James Curran's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms HOW TO MAKE A LISTING NUMBER IN VB6 REPORT

  hallo, i have a problem to show the list of number in VB report, i dont know how want to make a auto number in report without use the auto number in access. ...Show All

• SQL Server How do i select "last 10 rows" of the result set??

  Can we select "last 10 rows" from the result set. (sql server 2000) Something of an opposite of "top" functionality An easy way to do this is, is to reverse your order by clause so the required rows are now presented first and then use select top 10 ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Constrain User Movement of Window

  Hi, I have a Pocket PC application I am trying to port to the desktop. I am trying to limit the user from moving the main CWnd window above a certain point on the screen so that popup wnidows can appear above the main window and be easy to interact with. I can't seem to find a way to constrain the window. I have tried catching the WM_MOVE window message and when the user is finished moving the window, send my own WM_MOVE message, but I can't see ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Linker Error: fatal error LNK1296: unable to load pgodb80.dll

  Does anyone have a resoltution for this I want to compile a dll project. The Win SDK is installed, the property file is changed and the paths in "VC++ directories" are set. I don't know what to do to compile my code :-( It appeares you are trying to use the express SKU and the PGO optmization. PGO is not a supported scenario for such sku. To build you project, just take a look at the Build menu. Thanks,   ...Show All

• Windows Forms Use of WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC in VB.NET? How to do it. Need some help.

  I want to control the color of a edit (or other control) when disabled. Found some example in MFC, but not any for VB.NET. Here is my code, can someone help me to finish it Protected Overrides Sub WndProc( ByRef m As Message) Select Case m.Msg Case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC Dim g As Graphics = CreateGraphics() Dim mBrush As New SolidBrush(Color.DarkBlue) 'Set the text background to green: SetBkColor(((HDC) ...Show All

• Visual C# IVsaSite vs ICodeCompiler

  I have an application that makes extensive use of IVsaSite, specifically it generates VB code, and adds a number of "Global" objects such as an execution context, value evaluators,.....  Now that I have upgraded to .NET 2.0 all IVsaSite references are considered to be obsolete and will not be supported in the future.  The warning message suggests using ICodeCompiler instead, however I can find no way of allow access to named global ...Show All

• Windows Forms Override default MDI behavoir

  Hi.   I am creating an application (primarily in C#), with MDI child windows. What I would like to do, is to override the default behavior that makes a newly createad child form maximized if the topmost childform that already exists is also maximized. Furthermore, if I maximize one form, I don't want all the other forms to be maximized, and the same thing goes for 'restoring' forms: if the topmost form is maximized, and I 'restore' it to ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. About DX 10 ...

  ... I don't know where to post this: there will be a managed version of it Hi, You can get hold of the PDC 2005 slides and some info from here: http://www.thezbuffer.com/articles/280.aspx Regards, Vikram ...Show All

• SQL Server Having trouble getting connections

  I have a custom Data Flow Destination Adapter that is looking for a particular type of ConnectionManager. I want to check that this connection exists in the Validate method. I first checked the ComponentMetedata.RuntimeConnections, but it was was an empty collection. I am guessing that it gets populated at runtime. Is there anything available for to check at design time Another way of asking this would be, Is there a way to programatically sele ...Show All

• Visual C++ vector crashes on method use on debug but not release

  The std::vector class is throwing an exception when I try do add something to it by using vector::push_back(). I have declared my vector as: std::vector<MyTreeCLass *> mNodes; Actually, it doesn't just do it for that, even if I did this: // At the beginning of the class, before I add elements if(!mNodes.empty()) // it throws an exception here, but I don't even know which one it is {    // foo } When I run it in the debu ...Show All

• .NET Development ConfigurationSection Question

  I am in the mist of learning about the new configuration classes in the 2.0 framework. Here is what I am trying to do: Define my own custom section in the app.config Have the application read this custom section from the app.config Have the application be able to modify the values from this section Save these changes as a user config file From what I understand with the new configuration classes the flexibility is there to save ...Show All

• Visual Basic how does timer work in vb.net 2003?

  hi!    say i want to display the first label on a form and after a few seconds, the second label will display. what should be the code thanks, mac great ! it works Paul... thanks, mac ...Show All

• Visual C++ build error

  after downloading VC beta 2 and spending hours trying to get the header files to be recognized and figuring out how to build a hello world file, i decided to move on to chapter 1 of tricks of the windows game programming gurus and run the sample game called freakout, i recieve this error 1>------ Build started: Project: freak1, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ 1>Compiling... 1>blackbox.cpp 1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio ...Show All

• Visual Basic Problem reading tooltips on a menustrip

  I've put a menustrip on my startup windows form.  The menustrip is docked to the top of the startup form, and is set to stretch from one side of the form to the other.  The startup form launches as Maximized.  I want to use tooltips to give brief explanations of the main menu choices, as well as any dropdown menuitem choices.  Unfortunately the tooltips generally appear underneath the dropdown menuitems.  The only times ...Show All

• .NET Development Bad Data problem...

  Hi all, I have just ported my .NET 2003 project to .NET 2005. No major problem was experienced during the porting. However I am now getting the following error: "System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: Bad Data." Any suggestions on how I can get around this problem A number of sites that I visited suggested deleting all my cookies, this I have done, but I am still getting the same error. Mike55. ...Show All