Al_Ski's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Help me designer has Bugs bugs bugs

  For some reason whenever I use certain controls in Visual Studio 2005 the designer will not reload the form and I get Initialization errors in the designer. Ive downloaded the TaskVision app to see if it was something that I was doing, but I am unable to view any complex forms in that project either.. One or more errors encountered while loading the designer. The errors are listed below. Some errors can be fixed by rebuilding your project, while others may require code changes. The designer cannot process the code at line 58, please see the Task List for details. The code within the method 'InitializeCompone ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Reading files in C#

  Hi Folks; I know C# can read text files (and anything in a text file format, like .html) but I was wondering if anyone could tell me how, if C# can, read a .pdf into legible text. I wanted to do the same thing for .xls files as well. I hope someone out in C# land can help! you may tray to dig through the pdf specification, but trust me, its not so easy :( if you want to read pdf's you probably wont do it without commercial components. pdf format is sooo twisted. as for the xls files you'll probably need to start with the ms office sdk. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Throw and Catch Exception--customizing

  Can I throw an error message if criteria is met in an if condition, and then catch it with a specialized format. for example if (strTom = "johnny") then    throw error catch( ex as error)    msgbox(ex.message) --Using vb.net (please excuse any syntax paraphrasing) Throw New ApplicationError -- very interesting...  thanks! ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS Internet connection

  A basic question, can I connect to TFS through Internet I'm having a scenario where I need to work at office and home. The TFS will be installed at office. However, I will need to access same project in the office's TFS at home through Internet connection. Is this possible Regards, James. Yes, it's possible. All communication is done over HTTP (or HTTPS), so as long as you can reach the server on port 8080 (or 8443) you should be ok. Note: if both scenarios occur on the same machine -- e.g. a laptop -- then it will probably make your life easier to add the server as "myserver.company.com" ...Show All

• .NET Development How to use System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient via SSL and Authentication?

    Below is my code, and is just blocked there. There is no any error message. '=============================================>         Dim msg As String = "---"         Try             Dim strAddress As String = " xxx@xxxx.com "             Dim sm As New SmtpClient(Host, Port)             With sm               &nbs ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS SDK March 2006/ DSL TOOLS - Problem to build

  Hi, I have a little problem with dsl tools. I had been playing with the tools, i had create a project, select class diagrams and I tranform all the templates. But, when i want to build the solution i had this error: Error 1 The "DevEnvSetup" task was not found. Check the following: 1.) The name of the task in the project file is the same as the name of the task class. 2.) The task class is "public" and implements the Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask interface. 3.) The task is correctly declared with <UsingTask> in the project file, or in the *.tasks files located in the "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framew ...Show All

• SQL Server parameters with multi value and navigation

  Hello. I have a report with parameters include multiple value. I configure "Jamp To Report" under navigation and I would like to forward to a new reports the same parameters user select in the source report undel multiple value parameters. in the text box I use =join(Parameters!Ds.Label ,", ") but how can I forward the selected parameters to the new report Thanks Idan Please read this related posting: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=163803&SiteID=1 -- Robert ...Show All

• SQL Server Need Steps to upgrade SQL Yukon 9.00.852 (Intel X86) to 9.00.1399.06

  Hi SQL DBA,s What are the step to upgrade Microsoft SQL Server Yukon - 9.00.852 (Intel X86) version To Sql 2005 Standard {9.00.1399.06}. When I tries to backup and restore from this 9.00.852 version to Sql 2005 Standard {9.00.1399.06}. It is giving me an error that this version is not compatible. What we need to do know Also let me know where I can download SQL Server Yukon - 9.00.852 (Intel X86) version so I can do the test on test box. Thanks In advance. ...Show All

• SQL Server Is there any way to decrypt the login info?

  Hi all. The new feature of login encryption still tortured me and my company's fellow :( We can't use the server's profile nor server's login audit functionality. The reason is.. they do not want any additional feature to the server even if it's just a small task. So.. I know that self signed certi generated whenever the MSSQL server started. My question is.. 1. Where is that self-signed certification. Is it loaded to memory or physical hard disk. 2. Is there any special 'store' for this self-signed certification I tried to find this certi from all of my store using the certutil.exe but couldn't find this certi. 3. Is th ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Problem with SUM() function?

  I have a table with colums for debit and credit, each column has 2 decimals. I enter in the command window: sum(debit) to x and sum(credit) to y, then x=y. Result: they are not equal. I ask output: x and y, they are equal. Then I type: SET DECIMALS TO 10 and do the same things. Now the output shows me that x is not the same as y. There are differences in the 5th decimal position of x and y. How is this possible My table has only 2 decimals! If I add up variables of only 2 decimals I can never get a result with values on the 5th decimal position. I tested this in VFP 7 and VFP 9 - there is no difference - and checked the Help file of VF ...Show All

• .NET Development How to tell if a column in DataTable (ADO.NET) is mapping to "image" type in SQL Server?

  Hi, everyone. I am using .net framework 1.1, VS studio 2003 and MSSQL Server 2000. I tried to write codes to clear all the image data in several tables which are stored in a dataset named myDataSet. As I know, the image type in MS Sql Databse is maped to Byte[] in .Net.  I used function GetTypeCode()  to compare the column type with the standard Byte[], but it doesn't work. Any idea thanks.   Following is my code: byte[] bt = new byte[100] for(int j=0; j<myDataSet.Tables.Count;j++)  {        for(int k=0; k<myDataSet.Tables[j].Rows.Count ...Show All

• Windows Forms why is this wrong

  try { SqlConnection ListTick = new SqlConnection(SQL_CONNECTION_STRING); string SQL_List = "SELECT * FROM Support"; // initialize dataadapter with query SqlDataAdapter myAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter (SQL_List, ListTick); // initalize and fill dataset with query results DataSet myData = new DataSet(); myAdapter.Fill (myData); DataTable table; table = myData.Tables["Support"]; foreach(DataRow myRow in table.Rows) { Tickets.Items.Add(myRow); } ...Show All

• Windows Forms UI types

  This is probably a stupid question, but I can't seem to find any information on it. ANyway, how do you create the type of UI seen in many products where there are several buttons on the left, and they swap forms contained in a pane on the right  Is it swapping panel controls  Somehow loading child forms from an object  I'm just trying to  ...Show All

• SQL Server simple question on writing query

  Hi, I have two little identical tables. Pdates - (here pid is foreign key field linked to diff table proposal) pdate pid pkid-primary key Cdates - (here cid is foreign key field linked to diff table confirm) cdate cid tid strttime endtime pkid-primary key I wish to just copy the records from pdates to cdates selected based on pid value with diff cid. The other fields tid,strttime and endtime will be updated later. what kind of query should I use as I am a newbie to SQL server can anybody help thanks, regards. You can use the Insert From of the T-SQL; where you can insert data directly fr ...Show All

• Visual Basic Wondering if TV output if possible.

  I was wondering if 2nd output is possible from graphics card (I know by pc can do it, but I would like to know if it can be coded), and here is why... I'm thinking about writting a app/game in VB that is a questions and answers game, but I would like to be able to control the app from the pc, and have the game played on the tv using my graphics card with dual ouput. So other people can play, using joysticks to say.. "I know this" and then answer me the question verbally, i.e I could be playing a MP3, and ask a question, and first person to press the joystick, gets highlighted on the tv, and score etc. (and on the app, ...Show All