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• Visual Basic Need help using arraylist.sort on an arraylist of structures

  I have a new problem. I want to have a dynamic array of a structure, and I want to sort the contents of the arraylist. If the arraylist is a simple collection of strings, .sort() works fine. But, with what I'm doing below, .sort() causes an "undefined" error to occur. Any ideas how to fix this problem Thanks. Public Structure People Public firstname As String Public lastname As String Public age As Integer End Structure Dim aryP ...Show All

• Windows Forms ContextMenuStrip in DataGridView - get the current column

  Hi! I try to implement an interactive filter to my DataGridView. So I've created a ContextMenuStrip with to menus "Add Filter" and "Remove Filter". I've assigned this ContextMenuStrip to each HeaderCell of each coulmn. So that the ContextMenuStrip is only shown on the header. What I now need is at the opening of the ContextMenuStrip on which Column the ContextMenuStrip is displayed. How can I do this I've tried the following ...Show All

• Visual Studio Viewing image from xml to CR

  I need to load the image into a CR 9. Image(binary data) should be coming from an XML file. I've tried loading this image into a PictureBox and it works. It's just so odd I can't view this image in the report. Please help me. Hello, How are you trying to load the image into Crystal Reports 9 Is you datasource for the report the XML file Is this a stand alone report designer or the embedded report designer Keith ...Show All

• Visual C# Network like vb.net in c#

  using .NetFramework2.0 in vb.net there is a method call My .Computer.Network, in the System.Net i want to know how  can i  use somthing like thesein c# , for example: Dim ficDest As String = "C:\son of a p.swf" My .Computer.Network.DownloadFile( "http://img51.imageshack.us/my.php loc=img51&image=48-196510_Son_of_a_P.swf" , ficDest) // this will download a file from a server thanks to all, xinpis@hotmail.com ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Strange checkin policy error

  I have setup a code analysis checkin policy on a Team project, I have a solution where I have migrated code analysis settings so I know they are as stringent as the checkin policy and a build of that solution has succeeded. However when I make a change to one of the projects in my solution and try and checkin after a successful build I get the following policy error: TF10139:The following policies have not been satisfied Internal error in ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions what data type to use for username and passwords?

  hi i'm making a school project, where i need to make a database that holds the usual information like ID, name, address etc. it also has to hold on to usernames and passwords. i'm confused on what datatype i should use, and is there a way to enforce unique usernames thanks User names and passwords are just strings like any other, so you would use the same column type as for other strings. It depends what database ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView Scrollbar bug

  If you have columns which extend beyond the DataGridView window, the horizontal scrollbar is never displayed. The vertical scrollbar displays, but the horizontal bar never displays. I've tried with the scrollbar settings set multiple ways. Is this something I'm doing or is this a known defect Jeff Same here. please let me know if you or anyone has a solution. thanks. ...Show All

• Visual C# Visual C# Express Edition Beta 2 and SQL Server Express Beta 2

  I tried to connect the SQL server express from C# Express beta 2 and got some error. In the "Add Connection" Dialog the options I gave are: Data source: SQL server Database Database file name: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Sql Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\tempdb.mdf  Is it right else What to give here Used Windows Authentication and Data Source  .\SQLEXPRESS. Got the Error Message as: Unable to open the p ...Show All

• SQL Server Unpivot Transformation Null Values

  Hi, I am trying to use the Unpivot Transformation, and I have the following mapped out, following the example from the SQL Server 2005 BOL Unpivot Transformation: Input Destination Column Subject ValueNumeric ValueString ValueNumeric Pivot Key Value RACE OTHRRACE GENDER Column Name Subject RACE OTHRRACE GENDER Data Records 99999 ...Show All

• Visual Basic Doing a boolean with datarows: the correct way?

  Hi, I am trying my make my app do a boolean query. On coding in the line below, the blue squigle appeared stating that conversions from boolean to integer is not allowed ( I have option explicit turned on) For Each di As DataRow In perTable.Rows If CInt(di(sC1)) And CInt(di(sC2)) <= pSm Then di.Item("Comments") = "Warning! Needs attention" End If Next Is there a safe and correct way to do ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office activeCell.Value2 problem

  hi, i use following to get the text in a active cell. string temp = this.ActiveCell.Value2 my problem is when the active cell is empty i get error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." i want to do something when the active cell is empty it generate a empty string not an exception. I have the same problem for MS PowerPoint. thanks. Assuming "this" is a VSTO workshe ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Deploying WWF Beta 2...

  Hi, I've got a problem - my workflows work on the development pc but not on the production server. I'm using WWF Beta 2, both machines are in a very similar hardware configuration. The error message that i'm getting is: "Cannot create more than one WorkflowRuntime per AppDomain". The way that i'm creating WorkflowRuntime object is as follows: public WorkflowRuntime WFRuntime { get { if (_runtime == null ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Can't fing the go to last position in VB.NET 2005

  Hello, I am new to the .NET (I work in VB6) and I miss one function from VB6. In VB6, I can press SHIFT + F2 to go to the definition of a procedure. In .NET, it is F12 (I can change it to SHIFT + F2), but I can't find the goto last position (CTRL+SHIFT+F2 in VB6) to go back to the line where I made SHIFT + F2. How can I do it Thank you Marc Hello, Thank you very much, it it exactly what I was looking for Ma ...Show All

• Visual Basic setting start folder

  In VB6 compiled programs you could set the "start in" option in the shortcut. But I VB2005 I can not see how to do this The problem is differnt user's might have differnt folders for there data Jack thanks this is what i wanted easy now Dim value As String = My .Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.MyDocuments ChDir(value) Once the program is open when you go to load a file i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Which version of SQL 2005?

  I looked in the team foundation installation guide and it doesn't appear to explicitly state which version of SQL you should install Should I download and install the Developer Edition or Express -dave CTP - Community Technology Preview. Beta 2 is not the same as the April CTP - it's quite a lot older.  Think of the April CTP as Beta 3 (even though it's not labelled as such and probably wasn't tested as ...Show All