Edwin Colon's Q&A profile

• Visual C# How can I dispose the main form without quiting the application?

  Hello, I have a splash screen as my main form: /// <summary> /// The main entry point for the application. /// </summary> [STAThread] static void Main() { Application.EnableVisualStyles(); Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false); Application.Run(new SplashForm()); } And I want to dispose it after loading my main form. How can do that When I do this.Dispose() the whole application is closing! Someone ...Show All

• SQL Server Miscellaneous option???

  Does anyone knows what is it for Miscellaneous option on Package Explorer It seems totally useless Strange. I don't have "Miscellaneous" on my Package Explorer. I have: Executables Precedence Constraints Event Handlers Connection Managers Log Providers variables I am running SP1. How about yourself -Jamie ...Show All

• SQL Server Implementing SQL Server 2005 DR solution with database mirroring

  Hi,   We are looking to implement a SQL Server 2005 (64-bit) architecture incorporating diaster recovery. Please see the following diagram.   http://www.users.on.net/~karunathilake/misc/SQL%20Architecture%20(SQL%202005).JPG Our goal is to utilise all the nodes available whilst maintaining a manageable environment so any feedback and comments are greatly appreciated.   Site1 will have local failover using Microsoft Cl ...Show All

• Visual C# MS C# step by step XML code commenting

  Can you still comment code with xml   I have a book i bought in 2002, and just dusted it off, the directions are Tools menu build comment web pages, im running 2005. Check out NDoc; this produces really nice help files from the Xml comments generated by the build. ...Show All

• Visual C# C# Credit Card processing

  I've been looking around the net and haven't found a very sophisticated solution for incorporating a credit card processing solution that can be easily integrated into a forms .net application. Ideally, I would like a single point of sale credit card terminal which can be talked to on a lan from a windows forms application using c#. It would be neccessary that the machine be able to process card numbers through .net forms and reply with a suc ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Stored Procedure Source Control

  Is there any way to implement source control for stored procedures using TFS and Visual Studio 2005 I am looking for the interface that was available under VS 2003 and Visual Source Safe. We would prefer to see the lock icon on the stored procedure itself when you view them under Server Explorer. This prevents anyone editing the sp without checking it out. We want to avoid the current approach of creating a script file and adding it to a databa ...Show All

• Windows Forms How can I add image to ComboBox or listBox in .net 2005

  Hi, Just wondering if somebody had implemented a imageCombo or listBox with image in vb.net 2005 If you have could you share the code or any tips how to do it I wonder why MS has not added this. thanks a lot Thanks for the links I will have a look and see if they run on .net 2005. thanks  again vbjunkie ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System What happens when the trial expires? Where is Team Suite? How do I upgrade? Partners?

  Some frequently asked questions... Q: I am an MSDN Universal Subscriber; why can't I see any of the role-based products or Team Suite in the MSDN Subscriber Downloads Center A: You have not yet submitted a transition request. You must transition from MSDNU to one of the role-based products or upgrade to the Suite. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions  for more information. Q: How long does the transition request take A: For a ret ...Show All

• SQL Server Instance name contains a dash

  Hello We are in the process of upgrading our SQL 2K server to a cluster environment. Currently the server is setup as a default instance running on a single box with log shipping as a warm backup It is required to create an instance name for the new cluster to work. My question is 1) Has anybody tried to have an instance name that dash (-) in it. Example: \\SERVERNAME\xxx-xx-xxx I am told that it is not possible to have a serv ...Show All

• Visual C# return value from a application

  Hello, I'm developing an command line tool which is started by another application Is there a way to handle all posiple errors with in my application an set an error code for the application manual at the end, so that i can tell the application, which started the commandline tool, that there was an error Thanks, Chris You might see your Main method written as: void Main() { ... } or v ...Show All

• Visual C# Calling another constructor (of the same object) from within a constructor

  Here is the problem: I am using a Windows.Form with multiple constructors. Rather than repeating code all over the place, I want to call one of those constructors from another constructor: class doSomething {    public doSomething( string title ) {}    public doSomething( string title, string somethingElse )    {       doSomething( title );       // do othe ...Show All

• .NET Development Compiled Regular Expression...setup during runtime...

  If one specifies that the regular expression should be compiled into the assembly, how does that affect a dynamic creation of the expression For example, the areas in red are specific to the string.format where a delimiter defined at runtime that is being inserted. Regex( string.Format ("( <= {0} |^)( :\") ( <Column>[\\w\\.\\- ]*)( :\") ( = {0} |$)", this.Delimiter ), RegexOptions.Singleline | RegexOptions.ExplicitC ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions running an .exe

  how can i run an executable with a c++ application please help System::Diagnostics::Process *myprocess = new System::Diagnositcs::Process(); myprocess->Start("test.exe"); Hope that helps :) ...Show All

• SQL Server SQLCMD "-r" option

  OK, so I'm playing with SQLCMD and trying to get the "-r" option to work. According to BOL it's supposed to redirect error messages of severity level 17 or higher to the screen (stderr). Presumably this would be useful in situations where you're running a script with the "-o" option, so that output would be sent to a file and error messages would be sent to the screen and not included in the output file. When I run it in the ...Show All

• Windows Forms Single Instance app, Activate

  Using this in Main to enforce a single instance of the app: Dim firstInstance As Boolean Dim safeName As String = Application.UserAppDataPath.Replace("\", "_") Dim mtx As Mutex = New Mutex(True, safeName, firstInstance) If Not firstInstance Then Return End If Application.Run(New Form1) ... But instead of just returning if its not the first instance, I would like to Activate the existing instance's window. I guess the question is how can I get ...Show All