DanielMcN's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Failed to access IIS metabase, VS2005 RC

  I am developing a webservice in Visual Studio RC. I have just got a new pc and my problem is that I am not able to access this webservice. I have created a virtual directory in IIS, but if I try to browse there, I get a "Failed to acces IIS metabase" error message. Does anybody know how I can resolve this problem 1) Is IIS installed on the machine (From a command prompt NET START - Is IIS Admin service present in the list) 2) Is ASP.NET installed  - Run aspnet_iisreg.exe /lv from the VS command line prompt 3) For 2) is the default install for ASP.NET v2.0 as opposed to v1.1 ( the running version is marked with ...Show All

• Visual Basic disable windows keypreview

  Hello, is there any way to disable to keypreview function of Windows XP in Visual Basic2005 Express thnx as far as i read its a lil bit difficult for me... don't you know any free source or any class/dll that i could use it'd be a great help... thnx ...Show All

• Windows Forms ClickOnce "Install" Button Does Nothing

  Hello all, I've been working on this issue entirely too long. I suspect that this should be simple, however, I'm unable to determine the exact problem. I have a Windows 2003 box running IIS 6 and a Windows XP SP2 (firewall disabled) client. I have published an example TimecardManager application the IIS 6 server. If I run the TimecardManager.application file from the file system, I get the application installation prompt. If I run the TimecardManager.application file from the web server, nothing happens. I'm using a program called Http Analyzer to determine the header information as stuff is being passed from IE to the w ...Show All

• .NET Development How to leave out the connection string

  Hi everyone. My question is I currently ha a webpage running on 2 machine. Which is a PC is for IIS to display the webpage, and a server to store my data. Currently my connection string is I hardcode it inside my coding, which it will create a dll file for that connection string.That is because i have no idea how to exclude it from my coding. So i was curious, can i exclude my connection string from my coding. because now everytime i compile it will auto create the dll for me. can i create a file which after compile or deploy, put still able to change the connection string without using the Visual ...Show All

• SQL Server GUID in Mobile SQL

  I have been trying to setup the GUID new GUID when I add a row into a Pocket PC WM 5.0 Mobile SQL (*.sdf) utilizing C# through Visual Studio 2005 - targetting Pocket PC Smart Device Any help would be most welcome... Thanks Uhm, I can't really get the problem you have from your text. Describe it in more detail please. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions "Parameter is Incorrect" When Creating Tables

  I am attempting to create a table through the database explorer.  The problem is, every time I right-click on Tables, and select Add New Table, I receive an error message stating "The Parameter is Incorrect" I CAN connect to my SQL 2005 Express server, and the connection to my project's database works, but I cannot add tables... Any ideas Wish I knew. I have the same problem. I see your posting was made 2 months ago ... I guess no one knows the answer ... Oh well ... ...Show All

• Visual C# AxSHDocVw.AxWebBrowser used in the "Interop - Automate IE" 101 C# Samples

  Help. I needed to know how to insert and use the WebBrowser Control in my application. I found an example project within the 101 C# Samples provided by Microsoft. See http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=08E3D5F8-033D-420B-A3B1-3074505C03F3&displaylang=en The sample is called  "Interop - Automate IE"  and looked like the example I needed. I built and ran it. I put a local path to some JPEG's and the WebBrowser Control displayed the JPEG's as thumbnails. This is exactly what I needed. I created a new blank project and attempted to emulate the sample. The problem is, when I put in the local pat ...Show All

• Visual J# Warning - don't use ReSharper

  Hi; If you have done much development in C# you probably have ReSharper and it is a tremendous help. But when it get's in J# it slows the system down a LOT and it gets all confused with intellisense. I ended up removing it. Hi Barry, Resharper is a third party addon utility for Visual Studio. It is not a Microsoft product and not shipped with Visual Studio. If you have not installed it after installing Visual Studio then it won't be shown in Add/Remove programs. Thanks. ...Show All

• .NET Development Reflection and Plugins

  Hi, I am starting out creating an app that I would like to dynamically load dlls that would be developed, plugins. I am using the C++.NET framework. My question is, Is Relection the way to do this I have been searching for examples in C++.NET but most seem to be in C# or VB.NET. Can any point me in the best direction Examples Relection Thanks Jeff you got it.. here is the code I use, it's VB and can be easely converted to C++ ------------- Imports System.IO Imports System.Reflection Public Class PluginEngine     Public Shared Function FindPlugins(ByVal path As String, ByVal interface_n ...Show All

• Visual Studio alternating table row colour

  Hi, the title says it all... how do I alternate the row colour using the Table control in an RDLC I'm using VS 2005. I can see the properties for the Detail row but there doesn't seem to be anything there to alternate colour. regards JOel Use this expression to alternate row colors in detail row on the color property =iif(RowNumber(Nothing) mod 2, "#e8e8c9", "White") ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to execute .exe file stored as an IsolatedStorage file?

  Hi,     I want to execute a exe file which is stored as an isolatedstoragefile.In the below shown  sample  i stored file.exe from c:\  to  isolatedfile.exe. i want to execute isolatedfile.exe like this. Process.Start(isolatedfile.exe). How can i do it Regards, Senthil.   Dim file_name As String = "c:\file.exe" Dim isolated_file_name As String = "isolatedfile.exe" Dim isoStore As IsolatedStorageFile = IsolatedStorageFile.GetStore(IsolatedStorageScope.User Or IsolatedStorageScope.Assembly, Nothing , Nothing ) Dim oStream As IsolatedStorageFileStream = New ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Trust Not Granted

  Hi, I've just installed WinFX Runtime Components - February CTP on my Windows Server 2003. Why I'm getting "Trust Not Granted" message when trying to execute sample xaml files Germans Can you tell me a bit about your machine What version of IE are you running Thanks, Karen ...Show All

• Visual C# connection string doubt

  I'm writing a web user control that update a datagrid getting data from a DB. Being a user control it must be reusable, so i don't know which type of DB is... I use a connection property that my app/form fill.It's a sensible data and i use Session["xxx"]. Now i prefer use a connectionstring better than a connection! Remember that i don't know DBtype, so i need something of general, like a connectionstringbuilder or particular string What function have i to use Thx   You can use a DatabaseSession object. I'll post an example. Just create a DatabaseSession and store that in a Session. Now every page ...Show All

• Visual Basic combobox fires while loading data

  I am adding items to initially load a combobox from a database.         With cmbLocation             .DataSource = gConn.QueryDBTable("Select * from chwhse_WAREHOUSE order by WHSENO")             .DisplayMember = "WHSENO"             .ValueMember = "WHSENO"         End With   The problem is that the comobobox is firing the SelectedIndexChanged events, while I am loading it and I only want ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Disable The Windows Desktop

  i want to make a application In .net in which i want to Disable The Windows Desktop means only focus on my application any one who know how to disable or lock the Windows Desktop plz Share his/her Knowledge Maximize you window over the whole desktop using FormBorderStyle.None, that'll do it. If you want to lock the desktop to protect it from sneaky eyes or something while you're out for lunch, it's a fundamental feature for any network OS and built right in. Ctrl+Alt+Del and hit enter, or press Windows key + L. This only works as long as the welcome screen is turned off. You should not create applications which lock the focu ...Show All