MarlAtkins's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Unable to create SQL Server Mobile Subscription

  I have been following Creating a Mobile Application with SQL Server Mobile: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171908.aspx I have successfully created the snapshot. When performing the following: Configure the publication for Web synchronization In SQL Server Management Studio, in Object Explorer, expand the (local) computer node. Right-click the Replication folder, and then choose Configure Web Synchronization There is no option when Right-clicking the Replication folder under my local server, however there IS an option for Configuring Web Synchronization on the Replication folder under SQL Server Mobile. (Unfortunately the Configure the publication for Web Synchronization is listed BEF ...Show All

• Windows Forms Plotting a graph of a function

  Hi everyone, I have to perform an application in which there is a form where you can choose some kind of data, and then a window with a graph appears. The question is: how can you plot a function (using for instance class Graphics) For example, how can I plot the sine function Moreover, is it better to use .NET or Winapi (I tried to use winapi - with the aid of the book of Charles Petzold - but it's a very difficult task...maybe you have some piece of code that I can reuse ). Thank you very much! I wrote up a simple sample just to help you get started: protected override void OnPaint( PaintEventArgs e) { //base.OnPaint(e); Graphics g = e.Graphics; PlotGraph(g, -10, 10, 1, 20, 100); ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Can I decide which kind of work item types are visible?

  For example, I design a few work item types. Some of them will be used by test team, and the others will be used Dev team. How can I implement the work item types belonged to Dev team doesn't appear on the work item type menus of a tester's client Unfortunately we do not have a feature in V1 to scope workitemtype visibility by groups or users. If you want to prevent certain groups of users creating certain workitemtypes, you can use transitition security when defining workitemtype transititions ...Show All

• Windows Forms ClickOnce deployment prerequisite error

  Hello everyone, I have a project with a few prerequisites. The problem is that when I try to deploy this in the client's computers with user permissions it fails saying the computer doesn't have the permissions required.....This the log for installing the Crystal Reports .Net 2.0 prerequisite: The following properties have been set: Property: [AdminUser] = false {boolean} Property: [ProcessorArchitecture] = Intel {string} Property: [VersionNT] = 5.1.2 {version} Running checks for package 'Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8', phase BuildList Reading value 'FullInstallVer' of registry key 'HKLM\Software\Microsoft\DataAccess' Read string value '2.81.1117.0' Setting value '2.81.1117.0 {string}' for property 'MDACVersion' The following ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to implement copy/paste/cut/undo/redo commands in C#?

  Could someone please tell me how to implement the copy/paste/cut commands for the Edit menu items in C#  2005 I can implement those commandsfor each textbox individually, but my application has about 100 textboxes. It will be very tedious to do the same thing for each of them. I guess there must be some way to implement those commands for the whole application.   Thanks! Ok, I've done the whole sample: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace Samples { public partial class ToolMenu : Form ...Show All

• SQL Server This expression doesn't work.

  I'm trying to write an expression in a text box and the expression is as below. =IIF( Parameters!Days.Value >=0 and IsDate(Parameters!FromDate.Value)=True ,Format(DATEADD(DateInterval.Day,Cint(Parameters!Days.Value), Parameters!FromDate.Value ),"yyyy/MM/dd"),"") It works ok when Parameters!Days.Value >=0 and IsDate(Parameters!FromDate.Value)=True, but when Parameters!Days.Value =0 and Parameters!FromDate.Value is nothing (i.e. Parameters!FromDate.Value=""), it doesn't work and comes up with '#Error'. However, if I change the expression to the below, it works with the exact same parameters used in the above expression. it looks to me that RS doesn't want to deal with a tiny bit complexit ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista ALT+TAB and owned windows in Vista

  Hi I'm playing around with build 3270, and I've noticed that it computes the ALT+TAB list differently than XP does. In XP, if you have window A owns window B, then only the window which is highest in the Z-order ever appears in the ALT+TAB list (I'm ignoring WS_EX_APPWINDOW and WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW modifications). In Vista they both appear. Is this a conscious change in Vista, or is it a bug Are there official, documented changes to the ALT+TAB behavior in Vista I installed Visual Studio 2003 and noticed that it appears twice in the ALT+TAB list, since the frame window has a secret owner window. I know that the interaction between ownership and ALT+TAB is veiled in myth. I work on an application which has many toplevel windows and it has a s ...Show All

