crondog's Q&A profile

• .NET Development which is the better data storage, XML or Excel

  Hi, I am developing a windows application that requires constant connection to data store. The data will then be used for calculation. I don't wanna use SQL database as i thought the retrival process could slow down the performance. Hence, I am thinking of using either XML or Excel as data store for retrival and calculation. Is there anyone know where I can find more information about how to choose the approperiate data store. any help is appreciated. Thanks!! Carol It sounds like you need to think about your application requirements clearly. For optimal performance, you need an in-memory data store. This can be implemented using the constructs such as DataSet, DataTable if you need to mimic a database structure and capa ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums command button issue

  Hi, I've got 3 command buttons set up in an excel worksheet that each have a macro assigned to it. One of which is a print function. My problem is that whenever I print, the buttons move around on the sheet. I've got a print area set up and the buttons are outside the print area, I'm not sure if that would cause it to do that. Is there a way I can lock the buttons to make them stay in place and not jump around Thanks. I've had exactly the same problem as well, Mine defaults to "Move but don't size with cells" I changed it to "Move and size with cells" - placement 1 That has solved it for me, try it. regards. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista xmlToken

  Hi all, Everytime I want to create a card I have always an error: "Class not registered". In the Windows Cardspace I have the same problem when I click in "yes, choose a card"! When I make the debug the error is in this script: <script language="javascript"> function GoGetIt() { var xmltkn=document.getElementById("_xmltoken"); var thetextarea = document.getElementById("xmltoken"); thetextarea.value = xmltkn.value ; } </script> It seems that the code can't find the xmltoken file. Anyone nows where I can get this file How can I resolve this problem Thanks in advance! Amadeum Hi, I tried your code and I get an "Access is ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Error 1406 Installing Web Developer Express

  Successfully downloaded all 344 MB of the Visusl Web Developer Epress load (VWD, MSDN documentation, SQL Server Express) Encountered error in doing VWD setup using Windows Installer 3.1 in Win XP SP2 machine. (SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition has been sucessfully installed previously and is currently installed on the machine and the service was running). -------------------Error Message Box-------------------------------------- Title: Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition Setup Message: Error 1406.Could not write value to key  \CLSID\{AC0714F7-3D04-11D1-AE7D-00A0C90F26F4}\ProdID.  Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel. Buttons: ABORT RETRY IGNORE ---------------- ...Show All

• .NET Development How to get the URL of http request sender

  hi, How do I capture the URL of an http request sender in vb.net Example: website1 sends a request for a mypage.aspx in website 2. On the mypage.aspx code-behind, how do I capture the url of website 1 What http class and property will give me the above information thanks... I'm not sure I've understood your question correct. But is it the referer you're looking for In other words; do you want to get information about which page the user came from If that's the case, you can use the "Request.UrlReferrer" property. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Debug Error

  When I debug it pops up a message when its finished: "Debugging information for 'Tutorial.exe' cannot be found or does not match.Binary was not built with debug information." I've tried to reinstall several times. Help please! Thanks a lot!!! ...Show All

• Visual Studio Urgent - Getting the number of rows return from a report using C Sharp

  Hi, I am new to .net and crystal report and I would like to know how to get the number of rows return from a report in my .net application (using CrystalReportViewer) I would like to display a message box if no records were found. I would be very grateful if someone can help . Thank you, C Style ...Show All

• SQL Server Update with same table

  I am trying the follwing code UPDATE STAGING . DBO . CUSTOMERLOAD SET SellToCustomerName = T2 . CustomerName FROM STAGING . DBO . CUSTOMERLOAD T1 LEFT OUTER JOIN STAGING . DBO . CUSTOMERLOAD T2 ON T1 . CompanyCode = T2 . CompanyCode and T1 . SellToCustomer = T2 . Customer and get this error Msg 8154, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 The table 'STAGING.DBO.CUSTOMERLOAD' is ambiguous. i am using same table three times, isnt it possible in SQL ne idea Change the update statement to: UPDATE T1 SET SellToCustomerName = T2 . CustomerName FROM STAGING . DBO . CUSTOMERLOAD T1 LEFT OUTER JOIN STAGING . DBO . CUSTOMERLOAD T2 ON T1 . C ...Show All

