Furqan Farooqui's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Looping

  How do I setup a for next loop array to open files if I don`t know how many files are in the folder IO.Searchoption.TopDirectoryOnly. SearchOption is not a member of IO This is the error that I am getting,I have played around with it and can`t seem to figure it out. ...Show All

• Windows Forms help with combobox

  hi all. my application is in c# winform .net2005. i have a very strange issue with the standard combobox. on my form i have a combobox. i set it's datasource,displaymember,valuemember. and then i wrote: cb.selectedvalue=1; (some value that exists in the datasource) BUT- sometimes the values is entered correctly and i can see it in the combobox, and sometimes the selectedvalue is set to null !!! why for q.1 -> in all cases, when i check the datasource,disaply and value member are setting correctly, even in the "sometimes" cases! but still, the selectedvalue is null, after i wrote: cb.selectedvalue=1; for q.2 -> i wrote cb.DataSource in a function, and i call it from the constructor of my form. n ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies Sharepoint error when adding Web Part

  Hi, i'm getting a very basic error but i can't figure out what's going on. I'm the administrator of a Sharepoint site. When i try to modify the Shared page, (dragging and dropping a web part, for example), an error page displays. The page is a generic error page, with no information on what the error is. Can anyone help me Thanks! Francesc Hi, I see this error message after making the suggested changes: Invalid postback or callback argument. Event validation is enabled using <pages enableEventValidation="true"/> in configuration or <%@ Page EnableEventValidation="true" %> in a page. For security purposes, this feature verifies that arguments to postback or cal ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Rich text box text formating problem

  I have developed a C# user control. This user control contains a Rich text box. We are using this user control in an ASP .NET site for rich text editing. The problem is losting test formatting. First we have changed some formatting displayed texts (formatting means BOLD, Underline, font size change, font change, etc), Then lost these formatting after minimizing and maximizing the internet explorer. How to solve this problem One more thing is this problem not there when use this control in a desktop application.. pls help me...... Jefy Well, you can deliver it to asp.net forum , there you may find satisfactory answers. Thank you ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Where to get Trial version or CTP7

  Hello. I wan't to download the trail version of VSDBPRO and when I go to download page I only get: VS 2005 Express VS 2005 Pro 90 days trial VS 2005 Team Suit 180 days trial VS 2005 Team Fundation Server 180 days trial VS 2005 Team test load agent VS 2005 Online hosted Experience VS 2005 Virtual images I have download Team Suit 180 trial but it dosen't have the DBPRO. Pleas tell me from where can I get trial version or CTP7 becouse old link to CTP7 isn't avalible any more. Please help. -- MK If you have Visual Studio Team Suite, you only need to download the add-on available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=7de00386-893d-4142-a778-992b ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Form inheritance

  I have to have form2 inheriting all the methods and variable in form1. but I don't want to have the graphical stuff from form1. how to by pass that because when i specify form2 inherit from form1 and run the program, it shows on the graphical components of form1 on form2. Make sure that the variables are declared as public. All properties/methods/members are private by default. public class Form1 { String FullName; public String MyPlace; } in Form 2 you have Form1 frm1 = new Form1(); You can't access FullName because it is not public. You can however access MyPlace because we specified that it was public. frm1.MyPlace; Take a gander here for more information. Hope this helps. ...Show All

• SQL Server Change Textbox value with diferent print copy

  I want to print a report (localreport) 4 times, and i have a textbox that need to have different value for specific copy. Ex.: Copy 1 - Original Copy 2 - Duplicate ... Can i dynamically do this in the report Thanks If you can place the changing text at the top of each copy, you could have one report without this heading that was the basic report. Then you could have a second report with 4 subreports, each pointing to the main report. At the top of each subreport you would place the "copy 1" etc. At the bottom of each subreport you would force a page break. There may be a better way, such as driven from your data and using a single report, but without knowing deta ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Windows Vista beta 2 boot menu uses a screen mode not supported by some monitors.

