Alexandra Young's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Data accessing

  Hi,     Im actually an MBBS student (IIIrd yr).. I had this great intrest in computer programing and so i learnt VB6 long back..before millenium.. i Know to use data accessing by DAO method.. Like, i know to create an access database and use it.. but now when i use the same method, im gettin many errors in VB .net 2003.. like the recordcount feature not working.. :( i don hav intense knowledge in VB as my proffession is di ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Interfaces as a solution to n-tier and other issues

  In making a type serializable, we have two options: via attributes such as [Serializable] / [NonSerialized], or by implementing interfaces such as ISerializable and IDeserializationCallback. It would be nice if we could have the same two options when writing an entity class – either using attributes as in the current DLinq preview – or by implementing a set of interfaces. This would solve a number of isssues: ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem with XMLSerializer in .NET 2.0

  We use the XMLSerializer to serialize a class hierarchy. This works fine in .NET 1.1 but in .NET 2.0 beta 2 I am getting the following error message: "If one class in the class hierarchy uses explicit sequencing feature (Order), then its base class and all derived classes have to do the same." This message is actually from the most inner exception. The 15 or so nested "outer" exceptions reported the following. "System.InvalidOpera ...Show All

• SQL Server OLE DB Error in SSIS

  Hi All, We are using IBM iseries OLE DB provider and once we make a source connection using the same we get an error saying that the "Default Code Page" property is not defined and a default code page will be used. Any ideas Thanks Manish Yes, that was my point. i.e. The default code page is not the problem. I personally have no experience of extracting from these systems. You may wa ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Migration of Test Cases?

  I am working with Microsoft/Asentus with the Roadshows for Team Systems and I had an interesting question from one of the attendees today (actually a couple of them) Is there a way to migrate existing test cases into VSTS Will there be an "Enterprise Edition" of Visual Studio after VSTS (My assumption is no, these will replace) Is there a way to use Foundation server with just the Professional Edition of VS Anyone got any ideas on these Thank ...Show All

• Visual Studio How do you create a report with field 'display member' functionality

  Hi All, Well this is my first post, I am in need of some assistance/advise about the problem I am facing with my VS2005 VB project Is there a way to get this functionality with an rdlc winforms report I am wanting to generate a report that is pretty much based around what I have displayed in 2 datagridviews (master/detail) on my form. These datagridviews have several comboboxes that rely on the displaymember's property as the underlying ta ...Show All

• Windows Forms ListView - Wrapping Text in the Headers

  Hello, Does ListView now support wrapping text in the header cells ...Show All

• Visual Studio cannot run help integration wizard

  I'm using Visual Studio 2005. I'm trying to use the Help Integration Wizard but failing, it will not run: "The operation could not be completed". I've installed VS2005 SDK and afterwards installed the Help Integration Wizard, both installers downloaded today. I also rebooted. I'm following the "Help Integration Overview Instructions", a simple new project of type Help Integration Wizard. It fails as soon as I select ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Replace "

  I'm trying to get hyperlinks out of an HTML page and i need to be able to remove " from the string but obviously when i type string.replace(""") it has an error. Now I assume theres some sort of substitute that I can put in just not sure what it is. Wondering if anybody can help me out. Cheers Nick Dancer ok thanks very much. just for future reference is the character code the same as the ...Show All

• SQL Server SSMS/"Report" button... is it possible perhaps to customize those reports or add new?

  Hmm, In SSMS on the Summary tab there is a nice little button called Report.. where a number of reports available for admin. Good addition. Nice. Here is the question to all... can one customize these reports or maybe even add some additional a.k.a custom-build reports to this "menu" button Maybe this question should be addressed to VS team. Anyway... anybody hacked the SSMS to find out what level of customization can it ha ...Show All

• .NET Development Is there a Parser class in C#?

  Hi, I would like to know if there is a class that knows how to parse code with tokens. I need to be able to get tokens from a given string, in order to generate code in run -time. The main interface im looking for is: - GetNextToken() - MoveNext() I've already used classes like this in other languages before, for example Delphi, so im sure C# also has somthing like this. Help me find it soon.... ...Show All

• Windows Forms adding text to paint program

  All, I downloaded a sample paint program and I am trying to extend it further. Im using the wscpaintbrushprogramv1.1 http://www.w3coder.com/vbnet/w3PaintBrush.aspx I would like to add a type tool in addition to the existing circle, pen and rectangle tool available. here is  ...Show All

• Windows Forms Textbox border colour

  I found quite a bit of information while browsing this site and forum, but am still unsure about how to properly go about getting this to work properly. I created a custom button pretty easily but have not been able to get the text in ...Show All

• SQL Server Connection Timeout - Need Help

  Hello, My app uses sql express on the client work station and has been installed by our application installer as a part of the prerequisites. The sql express install in standard and we've not changed any settings or brought in any tweaks. All is well in our dev center. However, some of our clients are experiencing a problem when the app starts up. After the PC has been restarted, running the application causes it to crash with a connection ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to write a sub for several checkboxes at once

  Hello, I am brand new to visual basic, so please excuse me if this is an easy question. I have a form with several checkboxes. I want to make it so that if any checkbox is checked, its label goes from gray to black. I have figured out how to do it for one checkbox, but I can't figure out how to handle many at the same time. Here is what I have so far: Private Sub sidingStyle1Include_cb_CheckedChanged( ByVal sender As System.Object ...Show All