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• Windows Forms how to access a child form's variable in parent form

  Hi,    I am instantiating a form like this.Is it possible to assign a value to a variable like the below code. insertok is a var declared in the select form. select  frm = new Select ( this ); frm.showdialog(); frm.insertok=1; or int i =frm.insertok;  theabove code is not working for me. venp-- Make sure you declare it public . If insertok is a control, set its Modifiers property to Public. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to dynamically draw a grayscale Image in a ListBoxItem

  Ok, so the SuperMassiveBlackHole ListBox control is almost finished... Thanks to Josh Smith for lots of good pointers and an excellent Blog which covers many usefull WPF things... I have one last "how the heck am I suppose to do this" question for the WPF geniuses out there (ok, so don't hate on me if its actually not my last question ever, but I am starting to get the hang of this stuff) Question in short form: I have an <Image> item which is part of a DataTemplate used to define a ListBoxItem. I want to display this image in grayscale when not selected and full-color when selected. Note: The hard part is doing this without having a duplicate list of grayscale images along with the color images. Question i ...Show All

• Visual Basic Stop application from terminating on form close

  I am working on an application with a notify icon. I want the application to continue to run even if the user closes the form. Is there any way to make this work I haven't tested this with a notify icon but t his should do it: Private Sub Form2_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing If e.CloseReason = CloseReason.UserClosing Then Hide() e.Cancel = True End If End Sub Note that you want to check the CloseReason property so that your app will shut down properly in other circumstances. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Custom Control Support in Cider

  Hi, What is the timeline in Cider for support a Custom Controls Actually ( RC1 ) Not parse the xaml for custom controls Not Add the custom control the the toolbox automatically like Winforms provided Not load and show the custom control on the designer Not manage correctly the Namespace, load correctly the NS if I reference externally the assembly, no project reference. This feature list is very important for any custom control's maker! :-(   -- Andrea Gelati Andrea, I just wanted to let you know that the custom control development experience is a very important aspect of Cider. However, I hope you understand the we cannot disclose any information about our developm ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Is there any place where I can purchase the bird's eye view images that are found in the msn virtual earth?

  These photos are great, better than what google earth offers. Microsoft does not offer their bird's eye view images for sale nor do I know of any third party that offers them. Yes VE has a nice advantage over google earth in that VE has birds eye imagry which google earth doesn't. ...Show All

• SQL Server How to include a single quote in a sql query

  Hi Declare @Customer varchar(255) Set @Customer = Single quotes + customer name + single quotes Select Customerid from Customer Where name = @Customer I have a query written above, but i was not able to add single quotes to the set statement above. Can i know as how to go about it Early reply is much appreciated. Thanks! try this.... '''' + Customer Name + '''' If you want to give the Single Quote on String Litteral you need to use 2 Single Quote Continuously .. -mani ...Show All

• SQL Server Union All

  When any changes have been made to the underlying table structure, the Union all reports error and does not automatically correct the error. I then have to delete it and recreate it. Is this a bug Arry wrote: When any changes have been made to the underlying table structure, the Union all reports error and does not automatically correct the error. I then have to delete it and recreate it. Is this a bug I'm surprised that an underlying table change would affect this. Have any upstream components in the data-flow changed as a result -Jamie ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System The LinksControl on a Bug work item type

  Is there any way to choose the order of the links in the dropdown on the LinksControl control for the Bug work item type By default, it's "Work Item" when you click Add and I would like the default to be "Hyperlink" instead. Thanks! ...Show All

• Visual C++ error LNK2001

  Hi, (I saw the post on same subject but it seems to be a little different. so I'll use some word from that post!) There is a project earlier written in VC++ 6.0.  I opened the same project in VS. NET 2005 and I am trying to compile.  The code compiles properly (with couple of warnings) but while linking I am getting unresolved external symbol errors like this: The linker seems to have problem with seeing .obj from files in program (which are in the debug directory). It doesn't seem that the /Zl switch or the /NODEFAULTLIB  are on. 1>Linking... 1>Utm.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _RTC_Shutdown 1>Zone.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _RTC_Shutdown 1>Zones.obj ...Show All

• Visual C++ Native C++ Or C++.Net2005!!!???

