Jim Tomasko's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Looking for good setup system...

  I authored an application and need to create a setup program for it so it can install on peoples computers. I tried to use the publish feature that came with Visual Studio 2005. It either seems stripped down or something perhaps I'm doing wrong. I can't find out were to tell it what custom user files I want installed and where to put them. Is the built in publish feature that comes with Visual Studio 2005 ok or is there a better solution Thanks for help, Devin in the full VS (non express) you have the publish but also the full setup and deployment project, which is a proper installer if you like, which automatically downloads the .NET Framework for you, installs it and continues on with th ...Show All

• Visual Basic Tracking user controls - very simple, I'm sure

  Hi everyone - hope you can help me with this. I'm new to .net, and it's been a long time since I've used VB at all... I have made a modified version of the PictureBox, which the user can drag around the form. It just does this using the obvious technique of tracking the mouse position if the 'button is down' flag is true, which is set to true during mouseDown and set to false during mouseUp. It all works fine. BUT I need a way to let the main form know that the user has dragged the control around, so that it can store its current position for later. There are plenty of really ugly ways I can think of to do this, but I'm sure there must be a simple way - anyone In the old days, I think I would have just posted a message to say &quo ...Show All

• SQL Server Copying my SQL Database to another server

  Hi guys, I have created a new SQL database (named “DB”) on my personal pc at home. I want to copy “DB” to my job’s computer, which works on a local net with SQL server. What should I do Thanks a lot, Aldo. 1. Open your SQL Server Enterprise Manager 2. Expand and Point to your database. 3. Right Click on your database (Db), and navigate to "All Task " -- "Backup Database" -- "Add" -- "File Name" 4. Give a proper file name and note the location where the backup file is being created. 5. Copy This file to your Job Computer 6. For Restoring on your Job computer check the following steps 7. Open Enterprise Manager on your job computer. 8. Point to Database Node ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WPF Lab1 (LNGW700) compiler error - x:TypeArguments="Object" is not valid

  HI, I have downloaded wpf hands on lab feb ctp & getting following compiler error in lab1: x:TypeArguments="Object" is not valid. "Object" is not a valid type name reference for the generic argument at position ... Files: UILessPageFunction.xaml, ContactDetailPage1.xaml, ContactDetailPage2.xaml I get this for the final source provided in the lab. Am i missing anything Thanks. Yes, Larry is right on here. We did this breaking change to move the syntax inside of the TypeArguments attribute to be like all other type references in XAML: foo:bar Thanks, Rob Rob Relyea | Program Manager | WPF Team ...Show All

• .NET Development Problems accessing webservice (HELP!)

  Hi there, I’m accessing the Google adwords api, and am getting an intermittent error relating to the soap connection I am creating and using to fetch data from the api. The error is: System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed: A connection that was expected to be kept alive was closed by the server. Now its been suggested to me that I override a method used to make the connection as follows, as its the keepalive that is causing the problem: protected override WebRequest GetWebRequest(Uri uri) { HttpWebRequest webRequest = (HttpWebRequest) base.GetWebRequest(uri); webRequest.KeepAlive = false; return webRequest; } My problem is im using Visual Studio 2005 and do not have ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to obtain tools like Witimport, witexport,witfields for RTM?

  Hi there, How to obtain tools like Witimport, witexport,witfields for RTM ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Update Lyrics for WMP11

  I think for the new WMP11, Microsoft should add the automatic updating of the media information of LYRICS. After all, not just the album name, or the track number is important, the lyrics is one of the most important, many users want to see the lyrics, and if they have thousands of songs they're not going to add them manually. the best place to ask your question would be here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/community/newsgroups/WindowsMedia/default.mspx dg=microsoft.public.windowsmedia&lang=en&cr=US Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Is it possible to update a single object rather than the entire "dataset"?

