Paul Stringer's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Does WinForms 2.0 support floating and docking menu/toolstrips like Office 2003 or Visual Studio 2005? [Question only for MSFT]

  I had high hopes for the ToolStripContainer but it appears that it only allows a ToolStrip or MenuStrip to be moved from one of its edges to another. If I start dragging a ToolStrip and try to release it anywhere except one of the four edges—for example, in the content panel or outside the window—nothing happens. Question: Is there some existing mechanism that I can use or is it necessary to build this from scratch I know about third party controls, but I'm looking for standard solution (in WinForms 2.0 from Microsoft)! PS: My question is only for MSFT! ...Show All

• Visual C++ Using floats with % and ^ operators

  Why does MC++ .NET 2005 return and error when I try to compile and I use a float type varaible with the % and ^ operators Example: float temp, result; temp = 2.5; result = temp % 1; result = 2^temp; With both of these lines I get an error saying that the type float is not allowed with those operators. I have found a work around for the first but I can not mathmatically figure out one for the second problem. Is there some sort of patch to fix this This is C++ not FORTRAN. In C++ ^ is not the exponential operator it is the binary XOR operator. You need to use to use one of the pow functions. ...Show All

• SQL Server Drop Database

  Hi all, I try to restore a DB on MS SQL 2000 but something was wrog because restored DB compare on tree view of SQL Enterprise Manager commented with "(Loading/Suspect)". I can't access to DB and I cant delete it. I obtain this : "Error 3724: Cannot drop the database 'XXXX' bacause it is being used for replication. How can I delete or solve this problem Thank's a lot bye HID Well, thank's for your rapid suggest and sorry for may long break. So the problem persist because I can't access to DB for restore..., what do you think if I try to shutdown DBMRS and I delete file_data.mdf Do you think a link on tree of SQL Manager go away Thanks hid ...Show All

• Windows Forms Infopath will not print to a different printer.

  I dont know if this is the right spot to ask this question but i need an answer. I have a user with this problem and it's only her. When ever she print an info path form and she choses a different printer the form will only print to the default printer. can some one please help. Hi, This forum is meant for only programming issues related to winforms.net. Please post only programming related questions in these forums. As far as my knowledge goes, its not the problem of infopath. Thank you, Bhanu. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Visual Basic In Excel - Popup Save As File Screen

  I have a need to get do a save as but cannot find the proper code to give the user a popup for the save as box, all I have found is how to preset a save as file name and location. Here is what I have: ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:= _ "C:\newversion3.xls", FileFormat:= _ xlExcel8, Password:="", WriteResPassword:="", ReadOnlyRecommended:=False _ , CreateBackup:=False How do I get it to popup a save as screen  As I can see from your other thread in this forum, you're using the VB within Excel then this is VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) which is a very different product from VB.NET and there are some other locations where you will get a quicker and better response to your VBA questions. These forums ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Persistence when exposed as a web service?

  Hi all, Just hoping that someone can tell me what I'm overlooking... I have been able use persistence and tracking services in a few tests when running the runtime in a normal app, but when attempting to use the services with the defaults using "Publish as webservice" (after having added the services in the web.config of course)... it doesn't appear as though the WF is even touching either database. If the "UnloadOnIdle" setting for the persistence service is set to false, I'm able to call my web service calls in order without error, however if I attempt to enable the setting, I can only call my activation activity without throwing an error that the instance doesn't exist in the persistence store. It seems th ...Show All

• Windows Forms deploying the data base file

  HELLO I am working to make my vb.net application, So my application depend on database file where I stored all the data..... my problem is : when the user setup the application on his machine he can find the database file (MS access file MDB)...and easly can take it or open it seperatly and use it without the application....So I want to protect my database and prevent the user to access the database file... I know that I can make a password or make the database file as hidden file..but because the database file is verry important So I want more protection. the summery: I am working in dictionary application so the database is the most important , I sow many smiler applications and I could not access their database file.....I want to ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies Anonymoys access question

  Hi: I have a site that is enable with anonymous access (the entire site) but when I visit the site as a normal user I can see the link 'View All Site Content' and I don’t want this to appear. Does anybody knows how to delete it Regards. Hi: But in every site I have diferent links in the Quick Launch, and if I hide it I wouldn't have them. Any other way Regards ...Show All

• Windows Forms Changing the font in dataGridView for specific cells.

