RickHalliday's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Data grid to dataset to xml question

  I hope you'll be able to follow what I am going to desribe: I have to forms a Process and Maintenance form. on the Process form I load default settings using an xml file holding the defaults.  When some one needs to update an account numbe ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Cannot create new projects

  whenever I try to create a new project, the process (Creation) is failing. It appears a msgbox (vbcritical): "Absolute path information is required." importent informations: - OS: Win XP professional - no other releases installed before is there a option I didn't find until yet I only wish to create a new application. Please, can anybody help me ! I'd be thankful for each answer or idea. Hi, try to repair you install, or reinsta ...Show All

• Smart Device Development GetServiceHandle in Mobile 2003 (VS2005)

  Hi Alls, I try to use some functions like GetServiceHandle, ActivateService to manage service in Mobile 2003 but there is the complier error : error C3861: 'GetServiceHandle': identifier not found The <service.h> is included in project Thanks It seems like the GetServiceHandle API only compiles with the WM 5.0 SDK. I'm not sure why but I can try and find out if there's a workaround. Is your p ...Show All

• .NET Development ASP.net Website configuration tool ERROR

  Hi guys, Could anyone please help! I'm trying to view the "ASP.NET Configuration Tool" and all I get is this message: An error was encountered. Please return to the previous page and try again. The following message may help in diagnosing the problem: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Attempted to perform an unauthorized operation. at System.Security.AccessControl.Win32.SetSecurityInfo(ResourceType type, String name, SafeH ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Network interface using USB

  I'm working on a project where we are going to use a GPRS-modem equiped with a network interface card so other devices can connect via USB and (hopefully) get a network interface towards Internet. Since we've just started developing for the Windows Mobile 5.0 emulator in Visual Studio C++ we haven't done any testing at all with the real device (since the PDA is not yet delivered). In the emulator we have no problem accessing the network interfa ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. C++ or C# ??

  I've been programming professionally for 8 years - all web and business programming in ASP, ASP.NET, and Java. I have a very solid knowledge of OO application development but I'm simply not challenged. The apps are all the same - build database, put front end on database to present data, allow data to be edited/updated, allow data to be deleted. Wash-rinse-repeat. I've been a gamer since I was 8 and I still play games like mad (own a PSP, DS, ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS Script Task and Other Assemblies/DLLs

  I am developing a Script Task for my SSIS package to transfer a file via FTP over SSH (SFTP). I have a nice set of Assemblies/DLLs (purchased from IP*Works) that gives me the added functionality of SSH. To even get Visual Studio for Applications to see it in the reference list, I copied the DLL (nsoftware.IPWorksSSH.Sftp.dll) to the C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 directory, added it in the references for the script, and added ...Show All

• Windows Forms treeview, filesystemwatcher, deleting nodes, and crossing thread boundries....

  Here's my problem, thanks in advance for your help: I've written a class that is derived, or it inherits from, the Treeview control. It's purpose is to kind of emulate windows explorer in that it is to enumerate only certain directories and their&nb ...Show All

• .NET Development writting xml based on xsd schema using Dataset or any other method

  Am using Visual Studio 2005 (vb.net).... I know you can validate an xml file using "XmlValidatingReader", but I want to generate xml from a dataset based on an xsd schema, this is some thing I use to do in Stylus Studio but can't figure out how to do it using vb.net so I want to generate a xml document based on an xsd schema I have got, can any one help   Many thanks jaodger Yip, use ...Show All

• .NET Development Windows Authentication

  Hello everyone, I would like to know if there is a way to prompt a user for their windows username and password, then pass those credentials to a sql server to logon. Can this be done Does anyone have any examples. Im kind of looking for the same functionality the the sql server management studio has when you open it up and it asks you to connect to a server. Thanks in advance. You can specify in your connection ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Newbie Question about Textboxes

  Hi, I'm new to visual basic, and I am trying to use a combobox with 2 items, and when I select one of them I want to be able to have it read a registry key and then output the result to a textbox.    This is the code I have so far. Currently, when I select an option in combobox1, it reads a registry key and then displays a msgbox with the result. I would like it to be displayed in textbox1 instead.  ...Show All

• SQL Server Advenced select

  Hi, I have 3 tables. 1. TableValues with MainID, FieldID and value 2. TableFields with FieldID, FieldName, FieldTypeID 3. TableFieldsTypes with FieldTypeID, TypeName I want to create select that returns me columns as fields names and values taken from TableValues and types taken from TableFieldsTypes. How can I do this Thank's Alexei Select tf.FieldName         tft.fieldType,   &n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System SetLocaleForDataTypes

  I have found one variable in our code where it does not seem to want to set the locale. We have the following in the class itself rather than in a method in the class private DataTable Res = new DataTable ( "Results" ); What I would like to do is immediatly after that line in the class set the Locale ie Res.Locale = CultureInfo.InvarientCulture; Visual studio does not seem to allow this. I have tried to add the abo ...Show All

• Windows Forms Error trying to install (only on one machine)

  Hi gang, My ClickOnce-deployed application, Comicster , has successfully been installed on dozens of PCs across the internet. However, one user who has recently reloaded his machine with a fresh install of XP (fully patched, from all accounts) is unable to install it. .NET Framework 2.0 installs fine, but after Comicster installs, when it tries to fire up, he receives an application error with no details (just the "Send"/" ...Show All

• Visual C++ Warning C4430 not being thrown in friend declaration

  class myClass ; class otherClass { public : otherClass ( int x ): valor ( x ) {} inline int sum ( myClass & obj ); private : int valor ; }; class myClass { public : myClass ( int x ): val ( x ) {} friend otherClass :: sum ( myClass &); private : int val ; }; inline int otherClass :: sum ( myClass & obj ) { return obj . val + ...Show All