playpiano's Q&A profile

• Visual C# tabcontrol

  hi, how can i hide a tabpage2 in a tabcontrol when the form is loaded , and how can i show it again when the user click a button in the first tabpage if that is possible You can remove the tabpage from the TabPages collection of the TabControl, keep a reference to it in your class and add it back to TabPages when you need it. ...Show All

• Windows Forms User setting font in a TextBox

  I'm endeavouring to enable a User to set the font  family  in a TextBox in a windows application. Using the following code:  System.Windows.Forms.FontDialog myFontDialog = new FontDialog();  DialogResult = myFontDialog.ShowDialog();      this.tbQuestion.Font.Name=DialogResult.GetName(Font.Name, Intellisense tells me I need a second parameter"object value", and that the value is "the value o ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Power Toy problem

  When ever I try to use the tfpt.exe power toy I get the following error. Method not found: 'System.String Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client. WorkspaceInfo.get_ServerName()'. Has anyone else seen this Thoughts I have tried the exe that is in the VS installation folder, as well as the version included with both the October and February SDKs Thanks in advance. MikeH Are you running against a ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Hiding workflow tabs (Exceptions, events, compensation)

  Hello,   In the post http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=160891&SiteID=1 , Vihang says to accomplish Mark's goal:   Mark Doughty wrote: - Only view the "SequentialWorkflow" tab (not Exceptions, Events, Compensation). one can use the following code:   _vihang wrote: protected override bool ShowSmartTag  {      get { return false; }  } ...Show All

• Smart Device Development NETCFSetupv2.exe

  I am having trouble installing NETCFSetupv2,exe to update a treo 700w to the .netcf 2.0. As the install is taking place, I get the error Application Manager can't install this application to your device due to an invalid setup file. I am not even sure if I need this installed on the new treo 700w I am only installing becuase I have tried to run an application I just wrote with MSVS 2005 and I get the error that this program needs a newe ...Show All

• Windows Forms .

  I've just noticed that the progress bar that comes with .NET doesn't have any colour properties. Either allow the progress bar to have some colour properties, or at least allow it to cascade/get the colour from the form. You can always& ...Show All

• SQL Server Database connection fail

  I have got this error below which is similar with what has posted in forum. SQL_ERROR (-1) in OdbcConnection::connect sqlstate=28000, level=-1, state=-1, native_error=18456, msg=[Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Login failed for user 'sa'. As i have found its solution in this forum. Here I would like to ask since my Ms SQL server epress set up fail due to the error above, but some of the previous setup is successful. In this case, am ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions PageSetupDialog Printer Button

  Hello Once Again, After a few hours of fruitless research, I'm back with a question. I want to get the Printer button enabled on the PageSetupDialog box. PageSetupDialog displays but I can't get the Print button enabled so that I can select a printer. Can you help me I'm using this code to show the PageSetupDialog: Private Sub btnPrintSetup_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles b ...Show All

• SQL Server Another Stored Procedure Question...

  Hi, Is it possible whithin a Stored Procedure send the table name as a parameter And some Columns to Ex.: CREATE Procedure Xpto @TableName as @ColumnName as @SomeValue as nvarchar(10) AS SELECT * FROM @TableName WHERE @ColumnName = @SomeValue Thanks JPP Hello... I would not use a table to hold values like this... Those information is already in the DB and there is no need to denormalize it. If there are pr ...Show All

• .NET Development How does Process.Start() redirection work?

    Hi All,      I've been working on creating a program that automates my program building and testing.  I am doing the code in C#, but there is a problem with the StreamReader.ReadLine() function where if it tries to read from a Process output pipe before the Process finishes writing to the pipe, it causes the thread reading from the pipe to block and the process then blocks too.  However, if the process i ...Show All

• SQL Server Express installation fails with "invalid installation package"

  I get an error when trying to install the SQL Native Client. It says it cannot find the installation package and to use a valid copy of 'sqlncli.msi'. I've downloaded the Express setup twice and get the same error from both of them. I'm attempting this in a VMWare session setup for Windows 2K, Advanced Server. I am trying to test my installation and setup procedures. This is not a production setup, just install testing and documentati ...Show All

• .NET Development System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

  Hi guys, I get the following error, can you help me to figure out the problem Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Stack Trace: [NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] mydefault.Button_Click(Object s, EventArgs e) +102 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) +108 System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.System.W ...Show All

• Windows Forms statusbar panels question

  Is there some way to change the forecolor of the text in a statusbar panel  I only want to change one panel's color during runtime. Also, how would I set the text to blink using a timer Thanks. Rayne Jacob: Great idea! I have  ...Show All

• .NET Development WebClient Unable to connect to the remote server

  Summary: WebClient.UploadData or WebClient.DownLoadData generates exception "Unable to connect to the remote server", "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it" when the url is Google.com, Amazon.com. I just installed Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition out-of-the-box on my Windows 2000 system. Overview: I'm writing an app get the nearest airport codes given a long list of z ...Show All

• Windows Forms HasChanges and databinding across forms

  I have an application where I display master-detail records on a main form. The detail records are contained in two datagrids on a tab page control. The company details are entered via a user control placed directly on the form. Each time I change the selection on a list box (also  on the main form) the application retrieves a new dataset to populate the main form (company details) and datagrids (contacts and activities). Each tim ...Show All