MikeB2007's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Tools for Office I am newbie..Pls Help Me with Actions Pane...

  Dear Experts, I am trying to create a customize Actions Pane (in Microsoft Words) as following scenario: There are 1 text box (TextBox) field and 1 drop down menu, one is for Vendor Name (drop down menu) and another one is for PO Number (TextBox)...when users type PO Number and click "Get" button, it will collect all information such as Item Code, Descriptions, Qty, etc from Ms Access database and automatically write into th ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How to Connect XBOX to my PC

  Hi, well I am wondering about, how can I connect my XBOX to my pc, and use my default PC monitor to play... and if someone know how can I build some applications for the XBOX I will appreciate that I think it's similar to PS2. Look for sockets that look like USB plugs. That's how the PS2 works, two USB sockets in the front. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Security issues: User and/or Local Admin Control and customization of installation

  As a sys admin of a small office by occupation, though previously a programmer, but also very sypathetic to home users, I found XP's 3 biggest security vulnerabilities related to the difficulty of system hardening (as opposed to perimeter security. After thorough review of the Vista developer's site, and a review of the beta, I see no evidence that any of them were addressed. 1. Networking Applications and Services [Perimter and System se ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to deploy an application

  My question is this:    I have my main app called MainApp.exe, it uses a dll called MyDLL.dll, let's say that MyDLL.dll has a method that does a sum of a+b.  I deploy my application and everything is fine, a few days later I  ...Show All

• .NET Development .xsd ordinal

  Hi, Using Strongly Typed dataset, I would like to refer to a column. This is what I am doing at present: //dsEmps is the .xsd EmpBusRule.EmpService.dsEmps employeeDetailsData; int intEmployeeIDColumn = employeeDetailsData.Employees.Columns[0].Ordinal; int intFirstNameOrdinal = employeeDetailsData.Employees.Columns[2].Ordinal; My intention is to use something like : int intEmployeeIDColumn = employeeDetailsData.Employees.EmployeeID.Ordin ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions SQL server 2005 express install together with SQL server 2000 developer ed.

  I have just installed the VB 2005 express. I have a prior installation of SQL server 2000 developer that I would prefer to keep on my computer. Does this mean I cannot install the included SQL server 2005 express Hi, I have a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 installed in a folder named \Microsoft SQL Server and I tryed to install SQL Server 2005 Express but it resulted in the message: * To change an e ...Show All

• .NET Development Are there other Frameworks for .NET Framework?

  Hi, I am looking for a step up/quick start way of developing an application in .NET.  I've come across the Mere Mortals for .NET framework (http://www.oakleafsd.com) and was wondering if anyone has used this and can recommend it or if there are others out there that are more highly recommended. Thanks. Your best quick start is to use a book or online tutorial.  VB.NET should be pretty easy to learn with some help from tutorials ...Show All

• Visual C# Assigning Vairbles to Zero

  I wanna input two integer and return the sum to the user...but when i assign my varibles to x and y and sum = x + y i get the error saying x and y are not assigned when i assigned them to an int type...how do i assigned them so i can input the numbers and not assigned them to a pacific number Hi, Hold that there! im not that good. My advice would be simple, know what your doing . Don't be contented with what you see, know how a thing wor ...Show All

• SQL Server Multi-line annotation?

  Is it not possible to have a multi-line annotation OR my ENTER key is stuck ;-) thanks, Nitesh Personally, I wonder why the annotation object doesn't have word-wrapping enabled, like the tesxt in visio. That would certainly (imho) be the simplest answer. I do wish enter worked as well (again, a la visio), but at least now I can takes those 8 annotations I had, and re-merge them into 1, having found this answer. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error 28806 - TFS Single Server Install

  TFS single server install, not an upgrade, RC.  Near end, receive the error... Error 28806.An unexpected error has occurred. Verify that SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report server is installed and running, and that you have sufficient privileges to access it.  For more information, see the setup logs.    Here are the log entries. MSI (s) (68!C0) [15:12:07:467]: Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Fo ...Show All

• Visual C# Lock Folder

  Hi All I want a code that can lock this folder from being opened. e.g string path = @"C:\Lock";   You what Not on my system. SONY has a method, you can read about it on http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html . The closest to a documented way to do this is to set attributes on the folder to both system and hidden. I think this is pretty bad, too. I am not telling the whole truth, h ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Project Creation Failed

  Hello, We tried creating new team project but failed with the following error: Team Project Creation Failed <snipped> Error: Unable to connect to the Windows SharePoint Services at DAGOBAH Some info to further help in troubleshooting this problem: (installed in the following order) - installed SQL Server 2005 - installed Visual Studio 2005 - installed Team Foundation 2005 (single server installation) - installed Windows SharePoint Services ...Show All

• Windows Forms TAB-DataGrid

  I want to disable TAB key inside datagrid cells of any kind like datagridtextbox column/button columns etc., thanks in adv. for any kind of help/suggestion/tip/workaround shashi ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem with Boolean Nullable parameter in Report Viewer

  I have a problem with a nullable boolean parameter. By default, the value is Null and that's working fine. The User clicks either true or false, view the report: fine again. However, from that point on, if the user checks the Null checkbox and submits the reports, it reverts automatically back to the last True or False value. Is this a known problem Or am I doing something wrong Eric You aren ...Show All

• .NET Development Help Creating a Wrapper

  Hi, I am fairly new to .NET development but i was wondering if anyone could help provide me with information on how to create a wrapper to use in a C# application. I am creating a Vision application and want to use the OpenCV library so i need to create a wrapper in order to use this. I have had a look at the SharperCV project and it seems very good but development has stopped on this project so i wouldnt like it to be my first option. The Sharp ...Show All