Beetle54's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Animated GIF in DataGridViewImageCell

  Hi Is it possible to display animated GIF in DataGridViewCell It has to be repaint in order to update frame however I do not know how to force Paint method. Can anybody help me how to do it There is no Invalidate method for the cell.' Thanks Ela Hi I did it - almost - a few minutes ago. I created my own column and cell class and I use ImageAnimator in order to animate image. The image blinks however instead of gif I see x as it was no defined gif. When I display this gif in Internet Explorer it blinking OK. My image is shown. Is there any trick in the grid For sure everything is OK with animated gif. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to pass value of a context parameter to a web/load test via VS command prompt

  Hi, I've a web test that has a context parameter (say pageurl). I am able to set a value in the VS and run from both VS and cmd prmt. How ever if I want to run the same webtest for a different value, is it possible for me to set the value @ cmd prmt and run the webtest (I'll not set the value of CP in the VS). This way, I can make my webtest more generic. if this particular webtest is passed as a value for a load test, will it be able to actually hit the page URL I've set via cmd prmt Thanks in advance. Yes, setting an environment variable on your local machine will no affect tests running from a controller. In that case, you'd need to set the environment variable on each agent machine, but that's really a difficult solut ...Show All

• Windows Forms First VB trial and no joy

  Hi I have developed a number of ASP applications, and also quite a few Access-VBA apps. I had a need to monitor some Access applications that run unattended, so I decided to take the plunge (from VBA to VB) and to try to write a VB.Net app with VS2005. That proved to be a torturous move, as nothing seems to work, and I am getting nowhere whatever I try. I created a project, added a form, then had to look all over the place to find out how I could simply access my Access DB and launch a SELECT statement on one of the table. But whatever I do, and even before I get to the connection to the Access DB, i ALWAYS get the same error, which tells me absolutely nothing: " A first chance exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occ ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Downloading the software

  I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question, but I could not find an answer. My question is, is there a place I could order or get a Visual Studio Express Editions CD or DVD rather than downloading them from this site. I live in a rural area where I can't get an high speed internet connection and downloading on dial-up would take about 20 hours of tying up my phone line. Thanks for any help you could give. James.... You might want to look into getting a copy of the book Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 express edition: Build a Program Now . The book comes with a cd that has vb and sql express on it. Or I think the dummies guide .... also provides a free CD as well. Or you can ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How to plot GPS points using VB2005 CF2

  Hi I'm new to VB2005 and mobile programming especially using .net CF2. At this moment I'm working to develop a GPS application. I'm having a problem to display GPS points which are in geographical coordinates (latitute and longitude or northing and easting). How to convert these coordinates into display coordinate Any basic example should be used useful to me. Thanks. shah Take a look at this article: http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/WritingGPSApplications1.asp ...Show All

• Windows Forms cascading/dependant combobox in gridview in VB 2005

  In my gridview, i have 2 combobox columns. I need to populate items in combo 2 based on selection in combo 1 How can i accomplish this Alex There is a sample on the vb-tips website ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How can save,open,print files in exe format?

  How can save,open,print files in exe format Click the save, open, and print buttons in the exe! http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/exe/ http://www.program-transformation.org/Transform/PcExeFormat ...Show All

• Gadgets Download and unzip a file from a Gadget ?

  Hi, My gadget needs to download (via HTTP) a zip file and unzip it. This file contains information so local search can be done on client side. In Dashboard/Yahoo we have curl and unzip unix utilities to easily achieve that with some simple system call. How can you do that with Microsoft Gadgets Thanks in advance, PKZIP you can't distribute. 7-Zip you can as it comes under GNU, read the FAQ on their site. Where the ZIP is coming from will determine how you download it. ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development IE7 the culprit? outlook express hotmail problem

  I use OE6 to archive my hotmail locally via dial-up until I installed IE7 and then I'm requested to logon when synchronizing my hotmail folders. I have not been able to logon yet and synch my mail. I also have McAfee security running and have disabled it to see if the connection is being firewalled to no avail. I just need to know for sure if hotmail is no longer available to OE users or there is an easy fix to restore what was a very handy facility. Help! Afew minutes after I posted this I found KB907942, an obscure update that Most Magnificent Microsoft has for just this problem. I will repost if it doesn't work. sorry riggs,I wouldn't want to recommend tweaking your registry without some pro guidanc ...Show All

• .NET Development Why does AppDomain.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(..) work and AppDomain.CreateInstanceFrom(...).UnWrap doesn't?

