PaulLaudeman's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Where are my controls?!?

  Hi all For some strange reason the controls keep disappearing from my tab strips. I'm not sure whether it is random or otherwise at this point. Oh yes and it happens at design-time and not at runtime!!!! The controls in question are the standard text boxes, labels, combos and datepickers and buttons (no modifications). I really dont think its a memory issue cos I have 1GB of RAM installed on my dev machine. Any thoughts I had search ...Show All

• .NET Development VB.Net and access booking system-Date question

  I am currently producing a booking system. This booking system allows bookings to be taken in week blocks where the week starts on a saturday. How would I make it so that when the user types in a date and the date does not correspond to a saturday it is rejected by the system and tells you to click a date on a saturday There are several places you might do this, depending on your requirements and which tools you ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView SelectionChanged event going nuts in Beta 2?

  [Using VB.Net, Windows Forms Application, whidbey, beta 2 framework] In upgrading an existing Beta 1 application to Beta 2, two issues have arisen due to the SelectionChanged Event on the datagridview acting "strange". (In my datagridview I have the SelectionMode property set to FullRowSelect). The first issue is that it looks like the datagridview now defaults the first row as selected (I don't remember this happening in beta 1). This is firing ...Show All

• Visual C# WH_MOUSE_LL Abilities

  Is there a way I can use the LL mouse hook to capture other information besides which button was clicked For example, these are the events I'm wanting to watch for: Window State Change (Minimize, Restore, etc.) Which window control was clicked (Minbutton, Maxbutton, etc.) System Menu opened I know I can use the LL hook to find out which button was clicked and where the mouse is and such, but I'm having some trouble with the above in ...Show All

• Visual Basic SQL round/decimal problem

  my problem is I'm not able to round my number to 2 decimals first my query was SELECT dbo.T_Employee.FirstName, dbo.T_TimeRegistration.EmpId, dbo.T_TimeRegistration.ShopDocCode, SUM(DISTINCT dbo.T_TimeRegistration.TotalTime) / 3600 AS "total time" FROM dbo.T_TimeRegistration, dbo.T_Employee WHERE dbo.T_TimeRegistration.EmpId = dbo.T_Employee.EmpId GROUP BY dbo.T_TimeRegistration.EmpId, dbo.T_Employee.FirstName, ...Show All

• Visual C++ Justification for forcing 'virtual' for overridden virtual functions

  Since C++ does not force a programmer to specify the 'virtual' keyword when overriding a virtual function in a base class, what was the justification for forcing not only 'virtual' but also an after the parameter list 'override' when overriding virtual functions of a base ref class or interface class. For normal C++ programmers this bifurcation from C++ seems both a PITA and absolutely unnecessary. There must have been some practical reason for ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Mixing ManualSchedulerService and DefaultSchedulerService

  Hi, I want to run multiple workflows in a WorkflowRuntime in a WinForm Application. I want to be able to specify the thread to be used by some of the workflows (but not in all of them). This results in the following questions: Am I allowed to add both ManualSchedulerService and DefaultSchedulerService to the runtime Is there a possibility to specify the scheduler to be used by a workflow (Or does the runtime simply take the one currentl ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visual Studio 2005 Documentation Missing...??

  I have installed Visual Studio 2005 standard edition. Every thing works ok except for the documentation item. When I choose the documentation item from the start menu I get a page that has links for "How to install help for Visual Studio" and "Visual Studio 2005 Combined Help Collection". When I click the first link it says to put the install CD in and choose to install product documentation but there is no such option on the install CD. When I ...Show All

• Visual C# How to wait 2 minutes ?

  Hi I need to make my application wait 2 minutes before executing a certain method, how can I make it, what class do I have to use Is there a method to do that Thanks ! Hi, Could you mark the post that solved your problem as answer This would make it for anyone with your the same problem to locate this thread. Thanks. cheers, Paul June A. Domag ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP - not working

  The SQL Server Management Studio Express CTP application is not working anymore after having done so for a day. No messages, nothing when I double click the icon. Everything else seems to be working OK. I have tried a de-install and reinstall with no success. Some of you who know where to start looking Regards TorB. Thanks Steven ! Hve downloaded and installed the new Nov. 11 build, and once again installed the S ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Visual Studio 2005 team test supports IIS 5.0 to IIS 6.0 ?

  Visual Studio 2005 team test supports IIS 5.0 to IIS 6.0 Hello, Yes, for ASP.NET we do support them Thanks, David Gorena Elizondo [MSFT] VSTS ...Show All

• Windows Forms No-Touch/Smart Client Offline Capability

  While researching no touch deployment, one of the documented features was the ability to work offline.  Since dlls are cached on the client, if that library is not available online, the app should fall-back on the cached version. I just tried a  ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Ellipse included, but circular arc?!

  I have one simple question: How can i create a circular arc in WPF I want something like you see in my illustration here [right part of the pic]: [watch image] Will a standard class be included in the WPF framework for this purpose like it is a tool in almost every better vector graphics program or is there a workaround to do something like this I also want to be able to animate [!] the 2 angles of the circular arc... mhm, i thought about ...Show All

• Windows Forms Adding additional files in a ClickOnce deployment

  Hi!, I am investigating VB.Net 2005 Beta 2 and I have an application that uses several Crystal Report files.  When I publish the application (to a CD/fileshare) all of these files are missing from the deployment package.  Is there any way of&nb ...Show All

• Smart Device Development painting in smart device forms

  Hi, I am new to visual studio 2005 smart device applications.I want to output an integer in smart device form.What is the command to do this and whare should I use this command(inside paint ).Thanks archana. " I want to output an integer in smart device form" <-- I'm not sure what you mean by this, do you mean you want to write a number somewhere on a form during the paint event ...Show All