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• Windows Forms ToolStripButton style -ToolStrip Issues

  Hi, I need to have a Button on a ToolStrip that would look like a normal windows button(elevated/projecting) as opposed to the flat default appearence.How do i do that Also if i need to set the border color of a ToolStripTextBox do i have to create a class deriving from ToolStripRenderer and if so how would i set this Could someone help me how i can achieve the above 2 Thanks in advance.. If the provided ToolStrip controls do not suit your needs then your needs then your best option is to build your own based on ToolStripControlHost so as to host a button inside of a compatible type that can be added to the ToolStrip. You can find an excellent tutorial on how to do this here . ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Error on app install: Unable to retrieve handheld serial number. ROM Version: unknown

  I am trying to test an application using the Windows Mobile Emulator. When I try to install the application I get the error message "Error on app install: Unable to retrieve handheld serial number. ROM Version: unknown". Anyone have any ideas how to set the serial number on the virtual device The application in question is the Good Technology's email/calendar sync tool. The goal is to have it running on the virtual device for training. You can't run device images in emulator. Emulator can only run special image created especially for it. If technical impossibility is not enough, it would most likely constitute a copyright violation, which also might result from forcing installation of 3rd party ...Show All

• Smart Device Development DataGrid with a TextBox/CheckBox

  I’ve been looking for a customized DataGrid with TextBox in all internet for compact framework, but seens like it’s doesn’t exists, cause i didn’t find any anwser that satisfact me. Someone here can awnser me, it’s possible make a DataGrid with Edit TextBox, And CheckBox collumns for pocket pc And if yes, how thx Joao Paulo Lindgren. Please see this: http://blogs.msdn.com/netcfteam/archive/2006/04/25/583542.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Basic Compare 2 objects

  hello. A question please. I do this: dim a as new person --- class person dim b as new person a.name = "Bryan" a.tel = "1111111111" b.name = "Bryan" b.tel = "1111112222" I'd want to compare the 2 objects. How can i do that Thanks... When I use : if object1 is object2 to compare the contents --> I always get object 1 <> object 2 either when the contents of objects have the same data than when the objects don't. ...Show All

• SQL Server Delete records that don exist in the destination

  Hi all, I am developing an ETL wherein the requirement is to do an incremental load and at the same time, if there is a record that got deleted in the Source delete it from the destination too, makes sense. The approach am doing is, pick data from the SRC and Destination, pass it onto a Merge join component, do a Full Outer join, then pass the rows to a conditional split. Newly Added records and updated records I can handle, how do I handle the Deleted records Am I correct in the way I am doing or there is something better to handle this Thanks in advance Hi Jamie, Thx for the comments, I started working exactly the same way, but now am into an issue here. I am starting with two small table ...Show All

• Windows Forms Drag & Drop Rich Text Boxes

  Hi, In this application I use a number of RTBs on a windows form, in which three of them are enabled to allow drag and drop operations. This is done by setting the EnableAutoDragDrop property, when everything works fine with the exception of the very first drop after the start of the application. Here it goes. The selection of the text and the drag seems to work fine as the cursor changes shape appropriately while the drag goes on, but when the cursor is positioned on the RTB target, the cursor does not change to the drop shape, or the default arrow. You have to abort the operation, and start it again when from then on everything works fine. The first drag does not matter to start from which RTB, and its failure provides success to the ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Column '' is not accessible through group-by

  Hello, I'm having problems with LINQ to SQL: var gts = from t in Transactions where t.CreationDate == Today group t by new { t.TransactionDate, t.Type, t.Account, Sign = Math.Sign(t.Value) } into g select new { g.Key, Value = g.Sum(t => t.Value), NationalValue = g.Sum(t => t.NationalValue) } ; I'm getting an InvalidOperationException: Column '' is not accessible through group-by.If I change the t.Account in the group by for a t.AccountID I don't have the problem. I've also tried to use different sources that should be including the Account object to no avail. The only way I could make it work was by using Transactions.ToList(). Is this a known bug Regards, Pablo ...Show All

