Boulton Cédric's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Making a COM

  I was just wondering what one does to make a COM in visual basic (or C# if any one reading this knows that better) basically i want to turn a class ive made into a COM; why I don't know, but it seems cool, and i think i need to learn how to make a com any way; I checked MSDN and it talked about what you should and should not do in your code when making one, but never how to make one. thank you, but my problem is i don't know how to make a dll in the first place, when i click on make a new project dll is not an option. On my C# compiler (but im not very good at C# yet, i currently trying to learn) all i have to do is click on file, new project, dynamic link library; mabey i didn't install my visual basic ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do you erase desktop icons?

  Is there a code that lets you erase an icon from your destop of from your "all programs" list Well.. the icons are actually or programs or shortcuts....its not just an icon ;P and i think you can do that IO.File.Delete("c:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Application.txt") it sets to desktop...but you can change it to others...just go to that path in you're PC and find w/e u want and import the I/O class ofcurse Imports System.IO ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Pulling random names from array

  I guess what I'm trying to make is a random name generator. I thought I would put the names in an array like so: code lastname = " " Dim myarray(2) As String myarray(0) = "Alex" myarray(1) = "Bill" myarray(2) = "Craig" Dim x As Integer x = GetRandomNumber(0, 2) lastname = myarray(x) This tells me that 'x' is already in the current block and stops the program before it goes to debugging. Is this close, what am I doing wrong Or, is there an easier way to do this all together I know I could use a Select Case but I was trying to condense my typing. try this approach my friend.. 'declare globally: Dim myArray( ...Show All

• SQL Server How do you backup a database using sql server 2005 express???

  I know there isn't a backup feature but I was wondering if there was a way to back up a database Thanks!!! For those who are interested have a look at the following post, http://www.virtualrealm.com.au/blogs/mykre/archive/2006/09/01/SQL-Agent-for-SQL-Server-Express.aspx I have found a codeproject system that simulates the Agent.... ...Show All

• Windows Forms To get default focus in MessageBox OK button ....Very important

  I have a code like "MessageBox.Show(this,errorMessageAdaptor.ErrorMessage, SapphireConstants.WARNING_MSGBOX_HEADER, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)" implemented in a menu item click event and this menu has a key board shortcut as CTRL + S. On clicking the menu, the OK button in the MessageBox doesnt have the dotted rectangle indicating that it has the default focus. But while using the keyboard shortcut i am able to see the dotted lines around the OK button in the MessageBox. I also created a sample windows application and with a button. On its click event i wrote this code MessageBox.Show("Hello") . What i noticed was that there was no fo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System bissubscribing events

  1. on tfs server i have run: bissubscribe /eventType BuildCompletionEvent /address a@b /server tfs /filter "TeamProject='project'" /deliveryType EmailPlaintext 2. on VS2005 i run the build 3. the email notification received this is ok but if: 1. bissubscribe /eventType WorkItemChangedEvent /address a@b /server tfs /filter "TeamProject='project'" /deliveryType EmailPlaintext 2. on vs2005 add a new bug/task or change it 3. no email any suggestions So take a look to the table where subscriptions are stored in the TfsIntegration database on server, maybe it is not recording properly the subscriptions, and also check about casing of the event name as it is case sensitive ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Using ContentManager without Xna.FrameWork.Game

  How do I use the ContentManager when not using the FrameWork.Game In all samples we can find " ContentManager aLoader = new ContentManager (Service); " Since I dont use Game as a baseclass I don't have "Service". So I create a service like this " GameServiceContainer Service = new GameServiceContainer () " Now, every thing I try to load, textures, models I get FileNotFound Any idees Ok, now I have implemented my own GraphicsDeviceService that I add to the GameServiceContainer but I still get "File not found". ...Show All

• Visual Basic newbie question about listbox

  Hi, I am very new to VB.NET and I am trying to create a simple application where the user selects a choice from a list box, clicks a button, and then something is displayed in a label on the form depending on what the user has chosen from the listbox. I am trying figure out to do this. I already have the form created, with the choices in the listbox, and the button, etc... The object of the app is, the listbox contains vague error messages that user might give a support tech, the tech would select the vague message from the listbox, hit the 'Translate" button and the 'real' message would be displayed in the label above. thanks, Jim well you need to have a collection/storage of this "vague error ...Show All

