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• Windows Forms Any consultants out there know what 'Normal' terms are to a client?

  I have a project coming up and they need to know payment plans, terms, retainers, etc. Is there a standard way people go about this   I'm charging per hour with a predefined amount of hours.  They're going to give me a deposit/retainer up front (10%). Then everytime I send them a weekly/bi-weekly update, I receive payment for hours worked. Now, wh ...Show All

• Windows Forms Where I can get Terrarium sources?

  Where I can get Terrarium sources Patience my friend. I'm aware that Mitch has upgraded the external servers to support the latest Terrarium Server. The Terrarium source release will include a new server and a new client. If you check out Mitch's blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/mitchw you can find some screenshots of the new UI. Once the source is&nb ...Show All

• Windows Forms Design Time Events

  How do I go about creating a control whereby I can drop it on a form and then find what other controls are on the form (at design time). I am trying to create a control which sits in the ComponentTray and when the user clicks it, it relects through the container form and shows all the controls on that form. Does that make sense Regards Si Hi, I am not really sure what you are trying to do. Where are you going to display the list of controls That being said you can walk to controls collection in the RootComponent which you can get from the DesignerHost. IDesignerHost host = GetService(type ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS RC upgrade to RTM version

  We are about to upgrade our TFS install from the RC version to the RTM version. One question I have though: Does the version of Team Explorer on each of the developer/client PCs need to be updated as well Or will the version of TE that our client machines are currently running continue to work with the RTM version as well. On my workstation in the About MS Visual Studio, I show that I am running Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Explorer Version 8.0.50727.127. Thanks, Marty The RC version does work with the RTM server so you can migrate your server to RTM first and then upgrade your clients. The ...Show All

• Windows Forms progress bar , repainting form and threading

  This is my code..the problem ofcourse progress bar once started works fine..after browsing thru other forms and returning back to this form only repaints it when progress bar functionality is complete. private void button2_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { demothread = new Thread ( new ThreadStart (ProgSafe)); demothread.Start(); } private void ProgSafe() { if ( this .progressBar1 .InvokeRequired ) { SetProgCall del = new SetProgCall (ProgSafe); //SetProgCall is a delegate. this .Invoke(del); } else { Progress(); } } public void Progress ...Show All

• Windows Forms Unspecifed Error When adding a new VB.NET form

  I receive an "Unspecified Error" When I add a new form to a project.  I can add a code file, or any other type of file.  I just get the error when adding a UI item. Has anyone else seen this   Any Ideas Brandon Sorry, I wasn't able to open your link to the solution to this problem.  Would you please post ...Show All

• Visual Basic Solution: needed to also IMPORT

  I've to a solution with two projects: Bungalow New Programs New Programs has a ref to Bungalow. Bungalow has a Module called Bungalow which has a Public Function (clone_control()) From within 'New Programs' I can not access Clone_Control. However, if I drag (wihin the Solution Explorer) the Bungalow module from Bungalow to New Programs, then it works OK. I thought that adding a reference was like letting all the contents of the referenced project be "in" in the referring project. Is this just the way it works or am I missing something MORE INFO In addition, if I ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums MSN SEARCH SUCKS!

  Google search is the best... you can search videos, images, web pages, it has his own blogs, the famous Google Earth which it's great and some other cool staff. What do you think about msn against google I think Google is clearly the leader in searching the internet. I don't think anyone questions that. Their API however is horrible. It has been UNCHANGED in beta since 2002 (how long does it take to get it right ) and Google doesn't accept ANY requests to use it in a production application or extend their search per day limit (which is 1000 per user by the way). MSN Search has 10000 searches per application, and this limi ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista BizTalk 2004 Migration to WFF

  If I start with BizTalk 2004 today, is there a migration strategy for converting the workflows to WWF Paul, This answers my questions. Thanks for your reply and WWF looks great... ...Show All

• Smart Device Development sound?

  is it possible to play a sound through the standard way on a smart device unfortunatly there is no "compact" direct X and winmm.dll is not standard on the mobile device (cannot find it on the typhoon's C500 (audiovox 5600 )) What other way is there to play standard audio (wave/mp3) on the smart device using .NET CF 1.1 Thanks! i had the same problem at first (or the music didn't stop), override the on exit and stop all sounds there, does anyone know if its possible to run more that one sound at once, every time i do, it stops one sound and plays the other, ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Does Mobile 5.0 not support CeOpenDatabaseEx function?

   Hi,   In EVC project, i call  CeOpenDatabaseEx  funtion  no problem. and it can run well on the ppc 2003. now i want to migrate to Mobile 5.0 for PPC, but when i compile, it generate following error: error C4995: 'CeOpenDatabaseEx': name was marked as #pragma deprecated. and so is the CeOpenDatabaseEx2 function. if i select PPC 2003 arm4i emulator , the return result of CeOpenDatabaseEx is -1. why It could be great if you can give me a clue on that. BTW: what is the defference between the function CeOpenDatabaseEx and CeOpenDatabaseEx2, and other functions which is lack of 2 another p ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I get special system directory?

  How can I get special system directory I want to know special system directory such as c:\Windows c:\windows\system32 ... what do I do   I see the following code from a sample openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory="%SystemRoot%"; // it work well openFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); I think the code should be the below: openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory=Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%SystemRoot%"); openFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); Why does openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory="%SystemRoot%" work well   but the following ... string path=Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%SystemRoot%\\"+"1.jpg"); //OK string path="%SystemRoot%\\" ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problems while publishing project

  Hi, I am using VS 2005 Express edition on windows XP machine with 5.1 IIS. when i publish my application it get sucessfully. But when i to intsall it i get following error. Please help me out how i can fix that. PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT) Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42 System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) SOURCES Deployment url : file:///C:/DOCUME~1/fazi/LOCALS~1/Temp/SCORClient.application IDENTITIES Deployment Identity : SCORCli ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Raise email flag

  How do i raise the email notification flag (icon) So the little envelope appears on the toolbar any help would be appreciated! This forum is intended to deal with issues directly related to the .NET Compact Framework. It appears that this question can better be answered by someone on one of the newsgroups for Windows Mobile or Windows CE. In order to get a quicker and more accurate response, please consider reposting this question to one of the following newsgroups: Windows Mobile API : microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer microsoft.public.smartphone.developer Wi ...Show All

• SQL Server Visibility of a matrix column base on parameter selection

  Hi, I have a matrix, with 1 row group and 1 column group and 4 static columns, is there a way to hide the static columns base on the selection of a multi-value parameter Like creating a group for the 4 static columns Is that possible This is an urgent matter, any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Cheng You cannot hide individual static columns in a matrix - the closest you can get is to hide the dynamic column group conditionally (which will then also hide inner static columns). -- Robert ...Show All