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• Windows Forms Background colour of DataGrid

  Hi, I have some problem on changing the background colour of datagrid I have a datatable to link to the datagrid I want to use the each row's background colour to indicate the status of the record but I hard to find a method to chnage the background colour individually but can find a method to change the whole datagrid background colour How can I chnage the background colour of each row individually Thank you I am usinf VS2002........ this method seems work only under VS2005........ anyway, thank you for your help ...Show All

• Visual Studio Error while unistalling Guidance Automation Extensions

  I am trying to uninstall, Guidance Automation Package so I can install the later version, I get the following error messages: First, It says Does not have access/priviledges to directory c:\Config.Msi. It gives me option to retry and when I do that I get the following error message: An exception occurred while uninstallting. ...... You must first uninstall the following guidance package(s): guidDD259E37_02BB_4b1c_9F14_737F534EEE22. I have uninstalled everything I can think of related to this, but it stops here... I am sure where to go next but to re-image the machine. Can you please help me understand what could be causing this and how can I uninstall without having to re-image my machine. Thanks. Laadlaa. ...Show All

• .NET Development GetFileSystemInfos() does not seem to return file names

  I tried following code to search and delete all .PDF files from a folder and its subfolders. But it does not return any file at all, even though PDF files exist in its sub-folders. I can see those files when I use Search function of the Windows Explorer. How can I correct my code please String directory = @"W:\Dev\PDF"; String searchString = "*.pdf"; DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(directory); if (!dir.Exists) { throw new DirectoryNotFoundException("The directory does not exist."); } // Call the GetFileSystemInfos method. FileSystemInfo[] FSInfo = dir.GetFileSystemInfos(searchString); // Iterate through each item. foreach (FileSystemInfo ...Show All

• Smart Device Development modified The queue does not exist or you do not have sufficient permissions to perform the operation.

  hi i have taken this example at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180970.aspx this is used to transfer messages between device and desktop queues this application run ok but it doesn't send the messages to desktop queue i am using vs2005 and and emulator pocket pc-wm5.0 please suggest thanks arvind hi my problem is that i want send messages from devices to queues on desktop i it doesn 't require to install msmq on my device msmq service is running on my desktop application my desktop pc is not accessible from my emulator plz suggest regards arvind ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem writing data after upgrading

  Hello, I was using for years an application that had an MSDE database. Recently. I've upgraded my computer to Windows Vista, so I had to upgrade MSDE to SQL Express . I've managed to attach the old MSDE database of the application to SQL Express, and I am able to retrieve my data from within the application . My problem is that I can not write or update data from within the application anymore. However, If I open a table in SQL Management Studio Express I can write/ update data with no problem. The company that build the application I was using doesnt exist any more so I cant take any support from them. The only thing I know for a fact is that the application is connecting to the database using the sa user. Any ide ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Windows CE5.0 or Windows Mobile 5.0?

  Dear All:    I am developing a smart device application, but I have a choice of operation system either on Windows CE5.0 or Windows Mobile 5.0.   I am not sure about the difference for these two operating system from a development point of view.   I heard Windows CE have a richer set of functionalities than Windows Mobile. However, if I develop my application on .NET compact framework 2.0, what the difference these two operating systems will make for my development. Please help.   Thanks EddieBear wrote: Thanks for Replying, but when I got option to choose either windows CE 5.0 or Windows Mobile 5.0 on same Symbol barcode scanner PDA device. I am st ...Show All

• SQL Server Login to SQL Server Express using Command Prompt

  How can I login to SQL Server Express instance(localhost\SqlExpress) using command prompt so that I can query database. Is there any alternative GUI tool for SQL Server Express Manager (I think Microsoft has discontinued SQL Server Express Manager). I prefer using Command Prompt. I am using WindowsXP Professional. Have you looked for an osql.exe I'd personaly look in the installation directory of the sql express and look at all the .exe files and see what's there. ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development Making news tabs active by default

  How can I make the new tab the active tab If I right mouse click and say 'Open in new tab", it does but I have to click on the tab to see it. Can I make this happen by default thanks Ralph In Internet Options, there is a section for "Tabs" in General Section. Open this and enable "Always switch to new tabs when they are created". HTH Sharath ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Unit Testing -- Marketing question.