  I cannot see the Windows Vista beta 2 boot menu on my Xerox XA-3 LCD monitor. The menu works with an older monitor. Since the LCD monitor is quite recent, I expect Windows Vista to be fully compatible with it. From what I can see on my older monitor, the Windows Vista boot menu uses a graphical screen mode, or at least a non-standard text mode. Previous versions of Windows used a text screen mode (80 x 25 characters) which works on both monitors. Why not continue to use the text mode im afraid these are the wrong forums to post your question in as these forums are for .NET software development. Best place is over at the appropriate newsgroups: www.microsoft.com/communities Also remember, Vist ...Show All

• Visual C++ Different beaviour in debug and release version

  I have a float type parameter which is used for some continuous calculations. Because of the rounding errors it is not that useful to use float parameter for compare operations. To solve this problem I use to round the parameter each time before comparing it. Here's the code I use for rounding: float CRoundedFloat::Round(float fVal) { float fExp = (float)pow(10, m_iPrecision); float fRoundedVal; if( fVal > 0.0f ) fRoundedVal = (int)(fVal * fExp + 0.5f) / fExp; else fRoundedVal = (int)(fVal * fExp - 0.5f) / fExp; //with this sleep function call it also works in the release version! //Sleep(1); return fRoundedVal; } This works fine as long as I use to build a debug version only. Building a release version causes the same p ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista XPS -> PDF

  Anyone know of commercial products that will convert from XPS to PDF Is it still too early to ask this question That is good information. I'll watch for a beta version. In a year I expect several products to handle this conversion, but XPS might still be too new. ...Show All

• .NET Development String.Remove(int32) convenience

  So here I am, trying to find a way to limit a string to 50 characters. I could use String.Remove(50) or String.Substring(0,50) and it would work fine. EXCEPT that I really don't get strings with 50+ characters that often. Like, almost never. Which means either of those throw a nice ArgumentOutOfRangeException. So I really need to check the length first: If s.Length > 50 Then s.Remove(50) End If Which just seems like extra work. I mean, why can't String.Remove() just ignore the fact that I'm asking it to remove characters that aren't there I can see the value of trowing an error in String.Substring(Int32, Int32), where it's more likely the developer expects there to be enough characters. But why can't String.Remove() act more like ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Standart Avalon controls and Toolbox Images

  Hello, I am implementing custom Toolbox control as Avalon user control. I would like to load some standard Avalon controls into it, i.e. Button, Combobox, etc. Where would I find toolbox image resources for those standard controls Similar to ones that appear in standard Toolbox in Visual Studio, when using Cider. Thanks in advance Edmundas ...Show All

• Visual Basic Problem with a class library (ActiveX)

  I am using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition and I'm having a problem with an ActiveX control that I want to use for my programs. To use it's functions in the library I created an instance 'Dim MPQControl As New MPQCONTROLLib.MpqControl'. After that I tested it by just using a random function. So I used 'MPQControl.AboutBox()' (AboutBox is the box that tells you about the control (author, etc.)). So I went on debugging, and clicked the MenuItem in the MenuStrip that I created so when you click it the AboutBox comes up. When I clicked it I have gotten this error: COMException was unhandled Catastrophic failure (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8000FFFF (E_UNEXPECTED)) Image: This happens for every function. I am stumped. If anyone wants the sam ...Show All

• Visual C++ Update Single Item In ListBox

  Hi All, I have an owner-drawn a list box.I'm drawing the things I required properly. But the problem is I have a timer and I need to update some specific items in the list box. Is there anyway to refresh or invalidate an item in the list box I'm thinking in the way of re-setting the item's text, so it will re-draw no But I think it's a weird logic. Could you please help me in this regard LB_GETITEMRECT returns topleft as (0, 0) no matter which item you try If this is the case, you may have to manually adjust the height. If you want to update item 5, iterate 0->4 and issue LB_GETITEMHEIGHT messages, then adjust the top parameter of item 5's rectangle by the accumulated value. I can't remember using the LB_GETITEMRECT message, so ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies Connecting Filters to Report Viewer Web Part

  Hi, I want to connect the Filters to Reporting Services Report. I tried it but it's not possible to pass inputs for the Report Viewer Web Part from a Filter. Has anyone tried this Thanks, S Suresh No Luck so far. Please update me if you get any solution for this. In theory, MS talks about connecting filters to other web parts, but implementation is really painful. Even the sample dashboard comes in MOSS 2007 is not connected. Thanks, S Suresh ...Show All