R Raghu's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms how to pass searching for updates if the publishing location is down

    when starting published application, it tries to get the updates from the publishing location, if he can't find the location then error message will appear and user can't start the application. how  can i force the application to start using the previous version of the application if the location is down thankfully waiting for reply ASAP. I was pretty sure apps should be able to start if they can't get to the web server. Hopefully someone from the ClickOnce team can jump in. One thing you can do is to change your settings when you publish so that updates are checked in the background. This will allow the app to start. THe downside is that if you have an update available, without some code in your app to handle ...Show All

• Visual Basic When will Classic ASP be desupported?

  When will classic ASP be desupported It looks like VS.NET 2005 doesn't work well with ASP, so will ASP be desupported when VS.NET 2003 is desupported Will this happen when the next version of VS.NET is released I agree and was going to post the same thing. There are alot of people who are converting from ASP to ASP.NET not only to move on to bigger and better things but to leave ASP at rest (for good reasons of course). Better start using ASP.NET, it is the future. I'd give it another 6-8 years - but thats just me. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. OnStarting() method

  I'm going through this XNA video tutorial and I get to this part where I do: protected override- and intellisense comes up and OnStarting() method is supposed to be in the list but it isn't. I'm not sure how old this tutorial is, but was that method taken out in Beta2, and renamed, or what ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Multi point route

  Hi, Simple question...is it possible to have a route with multiple stops on it. I don't want to just go from A to B, I want to go from A to B to C to D. Is there something I'm missing or is this a fundamental omission Hope someone knows Cheers I asked Alex Daley ( http://blogs.msdn.com/virtualearth/default.aspx ) from the Virtual Earth team and he said there are no plans to include support for routes with more than two points on the Virtual Earth Mapping Control at this point. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Clicking between forms

  Hi, I' ve got two forms with buttons on both. I need to switch when I want between the forms. Now when I click on a button of another form. The Form gets first the focus. Then I need to click once more for the button_event. Is there a way to click just one time Grtz Annihil8 Question: do you see the button the parent form depress the first time you attempt to click it or does it simply change focus first, then you actually see it depress and the event fires on the 2nd try ...Show All

• .NET Development Reading file sizes, name, date on the server

  I'm trying to make a program that basically say that every morning run this directory and scan through all the files. Then record the name, size and the date and then compare with the one that already existed in the database. If everything is match then pop up message say GOOD. If something has been changed then pop up a message say NOT GOOD. But aslo if i know that there was an update on the file so the date has been changed, that program should also have an update function to update the database. For instance File1 800kb 7/18/2006 File 2 1mb 7/17/2006 because this is the first time i run this program so i have to insert this into the data base. so after inserting, the database will have a list of file 2 and 1 with ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Need help with screen workarea

  Hi, im working on a sidebar for my desktop. I want it to work like the task bar, meaning that all windows forms i open (e.g. internet explorer) will only go up to the task bar, and not the end of the screen. Does anyone know how to do this thanks. http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html code/screen/systemparaminfo.htm Check this site out, and search online for SPI_SETWORKAREA. Using the example above you should be able to work it out. Sorry, I had a bit of code lying around that did this but must have lost it in recent cleanup. ...Show All

• SQL Server insert or update statement depending on existance

  hi, i have a table bill defined as follows:(relevant fields) billidall billid reference pono amountFC type example 123 1 r3 ca1 100 amount 123 2 r3 ca1 10 vat 123 3 r3 ca1 20 duty 995 4 rc1 ca2 500 duty 521 5 ref1 ca2 400 amount now i have a table in my program having values.: 123 31 r3 ca1 990 amount 123 22 r3 ca1 99 vat 123 34 r3 ca1 20 duty 995 45 rc1 ca2 500 duty 111 66 re4 ca2 642 amount notice that billid is my pk. i need a way to mayb ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Linq to Entities and Linq to SQL

