Ed Steele's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Trying to deploy the program

  I am trying to publish my program using Visual Studio .NET 2005 by going through Build -> Publish "Project".. When I run my project either by building the project and go to bin/Release folder and run the exe file, or just by pressing "F5", it works fine. But if I publish the project and install it on a system, it won't find the access to database file. So I tried to uninstall the program by going to Add/Remove in control panel. But when I try to remove it from the system, it gives me an error messages saying "Uninstall of application did not succeed. See details ...." the detailed message says...   ERROR SUMMARY  Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are liste ...Show All

• SQL Server rsAccessDeniedToSecureData

  I've installed a fresh load of SQL Server 2005 onto a Windows 2000 server, including all the trimmings with SS2005. Reporting Services 2005 is the main thing I want to initially check out, but I can't get it to work. In the 'Reporting Services Configuration' it shows the 'Web Service Identity' as a blank grey box which can not be edited. I can't help but think this might be where the issue is. I looked at this thread, as it describes the exact same problem, but the solution did not work for me. The RS service will start up, but then when I navigate to http://localhost/reportserver or http://localhost/reports it gives me the following error: Reporting Services Error A couple of more things you can try as I recall: 1. Open up Computer ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Reversing a list order

  Hi there. Does anyone know how to reverse the order of a list. I have a column set up of names. How can i select this list and have it reverse the list in a separate column. I dont want it reversed alphabetically, or numerically... my example would be this... Cell A1 - A5 Paul Barry John Steve Jim i would like to either select the 5 cells and have click a button to reverse this order, or have it return the reversed order in column B1 - B5... giving me the result of Jim Steve John Barry Paul The only way ive seen how to do it is with the offset function but ive had alot of trouble with that for some reason and hoped someone had an idea. Thankyou! Sorry i wasnt clear. im using microsoft ex ...Show All

• Visual C# exception on eventhandler SelectedIndexChanged

  private void ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged( object sender, EventArgs e) { // ComboBox take data from a BindingSource this .TextBox1.Text = this .ComboBox1.SelectedValue.ToString(); } Why this code generate an exception NullReferenceException when closing the MainForm if I make this.. this .ComboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged -= new System. EventHandler( this .ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged); the exception is not generated but I haven't the event that I need !!! Can anyone help me Thank all. The documentation you say you've read contains an example. It checks the selected index first. If it's -1 that means nothing is selected. ...Show All

• .NET Development How to get the max length of text field in a DataSet?

  I have a DataSet bound to an Access database. Is it possible to get the maximum length of a text field of a table in the DataSet Many fields in the database tables have maximum length values set in the design view in Access. When I examine the loaded DataSet in the VS 2005 debugger, I can't find any maximum length information anywhere in the DataSet or the "DataTable.Columns" objects. I wrote the schema of the DataTable to a file (using WriteXmlSchema) and I see that the XML schema does not contain maximum length information for any fields. I want the maximum length to validate user input on a form. Currently, if a user enters too much text for a field and trys to update the database, an exception is thrown stating: "T ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions from VBscript to visual basic.

  I have a bit experience in some scripting like JavaScript, VBscript, and years ago i kept myself busy with qbasic. Now, since a few days, i want to learn Visual Basic, and i understand the basics. Now whats new for me, that is acces levels, classes, friend, protected, private, shared, public, classes versus modules, etc. Its easy to make a little program in one class, but when my program gets bigger, i dont understand how i make structure in my code using those things i dont understand yet. Now, ofcourse, i have all documentation, but, understanding that takes me months, also because my english vocabulary very simple, (i am Dutch). Understanding the documentation that came along with Visual basic express takes to long, and i am ...Show All

• Smart Device Development deploy with the .exe file

  I have finished an application with c# .net cf 2.0 And I build it with the setting is "release" "any cpu", then I send the application's .exe to my user, and the exe file be in the application\bin\release . the user's handset is windows mobile 5 handset. Can the .exe run at the user's handset Is it right of my deploy way Please tell me, Thank you hi CBuilder yes, I will create the cab file. when I deploy my software to a phone which has windows mobile 5, should I add the .net cf 2.0 to my cab project Thank you ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Vista Suggestion Add/Remove Programs

  Hi, I'd like to suggest an improvement for the add/remove programs app. I have several programs installed and would like to see createable tabs. I'd like to create a tab in add/remove programs called Graphic Programs and filter CS2, etc to that tab. Create a tab called New Software and put stuff under that tab that I've recently installed and am deciding whether or not to keep. This would make it much easier to find programs quicker if you wanted to remove them or simply to see if something is already installed. I couldn't find anywhere else to post this suggestion or to submit via e-mail. Sorry if this is the wrong place. Thanks, Brian Thanks for the feedback. I/We appreciate it however it is best to perhaps show your op ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Function argument value