  Common Guys, I Did Many Test, And Always The Rersult Tell Me That Native C++ More Faster Than C++.Net.How Is This Plz Tell Me, Does This Is True Man, But Don't Forget That Their Is A Free Version Of MSVS2005, Where I Just Finish Downloading The C# Express, And XNA. And I Start Learning And Developing. Wish My Good Luck ...Show All

• Smart Device Development DataGrid row forecolor on criteria (Visual Basic .Net CF)

  There's some example at http://www.opennetcf.org/Forums/topic.asp TOPIC_ID=350 but it's in C#. I tried to translate the code to Visual Basic but all I managed is what how to change color for all rows. Could someone please give an example how to change color for specified row index If I could change color for one row (not all), I think I could after that do it with on criteria also. Thanks for any reply. Not possible with NETCF V1 DataGrid. You would need to purchase and use 3rd party control. As to “translation”, please see this, item 11: http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2005/03/please-read-before-posting-to-ng.html ...Show All

• Visual C# "show class diagram" in vs 2003 ?? WHERE?

  i can see the option for "show class diagram" in the context menu when i right click on the project.....in VS2005 BUT the same is not visible in VS 2003. where is it available...OR how to enable this option in vs2003 thanks in advance Prepare a Class Diagram in Visio Using Reverse Engineering Open a window in VS.NET. Go to Project—>Visio UML—>Reverse Engineer. This automatically shows you the class diagrams with perfect relationships. Note: This tip will work with VS.NET Version 1.0.0 and higher. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Source filter problem

  Hello! My source filter creates a video stream. The video stream contain a scrolling/rotating text. The problem is the text don't scroll/rotate smoothly. I'm scrolling pixel by pixel, and rotating degree by degree. Sometimes the video break, reproduces more a little and then break again. I'm using the ExtTextOut() GDI function. Here, occours the same with the microsoft sample Seeking Ball. Can anyone help me Any help will be apreciated. Is there other solution for my problem Sample code, a free library, etc Have you read http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/directshow/htm/timeandclocksindirectshow.asp ...Show All

• SQL Server UPDATE Statement with a JOIN Condition

  Hi all, HERE IS MY UPDATE STATEMENT: Update WACTS_Inventory_Part_Loc_Tbl SET WIPLT_Part_New_Qty = WIPLT.WIPLT_Part_New_Qty + tmp.MATIN_QTY FROM WACTS_Inventory_Part_Loc_Tbl WIPLT INNER JOIN Temp_MatIn_Data tmp ON WIPLT.WIPLT_Part_Number_MSBA=tmp.PARTS_ShortID WHERE WIPLT.WIPLT_Location_Code='MF' I have a Problem with this satment becoz my Temp_Matin_Data_Tmp table contains two records with the same PartNumber that is (ShortId) and the two records have two different quantities. The WACTS_Inventory_Part_Loc_Tbl has only one Part NUmber Record and the key is the PartNUmber and Location_Code. Now when the Update Satement runs it updates the qty only from the first record of the temp table and does no ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Animation of nested resource properties?

  Can someone help me out and suggest how you animate nested properties of drawings in resources I'm just playing with animations for the first time and can't seem to figure out the syntax I need. The idea is that I have a reusable vector image in a resource and I want to animate a portion of it in one of the instances on the screen. Here's some sample xaml: <StackPanel xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' xmlns:x='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml'> <StackPanel.Resources> <ResourceDictionary> <DrawingImage x:Key="test"> <DrawingImage.Drawing> <GeometryDrawing Geometry="F1 M 20.4167,29.0833L 40.25,29.0833L 40.25,40.5833L 20.4167,40.5833L ...Show All