Mike Webb's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Need Image Control With SubImages

  I need an image control with all the normal properties plus 6 extra pictures. The extra pictures should be small arrows that can be turned on or off (visible or not visible) and would be in front of the image control's main picture. The&nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Create a new control to add into toolbox of Crystal Report

  Hello Mandeep , I need to create a new control which can interactive with crystal report the same Line object or Box Object of Crystal report. But information to draw shape is loaded from database include squrare, struss, struct shape types them are some complex shapes. their information were stored on database by format start and end points or struct. When load report this control'll read all of information to draw sha ...Show All

• Visual Studio Double Byte Characters in PDF Export

  I'm using the localreport class to render RDLC files. I'm getting bad results when using double-byte characters (Korean, Chinese and Japanese) though. When I render a PDF with one of the aforementioned Asian languages, I simply get a string of " " characters where the text should be. All of the European languages my component supports (Spanish, German, French, and Italian), but they are ASCII whereas the Asian languages are Unicode, ri ...Show All

• SQL Server server problem occurred during deployment of vb.net application with MSSQL db

  I use .net 2005 and server, the application i developed connects to a locally hosted mssql db, I want to deploy the application together with the db to client machine. when i installed the application on the target machine, and run the application, it gave me this message : "an error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default set ...Show All

• SQL Server OLEDB source - Use table or select only columns needed.

  Hi All, With the OLEDB source, is it wrong to use a table / view as a source and only check the columns required or is it beneficial to write a select col1, col2 etc etc as a SQL command I cannot see any difference in performance between the two. Thanks. Always always always use a SQL command so as to avoid the situation documented here: http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/archive/2006/02/21/2930.aspx I can't stress this enough. ...Show All

• Visual C# Code generation from DLLs

  Hi I have accidentally deleted some sources in my project and want to know if there is a way by which I can extract my code from the dll Shantanu Yes, you can use Reflector . It's a good tool that allows you to recover your code, change it into a different language, peep into the framework (quite instructive!) and in other people's code (except you should not). It will also show you why it is a *must* to ...Show All

• Windows Forms Editing Inherited Properties in the Propertygrid

  Hi, I'm using the propertygrid to edit a objects propertys. The grid shows all inherited properties in gray (read only). Is is not possible to edit them. What I can do to edit those properties Thanks in advance Tommy Are those properties 'complex' if yes you have to asign (and possebly write) a property editor and typeconverter Remco ...Show All

• SQL Server Need help to install sql reporting services

  I am trying to install sql reporting services and getting stopped in few places. First Reporting Services Virtual Directory window complaints about SSL and I just uncheck the box. But the major issue I have is when installation wizard asks about sql server instance. No matter which instance and Credential type I put (I tryed all possible variations), I would either get this message: 'Not Associated with a trusted SQL Server Connecti ...Show All

• .NET Development Sort a datatable

  Hi I have a datatable that i would like to sort by a column (not the key column). How should one sort a table Can the sorted table have the same name as se unsorted table I don't know now the the name of the current column (the column that should be the index for the sorted table, only the number of order ex. aRow[120]), will that be a problem Br Matt Ideally if you only need to sort t ...Show All

• Visual C++ Dialog Box

  Is there any output in the Debug window when you run the program in the debugger What is the value of GetLastError From were do you try to launch this dialog A DLL, or is it a normal MFC project Try to step into the DoModal code and see what happens! Also when you debug further into the PreModal method it seems to fall over on this line of code // cannot call DoModal on a dialog already constructed as modeless ASSERT(m_hWnd == NULL); Is ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Work Item link to Document

  How can you link a document housed in SharePoint to a work item I have a technical document under TeamProject\Documents\Development and want to link a work item to it. Add a link on the work item.  In the link dialog, select the "Hyperlink" type and paste the URL into the field.  This will create a hyperlink between the work item and any URL or UNC path. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System When to use which requirement type

  Does anyone know of a good resource for defining the different types of requirements (scenario, functional, QOS, etc.) Yes, I will post a blog entry on this subject by the end of the week. Thanks for the great idea! I talk about this in my MSF presentations all the time. Randy MSF ...Show All

• Visual C# frequency spectrum analyzer

  Hi, I want to sample an audio file and show it on a graph. so, I need to sample the frequencies between 20Hz and 15Khz. How do I do that with DirectX I just need to know how to sample a file, the methods/functions. (without hearing it,just open in on the memory and read it's content to chart like waveform) thx very much. Hi! What do you mean "sample a file" Read and display file on screen or interc ...Show All

• Visual Basic how to change path for saving excel

  hi I'm using excel object and when I close the excel object, it generates the save dialog. But the path is set to MyDocuments. I want to change this path. Is there a way Thanks. I just want to change the main directory the save file dialog shows. I don't want to save the file as the same name always. I think the only way I can think of is to change the directory option in the excel itse ...Show All

• Windows Forms UserControl, child control, and scrolling

  Greetings, I have a custom user control.  Because I have a complex hierarchy of child object that can be drawn to the screen (potentially thousands of objects) I opted not to derive them all from Control/UserControl for various reasons.  Instead, th ...Show All