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• Visual Basic Keyboard malfunction in Code Window

  Okay, I'm slightly frazzled. The 'special keys' (return, tab, alt, ctl) don't work in the code window.  They work fine in the properties window.  Makes it real hard to insert a new line of code.  Already tried another keyboard, same symptoms. WinXP - current acording to Windows Update. AMD 2800 with 1GB RAM Fresh version of VB Express (downloaded 11/18/05) This is the *only* place where this keyboard seems to malfunction - what am I missing Suggestions I am experiencing a similar issue. My keyboards start typing random special characters when I press "=", "_". "(", ")", " ", ":", """ and many other keys. Thi ...Show All

• Visual Basic array of controls..

  is it possible to create array of controls in UI.. i need to create array of buttons (as similar to VB6) is there any way to do this Thank you, spotty; that did the trick for creating the buttons. Now I'm having a bit of trouble with the handler. Along with the me.controls.add code, I added a common click handler: Me .Controls.Add(theButton) AddHandler theButton.Click, AddressOf theButton_Click that event handler simply verifies the button that was clicked and turns the button background red: Private Sub theButton_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Dim s As String = CType (sender, Button).Name Dim clicked_button As Button = CType (sender, But ...Show All

• SQL Server matrix

  hey there Can anyone direct me to explicit examples of a matrix. eg I would like to see the layout view // then preview I am using Visual Studio.net 2003 and Reporting Services thanks jewel You can install the AdventureWorks sample reports during the setup installation of Reporting Services. The "Company Sales" sample report provides a matrix layout. You can also take a look at this article: http://www.gotreportviewer.com/matrices/index.html While that how-to article is targeted at the ReportViewer controls shipped in VS 2005, most of it still applies for Reporting Services 2000 / Report designer in VS 2003. Also RS Books Online contains information about matrix repo ...Show All

• Visual Basic ProgressBar colours.

  I want to change the little blocks on a progressbar to red at a specific event, then back again to their original colour at another event. I also want to have them as blue, on another bar. You may have to disable visual styles to get rid of the XP domination over your control appearances. Before you run your program, go into your Project Properties and uncheck the Enable Visual Styles tick box. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Issue with far plane distance vs. radius in a camera component

  Hello, I'm curious about the behaviour of my camera class. It is a simple class that controls camera view. It behaves like it should, except when the radius happens to be the maximum value that I've set in code (farPlaneDistance). When the mouse wheel is moved, this changes the near and far plane distance: // don't get too far if (radius < nearPlaneDistance) {      radius = nearPlaneDistance; } // don't get too close if (radius > farPlaneDistance) {      radius = farPlaneDistance; } And I use the radius to update the position vector of the camera: // update position vector position.X = ( float )(radius * Math .Cos(vertical) * Math .Cos(horizontal)); position.Y = ( float )( ...Show All

• Visual Studio Can't uninstall MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 Beta

  A while back I installed Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Beta 2 Version on my laptop and used it. I now have the latest Visual Studio 2005 Professional and I want to install it but I can't. MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005 Beta will not uninstall. I've tried just about everything but everytime it goes through the uninstall process at the last possible moment it "rolls-back" and dosn't perform the uninstall. I'm stuck. I read through most of the messages here to try to find a clue and I've tried several many good suggestions but still with no success. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Any luck on finding a solution I have had the same identical problem. The uninstall tool didn't wor ...Show All

• .NET Development Allocating large array -> out of memory

  Heya, I tried to allocate a large byte array in C#, like this: byte [] buf = new byte [len]; (where len = 1gb) But I get an out of memory exception. I have 2gb of memory in my machine, so it should work Are there alternative/better ways to allocate large amounts of memory /Bo Salvador, I am very much a novice at this. Are there step by step instructions anywhere for: 1. Changing the boot.ini 2. Putting in a post build event Any clues appreciated! Moon ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions C++ Error.

