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Score Read from an excel worksheet
Kaustav - 11 Nov 2006 1:39 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I am facing a peculiar problem with Excel Automation. I have a winform where in I display some data in OWC axSpreadsheet. Next I export this data to an ..xls file. When I try to open (through OleDb) and read this file, I get an ...
Score How to send HTTPS-Post request using C# application
Arti - 11 Nov 2006 12:05 PM - 3 messages
Hi, I am trying to access a servlet hosted on Tomcat server using HTTPS Post protocol. I am getting the exception: "The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship with remote server". Below is the code snippet. The same worked fine for HTTP POST. Then ...
Score Create / enum ODBC source
Dale Sampson - 10 Nov 2006 10:43 PM - 3 messages
My app uses an ODBC connection for a .mdb file. I want the app to create the source if it does not already exist (I copy a blank .mdb file to the users data store if it doesn't exist). ...
Score ispostback
bindurajeesh - 10 Nov 2006 6:45 PM - 4 messages
When I make a checkbox true I want other textboxes to appear otherwise the visible property of these textboxes is false.  They will not appear unless the checkbox has postback set to true.  This causes another problem which is ...
Score *** Need Urgent Help ***
Me - 10 Nov 2006 6:11 PM - 2 messages
I am not sure if this is the right group. If not, please point me to one. I have a need to develop a web page wherein I accept information and then save it in sql server database. I have designed the form to successfully ...
Score Large exe file
Jesper, Denmark - 10 Nov 2006 1:21 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I've written a somewhat large program over the years (70.000 lines of code). When compiling the program I get a 2MB exe file. When running this program I get an corresponding image in the task manager showing a 40 MB memory ...
Score AUTOMATIC FONTS
Raul - 10 Nov 2006 12:02 PM - 2 messages
This becoming crazy. I have a panelgroup inside with an option. If I change the font to the panelgroup it also changes it to the secondary controls. And I don't want him to make it. I have proven with autosize=false, with the autoscalemode and all the ...
Score Pls HELP...CONFUSION in Choosing JOB!!
Madi - 10 Nov 2006 11:36 AM - 5 messages
Dear all,     Im in a confusion about choosing a job offer.Right now im working in ..Net 3.0 components(Workflows,WCF),asp.net 2.0 webparts and all.Im having a good exposure here but with a very less salary which i cant live with.Now i ...
Score My Windows account do not have administrator priviliges anymore
Marcus - 10 Nov 2006 10:24 AM - 2 messages
Hi, My Windows account do not have administrator priviliges anymore even though the user account window accessible from the control panel claims I do. I did my first time programming with setting ACL:s. I thought I had completed my application since it seemed to work fine setting the ACL:s ...
Score Calling a Public Subroutine/Function from another Form
deepu - 10 Nov 2006 10:03 AM - 3 messages
Hello Everybody,     I placed a toolbar on the MDIform . I want to declare some public functions in the individual forms and am trying to call these when ever a toolbar button is pressed. I worked this one in VB6.0 , but don't ...
Score how to access .c or .h file in vb dot net
Priya - 10 Nov 2006 9:17 AM - 2 messages
hello my question is.. if i hav a function written in 'C'..is there ne way 2 access tht function vb dot net form or application.. rply.. ...
Score Flush files
Peter Larsen [] - 10 Nov 2006 8:25 AM - 11 messages
Hi, Is is possible to programmatically flush all opened files ?? BR Peter ...
Score RUP
Red Devil - 10 Nov 2006 6:33 AM - 2 messages
Hi, This may absurd but I would really like to if RUP is suitable as a software development process for .NET development? I know MSF is an ideal choice. Your comments is highly appreciated. Regards ...
Score Any RTF Lib out there?
Leon_Amirreza - 10 Nov 2006 6:04 AM - 9 messages
I need a good RTF Parser (Reader / Writer) Library in C/C++/C# for some text processing purposes? any Free or Commodity Libs I can use? Please give some Web Site Address ...
Score How to Get the ITextDocument Interface of a .Net RichTextBox?
