Lisa Ambler's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Z order with MDI

  Ive got a MDI parent with numerous MDI children, wondering if I can modify the Z order programmatically of the MDI children. I have 2 or 3 different MDI child windows. The user can Tile/Cascade/Maximize these but whenever I open or close a window, or return to Tiled mode from another state, I automatically re-order the windows to ensure that a specific one is at the top, and (if it exists) a specific on ...Show All

• Visual C# Whither encapsulte field in Express beta2?

  Where did the refactor/Encapsulate Field option go   That was dead handy, and I was looking forward to more like it to speed development not less! Have I missed something   Is there a config option hiding somewhere to switch it back on   Or should I know how to roll my own by now Yes, in Beta 2, the only refactorings we now support are extract method and rename.  I've passed this question on ...Show All

• Visual C# reading/editing html file

  Hello, I am trying to read in an html file, and replace a custom tag with a string that will be generated from the application. I am guessing the way to do this has changed with .NET 2.0, as the books I have refer to FileInfo objects that are not being accepted by Visual C# Express. I would appreciate it if somebody could provide me with some sample code, or point me to some references on the web. Thank you haha ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Enable WLAN during ActiveSync 4.1 connection

  I just discovered that the WLAN connection on my WM5 Pocket PC (HP hx2410) gets disconnected as soon as I put it in the cradle and ActiveSync connects it to my development machine. Now I read something about not being able to sync over Wifi anymore, so it might be related to that. But it is quite annoying for debugging from VS2005. In our application we have code which checks and controls the WLAN connection, but as the connection is disable ...Show All

• Windows Forms Paint Event Problem

  I have a Windows application that overrides the Paint method to change the presentation of the form. Basically, it paints a red border around the edge of the form. I also have a couple of panels that fill up the form. One is docked to the left and the other fills the remaining space. Each of these panels also has an override to the paint event. The overrides are in the Form1 class. The problem: The project solution compiles and runs just ...Show All

• Windows Forms Looking for answers not in Terrarium FAQ

  Hi, I've been trying to find an answer to coule of questions about Terrarium.  I was wondering if you would know. I am getting this error when I try to compile for this line [AnimalSkin(AnimalSkinFamilyEnum.Spider)] No overload for method 'AnimalSkinAttribute' takes '0' arguments Am I not including something I need to include Can I determine if a carnivore is one of my carnivores  IE if I made one named trapdoorspider can I determ ...Show All

• SQL Server Encryption in MDF file possible?

  I am working on a distributed application that will use a SQL Express 2005 MDF file for the primary application data storage. The program will be storing sensitive data and I would like to encrypt the data in it. I have searched through the forums and cannot find any reference to how to enable encryption for an MDF file. I thought about writing my own encrypt / decrypt functions, however, I'm using databound controls and do not have a hom ...Show All

• Windows Forms perfect !

  how can I convert a string into an enum  public Enum myE as byte zero one End Enum dim myS as string = "one" ctype(myS, myE) doesn't work how can I do it  thank you it works ! thank you is there any possibilty to do a f ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office UDF in Excel XP with C#

  HI All I'd like to write UDF in Excel XP using Visual C# Express Edition just downloaded. I'm quite new to C# so I searched on the web for some examples, and I found this http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/archive/2004/12/01/273127.aspx . I followed all the steps suggested (I do not post the code because it's exactly the same you can find in the article above), added the Automation Add In to the Excel Add In list. Then I put into a cell ...Show All

• .NET Development Graphical Changes in VS 2005

  I have a program which I just began trying to port to Visual Studio 2005 and the 2.0 beta 2 framework from 2003. One thing I have noticed is that the buttons and tabs all have new graphical themes improved from the .net 1.1 framework. So I was happy to make my program more elegant but, even though I have converted my project (with no problems converting) I do not see those graphical changes in my project when I run it in 2005. Though w ...Show All

• Windows Forms Menu Strip?

  This might be dumb!!!! Is there not existing code or snippet somewhere that I can just past into each toolstrip and menue strip to do " common functions" Like Open, Close, New, Exit, Print Form. etc. I am still new and have looked for days. I have inserted "Common items" but the snippets I seem to have don't work. So far I have found only "me.Close()" Hey at least I can shut ur down when it all screws up.l ...Show All

• Visual Studio dexplore.exe from VS2005 takes a lot of memory to run

  Hi, Installed VS2005 professional (Release), and when I run MSDN library for Visual 2005, it takes above 200mb on start - dexplore.exe takes that abount of physical memory. Also, the same problem happens with VS2005 itself - it takes more than 200mb while it starts. If I will start another VS2005 instance - it will take 200mb too, and thats a problem for add-ins development. Please, let me know, is there any way to fix this issue. Fe ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGrid bug: selected cell left behind on screen

  Using C# and 1.1 I'm not doing anything special with the DG, just populating a two-column DataTable and putting its DefaultView into the DG.DataSource. DG.DataSource = ReturnADataView("type1");   Say I've got six rows displayed and I click on cell(6,0), the value of which is "W7vh9". So the table looks like: A7aa1 Fred I1oh3 Ethel A2bc3 Archie N9br8 Edith A4ui2 Ross W7vh9 Rachel Elsewhere on the form, ...Show All

• Windows Forms BindingSource not reflecting datasource changes

  I have a master detail form   (customer – orders),   the customer part consists of text boxes and the orders part is a DataGridView control.   I’m connecting to a dataset via the BindingSource control.   I can update the dataset and data source, merge the new updates back to the dataset and call accept changes and all works well, however, auto-increment values are not updated in the BindingSource control.   I have ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do I display a name and address record from a database?

  I have a datbase in my application. I can update it, etc. Now, I want to display a name and address record in a textbox as it would appear on an address label. How do I do that Hi, Could you be more clear in your question Whether you are using VB Express edition and whats the database Do you want help in front end coding or backend The more you get replies, if you are more clear in your question. Tha ...Show All