  Hello, I started learning C++ game programming with SDL or something =P It started saying this when I debug my project: I went to my actual project folder and it didnt have the .exe file in it. And I've tried building =P How do I fix that Anyway, I while ago. I finaly got it to work.. With no error... So I coded... And coded... Then went to test it again. It loaded up. With no error. Butttt... It doesnt like.. Save the changes.. Yes I have tried clicking 'Save all'. But now it just comes up the error again =P Please help me =) Cheers, Sam I've seen this happen when you try to run in the IDE a project that didn't compile. If I were you, look at your output and see what the errors are and then fix them. Otherwise there is mor ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS 2005 SP1 Beta doesn`t want to install

  I`m not commenting the decision to use windows installer patching system right now (long story short: 1GB of memory wasn`t enough), but after an hour or so the installer doing who knows what atm just died with a very informative message: The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. The number was different the first time I think, when I ran out of free space. And as I click OK it just keeps poping again and again. Oh, wait... it`s stopped after 40- or 50-something clicks. Now, after some time, we have this: Error 1935.An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'CppCodeProvider,Version="8.0.0.0",PublicKeyToken="b03f5f7f11 ...Show All

• Visual C# The 'Greater' Operator.

  Been contemplating moving from VB.NET to C# for a while now, and I felt it was time. This is really a minor question, but yet still important enough to stall my work..please if anyone would be so kind as to tell me how I would use the 'greater' operator in order to find out if a string is greater or smaller than the specified size/length/text. I presumed at first that this should work, but soon found out otherwise... if (Textbox1.Text > "") Thanks a bunch for any help.   James Curran wrote: >> if (Textbox1.Text > "") How is that syntax failing you   It is perfectly correct as it is. Better way to compare to strings is String.Compare() method. Which of ...Show All

• .NET Development StartMenu/Start Button

  I'm looking for a way to make the windows Start Button appear pressed. I have tried sending BM_SETSTATE but this doesn't work properly with the start button. It's meant to make a button appear pressed but not actually send a mouse down event. DECLARES: Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" ( ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal wMsg As Integer , ByVal wParam As Integer , ByVal lParam As Integer ) As Integer Public Const BM_SETSTATE As Integer = 243 CODE: SendMessage(TaskBar.StartButtonHandle, Me .BM_SETSTATE, 1, -1) Has anyone ever seen another way of making a button appear visually pressed How about actually drawing the start ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Get or Set accessor expected

  Stupid question probably... I have a private method I've placed within my workflow.cs class file. In this method I have : SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(); I have added the using statements for System.Data and System.Data.SqlClient. When I compile it tells me that a 'get or set accessor is expected' on the 'SqlCommand' object type. I have also tried to add in custom class statements like this but I get the same result. I can't imagine this is a workflow specific thing although it is in the WF class. This doesn't happen in any other class I create. Is there something the WF class itself expects or does it somehow think that this is a property EM Were you working in Visual Studio Everytime you compile Visual Stud ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Validation with List drop down?

  Hi I want to add some simple validation to my Excel sheet but can not for the life of me remember how to do it! Basically i have a drop down list as in the image below and want so that when 'No' is selected, the user is forced to enter the reason in the next cell http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m82/sc0ttb_2006/excel_list.jpg I can remember doing this before and used some VBA code but can not remember how i did it :( Please put me out of my misery! Thanks... Hi Below is from the macro recorder. I picked data form the menu then validation then selected list, and typed my two options separated by a comma Range("K8").Select With Selection.Validation .Delete .Add Typ ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Kiosk mode

  Hi, I am trying to create a fullscreen window to play a movie in. I added this to my window in the xaml file. ShowInTaskbar = " False " WindowStyle = " None " WindowState = " Maximized " WindowStartupLocation = " CenterScreen " It almost works. I can still see the border on the left side and the bottom on my screen. Just one pixel thick line but it is there. So I added anoter line top my window in the xaml file. AllowsTransparency = " True" The line disapears! But now my movie plays realy slow. Anyone who can tell me how I can create a fullscreen window with good preformance /Christer Just positioni ...Show All

• SQL Server Converting data question

  I need to combine two columns and copy them to another. One column is varchar and one is decimal (3,0) and the destination column is int. The column of decimal contains only 1 and 2 digit numbers. I need to perface a 0 to the data with 1 digit before combining the two columns. If someone could guide me here, I'd appreciate it. I've been trying to use cast and convert with no success. Hi, Here is the update statement for question: UPDATE yourTable SET DesINTColumn = CAST ( CAST ( CONVERT ( int , VarCharColumn1 ) AS varchar )+ RIGHT( '0' + CAST (DecimalColumn1 AS varchar ), 2 ) AS INT ) ...Show All