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• SQL Server visual studio running too slow

  Hi friends after working visual studio (on my report model project) few minutes it runs too slow. i mean clicking on entities ,attributes takes ages to finish. I opened task manager i see "devenv.exe" is taking more than 800,000 k !! am using sql server 2005 standard edition. have you seen similar problem. Thanks for your help. Alexandre unfortunatly i cant do stable repro . it works for first 1 hour fine after started VS and aft ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to reference an active form in design time

  My question is: I have to change status of controls, i.e text of a textbox, on the startup form of my application. I just don't know how to make a reference to the form to do that. As you may know, the form is created automatically wh ...Show All

• Windows Forms Composite Interface or MDI??? Suggestions please.

  Not sure exactly where this post should go, so I'm putting it here. MDI may be the way to go on this... Let me get you up to speed. MAIN FORM: I have an app that is essentially an SDI Form which spawns a variety of custom user&nb ...Show All

• Visual Basic Blair Allen Stark

  Here is the problem I am working on. It asks me to use the method CalculateCharges, but I don't fully understand how to do this or how it works. I would be grateful for any input. Lab Problem III A parking garage charges a $2.00 minimum fee to park for up to three hours. The garage charges an additional $0.50 per hour for each hour or part thereof in excess of three hours. The maximum charge for any given 24-hour period ...Show All

• Visual Studio Gatteing a Service from within an Addin

  Is there a way to access the GetService method on a service provider from within an AddIn. ----------------------------- Jack Stephenson Hi, System.IServiceProvider is the new managed interface that is specific to .NET components and containers. Microsoft.VisualStudio.Ole.Interop.IServiceProvider is the legacy OLE interface defined by Windows that all COM containers/components support. Hope that ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to use BeginEdit() in DataGridView VB Express 2005 Beta 2

  I do not understand how to use the beginEdit() to edit datagrid values. Is there a site thatr can get me started with this.  The grid works except for this. Thanks Check out the documentation for BeginEdit to get some ideas on how and when to use it. Hope this helps! -mark DataGridView Progam Manager Microsoft This post is provided "as-is" ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Managed DirectX

  Besides the 5 forums already there, a seperate Managed DirectX forum Or is the amount of people working with managed directx still too low Regards, Wytze Ok, Thanks for clarifying the reasoning behind this and I agree. Regards, Wytze ...Show All

• Windows Forms book for learning to develop controls

  I can't seem to find a good book focusing on developing custom controls.  Every book I've bought or looked through seems to just skim the surface of creating controls because the book as a whole focuses on either asp.net or win forms or&nb ...Show All

• Windows Forms Text not showing up in Listbox

  I am having problems populating a listbox and having the text show up. When I first encountered the problem, it was within a more complicated program. So, I began a new C# Windows application program, used the default "Form1" and drug a listbox on it. I renamed the listbox to lstCSAList to match the other program I was working on. In design time, I clicked on the ellipse, under Items where it says "(Collection)". I added, ...Show All

• SQL Server can 2 people view the same report using different parameters at the same time?

  Hi, I am using sql server 2005 entreprise edition. I am just wondering when I have a report with parameters and the report uses stored procedure to retrieve the result set for use in the report, if two people from different places are trying to view the report at the same time, and each of them use different set of parameters. Will they be able to view their report correctly Yes, each user will have diffe ...Show All

• Visual Basic Just for Fun

  I would like to do a visual effect when i'm saving a database. I use a progress bar at the moment which is boring! I rather like the effect when you save in WORD where you get a box outline that shrinks down to nothing. How would i do that Or maybe you will Have some better ideas Mike I've always thought 'keep it simple' works best. Providing feedback during the save (ie, a save progress bar) is a good thing.  If do it on a backgrou ...Show All

• .NET Development DeSerialization error with strongnamed assemblies

  Using C#, VS 2005 , .Net 2.0 I persist class objects to serialized bin files which is convenient and simple. However, when started compiling with strongnames (ie. using .snk file) I hit a snag. When I change the version number of the assembly and try to deserialize a file that was serialized previously, I get a load error message ("the located assembly manifest definition does not match the assembly reference.") For a simple ...Show All

• Windows Forms Inheriting form class: making MustInherit?

  Is there any plan to classes inheriting from the Form class to be marked as MustInherit It's a bit of a nuisance that we can't do this, it'd be a really useful thing because then we can railroad other team members to be consistant in where they put code.  The designer kicks off at the moment when you try. Unfortunately not - supporting this would require a complete re-architecture of the designer ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 JDBC driver

  Does anyone know when the production release for the JDBC driver for SQL Server 2005 will be available. Also, anyone know how I can download the BETA driver   The link on the Sql Server 2005 downloads page ( http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/default.mspx ) takes you to the download for SqlServer management studio - Tech preview (Nov 2005). Thanks;     Reg ...Show All

• Visual Studio How do I connect Crystal Reports to an SQL Express MDF file.

  I want to connect to an SQL Express MDF database file. How do I set up the connection I don't see a way to set up the connection in the Database Expert. I tried to create an ODBC (RDO) data source by using the following connect string: Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=C:\Documents and Settings\dtorg.LUMINET\My Documents\Dev\OMx\Version 1.0\Source\Src\Services\DataManager\OmxDataDB.mdf;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;Use ...Show All