  Unit testing is such a fundamental expectation of the Agile software process, I am disappointed that the Unit test is not part of the core team server client product. Particularly, right-click on a member function to create a Unit test, and then the test view window to manage unit testing. These seem to be functionality that should be part of the core team server client product. 1. What is the reasoning behind this decision (besides revenue) 2. What is the cheapest way to purchase the Unit test functionality as an add on to the core TeamServer licensed product 3. Any chance you may change just how this functionality is bundled Unit testing is part of Visual Studio Team Edition and has nothing at all to do with Team Se ...Show All

• Architecture Looking for Business Analysis template document...

  Hello, I don't know if I'm writing to the right forum... I have to start the business analysis process for a huge project within my company. I'm more experienced on the Technical analysis, I know what the business analysis involve but to write documentation is not my core skill and english is not mother language so I would like to ask if somebody can send me some kinds of template document (if it exists ...) to start to work on. Thankx for any help Marina B. Hi marina B. The best set of templates I have seen is from the MSF for Agile Software Development. MSF Process Guidance can be downloaded from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=9F3EA426-C2B2-4264-BA0F-35 ...Show All

• Visual C# Assign a bmp resource to a bitmap variable

  I create a resource bitmap as bmp. I can not assign this resource bmp to a Bitmap variable. What I would like to do is change or swap between two bmps every second in a picturebox image. thanks in advance for your help and time, Edward ok the problem was that the image was not embedded as a resource. After changing it to be embedded as a resource, everything worked fine. Once embedded, the resource name will be in the format of, generally, : applicationName.filename.ext if its in a folder (1 folder deep): applicationName.folderName.fileName.ext remember, the folder name and filenames are case sensitive ...Show All

• Architecture When should I create another instance?

  If I have a loop and I have to use another object each time I iterate. Should I instantiate this object for each step, or should I instantiate it outside the loop By doing it outside the loop I might have some problems concerning getting "ghost" information from the previous iteration. But, by doing it inside the loop (for each step) I would slow down the whole algorithm, besides consuming more memory... Any opinion on this Hi, I think the answer to your question depends on two factors: what language you're using and what are your priorities. The language you're using will influence how much of the performance hit you're tkaing by defining the variable inside the loop. In my opinion (and I remember this is what C# ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions RichTextLabel / disallow image resizing by users

  I create text and images in Wordpad, and then load them into a richtexttextbox, which by itself works fine except for one thing: users can select and even resize the images in the text. And it shows a blinking caret, which I found I can hide by creating a function that uses the user32 lib. But the ability to select and resize the images (just as one would in word/wordpad) is not acceptable. It's set to readonly, and I messed around with every other property of the richtexttextbox. Then it hit me, I need a richtextLabel. Someone created it, but is has the same issue, the image can be selected and resized. I've looked in many forums and documents, and they all cover things like creating your own word-clone, allowing people to edit the con ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista IMediaEventEx.GetEvent( out code, out p1, out p2, 0 );

  Hello, I am using C# dealing with DirectShow and need your help regarding this line of code. Can someone be kind enough and explain to me in plain english this line of code IMediaEventEx.GetEvent( out code, out p1, out p2, 0 ); My undrestanding is that the GetEvent method retrieves the next event notification from the event queue. using a txtlog I can see that the local variable "code" contains the Event Code. What I am confused about is, what I am getting on my local variables p1 and p2 Using the txtlog I can see my p1 is series of digits. But what are they representing and do they have a particular format Thank you so much for your help and have a great day. Khoramdin ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development Asynchronous (out of mux) PiP using SecondaryVideoPlayer

  As Peter wrote in his blog only syncronous PiP is supported with the current iHDSim. My question is if async PiP is working on the Toshiba consumer players and if someone already tried this. My idea is to stop the main video to play some PiP on top of it. Cheers, Gunnar The Toshiba player with 2.0 firmware might support async secondary. I know for a fact that earlier versions cannot. What do you mean by out-of-mux Do you mean video from pstore That is still muxed into an EVO. That should work in all players, though no titles do that right now so YMMV. You are correct in that stopping main video and playing PIP on top of it does require async support. ...Show All