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• .NET Development XML file as data source in windows app

  I'd like to use XML file in a windows form, where the data will be shown in a table. I'll need to sort and select as normally done in a spreadsheet, but do not want to use Excel or SQL. What are the steps to get the data displayed I have the .xsd file; the structure is simple. Why isn't XML recognized as a data source type Thanks, George I'm using 2005 Express Edition. My project has an XML file  - a "source of data". But when I click Menu-Data/Show Data Sources, that window says "Your project currently has no data sources associated with it. Add a new data source, then data-bind items by dragging from this window onto forms or existing controls." (1) Why isn't the ...Show All

• SQL Server Model Builder Field Order and Inheritance

  When I create a report model, it is easy to change the order in a given entity. Does anyone know how to order the fields in an entity when you are using inheritance or inlining I want to have the fields in alphabetical order so that the end user doesn't have to hunt for the correct field. The other item I need to find out is how to customize the prefixes that inlining uses. Any ideas there Ron That was right on the money with both of the questions. That folder trick is really helpful in cleaning up some seriously unmanageable lists of fields. R ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions how to view power point files on application form ?

  hey guys if i have power point files , how can i open them in a form thanks alot Nice one Hans!!! KAAU - it worked for me. check your location, etc... ALSO check the security on your IE - I was prompted to open the file (medium security) maybe you are on high security and blocking the prompt, thus blocking your ppt.. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Count lines in a textbox

  Can someone help me couting lines in a text box In Access i use this code: im strText As String Dim nLines As Long Dim antallinier As Long antallinier = 16 Dim antal As Long Dim tilbage As Long strText = Form_kursus.hovedpunkter.Text & vbNullString ' Trim of trailing CR/LF, if any. If Right(strText, 2) = vbCrLf Then strText = Left(strText, Len(strText) - 2) End If ' Split on the CR/LF combination to see ' how many lines we have. If Len(strText) = 0 Then nLines = 0 Else nLines = 1 + UBound(Split(strText, vbCrLf)) Hope some can help regsrds alvin the "s" is meant to be the string you are using ... such as the textbox text value. However you can also use this to get t ...Show All

• SQL Server Creating a local copy of a database

  Hi all, I'm having a problem right now. I'm trying to create an offline copy of a database(live) in my local machine. The database is maintained in a different server machine and I want a copy of the particular DB as an offline copy. The problem is there's DTS feature in SQL Server 2000 but I don't find any such tool in SQL Server 2005 edition. Can anyone please guide me on how to do this process Thanks & Regards, ThunderRock Hi Joeydj, Thanks for the reply. Now I've already done that but I wanted to know if there was some other method by which the complete Db can be imported. Because if we go by that method, we don't get the stored procedures as well as triggers and functions pres ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Can't Install Interactive Designer: Wrong WPF Version?

  So I've been trying to get started with WPF development, but I've had some trouble getting all the components installed and playing nicely together. In an effort to get all the right stuff installed (dotnet3, winfx, wpf, vs extensions, etc), I've downloaded at least a dozen different installers. So it's likely that I have several non-compatible versions installed right now. As far as I can tell, here's what I've got (most of this info was gathered from the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel): Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (already installed, long ago; I'd prefer not to uninstall this) Security Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB917283) Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Microsoft Expression Graphic Designer June 2006 CTP ...Show All

• Windows Forms User Control and localization

  I want to create a user control. in some circumstances the control should print out a message. I'd like to localize this message to print it in the user's language. What would be the best strategy to do this Should I create a Ressource file for every language in my control and how do I access these ressources or should I use my forms ressource files and assign it to the control via a public property Thanks Thomas I used to create a resource file and set each control text on the loading time (using Resources.ResourceManager). But I just learned an other way. If you click on the form you will see a Localizable property, set it to true. Then set the Language property to the one you wish and put the corr ...Show All

• Visual Studio How Can I create a multiproject Template?

