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• Windows Forms Alternating cursor

  Arrgghh, this is very frustrating.  Visual Studio 2005 Windows Form designer seems to go bonkers after entering more than about 10 - 15 controls on a form.  The cursor sits there and alternates between the arrow and the reposition control cursor.  Not sure what it is doing, but the only way it seems I can get it back is to select a different running program then switch back to visual studio.  Any suggestions on this would be appreciated.  Thanx, The problem is actually in the DXCore, so Refactor!Pro suffers from the same problem.  Send an email to support@devexpress.com , tell them the problem and they wi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions broken my install of express edition 2005, can anybody help

  Hi I have broken my install because for some reason my Visual Basic folder in my documents is empty. This means i cannot start any new projects or insert new forms. Stupid mistake on my part no doubt, but a reinstall doesn't seem to fix the problem. Could somebody point me in the direction of where i can download the files from Adam Does Visual Basic start at all I thought the files should really lie under the install folder of vstudio. If not, seems like there is more to it. Turn on showing hidden files and go through your user root folder to eliminate all folders related to vstudio 2005 (usually under s ...Show All

• SQL Server Update conflict

  I am running merge replication on SQL Server 2005. Included in replication are 6 Subscribers and one Publisher/Distributor. Replication compatibility level is SQL 2005 and I am using row-level tracking. Servers are synchronized in 5 minutes each (so gap between two consecutive syncs of one server is 30 minutes) Earlier all of this was on compatibility level SQL 2000, since all servers were upgraded from 2000 to 2005. But 10 days ago I upgraded and replication compatibility to 2005. I did not initialize subscription, since I had data in place and db's ready for merge replication. Since that 10 days ago I have column update conflict on e ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Launch apps with external program

  Hi, I have some iPaq and i can launch apps as backlight.exe, powerg.exe and iPAQIV.exe, in my application. But now i got an industrial pda with pocket pc 2003, i can't launch this apps. Is it because HP as develop a special pocket pc Is it possible to develop new control in my apps to have access to power, backlight and image viewer These applications are probably provided by OEM and are not the part of Windows Mobile. They might be available under different names or not available at all. You should contact device manufacturer to figure out if there's equivalent of these applications. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to filter the items in a listbox depending on the selected item in a combobox.

  Hi, I have a combobox bound to a Section table and a listbox bound to a Department table. The listbox has to display the departments agreing with the Section selected. I tried this: Private Sub SectionComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SectionComboBox.SelectedIndexChanged DepartmentBindingSource.Filter = "SectionID=" & SectionComboBox.SelectedValue End Sub but it gives me an error: Syntax error: Missing operand after '=' operator. Is it possible to do this in a different manner Thank you. Selected Value returns an Object. ...Show All

• .NET Development How to get field values from TableAdapter?

  Can I get field values from my database using the tableadapter or bindingsource Like rs.Fields("field1").Value, but then with the BindingSource or TableAdapter or DataSet // Retreiving data from BindingSource: System.Data.DataViewManager dvm = (System.Data.DataViewManager) this.bindingSource1.List; foreach (DataTable tbl in dvm.DataSet.Tables) {     foreach (DataRow row in tbl.Rows)     {         // ......     } } // Retrieving data from DataSet (similar): foreach (DataTable tbl in this.dataSet1.Tables) {     ...Show All

• Windows Forms Outlook Style SDI Application Sample with vb

  Hi, does anyone know for a sample (or have advise) highlighting the use of loading panels with usercontrols based on a treeview selection just like the Outlook XP interface. Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Problem with MSSCCI Provider

  Hi I've installed the latest version of the provider and tried to open a solution from tfs. It starts working fine(very slow) and gets all the folders and the csproj files but thats about it. It looks like its working but thats as far as it would go. no cs files! After few attempts, removed this version and installed the beta2 version and now it works. Avi Hello, could you provide some more details. I understand you are using VS2003 (you mentioned csproj file), is that right How the project, you are trying to retrieve, were added to the source control Is it possible that the network pr ...Show All

• Visual C# Code won't compile!!

  If(number < 80) {    // do stuff } dunno what's wrong ... Hi Jobby - Could you give me more information with the kind of compiler error you are seeing here   One reason you would get an error with the code you have here is the uppercase "If" statement.  Try using a lowercase if. if (number < 80) {     // do stuff }   Thanks! Karen Liu Visual C# IDE PM ...Show All

• .NET Development Web config file: appSetting

  Hi, I am using one instance of SqlServer 2000 as backend database, I want to store connection string of that instance in a webconfig file , I have witten code in appSetting and pass value of it as follow "workstation id=CBD;packet size=4096;integrated security=SSPI;data source=\" CBD\\QAZ " + "\";persist security info=False;initial catalog=master"; But when I execute my application, it generate error in a webconfig file. When I replace highlighted code with "CBD" it works fine. Please suggest me how to store connection string of an istance of sql server in webconfig file. ...Show All

• Visual C# How to poll the serial port to see if there is data and if not go on

  I am working on a senior project that involves a RFID card reader that sends info through the serial port only when a RFID tag is in the readers range. I am wanting to constantly check the serial port for this info but I can only get it to check it and it waits until there is a card. In this period i cannot do anything else. It just sits there and waits. I want it to check it and if no data then go on. Below is what i am doing. serialPort1.Open(); string names, decoded; serialPort1.ReadTo( "8" ); names = serialPort1.ReadTo( "31" ); names = names.Remove(0, 16); //names = "802A546573745F45453438 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office My Word COM add-in stops working - I do not think it is a memory leak

  Hi, I have created a COM add-in for Word. When I start word the plugin works fine, but at the moment that I click "New Document" and Document2 is opened then the plugin no longer fires the click event. My code is as follows: namespace MyAddin2 { using System; using Extensibility; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Windows.Forms; using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word; using Microsoft.Office.Core; [ GuidAttribute ( "E782ADF5-EF2A-446E-A5AF-8C0E171C0816" ), ProgId ( "MyAddin2.Connect" )] public class Connect : Object , Extensibility. ID ...Show All

• Windows Forms Can ClickOne by used in ME?

  As ClickOne uses BIT downloader, can it be used on WinME/98 Does "ClickOnce" use BITS to do it’s downloads       No, “ClickOnce” uses the System.NET class libraries to do it’s downloads. BITS is not supported on all of the platforms the .NET Frameworks ships on. What operating systems does "ClickOnce" support         “ClickOnce” ships in the .NET Framework redist & supports all of the same operating systems & languages as the core .NET Framework. Specifically Windows 98 & up, except for NT4. ...Show All

• SQL Server Database on webserver accessible through excel

  Hi, I just finished (all most, this is still missing) a web application for a client. I thought at first that I would place reporting services to expose that database information. But now, I find that they need to be able to analize the information with excel. So I'm thinking that it would be easyier if I create 2-3 cubes in sql server and have them connect excel directly to the cubes. Or expose several stored procedures so that they can connect and download the information to excel. Any ideas on how to achive this. Thanks, ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can i create a drag-and-drop hierarchical grouping ?

  hello, i would like to know where to start to create sort of column grouping, by dropping them on an empty space. just like the columns you drag on the top to create a filter, look at these examples : http://www.biblioscape.com/btx_group.gif http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB/Code/Controls/S_Grid_2/S_Grid_2/sgrid2.png i really have no idea from where to start, i played a bit with DataGridView but couldn't DoDrag outside of it, also i haven't figured out which kind of control you can drop on to do such, some FlowLayoutPanel   thanks a lot Check this links: drag and drop b ...Show All