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• Visual C# How do I add annotations to an existing PDF file?

  Hey howzit, I have been searching the net for ways to adding annotations (sticky notes) to PDF files programmatically, I have found one library on sourceforge.net called ITextSharp, but it creates a new PDF file (see code below) and then allows one to add annotations, I want to add annotations to an existing PDF file that is already filled with data and text.     // step 1: creation of a document-object iTextSharp. ...Show All

• .NET Development How to send mail from a Windows Application??

  I am attempting to write an application which will send a mail message with an attachment. Here's code: using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Data; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Web; using System.Web.Services; using System.Web.Mail; string filename = "c:\\stuff.xls" MailMessage send = new MailMessage(); send.To = " validmail@mymailserver.com "; s ...Show All

• Visual Basic Quick Question

  I just started a VB programing class, and I was given a question: What is the Visual Basic IDE It would be a lot easier to answer if I knew what IDE stood for.  Any help would be appreicated.  Thanks in advance. Integrated Development Environment. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/integrated_development_environment.html provides a good definition. ...Show All

• .NET Development provider Factory

  Hi, I am using provider factory to create a connection object, at least i am trying to. But i always get an exception. The message is ; The error is: The type initializer for 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection' threw an exception.". Here is my code and my exception details. Any help is appreciated. Best regards, Slm Private _connection As DbConnection Private _factory As DbProviderFactory Protected Sub New ( ...Show All

• Visual C# PixelFormat: why no 8bppGrayscale ??

  Hi All, I am trying to convert 8-bit grayscale TIFF to JPEG using the Bitmap class as intermediary; [.NET Framework 1.1] but there seems to be a puzzling omission in the PixelFormat enumeration that describes the possible types of Bitmap: there is no 8bppGrayscale ! (8 bits per pixel Grayscale). As is, my grayscale TIFF becomes a Bitmap with the 8bppIndexed PixelFormat by default. That's no good, because the subsequent call to myBitmap.Save(file ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How can I get UML from code?

  I have Visual Studio 2003, Visio and Visual Studio Express. I am doing a proyect in the Express edition and I would like to get the UML out of it. I am stuck because I cannot open the proyect in the 2003 version, nor in Visio. Is there any plugin to convert 2005 proyect to 2003, to reverse-engineering to Visio or any external tool I think MS is doing a great job having this Express editions but I think they should have provided a way to work ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions ListView sorting question

  Hi I have a ListView control called HSlist on a form which has 3 columns. The adding data seems to work OK, but the sorting is weird to say the least. Initially, I thought that the list would be sorted on the contents in the first column, so I added to the ListView with the Item containing the data that I wanted the list to be sorted on (numerical). Then I found that the list was being sorted on the second column (strings), so I swapped th ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Submit an App - Get the Windows Live Messenger Beta!

  Would you like early access to the Windows Live Messenger Beta Starting today, November 8 th and running thru 9:00am PST on Monday, November 14 th The first 5 people to submit Activity Apps to the Worlds Best App contest and successfully pass compliance checking will receive an immediate invitation to the Windows Live Messenger Beta! Be one of the first people in the world outside of Microsoft to run with the next version of Windows ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING: Error 28100.Error loading Event web service

  I'm trying to install the Beta 3 Refresh of Team Foundation Server. I keep getting a "Error 28100.Error loading Event web service." I'm doing a single server installation on a machine and using SQL Server 2005 enterprise. I've spent a lot of time looking for fixes to this and I think I've applied everythign I've seen: I've made sure my tfssetup, tfsservice, and tfsreports accounts are domain accounts, I've verified the SQL Reporting Server insta ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Problems with deployment at end user

  Why doesnt this code work when the msi.file is installed on the enduser machine. Nothing happens, while when run as 'Debug' in VS development environment everything works. All this code does is displaying a messagebox when Outlook is started. The project is made with VSTO and nothing in the setup project is tampered with, ie keys and such are intact. Help please! in ThisApplication.cs: private void ThisApplication_Startup(object s ...Show All

• Visual C++ C++ Template problem with Visual Studio 2005 beta

  <Roger C Garrett@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:ce13a80b-1b47-4687-b6f4-d617b16e17d4@discussions.microsoft.com > I'm trying to compile the source code for a MySQL C++ API (got it off > the www.mysql.com site). I'm using the very latest Visual Studio 2005 > beta, which implements the latest changes to C++, which means lots of > old code now breaks due to changes in the ISO C++ ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro passing parameters to vfp com servers using createobject

  Is it possible to pass a parameter to a vfp com server using CreateObject("COMServer.Class", eParameter) It seems to me that whatever I pass in eParameter it is always .F. within the INIT method and PCOUNT() always gives 0. Regards Darren Woodford Woodford Computer Systems Ltd http://www.woodfordcomputers.co.uk Thanks for the clarification Craig. Be nice if the VFP help said that. ...Show All

• SQL Server Walkthrough Failu "Creating a Mobile Application w/SQL Server"

  I am attempting to go through the "Creating a Mobile Application with SQL Server" walkthrough found in the SQL Mobile Books Online help file. Towards the end of this document (under SQL Server Mobile Tasks), they show how to create a new subscription. Unfortunately, after step 10--when you are asked to click finish--I get the following error: TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio ------------------------------ Failure to connect to ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Change the opacity of an object

  Hello, I want to modify the opacity of an object with directx 9.0 and C++, but I don't know how, Does anybody know Thanks. I'm assuming that you're drawing a number of objects using either ID3DXMesh::DrawSubset(), or using IDirect3DDevice9::DrawIndexedPrimitive() (or similar) functions. To support transparent objects, your rendering loop should look like this: foreach object: foreach material/subset of the o ...Show All

• Visual Basic Please Help Me

  I am reading the book "Introducing Visual Basic 2005 for developers" and the book says that the sample codes could be downloaded from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/VB6Migration , but unfortunately this address is not valid. could anybody learn me where I can find these code samples Thanks Hi, java1974, Yup, looks like that link doesn't exist. Try http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detail ...Show All