Natalie Casey's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Proper install of Express C#, SQL, ASP. 2005

  I have .NET Academic 2003 installed on my pc. I want to install a version of SQL, C#, and ASP. What is the best approach so that C# 2003 can work with SQL What is the best approach so that this all works   Regards,   Reformat more then once!!! You should be able to install any and all of them at any time with no problems.  I'd personally probably do SQL first, then the VS versions. ...Show All

• .NET Development Persist complex properties in a custom control

  I have built a custom control for asp.net 2.0 in C# that derives from Composite Control. I have several public properties on this control, like Name, Title, etc. They are all exposed in the design time UI nice and neat and they get persisted to the html tag as attributes when the developer sets them. My trouble is that i have one public prop that is an object and it is not being persisted at design time, it gets lost after being set. The propert ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Reading Application-Config in CF 2.0

  Hi there, is there any chance to read the data stored in a .config-file with CF 2.0 The namespace "System.Configuration" is completely missing in the Objectbrowser! Any chance to get the code without self-coding thanks in advance and best regards Reiner PS.: In the good old days of Win32-Programming my nightmare was the "ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED"-error! Nowadays this is the "NotSupportedException", which I ...Show All

• .NET Development Application opens word file as read only

  I'm using vb.net 2003 and framework 2.0. I have an windows form application that opens a word file. When I click the button to open the file, word starts but i then get the warning: filename is locked for editing by 'another user' if i select the option to open read only, the file opens ok, but i know that nobody is using the file so how can i open the file with read/write access. My code to open the file is below: Private S ...Show All

• SQL Server operationg system requirement

  I am in the process of learning SQL from scratch and figure it would be helpful if I can run a local server and experiment with it as I move along some book reading. I have a few questions regarding the operating system requirement for running a localhost server and hope some of you can answer to my novice questions. Can I setup a server under Windows XP when I looked thru the documentation it indicated only windows 2000 and other Microsoft serv ...Show All

• Visual Basic ADO.net DataAccess time SLOW

  Unless I am doing something very wrong, it seems that the ADO.net dataaccess time,IE retrieving a record is extremly slow compared to Classic ADO. Now it takes between 1 and 2 seconds to retrieve the data from the Remote database (Access). Because of needing update data when I select a serial number, I presume and currently use direct access to the remote database. I load a combobox with all my serial Numbers, Currently 15,000 . Then when I c ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Structure Vs Class

  Can anyone describe the exact defrence between Class and Structure We can use bouth many times. When should we use a Class and when a Structure Classes are stored in memory via a heap whereas structs are stored in memory via a stack. Stacks are faster and more efficient and there's no need for the CLR garbage collector ro reclaim memory for structs (which takes time and resources). Structs are value type ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView & Custom cell painting

  I'm creating a schedule using a datagridview.  The cells in the grid need a lot of special behavour so I created my own Column and Cell classes.  In the Cell.Paint method I draw the cell text in various colors, draw images and lines, depending on data values. My question is this:  What is the correct order to draw parts of the cell using the DataGridViewPaintParts   Does it matter   At present, the display is horrid - so ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to make VS.NET 2003 open .cpp with my custom editor

  Hello, I have reviewed the whole forum, but had no luck in finding an answer. I have a custom editor that I developed, which hosts the core editor and extends it. It is associated with the "*" extension, so it works great with all text files. I can configure the editor as the "default editor", and when I open a file or double-click it on the solution, the environment launches my editor. Great! The problem areas are debugging and going to erro ...Show All

• Visual Studio SQL Server 2005 Express April CTP Fails from VSTS DVD

  When installing VS 2005 (Team Suite) the SQL Server Express install fails with an error code 1603. Also tried reinstalling it after VS but still fails with same error code. Anyone else got this problem /Per Salmi This was a clean installation on a new PC. I can't find the installer or the folder you mentioned to do a manual install. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Sourcesafe and Express Editions??

  Can I use a version control tool like sourcesafe with any of Express Editions Roygar - The short answer is no.  Niether SourceSafe nor the new version control system that is available with Visual Studio 2005 Team System are integrated into Express.  You could potentially use a source control system that you control through an external tool or through the command line, but you won't be able to get thi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Resize button !?

  how i can resize button or any object in my form in run time not in Design time thanx You are vietnamese me too. Could you email me full source code of this example to dohoangtung@gmail.com thanks in advance ...Show All

• Windows Forms mess up lisbox during looping.

  I don't know if it's a bug or not but i have a listbox with some items in there. on the click event of the listbox i put a while loop. what happens is that the listbox automatically highlite the last item. You can test that on ur VS2005. Is there a way to fix that "i put a while loop". Please show us the loop so we can test it too. ...Show All

• SQL Server reportbuilder.application Authentication Error

  This is the strangest thing. Whenever I try to access report builder from 90% of machines, I get the following error: PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT) Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42 System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) SOURCES Deployment url : https://rep ...Show All

• Windows Forms Custom Forms Designer Serializer Issue

  Hi, I have enhanced custom forms designer from http://support.microsoft.com/ id=813808 http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/9/fd986a23-d3d6-44c3-8fa0-75e21b0094bf/designerhost.exe (C# code examples from Microsoft) It works nice with .NET Framework v1.1. Recently, I have migrated entire project to .NET framework version 2.0. The application compiles without any errors, but when I add any controls like button, textbox, custom forms d ...Show All