Leon_Amirreza - 10 Nov 2006 5:54 AM - 2 messages
Is there Any way I can get the ITextDocument Interface of a .Net RichTextBox? Please post some Sample Code that extracts this interface from RichTextBox? ...
Score How to Increase Crystal report Width
Deepthi - 10 Nov 2006 5:31 AM - 2 messages
Hai... I have to generate a report with a table which consists of 31 columns. While designing the report for this, i am unable to place all the 31 columns in one row. Can anyone help me in increasing the Crystal report width.. ...
Score Moving from MS Access to Visual Basic.Net
CAM - 10 Nov 2006 4:52 AM - 3 messages
Hello, I am wondering if someone can give me some pointers.  Currently I am using Access 2002  I developed an inventory tracking database, which this database is used in California and in Florida.  Unfortunaley Access is not very good ...
Score how resolve this circular reference issue?
ChrisB - 10 Nov 2006 3:10 AM - 3 messages
Hello, I was wondering what options are available for resolving the following (simplified) scenario. Two project exist and each contains a class: ProjectA - Class1 ProjectB - Class2 Additionally, Class2 needs to accept Class1 as a parameter: public class Class2 {          // results in circular reference ...
Score C# ListView CheckBox Question
Jason Huang - 10 Nov 2006 2:30 AM - 2 messages
Hi, In C# Windows Form project, the CheckBox in a ListView Item. What do I need to do so the CheckBox will respond to the whole line Item, not just within the CheckBox itself? Thanks for help. Jason ...
Score Application to PUSH screen or page to a user via Internet
Mark Siler - 10 Nov 2006 12:57 AM - 5 messages
First let me say I'm not a developer.  I'm looking for someone that can either do this for me or point me to a technology that can. I'm in need of a way via the Internet to push a screen or webpage to a user. For example: If ...
Score problem with Microsoft web controls...
scsharma - 9 Nov 2006 9:21 PM - 5 messages
Hi, I am building a .net 1.1 application with microsoft webcontrols. The environment that i am deploying this application has 1.1 and 2.0 framework . My development environment also has these environment side by side. Every thing works fine on my development machine but on staging area i am have ...
Score Why has debug.print stopped working???
Daniel Manes - 9 Nov 2006 8:07 PM - 4 messages
Strangest thing, but, if I put debug.print statements in my code, they simply get ignored when I run the project. Also, if I try to put a breakpoint on a line containing debug.print, it jumps down to the next ...
Score Mutually dependent drop-downs
mscertified - 9 Nov 2006 7:32 PM - 3 messages
I have 2 drop-downs on my web form. I need to make the contents of the second one dependent on the choice from the first. How? I tried removing the existing entries from the second listbox and reloading with new values but I ...
Score Ctrl-F -Current Project ??
JoeM - 9 Nov 2006 6:53 PM - 2 messages
Does the search via the 'current project' not work in dotnet?   Seems to still only search the currently opened document.  dang!  Is there a way around this? ...
Score Doubt
Hari Shankar - 9 Nov 2006 5:36 PM - 3 messages
Hello Guyz We are planning to simulate the front panel of a Car Radio in PC. We want to use it for demo purposes. Especially in situations where we don't have the actual hardware available, we want to simulate all the user actions from the ...
Score AppDomain for Multiple Instances?
Richard MSL - 9 Nov 2006 3:55 PM - 5 messages
I have an application that works, now I want to make the user able to run several menu options at the same time. So they could choose option A from the menu, be interacting with it, then choose option B also, and switch between ...
Score vb.net retriew web page results
nemo - 9 Nov 2006 3:28 PM - 2 messages
Hey guys - hope this one is simple Need an app that will take a list of web site addresses (in our intranet) and return the results of the web page.. any quick way to do this? ...
Score Same AssemblyName
Tao - 9 Nov 2006 2:35 PM - 5 messages
hi.. Is there any way that I can make two assemblies have the same name? I mean the same AssemblyName not Display Name. thanks ...