• Visual C# Unable to connect to database

  Hello. I am developing my databaseapplication, and I work on the same server where SQLEXPRESS is installed. My prototyping was done on a lokaldatabase. Now I need to connect to the real database but i get errormessage when trying to connect with wizzard: Unable to open physical file: D:/program files........++ . Operating system error 32 (Error not found)An attempt to attach an autonamed database for file.....failed. .. Do you have any suggestion what to do Now I tried with SQL server 2005 and i got this error. the file \\810-......mdf is not on network path that is supported for database files.. I always thought that I can connect to my databaseserver and database from my application w ...Show All

• Windows Forms Download file from URL after login URL form

  Hello, I'm looking for a code in VB.NET or for access 2003 that do the following: 1. Browse to a web page contain form with username and password. 2. submit the username and password 3. download a file from URL How can I do that Depends on the web site you want to work with. For some of that you will be able to automate login process just by sending web-request (GET or POST) using HttpWebRequest or WebClient class... For some of that you will have to automate the browser (for instance, if it uses AJAX or something like this)... But, if it is possible, I recommend you to implement a web service on the server side and use it to download files. It will be much easier. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Can i force developers to add comments at check-in ?

  I need developers to add comments at check-in time - probably i will need a custom check-in policy (how do i do that ). I know i can force developers to asociate work items at check-in but in our case it would be much easier if i could force them to add only comments ! 10x ok i solve the problem and i want to share the steps involved: (some of them "copy & paste" from different blogs and artivles). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. build the custom checkin policy dll. (as described in here ) 2. copy it to a path on thr local machine. for example, c:\CheckinPolicies\MyPolicy.dll (this dll shuld be in each developer machi ...Show All

• Windows Forms MSDN like help interface

  Hi, This is a general question. I want to know how microsoft has designed the MSDN interface. One thing that I really want to do is incorporating their feedback thing into my help files. In MSDN you can rate an article and if you click submit, it opens outlook to send the rating and comments. How did they do that In my application the help is through chm files. Can I incorporate the feedback mechanism with my existing chm files I dont have a clue on where to start. Any pointers on this would be appreciated. Thanks! Yes, this is possible with the HTML Help Workshop. To include a simple link, just add this line to your page: <P><A HREF="mailto:nobugz@onthe.net">Feedback</A></ ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Xbox 360 Official Dev Kit vs. "the XNA thing"

  Here goes, The official dev kits intergrate within Visual Studio and compile on PC and send the executable to the machine and launch it via remote debugging. This also allows for breakpoints, steping thru code, etc. Will this new XNA subscription and Game Studio Express be similar to this idea I'm dreading things like relying on Windows support and burning it to a CD to play it on the 360. (For example) I guess what I was asking was more detailed information on what "remote debugging" means on this platform. Will it have, watch windows, breakpoints, stepping thru code, etc If it does than i'm uber excited for this. :) ...Show All

• Visual C++ CWinFormsControl and VC.NEt

  1) Is CWinFormsControl supported by VC.NET 2) How would I use a .NET control in native code in VC.NET. I wrote some code in VC2005 using the CWinFormsControl class. I included afxwinforms.h in my stdafx.h file to facilitate the class. But when I tried running the code under CV.NET it said that afxwinforms wasn't found. So my question is: Is CWinFormsControl supported by VC.NET . and if so do include afxwinforms.h or something else. and if this is not supported by VC.NET how would I use a .NET control in native code in VC.NET. Thanks! I have VC2005 standard. But yeah, I'm getting a compile error saying that afxwinforms.h was not found when compiling using VC2003.net. When I looked at msdn online library under .NET ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How to ActiveSync Time at moblie..

  I found a free software at http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp id=19734  site : the free software have a  function : "World Clock Sync can sync with internet atomic NTP time servers. Once you connect with ActiveSync, or with GPRS, you can adjust the time of your Pocket PC accurately!" .....But How to programe code for this function ...Can erverybody give me some suggests or some API for it..Thanks! NTP is called SNTP (Simple NTP) for Win CE devices.  I've never done it myself, but from what I can tell, you can just setup your local server and sync it with an online server.  Go here for the whole rundown of SNTP: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/wcecomm5/html/wce5 ...Show All