  Why does AppDomain.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(..) work and AppDomain.CreateInstanceFrom(...).UnWrap doesn't I'm trying to load an assembly in a AppDomain. The AppDomain.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap works but only when the assembly is in the GAC. I do not want to use the GAC so I've tried to use the AppDomain.CreateInstanceFrom and then use the ObjectHandle.Unwrap() to ge the Object but this fails when I try to cast it to my Object with: Unable to cast transparent proxy to type 'Configuration.CompileProxy.Compiler'. Here's the code: AppDomain ad = AppDomain.CreateDomain("Temp Domain"); // create a new try { //Configuration.CompileProxy.Compiler galaxyCompiler = (Configuration.CompileProxy.Compiler)ad.C ...Show All

• Windows Forms Bug? tabs of tabcontrol lose color when new tab is added

  If I add a new tab to the tab control all the other tabs lose their back color becoming transparent. However, the color still appears on the property page and the label backcolors on the tab still maintain the original color. What can I do to avoid this Is this a bug Thanks for any help on this. smhaig Hello All. smhaig: I couldn't duplicate your problem, but I do have a suggestion. With the TabControl in the Visual Designer, it is very easy to mis-cue with the mouse and think you have selected a different tab page when you in fact have not. I suggest adding the additional tab page, then starting the app and stepping through the tab pages to verify that the previous ones have in fact ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. GSE and Vista

  So I heard on letskilldave (and the FAQ mentions it too) that there will be no Vista support for awhile, but I was really curious as to what the policy of GSE on Vista was. Is there some technical reason that it will not run, or is it something discouraged due to lack of testing e.g., will I be able to convince it to run by fooling/mangling the installer, or will it explode when I try to do anything with it Having just installed Vista 5536 on my best machine (the one sitting next to my 360 and the one with a new video card) and loving it, I don't think I could stand switching back to XP. I also need to do some ‘real’ dev under Vista, so that makes things difficult too ;( Thanks for any info anyone knowledgeable can ...Show All

• SQL Server Simplest "Transfer SQL Server Objects Task" failure

  I'm perplexed and in need of a sanity check ... Instance of SQL2K5-SP1 on Server2003R2. Created two databases Test1 and Test2, create single 2-column table (tblTest)in Test1 with one row of data. Create SSIS package to transfer the table and its data to database Test2 using "Transfer Objects Task". Fails with error code 1073548784. I have tested for security issues and don't beleive these to be the cause: I have monster privelidges and can successfully use SSIS packages to execute CREATE TABLE etc. Have also tried most combinations of Task options (eg COPY ALL OBjects etc etc) Have tried this on three different servers: same results. This simple test is the result of distilling down problems I'm having with SSIS ma ...Show All

• SQL Server How to get INSERT-SQL for rows?

  Hi I'm using the SQL Server 2005 Express edition. I've manually created some rows in a table "Books". If I right-click on "dbo.Books" and choose "Script Table As --> Create To --> New Query Editor Window", I get the SQL for creating that table. But how do I get the INSERT-SQL for the rows already inserted Kind Regards hi, there's no support for that task, you have to do it your self.. or you can have a look at a free prj of mine, amInsert, available at http://www.asql.biz/en/Download2005.aspx regards ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Changing text in static text control

  hi, I am having a dialog box .........which contains static text control........i hav a caption for that static control............how can i change the caption............of the static control......programatically........outside the dialog class. Thnx in advance, Sudhakar. hi, Thnx for ur advice.............its working............i completed my task.............thnx..........keep in touch Bye, Sudhakar. ...Show All