dtorg1955's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Search Error

  Hi, I've been noticing that everytime I place a filter on my search in MSDN, the online searches (MSDN, Codezone, etc...) would result to an 'Invalid Token Error'. But the local search is just fine. Is this suppose t be a bug BTW, im using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Documentation in beta 2. Im using it coz MSDN generates an error upon opening...   cheers, Paul June A. Domag Hi,   Just verified my time and its quite ...Show All

• SQL Server XML DataSource / Designer Dataset definition failure

  hi all, i'm using a webservice as datasource for my report which returns a dataset. i use the following query to get my data: <Query>  <Method Namespace=" http://tempuri.org/ " Name="GetInvoiceData"/>  <SoapAction>http://tempuri.org/GetInvoiceData</SoapAction>  <ElementPath IgnoreNamespaces="true">GetInvoiceDataResponse/GetInvoiceDataResult/diffgram/Invoice/invPosition</ElementPath> ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Windows Vista

  Hi, I was just wondering if anybody is able to advise when Windows Vista is scheduled to be commercially released in the UK Hi, Microsoft has not released any official dates for the release of Windows Vista. There are some speculations regarding the release dates which you can read about here . Regards, Vikram ...Show All

• Visual Basic Questions On "Best Practices": Disposing of objects and classes that rely on other classes

  Hi, I have two questions regarding "best practices" within Visual Basic programming; I am new to this language and programming in general so I apologise if these questions seem basic. 1. Is it good practice to call the Dispose method of an object whenever I am finished with it As an example, I load an Xml file into a StreamReader, I load the StreamReader into an XmlTextReader and finally, I load the XmlTextReader into an XmlDocum ...Show All

• SQL Server Replication Trigger Problem (SQL 2005): Assistance Please

  Our company is wanting to replicate a bunch of data down from our central server to tablet PC's. We really do not have anyone on staff with solid experience in replication, and have hit an error that we cannot seem to find any information whatsoever on. Here is the problem: When setting up a publication to replicate certain tables, we stop being able to do any updates on the tables. After some research, we were able to narrow the problem i ...Show All

• Visual Basic How do I solve TargetInvocationException problem with WebClient in Visual Basic 2005?

  Hello, I've created a small programme which downloads file over web using the WebClient interface. I've added 2 handlers to the to the webclient, one for the download progress and the other for the download completed. Sample code: Private Sub DownloadAsync( ByVal URL As String ) Dim wc As New WebClient() Dim dpc As DownloadProgressChangedEventHandler AddHandler wc.DownloadProgressChanged, dpc Dim ac As ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Do Not Catch General Exception Types

  I have a question about the fxCop rule on "Do Not Catch General Exception Types"...I started some discussion on this in another thread but I didn't get a full answer to my question and I thought this topic was worth starting a new thread. I think I'm using the recommended Microsoft approach for Exception Management: I'm using the Enterprise Library Exception Management Application Block to handle exceptions At the "top of ...Show All

• Windows Forms MDI Application

  Hi , I'm Creating a MDI Application, so I try to acces to a Item Menu of My parent Form, befoere close A child Form, this becasue, When I Push the Button That create my child Form I disaebled that button in my parent form so when I close my child Form I want to enable again, Dim frmNewMDIChild As New Form2 frmNewMDIChild.MdiParent = Me BarButtonItem1.Enabled = False frmNewMDIChild.Show() Also what is the event that fire ...Show All

• .NET Development 'FromObject' is not a member of 'System.Nullable'

  I tried to build a project that ran flawlessly in vs 2005 beta2. I did two searches before I submitted this post. However the compiler generated 6 errors in the dataset designer.  All were of the type error BC30456: 'FromObject' is not a member of 'System.Nullable' in similar if blocks:       If ((returnValue Is Nothing)  _                ...Show All

• Visual Basic How does VB compare to C# part 2

  I am sorry but my question was NOT answered at least not technically. But, what is clear is that there is a lot of strong feeling against VB's syntax that does not exist against C#. Several post indicated that they would not hire a VB programmer unless they programmed in C# syntax. I really find that disappointing. I thought the purpose of the framework having several syntaxes was to promote choice for the developer and make that choice s ...Show All

• Windows Forms Can someone please help me convert the following C# Calss to VB

  I am ready to rip my hair out trying to convertthe following C# class to VB So if some one helps me you will save my hair Thanks in advance public class MessageStore : INotifyPropertyChanged { static MessageStore _store; BindingList < MailMessage > _messages; int _unreadCount = 0; int _draftsCount = 3; int _deletedCount = 16; MailMessage _selectedMessage; int _previous = 0; private event PropertyChan ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Is it possible to get the connection string from the app.config file for the DataSourceAttribute?

  Hello, I would like to be able to change my DataSource Attribute connection string to access the app.config file. The problem that I am running into is that the connecting string must be a constant. Do you know of any work suggestions   Currently it is something like this. [ DataSource ("System.Data.SqlClient", "Server=TestServer;DataBase=TestDB;User Id=sa;Password=", "ChildSearchCriteria", DataAccessMethod .Sequential)] &nbs ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro VFP & Pocket PC

  Dear experts, I am working on a restaurant ordering system with VFP+MSDE and looking for the possibility to input order via a mobile device. Is there any tool like VFP for Pocket PC Or any suggestion to which language should I used at the mobile side for a shortest learning curve Someone show me with a terminal client installed on Pocket PC, connect to Small Business Server 2003 and run a VFP exe (re-write with large icon and less color ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Hi to all Im ojt help me to my problem...

  Hi, I have loads of VB6 apps I am trying to migrate to VB.net and the biggest problem I have is that printer.print has no equivalent in vb.net Can anyone tell me a simple way to print in dot net Thanks Impossible is about right. I just can't see what to type to make something come out on paper, and I have written some neat VB stuff (IMHO) in th epast but this dot net thing has me stumped. Am I missi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Changing the datasource of a bound textbox

  Hi all.  I have a textbox bound to an employee class.  I want to be able to set my employee variable to another employee and have the textbox update with the correct information.  I've tried to do that and it doesn't work. I thin ...Show All