Sam Heald's Q&A profile

• Smart Device Development any good books about .net compact framework?

  I need to develop a application in a pocket pc with gps sensor and a digital camera, any good resource(book or online) what about ' MicrosoftR .NET Compact Framework (Core Reference) ' but it was 2 and half year old ........  There have been many newer books written about the .NET Compact Framework.  You can find many of them on Amazon.com or other similar book sites.  Try doing a "power search" or "advanced search ...Show All

• Windows Forms Serializing a Collection

  I have a control that has a Collection Property on it.  How would I go about making that collection serialize say by serializing it into calling AddRange and passing in all the items of the collection   I tried a TypeConverter using Instan ...Show All

• Visual Basic Problem with v6 control in vb.net

  HI, im new to programming in vb.net and i have a problem. (im new to programming completely!!) Im trying to use an old vb6 control Dim X As New activex.control X.ExtractAllFiles("c:\test\update.arc", destfold, Me ) This code will not compile, and gives me the following error 'activex.controlclass.Private Sub New()' is not accessible in this context because it is 'Private'. If i adjust my code to the following: Dim X As activex.co ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista can wwf use oracle but not SQL Server?

    I find persistence service and tracking service for oracle several days, but nothing I can find.   first question:How can I get the  persistence service and tracking service for oracle If I write them by myself, is it possible   second question: if I have the persistence service and tracking service for oracle, does any other work I must do I can't find anything in WWF for let developer select database such as Sq ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Loaded - Initialized - SourceInitialized

  I'm hoping someone can help out here ... I'm trying to figure out exactly what these events "mean". Certainly, most sample code uses the Loaded event to mean "this object and its descendants are completely ready to go". However, I'm fairly certain I saw something from a WPF team member stating that -- at least for a Window -- the SourceInitialized event is a "safer" option. (This event is only available for Wi ...Show All

• SQL Server CLR Enabled

  Can anyone tell me what this means and how to fix it I created a stored procedure in VS2005 and did a build. When I went to SQL Server there was the stored procedure but when I run it I get the error.... Execution of user code in the .NET Framework is disabled. Enable "clr enabled" configuration option I changed the 'clr enabled' property to 1 using sp_configure but I still get this error. Thanks Mike Hi. You need to run RECONFIGURE. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Msgbox to the foreground????

  Hi, I've got a VB form in VS.NET 2005 which has a grid. When the user right-clicks on an item in the grid, I bring up a context menu. From there the operator chooses an option. Once the option is chosen, I ask that the operator confirms via a MsgBox similar to the following: If MsgBox( "Are you certain you wish to re-activate this product , MsgBoxStyle.Question + MsgBoxStyle.YesNo + MsgBoxStyle.MsgBoxSetForeground) = MsgBoxResult.No ...Show All

• Visual Basic Moving a picture

  could someone help me with this all i want to do is you click the picture, move it, let go of click and it stays there Public Class Form1     Dim MDown As Boolean     Dim MeLoc As Point     Dim CaptionHeight As Integer = System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.CaptionHeight        Private Sub pb1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.F ...Show All

• Visual Studio A question about OutputPath

  Hi I'm new to MSBuild, so this question migh seem redundant to some of you. I've been trying to create a simple daily build mechanism using MSBuild. One of the things I would like to do is to dynamically set the OutputPath parameter to be equal to the current date, so that my daily builds will be stored in directories based on the date they've occured, like 20051229. Is that possible You can override the O ...Show All

• Visual C# I cannot ADD a new class or some other object into my project

  there is a dd_vserror80.txt file, but with no text in it. I uninstalled every Visual Csharp, Framework, Framework Hotfixies, Jsharp redistributable, Framework 1.1SDK, SQL sevrve, MSDN2beta and than, I installed only the framework1.1, its update and hotfix. than the Csharp, with MSDN2, SQL and framework2beta. I didnt install Jsharp redist, Framework SDK. Than I started Csharp and everything worked. There were that items, but I worry that they won ...Show All

• Visual Basic (Public) Property Statement

  I am using a number of (public) property statements (.NET 2003) to pass variables between classes. All are working fine except for the statements where I am passing 2D arrays. When I step through the code, the set is working fine, when I step into the get, the values are empty strings. Three classes are involved, a .dll is setting the values in an intermediary class and the .exe is getting the values. Any ideas ...Show All

• SQL Server Error:User does not have permission to perfor this action.

  I just installled the Visual web developer - express addition. When I try to add aSQL database to my project it gives the following error - "User does not have permission to perfor this action" . Can someone please help Here are some ideas on a what you might do to get more information on this: - check whether you have access to the folder where you're attempting to create the database (also check ...Show All

• Visual Basic Troubleshooting ClickOnce Deployment in VB 2005 Express

  Where can I find ClickOnce Deployment Troubleshooting procedures in VB 2005 Express Edition Introduction http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/clickonce.asp more in detail: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wh45kb66.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Snapin VersionControl.Common.Integration & EventFilter give error

    When running the items related to the below trace a sql exception related to Updating Identity occurs--   any insight is appreciated.     00000399 9:23:45 AM [4764] [CS] [Info, PID 4764, TID 5644, 14:23:45.714] Snapin Loader Examining file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server\Web Services\Services\bin\Plugins\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Common.dll   0000040 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB Express Cleanup Tool failed for me

  I found the VB Express cleanup tool in another message on this board and I tried it, hoping it would solve my problem if bein unable to install the latest VB Express Beta 2. It didn't.  The log showed it deleted tons of stuff (even after I did all the recommended de-installs) but the Beta2 Setup program still gives me the message about previously uninstalled versions and then quits. My system is XP Home with SP 2 and all the latest fixes. ...Show All