fizban2's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development CameraCaptureDialog Issues

  I've been having some issues using the CameraCaptureDialog class on an HTC Apache device (rebranded as the UTstarcom 6700): 1. After exiting my application, the device's camera capture screen comes into focus. This happens whether I dispose of the class instance or not, and the Close() method is protected, so I can't call that. Any ideas on getting rid of this lingering capture screen 2. On a seemingly random, intermittent basis, an InvalidOper ...Show All

• Visual Basic Ipod Programming

  I just got myself an IPod for x-mas, and was not happy with the the software bundle included (ITunes). So I started browsing the web for 3'rd party software which could transfer music from IPod->Computer and Computer->IPod. But I found all of those programs missing something I needed and wanted to make an application myself. The only thing I need help with is code to transfer a song to ipod which makes it compatible with the device fo ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to get Application Startup Path?

  Is there an equivilent to the Windows.Forms.Applicatiion.StartupPath for a WPF app   (i.e. the directory containing the application exe) You might try looking in the AppDomain, such as: AppDomain .CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory ...Show All

• Windows Forms Change the color of the Cell of the Datagrid

  Based on the value of the cell in column 3 I want to change the cell color of the column 0 Could you please let me know how to do it Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to persist project configuration specific properties

  Hi, we plan to create an add-in (using C#) for VS2005 that adds some functionality to the C++ project type. How can I persist parameters/settings that are specific for a configuration of the project Am I restricted to use Project.Globals or is there a way to store private properties in the project file under the corresponding configuration Udo Eberhardt The best way of doing this is to use Project.Glo ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Vista nothing but a copy

  Hello all,   I was just looking at some screenshots of the new Windows Vista. Vista is supposed to bring "Clarity" and it does it is clear that Microsoft can not do anything for themselves. The took the RSS from Firefox and Safari who by the way have had it for a number of years. They took the dock idea from Mac OS X. (Just because you share stock does not mean that you can copy Willam). If you know anything about different syste ...Show All

• Windows Forms this->Close(); doesn't work when a form is Minimized;

  From a pervious post answer I was told to minimized the form then Close the form to regain memory,,,,,,,, but the issue I have is the form will not close when it is minimized.......... I should say the form looks like it has exited but the code stops running... and hangs and doesn't move on to the next form..... if I leave out the form minimized part the code run the way it is suppose to........... is this normal or am I missing so ...Show All

• SQL Server Merge Replication & Update on Keys

  Hi, I'am using several SQL 2000 servers with different working merge-replications. Actually I wrote a .NET assembly which makes updates to key values in one of the replicated tables: Ex: update ReplTable set key = -key where key between (1 and 100) Loop ...... update ReplTable set key = NewKey where key = .... end of loop Intention is to resort the datarows. So I made two updates to every keyvalue in a very short time. At the ConflictVie ...Show All

• .NET Development Tracking the success of SOAP calls

  Hi, We are developing a SmartClient application and we are planning to expose business objects layer to SmartClient application by using ASP.NET SOAP web services. The client can send different found transfer request to different web services. The problem is upon any interruption (such as power or network outage ** at the client side **) during the soap call, there is no mechanism for the client to track whether the SOAP call went successful or ...Show All

• .NET Development aspnet_regsql.exe fails, error 446

  Hi, I hope this is the rigth place for this question I am trying to use the Login control. Using the Website admin tool I end up with being told to use aspnet_regsql.exe to create the tables in my db. But when i run the aspnet_regsql.exe - I am using the sa account, it fails when performing the sql. I am using mssql 8 /Cartmann This is the error, as shown in aspnet_regsql: ---------------------- Setup failed. Exception: A ...Show All

• Visual Basic Printing :-(

  Can anyone point me to a simple tutorial on how to print formatted text e.g. the contents of a rich text box including bold and different font sizes etc. TIA Julian http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/244/ http://www.dotnet4all.com/Dot-Net-Books/2004/08/how-to-print-from-rich-text-box.html   ...Show All

• SQL Server Reporting Services Error-URGENT!!!

  This is critical. The company I am in runs 3 reports that calculates huge amounts of data and it takes about 45 minutes to run. Unfortunately I get the following error after about 30 minutes. I need to fix this today. No one is cancelling the report it just appears to time out. Any clue guys Reporting Services Error -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An error has occurred during report processing. ...Show All

• Visual Basic caret coordinates in a richtextbox (X,Y !)

  i would like to create a code-snippet like dropdown menu which would load when a preset key is pressed...just like all the editors do. For this i need the X Y coordinates of the caret in a richtextbox... NOTE: i do not need the line number and position of the caret but it's X Y coordinates. any help would be apreciated. You can try the following code: Dim temp As Point = Me .RichTextBox1.GetPositionFromChar ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView CurrentCell Border

  I'm using a DataGridView and want to control the display of row borders based on special criteria. My stuff is providing satifactory results, however, it seems that the CurrentCell always has a dotted border, regardless of my actions. This border distracts from my changes. Can someone tell me how to suppress the dotted border for the grid's CurrentCell Thanks. The only way to supress the dotted focus rectangle is to handle the RowPr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Domain Model, Data Model and Database Schema - MSF Agile Work Products and Work Streams

  Are you planning to integrate a "Data Model" or "Database Schema" as one of the MSF Agile Work Product Or are you considering this as "code" Are you considering the Data Model and Database Schema as one single (Agile) Work Product If we consider a Data Model as a refinement of a Domain Model, are you also planning to integrate this in some Work Streams (Architect, Developer) Thanks Alain ...Show All