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• Windows Forms Ambiguos error...

  Hi all. I have very strange problem and make me crazy. I don't know what it is. This is the code: int id, n=0; this.treeView1.TopNode.Nodes.Clear(); for (int i = 0; i < ApplicationState.GroupCount; i++) { id = Convert.ToInt32(xml.xmlData[0].ChildNodes[1].ChildNodes .Attributes["GID"].Value); this.treeView1.TopNode.Nodes.Add(xml.xmlData[0].ChildNodes[1].ChildNodes .Attributes["GroupTitle&quo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Defining GUIDs through project template parameters

  I am attempting to create a project template in Visual Studio 2005. I have my project setup and everything seems to be working fine except for automated GUID generation. My project relies on COM interop, therefore when the project is created using my template, I need to generate new GUID values for each custom class in my project. I would like to set these up using attributes, such as... [ ClassInterface ( ClassInterfaceType .None)] [ Guid ...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 Basic "Can't add a reference to selected file."

  I'm in new territory on this, and after an hour of searching on the net and MSDN, I can't find a satisfactory answer, so here goes. I am using VS 2005 B2 and have Excel 2003 installed. I wrote a simple class library using C++/CLI (C++ with the clr switch).  It seems to work just fine when used from, say, a console app written in C#. But I want to be able to use the component from within an Excel macro.  While in the VBA environment for ...Show All

• Visual Basic Syntax error: Missing operand after 'Name' operator.

  Any help would be great. I'm trying to setup a filter for my address book program that uses an Access database. I have it working for a different form and I did it the same way as far as I know. For some reason though on this form I get the error "Syntax error: Missing operand after 'Name' operator." Here is the line of code that gives me the error: Me.PhoneBindingSource.Filter = _ String.Format("{0} like '%{1}%'", _ ...Show All

• .NET Development How to Rename a Node?

  Hi is there a function to rename a node in an xml document because i cant find one.  I.e. <Rename this> blah blah </Rename This> Thanks Phil Winder Good work, Chris. However, the method as stated will fail if the element to be renamed is the root element of the document. Specifically, the InsertBefore method will throw an exception because the document can have only one root element. Get rid of ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System extract an a tag

  Hi, I am trying to extract an href attribute from an "a" tag, based on the anchor's text. The HTML content is like this: <a href=" Link'>http://localhost/url_for_a.html">Link A</a> <br> <a href=" Link'>http://localhost/url_for_a.html">Link B</a> What extraction rule i can use I tried with Extract Attribute Value, but i did not know what to fill for MatchAttribute. Thanks, Dan ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to convert to uppercase

  Hi. Suppose we have a String "trade", how to convert the first character 't' into uppercase, and thus change the string into "Trade" Another question is about the use of RichTextBox. I would like to highlight a specified word. However, due to its exact matching, some variant forms of the specified word can not be highlighted. For example, if the specified word is "trade", then "Trade" or "TRADE&quo ...Show All

• Windows Forms Windows form's Closing Event taking long time

  A windows form has 12 tab control’s pages. Mostly pages have a grid control, some .Net control (text box, combo box, label, and buttons) and user controls; on each tab we have a different DS. Popup windows are also open on some tabs. Some time when we visited the all tabs and fill all grids,   form closing event takes long time (40 - 50 sec). Actual the MyBase.Dispose method in Form generated code is taking this long time.  &nbs ...Show All

• Visual Basic GenericIZE This...

  I am betting this is a very hard problem for 99.9995% of programmers. It's supposed to be simple and supposed to be one of the benefits of generics, yet generics will not work with this incredibly simple case. If you can get it to work, I'd love to see it. Take the class below and convert it to accept generic arguments of <int> or <double> or <long> or whatever. You'll find a big surprise when you you get it coded up and try ...Show All

• Visual C++ changing from VS 6.0 to VS 2005

  I have a compilation error when i transfered from VS 6.0 to VS 2005. This is the error 7 error C3861: 'AssignCopy': identifier not found c:\dev\commonfiles\myclasses.h 95. when i was given this program 2 make the necessary changes i was told that AssignCopy was in a predefined copy class and this is it #include "afxmt.h". Any help would be appreciated. Thanxx Please include more details as well a ...Show All

• Visual Basic ComboBox/DateTimePickerBox drop down arrow visible/invisible

  Hello, Is it possible to make the drop-down arrow of these Boxes invisible when they are out of focus, and visible when they are Kind regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This newbie can't talk and can't walk. Embarrassing. No, the Windows combobox control doesn't have a message for that. Good thing, it would be pretty confusing to th ...Show All

• Smart Device Development check device platform at runtime

  hi, how can i check the version of the platform during runtime of the mobile device. i would like to check if the device is PPC or smartphone and the windows mobile version it is running. Often times Platform/Runtime specific information that you need such as that will be static methods of the Application and Environment Members documentation can be found here . Pay special attention to OSVersion to see if that delivers what you need t ...Show All

• Visual C# Service starts and then stops

  Hi, I am trying to run FileWatcher.exe windows service provided as a download by microsoft in msdn code samples. I have build the serive and as directed i have run it using installlutil command. It ran ok and started giving information in the Even Logs. Then i uninstalled it and instelled it again. But this time when i start it, it gives me this error: The FileWatcher service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Telling Another Process To Open A File...(???)

  Using text files and Notepad as an example... If my application "knows" the path to a file, I can have it opened like this: Process p = new Process(); p.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\\readme.txt"; p.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized; p.Start(); Likewise, I know I can search for a currently running instance of Notepad like this: bool pfound = false; Process targetProcess = new Process(); Proces[] runningPro ...Show All