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• .NET Development Saving / Loading / Using information from an XML file

  I believe my request is complicated, so im just hoping that someone can help me get to the right direction. Ive been searching on the internet for answers for hours. My goal is a customizable button. I want the user to be able to have an option on the context menu on a certain button that brings up a form to customize the button. -- Ive created the context menu and form. --Part I cant get-- Now I want to be able to save information from multiple ...Show All

• Windows Forms ComboBox not selecting Item in new record

  Hi!  In DataGrid, there is a combo box. when adding new record it is not selecting any item, giving blank. after writting in any text box the combo box is starting select. There is also a autoincreament id.          &nb ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Does the API expose or give access to simple tasks via scripting

  Hi   I am wondering if the Massenger API allows access from VBScript via COM to perform a simple task... task: (is a user online or not) I noticed I can write a class to get at it via .NET, but I also found you can do it with other  simple scripting languages (PHP, Perl). But I need it in ASP .NET or .NET, ASP or VBScript. If it possible to do it via MS scripting, could someone point me in that direction so I ...Show All

• Visual C# array of struct

  Hi all How can I make an array of struct this is my struct struct x { int a; int b; } Now I want to make an array.what should I write Hi, you have several types of "arrays", so you can do it like this for example: x[] myArray; ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. FileNotFoundException with DirectX and .NET 2.0

  Hello all! Another question... I've got this code (C#): public void InitializeDevice()         {             PresentParameters presentParams = new PresentParameters();             presentParams.IsWindowed = true;             presentParams.SwapEffect ...Show All

• Smart Device Development loading symbol

  Hi there, I was wondering how to show the loading symbol (that square divided into 4 colours (red, green, blue and yellow)... Please help... Alex May be you are talking about displaying the wait cursor: If this is the case you may do the following: //display wait cursor Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor; //do some processing .. //restore default cursor (hide wait cursor) Curso ...Show All

• SQL Server Web Synchronization Update (Bug)

  When you try to update a web synchronization, the wizard asks you to select an existing virtual directory. The problem is that it ends up creating a new virtual directory under the one you wanted to update. If you select the original one, the wizard doesn't enable the "Next" button as you'd think it should. David Cornelson Did you select the virtual directory you created when trying to modify I just tried it and ...Show All

• .NET Development XSLT works in .Net 1.1 but fails in .Net 2.0

  We have an application compiled with .Net 1.1.  It uses System.Xml.Xsl.XslTransform.  the following code works with .Net 1.1 <xsl:copy-of select="$style/ap:OneImage"/> if $style is empty or if $style contains an element. Installing the .Net Framework 2.0 causes the expression to fail when $style is empty with the System.XML error "Expression must evaluate to a node-set". How can this be fixed without putting < ...Show All

• SQL Server How to suppress the subreport when there is no data in it?

  Since there is no way to pass value from subreport to the main report, how to suppress the subreport when it is blank Thanks. The subreport reportitem (in the main report) has a NoRows property. If all the dataset queries inside the subreport return 0 zero rows and the NoRows property is set explicitly, it will replace the contents of the subreport with the NoRows message (which could be a blank string). ...Show All

• SQL Server When (how) does Compatibility level for master change to 90?

       Just upgraded (server in place) from Standard Edition SS2K to SS2K5 and table sysdatabases shows cmptlevel for master is 80. TempDB, MSdb and Model are at 90. How does this get changed and why is it 80 I can change user databases from 80 to 90.  Thanks......       Thank you for your time and the info. I just ran the sp_dbcmptlevel and changed the MASTER ...Show All

• .NET Development Garbage Collector

  Correct me if i'm wrong, guys. From what i know, there is managed objects and unmanaged objects. unmanaged objects is objects that have database connection, file access, etc. for unmanaged objects, we'll decide when we'll free it from memory. GC can't decide that. but for managed objects, the GC can decide when to free it from memory. suppose i have a function like one below : public void xyz() { Employee objEmp = new Employee(); objEmp. ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET Framework 2.0 question

  I appologize in advance if some of my  questions to the forum is a little out of place. I am not a programmer or developer, just a gamer, system builder, and network administrator of a home network. After installing .NET Framework 2.0, Direct X9.0c's Diagnostic shows that one of the two system.dll files is missing. The one that is listed belongs to 1.1, so logic dictates that it is the one for 2.0 that is missing. However it is in ...Show All

• Smart Device Development pass paramaters from actual to hidden form

  I have a form where all the field all empty (most of them labels) It should be filled with data from the next form, depending on the text of the textfield. So when I press on the actual form on the button the following actions are performed: String query = "select pnaam,pvnaam from patient where pnaam like '" + txtZoek.Text + "%'" ; patienList patientLijst = new patienList(query); ...Show All

• Visual C# VB.net verses C#. Which is used more. Which more popular

  Does someone have any data on which language is used more and what the percentages might be of developers developing in Visual Studio    Is C# used more or VB.net   Is there a future trend   Is one gaining in popularity over the other Any information on this would be appreciated.  Does MS prefer one over the other I am a VB.net developer, contemplating a move to C#. My opinion is That ...Show All

• .NET Development Using System.Net.Mail class to send mail.

  Hi, I was coding a class to send mail via SMTP, but I found that in Framework 2.0 you have System.Net.Mail to do that task. The classes works fine to send mail on a server that does not require authentication. Unfortunatelly, I can't get it to work on a base64 encrypted server. The process of logging in that type of server is easy, so I expect an bool attribute, let's say, "IsAuthRequired", but it does not exists. From what I've ...Show All