  VS 2005 made adding project/item template very easy however if want to create a multiproject template than you stuck. Well taking into account my knowledge in the matter(little) i am stuck. Is there a walkthrough how to create a multiproject template How a tutorial on how to extend it Thanks a lot Thanks for your feedback on the documentation. I agree that a walkthrough would be a great help, but since we don't have it yet feel free to post your questions this way that keeps you blocked from creating your multi project template. Thanks, Ole ...Show All

• Visual C# Attribute inheritance on overridden properties ?

  If I override a property, which is decorated with attributes in the base class, does the overridden property inherit attribute declarations from the base class, or does the overriden property start with a clean slate and needs to have all attributes re-declared in the subclass Or is it only modified attributes that need re-declaring, and unchanged ones are inherited ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. TorqueXNA

  I had a look at the XNA version of the Torque 2d engine and noticed that it converted 4mb worth of png files into over 60mb of xna files; Is this a Torque issue or xna as its a massive increase and would make releasing any games online a virtual impossibility. The default processor for non-model (e.g. sprite) textures doesn't use DXT. I just converted my previously mentioned texture to DXT1 and got a 512KB dds file. The same file converted by the content processer to xnb is 4MB. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Excel 2007, XlPattern.xlPatternLinearGradient question

  Hi, I'm trying to color some cells of an excel sheet using managed code. More specific I want to apply a custom style to a certain cell. This style has the pattern property of the interior set to Excel.Pattern.xlPatternLinearGradient (which is new for Excel 2007) The problem that I have is that I cannot set the gradient color at all. If I do not specify any coloringI will get a gradient from white to light blue (default values). If I set the color property of the interior to red, it will reset the gradient and I will get a red cell. How can I have a gradient from white to red The same issue I have when using XLPattern.xlPatternRectangularGradient. Observation: I'm developing an addin for Excel 2007 using C# and VSTO 2005 SE, I' ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFS Product Key

  I originally had TFS Trial installed, and have since purchased the Team Suite MSDN that comes with TFS Workgroup Edition. How do I get the product key for the workgroup edition so I can update the trial license I tried that, but during the repair process I get this error: Error 1309.Error reading from file: D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server - ENU\Program Files\TFS\Web Services\WorkItemTracking\bin\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Server.Dataaccesslayer.dll. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it I checked and this directory does not even exist: D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server\M ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Managed 3D API for CAD-like software

  Now that XNA is out the door and Managed DirectX is more or less a discontinued product what are you telling people that need a managed 3D API for software that is not gaming related We started to develop a CAD-like software package for house automation and used Managed DirectX. Now it looks like MDX will not see any updates in future (DirectX 10 ). We wouldn't want count on an API that is bound to die (or to become outdated). But XNA Framework on the other hand doesn't seem to be the right API for the job either since it seems to be too much tailored for gaming. What is Microsoft's message here Managed 3D graphics is only reasonable in casual gaming area (XNA) or simple Datavisualization (WPF) For everthing outside that, better stay u ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro VFP 9 Form wizard - grid problems...

  Hello, I'm attempting to be lazy and whip up a form for data enty. It's a one-to-many form with a parent and child table. I use the Wizard to set it up and when I run it and click on the grid (child table) the data in it disappears. Sometimes, if I tab into the grid from a text box it will work okay...but as soon as I try outside of VFP it disappears regardless of how I get to the grid. I have just recently installed VFP 9, along with SP 1 and am new to this version. Could I be missing some components or something else Help is much appreciated! Thanks Thanks for the help. I ended up recreating the tables and they seem to work fine now, so there must have been something weird there. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to reference resource when binding.

  I have a LinearGradientBrush defined in my resources part of my XAML. I would like to bind the two GradientStops to user settings. How can I reference the stops in my codebehind this.FindName doesn't seem to work. < LinearGradientBrush x:Key = " HighPriorityTaskBrush " StartPoint = " 0.5,0 " EndPoint = " 0.5,1 " > < GradientStop x:Name = " HighPriorityTaskColorStop1 " Color = " sc#1, 1, 0, 0 " Offset = " 0 " /> < GradientStop x:Name = " HighPriorityTaskColorStop2 " Color = " #FFFF7878 " Offset = " 1 " /> </ LinearGradientBrush > bd = new Binding ( "HighPriorityTaskColorStop1&quo ...Show All