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• Visual Studio Express Editions commands

  where do i go to learn about all the vb commands, as i read these posts i am learning about commands that m books dont tell me about. how can do somethhing if i dont know the commands. things like accept and so on thats what i am talking about, you say there isnt a book or web site i can goto to get an explanation about a comand, so are you saying if i want to expand my knowledge about the command accept or insert so i am more familiar as to what it does so i can use it better, i have to go to the forum because there is no book or web site. it that correct ...Show All

• Windows Forms Image type

  What image type should I use for buttons because image background should be transparent in case of theme changing. Thanks. Hi, I guess you want to make the background image to be somewhat transparent, so you can first drawing transparent images using Alpha Blending: http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/mahesh/DrawTransparentImageUsingAB10102005010514AM/DrawTransparentImageUsingAB.aspx Thank you ...Show All

• Visual Basic Help on Access Databases using VB2005

  I am a new user to VB, and need to get started using databases. I am capable of connecting to databases using bound controls to forms, but need to be able to programmatically connect to a Access database, add, edit delete, and close the database. Most examples I found referes to SQL databases. Could anyone provide me with links or samples to connect to a Access database, running a query, retrieving a dataset, then add,edit and delete records, and close. Specially Error Handling, is always a great concern. Thanks Hi, I assume you did not get my e-mail, so I will send it again. I tried your last proposal, and it stil gives the same message. Thanks ...Show All

• .NET Development File search

  Is there anything in the .net library that would allow me to search for a file on a pc, ie. sql2005 installer I need a method that allows me to search specific locations for specified files rather than just checking a predefined path ie File.Exists(filename) as the user may have moved those files to a different location. ta Mark Yes, indeed. It is possible to search subdirectories with the above function by setting the SearchOption. Greetz, Geert Geert Verhoeven Consultant @ Ausy Belgium My Personal Blog ...Show All

• Visual Basic Word.doc

  Is it possible to open a word.doc in a RichTextBox and if yes, how In your project, you'll need to add a reference to Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word which should be found under the Com tab of the Add Reference dialog. Oh, and Word needs to be installed on your machine. Then it's quite simple, this demonstrates opening the file and reading all the text to a string: Dim s As String Dim w As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application Dim d As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Document = w.Documents.Open(FullPathToFile, , True, , , , , , , , , False) d.Select() s = w.Selection.Text d.Close() w.Quit() d = Nothing w = Nothing GC.Collect() Hope this helps :) ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Has the TF Client software been updated since B3R?

  Hi folks, for our trial of TFS we're using the Beta 3 Refresh (i think Refresh 2 it that makes sence). With TFS finally going RTM we're looking at updgrading both the software and unfortunatly the hardware (yeah, moving to a new box). What about the client tools which the few developers and 1 Project Manager have installed on their own machines Do we need to uninstall/re-install the Client tools from RTM What about the other way around I have the Beta 3 Refresh of the TFS running (haven't been able to upgrade yet), but I need to install the RTM version of the Team Explorer. Will the RTM version of TE be able to access the Beta 3 Refresh of TFS Phil ...Show All

• Visual Basic StreamReader

  Okay, say I have a large .txt file and I want to read through it. I know I would use a StreamReader but I don't need ALL of the information from the particular .txt file. How can I read just particular information and store it for temp usage For example, I have an EmployeeSchedule.txt that has more information that just an employees schedule in it. I know the "text" that comes before each part of information I want and I also know the end point for each employee. How can I read that in and store it to say a table until I can create a Crystal Report to show the information collected Thanks for any help, QWERTYtech Okay, so I have my program setup to read each individual line. Ho ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS2003 Start Page in VS2005

  Admittedly I like everything about 2005 and don't hanker for the bad old days of 2003. Yet there is one item I wax nostalgic for...I really liked having a blank Start Page with all my Projects Listed, which could be customized by VS Tweaks , and a New Project / Open Project button. If anyone knows of a way to retro fit 2005, I would appreciate it...other than that...this is just a rambling. Unfortunately, the Start page in VS 2005 was completely redesigned, as the earlier version has some serious security holes with it's implementation. The only customization point would be the news channel URL which can be changed via the Tools.Options dialog, or by manually editing the registry key where's it's stored (HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Vi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Ambiguous error