  I have read the MSDN library about how to format the fonts and cell styles for all the rows and columns of a dataGridView. What I need to be able to do is change the Font of a specific cell, or I could even get by with changing a whole row. What I can't understand (and this might be a result of me being tired) is how you change the Font property for one row, then use the default Font properties for the remaining rows. Basically, what I need to do is some of my cells are simply "headers" indicating a section in the data, and I need that cell (or row) to be in bold. Then, of course, return to the default properties so the rest of my data is in regular font. The problem is I have an unbound ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Shutdown

  I am using this code in my applcation to shutdown my computer: Shell( "shutdown /s /t 0" ) I found that you cna change the message on the shutdown window by putting: c/"Message" but when i try this it doesn't shutdown. How can i incorporate it into the code Process start is generally more flexible than shell. You can use filenames in process start - which have associations to start up respective apps - so using stuff like process.start( "test.doc" ) will automatically open word with this document loaded. Because word is the associated application with the .doc extension. If I recall shell has to be an .executable file - so .exe, .bat, .cmd etc.... Process.start is just so flexible ...Show All

• SQL Server From Sql Column to file, OPENROWSET?

  Hi There I am using OPENROWSET to import a file from disk to a varbinary(max) column in sql server. However as far as i can see OPENROWSET is only to import into Sql Server. However i need to reverse this as well, by that i mean export a varbinary(max) column data to a file on disk. How can i do this (The file is a compress text file). How does this work for file types, i mean you can import any file as binary but when you export it back to disk will the file typr still work, will a .xls or a.exe imprted and exported like this still function 100%. Thanx As far as I know (and I might be wrong on this) the openrowset allows importation from file in order for us to have bulk inserts - it was not ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Contact list not showing in MSN Live

  Hey there, I have seen a few posts about this, but the fixes listed (in app data, deleting files & dirs) did not work for me. My contact list works fine in the old MSN, however when i install MSN Live it does not show anyone. I can try to add contacts and it shows them as offline (even though I know they are online). My friend has Live installed on his computer and it works fine, and we can sign in my ID on his computer and my list shows up. Since this is only on my computer, there must be something wrong with my settings but I have no idea what. I have no firewall or such thing. -please help it actually needs 1 more step. you need to remove all your temp files. this includes you ...Show All

• Visual Basic Detecting the datatype of a data column

  I have written a generic routine which accepts an object (in this case a database column) and returns an object which is the data in that column.  The calling routine passes the necessary row and column for the routine to handle. I have written the routine to save having to check for null values individually, however, I need to detect the column type so I can respond to each individually.  For example, if the column is a Boolean (bit) column, I need it to default to 'false' if the field is DBNull.  If the column is a int32, int64, etc., then I need the resultant object to pass back as a "0". I have used the following code, and it seemed to work until I hit a null field for one of the datetime fields.  It was only then ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development Copy dynamic pictures to clipboard. Paste into Word

  Hy, i have a problem with copying pictures from a browser application (asp with vc++ COM-Objects) to a word document. The user must login into ASP application. Session is storing the login data. Validated users can create graphics over a dynamic web-page. A PNG graphic is drawn in a c++ COM-object called from a asp-page. The result is put into the response buffer (BinaryWrite..., Mimetype image/png...) Everything works fine online. The Image can be saved (right mouse-click) and has a valid file-format. If you "Copy" the picture from IE 6 into the clipboard and "Paste" it into MS-Word (2003) only an empty frame comes along. Pasting it into Paint works. Copy from mozilla to Word works too. But not from IE to Word ...Show All

• SQL Server calling user-defined functions in another DB

  I have a number of databases that require a set of common functions. I'd like to place all those functions in a central DB. I'm having trouble calling them using the syntax FunctionDB.GetParamLength() for example, which works within the FunctionDB database. Any ideas/suggestions I really don't want to maintain seperate copies of the functions across 5+ databases. Should work for you like this here: USE Master GO CREATE FUNCTION dbo . DisplaySomething () RETURNS VARCHAR ( 10 ) AS BEGIN RETURN ( 'Something' ) END GO USE AdventureWorks GO SELECT master . dbo . DisplaySomething () USE Master GO DROP FUNCTION dbo . DisplaySom ...Show All