tommcd24's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Help: Visual basic program

  Hi i am making a program with a listbox named (lst) and picturebox named (pic) and i put the following code into the listbox selectedindexchanged sub so as the user clicks on the picture name from the listbox it displays in the picturebox Note: the listbox contains the paths of the images as there is openfiledialog in the program Private Sub lst_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lst.SelectedI ...Show All

• SQL Server Import Export Wizard - ODBC to SQL

  Hi all, we have recently purchased a server with sql 2005. One of the things we are looking to do is pull our entire informix database over onto the sql box. I have tried using the import/export wizard however when it comes to the copying I the option to copy all tables is greyed out. I have been able to do this sql to sql but not when i select the source as odbc and destination as sql. I need to try and resolve this quite quickly and any ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataBound ComboBox Items BackColor Question

  Hi I originally posted this question in the wrong forum so am reposting here. I have a Windows.Forms.ComboBox which is databound to a generic collection, see code below: cboCertificate.ValueMember = "ID" ; cboCertificate.DisplayMember = "Description" ; ExamPreps.Win.UI.BLL. GenericCollection <ExamPreps.Win.UI.BLL. Certificate > obj = new ExamPreps.Win.UI.BLL. GenericCollection <ExamPreps.Win.UI ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS (again)

  Ive finally managed to install TFS (after 4 odd weeks). However, now the only user who can use it is the one who it was installed under. Ive gone into security and set up other users to have permissions to access the server, but whenever any other user tries to connect to the server a browser style logon dialog box appears and no user/password is accepted. Please help Michael Yogita I think the problem was ...Show All

• .NET Development Weird socket disconnect/dispose problem

  Hi, I have a StateObject that holds the working socket. Everything is fine when I don't debug except two exceptions. As soon as I put a breakpoint in my server code and look up the socket in the state object it is connected and not disposed. Now I step forward with the debugger and suddenly the socket is disposed and disconnected. How can that be Also, I have one method where I just pass the socket to another method. When it "arrives" at the oth ...Show All

• .NET Development I need help on embeding a database in an application

  can anyone help me on how to embed a database with an application i am developing an application for organizations to give an HR system. so which database tool should I use and how do we include a database inside an application I mean it istalls with the application You can access any database you want via .NET. You can use OleDb or ODBC to Connect to a database, or ADO.NET, you can also use the specialized SQLC ...Show All

• Windows Forms using WinFX for a Vista Look??

  I was woundering if thier are any articles for using the WinFX for being able to apply the Vista look to a Form Some of the Transparency Etc..Example ScreenSaver Template has the RSS Feed in a OnPaint thats basically Transparent...I'm looking to be able to apply that to my Forms... Thxs for the help in advance... Did you check System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles namespace It contains tools to paint XP them ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Compact framework - form control validation problem

  I am trying to validate data entry in a control, however if the user clicks the ok button to close the form (form.minimise=false) , I get the validation check, but the form has already closed. I want it to prevent the form from closing if the data is invalid. I have tried the same code under the full .net framework closing the form and it functions exactly as I would expect, by not running the form_closing event as the validation failed. Here is ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Can't connect emulator to localhost

  Hi, i'm currently creating a web application in c#. Its not a web service but an asp.net web app. My 2003 pocket pc emulator can connect to the internet however i'm having trouble connecting it to the localhost. The address line i use is http://localhost/OnlineMusicStore/index.aspx. Where localhost is the directory where my web app is residing. OnlineMusicStore is the directory name and index.aspx is the file i want to retrieve. Whenever i enter ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS .NET install problem on XP pro

  Hi All I am trying to install VS .NET 2003 but I'm encountering a problem. I insert the installation disc and it autoruns. I then click on step 1 - Pre-requisites. As I don't want to host web applications I skip the installation of IIS and the front page server. At this point a installshield dialog pops up saying: "Command line parameters: /L language ID /S Hide Intialization dialog. For silent mode use: /S/v/qn /V parameters to MsiExec.exe .. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Keyboard event handling

  We are on VSTO Customizations for Word 2003. We binded the XML Schema to the word document. At some of the nodes we need to capture the keys entered by the user and based on that we need to do some action. For that we have written KeyHook events. The following link is the source of our reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/CuttingEdge/ While using the code as such, whenever user presses a key the keyevent is ge ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 Express fails to install on Windows XP Home Edition

  Hi all. I've been trying to install SQL Server 2005 Express on my XP Home laptop computer but it always hangs detecting iis. Is there a way to fix this Thanks anyone. Jose Guay Hi, IIS shoudln’t be a problem, did you try to shutdown the IIS first and install then SQL Server Express (although I didn’t had this issue yet) HTH, jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All

• SQL Server Is replication without network connection but file-based possible?

  Hello, I've been looking around in several SQL-Forums and in SQL Books Online but haven't found clear suggestions how to tackle my problem: Our company has to fill a database with documentation for our contractor. Our subcontractors have to supply information from their branch/craft into this database, too. Replication (without determining a type at this time) would do fine for data-exchange between us and our subcontractors. But for working in ...Show All

• Visual C# Windows Services in C# Express Edition

  Hi How can I add a Windows Services in VC# 2005 Express Edition pls help You can look at this article at CodeProject http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/simplewindowsservice.asp If you download the source you can use that to start with, you will need to register to be able to download. You can also have a closer look at the ServiceBase class . ...Show All

• Visual Basic ToolStripStatusLabels

  How do you make a ToolStripStatusLabel have a ' CAPS ' feature (like, say, if CAPS LOCK is on, it'll say CAPS in black, but if it's off, it'll say CAPS in gray ) I can only partially answer your question. My.Computer.KeyBoard.CapsLock is a boolean type property. It will tell you the status of the Caps Lock Key. But I can't tell you how you would constantly monitor for any changes made to it. As a newbie, first instincts would tell me to ...Show All