Alan S's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Raw stretching of image

  I'm trying to develop a very simple image editor but I encountered troubles in implementing the zoom of images, I can't figure out how to obtain a raw stretching of the image, just like photoshop and every image editor do. I just wan't to obtain big pixels when the image is zoomed in, whitout any sort of interpolation (ex. squares of 10x10 pixels when image is zoomed at 1000%). I've obtained something like that by setting the Graphics' property ...Show All

• Visual C# passing a string (varchar) to a stored procedure

  Hello, I am using VS 2003 and SQL 2005. I can successfully pass an integer to a stored procedure and have it execute correctly, however when I try to pass a parameter with a string, it bombs out when trying to load my dataset. If I run the stored procedure directly on the server, it works great and returns the two rows, its just passing it in C# where it fails. It is a simple query looking for any row with the last name of "Brown". ...Show All

• Windows Forms Commit changes to binding data source without losing focus

  I am writing a win form application, and using a lot of databinding controls.  One question I have is that if I make edits in one field such as a textbox, and then click on a save button which is on the menu bar, the binding data source (data table) will tell me that nothing changed.  If I move the focus from this textbox to another textbox, then the change is acknowledged by the data source.  Same happens to adding a new record - ...Show All

• Visual Basic connecting to access database

  I need some HELP!  I am trying to connect to an access database.  The only thing in the mdb file is the table.  I am using vb 2005 express and I have tried everything and cannot get anything except an error " format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 0 ".  What the 'ell does that mean I need help connecting to the mdb file in vb 2005.  Any help would be greatly appreciated. ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Excel validation

  Dear experts, For example I export customer.dbf to excel and let user do maintaince in excel then import back to db. However I wanted to add validation in "CustomerType" column to avoid any incorrect type being imported. My program like this : autoExcel = createobject("excel.application") autoExcel.visible = .t. autoWorkbook = autoExcel.Workbooks.Open("c:\customer.xls") autoSheet= autoWorkbook.Worksheets[1 ...Show All

• Visual C++ vc++8.0 bug: access violation upon call of any CImageList methods

  I have sucessfully imported and compiled a complex MFC 6.0 project from vc++6.0  into vc++ 8.0 (MFC 8.0). It contains several subprojects (libs and dlls). In vc++ 6.0 those project linked MFC6.0 statically and after I imported it to vc++ 8.0 I set the linkage of MFC8.0 to "shared". However when I try to compile and link the project in vc++ 8.0 in release mode (debugmode works fine) I get an acess violation in afxcomctl32.inl. This happnes w ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do i assign this?

  let say i wanted to sum up all the price in my database and assing it to a listview table.  how do i do it   what i did was  ....  myRS.Open("Select SUM(Price) FROM Store",myDb)  how do I assign it to a listview    where doe ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Sending keys to a game

  I tried to send keys using the "SendKeys" function to a game, and its didn't worked. How can I do it I used simple SendKeys. System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send( "{UP}" ) And the game act like I pressed ESC and then up arrow.   EDIT: I tried it on Counter-Strike. ...Show All

• .NET Development loadind an xml file to ASP.NET using C#

  Hi Iam working on a web application assignment Iam trying to load the xml file but i keep getting this error message Could not find file "C:WINDOWSsystem32zoo.xml" System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\zoo.xml". my zoo.xml file is in the same folder with my project why is it looking for it in system32 I am simply using xFile.Load("zoo.xml"); can anyone help me please thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions uneccesary blank spaces in values of database tables?

  Hello, I made this table in a database... Then when I want to edit it, I click once on it with my left mouse button... Then it seems to add uneccesary blank spaces.... Then when I delete the blank spaces, they never appear again... Does anyone know what's happening This also happens not only in the table editor but also in the IDE... Thank You! Keehun Nam Hi, What's the type of your text field If its nvarchar it adds spaces to fill-up the ...Show All

• Windows Forms Winform Gridview Databind to WS example?

  I am having trouble binding a datagridbview in vs2005 (vb.net). I create an object datasource but it does not render any datasets when browing the datasource. Thank you in advance for any help! When binding the DataGridView using a Data ...Show All

• Windows Forms Word Documents and SQL Server

  Hi All, Part 1: I have an application where I need to record the contents letters and emails in an SQL server DB. I intend to try and save a fully formatted word document in SQL. When It is needed it can be access via the database. 1: Would I be better off trying to store an RTF in the db (could be used by more applications) 2: Whats the best way of storing word docs/rtf files in the db. Is it soemthing do do with binary format Part 2: Wh ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Systems Question

  How does Microsoft Team Edition for software testers stack up against Mercury Winrunner Is there a side by side comparison of the two My company is debating on which one we should purchase Maybe it is a difficult question because the product is still in beta. Thanks Brian VS Load Testing compares favorably on this chart, but we do not want to post a head-to-head comparison here. VS strengths are: VS integration: Use a real language and de ...Show All

• SQL Server AdventureWorks db for 101 Samples

  I'm not sure if this should be asked here.  If it's the wrong place, let me know and I'll correct. I've just downloaded 101 Samples for Visual Studio 2005 .  But the data access samples require AdventureWorks database which is not included in the C# sample.  Who know where I can get this database   It is a SQL 2005 database, I think. Thanks! gaile- Thanks for your quick response. Specifically, from CreatingMaster ...Show All

• Windows Forms Esc in maskedtextbox

  Is there any solution for the Esc keystroke to change text back to its last state Just like regular Textbox. Wei, The idea is your solution....it is not easy and you will have to code your solution: Private Sub TextBox4_KeyPress ( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System . Windows . Forms . KeyPressEventArgs ) Handles TextBox4 . KeyPress Dim MyString As String = TextBox4 . Text If Asc ...Show All