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• Smart Device Development Mobile 5 SDK for Pocket PC install hangs

  Tried for hours to get Mobile 5 SDK for Pocket PC to install. The original problem was that my McAffe was stopping various scripts from executing. The install hung after McAffe stopped the scripts. Then, after I turned off the McAffe script analyzer, the SDK tried to rollback and attempt another install, but those installs eventually hung. By "hung" I mean the install wasn't using disk or CPU, there was nothing after the word "status" above the "progress indicator", and the "progress indicator" didn't progress. The "remove" option also hangs. Help You must have something else blocking the script. Some spy/adware blocking software, perhaps Anyway, you m ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to call a javascript from a console application in vb.net

  I've created a vb.net console application which extracts data from a given webpage, using webrequest. 'Create webrequest Dim wrqUrl As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(strUrl) 'Create webresponse Dim wrpUrl As WebResponse = wrqUrl.GetResponse() 'Create Streamreader Dim srUrl As StreamReader = New StreamReader(wrpUrl.GetResponseStream()) I then have some logic that reads every line in the stream and extracts any possible wanted data. This works fine.. but, I encountered a webpage (aspx) which I'd like to read where the content is determined by a javascript. How can I make my console application 'trigger' this javascript The script looks like this: <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- function __doP ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Project file checked out on save

  If you select a project in the solution explorer and then click the save button, it checks out the file even though no modifications have been made. Is this by design I can't imagine that this behavior is intentional. Has this issue been logged as a bug previously The files are identical, so when you check the file in it states that it didn't have to update the server version. While this is not a huge deal, it is quite annoying, especially since this only adds to development confusion. Were you able to reproduce this issue by following the steps above ...Show All

• Windows Forms Expand ComboBox ItemList on MouseOver

  I was wondering if it where possible to expand the ItemList on a ComboBox when the MouseEnter event is fired. I don't see any method to trigger the list to expand... Try setting DroppedDown property to true: comboBox1.DroppedDown = true ; Andrej ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I prevent usercontrols from all projects loading into the toolbox?

  I have made a few tries at googling for this, with no luck. The problem is that we have a large solution with dozens of projects, most containing 1 - 3 usercontrols. Every time I open the Toolbox, every project displays on its own tab. Each tab is open to show an item for each usercontrol. This not only takes a long time to load, but it makes it difficult to find the tabs I actually want to use. I have tried removing most of the tabs from the Toolbox, but it doesn't seem to stick. After I once close both the Toolbox and the solution, the very next time I open the Toolbox, it again brings up an open tab for every project. I guess what I really need is a quick easy way to put the control or component I need on a form (if there is a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions thanks renee

  y,know I have just been thinking...... there are a lot of nice helpful people on here, who do all they can to help those in need of help or advice.......and I would just like to thank you all........sincerely renee has just walked me through creating a little project which I am very happy with..... it is not finished yet, and we have had a couple of disagreements, and perhaps we shall have some more.....but I would just like to say....thanks renee...for taking the time and effort to help.... it is greatly appreciated cheyenne ReneeC, To be honest, I learnt so much from your answers in the posts. I am engaging to support this forum, however, I totally agree that you are the best helper in this forum. I am glad to ...Show All

• SQL Server Left Outer Join versus Subquery

  Hello Chaps, I have got question about the performance of subquery and left outer join My scenario is that  I have two tables Customer Mater and address book. Customer Mater and address book  tables hold the record for both carrier and customer. and i want retrieve the record for customer and related carrier as well i have two options 1.  either use left outer join (i.e. Join Customer master to Address Book 2 times, 1 for customer and 1 for carrier) by:        Address book (as customer) Left outer Join Customer Master (on related Key)       AddressBook (as carrier) Left Outer Join Customer master (on related Key) 2.or use 1 join for customer ...Show All

• .NET Development RAS specifying the ip from client side itself rather from server side