  I've been reading a lot about Linq to Entities but haven't played much with it yet. I'm wondering, though. If I pull a list of objects (say, a list of Customers) from a database, and then I have a reference to a single customer, like this: Customer TheCustomer = ... If I change some property of the customer, can I issue an update command to only update that customer (and any associated objects, such as contacts) TheCustomer.Phone = "555-1212"; TheCustomer.Contacts.Add(...); TheCustomer.Save(); I don't want to issue a save command on the entire object tree. I just want to save the one customer. Is there any provision for this -Eric Harmon If you have only modified one object, then ...Show All

• .NET Development Interfacing Web Apps with Windows Apps

  How can I get a .Net web forms application to interface and interact with a .Net windows forms application I ask because I am planning a web based application that will allow users to create custom .Net code to extend their site and compile it via a Win32 application that accesses the proper compiler and saves the DLL to the proper /bin folder, etc. Any advice on how to do this I'm sorry but I think I posted this in the wrong forum. I saw "Communication" and thought it would be the right place but after thinking about it for a minute I think I made a mistake. Would a moderator please move this to the correct forum if this isn't the correct one, please Thanks. ...Show All

• Community Chat Attention Excel people!!!

  There is a program out there called Spreadsheet Gear. It lets you create spreadsheets then use VB to view it in a form and write code just as if you were using VBA. There is a free version when you register your VB Express. Your registration email has a link to the registration benefits portal. This version does not have support, however if you download the 30 day trial from their website they will give you support for the 30 days. After that if you still want to stay with the free version then i guess the forum will help with support from all us Excel people. I have been using it for a week now and I am so impressed with it, imagine creating formulas visually and not having to deal with sql or access. ...Show All

• SQL Server SQLCE - Getting started Questions....

  I am trying to soak in all this information regarding SQLCE and was hoping someone could set me off in the right direction. Scenario: I have an Windows Mobile 5.0 data collection application that I need to sync with a desktop database. I will need the ability to sync 1 or more Pocket PC's with a desktop database. Questions: 1.) Assuming I need to sync the data, is using a SQLCE database on the device AND the desktop a viable solution 2.) If not, would my only other option be to use SQL Server Express (SQL Server is not an option, $$$) 3.) Keeping simplicity in mind, what would be my best choice of syncing technology RDA Merge Replication Microsoft Synchronization Services for ADO.NET Generally speaking, I want to know if YOU were sta ...Show All

• SQL Server the process sometimes never end using amo or XMLA.

  I wrote program to generate many cube use one unique design and different data(in the same structure). But in some cases(now it's in most cases), the process never end. that is,the following statement never end with no exception. database.Process(ProcessType.ProcessFull); //database is a Microsoft.AnalysisServices.Database instance Acturally, If in Sql Server Management Studio, I right click the same cube and press "Process", the processing only takes several minutes to finish. I also added trace output in my program, it seems that after all measures have been sucessfully processed, the process did nothing but never return. It's very strange, for the same design and same data,but in different run, it will als ...Show All

• Smart Device Development how to load dll file in smartphone?

  Hi all, I'm using C# to write the windows mobile 2003 application and deployed on the smartphone. I used the method [DllImport ("vam.dll")] public extern void detect(string xmlFile, string imgName); to import the dll into the application "Debug" folder. i call the dll funcion using detect("xmlFile", myImage); My application is to detect the region on the image file automatically on the desktop and it runs successfully on the desktop version. Now, i have to migrate my existing automatic detecion of region on desktop to the smartphone. I using the same method mentioned above, there is no compile error found. But, when i run on the smartphone, I get the error while running. The error is "NotSuppo ...Show All

• SQL Server Can we use User Defined Functions in Report Builder

  In a typical Database, there are tables, views, stored Procedures, user Defined Functions. We could use tables and views in designing the Report Model. We cannot use Stored Procedures, I tried that. Please could somebody tell me if we could use User Defined Functions What if a view is already using a user defined function, is the function automatically includid in the Model Design Thank you, Thank you very much, You said we can use Stored Procedures when we are designing the Report Model. Am I right Please could you tell me details of Where and how can you set the CommandType as "StoredProcedure" Thank you, ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Data binding a DataSet with a many-to-many relationship

  I have a database with the following schema: ___________ ______________ _____________ | PluginTable |-->| PluginExtension |<--| ExtensionTable | ------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------ | PluginID | | PluginID | | ExtensionID | | PluginName| | ExtensionID | | ExtensionName| ------------------- ------------------------ ----------------------- I used the VS2005 DataSet generator to create a typed DataSet with this schema implemented. It is straight forward to create a ListBox with all the Plugins listed and then controls displaying the data in the PluginTable. I would like to create a secondary ListBox with the Extensions that are related to a particular Plugin an ...Show All