majorobvious's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms app from website - not trusted?

  Hello If I publish an app to my website, when I try to install it, I get an error saying "application has been blocked...high security risk". Is there any way around this Thanks Hopefully I can clear up the signing issue for anyone currently trying to mess around with Click Once. - Click Once apps  require Authenticode digital certificates to be signed. - This is because under Windows SP2 all programs down ...Show All

• SQL Server How to invoke C# code from SSIS? Can we script in C# for Script Task?

  How to invoke C# code from SSIS Can we script in C# for Script Task thanks With the introduction of VSTA which supports C# for scripting, will SSIS support C# i.e. will it upgrade its script engine to VSTA ...Show All

• SQL Server environment variables

  Well, having only one disk partition, and only one directory, and running only one application probably ROCKS too, at least for that one application :) But if you're unfortunate enough to be required to use multiple applications, you might be saddened by certain aspects of environment variables, such as them living in one globally competitive namespace, or them being not covered by the NT security model (AFAIK). But I grant you, that they solv ...Show All

• .NET Development XmlException: "Name cannot begin with the '.' character"

  Hello, My application loads XML file and updates its content. The steps are: 1. XmlDocument m_doc = new XmlDocument(); 2. m_doc.Load("c:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\folder\\data.config"); 3. making updates to the file attributes 4. XmlTextWriter wrtr = new XmlTextWriter(filePath, Encoding.Unicode); 5. this.m_doc.WriteTo(wrtr); 6. wrtr.Flush(); 7. wrtr.Close(); After performing these stemps once, and trying to load again the file (step ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions CD Deployment

  I am developing an application using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. I need to deploy it via CD. I want it to: install an icon on the user's desktop autorun install on computers without internet access Can ClickOnce be made to do the above Will Visual Basic 2005 Pro Edition do the above How much is it What other options do I have Yes, Visual Sudio.Net 2005 can do it... For the autorun, you mu ...Show All

• Windows Forms data source changes not reflected in list box

  I bound an array of the user defined class Customer to a list box. Actually, I bound an element in the array to text boxes also. They display fine. When I changed a FirstName property of one of the element in the array, the changes is ...Show All

• Windows Forms 3 tier design

  Is there any Microsoft examples in vb.net that show proper design standards.  Im pulling my hair out trying to decide should i fill a pull down combo box with a bound datatable,dataset,array,etc. Should i never bring a dataset to the UI layer&n ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS.NET 2005 Beta 2 Team Suite Edition fails half way through.

  I finished downloading the full Vs.net 2005 Beta2 team system files, extracted them and then attempted to install them on my Development Laptop. It turns out, I just re-built my laptop with a clean installation of Windows XP SP2, and MS OFFiCE 2003. There are a few more apps, but the bottom line is that the laptop is clean. I ran the Installation, and it installed the .NET framework 2.0, and then the MSXML 6.0 Parser. It got to the VS.NET i ...Show All

• .NET Development Problems with ImageField in GridView and Access Data Source

  Hi Everyone I am developing a smaller webpage for my company, but have come across a most annoying problem. So far I have double checked my code and relevant controls several times, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I hope someone can help me. I am not sure if this is the correct Forum but please let me know if it isn't and I will post elsewhere. Problem: I am working with an Access Database containing only two tables at t ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Is it possible to import .X files into 3D Studio Max?

  Hey guys, In a spot of bother here! I'm doing some work for a game and had a ton of short animation files i had created in 3DS Max and then exported to .X format using a third party exporter. I now need to render these animations as BMP frames for importing into a Flash version of the game. I may also need to reanimate bits and bobs. I placed all the Max files on someones portable hard-drive for safe keeping... problem is they've gone and delete ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Project Creation Failed - SQL Reporting Services?

  Having trouble apparently at the connect to SQL Reporting Services stage of creating a new project. I've checked in the reporting services config, and my username is granted all Reporting Services roles. Any help appreciated! Here's the error log (note: values in <> such as <some server> actually contain real information): 10/4/2005 4:10:06 PM | Module: Wizard | Retrieved IAuthorizationService proxy | Completion time: 0 seconds 10/4/ ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums MSN Hotmail Calendar

  Hi, I'd like to write something that synchronises my MSN Hotmail Calendar with my Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone. I've had a quick look over the MSN API's and can't find anything that may help. Maybe that someone has already written something Anyone able to point me in the right direction Thanks Hi Dj, I haven't started anything yet, but I might have another look into this again. If I find ...Show All

• Windows Forms toolstrip progressbar

  Hey i have this "webbrowser" i sort of made myself, but i want a "ToolStripProgressBar" but i cant make it show the progress from my browser. what du i need to do what cammand will i need to call in which event //Martin The ToolStripProgressBar is used on a Strip item such as MenuStrip, ToolStrip and in your case StatusStrip. by the desinger, you should drag StatusStrip and then you can selec ...Show All

• Windows Forms Transparencies won't work!

  I have an msn like popup that I'm trying to put round corners on.  I have an image for it, and I have tried several approaches.   I have tried using yellow and blue, as the transparency color, and coloring the corners as blue&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Basic Type to Structure conversion

  I have just started using vb.net 2003 and trying to convert an old vb program.  The old defined datatype was: Type OrderHeader     InvoiceNo As String * 10     CustomerNo As String * 6 End Type I understand that it is now structured like: Structure OrderHeader     Private InvoiceNo As String      Private CustomerNo As String End Structure but since vb.net will not handle a fix ...Show All