catfishJVL's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Urgent: ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL 2000

  When using Form authentication, can we not use SQL SERVER 2000 When I am working with the ASP.NET Web Site Administration Tool Wizard, it tells me that: Your application is currently configured to use: Advanced provider settings How can I use my existing database on SQL SERVER 2000 Please help. Does your SQL Server 2000 database contain all your user credentials that you will be using in Forms authentication Or you will just be u ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions installing VWD Ex on win server 2003

  Do i have to uninstall Sql server 2005 completely for my system to install VWD Express I am using Sql server 2005 standard and I have it configured the way we need it, it seems ridicules to have to uninstall the program for VWD. And i have a second question, Does it have to be uninstall if we install Visual studio 2005 standard Thanks for any help Both....well neither actually. It's for S ...Show All

• Windows Forms Custom DataGridViewColumn multiline text box

  Does anyone have an example of how to create a custom DataGridViewColumn that would emulate a multiline text box control I have one I've done, but it allways get reset to the cell size and the multiline value gets set to false. I've tried to override the associated properties but still no success. Here is part of my current attempt Public Class ExpandedEditTextCell Inherits DataGridViewTextBoxCell Public Sub New () End ...Show All

• SQL Server Extended Stored Procedures and VB

  I have two functions in a .DLL created in VB6 I want to use. I create two Extended Stored Procedures using: sp_addextendedproc 'MyFunctionA', 'MyFunctions.dll' sp_addextendedproc 'MyFunctionB', 'MyFunctions.dll' When I run: EXECUTE @ReturnValue = MyFunctionA @Paramate1 I get: "Cannot find the function MyFunctionA in the library C:\Program Files\MyDLLs\MyFunctions.dll. Reason: 127(The specified procedure could not be found.)" What am I missi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Handle DataGrid.DataSource change events (row added, row deleted)

  Is there a way to be handle the DataGrid.DataSource change events (row deleted, row added) In fact, I want to show in a datagrid caption text the rows # of the datagrid. Thanks in advance. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Adding InfoPath Form as Mail Attachment

  Hello, I try to add an InfoPath form as a mail attachment with vsto. I create my mail with this code : Outlook.Application outlook = new Outlook.ApplicationClass(); Outlook.MailItem Email = (Outlook.MailItem)outlook.CreateItem(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem); Then I try : Email.attachments.add() but : 1) I don't know how to get the form. Should I use thisXdocument 2) what arguments should I use in the method add ( ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Phone application and hardware buttons

  Hi, I am stuck with my first VB.Net and Compact Framework project (I come from Delphi) and need a little help to get started. Requirements: My Application has to replace the provider dependent phone application on the MDA III and MDA Compact. At first it has to provide the basic functionality, which shouldn't be too much: - dial a number with the touchscreen - catch incoming calls - start the application when the green phone-button is pressed ...Show All

• Visual C# why selectnodes method wont work?

  Hi friends am doing following to get nodes list from a xml file. it does not give me any error or gives me the nodes list System.Xml.XmlDocument doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument(); doc.Load("c:\somefile.xml"); XmlNodeList entities = doc.selectnodes("SemanticModel/Entites") //this doesnot return anything. can you help plz following is part of my xml file <SemanticModel ID="Gc5212a1e-8db3-4d95-aaef-43202035958e" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft ...Show All

• .NET Development Remoting vs Indigo taking *nix and Mono into account

  I'm designing a distributed system (actually redesiging DCOM app).  Planning to use Remoting but Indigo is on the horizon so have been taking a look at that.   Ideally, I'd like the same code base for Unix/Linux.  I understand Remoting should theoretically work on Mono.  I've been told Indigo will never be ported to Mono because MS isn't going to license the technology to allow it.   If Indigo isn't going to be ...Show All

• Visual Studio Installing VS beta on Windows XP with no SP2

  Hi! I have trouble installing the SP2 on my  PC with Windows XP Pro (.."the product key used to install windows may not be vaild." The PC belonged to my former employer and I don't know nything about the Windows version on it. Is there a way to install VS Beta without the SP 2   Regards, Torunn You can only use a MSDN licence for as long as you continue to pay for the subscription. As the subscription has ended you will need ...Show All

• Windows Forms Obfuscating Web Reference Problem

  Judging by the number of posts (less than 10) that discuss obfuscating applications, I'll probably not get much input on this matter but here goes anyway. I have a windows application that calls a webservice to license the product.  If I obfuscate&n ...Show All

• SQL Server how can i sort my fieldnames alphabetically

  I want to use a "select into" command to sort the fields alphabetically into a new table. any help pls Hi. I have done this, pretty much, http://gorm-braarvig.blogspot.com/2005/10/sql-cursors-this-was-funny-one.html so I'll paste it in: -- SQL to output new table with columns sorted use adventureworks go CREATE PROCEDURE pTableWithSortedFieldsIntoTable ( @tableNameSrc nvarchar ( MAX ), @tableNameDest nvarchar ( MAX ), ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Problems installing the platform SDK

  I am having problems running the windows installer. (in order to extract the SDK) The steps I took were: 1)Download x86. version from web. Using web install. (I have a cable internet connection) 2)Go to the installed file and double click on it. 3)It opens and brings up windows installer. 4)Windows installer never opens. (I left my computer for about 20 min to see if it was opening slow).   That is the problem. In the e ...Show All

• .NET Development Is there a way not to terminate the application when unhandled exception is thrown on background thread?

  An unhandled exception thrown on background thread causes the application to terminate in CLR v2.0. It is possible to do anything so that it does not terminate but rather ignores the exception Thanks, Michael If you catch the Exception in Main, your app will terminate because you have exited out of your call to Application.Run(). If you only catch using techniques #2 and #3, you application won't exit automatic ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Establishing a Connection from Server to Pocket PC through GPRS

  Hi, Most pocket pc applications that I see requires the pocket pc to establish a connection through GPRS to a server (in my case Tomcat)  in order to get some Data. However I am curious on how things work the other way around. Meaning, what if I want to get the Server to establish a connection to the pocket pc Are there any classess available in the .NET framework in order to handle this I am thinking that maybe there is an existing listene ...Show All