AnanthRK's Q&A profile

• Visual C# I can't link FreeImage to C#

  I built the .dll using the latest release for C#. (build.bat) I tried to compile the Main.cs (under the test subdirectory) "csc /reference:FreeImageNET.dll Main.cs" but I got the following errors: Main.cs(43,15): error CS0117: 'FreeImageAPI.FreeImage' does not contain a definition for 'FreeImage_Load' Main.cs(45,40): error CS0117: 'FreeImageAPI.FreeImage' does not contain a definition for 'FreeImage_GetCo ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL server installation, books online trouble

  Hi there, It is my second post in this NG on the same issue I am attacking after a break. Thanks to Boris B. I investigated my setup in detail but am unable to get ahead. In short, my objectives are: (1) understand thoroughly how SQL server works, (2) understand command structure (3) find out where GUI is and how to use it. (4) get books online I should say that I have installed SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition CTP from a DVD. It is a 32-bit be ...Show All

• Windows Forms Is it possible to show a form inside a tab control or others(excpet MDI parent)?

  Since i would like to show the form inside a new tab page when user click an button, i find it is no method to display a windows form inside a tab page. I have tried to add the form into the Controls of the Tab Page but it does not allow to add a top level control(Form). Therefore, i want to know that it is possible to allow me to show a form inside a tab page If yes, how can i do it Thanks Thank you for that answer! I have be ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions ListView question

  How do I select a row in ListView control programatically When I fill a ListView with items, none of them is selected. I want to programatically highlight/select an item as if I had clicked on it with the mouse. Thanks... You can set the SelectedIndex property to select an item. This will select the first item in a listbox ListBox1.SelectedIndex = 0 ...Show All

• Windows Forms XP visual style compatible Tab Control

  I've seen a dozen, often complicated, solutions to this problem, but I really hope the Tab Control will be able to display using XP Visual Styles in the next VS.NET release It's pretty annoying to have a great-looking interface everywhere but in the Preferences dialog.. :-) Have you ever tried enabling the XP Visual Style suport in your app That should render the Tab Control in XP style. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Problem with Team Foundation Install

  If you have a problem with the install and it does not finish how do you clean the SQL databases to try again The "Enterprise Manager" is call "SQL Server Management Studio" in SQL 2005. -Scott ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions ToolStripProgressBar how to change the color of the block's?

  Hi. ToolStripProgressBar1.Style = ProgressBarStyle.Blocks Ok a cool progress bar with green block's!!! I don't like green!!! I like red!!! How can i change the color of the block's (Default = Green) on the Progressbar ! Best Regards. dp The color and width of the ProgressBar blocks are controlled by the selected Windows XP theme. You think you can avoid that by not enabling XP visual ...Show All

• Visual Studio How do I prevent the 'nag bubble' that keeps asking me to register?

  Hi, Subject line says it all, a little nag bubble keeps poping up in the system tray, asking me to register. How can I stop this (other than registering) Thanks. ...Show All

• Visual C# get lost of the focus

  Ok i make a button i set: flat style = flat border=0 mouse over= transparent i dont want to be visible any border, but when the button has focus it`s automaticly painting a border... or what ever that is.. how can i lose that Does anyone understnad what is my problem Thanks Actually, Vipul already asked the question you need to answer before we can figure out the problem. What effect are you trying achieve. What would you like the look ...Show All

• SQL Server Check Connection Exist

  Lets say I have created an excel connection to an excel file. During/Before runtime, I have deleted the file. Is there any way for me to detect if the connection exists or not, and if the connection does not exist, skip a particular data flow process Hi there, You have a couple of options: 1. Use a script task to call out to System.IO.File.Exists to confirm the file exists. This will mean you'll have to get the ...Show All

• .NET Development Using the .NET Framework to get data from an application that has focus

  I am curious how to use Visual C++ (.NET) to get data from an application that currently has focus in the OS. For example, my application would be running in the background and the user would enter a hot-key combination. Then my application would look at the application in focus, and then do something with whatever text the user currently has selected (hilighted). I am attempting to make a simple dictionary of the unicode unihan, so th ...Show All

• .NET Development Automatically detect a CD and read CD contents

  Hello all, I am trying to make a module which will do two jobs: 1. Automatically runs when a CD is inserted into the cd rom drive. 2.copies the contents on CD to any location on hard disk. I am usng C#.net 2003. Anyone please help me! Thanks http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_basics/shell_basics_extending/autorun/autoplay_intro.asp http://msdn ...Show All

• .NET Development Problems with Resource

  Hello, I want to test the new resource-feature, so I created a resx-file with some values. Now I compile it with resgen and get following .dll: Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Ressource\Ressource\bin\Debug\de-DE\Ressource.resources.dll I want to read a value to a console with following code: System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo( "de-DE" ) Dim rm As New Resources.Resource ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) LinearGradientBrush - Improve smoothness

  Hello all, linearbrush->StartPoint = Point(0,0); linearbrush->EndPoint = Point(1,1); linearbrush->GradientStops->Add(gcnew GradientStop(Colors::LightGreen,0)); linearbrush->GradientStops->Add(gcnew GradientStop(Colors::Green,1)); The output is as expected, but is there anyway to get the transition smoother Right now there are clearly a countable number of gradient blocks, where you can clearly see the color transitions. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Clipboard problems in a VSPackage editor

  I'm having some problems with pulling items back off the clipboard within my VSPackage editor.  It looks like the item is added to the clipboard fine, it is disovered fine, but when I am typecasting it back to the object that I originally put on there I am getting invalid cast errors.  I've heard that there can be problems in an add-in and you need to retrieve the data in a different thread... but I tried that, and it didn't help the p ...Show All