• SQL Server Maintanance Plan

  in the beginning i could create such plans without any problem, but since the workstations run's inside domain it doesn't work either with sa nor with system admin. any idea how i can solve that issue below you find the details of the exception i get. thanks in advance, =================================== Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. (mscorlib) ------------------------------ Program Location: at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeTypeHandle typeOwner) at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes metho ...Show All

• Visual Studio Problems loading August MSDN Library

  During the install of the August MSDN Library, my syste blue screened and rebooted. After coming back up I've attempted to restart the install, repair and remove the library and I always get the same error message: The wizard was interrupted before MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 could be completely installed. Your cmputer has not been modified. To complete installation, run setup again. Click Finish to exit the wizard and run setup again. How do I get past this so that I can complete the install Karl One more suggestion: please go to the folder C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft Help\ and see if you have a file named rgstrn.lck . If it exists, try to del ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem with shourtcuts

  Hello there. I have created a clock proggy with Visual C# Express 2005 and deploy it with clickonce on winXP. Works good, but I have a little problem. I have set some properties (for user, not for application) like the location of my clock on the screen, its backcolor, whether or not it has to play a sound, etc. As expected, these settings are correctly saved and handled by C#. Some days ago I decided to add an "autostart" feature, and since I don't want to mess with the registry I chose to create a shortcut in the startup folder using a WSH wrapper. The shortcut gets created and deleted well so I thought it was fine and published the program on my web-spac ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Scan my files ? - How do i do ?

  How do i do to scan my files and show in textbox1... Example: Scan files which i want : "abc.exe"; "abc.dll"; "abc.ogx"; "abc.txt"; etc... If you find those files, show in textbox1 . And we create a new button with name "delete" because i want to delete files in textbox1 (delete files form textbox1 and computer) Please post the code ok, thats clearer. Dim theFiles() as string = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles ("Path ", ". jpg") 'gets all jpg extensions for each currentItem as String in theFiles    MessageBox.Show(currentItem) next ...Show All

• SQL Server datetime and timezone

  Hi All, I just wanted to confirm what I've found: A datetime field is not stored independent of timezone In otherwords, I have a java app that accesses MSSQL via JDBC. In java, the 'Timestamp' object is internally represented as GMT, but when printed, it looks at the timezone of the OS to determine how to display it. I thought that MSSQL would be the same in this respect but it seems not to be... I set a datetime field to, for example, 10:30 am. I then changed my OS's (win xp) timezone from eastern to central, then opened up sql server management studio. The datetime field still showed as 10:30 am. Does this sound right or am I doing something wrong Thanks, Martin No, you are right. ...Show All

• SQL Server Can I automatically see which VIEWS are used for each REPORT?

  Is there a way to see which database views (or tables) were used for each report (For example, I have a report called "Customer Oriented" and it uses 2 views: Customers, and Products. Can I automaticaly pull out this information Thanks, He meant that it is better for you to have pain than for him to have it. (There are lots of times I am all shades of wrong.) R ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ListViewItem selection and focus.

  I have code that enables the drag and drop of a ListViewItem to a Canvas. The problem I have is when the ListView is just populated. I have to select the item once with a mouse click and then again to get the drag to start. If I click on it just once while keeping the left mouse button down it doesn't seem like the item is actually selected yet. I think if I just make sure that the first item in the list is actually selected and focused everytime the list loads I will be fine. Can someone tell me how to do that My listview consists of a gridview with gridviewcolumns bound to an xmldataprovider. Thanks! Yes, I have observed that to be the problem to. Which code are you talking about in this example Is i ...Show All

• SQL Server Query Designer in SQL 2005 Mgmt Studio a let-down?

  Greetings, all. Thanks for all of the great postings in this community. However, one question I have doesn't seem to have been addressed. In SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager, a user could right-click on a table, and choose Open Table>>Query. This option brings the user directly to a query designer very similar to the query designer available in SQL 2005 Management Studio. However, I have been frustrated by the following: - The Open Table option in SQL 2005 returns data immediately where the SQL 2000 Query option did not, meaning it opened faster and did not risk locking any records in the table - In SQL 2005 the user needs to click three buttons to open all of the Panes which the "Open Table>>Query" option in SQL2000 had do ...Show All