Graeme dakers's Q&A profile

• .NET Development SQL Data Adapter Configuration Wizard not making UPDATE command

  I am trying to make a SQLDataAdapter connecting to a VIEW (not a table), which was constructed from several tables. All tables related to this VIEW have primary key columns which were linked together through relationship in diagram. In Visual Studio, the Data Adapter Configuration Wizard went through fine making SELECT and INSERT command but failed to make UPDATE and DELETE command. I chose 'Create new stored procedure' option i ...Show All

• Windows Forms resize a form

  hi,      im using windows media player 9 to build a player in form, but how can i make my form resize to the size of the video file, im using VB, and i've tryed this        axWindowsMediaPlayer = Player   Pla ...Show All

• Visual Basic where's the VB Snippet Upgrade add-in?

  it was mentioned in the free book (...upgrading VB...), but I cant find it anywhere David - I'm looking at the latest build, but the code upgrade tool should be there in the Beta 2 build as well. As noted by Dman1, you must have a code file open to see the command. Have you tried that - Steve Hoag ...Show All

• Windows Forms setting textbox text onto a child Form

  Yes that helps. I've figured out that I need to pass the pointer to the textBox to function X. Here's what works : function X definition : X(System::Windows::Forms::TextBox* box, .....) {.....      box->set_Text(S"hi"); ....} inside Form2, the function X is called :  X(textBox1, ....); The only thing left is to pass a group of textBox pointers to function X. Should I create a struct or enum of pointers How will I ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Class Library can't access System.Windows

  I'm trying to create a new Class Library for a custom control. The base code is as follows: Imports System.ComponentModel Public Class DynamicCheckedListBox Inherits System.w... End Class When I try to type System.Windows.CheckedListBox, Intellisense shows no entry for Windows. The list displayed includes "WeakReference", "XML", but no Windows option. In my other projects, this works fine. Yes ...Show All

• SQL Server 2000 - Add New Report wizard blows up

  Could anyone help PLEASE!   I get this EVERY TIME I try to use the wizard... BTW, the hyperlinks shown in the message are USELESS - 404's result... TITLE: Show technical details ---------------------------------------- TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server ---------------------------------------- This wizard will close because it encountered the following error: For help, click: http://www.microsoft.com/events.asp progname=MicrosoftSqlServer& ...Show All

• Visual C++ referencing CEdit variable giving problems in events control

  hello everyone, Im having a strange problem, which everyone around me says its not possible but I am hung on it since few days now. I am using Visual C++ 6.0 version if that's of any help. I am creating an MFC application with document/view structure. I want to create en Edit (CEdit) box which can change it's size when the user fills up the box while filling in some data in it, and also whose contents can be extracted when the mouse reaches a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Building a server app

  I am building a server app that will take word files as input. A FileSystemWatcher will fire an event to a handler that will open the word file and strip the contained information out of it. I am having a hard time figuring out how to do this. Is this not a supported scenerio by VSTO If it is what is the best approach to opening the document. The ServerDocument doesn't seem to do what I need since I need access to all the documents content. Than ...Show All

• .NET Development Verifying User's Internet Connection

  I am looking for a way to verify whether the user's computer has a valid internet connection. Is there a function in .Net that will allow the underlying Windows internet connectivity detection to be checked Or do I have to hack something together like running a ping internally Any ideas of suggestions are greatly appreciated. ;) While there is a way of determining if the system has a network connection, there is not to my k ...Show All

• Visual C++ passing a Form to a function

  I need to pass a Windows Form to a function. I've tried 2 different ways, but neither work - any suggestions first way void StandAloneFunction(System::Windows::Forms::Form* ff) {   ff->{ }->set_Text(S"hello");   } void FooForm::SomeMethod() {   StandAloneFunction(Form2);   } but in this case, how do I access the TextBox object (which is in System::Windows::Forms, and not System::Windows::Forms: ...Show All

• Visual Studio When Installing VS 2005 Pro RC, SQL Express Install Fails

  Thank you replying. Sorry, but I decided to uninstall all of the SQL Server 2005 and VS 2005 stuff.  I've never been able to get a good install from any of it.  The VS 2005 installation would throw an error every time I attempted to read the help.  Spending ten hours trying to get a good install is not a good user experience, even with a pre-release product. I tried looking in the file you named the day I made the post, but it did ...Show All

• .NET Development C# Apps Server that Select From SQL Server 2000

  Hi, I'll like to program a C# Application Server that constantly polls the SQL Server 2000 for data. For example, I've a table called A in SQL Server 2000 that's  constantly being inserted. My App Server will do a Select * from A as a string of data and then process the it. Is there any similar template that you've come accross Or can anyone enlighten me TIA. Hi, How much is it consuming in mega ...Show All

• Visual Basic Imports System.Net Intellisense?

  I've been using Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1, and I really like it.  Yesterday I ran into my first problem with it though.  My question is, when you pull up intellisense by hitting ctrl + space, what is now hidden when you view the "all" intellisense tab Here is an example of the problem that I ran into yesterday.  In Visual Studio 2005 I created a new VB Windows Application.  This Windows Application connected to a W ...Show All

• Visual C# Printing without displaying the PrintDialog

  Is it possible to print directly to the default printer without displaying the PrintDialog or requiring any user interaction I am developing C# within Visual Studio 2003 .Net ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error loading task list into Project

  I am using TFS Beta 3 and am trying to load load the task into Office Professional 2003.  When I do this I am getting the following error. TF80071: Team Foundation encountered an error while accessing the work item database. I found an earlier thread on this forum that discussed this issue but none of the suggestions there helped me.  I am using Project Server but that did not seem to be an issue with the Beta 2 release.  I ...Show All