Rafael Nascimento's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Why do the ODBC 3.5.1 and MySQL 3.1.8 drivers not work?

  Why do the ODBC 3.5.1 and MySQL 3.1.8 drivers not work Michael Seriously I read a few of your post, atfirst I can understand that you are pissed off. But then when I read a couple more, I totally think you should go do something else. I have the same problem with MySQL but I know its a B E T A, and people answering this thread is just like YOU and ME. Its not like every reply is OFFICIAL MICROSOFT SUPPORT. So STFU. Dont act like a kid that ...Show All

• Smart Device Development VS2005 Embedded Compact Framework 2 Deployment

  Typically when developing for an Windows CE device such as a PDA you can use activesync  to deploy the app and the version of .NET CF if its not available. Situation: Using Platform Builder CE5 have created an image (with .NET CF 1 as in the catalog).  Given connectivity problems I often just build my  CF apps to the FlatRelease directory and can then run on the device (OS running in debug mode) from there, or ...Show All

• Visual Basic Now a question about audio resource playing

  Hey, more questions for you all. I thought the new My.Resources thing was pretty cool, so I went in the resources designer and adding a WAV file. Next I go in code and put it down exactly as MS says to in the help file, they say this: "This example uses the My.Computer.Audio.Play method to play the sound stored as an audio resource named Form1Greeting in the application's resource file. Sub PlayFormGreeting() My.Computer.Audio.Play(M ...Show All

• Visual Studio Documentation

  Hi, I would like to add more tags in "XML Documentation" section of the Properties window for additional documentation. For example, i would like to add a <author> tag. I would also have to modify the Description popup to add new textboxes to enter the data. How could I extend the Class Designer to do so Could it be done with an addin Thanks! Mike Unfortunately, neither are possible in this release. W ...Show All

• Windows Forms Activex Com control properties

  HI All, I loaded the com activex control at run time by using the AxHost wrapper. Here the problem i am facing is , i need to get the controls properties inside the activex control. I tried to get the properties using reflection. But i am not able to go through the child controls of the activex control. Can any one know , how to load the activex control inside the form and how to get the properties of the child controls inside the activex ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office XLA for VSTO

  I'm looking to create an excel add-in with .NET that will show up in the tools->add-ins dialog (i.e. an xla file) instead of the com add-ins dialog. Is this possible If not, I will try creating an excel spreadsheet with VSTO and then creating an xla to open that spreadsheet. Paul, I didn't mean to sound ungrateful, just been spending a lot of time trying to come to grips with the latest version! ...Show All

• Visual Basic strange bracket problem

  Hi, I've been finding that randomly, after building my project, the editor will start inserting brackets as I type. For example: I type "a" - it changes to "a()" I type "try" - it changes to "t(r)y" I type "ng.Save" - "n(g).s(a)ve" I've disabled Edit and Continue, but still have the problem. The only way to get round it is to restart visual studio. I've had the problem on two computers, ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Install Problems.

  Okay having just realised you can develop WinFX apps in VS Express I decided to have a go. However before I started this I downloaded Microsoft Codename Max (Avalon Slideshow program). This comes with WinFX runtime components 3.0 Beta 2, whereas everything else seems to refer to Beta 1, Currently I have: VS c# Express 2005 Beta 2 WinFX runtime Components 3.0 Beta 2 VS Extensions Beta 1 Avalon SDK Beta 1 WinFX SDK Beta 1. In VSExpress a blank A ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Application not running properly on with pocket pc 5.0 device

  Hi guys! I have an issue its like i developed a pocket pc application in visual studio 2003 .net compact framework 1.1 than converted it to visual studio 2005 .net compact framework 2.0, the application was running all well on pocket pc 2003 devices but as i tried to run it on pocket pc 5.0 device it started behaving awkwardly, the whole application just shows up on 1/4 th of the screen, i than installed pocket pc 5.0 sdk and target ...Show All

• Windows Forms Docking one form to another

  New to VB.Net programming. I want to open Form2 from a button on Form1. Got this far.  Form2 has no border, I want it to appear to be part of Form1, (like a frame in a web page, everything else on the page stays the same exc ...Show All

• Visual Basic Newbie confusion Assert.AreEquals

  I used the VS Test Suite to generate a unit test called, "AddOne", that adds 1 to an integer. Here's my test method: >>> Dim expected as integer Dim actual as integer dim myValue as integer ... ... ' should fail : 10 + 1 <> 51 myvalue = 10 expected = 51 actual = target.Addone(myvalue) Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual, " Failure message") ' should pass myvalue = 50 expected = 51 actual = target.Addone(my ...Show All

• SQL Server Separate date and time datatypes - come on guys!

  Oh for crying out loud, how come there aren't separate date and time datatypes in SQL 2005!   I know for a fact that this feature has been requested for YEARS!!!!  Thanks for giving me the YAGNI feature of renaming my menu items in SQL Management Studio.  I guess that was somehow a higher priority than a time datatype.   NNTP User wrote: TimeSpan supports full mil ...Show All

• Visual C# No-parameter struct constructors & hiding virtual methods

  1. Why do structs have a default no-parameter constructor that cannot be overridden What's the harm in overriding a struct's default constructor 2. Why would you want to hide a method by marking it "new" if it's been marked "virtual" in a base class Isn't the feature anti-OOP Why isn't NOT overriding a virtual method treated as a warning and not a lapse in judgement        >1. W ...Show All

• Visual C++ Any tool to monitor message number for other software.

  Dear all, I would like to develop an application which can be used to control other software. So I have to know what message number should be sent to the hwnd for the software to emulate mouse event and key event. Is there any tool is able to monitor message number when I handle some software NianHawk wrote: Dear all, I would like to develop an application which can be used to control other software. So I have to know what ...Show All

• Windows Forms Right-To-Left /Arabic Menu Bug!!!!

  I am writting a MDI application which has a menu bar. I set the Righttoleft property of Mdi form to "RighToLeft" . But when I run the application the position of all the menu items in menu bar (top level items) change!!!!. and af ...Show All