  Hi, I'm new with the FxCop app. I working with c# winxp env. I would like some help with a creation of some rules: 1) How to locate a specific function call in my code. for example: finding all the shows of the function "ShowMessage("hellow world");" I tried to use check(Method method), but it takes only the declaration of the functions. 2) I can find all the labels variable in my code, but not the content of them. for example: if I have: this.m_lable1.Text = "Hello World"; How can I get to the text field in it Thanks in advance. Dani. Hi, I trying to write a rule to determine whether the first argument of the function ( string ) is appear in a string ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Build not generating release file correctly

  I have a project that complies two dll’s and a single executable. When I do a manual build locally it creates the dll’s and exe file in the release folder under the project, but when I use the team build. Only the exp and lib files are generated. Has anyone had this issue All the team build settign apper to be correct, and no errors are generated durring the build. Thanks -Matt- Try turning on diagnostic logging (add /v:diag to TfsBuild.rsp and check in the change). It looks like the CoreDropBuild target is not getting run for some reason, or is not finding anything to copy. -Aaron ...Show All

• Windows Forms Number Formatting

  Dear All, My problem is that first I have a text box called as "Start No:" where there user input a number say "000675858". Then upon enter key another text box appear and the "Start No:" will go invisible. The new text box called as "Quantity". In the second box user enter a number which is an int only. Then I will run a for loop based on the quantity and add 1 to my "Start No" for every loop and later add into a grid. So for example my "Start No:" = 000675858" and "Quantity:"=3 It appears in my grid as 675858 675859 675860 So my problem here is that the leading "000" go missing when I the for loop because I conver the "Sta ...Show All

• Windows Forms GetPositionFromCharIndex(int index) in RichTextBox v.s. TextBox

  Dear all, I found the GetPositionFromCharIndex(int index) is a little different from that in TextBox. And I have a question. Explain: If the length of TextBox & RichTextBox are both 2. textBox1.GetPositionFromCharIndex(2) -> invalid, return 0. textBox1.GetPositionFromCharIndex(1) -> valid, return the left bound position of the last character. richTextBox1.GetPositionFromCharIndex(2) -> valid, return the right bound position of the last character. However, because each character are not in the same width, I cannot count the bound manually. Thus, does anybody know how could I get the "right bound position" of the last character in "TextBox" but not "RichTextBox" Wait for your help. Sin ...Show All

• Visual Basic I Need Help With Drop Down List Boxes

  i was wondering if someone knew how to set drow down list boxes = a value in the table that is pulled up by the main drop down list box. I have a tracking No ddl that is sopposted to populate the entire table with the values for that record in the table. i have it where it will fill in the text boxes but the other ddls in the table are being filled by other tables that are f-keys in the trackingNo table. I now need the trackingNo DDL to select the right value for the other tables. here is the code for the ddlTrackingNo and see if that helps you help me... Please any help is welcomed.... Thanks, WoFe Private Sub ddlrackingNo_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ddlTrackingNo.Selecte ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Which book is best for learning C#?

  Hi, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good book for learning C#. I already know ANSI C++, which means I don't know MFC programming. I'm very good at the language level (OOP an' all), but I couldn't decide which book would be best for me. Any advice will be appreciated. The books which I short-listed are : 1) MicrosoftR Visual C#R 2005 Step by Step (by John Sharp) http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/7655.asp 2) Programming MicrosoftR Visual C#R 2005: The Language (by Donis Marshall) http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/7219.asp Which do you think is better Or if you have a better book in mind, please tell me. Thanks! Those Wrox press books are OK. Now I'm reading Microsoft press book "C# for Java developers" ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Moving images but no redraw

  I have 5 images (image controls) on a canvas and I want to move them from one side of the screen to the other. As if they were sliding in. This is done by changing the Margin in a For..Next loop x times. The problem I have is that they are not drawn as they move across the screen. In old VB a Doevents would solve this problem but I can see from other posts that that is no longer an option. Some have suggested using the Dispatcher but I can’t quite figure out if Microsoft thinks this is a good idea or not. What else is there. Maybe moving the For...Next loop into a new Thread. Surely not... Any ideas All code bits in VB please. rune Well that looks very nice and makes sens ...Show All