Dathan Nicholson's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Event for Dynamically Created Controls

  Hi All, i have a form which creates the controls according to the no of records present in dataset  and then these are binded to the certain row of the table of the dataset and my code for this is  Sub createcontrols()        ...Show All

• Visual Studio ToolBoxItems.Add does nothing

  Hello, Using Whidbey Beta 2, I'm trying to add a control to the toolbox using a windows forms application. All goes well, and no error found, but the control does not appear after the application finishes, even after I restart VS.NET. I'm also adding a new toolbox tab, which works fine. First I tried using the sample code provided in the documentation, but it din't compile because it expects an object instead of a class. Since I h ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) PeerChannel problems with Nov CTP

  I am interested in the reliability of the Nov CTP PeerChannel.  I have an application that I have been working on since B1RC and worked pretty well on the Sept CTP.   But, the Nov CTP seems much less reliable for PeerChannel.  Is this the common perception I am not able to reliably make a connection between two peers.  Some times they connect and all is well.  Some times they each act like they are alone in the w ...Show All

• Windows Forms Full-Trust and Internet Zone Workarounds?

  Hi all, My application requires full trust, but it's just a freeware application that I want anyone to be able to install from my web site. At this point the only way to install it from my site is to add the site to your "Trusted Sites" in IE. This, obviously, is less than ideal for Joe User. Is there any way we can get around this Could I, for example, allow them to download a copy of the deployment files and run them from a local folder, then ...Show All

• Visual Basic StreamReader

  Hello, I’m trying to create a program will supply information for variables from a text file, so that as the possibilities change, a simple text file will need to be amended, rather than rewriting the original code. I am reading about FileStream and StreamReader, which seem like just the ticket. For instance, if I wanted to populate a TextBox with items I wrote in a text file, such as: Tom Mike Jim Jean I t ...Show All

• .NET Development SMTPClient MessagePreview

  I'm converting an app from a Win32 Pascal to .NET 2.0 c# The old program used MAPI Calls, etc to login and send emails I am able to convert the mail send functionality fine, but is there a .NET equivalent to the MAPI_DIALOG flag to preview the email before it actually sends Thanks, David Short answer NO Long answer Yes - sort of. Send it to the local smtp server and it will put it in the drop folder You can open the eml with outloo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Problems in mapping fields into project

  I created new fields for my own work items, but I am having problems when I try to map these fielsd into project. When I create a new team project, based in my template process, I get an error. Please, anyone knows how I can change my mapping file in a good way Hello Hugo, Send us the mapping file and the error you are seeing when creating the team project. Did you use the tfsfieldmapping tool to map the fields to MS Project Thanks! ...Show All

• Visual C++ Structure deletion?

  I got a dynamic structure array in a class. In that classes destructor I delete a pointer to the said array. That deletion causes an error! After that, I tried to free(pArray) but this also causes an error. Is it necessary to delete this pointer at all Hey, is it better to use a class instead of struct Does this represent a better programming practice ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to respond to work item control events

  Hi, How can I listen to events fired by controls within a work item For example if a button within a work item is clicked then how can I capture the click event and then fire some of my own custom code. Do I have to subscribe to event notifications Any response would be much appreciated. Thanks. Is this task not possible I'm hoping someone must know the answer. I would be very grateful for a response. ...Show All

• Visual C# using IEnumerator to removing items

  I want to remove some items from an ArrayList. Can I do that using a foreach(…)- loop an IEnumerator like this. foreach(string s in arraylist) { if (s == “del”) { // Here I want to remove the item from arraylist… } } Any ideas how to solve this without creating a new ArrayList and add items I want to save. Feels like that solution will bee to time consuming… All tip ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Error compiling a Visual Studio solution using WWF

  Hi, I run into the following build problem: 1. I build my solution. 2. I changed my custom activity (derived from Activity) 3. rebuilding the solution (or the project) comes up with this error: Error 1 Could not write to output file 'D:\_work\S3\src\S3.root\S3\UnitTests\Server\Workflow\WorkflowLibrary.Test\obj\Debug\Upper.S3.Server.Workflow.WorkflowLibrary.Test.dll' -- 'Der Prozess kann nicht auf die Datei zugreifen, da sie ...Show All

• Windows Forms What is an "Application Reference"?

  The file in the Start menu used to launch an application installed with ClickOnce is of type "Application Reference". Where can I find more information about that file type Is it specific to .NET Does anybody know if there is a way to choose the icon for that file   Setup projects are a different type of project that create windows installer files. See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL 2005 left join not working via OLEDB

  Hi After chasing around a problem I have closed it down to just the following - I have two simple tables in my database linkme linkme2 both of which have one column called [catalog-no] I have put one record in linkme select * from linkme -- pulls back one record correctly via .asp page and management studio select * from linkme left join linkme2 on linkme.[catalog-no] = linkme2.[catalog-no] -- pulls back one record in management studio and ...Show All

• Windows Forms System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission Exception

  There is a user control Which has functionalities of open any image file from user machine and allow user to apply effects and filters on it. This control is working fine if I place it on windows forms application. I am getting   "fil ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Double-click on Windows Form control opening VBA Editor

  If I start with a new VSTO 2005 Document project and in the Designer insert a table, then Windows Form controls into the table (checkbox, for instance), then double-click a control in order to write event code... The first time I do this in a project it opens the Office VBA Editor for Word. I find I need to go over the Events list in the Properties window to create an event for the control. After doing this once in a project, double-clicking ...Show All