Score Difference between in signing in 2.0 and 1.1
MMA - 9 Nov 2006 2:02 PM - 2 messages
Hi All, Is there any difference between signing 2.0 and <=1.1 assemblies. Thanks In Advance. ...
Score Advice on Requirements Gathering/Analysis
C - 9 Nov 2006 1:53 PM - 3 messages
Hi, I have come mainly from a Development background. I have now to get involved in some Requirements Gathering / Analysis. My Customer is going to give me a brief Requirements document of what they want. I am then going to write a Functional Specification document and get him to ...
Score About Image editing
gujarsachin2001@gmail.com - 9 Nov 2006 11:53 AM - 2 messages
Hi friends,   I want to edit image. Means i have images & i m opening tht images in browser so  on tht image i want to mark some part of tht image so tht i can hide tht specific part of image. I have searched a lot but i m not ...
Score XML Schemas (SOM) - Finding order of elements
Bardo - 9 Nov 2006 7:10 AM - 3 messages
Hi all, I am a newbie to using the XML Schema Object Model (SOM) and would like a few pointers on how to perform a particular task. I am essentially trying to search for elements/attributes via the SOM as ...
Score Datagridview use ENTER key instead of the TAB key.
Scotty - 9 Nov 2006 7:02 AM - 2 messages
Hi, I am struggling with folowing problem, I am a beginner of vbnet 2005 I have a datagridview and want to use ENTER key to move  instead of the TAB key. On msdn i have found the code to use, ...
Score How can I open a console window and run a command line?
Allen Maki - 9 Nov 2006 6:57 AM - 2 messages
I would appreciate if someone helps me. I am reading a book called MS visual c++ .net step by step.  I am using Visual C++ .net version 2003.    I am trying to learn reading from file ...
Score help missing files
Firehotbabie35 - 9 Nov 2006 1:12 AM - 2 messages
I have files that i stored in my documnents that were created on word and now they are missing i have tried everything for some reason when you go to bring up the file it says it is a read only file and i am unable to get into that ...
Score MySql and OleDB
Art - 8 Nov 2006 8:08 PM - 2 messages
After extensive searching I have come to an apparent dead end. I need to access a MySql database from C#.  ODBC makes this very easy however not every customer is running MySql so I want to create a reusable ...
Score Compiling a Class Library project into multiple assemblies
Phaitour - 8 Nov 2006 7:34 PM - 4 messages
Hi there, I'm working on developing a large Class Library project that is slowly becoming a shared "framework" library amongst multiple applications.  As this shared library grows, I need to start thinking about ways to split this library up.  ...
Score Ignoring Whitespace with DataTable.Select
Nick B - 8 Nov 2006 7:21 PM - 4 messages
I'm trying to do a select on a column where the cell values in the column are padded with whitespace, is there a simple way to have the select expression ignore the whitespace? Thanks in advance, Nick ...
Score Command line with imput file in Process
MaK - 8 Nov 2006 6:54 PM - 2 messages
Hallo, I’m starting a software from command line like this: Program.exe < ParamFile.txt How can I start something like this with System.Diagnostics.Process? Regards, MaK ...
Score [Q] Cast remote object to a local object
Tao - 8 Nov 2006 6:54 PM - 4 messages
hi. guys, I have two AppDomains, AppDomain0 and AppDomain1. In AppDomain1, I got a class implements an interface IInterface0. In AppDomain0, I also define a IInterface0, the code of two interfaces are exactly same. When I call: appDomain.CreateInstanceFromAndUnwrap and try to convert to ...
Score String Interning and Thread Locking
Chris Mullins - 8 Nov 2006 6:32 PM - 6 messages
I've spent some time recently looking into optimizing some memory usage in our products. Much of this was doing through the use of string Interning. I spent the time and checked numbers in both x86 and x64, and have published ...
Score Help Tool
Ganesh Muthuvelu - 8 Nov 2006 4:50 PM - 2 messages
hello, We have a windows based application and currently have our help file as a ..CHM file. We intend to use some other tool that will: 1) be able to upload the help manual on our web site 2) be able to fully integrate with VS 2005 so that the help can be ...