  I've just about finished reading the ADO.NET Entity Framework Overview document and have been playing with Linq, Xlinq, Dlinq (apologies for no political correctness in what these are all called now). One thing i don't quite get is why the distinction between ADO.Net entities (Linq to Entities) and Linq to SQL - other than for historical reasons. Now i think i grasp the intentions and purposes of both (disclaimer : i haven't read all the docs about dLinq quite yet!), but why they are defined as being different is a little confusing for me. Would Linq to SQL not be regarded as conceptual "Linq to Entity" - that is ADO.Net entity over a single table In other words, although they operate on a slightly different basis, should I ...Show All

• Windows Forms Ctrl+C for TextBox in a MdiChild Form not working

  Hello, The shortcut Ctrl+C is not working for a TextBox when this one is on a MDIChild form. If I open the form outside the MdiParent, then it works. I verified, ShortcutsEnabled is true. I don't use/need context menus nor want to write TextBox.Copy() inside a KeyUp event or something like . Just want to use Ctrl+C The same problem was reported on threads: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=751139&SiteID=1 http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=146126&SiteID=1 But no clear answer about it. Nor if this is a bug or if there is a work around. ...Show All

• Visual C# SourceSafe 6.0 Automation

  I'm writing an application that interacts with sourcesafe through its API. Its working nice, but I'm having problems with one function. It's the get_Version function from VSSItem class. It accepts a variant parameter: If a datetime value is passed, it returns the version based by the version's date. if its a number, it returns based by the version number. if its a string, it returns based on the label. The problem is, I use numeric Label. Even if i pass the numeric label as a string, (.get_Version("5655") ), the function recognizes it as a number. How can I force the function to recognize it as a string and search for the label instead of the version number  I'm using C# with Visual Studio 2003. AFAIK that is b ...Show All

• Smart Device Development deploy with the .exe file

  I have finished an application with c# .net cf 2.0 And I build it with the setting is "release" "any cpu", then I send the application's .exe to my user, and the exe file be in the application\bin\release . the user's handset is windows mobile 5 handset. Can the .exe run at the user's handset Is it right of my deploy way Please tell me, Thank you Dear ahmed, the files i have posted are working well and i receive no complains from any customer about it, plus the link you posted is 37 MB so it will not be very easy for all customers to download it. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Getting Return Data from a sub Workflow

  Hello. I am calling a sub workflow from a work flow via the "invokeWorkflow" shape. Here is my problem. The sub workflow returns a value that is displayed via a web service. How can I retrieve that value from the sub workflow in the main workflow The master web service passes a value into the main workflow, and that value is in turn passed in the sub workflow so that it can perform its work. Now I need to get the return value back. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Steve, This example is great, but I have some questions.  I need to call a child workflow from a parent workflow and then tell the parent workflow what event to call.  Inside the WorkflowCompleted event (in ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 360 Deployment Issues

  Hello   I've downloaded the latest version of XNA: GSE, signed up to Creators Club, downloaded the launcher, created a key and entered it into GSE.  The 360 is sitting there waiting for a PC connection but the deployment just times out.   I've checked the subnet and they're both 255,255,255,0. It doesn't work whether it's wireless or wired. I can't ping it from the PC, it just times out. Got another pal to try pinging their 360 from their PC and they get a similar time out.   I've also made sure all the required ports are open, I think.  I'm not sure, we have a Belkin router and I've added the ports the docs say to add but I can't test whether they are actually open or not.   L ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions will using (C#) / Imports(VB) Declarations at the top of code file decrease performance?

  Hi I've about using(C#) /Imports(VB) declarations at top of Code file. Will that decreases any performace like incereasing load on memory Thanks in advance The using/imports statements are there to make it easier for the developer to write code and should not have any effect on performance or memory usage. These pieces of code mean exactly the same but with the using statement it is much easier to read. First when using the using statement. Using System.Windows.Forms; ... Form form = new Form(); Compared to when not using the using statement. System.Windows.Forms.Form form = new System.Windows.Forms.Form(); ...Show All