Richard Morgan's Q&A profile
Windows Forms How to create a alpha-blended & transparent rectangle with shadow
How to draw a round-edge rectangle (lenght 200, height 30). Border color should be white and the interior totally tansparent Plus the borders should be alpha-blended with smooth shadows / blurring effect Is it possible to create this using .NET's native GDI+ That article looks interesting and could work. I would be most grateful if you had time to translate that to VB.NET! I would like to set the png image as form's background in order to be able to put a textbox on it. ...Show All
SQL Server how to solve this Error: 0xC0017004
hi ! Sorry i am posting this again cos my problem is not fixed yet and i set the last reply as answer i don't know if i need to post it again. i am executing Sql task with a stored proceedure to get values from Database. Which gets the value correctly. The variable value i am trying to set in the connection string through the Expression. The variable value is Path of the DTsx file e.g D:\TAHOE\APPS\SSISPackages\Integration Services Packages\ Ticket.dtsx. there are around 22 Variables i am setting to the connection string of the DTSX files. Error: 0xC001401E at DoArchive, Connection manager "ArchiveTicketException.dtsx": The file name "D:\TAHOE\APPS\SSISPackages\Integration Services Packages\ArchiveTick ...Show All
Visual Studio Unbound Fields
How do you send a value/variable in code to an unbound field I have not been able to find any code what-so-ever regarding this issue. Any help is appreciated as well as code samples to show how this process is done. Thank you Ok. Thought i would post the result i have come up with for VB programmers. Private Sub DisplayReport() Dim rpt As New CrystalReport1 Dim root As CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.TextObject rpt.Load() root = rpt.ReportDefinition.ReportObjects("Text1") root.Text = "Italy Wins!!" CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = rpt End Sub The problem i was having earlier was due to the fact that i was not casting the ReportObject as a TextObject. ...Show All
Windows Forms Cannot open Designer
I cant open the designer because of this warning: Warning 1 Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 0 0 Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't panic. It was probably the last control you added to the form. In the Solution Explorer, click "Show All Files". That reveals a "MyForm.Designer.cs" file. Open it and delete all references to your problem control. Build. If you got it right, you can again open the form in the designer... ...Show All
Visual C# Handling encryption at the application level
The development of an application that handles encryption (AES) of data stored in a database (SQL server 2005) at the application level through C#. So in practice I would in C# do some simple data handling and then encrypt these data and then insert these data in the corresponding DB tables. This is what I am trying to develop, but I am just in a researching face for the moment, hence my question. Can anybody reply me on the how difficult this should be to accomplish and where to concentrate my researching and if any body as any form of input to this I am very pleased to receive this too. Thank you Kenn Kikkenborg Ahan OK, See the first point of Chunk S, The length of the encrypt ...Show All
SQL Server I-Mate JasJar And compact framework installation Problem ?
Hi everyone here i have a little problem : i tried to install the compact framework onto my pocket pc with windows mobile 5.0 but the installation fiailed and gave me an error . the error message said that : the version of installation is not specified for this version of operating system .. so what can i do to install compact framework on the device please help ! Which version of the Compact Framework How exactly have you tried to install it Is this message produced on desktop or device ...Show All
SQL Server Sql Server 2005 Reporting Services - Printing Direct
Can You give an example of how to print a report from a Visual Studio VB winforms project using a button labeld print We would like to print the report using Sql Reporting Services without having to view it first in the report viewer. This report will need some parameters passed to it. We als need to be able to view the report with parameters passed to it automatically. Can you help with some examples I worked through the sample. But the problem still exists. We have a need to press a button and have a report formatted and sent to a printer without having to display it in a report viewer on the client’s machine first. Her are a couple of examples: Packing List and Bill of Lading for our shipping department. We need to b ...Show All
Visual Studio Creating reports with temp tables
Hi, I have created a new datasource that runs a stored procedure. The stored procedure uses a temp table and returns the contents of the temp table. When I add the stored procedure to the datasources window it cannot figure out the column names of the temp table. I can preview the data from VS2005 and it works fine. However when designing the local report I have no fields to drag on to the form. I choose Report - Report DataSources and pointed to the dataset of the stored procedure. I dropped a text box on the report and manually added Fields!DepartmentName.Value which I know is one of the column names, but that produces the error "The Value expression for the textbox ‘textbox1’ refers to the field ‘departmentName’. Report ...Show All
Software Development for Windows Vista Whats the Scenario?
