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• Visual Studio Express Editions VBexpress download is the wrong size and incomplete

  I have downloaded several times. It always completes less than the indicated size and the iso always has errors so that SQL server Express cannot be installed from it. I have plenty of disk space. How can I get a full .iso file Moved thread to Installling and Registering VSEE instead. If the connection is unstable and unreliable you might consider using a download manager. These are a couple of free that doe ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Visual Web & VB Express Installation Conundrum

  I downloaded and installed VB 2005 Express first, liked it very much, then decided to do the same with Visual Web Designer. The VWD install had me strip out everything that was installed with VB Express which I did with the Uninstall Tool. Now when I try and download VB 2005 again it wants me to uninstall SQL Server and the NET 2.0 Framework that VWD put in. What is the correct procedure to download and install both of these and retain the serv ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Message Box

  Hi Im trying to generate a message box, which I can do, but I want it to print out the information in one of the text box cells. If Finish_DateDateTimePicker.Value.Date = MonthCalendar1.SelectionStart Then MessageBox.Show( "This Task Is Due" & Me .Task_NameTextBox.Text) End If As you can see from the code I have compared two values and when the values are the same it will give me a message sa ...Show All

• Windows Forms Connecting to a Remote SQL Server via windows forms

  Hi I am trying to find the best practice to connect to a remote SQL server from a windows forms application. The SQL Server does not belong to same network or domain and has been configured for mixed authentication. I know we can encrypt the connection string within a config file but do we ensure that the credentials are not passed as clear text along the wire in a secure format. Configuration: SQL 2005, ADO.NET 2.0, VS.NET 2005 What ...Show All

• Smart Device Development VS 2005B2 remote app running problems

  Hi, I used to be able to run/debug applications on my AudioVox smt5600 using Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2, but now it has stopped working, and I'm stumped about how to fix it. VS reports that the deployment has succeeded. I get the little multicolored pie thingee, but it just goes on and on, and never runs the application. If I navigate to the app via file manager on the device, I can run my app without any problems. If I switch to the release c ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Welcome Tablet PC/Mobile PC users and the world!

  I actually have a Toshiba Satellite R10 and I wonder if there are similar options available for this model. ...Show All

• Visual C++ LNK2019

  I am new to the forum. I hope this is a right palce to place my question here. I run into a problem with MS Visual Studio 7.0 (.Net 1.1) when I try to build a window program. It was a project with .c and .cpp file mixed, but no c++ class been involved. *********************************************************** nafxcwd.lib(thrdcore.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __endthreadex referenced in function "void __stdcall AfxEndTh ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Wanted WWF Beta 2.2 Sample Code

  Hi all, Can anybody send me some links from where I could download sample code for Windows Workflow Foundation Beta 2.2 ( e.g Hands on Labs for WWF Beta 2.2, or something like that) Thanks.. try this path C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Workflow Foundation\Samples.zip ...Show All

• Visual C# !!! IF MICROSOFT HEAR US!!!

  I just saw another thread with "Can i make a app that doesnt use the .NET.  The framework is too big 23 MB".. SO... Can Microsoft create a .Net Framework just for c# not for asp or j# or visual basic providing only the neccesary dlls Please!!!! This makes me laught! You are kidding, right All the .NET Languages just create MSIL code, so the .NET Framework is allready only for 1 language. But please tell me, what is wrong with a 30 ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Bug in VS 2003?

  I recently posted regarding a TypeLoad exception in Microsoft.VisualBasic http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=113878 It appears that my findings have highlighted a bug in VS2003 is this the case Also my work around seems inconsistent sometimes its OK other times it doesn't have the desired effect. Any ideas Thanks in advance. Sure. Please remove "online" from my e-mail. Also, please rename V ...Show All

• Visual Basic ocx error

  when im trying to open some project im getting the error- CRYSTL32.OCX could not be loaded i just instaled the vb6 and also crystl32.inf and im a quite new in this so what should i do whats is wrong thanks in advanced Then you may have a different problem.  Try un-installing and re-installing the Crystal reports. It can also be a version compatibility issue.  Check to make sure you have the same versi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to get all team project names within a Work Item ?

  Hi, I am trying to get all team project names within a custom created Work Item Is there any way to get it all I know that I can use [Project] to get the current team project name but I am trying to get all team project names. I want to show them in a combobox so that it can be selected. How should I define my work item field Any help would be appreciated. < FIELD name = " All Team Projects " refname = " Cus ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS in VS not working - no options under Plugin...

  Hiya, Ok, I will try to be brief. I am having a problem with getting Source Safe 2005 to work within Visual Studio 2005 on my office Box. Not only is there no Source control file menu item, but the Tools|Options|Source Control|Plugins dropdown list is EMPTY. When I first installed VSS and VS, I got the option for Microsoft Visual Sourcesafe, but not Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (Internet), which is how we are set up to run. The same v ...Show All

• SQL Server Sql Reporting Services problem

  Hi, How did you use ReportViewer in your Windows Form I tried to add the ReportViewer to my ToolBox but doesn't work that way! Looks like this ReportViewer is only for Web page! Thanks. ...Show All

• SQL Server getting calendar control in sql reporting 2000

  hi all i am working on sql reporting 2000. i have a parameter with datatype datetime. is there any way by which i can get calendar control for this parameter when it is displayed on report plz help me.I can't proceed further without this. Sorry, builtin support for the calendar control for DateTime parameters is only available for RS 2005. For RS 2000, you could build your own application for the pa ...Show All