Brandon Eckert's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Data Flow Source for dbf (DBASE IV) files

  We're trying to read DBASE IV files as a source, but can't find any providers for that format. Will these be included in the final release Is there another way DBASE has always been supported, so it's kinda stranged. Thanks, Dirk use the Connectionstring for JET: "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _           "Data Source=c:\somepath;" & _     ...Show All

• Visual C# How to import a dll made in C++ Win 32

  Hello Everyone, I have a dll which is made in Win 32, as it is not an assembly neither COM can't be used as a refrence, so I have to Import it.... Can someone tell me how to do it...As when i do it asks for the entry point and secondly how to call the functions from that dll.....A brief example will be highly appreciATED... Thanks, Harsimrat Thats simple.. u have to use System.Runtime.Interopservices ...Show All

• .NET Development How to properly deserialize a property with type "Object"

  Hi all, I have a class which is serialized to XML as part of custom serialization of a dictionary. The class has several properties, one of which which returns an Object type. The actual types that the property can hold are String, Integer, etc. Serialization and deserialization of the dictionary does not cause any exceptions to be thrown. However, when deserializing, the property contains a two-item array of XmlNode objects (one XmlAtt ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Please, Help!

  I am about to loose the ability to Windows WorkFlow because a simple problem I cannot seem to figure out and knowbody can seem to answer. Its simple, how do I get the service objects right after a workflow is coming back from being persisted mardo Have you tried the WorkflowLoaded event Add the following where you create the workflow runtime: workflowRuntime.WorkflowLoaded += new EventHandler < WorkflowEventArgs >(workfl ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System no notifications...

  see... this is where having an actual "Admin" is usefull... I dont know where the problem is, so be gentle. after getting TFS setup (which felt more like surviving a train wreck), getting users with the right permissions setup on the domain, and everything else under the sun that has to be done to get this bad boy up and running, I still have one last problem. from the sharepoint site, I'm trying to add users. I've used sharep ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Problem with MSSCCI Provider

  Hi I've installed the latest version of the provider and tried to open a solution from tfs. It starts working fine(very slow) and gets all the folders and the csproj files but thats about it. It looks like its working but thats as far as it would go. no cs files! After few attempts, removed this version and installed the beta2 version and now it works. Avi Hello, could you provide some mor ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Searching for Text

  How can I search for Text in TextBox or in Rich TextBox like that Find button in notepad and Wordpad Please help in this and tell me if it just code or if there is a tool to do that. Thanks. Use the 'Contains' or the 'IndexOf' methods of the Text property of the textbox or rich textbox to search for strings. 'Contains' will return a boolean value indicating whether a string contains a particular substring. 'IndexOf' is more ...Show All

• Visual Studio Crystal Report Linked Image In Vb.Net

  Hi ppl, I have an application in vb.net using crystal report viewer i have used an bmp image(linked) from a path but when i change image the image does not reflect in the loaded application report i restarted the appn also Intrfestingly i did this in one of the samples of crystal report examples and it works fine there Is there some extra code or function i have to add Pls advice ppl! Dont know about VB and ...Show All

• Visual Studio Call a recipe

  Is it possible to programatically execute a recipe If it is, how can i do it I need to execute a recipe defined in the config file from an action I implemented... Thanks in advance... There is a way to execute recipes programmatically, but not from within another recipe currently executing in the same guidance package (i.e. via an action). You can execute a recipe in another package, though. Would that work ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Where could I find ws2.pdb to start debugging?

  Hi, I try to debug a program that needs win sock 2 symbol file (ws2.pdb) to load the symbols but I could not find this file. Where could I find this file Thanks. Stefen Huynh This file is available with Platform Builder. You can read about which paths it exists in here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B329101 Platform Builder has a lot of source which can't be redistributed, so you may not be ab ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Setting multiple cultureinfo

  Hello. Does anyone know whether its possible to set multiple cultureinfos for a query and get results in multiple languages Regards, Andreas ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Problem grouping data using CollectionViewSource

  When I try to group data using CollectionViewSource I get an error. Am I missing something or is this a bug BindingExpression path error: 'Groups' property not found on 'object' ''null''. 'BindingExpression':Path='Groups'; DataItem=''null''; target element is ''TreeView' (Name='')'; target property is 'ItemsSource' (type 'IEnumerable'); Cannot find mentor for target element. 'BindingExpression':Path='DisplayCollection'; DataItem= ...Show All

• Windows Forms Custom Control can't be used

  Hi, I've developed a simple control by inheriting from ComboBox. eg public class CatKeyword : ComboBox {} There's hardly any extra code to it. I've done it such that the new Custom Control appears on the 'My App Components' list on the toolbox - just like a real comboBox! It worked when I first created it. But I went to use it again today and when I place it on the form it says "Failed to load toolbox item 'CatKeyword'. It will be re ...Show All

• Smart Device Development compact framework printing

  hi, i would like if there are plans to implement some managed apis for support of printing with compact framework. At the moment there are some libraries, but most of them are commercial or are bundled with specific printers. At the present time, we have no plans to provide any built-in printing support in the .NET Compact Framework.  This is one of the areas we see being served by 3rd parties, as you obser ...Show All

• .NET Development How to compare input value with database value

  hey guys, I have trouble with comparing the two values. One value is from the user, then once the user click the calculate button, it will take the input value compare with the value in the database and then select only that row of the data base. Below is my code: Imports System.Data Imports System.Data.OleDb Imports System.Data.OleDb.OleDbPermission Imports System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection Imports System.Data.OleDb.OleDb ...Show All