The Goblin's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB express beta 2--start screen won't show

  I uninstalled beta 1 and net framework prior to installing beta 2 version of visual basic.net. The start screen doesn't appear because it can't connect to the proper url. As a result, I can't even begin a new windows application. Any ideas how to resolve this issue Thanks I had the same problem in VC# 2005 Express 2.0 Beta 2.  I upgraded from Beta 1.  I followed the instructions EXACTLY, I get no startu ...Show All

• SQL Server Securables for Application Role in Management Studio do not stick

  Securables for Application and Database Roles do not show after they have been setup. I do the following: Select an Application Role from Database -> Security -> Roles - Application Roles and select Properties from the context menu Select Securables page Select Add on the Securables panel Select a couple of objects to add Check some Explicit permissions for each securable object added Click on OK No errors are re ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem after hiding an owned form

  Sometimes after hiding an owned form, another application will be activated as if "ALT-ESC"  pressed. Anybody knows how to prevent this happening I just got a workaround - before hiding the owner form, activate the owner form. It' ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System HOWTO: Programmatically list pending changes?

  We have a perennial problem where our developers sometimes forget to check in files, and they're left checked out for ages. Therefore, I want to write a utility to programmatically list all files that have been checked out for longer than a specified time. The documentation for the interface to Version Control isn't complete yet, and this is making it hard for me to do it... The tiny bit of code I have so far is this: TeamFoundationServe ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataSet ReadXML path

  I'm new to Windows Forms and I'm having problems with the XML file path when calling ReadXML. DataSet ds = new DataSet(); ds.ReadXml("data/cases.xml"); dataGrid1.DataSource = ds; The exception states file not found.  In ASP.NET, I would do something like Server.Ma ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Multiplayer Client/Server Design

  I have been developing some board and card games with MDX using C# (.NET 2.0), and I want to take the step into making them available to play online in a multi-player environment. Reading Tom Millers Kickstart, I settled in on the idea of a Client/Server Lobby style application, similar to zone.msn.com using DirectPlay. As I started to work with DirectPlay I soon found it was deprecated, and that developers were moving to the Sy ...Show All

• Visual Basic asdf

  I am attempting to prerefill a textbox with the contents of a file. When I set Me.RichTextBox1.Text = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText("C:bob.txt") It gives me an error, but if I write Me.RichTextBox1.Text = "Any old text" It works... Is there anyone who can enlighten me on this Steph Troy Lundin wrote: Do you get a Fil Not Found exception I see in your code ...Show All

• Visual Basic Question about tabcontrols

  I have a tab control (tabControl1). When I click on an entry in my menustrip (menu1) it creates a new tabpage in my tabcontrol (tabControl1). What I want to know is how I can make it so if the tab has already been created, then instead of creating another one it will instead focus the tab that is already open. Thank you. Dim Found As Boolean = False For Each Page As TabPage In TabControl1.TabPages If Page.Text = "New ...Show All

• SQL Server Two Phase Commit

  How to implement two pase commit in SQL Server 2000, Is there Database Link link Oracle available here Hi, this should be a simple thing. The linked server is connected under a specific user context. THe context of the user is associated with a specific (default) database on the traget server. If you are connecting without naming the database you will be redirected to that default database where the table pr ...Show All

• Windows Forms Gradient Panel

  Hi, Using .NET 2.0 (Beta2) can anyone give me an idea on the best way to implement a Panel control that has a gradient background Should I be using the VisualStyles namespace Thanks for any help Graham No you don't need the VisualStyles namespace. Here is something to get you started:   public class GradientPanel : Panel     {         public G ...Show All

• SQL Server Scope defined on Member Properties

  Hi, is it possible to define a scope in a MDX script based on a member property of a dimension Background: I have a "custom" measures dimension. In this dimension I have measures of different type (i.e. currency, integers, percentages,...). So I want to have the display format set for the different types. My idea was to have a member property on the "measures" dimension to save the display format. I want to use this in ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WorkflowWebHostingModule - drawbacks

  Using the WorkflowWebHostingModule seems to have some drawbacks. For example, in order to add say SqlTrackingService in code, you have to first stop the runtime, add the serive, then restart it... Thoughts JB WorkflowRuntime workflowRuntime = WorkflowWebRequestContext .Current.WorkflowRuntime; workflowRuntime. StopRuntime (); workflowRuntime.AddService( new SqlTrackingService (connect ...Show All

• Windows Forms ActiveX-Controls and AutoScroll

  Hello, I use a ActiveX-Control in a Form where AutoScroll is true. If the control is scrolled and I click into the control the control jumps back to 0,0. Is this a known bug How I can avoid this Thanks Andreas Hello Mark, thanks for your reply. I have tested it again, but the behaviour of Windows Forms Controls differs from that of ActiveX controls. In both controls I placed a TextBox in the bottom right cor ...Show All

• Windows Forms TaskBar ContextMenu

  hi ppl,, i have my main window with FormtBorderstyle ste to None... ok,,, and my app shows in the taskbar.. thats ok ,, i want it to be in taskbar.. but when i right click on the taskbar item of my window ,,i dont get any ContextMenu,, i think this is because i have no border in my form.. so i was wondering how can i set a ContextMenu for when the user right click the taskbar item it shows up mig16 sorry for my english hehe not my primary langu ...Show All

• Smart Device Development develop and test bluetooth-application without real device?

  Hi, How can a bluetooth-application be developed without a real smart device Does a bluetooth hardware have to be installed Is there any tools that makes it possible Can I develop and test my application which contains bluetooth oprations without real smart device Thanks. It depends how you trying to use BT. If it's just serial port emulation, then map PC's serial port on to the emulator's port and you all set. If you' ...Show All