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• Windows Forms DataGrid currency formatting

  Based in the examples in TaskVision, I wrote a custom implementation of the DataGridTextBoxColumn that only overrides the Paint method: protected override void Paint(Graphics g, Rectangle bounds,                       & ...Show All

• SQL Server Scheduled Jobs & emails ( Sql 2k)

  Hi All, The name of the Server was changed which in turn gave me the following error when I tried to delete the jobs Error 14274: Cannot add, update, or delete a job (or its steps or schedules) that originated from an MSX server. The job was not saved. Knowing that it has to do with the Originator server in the sysjobs table; I hacked the table ( now I think not a good idea ) and deleted all the jobs that I wanted to delete and ...Show All

• Windows Forms paste event?

  I have a "paste" button on a toolbar above a richtextbox object. When I click it, I can test to see if the clipboard format is one I am expecting and then do the paste (I don't want the user to be able to paste in  ...Show All

• Visual J# XUI for J# preview release launched

  An early version of XUI for J# has been released on SourceForge by Xoetrope . XUI is a Java (and now J#) and XML framework for creating rich-client applications. The framework includes tools for Eclipse, NetBeans, AWT ( JDK1.1.8 and above), Swing, SWT, J# and later this summer HTML. The framework promotes a clean separation of the user interface and business logic making it easier to develop and maintain applications. Finished application ...Show All

• Windows Forms accessing resource from another assembly

  I'm trying to access a resx file from another assembly. The thins is that when i add a resource to the resouce file ... it change the modifier of the class to internal ... but i want it visible so the other assembly could access it. Is there a way to tell the designer to put the modifier as public and not internal When i change from internal to public. Everything works fine. But as soon as I add a new string. it changes to internal... arrgghh ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions C# retrieve database

  I am using Visual Studio 2005. However, I faced some problems in retrieving data from SQL server database. I intend to extract a data from and show it on a label,but i could not do that. It is not same like VS 2003, could someone help me about this thank you very much~ Hi Cosmics, you shouldn't have any problem. you can extract the information from the dataset (for example) as before whithout any changes. Also, you can up ...Show All

• Visual C# Visual C# 2003 how to send variables in a class to other forms?

  Hello 1) I have 2 forms and in the first form "form1" I have som textboxes and then I will put the data fra form1 textboxes into some variables in a class and then take the whole class and variables in the class to form2, so I can take out the data from form1 and use in form2 2) In another programering langauge you have to delete a class instans, but do I do that in Visual C# 2003, and is it neccesary or not Hope to hear from ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Problem Using ifElseactivity in an Embedded workflow designer

  I'm trying to use a ifElse activity in an embedded workflow designer ( Workflow Designer Control Example   downloaded from here: http://www.windowsworkflow.net/Downloads/Examples/Workflow%20Designer%20Control%20-%202005-09-24.exe ) I added a IfElse activity and then select one of the branches. In the property window I select a System.Workflow.Activities.Rules.RuleConditionReference Condition and then when I try to edit the Name   prope ...Show All

• Visual Basic .Net certification

  Do you know any web site for .net or SQL server certification practice. I m beginner and I have no idea how they look like. Also if any web site to prepare for them I appreciate your help. (sorry I didn t know where to put my question) There are tons of web sites out there. For eLearning and practice exams, try www.selftestsoftware.com . If you just want the paper and not the knowledge, try www.testking.com . ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Enumerating through linked work items

  In our TFS project, we have "customer" work items that are linked to "application" work items via a links control. I am trying to create a report where a user selects a customer and then a report of the customer's applications is generated. I am using the "current work item" fact and the "related current work items" fact to filter the target work items. I am joining the two tables on the "current work item_trackingleft" in the "related current w ...Show All

• Visual Studio Help crashes Visual Studio 2003

  I am a computer science major at a university that has Visual Studio 2003 available through the MSDN academic alliance. I installed VS without the MSDN library for an assignment and everything was great, then when I later tried to install the library it won't work. If I try to directly open the library, a message comes up saying "updating help..." then Document Explorer crashes. If I open VS the same message comes up and the whole prog ...Show All

• .NET Development AppDomain.AppendPrivatePath Depricated

  I get a CS0618 that AppDomain.AppendPrivatePath is obsolete. The suggestion is to use AppDomainSetup.PrivateBinPath instead, but no matter how I set it, PrivateBinPath remains null. I am trying to update AppDomain.CurrentDomain after the domain is started. Is AppDomainSetup the correct way to go It seems this would only apply at creation of the domain, and I need to make this modification after the AppDomain has started. Thanks ...Show All

• Visual C# Static Classes?

  Does anybody know of any performance hit, penalty, etc. when using static classes   In an app that I am writing, I have some generic data loaders and wrapped them in a static class because I was sick of writing the same code over and over NameSpace.Class x = new NameSpace.Class(); x.Load(data); so now its NameSpace.Class.Load(data); Thanks! Hi Kyron, There are some performance differences. But that is too n ...Show All

• Windows Forms The v2 DatePicker doesn't support null databinding (bug?)

  The following code (which is a simple test windows form - visual studio team 2005 system beta 3 refresh) demonstrates what I believe is a bug in the DatePicker control. When a datepicker is bound to a binding source set to an object, properties of type DateTime that are null are not updated when the user (at runtime) changes the date. This is a real pain; and, frankly, makes the date picker useless to bind to database-derived datatables w ...Show All

• Windows Forms I don't know this is an easy thing to answer but how do you save it as a dll?

  Yea, I really have no experience with any computer stuff, but this Terrarium game seems interesting, but I am not sure if I am even correct on this, but it seems as if you need to save your codes as a dll, but I do not know how to save it as a dll... could someone please help me out In the Solution Explorer window, right-click on your project and select Properties. There's a dropdown labeled output type, select ...Show All