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• Smart Device Development ppc 5...windows forms...how to keep maximized forms maximized???

  my vb.net mobile 5 ppc app.. it has a few main forms..they are maximized so that the today screen is not at all visible...when i open a "sub" form that is NOT maximized on top of my maximized form, the maximized form becomes NOT maximized as the top of the today screen shows....my client HATES this...how can i stop this we never want to see any part of the troday screen can i open a fomr inside a form...or insde a panel or set a property thanks... Hi MaseYo, in .NET CF applications, you can hide the title bar by maximizing the forms, thats true, but if the form is not maximized, it mustshow the Today title bar. But you can try calling the other form with "ShowDialog" method and leavi ...Show All

• Visual C# Custom #if Statement

  Is it possible to have a custom if statement. So when you change your build configuration it doesn't build a certian block of code. For example if i was in "DEBUG" mode it would build the project like this. #if DEBUG MessageBox .Show( "Debug Mode" ); #else MessageBox.Show("Release Mode"); #endif And if not it would build like this #if DEBUG MessageBox.Show("Debug Mode"); #else MessageBox .Show( "Release Mode" ); #endif is there any way i can created a configuration called something like "Training" and do a #if TRAINING I've tried a few ways but i couldn't get it to work. I finally fig ...Show All

• SQL Server Trace flag 8679 -- is it needed under SQL Server 2005?

  Using SQL Server 2000 std. edition, I was bitten by the bug described in KBs 818671 and 289149. Query optimizer using Hash Match Team operators would sometimes fail. I added -T8679 at SQL Server startup. Now that I'm upgrading to SQL Server 2005, is this trace flag still required I see that "this was fixed in SQL 2000, SP1." However, I would like a more precise confirmation that this flag is no longer needed in SQL 2005. Sometimes, no news is not necessarily good news. The error is intermittent, and at least partially dependent on data conditions not available to me for exhaustive regression testing (or else of course I would do that). Any info, comments, etc. ... would be welcome. Thanks ... Tracy Slack ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Does BT gps work?

  Hello I have tried a bunch on different bluetooth gps that work fine with my phone. Q and treo and ipaq. With all other gps software.. But on they are never detected by the map4pda program Does this function work How Thanks ...Show All

• SQL Server The Fastest way to perform an update ... advice needed :)

  Hi all, I have a situation where my Visual C# application presents a number of fields. In order to update a student object, I wish to call a stored proc. 1 or more fields can be updated... And If one is left null, then I don't want to update it, but instead I want to keep the old value. I am really wondering if I am approaching this the right way. The following stored proc does what I want it to do, however I'm thinking there may be a faster way... Here it is: -- Update a student, by ID. DROP PROCEDURE p_UpdateStudent CREATE PROCEDURE p_UpdateStudent @ID INT , @NewFName VARCHAR ( 25 ), @NewOName VARCHAR ( 25 ), @NewLName VARCHAR ( 25 ), @NewDOB DATETIME , @NewENumber VARCHAR ( 10 ), ...Show All

• .NET Development .Net 1.1 forward compatibility

  Hi I have an C# application compiled with VS 2003 (.Net 1.1) that needs to use a dll compiled with VS 2005 (.Net) 2.0. The machine have both runtimes installed but the application refuses to use the dll since it been created by newer version. Is there any way to work in VS 2003 with .Net 2.0 dll's Thanks. Michael, The metadata format of assemblies changed between 1.1 and 2.0 (in order to support generics). The compiler needs to understand this new format, which is one of the reasons that it's not possible to forward target 2.0 with 1.1. As Mattias suggests it may be possible to dynamically load the assembly assuming that the application is running on the 2.0 CLR; however, if the machine that the ...Show All

• Visual C++ C++/CLI destructors and finalizers chaining

  According to the topic "Destructors and Finalizers in Visual C++" in the "C++ Language Reference" implementing a ~ destructor or a ! finalizer automatically chains to base classes which have these semantics after the derived class destructor or finalizer code is run. However it is suggested in that topic that the C++/CLI programmer call the finalizer at the end of the destructor processing. Would not this then mean, in that idiom of calling the finalizer of a class from the destructor of that class, that the order of destructor calling whenever a destructor is run would be: 1) destructor of derived class -> finalizer of derived class ( through suggested call ) -> finalizer of base class ( through chaining ) -> ...Show All

