RobSteele's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Abort() Thread when Thread is finished processing?

  Hi all, is it best practice to Abort() a thread once that Thread has finished doing its processing I currently have the following code... WorkerSignOffThread = new Thread(BackgroundProcessing); WorkerSignOffThread.IsBackground = true; WorkerSignOffThread.Start(); private void BackgroundProcessing() { processingDone = false; InspectionManager.FillInspectionGoodAnswers(SelectedInspectionUID); processingDone = true; } ...as you can see when the processing is finished, I don't use Thread.Abort(); Must I Abort() the Thread, or doesn't automatically about itself when it has finished Thanks Use Abort only when you try to end a thread while it is doing its work and when you have no way of waiting for it. It will raise a T ...Show All

• Visual Studio can't installing

  I am follow " Extensibility Guided Tour" article to make my msi file. But, when setup it then have messagebox " This is a VsPackage and Requires Visual Studio to be installed". Please help me.. thanks.. PS: I have PLK. Hi Dmitry Pavlov: Thank you.. Yesterday I packaged my VsPackage is success.. Today I will install it on the other machine.. Hope it success... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Printing my project

  Hi there; I have done quite some programming recently in VBA for Excel, and now I am toying with VBA Express 2005. And I have a question. A silly one..... In VBA for Ecel, when I want to print all my code and forms, I just go to the print dialog, and then I am presented with the option to print both code and forms. Or just code, or just forms. Howver, in VBA espress 2005, with a form selected, the print/page setup option in the File has been grayed out. I seem to be able to only print selected modules (=text), not forms. Am I missing something Thymen The IDE doesn't support it. You are not the first to request this feature. Check out this Product Feedback entry and add your vote. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Is it possible to have both VS 2003 and 2005 on the same machine

  At my work I need the VS 2003 and for my personal stuff I need VS 2005. Since I sometimes work from home I need them both. Is it possible If yes how can I do this Regards, Itzhak Gabriel, There are two problems: #1. I am getting the following error, The Web Server reported the following error when attempting to create or open the Web project located at the following URL: "http://localhost/ProjectName'.'HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error.' When I click ok this give me the Microsoft Development Enviroment Error which prompts me to report this error to Microsoft and then Shuts down. #2. It is telling me that it Failed to access IIS metabase I guess that I will need to re-install VS ...Show All

• Visual Basic How do I get a URL from a web search

  I am using Visual Web Developer 2005 Express. I want to be able to click a button that will start a browser to search the web, [eventually] returning the URL to my program. I.e., a function like the "Create Hyperlink" in MS Office products. I find that I can't access the Internet Explorer object model as I would in Visual Basic, response.redirect doesn't seem to have a parameter to create a separate browser session, and neither this nor a hyperlink offer any way of getting the URL back (unless I'm missing something). So I seem to be stuck. Can anybody help Regards, Robert Barnes Check out the msn search sdk ...Show All

• Community Chat Is MS trying to throw away menu bar?

  In IE7, classic menu bar is disabled by default. In Office 2007, there is not menu bar at all. Also the traditional toolbar is gone. I can't find a way to create my own custom toolbar too. What's happening I know menu bar is very classic and not pretty, but it is one single place that I am 100% sure that I can get all the features from a program. I don't want to lose it. Word isn't the only Office-client with the ribbon. How about PowerPoint Doesn't it make sense to add images, graphs etc objects to the presentation Besides, I often add graphs and diagrams to Word-documents, too. Makes architectures easier to describe and read. ...Show All

• Windows Forms ActiveDocumentHost

  Does AnyOne Know if the "ActiveDocumentHost" Control was added the Visual Studio "Sevice Pack1" or will be provided later or Will be a part of Visual Studio "Orcas" Thanks, Troy Service Packs never have any classes/components added or removed. an SP is just a collection of hotfixes/patches bundled in one package. from what I understand, as you may have guessed, it was removed from .NET 2.0 unfortunately. I dont think its included in .NET 3.0 but maybe 3.5 Sorry I couldnt help much but just wanted to correct you/give you info about it being included in the SP1 for VS2005 ...Show All

