halosome's Q&A profile

• Windows Search Technologies Address bar error

  Hi All !! I hope someone can help, everytime I try to type in a URL in my address bar I get the error that IE must close anyone know how to fix this I tried reinstalling it and it still won't work, Thank you in advance for any help with this. Hi rolo11, Is this a problem you are having specifically with Windows Desktop Search It sounds like the problem you are experiencing is an Internet Explorer iss ...Show All

• Visual Basic Get multiple files from a directory

  I can't believe after 5 months of working with Visual Basic I've come up with something which I know is right in front of me - I just can't see it. Anyway, I want to get 2 formats from a directory, not one or all, 2. Here's my code for one: System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(TextBox1.Text, "*.JPG", IO.SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly) Here's some attemps: System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(TextBox1.Text, "*.JPG" OrElse ...Show All

• SQL Server dtsx Fuzzly Grouping Package

  I have SQL 2005 Developer edition and wanted to play with the Fuzzy Grouping featutre. I have created a package where I have a datareader source, fuzzy grouping, and SQL server destination. When I try to run this package I get the errors: Error: The product level is insufficient for component "Datareader Source" [1] Error: The product level is insufficient for component "Fuzzy grouping" [12] Error: The product level is insufficient for component ...Show All

• Windows Forms Max length of string

  What's the max length for the string datatype Thanks. .NET documentation says:: String  (variable-length)   System.String (class)   Depends on implementing platform  0 to approximately 2 billion Unicode characters.   ...Show All

• Windows Forms Abort Startup, when Error occurs in Me.Startup

  I am using the ApplicationEvents to prepare global data for my Windows Forms application. If I have a critical error during this startup, I want to shut the application down. I can use the e.Cancel = True, to stop the main form for opening. But I can find what command I can call on the My.Application object, that will force it to start to shut down. I know it is going to be something silly simple, but I am just drawing a blank. ...Show All

• Visual C# FileSystemWatcher isnt watching a thing?

  The following code compiles and runs, but when I create a file in the c:\ directory, or delete it, the event does not fire. Any ideas FileSystemWatcher watcher = new FileSystemWatcher (); watcher.Path = "c:\\" ; watcher.Filter = "*.txt" ; watcher.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters .FileName | NotifyFilters .Attributes | NotifyFilters .LastAccess | NotifyFilters .LastWrite | Notify ...Show All

• Windows Forms managing a database...

  Hi, I'm having lots of problems dealing with the management of a database. I have this application with several tabpages, in each tabpage there are some fields that are supposed to be saved to a db when the user presses the save button. Now,&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server Install Breaks WSS 2.0 SP2

  The Sharepoint site no longer works after installing TFS.  When I try to navigate to the site where Sharepoint is installed, I get the following web message: The virtual server that is referenced here is not in the config database. Previous to installing TFS, I could navigate to this page with no problems.  Even when physically at the computer, I get this message when I try to go to localhost.  Any help would be greatly appr ...Show All

• SQL Server Client-side programming patterns/idioms for SQL Mobile 2005?

  Hello, Where can I get sample code, or a pointer to sample code demonstrating common programming pattern(s) for a client of SQL Mobile 2005 (where the client is also running on the device) For eg, with ADO.NET, I'd do something like: SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connStr); SqlCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand(); conn.CommandText = “--...my query…”; SqlDataReader reader = conn.ExecuteReader(); // loop and process the data &nb ...Show All

• .NET Development BC30451: Name 'dateTimeLabel' is not declared.

  I have installed Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition as well as SQL Server 2005 and am working on my first web page.  I'm a newb so please respond in an elementary dialect.  Below is the page event that I am trying to start debugging; Partial Class Authors Inherits System.Web.UI.Page Protected Sub Page_Load( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me .Load dateTimeLabel.Text = ...Show All

• SQL Server Passing rc:Toolbar=False in URL causes report to render incorrectly

  I have a report that just displays different status images based on some data. I use an expression to choose an embedded image in the image property of the image. This report needs to be displayed in Sharepoint. I have tried using the report viewer web part, a page viewer web part, and a content editor web part, but whenever I try to view the report without a toolbar, none of the images are displayed. I pinned this down to the rc:Toobar=False ...Show All

• .NET Development How to get key, value by sequence

  I used Hashtable to store Key, value. But When print all keys later, I find it not in sequence as I added. Do you kwon if otherway I can store Key, Value and get it in the sequence as I added You could use ListDictionary in the System.Collections.Specialized namespace, but there are a number of caveats: ListDictionary inherits from IDictionary, so the order that it enumerates is "unspecified" and subject to change, thoug ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Embed fonts

  We have created a logo for our Company using Goudy fonts. The problem is that most computers do not have this font. Is there some way to embed these fonts into the document so they can be e-mailed with the document. Or is there another way to pull a text box with Goudy fonts into a document where it will be not changed if pulled onto a computer without the Goudy font Any suggestions are appreciated. LV Well, i ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot connect to SQL Server 2005 April CTP from remote computer

  Hi, I am trying to connect to a SQL Server on a Windows2003 w/sp1 Server from a remote computer but always seem to get the infamous "Access is denied or Server Does Not Exist" error.  However, if I try to connect from the machine that is running the server, there is no problem. (Used sql account, server=mixed authentication) The windows 2003 Server is a single server installation with .Net 2005 Beta 2 Team Suite, Team Foundation Server and ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Cannot connect to custom CE 5.0 device

  Hello, Here is what I have: PC w/ Win 2k SP 4 VS2005 Eval ActiveSync 4.1 Custom Win CE 5.0 device w/o ActiveSync and ethernet connection ( USB and Serial are not an option ) I've followed the instructions to debug a device w/o ActiveSync, but it's not working, or I'm doing something wrong.  1) Should I be using those instructions   The top of the page says it is for VS2005 B2 ONLY.  Is that line out of da ...Show All