• SQL Server Copy data from 2000 to 2005 using Express Edition

  Hi all I am using Windows XP Prof, SP2 and having Sql Server 2000, SP4 and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services SP1, and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Toolkit SP1 installed. The toolkit is the one which created me the DTS folder in the root with this applicattion: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\DTS\Binn\DTSWizard.exe I start now this Wizard and choose from Sql server - which is my 2000 version and to my sql express version, id/pw or windows authentication. I receive then the message: Cannot continue for the following reason: 1) You have chosen a server that does not contain any packages. 2) The server you have chosen is neither a sql server 2000 nor sql server 7 The SSIS Migration Wizard c ...Show All

• SQL Server Expression on hidden property

  I have param named Direction i would like to put on the hidden property of image this expression iif(Parameters!Direction.Value = "ascending" ,False ,True) But i've got error message .....my expression is not avalid value. why It’s like a said before... =iif(Parameters!Direction.Value = "ascending" ,False ,True) if everything's ok that should hide your image when the Parameters!Direction.Value is "ascending" and show it otherwise. ...Show All

• .NET Development FTPWebRequest Remote certificate invalid

  Hi. I'm new to FTP. I want to implement a synchronous upload to an FTP server that requires SSL. I have used the FTPWebRequest example and have set the EnableSSL property to true.I have set the method to use as Upload. By the way, I'm using the example from the MSDN website for Uploading files to FTP server. I just added the EnableSSL = true line to it. Unfortunately, I'm getting this error: "The Remote Certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure." I couldn't find any blog or forum that addressed my problem. I hope I get an answer to this...I've been pouring over this for some time. There really isn't that much documentation about FTPWebRequest. This has been answered before. For ...Show All

• .NET Development Initializing Arrays

  If I create an string array should I initialize it whit String.empty or there is not performance and memory issues if I dont initialize it Kenny Mattias Sjogren wrote: Explicitly initializing the elements will be slower than not doing so. Hi Mattias, I am not sure for that.. I made this benchmark: Sub Main( ) Dim sw As New Diagnostics.Stopwatch sw.Start() For i As Integer = 1 To 1000000 s1() Next sw.Stop() Debug.WriteLine(sw.ElapsedTicks) sw.Reset() sw.Start() For i As Integer = 1 To 1000000 s2() Next sw.Stop() Debug.WriteLine(sw.ElapsedTicks) End Sub Sub s1() Dim s As String End Sub Sub s2() Dim s As String = ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition INSTALATION HELP Needed

  When I install, it prompt "Fail to download - Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition - ENU" . My machine used to have VB6 which was uninstalled using auto-uninstall tools in support page (Visual Studio 2005 express). And I've try to create a blank folder - "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8 - Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition - ENU". But it still not work. Help !! I agree, I have seen lots of problems with Virus detection programs and slow or bad network connections interupting the downloads when installing the web downloader. What I always suggest to everyone is to try the maual install and cut there own CD Image. If that does not work y ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Specifying config file to use at runtime in WCF client

  Hi, Is there any way of specifying at run time, the path/filename of client config file to use in WCF client proxy Here is my use case: I have a client that uses the generated client side proxy (proxy.dll). The generated proxy/config file are in a different location than the client process. We need to load the generated proxy using reflection (using LoadFrom) and invoke the service. When I try loading the client proxy and create an instance using reflection, I get an exception “ Could not find default endpoint element that references contract 'Foobar' in the ServiceModel client configuration section. This might be because no configuration file was found for your application, or because no endpoint element matc ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Enable/Disable SideShow Gadgets ouside of Control Panel?

  Is there a way to enable and disable SideShow Gadgets ouside of the SideShow Control Panel Thanks Interesting idea, but unfortunately not possible with Windows Vista unless it happens from the device side (as I described above). We'll consider this request for future revisions, though. Dan ...Show All