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• Smart Device Development Can't get transparent images on ToolBar control buttons

  Hi! So what is the problem - I can't get images on toolbar's button be transparent.. I have tried transparent gifs, transparent pngs white-background gifs, margenta-background gifs.. Still button on my toolbar have background.. How can I fix it Actually, I'm not sure. The Platforms listed in the dox for TransparentColor include CE, Mobile for PocketPC, and Mobile for Smartphone. But, there's no PDA icon beside the property in the properties list for ImageList (I'm not sure what no PDA icon, signifying no CF support, means if the property is supported on platforms that CF would be deployed to). Seems pretty fundamental to me. There's a few good articles about replacing a colour with the backgro ...Show All

• SQL Server Tooltip in Bar chart

  I have a couple of scenarios where I need the tooltip within the bar chart to be specific to which bar they are hovering over, rather then just a 'chart wide' tooltip. I've experimented a little with using inscope but it haven't been able to achieve it. So, is this even possible And if so can anyone help me out with it For info: Not using RS2005 Kind regards, David ...Show All

• Smart Device Development 25.02 - 24.99 = 0.0300006866????

  Well it seems to in VS2005. I have a float that is a member of a class which is 24.99(float a). I have another float which is created by parsing a string which equals 25.02(float b). The first value is substracted from the second using: b -= a; However I get some trailing garbage Any ideas Floating point arithmetics are not exact and are usually not represented as you think. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.single.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.double.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point If you need exact math you probably want to use Decimal data type instead. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.decimal.aspx ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL server 2000 Reporting Services Installer

  HI, Anyone knows where can i get the SQL server 2000 reporting services server installer I tried microsoft website, but i only able to found the evaluation edition which is limited to 3 months. Is there an enterprize or developer edition free to download Thank you. Regards only the evaluation version is available for download. However, you can obtain SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services on media (CD). For details, please see the following page: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/rs/retailfulfillment.mspx ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Home screen plugin for smart phone

  I want's to make a smart phone home screen plugin in which my application[which is a C# application] shortcut icon appear on the home screen. I have make a today screen pulgin for this purpose for pocket pc.But I think home screen behavior is little bit different. In pocket PC I add the registry entries in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Today\Items\.... But Like Pocket PC I can't find the registry entry for Home. What I want's is the home screen extension that if user change any of there home screen this link should remain same on each screen The Home screen is completely different from the Today screen on Pocket PC's. There are no reg keys, it is all controlled by a xml file in \Application Data\Home. A very nice tutorial that descr ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Windows Form app TO Smartdevice app

  I want to build Smartdevice app that all look like with my windows form app, but I found problem while coding: 1. I want to Draw a text on my smart app, is it true that smart app doesnt have TextRenderer like Windows app below is my Windows app code: Dim flags As TextFormatFlags = TextFormatFlags.Bottom Or _ TextFormatFlags.EndEllipsis Dim size As Size = TextRenderer.MeasureText(strLayer, New Font( "Arial" , 12.0F)) TextRenderer.DrawText(e.Graphics, "My String", _ Me .Font, New Rectangle( New Point(10.10), size), SystemColors.ControlText, flags) 2. Why Combobox on Smart app doesnt have dropdown methods because I want to retrieve a fresh data from SQL when a combobox ondropdown, ...Show All

• SQL Server filegroup auto-growth - know when it happens?

  Hey guys, I'm running SQLServer 2000. I am in the process of looking over our current filegroups and providing reports based on file size increases. One thing I'd like to know is when (date and time) a filegroup last "auto-grew". Is there a way to know when this occurs thanks, Jason Derek, Thanks for the info. I should have re-worded my question I think: Is there a way to know when the date/time a filegroup last auto-resized Let's say it auto-resized last friday, is this timestamp stored somewhere Profiler would tell me only if I was running it at the time of the resize. I'm trying to correlate the time of an error with the last time a large filegroup resized. thanks Jaso ...Show All

• Windows Forms Form.Load????

