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• Visual Basic How do I navigate to a folder and capture the path?

  How do I navigate to a folder and capture the path I've searched the documentation and all options seem to require you know the path in advance. I'd like to have a button on a windows form that allows me to navigate to a folder and capture the path to a string. Is this possible dennist685 edit:  is there also a way of capturing the properties of a file by selecting it It's very easy to store a path in a string once you know what the path is. dim a  as string = path There are several way to get file and directory attributes. Check out the Fileinfo class and also at times I use the microsoft scr ...Show All

• Visual Basic Loading images from context menu link

  Thank you for stopping to read this message. I'm using Visual Basic 05 Express Edition (Beta 2) to write an image conversion program. I have sucessfully achieved the basics - and after browsing your harddrive you can convert an image, BUT if i added a registery file which adds 'convert' to the context menu of BMP or JPG images, how could I load the location of the image automatically to a textbox Thanks guys, but I solved this problem from another post. Please search 'Robert Hoath' or click my last posts in the profile to find the solution. ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView without active edit cell

  Hi, I have set the datagridview SelectionMode property to FullRowSelect, but it still draw frame around the active cell. Does anyone know how to get rid of this active cell frame Thanks for all suggestions. Regards Sebastian Pusz The DataGridView does not have any built in way to suppress the focus rectangle around the cell. The best you can do is either A-- Handle the CellPainting event and call:   e.Paint(e.ClipBounds, (DataGridViewPaintParts.All &                        &nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Version Control: How to Compare Directory vs Project?

  Hi everybody, How can I compare the contents of my workspace against a project in Source Control The command line tf diff myProjectDir /recursive /noprompt just outputs the pending changes source control already knows about, which is just what tf status provides. The Source Control Explorer in Visual Studio doesn't compare directories at all - even so it is described in the help files. But I want to know Which files are in my local directory but not in source control. Which files are in source control but not in my local directory. Which files are in both places but differ in content. To put it ...Show All

• .NET Development http upload

  hi I am looking for the best solution on uploading files over http. I tried the webclient and the httpwebrequest but without success. whatever help you can give me would be appreciated thanx thanks for the reply Malar. Perhaps 3rd party ftp server is the only way for dev right now. implementing socket server means implementing all the functionallity that i have right now. i'll try to find one. again thanks ...Show All

• Visual C++ Adding a property to a class, help please!...

  Hello. Since Classwizard is gone from visual studio 2005, I cannot seem to figure out how to 'add a property'!...How can you do that Hope someone can help me out! thanks... Much of the Class Wizard functionality has been streamlined into other parts of the IDE. If you see your class listed under the Class View pane, right click on it, and you can add a member variable. Now, if you really mean a property, a new construct for Managed C++ projects that the old Class Wizards didn't generate, you won't find it . (This sounds like a bug too.) Brian ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista I want to evaluate Microsoft Windows Vista Beta. Where can I get the CD?

  I want to evaluate Microsoft Windows Vista Beta. Where can I get the CD Hi Prakash, Send an email to betareq @microsoft.com informing Microsoft of your interest. Other option is to get yourself an MSDN Subscription. Regards, Vikram ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Using a Lan Connection on Visual FoxPro 9

  hi guys...im just new here on this forum...i am about to work on my thesis and i chose visual foxpro 9 as my software development tool..im planning to create an enrollment system for a certain school..im just wondering that if im going to create this type of system, i need to make LAN connections because enrollement system includes sectioning,assessment and payment. actually, i dont have any idea of how LAN works on visual foxpro and the things i need to know when using LAN connection..i have some questions like can a user access the system if another user on another computer is accessing it,should i use LAN or no need what problems might oc ...Show All

• Visual Basic reading barcode

  i want to know how to read barcode using visual basic code http://www.hytechpro.com I'm really confused! Rather than being an actual technical request.... This looks like a covert ad by an off shore head hunter. Had you really had a question, I'm sure the people here would have worked hard to answer it. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Question on reportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportServerCredentials.SetFormsCredentials

  Hi, all, I am now developing windows forms and use report viewer to display reports (Reporting Services) to user. Since some users are not domain users but still needed to access to the reports, I intend to use reportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportServerCredentials.SetFormsCredentials in order to control all users using the same windows account to access reports. However, the report viewer always return rsLogonFailed error. Below is my code: ( I can get the report in IE with the following username/password domain by http://100.10.10.10/reportserver but just can't display the report in report viewer using setFormsCredentials with this ac ...Show All

• Visual C++ 'DWORD_PTR' : undeclared identifier

  Ok, I have seen several others here post questions concerning the problem of getting: error C2065: 'DWORD_PTR' : undeclared identifier ; however, I have not seen any solutions I can use. Has anyone figured out what is going on I have tried the same suggestions that others have made to no avail, including adding <windows.h>, etc. I just installed VStudio 2005 Standard on a machine that I just did a new install of W2K w/SP4, so there is nothing in there that should be fouling anything up. All my stuff from a previous version of Visual Studio is isolated and VStudio 2005 Std was installed into a separate new set of folders. Also ...Show All

• Visual Basic How can i use lpParameters in Shellexecute()?

  Hello guys i am trying to write a program that executes a shell program like oracle Export, as you know for that kind of programs parameters is important, for example i have to do it with userid and Password also i want to change a password for example when a user typed my programs name in cmd and add userid and password and db_name, i want to change that password and send it to oracle i tried with shellexecute() but i couldnt use lpParameters how can i use lpParamaeters somebody can help me ! this is urgent. my email address is info@fatihnayebi.com or f.nayebi@gmail.com this is my program Module Module1 Dim ex ...Show All

• Smart Device Development First chance exceptions while debuging

  My program is working but I get following information while building. A first chance exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in mscorlib.dll A first chance exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in mscorlib.dll A first chance exception of type 'System.UnauthorizedAccessException' occurred in mscorlib.dll What to do I'm working with Visual studio 2005 beta 2 and was trying to create a pocketPC 2003 device application. On my typhoon myguide xl (assus) ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS error listing

  Is there a list of all the SSIS Error codes and what they mean Ex. -1071607778 is an error code output when a lookup task fails to find a match. I haven't been able to find any information on the different error codes. Is there a description file or enumeration file that exists somewhere I think it's still hex, the L at the end is usually included in literals to denote the size of the integer - i.e. L = long, whatever that may be for the platform, 32bits in this case I'd imagine. -S ...Show All

• .NET Development current user in a label on vb.net

  I suck at vb coding, just wondering how to display the current user logged on to a system in a label if its possible, or if you have to display it in a msgbox under a button label.text = "[User name log]" much easier than popping another message box. ...Show All