Frank Roberts's Q&A profile

• Visual C++ Setup was unable to create a DCOM user....

  Hi. When I try to Install VS6.0 …. Setup Error Setup was unable to create a DCOM user account in order to register ” ..\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\VS-Ent98\Vanalyzr\valec.exe” I couldn't Install VS6.0, What should I do Thanks. Are you running as administrator I suspect that you need to be administrator in order to install the Visual Studio 6.0. You should also note that Visual Studio 6.0 ...Show All

• SQL Server SQLExpress and VS 2005 B2

  Hi there This is an appauling newby question. I've not done any database programming with visual studio. Can someone point me somewhere that describes the basics of:  - creating a SQLExpress database with VS 2005  - Sucking that into a datagridview.  - when a change is made using the datagridview, writing it back to the database, so that when the app is restarted, your changes are there. I just can't find anywhere a "basics" dem ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' error

  Hello all, I have created an add-in which adds user properties to appointments. When I try to recover these user properties from the calendar of other users, I use the find method to recover all the appointments between a period of time of 3 months. Then, I browse the results to find if the properties meet the criteria, I have the following error : Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'Microsoft.Office.I ...Show All

• Smart Device Development trapping FN key

  Currently, on my device, to enter numbers using the QWerty keyboard, i have to press the function key each time, as there is no NumLock function available. So i thought i might be able to simulate this by implementing the following rule: -create a background process that will determine if the function key is pressed twice quickly -if so, i set a private property, _numLock = true; -if the FN key is pressed twice again, i set _numLock = false; -ba ...Show All

• SQL Server Deleting Files using SSIS Scripting Object

  I am utlizing a scripting object in my ssis to combine two text files into one final file, and then I want to delete the original files. To do this I am utilizing the FileSystemInfo namespace and associating the file names, then utilizing the DELETE functionality. The creation of the final file works perfectly...unfortunately, my base files do not delete, and I do not get a failure message or indictator. Here is my code: ' Microsoft ...Show All

• Visual Basic WinForm in VB 6.0 Mdiform

  Hi, Is there any success stories in implementing Windows Forms inside VB6.0 MDI Form Is there anyway to fake the appearence atleast. Thanks, Raghu ...Show All

• Visual Basic Login window

  hello all, I am  very new to VB well I am doing a project on VB, and I want to create a login window that would give the admin (with special username and password) more privilege than the normal user (other username and password) Also,for that purpose, Do I need to create multiple forms, in which when entering admin user name I will access the admin form, or what anybody for help and suggestions. thanks Generally No ... You can Add ...Show All

• .NET Development Can not create valid c# proxy

  Hi Everybody! I developed a Web service with IBM RAD v 6.0.1. After creating the WSDL file i have tried to develop a .Net client. But by using wsdl.exe (1.1.4322) to create a .net c# proxy i get the following error message: Schema parsing error Namespace ' http://session.ejbs.cac.commerce.com' is not available to be referenced in this schema. Schema parsing error Namespace ' http://session.ejbs.cac.commerce.com' is not available to be r ...Show All

• .NET Development Getting a File's size on disk

  After a few hours of wondering why a FileStream read was failing on a parse I found that the length I was getting wasn't the length to expect. On right-click of an image file in Windows Explorer you can see 'Size' and 'Size on disk:' The value I need to get from my C# application is the 'Size on disk:' - I have done a dozen tests and sure enough this is the crux of my problem -- so how do I get the 'Size on disk:' from .NET Thanx, ...Show All

• Visual Basic How I cange radio Button state ?

  Hi, How I can change state of radio button in VB using shdocvw.internetExplorer object shdocvw.internetExplorer is a web browser control. Are you asking how you can change a radio button in a HTML page contained within a Web browser control using VB or How you can change a radio button on a windows form in VB as a result of a an action on a HTML page contained within a web control. ...Show All

• Visual C++ VS8 2005 Projects only work on my PC

  Until recently I've been using VS.NET 2003, now I have VS8 2005.  And none of the project I make work on other computers.  They only work on my PC, when i try to run the program on another PC I get this error: C: \FilePath This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect.  Reinstalling the application may fix this problem . Why is that   How can I fix it Also, when I compile VS.NET ...Show All

• .NET Development Suggest Collection

  I need a collection for the following purpose: 1. Should be key based 2. contains single value 3. Iterate and read the value 4. manipulate the value for a key, if reqd, after reading while iterating I cannot use any IDictionary collection(ex: Hashtable) as the pt 4 will not suffice. Please suggest which collection I should opt for. Thanks and Regards, //Samik. ya.. I avoided enu ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Using in live env

  I am thinking about learning this new technology but it wouldn't reall ybe usefull to me right now unless I can use it in production, is this possible Cheers  Wayne-o Possible: Yes.  Advisable:  No. Have a read of my more detailed post on this area: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=118066 Feel free to follow up if you have any other questions about starting work now.  We're all very excited tha ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.

  And back to the error with no meanings: I’ve created a document, published it on an IIS, and opened it from the IIS, resolved the security problems, and now facing this error message: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component. ************** Exception Text ************** System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a CO ...Show All

• Windows Forms Menu inheritance for forms

  I'd like my base form to have some common items on its menu, like File->Close, Help->About, and possibly the common edit items. Then on derived menus, I'd loke to be able to add appropriate other items, like Export, Load, Save, what have you. Is this possible in .net with WinForms. It looks like when you inherit a form, the parent settings get cast in stone. Mike [last post] you will have to programaticaly add menu item yourself. That ...Show All