are not same in rare case. so that we are getting unexpeced error. (column .'xxx' is not found in the ta ...Show All

• Visual C# DLL Files

  You can create an DLL so that you can easy deploy this with more projects. There are no performance penalties, when a DLL is needed it will be loaded and it stays loaded untill the application ends. For your development it can be handy to have multiple projects (DLL's) and for the update process it can be usefull to. The user doesn't have to download a very large .EXE file when you only updated one class for example. You can sepperate them ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to add annotations to xps document through the DocumentViewer control ?

  Hi, I have one question to ask. How to customize DocumentViewer control for supporting annotations to xps documents Thanks! Yes, this functionality is available now. See the following SDK references for assistance: DocumentViewer with Annoations XML-Store Sample http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ms771348.aspx Annotations Overview: http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ms748864.aspx SDK Sam ...Show All