Michael_DV's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Deskband disappears on next login

  My deskband (Taskbar) object is disappearing the next time I login. If I leave my deskband object on when I logout, the next time I login my quick launch area too we be gone. Ironically the annoying language bar will always show. I found a nice article on codeproject on how to implement a deskband using c#. The article from codeproject seems to borrow alot from an article on msdn (kbbar.net). I based my project on the code from those articl ...Show All

• SQL Server How to view sample transformed data before loading it into the table

  Before loading the data into the table, I want to preview it. Like how the transformed data looks like. What is the option for that. I can view the source data onlt, using the preview button. Same thing I want to do after doing certain transformations on the source data. Add a data-viewer 1. Double-Click on a data-path 2. Click on Data Views tab 3. Click Add... -Jamie ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Frame Grabber

  Hi I intend to develop simple frame grabber (avi File / usb camera). I want to do it in C# .NET which API I should use and where should I download it. Thanks Miki u mean capturing from camera to avi Don't think directx is ment for that. Think u will need some other kind of sdk ... maybe search msdn for media ... maybe the media player sdk can help u. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Winforms with Access DataBase ( it doesn't SAVE , modify records )

  Hello. I'm developing an application using vb. NET and an Access DataBase ( the application is not big ). I ADD a DataSource, ( Menu/Data/Add new datasource) i select an Access Database, and i select the table i need ( dataset ).. everything seems to be fine. I go to the dataSource Windows to see my DataSets with its table, i drag and drop it into a blank winform, it creates a datagrid with its navigator, every seems to be cool. I run t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Installing VS Express without sp2

  I only have sp1 installed and dont want to install sp2. Is it possible to install vs express without sp2 XP SP2 is a pre-requisite for the install of all VS Express products. You will have to upgrade to SP2 to install VS Express. ...Show All

• Visual Basic vb6 convertion

  I am porting a project from vb6 to vb.net 2005 and I cannot figure out one convertion. 'This Function gets the text of the window Private Function GetText(Get_hWnd As Long) As String Dim lenTxt As Long, retText As String lenTxt = GetWindowTextLength(Get_hWnd) + 1 retText = String$ (lenTxt, " ") GetWindowText Get_hWnd, retText, lenTxt GetText = retText End Function The bold function is what I cannot figure out. I kn ...Show All

• SQL Server Installing databases to different hard drives.

  Can't find anything on how to install to drives other than sys. I'm brand new to Servers and Databases in general and trying to learn. How do I get databases to install on drive partitions other than my main system drive Hi, don’t know if you mean database or instance in your case. Databases can be installed (or created) on medias using the CREATE DATABASE statement using the file destination (more details in t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS BETA3 & SHAREPORINT err!

  I'v installed TFS BETA3 with workgroup config (no use AD),   on a server named "vs2k5tfs".... when I browse http://vs2k5tfs/default.aspx the returned page contains from same machine, (I'v new a team project, and browse project portal,    got similar page....) ********************************************* Error [1] Web Part Error:  This page has encountered a critical error. Contact your system ...Show All

• .NET Development Serial Port Event

  I want to handle serial port event (data received) usng .NET Framework 1.1 and C#. I want to read the binary values (eg. 00, 01) from serial port. I used inportb in C but I am not sure how I can get this functionality in C# Thank you Sivya, a couple of notes: there was a dummy serialport implementation on www.gotdotnet.com posted by David Fetterman that is worth looking at which should help out. You can use that ...Show All

• Windows Forms How Can I bring the Menu list of Recently Opened file in Forms?

  I know we can do it in MFC SDI or MDI to bring the recently opened documents in file menu. Normally it is set to 4 but can go upto 16 files. How can we achieve this functionality in Forms(Preferably MDI forms) Any Help/Clue or reference pointers, please. Reference to C++/C# or VB 2003 is fine. Thanks in advance. Jil. Experts, I am again falling back on you! I found this article for c#. However, I need this for C++ 2003. When I googled and ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista DrawThemeBackground and Glass

  I have a custom window class that supports tool windows that have a slightly smaller caption than the standard tool window class (similar to Photoshop). When theming is available, it uses the DrawThemeBackground API to paint the caption area and min/max/close buttons. My app is getting glass O.K. in all other windows, yet DrawThemeBackground is displaying an opaque caption area and plain ol' buttons. I'm guessing I need to do something more. ...Show All

• Visual Studio C# Express 2005 and Report

  Dear All,   I am using C# Express 2005 and SQL Server Express 2005 as well. I am planning to use no-touch deployment as well. At the moment, I am stuck as I cannot find any report designer to make my report work in the enviroment of C# Express. Is there any way or extension that I can include into the C# Express so that I can use to build the report Highly appreciate your advice.   Regards,   LG ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to get list of files under all bin\Debug folders?

  I've been playing with ItemGroup's Include attribute for a while but still haven't figured how to do it. Basically, all I need is to run NUnit for all nunit assemblies that reside under bin\Debug folder (luckily enough, all our unit tests have "unittest.dll" suffix). Something like the following should do it. (You have to use CreateItem instead of ordinary ItemGroup because ItemGroups are evaluated bef ...Show All

• Smart Device Development smartphone emulator and storage card

  Hi. I am currently developing a media player for smartphone, in C#, using Visual Studio 2005, Windows Media Player 10 SDK, and Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone SDK. For trying my application I use Smartphone emulator for Windows Mobile 5. I have the following problem. I emulate a storage card using folder sharing. But when I use "update library" in Windows Media Player 10, it doesn't collect the music files in the shared folder. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Reports & Persistance

  Hi! I'm planning to do a small project to startup with C#. I have a lot experience in coding C++ and Java, but don't have any clue of the .NET capabilities. So before I download the C# Express and install it, i want to know the following: How much effort is it to make reports (e.g. reports like everyone knows from Access with print preview etc.) Which kind of persistence is supported Can Objects easily be made persistent in lets say an Acce ...Show All