A. Reimann's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Display a form's icon in a button control

  I want to display a form's icon in a button control.  I tried using the following code: Button1.Image = Me.Icon.ToBitmap It sort of works but the image size changes.  The image in the button is now much bigger than it appears in the form.  Am I doing something wrong   Why does a form's icon appear so small in the form, but is severa ...Show All

• Windows Forms Newbie to Windows Forms...

  I would consider myself a high level programmer with VB.NET and ASP.NET, but I am new to the world of Windows Forms. Is there a book that offers great example examples on getting started  I am having trouble with finding code examples that fit what I need. For instance: 1. Is there a Windows Forms equivalent for web.config  Can I load an .XML  ...Show All

• .NET Development Error: Unable to open shim database

  I get this kind of events logged in the eventlog: Source: .Net Runtime Type: Error Unable to open shim database version registry key - v2.0.50727.00000. Is this 'normal' behaviour or is there a misconfiguration. I have this messages on Windows 2003 Server, on SqlServer2005 boxes as well on TFS app tier and Terminal Server running VS2005. Strange thing is: everythings seems to work OK... Rene According to Jesse it is only an access permission issue on one ore more registry keys. If you run Registry Monitor (download from www.sysinternals.com ) (no install required, but run it as Administrator) you can find ...Show All

• SQL Server MDAC and SQL Server 2005

  In the SQL Server 2005 upgrade advisor help file it states the following... "Upgrade Advisor detected an older version of MDAC. MDAC versions before MDAC 2.8 SP1 do not support named instances. To allow application connections to named instances, upgrade to MDAC 2.8 SP1." I've installed our application which uses ADO (not ADO.NET) to connect to an SQL Server named instance on a client machine.  Our application installs MDAC 2.6.  Therefore on older machines such as Windows 95 MDAC is upgraded to 2.6.  Our application can still connect to the named instance without MDAC 2.8 SP1 being present. Is this statement in the upgr ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Advise on connecting to db

  Hi I am looking for help. I am creating an application using c# compact framework and part of it requires in the use of a database (which I am using SQLCE). I am having a problem adding to the database. Would anyone be able to tell me if it is necessary to create a dataset first or can you add directly to the database. Thanks in advance of any assistance You can insert records without DataSet by executing insert command like this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemDataSqlServerCeSqlCeCommandClassExecuteNonQueryTopic.asp ...Show All

• Windows Forms Error: Key not valid for use in the specific state.

       I hope I am in the right forum for this problem:     I am trying to add a "DataGridView" component to my form.  Under DataGridView Tasks, I go to 'Choose Data Souce' and then I go to Add Project Data Source and then choose Database and click Next.  The window changes (as though it is going to let me enter in some more information), but then an error message appears that says: An unexpected error has occurred. Error message: key not valid for use in the specific state. I am running Visual Studio 2005 for Testers on a Windows XP machine. Does anyone know what this means and how to fi ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Global Variable and Register don't connect in HLSL

  I define this gloabal variable in my Shader fx file: float MyTime : register(c0); And my pixel shader (in asm format in my fx file) I use the c0 register I thought I could Set the value of MyTime in my cpp code and that the c0 register would use that value...but apparently it's not working Now I use a workaround and use dlc t0.x to use the vertex shader output texture But what is wrong with the register(c0) that when I set this global value the asm code don't use it...is there something else I have to do How do you send info to a register from the cpp code How do the pixel shader read global variable (can they do this ) ...Show All

• Visual C# Run an .exe from the build events

  I want to run an executable from the "build events" (in the properties) of a c# project. I tried to write the command as if I would write it in DOS - I tried with or without quotes like the following: "C:\path\exename.exe -U param1" or C:\path\exename.exe -U param1 When I compile my project I get the following error: Error 80 The command "C:\path\exename.exe -U param1" exited with code 9009. TryOnHost Any ideas why I can't execute a program from there Thanks. I face the same problem but I have the couple of .InstallLog files but the .InstallState file d ...Show All

• Visual C++ LNK2019

  hi, i wonder this is the right thread to ask about eVC++. If i am not, please redirect me to its place. i have problem when i compile the program it will produce LNK 2019 error. this is the code http://www.pocketpcdn.com/articles/contextmenu.html . i use this program for tutorial for myself, but i can't compile it so i can't do anything now. This program is created basically for eVC++ 3.0 which has bugs on MFC on its taphold. then i use eVC++ 4.0 SP4 to compile this. Is this because of the compiler issue do pocket pc 2003 has still bugs on taphold Thank you very much... What is the full text of the LNK2019 ...Show All

• SQL Server Recover SDF-File

  Hi, we're using SQL Server CE 2.0 on our CE 4.2 device (mobile scanning device). In some cases, the application freezes and the user must perfom a cold boot. After the cold boot, the database is some kind of corrupt - the application can't build up a new connection and a "Fatal Applicatio Error ...." is thrown. If you try to connect to that SDF-File via the Query Analyser Tool, it also throws an exception .... "DBInitiliaze".... Do have anyone an idea whats wrong with the SDF-File and more important: How could we recover such files - most times there is already business data stored, which would be than lost... Thanks WilliBald ...Show All

• Visual C++ 2 timer

  what happens if 2 timers ticks at the same time i'm using visual c++ .net 2003 (win form .net) Let me paraphrase the question to make sure I understand it: you have two timer objects in a program - both with an alarm function - and you have one listener who is waiting for alarms. What happens if both alarms ring at exactly the same time. In a single threaded program it can't happen: everything has to happen sequentially so both the alarms can't ring at the same time. In a multi-threaded program running on a single threaded processor this is also not possible: because even though it may be logically possible (each timer may be on a sepa ...Show All

• Windows Forms WinForms with Large Datasets

  Hi Experts, I'm looking for some good, simple books on 'best practices' use for creating WinForms Apps to maintain data whilst maintaining concurrency with other users... To explain, I come from an Access background and I think I'm having to work too hard to get and keep data concurrent, though I think know the ADO.NET building blocks alright. Unfortunately, I'm still on .NET 1.1 and will be in the foreseeable future, so any material out there for the 'real-world' data-centric apps builders, please let me know... Book recommendations are welcome Ta James PS I have seen all Practices & Patterns, it's a bit dauntingly ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions SVN and VC++2005Express

  Is there any possibility of integration VC++Express with SVN Good morning... Have you tried Tools - External Tools   Based on what I know of the Express editions there's no other integration possible with 3rd party tools. The arrow button beside the Arguments lists quite few that you could possible use. I haven't used SVN yet, sorry I can't be more specific. ...Show All

• .NET Development TCPIP Messages Bunching Up! Any help appreciated.

  Hi guys, I have a client/server application in development (VB.NET 2005). Part of the appication's features require the server to send one or more messages to all the clients when the system time reaches a certain value. All of the above is working (i.e clients are receiving messages at certain times from the server which has a timer monitoring the system time and sending messages when it reaches a certain value). However, some strange things have been happening with the network streams. In one instance, the server sends three seperate messages to the clients via network streams when the clock reaches 8pm. The first message is re ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Strange string problem in vb?

  I am currently making a program that reads the ID tags from an MP3. Here is my problem or an example of my problem. Lets say I have the artist showen in a msgbox and the song title showen in a seperate msgbox like so: msgbox(artist) msgbox(song) The msgbox will appear and show the correct info. But lets say I do something like this: msgbox(artist & " - " & song) it will ONLY show the artist, but this doesn't happen all the time, depending on the MP3 that is read, it will display just as I want... What I really want to know is what can cause it to not display the rest of the string like I want it t ...Show All