Biggo's Q&A profile

• SQL Server multi-select dropdownlist with checkboxes

  When creating a windows forms report (rdl), multi-value parameters are rendered with a nice drop down list with check boxes...including a (Select All) item. When you run this via a report server and render the report for the web, the multi-value selection shows up nicely. Can I create a similar web form dropdownlist so I can duplicate the functionality with an RDLC report Jim Thanks Rakesh, that was the confirmation I needed. Also, when I looked for "checkedboxlist" when searching the internet as opposed to "dropdownlist with checkbox" I got a lot more hits. Thanks a bunch. Jim ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGrid Problems

  I have managed to get to the point in a project where I must display a summery of a booking. The details that I have stored in an access database are as follows: First Name, Surname age and activity I need to get these to display in a data grid so that the user can confirm the booking. This is the code that I have so far, what I need is to get the data from the dataset and into the data grid. ' create a connection string Dim connString As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\\holiday.mdb" Dim myConnection As OleDb.OleDbConnection = New OleDb.OleDbConnection() myConnection.ConnectionString = connString ' create a data adapter ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Automation of Ribbon Control

  Can I automate a ribbon control using UIAutomation Is it possible to get instance of control on Ribbon to automate it ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope - adding custom rule for objects that do not implement IDisposable

  I have VS2005 Team Suite. I am trying to create a custom rule by copying DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope. I need to be able to create a custom rule that does the same thing as the DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope rule, but for objects that do not implement IDisposable (this object follows the MS dispose pattern, it just doesn't implement the IDisposable interface). The DisposeObjectsBeforeLosingScope looks a bit more complicated than the other rules. I finally found the pieces of the code using Reflector, but I have no idea how create my own rule that will do the same thing (absent a check for implementing IDisposable). I see that Jeffrey has replied to another post indicating that the implementation of this rule is deep inside the Da ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Print an excel file with c# and suppress change prompt

  Hey guys, I need to do a silent print with XLS file, its working fine for ordinary xls file without any formatting, however if the excel is formatted, it prints ok but while closing the excel application, it prompts user to save, which i dont like to happen, as it defeats the purpose of my application.. FYI: i am using the following code.. P.StartInfo.FileName = filename; P.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = _DIRECTORY; P.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true ; //Create No Window P.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden; //WindowStyle---->HIDDEN P.StartInfo.Verb = "Print"; P.Start(); //Start the process P.Dispose(); // This code does the normal printing for any formats, but while closing it prompts. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Adding a bat file to an installer

  Hi, I am looking into adding a small .bat file to the deployment project, to add a switch to a .exe that I would like to run during the install. If I add a bat file how to I make the installer call it I am think just the process of Add a File will not actually cause the file to run. Or is there maybe there is an installation script or ini that I can make mods too Thanks for any direction. Jeff you need to create a custom action to do your thing. http://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/visual-studio/visual-studio-setup---projects-and-custom-actions/ http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d9k65z2d(VS.80).aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/10/30/487015.aspx  (aaron save ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Releasing client (ASP.NET) resources after connecting to Winforms SAO

    Hello all, I am having an issue with a Remoting application where the server is a VB.NET Winforms application and the clients are ASP.NET pages running on a CE.NET 5.0 mobile device - obviously IIS (v6.0) is the real client.  IIS and Winform application run on the same server. The issue I have is related to a known bug in this KB article - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922952 .  When a page is often refreshed, IE on the mobile devices produces the error " Program memory is critically low. You must select one task to terminate (unsaved changes will be lost), or increase the amount of program memory, if available ". I have an ASPX page that refreshes every 10 seconds or so to display status data retrieve ...Show All

• Visual Basic Tried it , seems to work great for modal forms. but mdi forms ?

