RedKMan's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Where do I start? SQL/VWD/VB/C#

  Hi, I've downloaded the express edition packages as per the subject heading (plux the games one for much later . I am an absolute beginner. I have begun on the tutorials for VB - up to and completed lesson 9 (databinding - dancing through the non-saving of data to the database and those associated forums on that issue) - I think I understand it. Otherwise the videos are very good. I certainly understood them (although I'm not at all confident that I could reproduce the actual code - evidently that takes practice). Was this a good place to start I want to write an application/website that interconnects - is able to be accessed and used both as a record device for me and a reference and upload device for users (I am ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions C# vs ASP?

  Hey guys, maybe you can clear this up for me what is the difference between C# Web Projects and ASP.NET I am a little confused, I thought c# was for desktop apps and ASP.NET for web. Is this incorrect Thanks. the framework is referred to as .NET (.NET Framework) ASP.NET is another "platform" of technology which is developed on the .NET Framework but "delivered" on web technology/based format. you can write ASP.NET apps on the .NET Framework, it requires it and no other way of creating ASP.NET applications! The code however you can develop in C# or VB.NET. ASP is different and requires no framework, it has its own "environment". There is no relation between ASP.NET and ASP really, except for minor ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem in using .NET Serial Port Reader

  Hi All, I am using .NET 2.0 System.IO.Ports.SerialPort class to read data from SerialPort. While reading using the Read method of the SerialPort Class if the character ':' is encountered then reader completes the reading and returns partial data. How can I make the reader to read all the data available in the port Is it possible to any other method of the SerialReader class to read the entire data Thanks in advance, Nadanasabapathy.I It doesn't truncate with : but truncated with null character that preceded the : character. After setting the DiscardNull Property of the SerialPort class I was able to get the entire data. m_port.DiscardNull = true; Thank for the help. Regards, Nadanasabapathy.I ...Show All

• SQL Server Example Project/Package for SQl Server 2005 "Text Extraction"

  Does any kind person have a simple example Package for undertaking 'Text Extraction' on one or two columns of text data in a SQL Server table (the data is not in Unicode) Check out the sample @ http://aspalliance.com/889 With this example - users will be able to import sample data from a flat fil e to SQL Server 2005 database. Let us know if you are looking for any other specific extraction examples. Thanks, Loonysan ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Editing check boxes and such while not in that form

  Is there anyway I can change the status of items on another user control, like I am on page 3, but i want to change the status of a check box to checked on page 2, is there anyway i could do that without actually being on page2 you would need a reference to page 2, so pass that reference into the constructor and store it locally in page 3 and make that control public but rather should make a public property in page2 which page3 calls and sets the value of that checkbox http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=777222&SiteID=1 http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=700821&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista passing object to workflow

  I have several objects which I want to pass in to the workflow at runtime and be available to any activity run in the workflow. For example, I have a data managment object which the activities should use for database interaction. (I don't want to create a new instance in the activity). Is this possible While you can pass this object to the workflow, and tweak stuff to prevent it from being serialized when the workflow persists itself, what is more appropriate is for you to consider a data access layer a service added to the workflow runtime, via WorkflowRuntime.AddService, by the host. ...Show All

• Visual Studio How to set "SourceControl->CheckOutOnEdit" property programmatically?

  Hello! I am implementing a VSIP package and I need to set programmatically Tools->Options->Source Control->Environment->Checked-in item behavior->On-Edit property. Please advice how to do it I have reviewed MSDN, internet but found nothing. I found that value in registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0\SourceControl->CheckOutOnEdit and I can change that value there, but I want to found an elegant solution for my problem and use VSIP interfaces or automation model. Please help. See if DTE.Properties have that section/property indexed: HOWTO: Getting properties from the DTE.Properties collection of Visual Studio .NET. http://www.mztools.com/resour ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies Can't deploy webparts from VS2005 with Sharepoint extensions unless I am Administrator????

  I have installed Sharepoint Services and Visual Studio 2005 Professional with the WSS extensions so that I can develop web parts. I have two users on the box, the Adminstrator and me (jstr) I have set my user account up to be a member of adminsitrators, and although the Administrator created the Sharepoint Site Collection, JSTR is listed as number two, and can do everything on the Sharepoint sites that the Administrator can. When I create a simple "Hello World" type web part, the web part deploys perfectly if I am logged in as Adminstrator. If I am logged in as JSTR, I get "no sharepoint exists at the specified URL". This is the same project just running out of two different logon accounts. I am baffled. I'd ra ...Show All

• Visual C# Is there any tool functions as a switch in windows forms?