• Visual Studio wmi error since launching remote debugger qizrd

  Am running a SQL Server 2005 Ent IA64, 2 node (active/active) cluster on Windows 2003 Server Ent with SP1 IA64. Everything working ok, but everytime I launch the SQL Server 2005 Management Studio, the following is logged in the Application Log: also all was ok until I ran the remote debugger wizard in visual sutdio. There were no errors prior to this. I did not select anything, open the wizard, click next and finish, I did not select anything. Event Type: Error Event Source: WinMgmt Event Category: None Event ID: 10 Date: 04.06.2006 Time: 07:32:04 User: N/A Description: Event filter with query "select * from __InstanceModificationEvent within 10 where TargetInstance isa 'Win32_Service'" could not be (r ...Show All

• Windows Forms Can Someone Show Me An Example of How Can I Use Listview to Show contents of a directory

  Hi In my application i have to show the contents of a directory which contains pictures But i can't make the listview work. Can someone show me a way how to make the listview show thumbnails of a certain directory see: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=598536&SiteID=1 http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=39803&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Changing multiple textures during run time

  I am currently loading a single mesh object and all textures via an .X file. I have multiple different textures mapped to various faces of the mesh. What I would like to be able to do during run time, is change some of these textures dynamically based on user input. If someone could please point out how I can reference/change the various textures associated with the mesh, it would be appreciated. Take a look at this sample from the XNA documentation: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb195020.aspx This sample uses triangle primitives instead of a model, but otherwise the concept is the same with regard to applying an Effect. If you wanted to change the texture being used in this sampl ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView CurrentCell jumps to wrong row

  Hi I have a datagridview (unbound) in my application which is used to display information about a certain part. The datagridviewcell containts the following columns: PartNo Family Description Quantity Price Total Price. The datagridview has allowuserstoaddrows set tot true. Only the PartNo and Quantity columns are editable. As soon as the customer has filled in a partno the application fills the other cells with the data of the partno (this is happening in the endedit event). When the cells are filled the currentcell should jump to Quantity. This is where the problem occurs. The datagridview jumps to the right column but in the empty row at the end of te datagridview. There is no problem with loops or anything ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Run a macro (ms access) from vb 2005

  Hi! all I want to run a macro from ms access from Visual Basic 2005. Can I do this Can any one help me Thank you. I've moved this thread to the VSTO forum, they own anything related to application-specific macros and VBA. Please repost this question there if you do not receive a response. Thanks!! Varun ...Show All

• SQL Server SYSAdmin users do not have permission to see records in a view?

  We have a third party application and wish to create a report based upon a view. The strange thing is logged in to the server as a SQL SYSAdmin account, we cannot view the data via the view. SQL Admin accounts are setup correctly and there is nothing different on this particular server. No errors are returned just a blank view with no records. Could this be a permissions problem or orphaned schemas in that particular database I thought SYSAdmin could view and do just about anything and the people who use this particular database would not have the know how on denying permission to the SYSAdmin role. Thanks N As Laurentiu mentioned, it seems like you are filtering the results with the predicate ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System No changes to merge message

  I'm trying to merge a branch back into the source it came from and Team Foundation Server is telling me, "No changes to merge". If I compare a file I know is different between the branch and source it shows many differences. Has anyone experienced this before or does anyone know why TFS would say, "No changes to merge" yet show differences between files Thanks! Chris There are many possible reasons. The most common would be that someone already did the merge, encountered a conflict, and chose the "keep target branch" (AcceptYours) resolution. ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Generating Dialog Messages thru VBA over Excel

  Hi Guys and Girls, Thanks for the help so far. I'm on the last step. I need to generate fairly long dialogue messages dependant upon the data the user has entered. A sort of lok up using Inputbox which I understand and Dialogue boxes which I don't. I'm really stuck, I just need a little code that goes if data_entered = XX then .... open this dialogue box containing this text else if .... open another dialogue box else if .... another end. Is it possible to dynamically load texts to dialoge boxes rather than hard code them Again thanks for the help so far. Hamish Thanks but MsgBox is limted to what Excel offer. It n ...Show All