Chris Clements's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Create files

  Hi, Can anyone advise me on how my VB application can create an empty text file "info.dat" . It needs to reside in a directory " c:\Temp ", if the directory does not exist then the directory needs to be created aswell. This all needs to happen on the client machine during the installation process of my application. Any suggestions on how this can be achieved would be most appreciated. Thankyou. ...Show All

• SQL Server Variable data type in an expression

  Greetings my SSIS friends I am attempting to create an expression as follows: "Select * from someTable where someColumn >= " + (dt_str, 25, 1252) @[User::DateTimeVariable] The problem is that my variable is a Datetime field and when I convert it to string, the string will not execute correctly. How to solve this problem Do you have an error This is a string manipulation problem. You need to pull ...Show All

• Visual C# how to make an installation file for my written program in c#

  hi all, the question as the title please help me to solve this anyone can give me a flavour thanks henry   " anonymous@discussions..microsoft.com " < musichenryviolin@discussions.microsoft.com > wrote in message news:47e8de80-26c9-47fb-9f10-60b1325ca1e3_WBRev1_@discussions..microsoft.com ... This post has been edited either by the author or a moderator in the Microsoft Forums: http://forum ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Crystal Reports in VB Express 2005

  Is there any way to get reporting capabilities into VB Express I don't want to purchase the entire visual studio, but I want a reporting tool. Hi There I have Asked the D*m Question 3 different Ways in 3 Different Forums... No Response from the MS or VB Gurus..... It's a Well Kept Secret.... Went to a Book Store Today and found a Dummies Book on SQL Server Reporting Services...From the Book it says these services will take you where y ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro How To Create a mobile apllication With Visual Foxpro ?

  Excuse me for my English ... It' s possible create application for Windows Mobile using a Visual Foxpro language How to create How to Compile How Object Using Andrea, You cannot do it directly as there are no Visual FoxPro runtimes for Windows CE. You can use other tools like .NET Compact Framework. You can exchange data with VFP different ways, like SQL Server CE, ADO.NET CE and webservices. You can also use other options like AppFor ...Show All

• Visual Basic vb 6 and mouse drivers

  This may not be the place for this and no dought it's off topic.... Starting with vb2005 express...so I had to reinstall vb6 to play with. Then I bought a new mouse and put the 5.3 drivers on .. now the code window in vb6 quit scrolling.. yes I've tried the mousefix add-in and it's doesn't help I could go back to the "I think" 2.3 drivers I had but then I lose the side scroll of the new mouse.. funny thing is the side scroll works in the code wi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Competitive upgrade license

  If we upgrade from a competitive project, are we still entitled to use the competitive product The license is a little vague. Can you explain what a competitive project and competitive product means in this case ...Show All

• SQL Server Adding Borders in a matrix report RS 2005?

  Hello, I am wondering if anyone has come across a problem when you try to get formatting like this one below in a matrix report, RS 2005. Basically, I would like to have a border for every question and its related columns. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! 1. Question 1.SubQuestion Data 2.SubQuestion Data 3.SubQuestion Data 4.SubQuestion Data 5 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Superscript and Subscript text in Crystal

  I am using Crystal Reports for VS.NET 2003. Is there any way to implement superscript and subscript text in Crystal   For example, I would like to superscript the numeric portion ("235") of the following string: "U235 is my favorite isotope" The only way I have found to do this is to put the "235" in a separate text field that uses a smaller font size, and overlay it into the gap that I intentionally left in the larger text field.  ...Show All

• Visual C# Default Value for Datagridview Combobox

  I have googled a bit bt none of the previous posts address this problem: I have a datagrid which is databinded. I have changed 2 of the columns to be comboboxes. I predefine the values for the comboboxes, thus their values should not be databinded. The problem arise when I want a value to be preselected when the form opens , thus a default value should be selected. The default value lies in a database. Thus, the record is in a database, the valu ...Show All

• Visual C++ Draft: How to rebuild the 8.0 CRT Library for use on NT 4.0 SP6

  DRAFT 0.2 - comments welcome  HOW TO REBUILD THE 8.0 CRT LIBRARY FOR USE ON NT 4.0 SP6 The shipping 8.0 C Runtime Library DLL (MSVCR80.DLL) does not support NT 4.0 SP6 for one reason and one reason only: someone at Microsoft added a function call to GetLongPathNameW which does not exist in kernel32.dll on NT 4.0.  You cannot delayload the CRT, therefore there's no way around it.  In order to run on NT 4.0, you must rebuild ...Show All

• .NET Development Possible to pass System.Type and then cast an Object?

  Im trying to do something like this: public class isthispossible() { Inventory someClass = new Inventory; Type someClassType = someClass.GetType(); someMethod(someClassType); } public someMethod(Type ClassType) { Object someObject = new Object(); someObject = (ClassType)someObject; } I want to pass a System.Type and then cast an object to that type, using that System.Type I passed. Is t ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista December CTP poss build 5276

  Anyone know when the actual date of release will be for the December CTP - would be nice to install and look at it before the Christmas (other holiday's are also available :-) ) break. You should see it before the holiday's.  Paul's post from yesterday is saying Monday and he also published a corrected build number, now saying 5270. http://www.windowsitpro.com/windowspaulthurrott/Article/ArticleID/487 ...Show All

• .NET Development FTP to IP address

  I need to send a text file on the local machine to a unix server. I know the IP address, username & password to connect. I have tried using the following line of code: My .Computer.Network.UploadFile( "c:\test.txt" , "10.2.2.10" , "username" , "password" ) This gives me the following error: '10.2.2.10' is not a valid remote file address. A valid address should include a protocol, a path a ...Show All

• .NET Development single app instance

  Hi, how can I make my application single instance I mean, when it’s double click to run, it checks if already there’s one instance running. If so, it close itself. I know that its very easy to do in C/C++, but How I do it in C# How about use a named mutex Create the mutex using code such as: bool firstInstance; Mutex mutex = new Mutex( false , "Local\\" +someUniqueName, out firstInstance); // If firstInstance i ...Show All