• Visual Basic VB 2003 - IDE won't allow form edit

  I created a form with a tab control and buttons on each tab. I saved the changes and when I went to edit the form again, all editing has been disabled. I can not delete, copy or even move any of the controls on the tabs. I checked to see if the form was somehow marked as read-only and it is not. I checked to see if the controls are locked and they are not. Has anyone encountered this in the past Ken: Thanks for the reply and suggestion. I am not using an Source Control and I checked the service pack and I am at SP 1. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Missing Word Add-in template in VSTO 2005

  Hi I have downloaded and installed VSTO 2005 from MSDN web site. When I open a new Project and choose Office, the only templates available are: Excel Workbook, Excel Template, Outlook Add-in, Word Document and Word Template. I have Office 2003 installed and I don't understand why the additional Add-ins are not included in VSTO Any help or suggestions will be appreciated! Dan To be able to develop add-ins with VSTO you need to install VSTO 2005 SE as well. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=5e86cab3-6fd6-4955-b979-e1676db6b3cb&displaylang=en ...Show All

• .NET Development How to extract version info from an EXE

  Hello As part of my build process I'm tring to write a console app that scans a directory and loggs the versions of all the EXEs and DLLs it finds. The problem is that not all of our apps are developed in .net and I need a way to extract the version information from VB6 EXEs. Has anybody done anything like this before Thanks Avi you can try using the FileVersionInfo class in the System.IO namespace. Example: System.IO.FileVersionInfo versionInfo = System.IO.FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo(" filename "); MessageBox.Show(versionInfo.FileVersion); ...Show All

• Visual Basic Inherited Controls

  I frmB inherits a label and ComboBox Controls frmA is there any way that i can repostion those controls on frmB Hi You should be able to attach a reference to the controls in frmA from frmB using MyBase.Controls(ControlName) eg .. somewhere in frmB dim lbl as label = directcast(mybase.controls("Label1"), label) Give me a shout if that does not work Richard ...Show All

• SQL Server Report Services Instance not found

  after re-installing sql server 2005 server reporting services when i start the Reporting Services Configuration Manager a message pops up saying "Not Found", at the instance selection screen. when i type in the name of the server and click find i get the same message.. what am i doing wrong When i go to sql server 2005 surface area to check if the report service is running i see the service listed under Surface area configuration for Services and Connection and it is started by local system. when i go to Surface Area configuration for features and i click on reporting services a message pops up that says Not Found (System.Management) why is this ...Show All

• Windows Forms .Images.SetKeyName designer generated code exception

  I recently converted a solution from vs 2003 to 2005. On the main form i use a couple of imagelists. On every imagelist i use i get an exception on the designer generated code. Example: Me .IL_Treeview.ImageStream = CType (resources.GetObject( "IL_Treeview.ImageStream" ), System.Windows.Forms.ImageListStreamer) Me .IL_Treeview.TransparentColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent Me .IL_Treeview.Images.SetKeyName(0, "page.png" ) Me .IL_Treeview.Images.SetKeyName(1, "bricks.png") Me .IL_Treeview.Images.SetKeyName(2, "brick.png" ) Me .IL_Treeview.Images.SetKeyName(3, "cog.png" ) Me .IL_Treeview.Images.SetKeyName(4, "arrow_back.png" ) Me .IL_Treeview.Images.SetKey ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions c-mon guys..help me out

  I asked for help in my other thread.. button help needed... big problem.... I had a couple of replies...but I am still stuck....can you help please thaks for the replies guys.... but saving the urls is fine for me...as I can save the urls that I want......ie...google.com... but if someone else was to use my browser....I want them to be able to assign the buttons to their preferences... actually I messed up....because I have 10 menu items named site1 to site10......... the idea was to save your favorite sites to the menu items......but my favotite sites are not your favorite sites.... see the problem I need a way to save the menu items to the documents folder....so that the user can change them....... I ...Show All

• Smart Device Development coredll.dll

  where is my coredll.dll I'm trying following api function [DllImport("coredll.dll", SetLastError = true)] private static extern bool KernelIoControl(Int32 dwIoControlCode, IntPtr lpInBuf, Int32 nInBufSize, byte[] lpOutBuf, Int32 nOutBufSize, ref Int32 lpBytesReturned); and following is the exception Unable to load DLL 'coredll.dll': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E) somebody please help me what device are you using coredll should be registered with the device PATH already, no need to specify a path to it, as far as I'm aware.   I should ask ... you ARE using a WinCE/Windows Mobile smart device, right, this isn't for a desktop application ...Show All