Marc Laroche's Q&A profile

• .NET Development dll file is getting locked even after the domain in which it is loaded is unloaded

  hi, i am having a problem with dyanmic loading of assemblies.the problem is that the dll file is getting locked even after the domain in which it is loaded is unloaded.The code below shows a dll search being loaded in domain appdomain.then we get a specific type from the dll and unload the domain thereafter. Now if we want to replace the search dll  or delete it ,it is shown as being used and hence can't be deleted. But unloading a domain ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions ClickOnce FireFox Replacement

  Hi, I have discovered that FireFox does not support ClickOnce, rather ClickOnce does not support FireFox at this point in time.  I realized the reason why was in all of FireFox's security it wont even allow the installer to access Windows System information, sometimes a thick thick lead wall can be a bad thing. Anyways, my question is is there anyway, to get around that problem with maybe a different installer   I think the problem com ...Show All

• Windows Forms Read only state based on program logic?

  I'm using vs2005, and writing a data entry application. I've a BindingSource and the data source is a collection of business object. All controls on the form bind to the BindingSource. I want to prevent user from changing the value of some fields base on my program logic. For example, 1. In a sales order, when usre create a new order, he is required to enter a valid customer no., and save the order after he input all the othe ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Rule Conditions using activity properties in hosted Designer Control

  I have a modified version of HOL 10 that rehosts the Designer Control but when I attempt to create a Rule Condition I cannot reference any activity properties within the workflow in the Rules Condition Editor. I have no such problem binding activity properties together through <Activity Reference>. Anyone have any idea why this might be Failing to host the rules editor is a known bug in that sample. We're planning an update for t ...Show All

• SQL Server Getting startec with Integration Services

  I am having trouble starting an Integrated Services Project. I have just installed Visual Studio 2005 in order to use ASP 2.0 for web development, but my new web hosting package includes SQL Server 2005, rather than SQL 2000, which I have been using. I need DTS to upload a database to the production server, and I think I now need an Integration Services Project. I have installed the Developer version of SQL Server 2005, and the install pro ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Cannot Access Free Registration Materials via Thank-You Emails

  Hi everyone. I'm trying to access the free downloads that come with registration, but I only see the Web Developer downloads listed. I don't see the icons, components, or book that come with C#. I assume they would all be listed on one page, but they aren't there. How can I find them Thanks, John Salerno P.S. I don't understand how to download what *is* there either. The link to the Web Developer book says it's a pdf, but when you download it ...Show All

• Visual Studio Properties of Chart Object

  Are the properties of the chart object accessible i.e. Chart Title, X-axis, and Y-axis. Thanks, Bunk As mentioned in your other thread, the ReportViewer controls are based on the Report Definition Language (RDLC). You define charts in RDLC and you can set properties there to a constant value or to an expression. However, the RDLC objects (such as chart, matrix, table, etc.) cannot be directly ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Data source on load test.

  I took a web test that used a sequential data source with 20 records, and used it for a load test. As a web test it runs the test 20 times. As a load test what does it do Thanks! TomK There are 3 different access options for a datasource.  1) Sequuential - If you set a data source to sequential, it uses the records from the data source in the order it reads them in.  When it reaches to end of the records, it will loop back to th ...Show All

• Visual Basic Update and RowState

  I have some personnel data in a SQL database.   I’m trying to use VB.Net 2003 to set up a front end for it.   As a start, I created a form with just key value, name, SSN, and payroll number.   I set up a data adapter which retrieves one employee’s record at a time.   Using my SSN as a test field, I was able to fill the dataset, make changes to the SSN field, and use the data adapter’s Update method to save those changes ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Unable to create a Team Project

  Hi, We installed VSTS Beta3 using dual server concept. In first server we installed SQL Server 2005 Sep CTP and TFS Beta3 Data Tier. In the second machine we installed Windows Sharepoint Services(WSS) and then installed windows update for installing WSS SP2 and finally we installed TFS Beta3 Apptier. We then installed VS 2005 RC and then connected to tfs server. We then want to create a Team Project we are getting following error: TFS30177: Tea ...Show All

• Windows Forms Handel DataGridView DataError event

  I will personalize the MessageBox that is displayed if an error ocurs in the DataGridView Control. I have do it in the DataGridView_DataError For example: e.Cancel = true ; e.ThrowException = false ; if (Grid.Rows[e.RowIndex].ErrorText != String .Empty && null == e.Exception) return ; MessageBox .Show(e.Exception.Message, "Error." );   Now I will do it in all the DataGridView Controls I have in my applicacion. I ...Show All

• SQL Server Joining two fields to single field

  If I have a database table with the following columns: ID Other_ID Description And I want to join the two ID fields to one field in another table that contains the following fields: ID Name How would i do that Here is some sample data and what I would like returned TABLE1 ID Other_ID Description row 1 1 2 Number1 row 2 3 1 Number2 TA ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Displaying Static Background with DirectX9 Example?

  Can someone help this poor DirectX newbie by pointing me to an example of how to display a static background from an image file using C++ (or C#). I've read that the way to do this is to create two triangles from vertices, load the image into a texture and map the texture to the surface. This sounds great but I can't figure out how to do it from the DirectX docs. Currently, I'm trying to do it by loading the image onto an offscreen surface and u ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How To Change PaperSize When Printing

  After a lot of errors, false starts and senior moments, with the help of several generous souls who responded to a query I made on the VB Express Forum and with several revelations from the book “Mastering Microsoft Visual Basic 2005,” by Petroutsos, I am a closer to understanding printing and modifying the papersize and other printer parameters. I am including the code for a small VB windows test program that programmatically creates two diff ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions SOLVED Can't get activation key for VC Express Beta 2

  I have tried to get an activation key 3 times for my Visual Basic 2005 Express Beta 2.  I fill out the form on this webiste, press submit, and it says an email has been successfully sent to my inbox.  But there is no email in my inbox.  I checked the email address.  Can anyone help   Has anyone done this successfully Robert OK - there are a couple things here: First, you get the P ...Show All