  Hello Everybody, I have a query regarding RAS(Remote access Service) i am making a dial up connection through it, Now the remote computer specifies my IP address Is there any way through which I can specify my ipaddress Say I dail to the remote computer, and i want my ip address to be 100.30.25.56, normally i get the id from the remote computer, but the thing is that the remote computer also behaves as a client now. So How could i make that request. Is there any api for it Thank you in advance. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Arrow Position on a ComboBox

  Hi, If the arrow located on the right side of a combobox is desired to move to the left, the only setting I found was to set the RightToLeft property to true. The problem is that this is meant for localization and the languages which start from the right side, not proper for English. What is the best way to move the arrow to the left of the ComboBox . A work around perhaps, to set the properly to true for the combobox, and then to set it false by getting a handle to the listbox part of the control during the runtime Any idea Best Regards, Reza Bemanian This should be done by the use of the HwndHandle for the list box embedded within the control. Though the RightToLeft is a public property, still ...Show All

• Visual Studio When Sharing a folder containing a project, the .vspscc files go crazy, or duplicate

  Following a suggestion from the VSS Help, regarding ways of maintaing to separate code version for a project, eg a released version, and a developement  version, where fixes from a released version would also be merged into the development stream. I shared our main project folder, instead of just branching it, to save space, so that for bug fixes, we would just need to branch specified files. An addition necessary step was to branch the actual project files (.vcproj) along with the associated vspscc files. This seemed to be necessary for visual sudio to be able to work with these projects and use source control. When I tried to branch the vspscc files they seemed to duplicate themselves. E.G. They would continue to to maintain a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Create new folder programatically without checkin - Is it possible?

  Hi, I need to create a new folder in my repository but I don't want to create the folder locally and then use the pendedit. Is there a way to create the folder programatically directly on the repository Thanks Xavier You could create a mapping from $/.../newfolder/uploaded_file.doc and check that in. It will implicitly add 'newfolder' if it does not already exist. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Convert LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE to LPDIRECT3DSURFACE9 ?

  I’m writing a Camera Image Grabbing application using the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) and DirectX. The MIL camera image buffer can be forced to be a DirectX surface with a creation flag. From the camera image buffer it’s possible to acquire a LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE pointer. I want to display the camera buffer using Direct3D. My solution was to set the camera buffer as the render target of my D3D-device and Present(). This is not possible because the Device::SetRenderTarget()-Function does not take a LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE pointer but only a LPDIRECT3DSURFACE9 pointer. So I’m asking if it is possible to convert (or cast) the DDraw surface to a D3D surface And on the same topic, as I will need this later: Is it possible to convert (or cast) the ...Show All

• Visual C# culture independent

  hi how can I develope a culture independent program I had problems with numbers and dates in deferent cultures and in every parsing I check the culture and its a hard work to do and I am sure that there is a better way to do. Its sounds like you need to create a helper class that you pass your 'to cullture' and 'from culture'. Your helper class would have all you culture related code in it. Steve ...Show All

• Visual Basic Printing areas of a form and increasing the size

  I have an order form that I would like to print out on A size paper but the PrintForm only uses a small area of the page. How can I enlarge the mage to fill the whole page. Also is it possible to print only a part of a form. Thanks Hi Sassie, The PrintForm component will only print the actual size of the form. If I'm misunderstanding the problem please feel free to contact me directly at JohnHart@Microsoft.com and I'll be glad to see if I can help. D o you have a great idea for a new Power Pack Let us know what you want to see us develop to help make Visual Basic 2005 event better by going to http://connect.Microsoft.com/vbasic Thanks ...Show All

• .NET Development How to veto suspend and shutdown request using C#?

  Hi, I am writing a program that absolutely need to veto (cancel) any suspend and shutdown request initiated by user. Is there any way to do this in C# using managed code .NET 2.0 seems to only give PowerModeChangedEvent and doesn't give any option to veto. Before you ask, yes, I am aware that a program should never veto a suspend request, but I really need to. And yes, I am aware that veto is no longer supported in Vista (which is fine as my program is specifically for XP). Thank you very much. SystemEvents.SessionEnding takes care of log-off and shutdown. What about standby/hibernate Seems like PowerModeChangedEvent is not cancellable using managed code Thanks. ...Show All