KeithSmith's Q&A profile

• Visual C# C# literature for a beginner

  Hi all,     I was just wondering what books you might recommend to an aspiring programmer. I thought that i would start with C# as it seems to be pretty popular. Any info would be greatly appriciated. Thanks -Brandon Hi, The books recommended cover C# language well, but you need to understand that knowledge C# without a very good knowledge of the .NET Framework will not help you much. You need to go through books which provide a thorough coverage of the Framework and how to consume it using C#. I'd recommend the following books: 1. C# and the .NET Platform, Second Edition Andrew Troelsen 2. Programming Windows with C ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Bug in MSSCCI Provider or in VS2003 ?

  Hello I have VS2003 + VS2005 + TFS. The VS2003 was connected to microsoft source control until reconnected to TFS with the help of the mssccoi provider. Today , I've removed the old VSS and rebooted my system. When I tried to open a solution(conected to tfs) I got a message that the solution is under some kind of source control but no provider is available. Checked in the installed applications and the provider was there. I had to remove and reinstall the provider and reconnect the project to the tfs ad now it works fine. Avi Hello, my strong guess is that when you removed old VSS, ...Show All

• Visual Basic Debugger problem "The breakpoint will not currently be hit. No symbols have been loaded for this document

  There was a similar question posed on the C++ forum back in February to which I responded yesterday, but unfortunately, did not get a response. I am therefore putting this question in the VB forum. I have a VB 2005 project which is actually an add-in to Outlook 2003, which was I was able to debug fine until earlier this week. Now I cannot debug it at all - the message in the subject is displayed when I hover the mouse over the breakpoint which shows a yellow icon in place. Can anyone here tell me what I should do to correct this Make sure that you are compiling in Debug mode not Release mode. Also mak ...Show All

• Visual Studio Cannot change aggregate function behavior in matrix

  I'm having trouble with changing the default behavior of the subtotal aggregate function in my matrix report. If I just add the subtotal without specifying it's aggregate function, it always defaults to the first value in its respective column or row (below). Date Person1 Person2 Person3 Total 1/1/2006 100 10 4 100 2/1/2006 70 5 3 70 3/1/2006 10 6 2 10 Total 100 10 4 100 Apparently, the 'First' aggregate function is the default function for my data. Whenever I try to use another type of aggregate function (Count, Sum, Avg, etc...) f ...Show All

• .NET Development how to find a control value in a gridview

  String AC; foreach (GridViewRow gvrow in GridView1) { AC = gvrow.FindControl("NID").ToString() + "@meme.com"; } Response.Write(AC); Error with foreach: foreach statement cannot operate on variables of type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridView' because 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridView' does not contain a public definition for 'GetEnumerator' How do I work this out Thank you Pete. I have been seeing examples and descriptions all over the newsgroups and various ASP sites explaining and showing how to use Findcontrol on a gridview row... and it doesn't work. You are the first to g ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Date Problem

  I need to gather yester days date to us in a few place in my script.   I thought it would be easy but the way I previously planned this out I would always have a problem with the last day of the month.   Can some help me out with an easily way to do this.   Below is the code I use for the current date, but how is the best way to get yesterdays date   I Need the it in the following format 12032005 Thanks! Dim varDay,varMonth,varYear varDay=Day(date) varMonth=month(date) varYear=year(date) IF len(varMonth)=1 Then varMonth="0" & varMonth end if IF len(varDay)=1 Then varDay="0" & varDay End if WScript.Echo varMo ...Show All

• Windows Forms adding events to mshtml.IHTMLDocument2

  Hi, I am using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and I am trying to add an onclick method to a mshtml.IHTMLDocument2 object. However after I do the HTMLDocument.onclick = assignement the code exits (the rest of the code in the ax_Browser_DocumentComplete event is skipped and of course the mouse_click method never gets assigned. Would anyone know what causes this problem   private void ax_Browser_DocumentComplete( object sender, AxSHDocVw.DWebBrowserEvents2_DocumentCompleteEvent e) {       HTMLDocument = (IHTMLDocument2) ax_Browser.Document;       HTMLDocument.oncl ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Feb CTP - Can't get Workflow packages to appear in Visual Studio

