jrista's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Installtion project for VB6 application

  Hi, I'm trying to use VS 2005 to create a setup project that will install a VB6 application. The app has been compiled using VB6 beforehand. The project builds and runs but when I install it on a clean XP machine it fails to start because of missing or corrupt MSCOMCTL.OCX. I can't find a merge module for this!! Am I attempting something that isn't possible using VS 2005 Thanks for your help Graham ...Show All

• Visual C++ using a C# .net dll in a C++ .net dll

  I've created a dll in C# and I'm trying to using it in a C++ .net project, but everytime I run the application, I get a FileNotFoundException pointing to the C# dll.  Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong.  All works fine from VB .Net to C# .Net, but I only have the problem in the C++ project. The C# assembly is located in the same directory as the C++ assembly, but the problem still exists.  ...Show All

• SQL Server Is SQL Server Service Manager still existing on SQL Express Edition?

  Hi there. I am new to the SQL Express. I just finished installing the SQL Express 2005 with Advanced Services on a Windows XP SP2 computer. The first thing I noticed was the service manager (used to be on the taskbar) was being removed on the Express Edition. How do I get this feature back if it's even possible I know you can find out the server status from the Configuration Manager but it's handy if the status is showned on the taskbar after l ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Removing Predictive Text on a Device

  Hi all, I have written a Windows application for the QTEK device (CF1.0) and on the TextBoxes in my application my users are getting predictive text. Is there anyway I can stop the device from doing this Thanks Tryst Hi Aarthi, so is this snippit enough to satisfy my needs, or do I need to make use of all the code in the Solution Tryst ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System VSTF Beta 3 play nice with SQL 2005 when it's released?

  Will Visual Studio Team Foundation Beta 3 work with the SQL Server 2005 version that will be released Nov 7th When Visual Studio 2005 & SQL Server 2005 ship, we're shipping an update of Beta 3, called Beta 3 Refresh that will 'play nice' with them. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Is a .def File Required To Export Functions From DLL?...

  ...I know it is not required so long as the methods are tagged  __declspec(dllexport).  However, if the client code is a .Net C# app, I can only seem to recognize the methods' entry points if the DLL was built using a .def file.  Can anyone confirm or refute the need for building a DLL with a .def file if the intended client will be unable to link to the import library   Thanks in advance.      --Doug Hett ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro combobox problem

  I would like my combobox to look like the combobox of ACCESS where I could reduce the size of the first column to 0 so it will only show the second column. Like the zipcode(the 1st column) and the description or place (the 2nd column). I would show the description but internally I am storing only the zipcode but as a user one would only see the description. Hope you could help me again, thanks. Probably your data is coming from a ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to delete a non-empty directory

  I found io.directory.delete but that only deletes the directory if it is empty. I want to delete a directory that will be created for temp files. There is a bunch of temp files, and the number can vary. So instead of io.file.delete for every file I would like to just delete the directory in whole. thanks. Overloaded Directory.Delete method should be of help Directory .Delete(path, true ); This will delete the folder and its ...Show All

• .NET Development using ADODB

  im trying to execute a store procedure in a method written in c#, but i want that method to return a recordSet so i tried using adodb but how to execute the store procedure using adoodb is it possible thanks in advanced Hi, Yes you can. But you'll have to use SOAP to get xml values returned by the Webservice. When you return a Dataset, it would be converted to xml. Just download the SOAP SDK and see the docs o ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problems with MIME settings at the hosting provider

  Hi, My web hosting company is www.brinkster.com and I have asked them to enable MIME type for ".application". After a short period of time, the extension was not recognized anymore (404 Page not found) so I have asked them to reenable the settings. This is what I have received from their suport: ------------------------------- Hello, I am not sure what has happened now but I have just reset the MIME settings for the ".application" extension.&n ...Show All

• .NET Development SqlDataAdapter Update Method Returns an Error when a where clause is added to the Select query

  I'm using .Net 2.0 and Visual Basic 2005 trying to update a SQL2005 Database.  I have created a SqlDataAdapter with a Command builder object in my code.  If I set the Select Command to a Select Statement that doesn't contain a where clause to filter the table I'm querying then after I've modified the table the DataAdapter.Update(myDataSet) method works correctly.  But if I filter the table I'm querying by adding a where claus ...Show All

• .NET Development Data Adapter Updates not happening

  I have an Infragistics grid bound to a BindingSource, that in turn is bound to a strongly typed dataset.  I want to add a row to the grid, then when the user click the OK button, save the new row back to the SQL Express database I am using. In the OK button, I have this code: this .productFeatureBrowserDataSet.Versions.AcceptChanges(); this .versionsTableAdapter.Update(      this .productFeatureBrowserDataSet. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Gaps in Unit Test Documentation, Help Needed

  At the risk of seeming an absolute dud, I am having problems getting Unit Tests to work on several fronts. The doco is missing some key points and seems to have no actual ZIP files with simple project samples. Make life hard for a newbie in this area to get off the ground. I have Test Suite which includes Team Addition for Testers . My context is I want unit testing to work mainly from my application code (by manuall ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to draw border of a pop-up menu

  Who knows how to draw border of a pop-up menu when clicking a menuitem on the main menu and how to fill custom color for the main menu. Please show me to solve this problem There is no easy way to do that in ver ...Show All

• SQL Server Bug in SQL 2005 SP1

  I am trying to chase this down and have noticed similar postings on the web concerning applying this SP. I have successfully upgraded all components except for the "database services" component. Has anyone been able to get beyond this Below is the log: 04/23/2006 09:24:53.523 ================================================================================ 04/23/2006 09:24:53.523 Hotfix package launched 04/23/2006 09:24:56.664 Prod ...Show All