Mary Chipman's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms TextBox classes do not have thie method: set_AutoSize(true)

  Why is this that set_AutoSize(true) method is not available to TextBoxes, but is available to Labels. What would be the alternate method to be used for TextBoxes. Thanks Because it makes sense for a label to size itself according to it's text, all it does is display text. For a textbox to resize itself as you type would be weird. The Width property on the textbox lets you resize it and the MeasureString method on the Graphics obje ...Show All

• Smart Device Development index class

  Hi, I need to create index file on text file, and i need basic functionality about searching an adding new records to text file and its indexing. Can you help me some class in .NET compact framework what can i use thank you. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Problem with SQLStatePersistence

  I added the sqlpersistence service to my Workflowruntime (with a valid connection string). I have two events that i will trigger: SubmitEvent, and ScanEvent.. When I call my submit event the workflow gets to a new state where it is waiting for the scan event..\ At this point the workflow instance is idled. Now when I raise the ScanEvent with the same instance ID i get an error EventDeliveryfailed for the instance ID.. When I look in the innerexc ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DirectPlay

  I'm working on a messenger program, and someone suggested using DirectPlay. I've looked into it, and from what I can find, it looks like it could be very useful. Where can I find good documentation on how to use DirectPlay on both the client and server side of my application DirectPlay is deprecated and therefore not advisable to use for new applications. The reccomendation is to write your own stuff using t ...Show All

• SQL Server Using OLE DB Command w/ Insert and want to return 'Select @@Identity'

  I'd like to be able to insert a row and get the Identity column from it. I would normally tack on the ;Select @@Identity and get the row from that. Is this possible from using any of the Existing components besides the script component and making a connection to the DB myself   Thanks,   Scott<- Thank you for your reply. The 'Execute SQL Task' is a Control Flow Item Correct   I ...Show All

• Visual Studio Language Filter

  Just installed the latest (May) MSDN Library for VS 2005 and the language filter is not being persisted across page views. I saw another post here that said it was a known problem in Beta 2 but would be fixed. Whats the status of it of I am missing something. Thanks Donal Donal: I cannot reproduce this problem on the RTM version of VSTS with the May MSDN library. The language filters for both search ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL2005 encryption on different platforms

  Hi, Just want to find out about SQL2005 and encryption (specifically AES) - heard some rumours that this is only available on Server 2003 platforms, however havent found any evidence to support this yet (only password policy, memory hot add, dynamic awe, SOAP, etc) Since some deployments might go to servers running 2000, is this a valid concern or just wrong info Thanks ...Show All

• SQL Server Does SQL Server 2005 Workgroup edition support scheduling report?

  Hello, In the feature list of workgroup edition, it says Reporting services is included. After I finally installed it, the reporting service is there as expected. But what is missing is the subscription tab in the report manager. Then I went to Reporting service Configuration Manager, and I saw emailing setting is there (which indicates scheudling and emailling is supported), then I setup valid sender email address and SMTP server, but the ...Show All

• Windows Forms same class- different constructors

  How can I create a class that will take a different set of constructors.  What I would like to do is have a class-- say New_Employee  and I can set all of the properties either by sending it a id and having it lookup in  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Source Control Explorer local path selectable for copy to clipboard

  It would be nice if the text in the source control explorer local path was selectable so that I could copy it to the clipboard. Jason, Yes, I confirmed with Dev team that we don't have a way to achieve this in current system but this does look like a small change that could be handy. I will enter it in our workitem tracking system. Thanks for suggestion, Bhavik ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do I layer controls on a form so that a PictureBox acts as a backdrop for all the other forms?

  I want to have many TextBoxes and other controls layered on top of a background picture. I want the textboxes and other controls to be transparent so that the picture in the background shows through. I read numerous articles on Transparent textboxes, but none of the solutions seems to fit the bill. Why is something so apparently common so hard to accomplish Why isn't there better documentation on .NET Framework Why aren't the source for ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Transform3DCollection, Transform3DGroup

  Several questions concerning those two classes: 1. What is the difference between the two 1.a Generally 1.b When do you use which one of the two 2. I thought Transform3DCollection was used to collect a number of transforms to apply them to GeometryModel3D. However, the following code - which accordingly to code examples I found on the net seemed to have worked earlier - does not work with the September release: GeometryModel3D geometryMode ...Show All

• Visual C# Listing files ASP.nET C#

  Hi, How can I list all images files in a webfolder Linke I just want to print their names like image.gif image.jpg ... Thanks You can list the names of the files contained in a folder with something like: string folderName = @"c:\inetpub\wwwroot\mysite\images"; string fileTypes = "*.gif;*.jpg;*.png;*.bmp;*.ico"; // add any other extension you may be interested in string [] images = System.IO.Di ...Show All

• SQL Server Creating DTS

  Are you referring to Data Transformation Services package in SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server Integration Services package in SQL Server 2005 If it's the latter you can create an SSIS project using the Business Intelligence Development Studio which is part of SQL Server 2005 in editions from Developer Edition and higher. Andrew Watt MVP - InfoPath wrote in message news:6a53eb64-e504-4710-99bf-527c9aa02e46@discussions.microsoft.c ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista At Last Got it !! [The Book Presenting Windows Workflow Foundation, Beta Edition in .chm ]

  Hi to all group members At last i finally got the Presenting Windows Workflow Foundation, Beta Edition  in chm  . This is a result of constant struggle  to find that book and finally i got it . So any of you  who wants it just leave  a Messge Here.  WWF Rocks!   I would not reccomend getting it. It is compliant with version 1.2 of WWF and so a number of chapters are out of ...Show All