  Hello. I've installed the February CTP on my notebook a few days ago. Everything works fine except that the Windows Workflow Packages don't appear in the New Project window. So I can't create any WF project. I can't figure out why this is happening. WCF, for example, works fine (I have the "WinFx Service Library" template available). I installed VS 2005 Extensions for WF Beta 2 also, so the corresponding templates should appear, no Has anyone experienced this problem Is it something with the Windows SDK installation Thanks in advance. Regards. workflow can be installed only in vs en ...Show All

• Visual Basic My program wants internet access

  For reasons unknown to me, my program suddenly wants to access the internet on startup. I do not know why it is doing this. I tried deleting the bin folder and rebuilding but the result is the same. It wants access before it even gets to my code. It doesn't even get my Form_Load Function. ...Show All

• .NET Development XML Question using VB.Net

  Hi All, I was wondering if someone might be able to help me with a problem in VB.net code I have the following XML file: <Applications> <ApplicationGroup GroupID="001" GroupName="Oracle SQLNet"> <Application AppName="SQLNet" Version="9.2.0.4"> <Package Name="Oracle SQLNet 9.2.0.4 DBA" id=""> <PackageInfo> <MarkForUninstall>1</MarkForUninstall> </PackageInfo> </Package> <Package Name="Oracle SQLNet 9.2.0.4 App User Std" id=""> <PackageInfo> <MarkForUninstall>0</MarkForUninstall> </PackageInfo> </Package> </Application> </ApplicationGroup> < ...Show All

• Windows Forms Dataview Sorting problems

  Hi, Datagrid.Sort() doesnt seem to sort integers right. My code is something like this, this is a part of datagrid event: dgProductList.DataSource = catalogXml; dgProductList.CurrentPageIndex = e.NewPageIndex; //create a new dataview with xml data DataView dvCatalog= new DataView(catalogXml.Tables[0]); //provide sort expression from datagrid event dvCatalog.Sort= e.SortExpression; //assign data source dgProductList.DataSource= dvCatalog; //bind  ...Show All

• .NET Development copying files indicating the status of the copying

  Hello, I'd like to know how can i get the actual status of copying a file using my.computer.filesystem.copyfile(sourcefile, dest.file). I mean i'd like to use a progressbar indicating the status of copying and get the current size of the newly created file during the copying. Could anyone plz tell me I mean something like Explorer's filecopying messagebox with the progressbar on it. thnx in advance; You can use the Explorer dialog using the CopyFile method: My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile("C:\test.txt", "c:\test2.txt", FileIO.UIOption.AllDialogs)   I think the file has to be fairly large for it to actually show the Explorer ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How I can create sample certificate for using with WCF Infocard Message exchange.

  I am using WinFx Dec 2005 CTP. I have created a hello world WCF application as mentioned in help docs that uses Infocard. I have also created two certificates one for service and one for client using makecert.exe. The commands are specfied below: Client: E:\>"E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Stud io 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\makecert" -n "CN=MyInfocard1" -sky exchange -ss My -a sha1 -pe  -sr CurrentUser Server: E:\>"E:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Stud io 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\makecert" -n "CN=MyInfocardServ" -sky exchange -ss My -a sha1 -pe -sr LocalMachine I am using server certificate with service and client certificate wi ...Show All

• Visual Basic Sending hex characters using MSCOMM32.OCX

  Hi All, I am using VB5 to send and receive hex characters out the serial port using MSCOMM32.OCX. I can send a hex character using the following format: 'MSComm1.Output = Chr$(&HC3)' and my module will receive 'C3' in one byte. Which is what I want to receive. However, I need to send a hex variable to the port, ie. Chr$(&H hexvariable#) Does anyone know the proper sytax to use I really need help on this one!!! Thanks, Roger Hi, I've send data out of the com port (in VB6) using "&H" & hexvariable. the hexvariable needs to be a string but vb6 converts and sends this just fine ...Show All

• Smart Device Development connect to MySQL in ppc2003 by c#

  May I ask how I can connect to the MySQL server(on a desktop computer) in ppc2003 by c# Thanks a lot... You would need NETCF compatible ADO.Net provider for MySQL. That is available from 3rd parties, e.g. this one: http://crlab.com/mysqlnet/ ...Show All