Aaron J Smith's Q&A profile

• Visual C# Strong name assembly not showing up in References

  I have strong-named the Enterprise Library and put in GAC. Why doesn't it show as a referencable library when I try to add references via the IDE to my project Because the Add Reference dialog doesn't display the content of the GAC. See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ftcwa60a.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Basic Linklabel

  could some1 plz tell me how to make a linklabel open up a url in your default browser lol im only 12 i just wanted to build some programs for me and my friends. thanks again for all your help ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Cannot download any of the free books?

  After i registered my copy of  visual web developer 2005 express edition beta 2; i tried to download  asp.net 2.0 book and i kept getting this error message "Line 157 Error: 'link' is undefined". Has anybody been able to download any of these 3 book Thanks, Sam Dalil Yes, you should be able to download all of the eReference books from Microsoft Learning using the link and access code that was provided in your registration benefit e-mail. For more information about the registration benefit e-mail, please see the Registration FAQ . For assistance with error messages received while trying to access your online books via the Micr ...Show All

• Windows Forms how to minimize flickering when maximizing windows (form is being redrawn)

  i have used docking and Panel controls to correctly position various controls on the form and i am using pictures as background for my form how do i minimize the flickering when the window is maximized/minimized so that white flashes donot appear when the form is being redrawn. First of all I have the same problems. While quering to the subject I discovered that removing those images (I used an image in the form background and in the dock manager background)  eliminates almost all of the flickers.   Second issue, you should examine, is data loading, do not load data in the load event of a form even though al ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions dll's

  where can i find the explanation or the use of some dll's. who can i know wich routines are include in a dll   Try the Platform SDK which can be downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=A55B6B43-E24F-4EA3-A93E-40C0EC4F68E5&displaylang=en You can also get a lot of tips from the newsgroups. Tor ...Show All

• Windows Forms Thread question

  Hi, I have a winform application that fire a thread that verifies a database, if the database has some new entry, the thread needs to communicate the main thread.. How can I do this via message via event via fire balls =P Thanx! To see an example of the BackgroundWorker in action check out the Application at the bottom of the page - http://www.windowsforms.net/Default.aspx tabindex=9&tabid=3 App Summary - This application uses the BackgroundWorker component and the DataGridView control (both new to Visual Studio 2005) to asynchronous load data into the DataGridView. The sample performs a “find in files ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions what is System.IO.Port of ver 2.0 in Ver 1.1?

  Hi everybody,    I am looking for replacements of functions of System.IO.Port class of .net Framework Ver 2.0. what is the closest if not not exact equivalent of Port class in Ver 1.1 Advanced Thanks.   den2005 This was introduced in Ver 2.0.  Previous versions did not include a serial port class.  MSDN has an article that describes a class for the serial port that works with the version 1.1 framework as does www.gotdotnet.com .  The best overall free solution I've found for v1.1 is at www.hardandsoftware.com [DesktopSerialIO.dll in the software downloads ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System about WSS problems

  hi all, when i m doing "Extend and Create Content Database" in the WSS i face this problems.    Windows SharePoint Services Error : The virtual server was extended with Windows SharePoint Services, but the following error occurs in creating the default site "http://carso-211s/". Please correct the input and try to create the default site again. Error: The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted . anyone can help me and explain the problem with me i m new in setup WSS....   Hello banchuan, Its not clear from your post ...Show All

• Visual C# Windows Service - multiple instances

  I want to run multiple instances of the same service on one machine. So I wrote a service installer that looks for three parameters which can be passed in via the installutil.exe. So far so good, I can install multiple instances, but of course it makes no sense that they all do the same and use the same configuration. So I thought I could use the service name (property ServiceName) in the service itself to e.g. look for a configuration section in the machine.config or under a key in the registry, but if I do not set this name inside the service it is unset. Does anybody has an idea how I can get the service name from inside the servi ...Show All

• Windows Forms How form resizing works?

  I have been searching a document about form resizing and anchoring. I want to learn logic for them and what is happening internally. Do you have any document suggestion I searched in a lot of web sites. but I couldn't find my answer.. with best regards... As far as resizing goes, I don't think there is much internally going on. Of course when form is created, it is given a height and width. When you resize, all it is doing is automatically changing the height and width for you, so you dont have to go in and manually enter in the new values. As far as anchoring goes, I'm sure it's just doing something alon ...Show All

• SQL Server Com Exception when removing ErrorOutPut Column from the Collection.

  OutCollection[1] holds the erroroutput columncollection. metaData.OutputCollection[1].OutputColumnCollection.RemoveObjectByID(errOutputCol.ID); some times 1 Or 2 columns gets deleted, after that the exception is raised. You don't show all your code but my guess is that when you get that exception you are trying to delete the errorcode and/or errorcolumn column. These columns are special columns that can not be deleted from an error output. Trying to do so will result in an exception. HTH, Matt ...Show All

• SQL Server Reporting Servers - Export to Multiple tabs in Excel

  I need to create a Reporting Services report that contains multiple result sets.  I want each result set to export to a different tab in Excel.  I want to be able to name the tab.  I would also like the headings in Excel to show up in the Header section of Excel, rather than in the body of the spreadsheet.  Is there a way to accomplish this task. I can find no reference to this in the documentation and it appears to be ignored - presumeably this is RS 2005 only (I'm using 2000 SP2). Would this get round my current problem of having lots of additional columns/merged cells to accommodate all the header layout when ...Show All

• .NET Development VS2005 Beta, AssemblyInfo.CPP and AssemblyKeyFile Trouble

  Using VS 2005 v.8.0.50215.44 (Beta 2.050215-4400) Windows XP Pro SP2 I'm having a problem using a signed C++/CLI class library that I created.  The project builds fine, but when I try to use it from a C# console app, I'm getting a SystemSecurityException (Strong name validation failed on Zone My Computer). When I drag/drop the assembly into c:\windows\assembly, I get this message box "The check of the signature failed for assembly 'name.dll'". Here are the steps I took to create this project: 1. sn -k c:\key\MyKey.snk 2. A new C++/CLR class lib, MyClassLib 3. Added a new MyClass.h, looks like this:   name ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How I do to register if I got the Express Images?

  I have installed the Express editions images, what does not requires registration. But, if even I wish register What I can do I will need get the download versions too I also need to know how to register because I use the IMG on a PC that is not connected to the internet - but I want access to the downloadable book and Corbis images. Thanks. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Center Controls

  How can I center the controls in the form Thanks At design time... Bring up you form in design mode Select you control you want to center and then from the Menu, select Format > Center In Form. Which is probably OK in fixed size forms.   If its a sizable form - you may want to look at Anchoring the control to the form edges.  Select the control properties , Anchor and tell it what you want to anchor to.   ...Show All