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• SQL Server sql server management studio nov ctp

  I have vs2005 prof. installed along with sql express RTM I installed management studio nov ctp when I try to launch it, nothing happens any Ideas Thanks   lee d wrote: deleting the key worked for me too<br /><br />Thanks Is the SQL Server Books Online working without these keys :) ...Show All

• Visual Studio Extending C#/VB Project Properties

  Hi! I have already posted the following question but here is a more precise description of what I am going to do: I would like to extend the existing C# and VB project types with my own property page and to persist some settings in the project file through Project.Globals. My property page should be a new tab or category in the Project -> Properties dialog. I read already about project subtypes, but I think this approach has too much overhe ...Show All

• Windows Forms Access key behaviour

  I ve added two buttons on a window form. Button Text is &New and &Close respectively. The click event just displays the dummy message. I run the form and i press N. I do not press the Alt key but the click of &New button is invoked. Same is the case if i press C. The default behaviour should be Alt+ N and Alt+C. How can I get the default behaviour. This is the default behaviour of Button in .net.You can always look at ProcessM ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions starting an external program in vb2005 express

  Hi, I recently donwlaoded an example for vb2003 and an now am trying to use it in vb2005 express. My problem is i can't find anything to start an external application (eg. excel) in debugging mode, as this example requires. I just get an error message 'A Project with an output type of class library connot be started directly.' I also don't have some of the window's shown in the example, is this unique to my express edition The link to my exam ...Show All

• Visual Basic Errors in RichTextBox.LoadFile

  I'm trying to load an existing RTF file into a Rich Text Box control. The documentation tells me the syntax should be RichTextBox.LoadFile(filename, filetype) For example: RichTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\Myfile.rtf", rtfRTF) When I enter this, Visual Basic displays the error message Compile error: Expected: = I've also tried something like Temp = RichTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\Myfile.rtf", rtfRTF) but then I get ...Show All

• Visual C# Controls in diferents forms

  hi i have this problem: private void Form5_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Form1  frm1 = new Form1(); string name = frm1.textBox1.Text; MessageBox..Show(name); } on the Form5 i wrote that code.....ill explain u what the program do: u start in Form1 and when u click in a button it ShowDialog the Form5 and in the Form5_Load  it should get the text in the textBox1 of Form1 and MessageBox the text it get. the problem is that ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Need VB help advancing from beta1 to beta2 with a project I was working on...

  Can anyone help me with some project differences between beta 1 and 2.. Here is the biggest problem I have. I can't view forms in the designer. Code executes though the way it should when I compile and run. I just can't make modifications to the forms. Here is the jist of most of the problems I have... Warning 1 Method 'System.Drawing.SizeF.op_Implicit' not found. That points to this line of code... Me .AutoScaleDimensions = Ne ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to multi-select nodes in a TreeView?

  How to make nodes multi-selected in a treeview control just like what I can do in the visual studio solution explorer. Thanks. There is not a method or property of the treeview control or the nodes collection that allows you to multi-select nodes....you would have to cutomize/extend the treeview control yourself. ...Show All

• SQL Server Error by converting string to decimal

  Hi, I'm trying to import a text-file into SQL2005 by using SSIS. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work in the way I thought. Because I'm using the german version of SQL2005 I need to translate the items of my toolbox, so dont wonder if their names are not exactly the same as in the english versions. Try number1: a) My datasource is a flatfile, in the connection manager I changed the DataType for the input column to DT_DECIMAL. In my des ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to get all mouse clicks in child controls

  I have a parent user control. I want to capture all mouse clicks within the control, even if the mouse click is on a control within my parent control. How do I do this You can try and look for WM_PARENTNOTIFY and WM_MOUSEACTIVATE event. What I suggest you do is,create a WinForms Application and then change the property of the project to Console App,so that you can see the Console Window. In your user ...Show All

• Visual Basic Crystal missing from Clickonce Preq

  I do not have Crystal available on the publish/prerequisite screen. Only Framework ans SQL Server. Anyone know why The app does not run on deployed machines. Thanks Hi, In deploying projects with Crystal Reports. You'll have to include the merge modules (*.msm) from crystal reports ( try downloading it here ). specify the license of your crystal in the merge module and your done...       che ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista XPS:Config Modules DllGetClassObject for IPrintTicketPovider not invoked

  Would appreciate if you could help us in solving our problem. PROBLEM: We have a GDI driver, and we want to plugin a IPrintTicketProvider to the config module. But the DllGetClassObject of the Config Module is not getting invoked, when we print from Office 2007 (WinWord) We could not use XPSViewer (Vista Beta2) because it seems to open up a blank IE7, and keeps showing the progress bar, but does not open the .XPS document. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Nicer CDialog?

  Hi, After using VC++ 6 for a while, I find all these CDialog components a bit oldish. My question : is there a classes library with nicer or newer components than the CDialog ones available for download You have a number of options if you would like to use more fancy looking components in your GUI application. First, by switching to Visual C++ 2005, you gain the ability to host Windows Forms controls in you ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Where is project temlpates?

  Hi,I've installed vwd2005 beta2 after uninstalling March preview and now I don't have any Project Templates in "New Project". What could I do with it Thanks. It's bad you don't have explicit mechanism to reset cached configuration settings-all caches must be invalidated from time to time.What you mean under "devenv" There'is no such thing in "express" editions...maybe "VWDExpress.exe /setup" Best wishes. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. IntelliSense with October DirectX SDK

  Hi. I'm still using Visual C++ 6.0 (still the best imo) and I've just installed the October DirectX SDK and for some reason the IntelliSense doesn't work with ANYTHING from DirectX. Can anyone suggest how I can get it working Thanks in advance. I don't know about the first question, but I have read ( although I haven't personally used it myself ) that the mechanism(s) for adding directories (lib/include/etc..) ...Show All