  Hi VB Community Members, We wanted you to know about the release of the new Interop Forms Toolit 1.0.  In a nutshell the toolkit makes it easy to create Windows Forms in VB.NET and then add them to an existing VB6 application.  This makes it much easier to extend your VB6 app gradually and incrementally (form by form).  This fits into our larger VB Power Packs  initiative to deliver valuable features between Visual Basic 2005 and the next release, based on your feedback. We hope you get this today and try it out!  Download page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/downloads/powerpacks/interopforms/default.aspx Questions and discusions: Visual Basic Interop and Upgrade Forum Enjoy! Visual Basi ...Show All

• Windows Forms increase performance

  Anyone know any way to increase my performance and make my computer faster without downloads off the internet ...Show All

• .NET Development connect to sql server using compact framework

  hi, i have this code: Dim l_sqlConn AsNew System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection("Persist Security Info=False;Integrated Security=False;Server=192.168.2.114;initial catalog=new_one;user id=sa;password=1234;") l_sqlConn.Open() Dim l_sqlCmd As System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand l_sqlCmd = l_sqlConn.createCommand l_sqlCmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM clientes" but they display this error: sql server does not exist or acess denied can you helpme and tell me what i doing wrong thanks a lot hi, thanks for the help i will try to update the sql server, do you know who can i connect using winsock or sockets between pc to mobile thanks for the help Bruno ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do I Find The Product Code?

  This is driving me crazy and it must be simple. I am trying to find the product code so I can author manifests for installing MSDE. How do I find product codes for things I want to install I must be missing something easy. Do we just make them up For example here is the product code for SqlExpress ProductCode="Microsoft.Sql.Server.Express.1.0" You just make it up! It needs to be a unique identifier, so that each bootstrapper manifest has a unique ProductCode. This is the Unique ID we use to select, load, build, etc... bootstrapper packages. As you can tell, we've got a bit of a "best practice" product code: Manufacturer.ProductName.Version ...Show All

• .NET Development To Learn RegEx

  Hello, I will be working with text from files and manipulated them. Thus, I need to learn about RegEx. I know the HELP in visual studio has it and it even has examples, but those examples are not explained....all I see is a bunch of symbols that work together to get their results....They do not explain them So, if anyone knows where I can go for better explanation of regex, that would be great. I am working on c# visual studio 2003 .net MSDN docs are the way to go as well as your fav search engine. http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/oreilly/windows/news/csharp_0101.html http://www.csharphelp.com/archives/archive21.html http://www.regular-expressions.info/dotnet.html http://www. ...Show All

• Visual C# help plz: dynamic procedure

  ** Please see the code below.. I am using this code to populate data from SQL Server to combobox usng SqlDataReader but I have more than 10 combos to populate and I want to use the same procedure with all combos.. which means I will need to pass the combo object and field data.. can you please help... private void populate_id_type() { try { //ensure the box is cleared cboIDType.Items.Clear(); //Use the SQLServer provider.. //set up the connection and the command... sql_connection = new SqlConnection ( "server=localhost;uid=sa;pwd=;database=Sales" ); string strSQL = "SELECT FirstName + ' ' + LastName as Name FROM Customer" ; sql_command = new ...Show All

• .NET Development HttpWebRequest and ServicePoint

  Hi. I have faced a problem that I still cannot find solution for. I need to execute web requests to SAME web server using different source IP and port combinations. Yes, I know that I should use ServicePoint.BindIPEndPointDelegate and I use it. But my problem is that I have multi-threading application and because I use same destination address I got same ServicePoint instance for all threads and therefore can use only one combination of source IP and port in time. Does anybody know solution to this problem I'm using .NET 2.0. Thanks. Hmm, I think that answers my question. I do not have multiple public ip adresses - yet. How did you solve your question " how to detect when IP address becomes free, e.g ...Show All

• SQL Server Mirroring and Logins

  I've created some SSIS packages to move logins from the Primary server to the Mirror server. But I'm having a small glitch. Lets say I have a database dbA that's mirrored. I then add a login of some sort, say userA. userA's default database is dbA. When I add that login to the mirrored server, how do I get the default database to be dbA Currently I'm getting the following error from Alter Login: ALTER LOGIN [userA] WITH DEFAULT_DATABASE = [dbA] Msg 954, Level 14, State 1, Line 1 The database "dbA" cannot be opened. It is acting as a mirror database. I'm currently adding the logins with master as the default and then using Alter to attempt setting it. I can mask the error with a TRY block, but if I fail over it seems ...Show All