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• Windows Forms Stream Writer C#

  Alright there are two things i wanted to know 1. I would like to know how to write a directory which includes " ) } etc into a text file using StreamWriter. Everytime i do so, it screws up the code and will not build. e.g. Using System.IO; Using System.Text; FileStream file = new FileStream ( @ "C:\\Gay.txt" , FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite ); StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter (file); sw.WriteLine( "" C:\documents and Settings\.... ...Show All

• Windows Forms Cancel from an AddNew in DataGridView

  HI All, I have a win form with a DataGRidView bound through a BindingSource to a table in a Dataset. (All VS2005 of course). The way I would like the app to work is the user clicks on the new row (the asterix row selector) on the DataGridView to indicate they want a new row. This then pops up a dialog that lets them select which of an available set of entries they want to add. The list is potentially big, which is why its not just a dropdo ...Show All

• Visual C# Any productivity support for implementing interface?

  When I implement an interface, say System.Web.IHttpModule like this ... class Class1 : System.Web.IHttpModule { } Here is the IHttpModule definition public interface IHttpModule { void Dispose(); void Init(HttpApplication context); } I find that it is tedious that you have to manually code all the implementation signature. Is there a better way If you're using visu ...Show All

• Visual Studio Document Explorer crashes

  Thought I'd start a new thread, since I'm using Visual C# Express, rather than full VS2005. Windows XP Pro SP2, Visual Studio 2003 Pro, SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition, Visual C# Express, Visual Web Developer Express, SQL Express 2005, MSDE. I also have Virtual Server 2005 SP1 beta installed. Problem just started this weekend. Whenever I click on any topic in the Index, Document Explorer crashes. I've tried Repair on Visual C# Express, Visual ...Show All

• SQL Server sql 2005 install error. MODIFY FILE failed. Specified size is less than current size.

  I installed sql 2005 a while back. Then I recently found out my file system was fat32 (I don't understand why the hardware people did this...) and I had to convert to NTFS. Naturally the sql service no longer worked so I uninstalled inorder to reinstall now I can't reinstall it I keep getting this message native_error=5039, msg=[Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]MODIFY FILE failed. Specified size is less than current size. I'll ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Code migration problem from java to Vc#

  hi, I've converted my java code to vc # .net using the Java Language Assistant Feature available in visual studio. Its a window appication...But, i couldn't see anything happen if i execute the vc# file.But,there were no syntax or logical errors in the code.. please help me regarding this issue.. Just because a program compiles, does not mean it will do anything, or the specific thing you hope. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Cycling through textboxes

  Using Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition, I have got a row of textboxes named T1 up to T9, and I am  trying to find a way to cycle through them. So if the starting text box was T1 then the pattern would go T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9 and say if T5 was the starting textbox it would go T6, T7, T8, T9, T1, T2, T3, T4. Is this possible With your code what happens if I have lots of textboxes b ...Show All

• Visual C# How to change the color of a substring?

  for example: string newStr = "The color is red"; label1.Text = newStr; output: The color is red Hi icemart525 you want this to work in Web Application or Desktop Application Rags ...Show All

• Windows Forms Binding ToolStripComboBox?

  How can i bind ToolStripComboBox to a DataTable There is no DataSource, DisplayMember & ValueMemeber property Thanks I have exactly the same issue. After conversion from net 1.1 to net 2.0 I look for integrate a combobox in a toolstrip, but seems that the toolstripcombobox don't have any "value" property ...Show All

• SQL Server Using a parameter for the "IN" clause

  All, Having some trouble with getting the "IN" statement to return results from a stored procedure. I want to pass in a string of values, such as ('999999', '111111'), to my stored procedure and use it in a select statement. The SP looks something like this... @someNumbers [varchar](1200) SELECT * FROM someTable WHERE someNumber IN (@someNumbers) This doesn't return any data. How do I define something like this in the stored proc Thanks Mike ...Show All

• .NET Development Incorporating Perl libraries

  There is a graphical Perl utlity I wish to incorporate into my ASP/SQLServer web database, hosted on a windows server. The utility requires a long list of Perl libraries to run. There are instructions available from the developer on how to easily set it up and get it running on the Apache server but nothing for windows server. I am wondering if I am likely to have problems running this utility using ASP/windows server ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Console Hello program

  Hi, I was just doing the exercise from the book "Programming Indigo" Specifically, hello1 exercise from chapter 3 where we are trying to write cosole based service and client. I downloaded the code from the web site and run it. Actually, you can see the tutorial right here http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/progindigoch3.asp When I try to run it, I get errors on the　follow ...Show All

• Windows Forms Datagrid Image column

  I'm using the visual studio 2005 beta2 and have this problem: I have a table in my database with the path of images and other columns with some strings. I want to add this table, using a dataset, to a datagridview, and for each image  ...Show All

• Windows Forms Deploying .NET App to Windows 2000

  Hi guys, I have developed an application and installed it into Windows 2000.  The Win 2000 box has the .NET framework, the ODBC Data Provider, and a MySQL driver 3.51 installed on it.  I built the application using Visual Studio 2003 and c ...Show All

• SQL Server Quick Question Importing

  Two Quick Question's, Are you better off importing data through Excel or through Text files in terms of ease of use \ Speed \ Efficency etc or does it make a differance Also if I am loading data into a SQL database should I always use the "SQL Server Destination" rather than the "OLE DB Destination" Hope Q's aren't too basic, both seem to work for me, but I just want to make sure im using the right one. Thank you ...Show All