  Hi,as stated in the subject, I want to know whether there is a control acts as a switch. Just like the one we use to open or close the light... Now I can only use two buttons. Each time only one button is enabled and when user clicks the active one, it will become disabled and the other one will be enabled...However, it is not so intuitionistic and a little bit strange... So does C# or visual studio offers such electrical tools Or I have to draw one by myself Is there any resource supplied for electrical GUI online Thanks a lot! It appears what you want is a checkbox. Click once, it's ON (checked), click again it's OFF (unchecked). IF you want it to look like a lightswitch, derive a new class from CHeckbaox, and override ...Show All

• Visual C# foreach in C#

  Hi, I use C# in ASP.NET . 1. What is "foreach" and how can I use it 2.How can I have a collection of controls that are in a web page and use it bye Matthew Watson wrote: RizwanSharp wrote: foreach is not as good as other loops in its efficiency. That is completely untrue! In fact, the performance of foreach is usually as good as or better than other loops! This is because the compiler understands intimately the mechanics of foreach, and it is therefore often able to apply optimizations that are not possible for "hand rolled" loops. Here's some sample code: private void button1_Click_1( object sender, Ev ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to view the updated Data URGENT

  I am executing this code from asmx.vb page in ASP.NET It is not giving any error It is taking some time to process this request. But I am not able to see these changes in the cube's data Please help! I am using Following code to update the cube. Dim str As String Dim cnn_oledb As New OleDb.OleDbConnection(strOLAPConn) Dim s As New OleDb.OleDbCommand(str, cnn_oledb) str = "UPDATE CUBE [DEMO] SET ([MEASURES].[BY],[center].[Ames Research Center],[Budget Year].[2007]).VALUE=5" cnn_oledb.Open() s.ExecuteNonQuery() Thanks in Advance cnn_oledb.Close() I don't think there would be any problems with commits or transactions. I think it is more likely that there is an error t ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums How to stop Popup

  Hi, All I m creating an Addin to check whether user has not filled any recipient of the Mail. In this case (if user has left all of its recipients blank), I want to send my mails to a specefied email address. I have written the code for it in myOLApp_ItemSend but problem is that when I leave blank all its recipient then a message comes . "There must be at least one name or distribution list in the TO,cc,bcc Box" . and if I fill anyone address then my code executes. I don't want this message and want to execute my code written in myOLApp_ItemSend Procedure. My requirements is that I want to leave blank to,cc,bcc and want to send mail to a default recipient that is given in my code. but when I leave blank to,cc,bcc that message app ...Show All

• Visual C# What Can Clone() Does?

  There's a tabControl in my application, on one tab page(say "Test"), there are many Checkboxes and buttons. Now I should add another tab page(say "EasyTest") with several Checkboxes and buttons which have the same function as the same on "Test". That means, "EasyTest" is just a portion of "Test". I hope the Checkboxes and buttons on both tab pages will work together without conflict. The Checkboxes will be selected at the same time no matter user checks on which tab page. I want to reserve the tabpage "Test" with all components and also to use "EastTest" for some simple applications. Is it possible to use Clone() to copy the Checkboxes and buttons on one ta ...Show All

• SQL Server Trying to connect to SharePoint database

  I am having trouble connecting to the SharePoint database on my web server. Our company intranet is accessed by http://webservername/ and the SharePoint site is accessed by http://webservername:2020/ (I wanted to put it on a different port to not interfere with our old intranet). Anyway, I need to connect to the DOCS table on the content database, but I can't seem to connect with SQL Server 2005. When I connect to webservername I see our company database but I don't see anything that has to do with our SharePoint stuff. I've tried connecting to webservername, webservername:2020 and webservername\SharePoint and webservername:2020\SharePoint with no results. If this isn't the right MSDN forum for this I apologize, but any advice would ...Show All

• .NET Development MSDE not retrieved in GetDataSources()

  I list all the SQL Server instances in my pc but MSDE is not included. Only 2005 and SQL Express are retrieved. I used the System.Data.Sql.SqlDataSourceEnumerator.Instance.GetDataSources() The MSDE instance is named "MSDE". Its visible remotely because the network protocols are enabled. I tried unblocking the port no used by MSDE and even turned off the firewall just to test if it's an issue of firewall. Still no MSDE. What's happening here ...Show All