Ben B's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Table With Many Columns: Clicking Column Not Initially Visible To Highlight It And Enter Data (Is Not Easy)

  I have a table with many columns and it is not possible to display all the columns at the same time. The problem I have with this is if I click a right-end column to begin entering data VB highlights the box but scrolls to the left-end of the table. I have to again horizontally scroll to the right-end to see that highlighted box. Thus, I am successful at highlighting the appropriate box and can begin to enter data into that box. But, h ...Show All

• Windows Forms Concurrency message: updatecommand affected 0 records instead of 1

  I have a rather random concurrency error that I can't reproduce consistently. The setup: SQL2000 database + C# 2005 frontend with datasets + optimistic concurrency. I used the tableadapter wizard to create the concurrency. About 30 users connect to this database. The error message: the updatecommand affected 0 records instead of 1 This error doesn't show up on every update, only on some. Is there anything I can look at to fix this error ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Upgrade Wizard Error - The following file could not be found

  I'm trying to upgrade a small program from vb6 and am getting the error "The following file could not be found: Resource file C:\Program Files\OEAPI\Demo\VB\testcom.frx Please make sure this file is present before upgrading this project". One of the files in the project is "testcom.frm" <-- 'm' not 'x'. The is a Form=testcom.frm line in the .vbp file. There IS NOT a Form=testcom.frx in the .vbp file. Does the Wizard derive other file na ...Show All

• Visual C++ Managed C++ Question: gcroots and App Domains

  Quick question: I'm working on a managed plugin to an open source unmanaged application. To achieve this I have an MC++ bridging dll plugged into the unmanaged host, which itself hosts a C# dll which does the real work: Host App ---> MC++ Bridging Dll (a thin interface) ---> C# Dll (does the real work) When the host app calls a Run function, my plugin bursts into life. I instantiate a whole bunch of managed objects exposed by the C# dll in ...Show All

• .NET Development Running an Application remotely from the Server gives a Security Policy error

  Running an Application locally works but if running from the Server,it gives a Security Policy error. Even tried making it a full trust application by going to the Security tab and checking off "Enable  ClickOnce settings" and selecting - This is a full trust application. I get the foll error when I try to run it from the server. Details System.Security.SecurityException: Request failed.    at System.Security.Code ...Show All

• SQL Server Cancelling Deployment

  I'm getting closer! I created a model and selected Deploy from the Build menu on the tool bar. I started getting info on the deployment process in the Deployment Progress window, but when it reached the "Processing Cube" part, it didn't make any more progress for about 20 minutes, so I selected "Cancel" from the Build menu. Then I tried deploying it again, and I got the message that the Movie db had changed since the last dep ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Mechanism to see Work Item Queries actual SQl Statement

  Is there a mechanism to see Work Item Queries actual SQL statement without needing to do a witexport There's no mechanism to see the SQL statements corresponding to a work item query.  However, if you are referring to the WIQL (or Work Item Query Language) for a query, you can see this by doing a Save As... from VS on the query.  Save the query as a .WIQ file and open the file in notepad to see the XML with the embedded WIQ ...Show All

• Visual Studio Error 1001: Item has already been added. Key in dictionary

  Playing around, (changing the generated package rebuilding ...) I have encountered the following: Error 1001. An exception occurred while uninstalling. This exception will be ignored and the uninstall will continue. However, the application might not be fully uninstalled after the uninstall is complete. --> Item has already been added. Key in dictionary: 'D:\alx\Projects\GuidancePackage1\GuidancePackage1\bin\Debug\Templates\Solutions\Proje ...Show All

• Visual Studio Slow Wizard Input using MonitorArgument

  I have 6 arguments. The first is the only one shown in the wizard. The remaining 5 use MonitorArgument and the Evaluator (ExpressionEvaluatorValueProvider). The input in the wizard is very slow taking a second or two after each character typed. is there a faster implementation of Evaluator or a better ValueProvider to use for simple string formatting Here are the specifics: <Argument Name="ViewName" Required="true" ...Show All

• Windows Forms WebBrowser window.external

  In the .net beta2 using vcexpress if i try to call window.external from an html page in the new web browser control, the window.external object is always null.  However if i import the old web browser control via interop everything works great.  Is this a bug in the new control This is not a bug, just different behavior.  You need to set the Form as the object for scripting.  1. In VS  ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem retriving value in Listbox

  hi guys... i am trying to retrieve the value from a listbox using the <ListBox>.SelectedIndex.ToString() method. Supposely there is 4 items in the listbox, and i select the 3rd item, i should get index 2, however i keep getting the index 0. I'm working on a C# application using ASP.NET as the front end UI. I set the properties of the listbox's autopostback to false, i attempted to use a button to retrieve the value of the selected index ...Show All

• Windows Forms Can't add new animals ..

  Anyone else having problems when attempting to add a new creature   I get a message that states that there is a problem with the terrarium server, please try again later.  Well ... it's been three days and no luck. The se ...Show All

• Windows Forms TreeNode Handle property bug

  Run code: TreeNode n = new TreeNode(); IntPtr a= n.Handle; throw a System.NullReferenceException [ Browsable ( false )] public IntPtr Handle { get { if ( this . handle == IntPtr . Zero ) { this . TreeView . CreateControl (); // << TreeView is Null } return this . handle ; } } From the MSDN documentation of the CreateControl method: Creat ...Show All

• .NET Development TableAdapter Update problem

  Hello, i have problem in my application. I create dataset with single table. In MainForm i have 2 texboxes and update button. This is code for update button: [CODE] Klient klient = new Klient(); klient.ShowDialog(); KlientDataSet dataSet = new KlientDataSet(); Serwis.KlientDataSet.KlienciRow klientRow = dataSet.Klienci.NewKlienciRow(); klientRow[0] = Guid.NewGuid(); klientRow[1] = klient.Imie; klientRow[2] = klient.Nazwisko; ...Show All

• Windows Forms O/R mapping tools

  Hi guys, ADO.NET provides dataset/datatable so that you can store your data you get from databases in your code. But some deem dataset/datatable are not 'real' objects and they don't fit into the object paradigm. (Agree ) So those ppl use O/R mappings&nb ...Show All