• Silverlight (formerly WPF/E) Audio problem with CTP Samples

  If I play back one of the wmv files that came with the CTP sample the audio is fine However when played back in WPF/E the audio is incredibly loud and alot of buzzing noises Anyone else experience this Thank you for the information. Can you please provide the following information - it will help us diagnose the problem further and create an equivalent repro machine here - Just to confirm - you have a 32 bit OS (XP SP2) on your AMD 64 machine and not XP x64 edition - Can you please run "dxdiag" on the command line on your machine Save All Information an paste it here / send it out to us - Are all your audio drivers up to date Thanks for your help! ...Show All

• Windows Forms How-to embedded Win32 DLLs and .NET DLLs in my Application

  hi how can I embedded (Win32 DLLs and .NET DLLs) in my .NET application exe and use these embedded files when my exe application needs them like the one here http://www.oreans.com/xbundler.php Thanks I found some good artical Using DLL component as Embedded Resource (Using reflection) http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/DLL_as_Embedded_Resource.asp but it seems to be difficult. I will give it a try ...Show All

• SQL Server [DBNETLIB][ConnectionClient(SEDC.ClientHandshake()).] SSL Server error

  I am unable to connect to SQL Server, instead I get Sql Server ErrorL 18 Handshake error as above A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the pre-login handshake (provider: SSL Provider, error: 0- The token supplied to the function is invalid) (Microsoft SQL Server) Any ideas Mostlikely, you turn on the SSL encryption on client side by using cliconfg or in the connection string. However, the certificate used by server is not trusted by your client. If your server is 2005, http://blogs.msdn.com/sql_protocols/archive/2005/10/04/476705.aspx If your server is 2000, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276553/ ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Add Text in Richtextbox with specified color

  Hi, I want to add text in Richtextbox with specified color.How can I do that If any one knows reply me as soon as possible.I have used Sysytem.Windows.Controls.RichTextBox. System.WIndows.Forms.RichTextBox is not supported in WPF. Regards, Pavan You could add a Run and specifiy the foreground color for the Run <Paragraph> asdad <Run Forground="red">cada</Run> </Paragraph> ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions TableAdapter.Update only works when I move from record to record

  Hello everyone, I am still new to VB.NET and I am having a little trouble using TableAdapters. Now, I figured out the "Copy Always" thing, which seems to be a problem for beginners everywhere (are you listening MS ). My TableAdapter.Update() method works, but only if I move from the current record. I am using data bound controls. If I just make a change in a data field press Update button, nothing happens. For it to work, I have to make the change, move from the current record, and THEN press Update. Does anyone have any idea why this happens Thanks. master20   master20 wrote: ...I'm no longer using either AcceptChanges or EndEdit()... I'm sure you also tried EndEdit() ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Grid columns populated with incorrect data

  I have a grid with a bunch of columns. First, I suspect that the control source for the columns in this grid 'resets' itself to 'none', but I am not sure about this. Second, When I manually fill in the control source for the columns, some of the columns get populated by the next field in the cursor regardless of what I have specified in the control source. Help... Aleniko Aleniko, In your code check for a location that resets grid's recordsource. For example: .recordsource = "myAlias" or: select * from someTable into cursor myAlias && where myAlias is already used as grid recordsource ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server Installation

  Hi, I had been using Windows 2000 Server along with MS SQL Server 2000. But now I have formatted my computer and installed Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Small Business Server Service Pack 1 . Since then, I am not able to install SQL Server 2000 in it. Please suggest which version of SQL Server should I install, and where to download it from. Is it possible to install SQL Server 2000 server module in Windows 2003, since it says only the client module of SQL Server 2000 can be loaded here. I dont want to install any express edition, i.e., MSDE. Please help. Thanx, Suman. Hi, I am sorry, I didn't get you completely. I have Windows 2003 for SBS Premium running on my computer and have SQL Server 2000 Enterprise, but still I can inst ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Problem with generic list nested

    I have a SOA type WCF application with netTcpBinding that uses messages (request, response) to communicate client with Server, I use entity classes (Entity) and a collection ( EntityCollection ) that inherits from a generic list ( List < Entity > ).       [ Serializable ]     public class Entity     {         private int id;           public int ID         {             get { return id; }             set { id = ...Show All