  I have a Form that load with some default data that comes from an object....when i change the default code my information does not change even though i have the functionality for changing in the Form.Load method.....Would there be any reason the form.Load would be called if the form is closed and re-opened from a parent form this .cboStartingPoint.SelectedValue = this ._VendorDetail.StartID; this .cboEndingPoint.SelectedValue = this ._VendorDetail.EndID; if i change the value of the selectedvalue on the underlying object my information in this form does not change....it only changes when i open the form for the first time.....can anyone help out with this You are using ShowDialog to show the form and you must ...Show All

• .NET Development Data-grid

  Hi All I want to implement this but don't know how. User will enter the initials of the name in a textbox and the result will be shown in a pop-up data-grid from where he can select the required one. Like we have in a List Of Values. Thanks!!!!!!!!! You can use a DataView for this purpose. Sample code is given below: void textbox_TextChanged( object sender, EventArgs e ) { DataView dv = ds.Tables[ "Users" ].DefaultView; dv.RowFilter = "UserName Like '" + textbox.Text + "%'" ; datagrid.DataSource = dv; Form frm = new Form (); frm.Controls.Add ( datagrid ); frm.ShowDialog (); } ...Show All

• Customer Care Framework CCF Download missing on MSDN Subscriber downloads

  I was just wondering if they have taken down the CCF Download form MSDN Subscriber downloads. I heard back from the folks responsible for the MSDN Downloads... Yes you need to have either a MSDN Premuim or Academic Subscription in order to access CCF download. MattB MSFT ...Show All

• .NET Development A despert newbie needs help

  I have an ASP (vbscript) page that accepts XML posts from an external web site. The XML they post is: <TOKEN> <TICKET GUID="This is the value I need to get"></TICKET> <TIMESTAMP>xxxxxxxxxxxx</TIMESTAMP> <TOKEN> How can I read the GUID value in ASP code Thanks. The request is the XML I posted earlier: <TOKEN> <TICKET GUID="This is the value I need to get"></TICKET> <TIMESTAMP>xxxxxxxxxxxx</TIMESTAMP> <TOKEN> Do I have to call xmlDoc.setProperty("SelectionLanguage", "XPath"); ...Show All

• Visual C# Convert a struct to stream of bytes

  I need to transmit the following structure across the network in my program. Code: struct Data { public string strName; publci string strMessage; } Now what I need to do is to change the data to a stream of bytes and transmit it. And, at the receiver end organize it back into the structure. How can I do this logan_india wrote: I'm a little new to .NET, though a decent MFC/Win32 developer. Anyway, I will get back if I have a problem in implementing this as a DLL. Regards. Trust me, its more than simple that you can think of if you have worked in MFC/Win32. Just create a new project of type Class Library just put your Serialization/Deseralization code in a class in ...Show All

• .NET Development default build number

  If for an assembly build number I have something like ("1.0.*"); the documentation suggests that this "default build number is incremented daily". Yet the values don't seem to make any sense. Where are they stored and how can they be reset (we would like to start with a known base and add 1 each day. if not what would be the best way to automate this I think the default build number is the number of days between January 1st 2000 and the build day. That of course automatically increments each day. The default revision number is random. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Getting original settings

  Hello, I have problems trying to get to the original settings of Visual Express 2005. I normally use: tool->Import and Export settings and then use reset or import original settings. I thought this would fix the problem, but not.. I obtain the same settings and not the original ones. Would it be possible that the original settings of visual express 2005 are corrupted by my own settings Where can I find original ones I just want everything new, as it was when I installed visual express the first time... thanks for your help cesar I did it; but i don't know, in some manner, visual 2005 knows he was there, in my computer ( i don't know, maybe he records something in the registers of the system cesar ...Show All

• .NET Development System.Transactions issue

  I have been trying to run the following piece of code : using ( TransactionScope txRequest = new TransactionScope ( TransactionScopeOption .Required)) { using ( SqlConnection conn1 = new SqlConnection ( "Data Source=XXXX;Initial Catalog=ULTIPRO_USG;uid=dev;pwd=pass;" )) { conn1.Open(); } using ( SqlConnection conn2 = new SqlConnection ( "Data Source=XXXX;Initial Catalog=ULTIPRO_USG;uid=dev;pwd=pass;" )) { conn2.Open(); } } The SQL server 2005 is in a different machine. Due to the fact that there is a second connection inside the transactionscope DTC is necessary and is enabled for Network Access on both machines. Whenever we run this piece of code we are ab ...Show All