dbrich's Q&A profile

• Visual C# get a list of all local drives?

  Anyone know how to get a list of all local hard-disk partitions using c#.net and winforms Directory.GetLogicalDrives() looks like a good start but that returns a list of all drives, including floppies, CD-ROMS and mapped drives. How can I separate these out from the local fixed drives It must be possible because if you go to Start->Search in windows xp there's an option for 'Local Hard Drives (C:;D:;H:)' or whatever. ...Show All

• .NET Development using()

  hi, What is the best way to rewrite this method with the keyword using() I know I can use it for the connection and command.   public int EmployeeDetailsAdd( string strFirstName, string strLastName, string strTitle, DateTime dtBirthDate, string strNotes) { string strSQL = "usp_EmployeeDetailsAdd"; string strConn = clsDataHandler.GetConnectionString; try { SqlConnection oCon = new SqlConnectio ...Show All

• Windows Forms Excel like tables / grids without binding?

  Hello, I am new to 03 .net and I am having a hard time with a couple of things so I am hoping someone will help! How do I create a grid like display without binding Sometime Visual only and sometime in the future I will build the database for a binded grid. Is there a way to create these grids and specify the number of columns and rows without binding them You can create a data table in code, and bind to that, will that give you what you'r ...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 Team System problems with team build

  hi, when i  invoke a team build , i get an error saying " the build machine could not be reached". i have the team system installed on a single machine . in the  create new team build  wizard i have also specified the machine name on which i have the installation. someone kindly help me if they know wats wrong!!!!! Please look at http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=3310  and http://forums.microsoft.c ...Show All

• Visual C# pointers

  i have a couple of questions i am trying to use the following function that was written in unmanaged code: DWORD RasDial( LPRASDIALEXTENSIONS lpRasDialExtensions , LPCTSTR lpszPhonebook , LPRASDIALPARAMS lpRasDialParams , DWO RD dwNotifierType , LPVOID lpvNotifier , LPHRASCONN lphRasConn ); i am declared it like this [DllImport("rasapi32.dll",CharSet=CharSet.Auto)] public extern st ...Show All

• Visual C# How i can extract date

  Hi, How i can extract date part from the datetime The date is available from the property Date on the DateTime class. The time will be set to midnight. You can also use the various properties on the class to get the individual pieces of date such as the month and year. Michael Taylor - 2/17/06 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to get FK_Book_Person Freign key relation in DataGridView Tasks?

  Hi all, I cearted 2 tables: Table "Person" with PersonID, FirstName, LastName, Address, City, State & Phone columns (3 persons in this Table) and Table "Book" with BookID, BookTitle & AuthorID columns (11 books in this Table) for creating a Master/Detail project. In MyDBDataSet.xsd, I had set up the relationship between Person (PersonID has a primary key) and Book (BookID has a freign key). I had MyDBDataSet, Perso ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions I can’t down load SQL server 2005

  After the final step of the installation starts, the computer does not do anything , when I cancel the machine tray to send a n error report but It can’t. and the I can not even shoot the computer down. Any ideas please I had my problem solved. The problem was that I didn’t uninstall all the components I wad supposed to, I left “Microsoft SQL Native Client”, I think a better approach would be to go to ht ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How to create a new Texture from an existent Texture?

  How to create a new Texture from an existent Texture I have a bitmap file, first I created a Texture from a bitmap file by using function D3DXCreateTextureFromFile(). Now I want to create an another Texture from the existent Texture, and the new Texture's content is the existent one's bitmap but be rotated 15 degrees. For Example: the existent Textures have a horizontal line "-" on it's center , from the old Textures I can create another thre ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005 - Partitioning Tables

  I want to know how to partition a table using two columns (Example: Salesman, OrderDate). All the examples in BOL, uses only one column. My ex-colleague who attended SQL Server 2005 training, said the Instructor had said it is possible. (He left the company after the training!!) Any help in this regard is appreciated. Thanks Baskar Hi UmaChander , Can We expect improvement in the performance in the query after partitioning the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions visual basic 2005 express instead of visual basic.net 2003 standard?

  I wanted to know what some of you would do. I have visual basic 2003 standard and I recently downloaded vb 2005 express. Visual Basic .net 2003 standard cannot create class libraries(although you can work around this to do it), and you CAN create class libraries in Visual Basic 2005 express(a big help). Question: should I uninstall Visual Basic.net Standard 2003 in lieu of VB 2005 Express Seems the newer express version does more than the old st ...Show All

• Windows Forms Tips & Tricks in Whidbey - New Whidbey Enhancements

  The new version of Microsoft Visual Studio code-named "Whidbey", will be released soon. Some of the advantages for C# developers are  1.  Innovative language constructs 2.  New compiler features 3.  Dramatically enhanced developer productivity 4.  An improved ...Show All

• Visual C# Threaded filewatcher??

  My problem: Need to process files as they are FTPed into a folder. Some are coming in via slow dial up connection so the current process (written in perl) loops for a time comparing file size and when size does not change, the file is processed. This causes each file to process synchronously and takes at least one loop (currently 90 seconds) to process. My Need: Re-write the process as a c# windows service. As each file is created, spin off a ...Show All

• SQL Server INSERTs given me the BLUES

  cstring = cstring + "VALUES('%" + txtWatchID.Text + "%','%" + txtcenter + "%'" & _ cstring = "INSERT INTO tblNEW (watch_id, service_center_num, repair_envelope, store_number" cstring = cstring + "date_purchase, transaction_num, cust_fname, cust_lname, product_code" cstring = cstring + "value_watch, failure_date, service_date, failure_code, repair_code" cstring = cstr ...Show All