angiedolfin's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Custom forms & GraphicsPath

  Hello, I create custom windows form using property Region. Form shape I create with GraphicsPath. And this working fine, but I tried in Paint method to draw thin outline using this code:   Pen pathPen = new Pen(Color.Red, 1);   e.Graphics.DrawPath(pathPen, th ...Show All

• Architecture Has anyone received this type of error?

  When trying to connect to an alias, via UNC, for a host name registered in the DNS database, it works fine if the actual host name or IP address is used. If the alias name is used the following error is received. \\server alias\share "You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. Go to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again. Any assistance, insight or experiences would be apprecia ...Show All

• SQL Server Error importing data from oracle database to an SQL database

  Hi! When i was importing a database table from an Oracle Database to a SQL database table, the wizard returns this error: Could not connect source component. Warning 0x80202066: Source - VB_PERMISSIONS [1]: Cannot retrieve the column code page info from the OLE DB provider.  If the component supports the "DefaultCodePage" property, the code page from that property will be used.  Change the value of the property if the current string ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA framework for non C#

  One of the great advantages of the .NET framework is that developers can work on the same project in different programming languages. As I'm reading about XNA, it seems that this will not be possible with the XNA framework. Will the only programming language that has access to the XNA framework be C# As you probably ran across in your research, the XNA Framework demos we showed were in fact written in C#. We're still in the process of eval ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team foundation Server Working?

  Hi, I am currently compiling a tecnical report on the working of Microsoft latest Visual studio Team System. I have gone over the resources available in the net. But they are on how to use Team System. I would appreciate if some one can provide me links to resources that describe how Team Foundation Server works I know that TSFS uses web services and SQL server 2005 to store data and generate reports. With Regards, ...Show All

• SQL Server Vista and SS Management Studio Install Problems

  Hi, I'm running the Vista Beta 2 (x64) and am trying to install SSMS. This is more or less a clean Vista install (had VS Web Express and SQL Server Express installed but those have been uninstalled). The SSMS install comes up ok and I can enter my name and company. It chugs along for a while and then fails. This is what is in the event log: Product: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express -- The installer has encountered an unexpect ...Show All

• Windows Forms Unselect item from a listbox

  When data is retrieved from my database and placed in a listbox, the first item is always selected. However, I do not want that behavior. How do you programatically unselect items in a listbox I know how to do it using a webform listbox,  ...Show All

• Visual C++ worked fine for me, failed for them

  I've written a small windows form app with express beta2 in C++ (I figured I'd post here since it prolly relates to a general VS thing, I dunno) It worked fine for me, so I zipped it and sent it to a friend, but when he tried to run it, he got the erro message saying: "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem." Being new to Visual Studio, I' ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Why MS SQL 2005 Express gets installed with VB.NET 2005 Express Edition

  I do not want to use MS SQL 2005 Express with VB.NET 2005 Exp. Ed. Can I uninstall it Will VB.NET IDE work without it Can I use MS SQL 7.0 server as that is what we are using in all our developments in VB 6. Is there a better Enterprise Manager for MS SQL 2005 Exp. as what is given currently is a piece of ***!... I tried SQL Manager 2005 for SQL Server but it could not connect to MS SQL 2005 Exp. what is happening here Is it possible to use ...Show All

• Visual Studio Report will not update

  I'm using ReportViewer in a Windows Form application. A dataset generated from a database table is the datasource of the report. However when I add new records or modify existing records and go back to the Reporting page which has the following sort of code the Report is still as it was initially. I want it to update. Private Sub testREPORT_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load ...Show All

• Visual Studio problems with OleUndoEngine

  I'm building a custom (form) designer using September CTP and I'm trying to implement undo/redo functionalities using the OleUndoEngine together with CodeDOMComponentSerializationService  as described in VS SDK. My designer uses the DesignSurface for designing controls and I added the CodeDOMComponentSerializationService to the designer host which I acquired from the design surface. Then I created an OleUndoEngine instance and passed ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Strange linker warning... can I ignore it?

  Hi, I'm using the VS2005 Team System Eval on a PC that previously had VS2005 B1 and B2.  Both were uninstalled prior to installing the RTM.  I created a simple Smart Device dialog app to be built for a custom CE 5 platform.  If I build the solution without changing it, the following warning happens: MSVCRTD.lib(chandler4.obj) : warning LNK4099: PDB 'libbmtd.pdb' was not found with 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\ ...Show All

• Windows Forms VS.NET Icons

  Any one know how/where i can get the icons they use in the VS.NET toolbox  ANd where can i get all the other standard icons like new, save, save all etc Thanks In addition to Erik's suggestion, you can download Code Hero Kenn ...Show All

• SQL Server File permissions

  Hello, SQL 2005 resets the file permissions for database files when they are attached. Documentation shows that this is for security purposes. Is there any way to turn off/override this feature Basically, I need a way to attach a database file while preserving the user permissions with that file. Thanks. Just a follow up, but I have not found a way to override the reset of file permissions, so I will try ...Show All

• Visual Basic Date/Time of compilation

  C gives me the constants __DATE__ and __TIME__ so I can time-stamp each build (easier to decipher than the version.) Is there anything equivalent in VB.NET I don't want to use any file timestamps. I want to embed the current date and time at compilation. ---Mike     cgraus wrote: I don't believe so.  Wow - C to VB.NET, that's a big move, and not in a good way :-) Well, it w ...Show All