Dear all A state machine workflow can have many states lets say a,b,c. Now its possible that in a state i can define one more state machine workflow like a -- d ,e,f can any one tell the scenario where this may be required. The reason that we allow this is for defining common event handling logic for states d, e and f. For example, suppose that you want to be able to accept a "Cancel" event in all 3 states. Instead of having to define the "Cancel" event handler in d, e and f, you can simply drop an EventDriven activity in A and define the cancel logic there. ...Show All
Visual Studio How can I change a project item image in Solution Explorer?
How can I change a project item image in Solution Explorer in VS 8.0 AddIn For example for cpp item or h. thx Hi Sergey, Unfortunately, there is no way to do this from an addin. The icon image displayed by the Solution Explorer, is done through the project system's implementation of IVsHierarchy::GetProperty. In some instances the project system may defer to use the icon associated with the file type, but in other instances (such as the C++ project system) it may just use a static image from it's own resources. The only way to provide your own set of images for project items, would be to implement your own custom project type with the Visual Studio SDK. There are a number of samples in the SDK (such as Figs, MyC, Project, and t ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Error when trying to install XNA Build
After I downloaded the XNA Build March 2006 CTP, I was brought to a page that showed me how to setup Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Premier Partner Edition. I successfully installed Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1, Miscrosoft XML 6.0, and Microsof .NET Framework 2.0. After I did that I downloaded Vs_Setup.msi. I double clicked it and there was no visual activity on my computer. About a minute later a message came up that said, "Error 1311.Source File not found : C:\Documents and Settings\(My Name)\My Documents\_1519_RTL_x86_enu_VSCC_Help_Collection.cab. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it. The file did not exist and I could not access it. I have retried installing many times but the same thing happens. Help apprecia ...Show All
Visual C++ Illegal Character in File path...using *
I'm using StreamReader to read text from a file. The problem is I cannot get the exact filename of the file I intend to read. So I'm using a wildcard - something like "Monitor_log_08_20_10_15_*.txt" where the Monitor_log is followed by month_day_hours_minutes_seconds. I cant time it right to get the seconds field exact, so I'm just using a wildcard. StreamReader doesnt like that. It errors with an Illegal Character in File Path. How do I workaround this problem Any suggestions... Thanks!! Files is the full path name. To get just the filename, use Path::GetFileName(Files ) or Path::GetFileNameWithoutExtension(Files ); ...Show All
Visual Basic Winsock OR TCP connection + SSL
Hi, I am making an Email reader program, and I need to use POP3 servers. I learned the protocol so I'll could use winsock for the connections. The problem is, that a lot of servers require SSL connection, and I don't know how to open one... I know there is a way with the TCP socket, but I don't know how...... :( Can anyone tell me how Thanks, Ofir. Jeff, could you please describe the problem that you have Does the send fail Does the receive fail Are you only receiving the first line of the sent text If possible, could you please post some code so we can have a look... Best regards, Johan Stenberg ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DirectX 9.0 Agust 2006 SDK, and Can't use it to Make Keyboard Controls...?
Hi, ... ... ... Allah Is Here... ... ... ... I'm using the Visual C++ and the DirectX SDK August 2006 version, so please advise... So then, I try to use the DirectInput materials to make use of my keyboard to control some DirectX Graphics that I made, but it just doesn't work... Well, you see, I think that the codes that I use maybe outdated, probably because the Newer August 2006 SDK, still just wondering... If anybody knows why, Please tell me Exact what I need to change... So, actually, the codes that I use are below... /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// int Game_Init( void *parms, int num_parms) { // this function is where you do all the initialization // for your game i ...Show All
Windows Forms how to give color to background for MesseagBox