  I am writting some code to use WebDav in c++ and am getting an error C2872: 'XMLHTTPRequest' : ambiguous symbol and error C2872: 'IXMLHttpRequest' : ambiguous symbol. I can't figure out why. It could be really simple but I can't find it if some one with sharper eyes could see it please point it out to me thanks a lot. Matt #include <stdio.h> #include <iostream> // If necessary, change the file path if your msxml.dll file is // in a different location. #import "c:\windows\system32\msxml.dll" using namespace MSXML; using namespace std; int main( int argc, char * argv[]) { CoInitialize(NULL); // Variables. MSXML::IXMLHttpRequest* pXMLHttpReq=NULL; bstr_t sUr ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Using a CodeDomProvider in an XBAP application

  Hello, My application can be scripted, somewhat as what this article demonstrates: http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/4529/ I was hoping this would work in an XBAP application. However, I get a SecurityException as soon as I try to instantiate one of the CodeDomProvider (Microsoft.JScript.JScriptCodeProvider, in my case). First, the throwing of that exception at "compiler instantiation time" before any of the compiled-at-run-time code gets executed seems heavy handed. I don't see why those security demands are not placed based on the content of the script themselves For example, I could create a script that computes the value of a function, without accessing any resources at all (ex: return 42 * 42;). That seems prett ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development WMP 11 Artist information

  I am currently beta testing WMP11 Beta 2...and am using the online database to categorize my music collection. I would like the artist/song information to be loaded into the tags of my files, as well as MP change the file names to match...I have set these settings up as such, but the problem is that the first "contributing artist" is appearing in the filename/artist tag...so now a large part of my music has the 'contributing artist'(but not the actual artist) listed under the filename and the artist tag... I would consider this a bug...but could anyone explain to me a workaround for this if it isnt This is a WMP question, so you'll probably have better luck if you post it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia ...Show All

• Visual Studio bug with pdf export skews design by shifting lines and textboxes

  I have a perfect report look when viewing from the report viewer, however when I export to pdf, some of the items get shifted further to the right. This madness seems to follow a method: if some items (either lines or textboxes) are on the right 1/3 of the page, they get shifted further to the right at random occurances. My page margins are set to .05, 0, 0, 0 with a page-size of 8.5 x 11. This obviously looks like a deficiency in the microsoft export code, but is there any way of getting around this bug If you could all pile-on with this one, I'd appreciate it. I found the reason for this mischief on the part of the pdf exporter. Solution: Be sure the sub report controls are ...Show All

• SQL Server I have a simular problem as clay.routh, Can you help me please?

  Here is my sumary.txt log file from SQL Express. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 9.00.2047.00 ============================== OS Version : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) Time : Sun Aug 27 08:16:07 2006 HOME-D84394AF4F : Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is either not installed or is disabled. IIS is required by some SQL Server features. Without IIS, some SQL Server features will not be available for installation. To install all SQL Server features, install IIS from Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel or enable the IIS service through the Control Panel if it is already installed, and then run SQL Server Setup again. For a list of features that depend on IIS, see Features Supported by Ed ...Show All

• Visual C++ Vector: deque iterator not dereferencable

  VC++ 8.0: typedef vector<mytype ...> myvector; typedef CComObject<CComEnum<...>> myenum; myvector vect; myenum enum; ... mytype* p0 = &(*vect.begin()); mytype* p1 = &(*vect.end()); ->error: ->"vector iterator not dereferencable" well... mytype* p1 = &(*(--vect.end())); -> ok, but enum.init(p0, p1...) ->lost last element of vect mytype* p1 = &(*(--vect.end())); p1++; enum.init(p0, p1...) ->ok Your comments, please Read this links about checked iterators http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y9ww7c1a.aspx and debug iterator support: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h23zsaxy.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Basic New To Visual Basic 2005

  Hello I am new to Visual Basic 2005. I am looking for some tutorials, or some suggestions on where to get started. Advice would be helpful. Any links for free e books or tutorial are also welcome and most needed. Thanks in advance. if you havent already, download and register the VB express edition as you will recieve ebooks and video tutorials I believe. There is of course the huge online resource at MSDN as well as the internet. There is of course these forums so do post questions. Also try to make some side projects and experiment with them as well as downloading other projects and analyzing and playing with the code. This is the best way to learn. Perhaps even enroll at some college classe ...Show All