tgroebner's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Using a referenced assembly in an VSIP package.

  Hi all, I am trying to use a referenced assembly in my VSIP package (with some helper functions) but when i compile i get this error "error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from "Performing Custom Build Step" PackageUI" This PackageUI is the c++ project.. and i have no idea where to look to solve this error.. Can any one shed some light on this Greetings Hi Paul, It sounds like there's an error tryi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Declaring a Variable then Changing it later in a program

  I'm a complete beginner at VB and programming in a general.  So forgive me in this question is a no-brainer.  Basically what I would like to do is have my program start with a variable with an initial value globally available then if the user chooses to a click a button have that variable changed through the input prompt and the returned new value to be carried back out to be available to the entire program. At this point ...Show All

• Visual C++ STL with VC71

  Question regarding STL on VC7.1 (MSVisual C++ .NET 69586-335-0000007-18460) My challenge is a linker error when I attempt to use STL strings. I can define the string (e.g. std::string exStr;) without error, but can't assign it (e.g. exStr = "test string";). I've tried linking in libraries as suggested in other forum threads, including libcp.lib, libcpmt.lib, or msvcprt.lib, but to no avail. Here's the specific error: V ...Show All

• Visual Studio Edit and Continue not working with unmanaged C++

  I can get edit and continue to work locally but if I try it with the remote debugger, the "Apply code changes" option does not appear in the "Debug" menu. I am using Remote with no authentication "native only" mode debugging. Compiler command line is: /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_AFXDLL" /D "_UNICODE" /D "UNICODE" /Gm /EHsc /RTC1 / ...Show All

• Visual Studio Choosing Visual Studio 2005 DirectX Help Source

  Hi all, I have a little troubles setting up my VS 2005 help. I installed DirectX SDK April 2006 and every time I search for something by pressing F1, it brings up DirectX Managed help. Is there a way to set it to use non-managed DirectX help files instead As managed dx help is kind of a useless to me... Thanks in advance. LOL, I found this microsoft forum as useful as their help files :) ...Show All

• Windows Forms Bound DataSet Modification programmatically

  Hello, I have a DataSet which contains a single DataTable (10 columns), which in turn contains just a few rows. This DataSet is bound to a windows form, and the data is mostly displayed through TextBoxes.  After the DataSet has been bound to th ...Show All

• Windows Forms Inherite System.Windows.Forms.TreeView

  I wrote this class public class RTLTreeView : System.Windows.Forms.TreeView { const int WS_EX_LAYOUTRTL = 0x400000; private bool _mirrored= false ; [Description("Change to the right-to-left layout."),DefaultValue( false ), Localizable( true ),Category("Appearance"),Browsable( true )] public bool Mirrored { get { return _mirrored; } ...Show All

• Visual Studio List of breaking changes in code with Crystal Reports 9 shipped with Vs.Net and XI

  Hi,     Is there any document which has a list of breaking changes in code when porting from Crystal Reports 9 to XI. We have reports developed in version 9 for ASP.Net and would like to know if there is any rewrite in code required or will it function as it is in XI. Thanks -Sai Hello, There are no breaking changes in code that I am aware of when upgrading from Crystal Reports for Visual Studio ...Show All

• Visual C# lpt port

  hi; how i can controll lpt port with c# hi have a looksie on this site http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/control_e_appliances.asp hope it helps. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Binding an IList to Datagrid

  I've written a subroutine to bind and format a datagrid (SubscriptionsGrid) to an object which inherits ArrayList (and therefore IList) (Subscriptions), each member of which is an instance of a CSubscription object.  CSubscription has five properties Id, Descripti ...Show All

• SQL Server What is necessary to create SDF-Files on desktop legally?

  I want to write a PC application that prepares a SQL Server Mobile Files (.SDF) and sends it to a PocketPC. I get this error message: "SQL Mobile usage is restricted on this platform. To use SQL Mobile, you must install SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, or the Tablet PC SKU" If I install "SQL Server 2005 Express" the error message disappears and everything works fine. Question: Is it allowed to create SDF-Files if "SQL Server 2005 Express" ...Show All

• Windows Forms Creating Setup application in VS 2003

  Hi Guys I've created setup project for my application and added custom dialog with one checkbox (other three I've disabled). I'm interested now in how I can get the information whether this checkbox checked or not Regares Yeghia Yeghia, the information from the checkbox is exposed through the checkbox1Property Where 1 is the number of the checkbox.  The actual name of the value is configurable but defa ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem dropping replication support

  I am working on establishing a merge replication process between SQL Server 2005 and SQL Mobile 2005. I started with a new SQL Server 2005 instance and went through the Sample for SQL Mobile merge replication. So far so good. Today, I tried to drop all support for replication on my current SQL 2005 test instance, so that I can start from a fresh instance and do another. I used Management Studio to drop all publisher and distribution settings ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView.RowValidated event is thrown even if no edition occured.

  Hi all.. I'm using RowValidated event of a DataGridView control to save changes to a database kept as an XML file. I noticed that when I just run the application, this event is also called causing the database to save the current record. This has 2 problems: 1.- Unnecessary overhead, by saving the database when it isn't necessary. 2.- One of the column field is named LastUpdatedDate which stores the last date and time when the record ...Show All

• Visual Basic Can't add new form

  Yesterdday I added power toys and My.windows.events.extensions.  Today I wanted to add a form to my project.  I tried the add new item button and got only my templates, with the two choices being the above and search for more templates online. I tried project menu -> add windows form, with the same result. I uninstalled power toys to no avail. I found nothing like windows events extensions, or my.windows, or microsoft. window, etc., ...Show All