Score User interface documentation?
mscertified - 8 Nov 2006 4:45 PM - 2 messages
Is there any documentation on what user interface elements dot.net supports. I'm not interested in any implementation details, only what controls there are and what they can do regarding a user interface. For instance the Data Grid, what does it allow me to do regarding selecting rows, can I navigate ...
Score Referring to Style sheets
mscertified - 8 Nov 2006 4:09 PM - 2 messages
Can anyone explain how references to style sheets work, I've exhausted looking in help, its all so confusing. I have three style sheets in my project under 'Style Sheets'. Only the first style sheet seems to work. If I ...
Score How to Approach the Design of a new Application?
C - 8 Nov 2006 4:07 PM - 4 messages
I have been working as a Senir .NET Developer for the past 4 years and worked with VB6 and Classic ASP for 4 years previous to this. I have did an interview recently for an Architect Role. They asked how I ...
Score Regedit in vb 2005
MstDave - 8 Nov 2006 3:40 PM - 3 messages
hi im using vb 2005 and am trying to export a reg key, code: procID = Shell("c:\windows\system32\regedt32.exe /e:a c:\\" & Sub_Key & ".reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg\" & Sub_Key, AppWinStyle.NormalFocus, True, 100000) ...
Score FileSystemWatcher
stuart - 8 Nov 2006 3:25 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I am using the FSW (FileSystemWatcher) in VS2005 but it seems to raise at least two events on the FSW.Changed event when I replace an existing file in a folder with a replacement. Any idea what is causing 2 events to be raised istead of just one?  I am ...
Score Interface & Abstract Class
Umeshnath - 8 Nov 2006 1:58 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I would like to develop an API which provides lot of methods. Out of all the methods as per the user can override the methods.But I don’t want to override all the methods. Can any one suggest in this scenario how I can design my class? Whether I ...
Score Multi Developer Guidelines/Best Practices
Will - 8 Nov 2006 1:40 PM - 2 messages
Our shop has 6 .Net developers, most of our work to date has been one developer on a project at a time, occasionally 2 for brief periods of time.  We have souce control (SourceGear) and love what it does for us. ...
Score Char recieving problem at server side
Ahmad - 8 Nov 2006 1:24 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I have developed a Client application in C#. I am sending some message in the form of string to a server application. At the end of the message a 4 byte Checksum is appended. Now the problem is that when I send message to server after calculating and ...
Score desktop shortcuts - smart client applications
Ravi - 8 Nov 2006 9:23 AM - 2 messages
We have a smart client application(based on .NET 2.0). We have a requirement to be able to launch it from a desktop shortcut. I am looking for various alternatives to fulfil this requirement with no success. One approcah is to create a windows service and being able to launch ...
Score Unable to access specialized microsoft dotnet newsgroup
Tay Kai Yang - 8 Nov 2006 4:50 AM - 3 messages
Hi Sincerely wanting to know how to subscribe to microsoft.public.dotnet.language.csharp. I have contacted my ISP regarding the problem that I cannot access microsoft.public.dotnet.language.csharp through their news server. Their reply was that it's not their side's technical failure, so they suggest ...
Score Want to use string class in C++ console app
Cindy Liu - 8 Nov 2006 1:37 AM - 2 messages
Hi, I created a C++ console application (.Net) and wanted to use string class instead of wchar_t. I included <string.h> and declared a variable as string data type. But compiler didn't recognize string class. What else should I do? ...
Score Multi CPU Dedicate for each instance.
bhu - 8 Nov 2006 12:08 AM - 2 messages
Hi If we have to  run multiple instance of a exe and each instance need to have its own CPU assignment , how can we do it. Ex: Let us say there is a Master EXE  master.exe which creates Processes say 3 ...
Score Why VS 2003 see a ClearCase checked out file as ReadOnly?
Cindy Liu - 7 Nov 2006 10:35 PM - 2 messages
Hi, I have a weired problem recently. I uses Windows 2003 Server and ClearCase as source control. When I checked out a file from ClearCase, VS 2003 still see it as ReadOnly. When trying to save the modified file, I got "Access is ...
Score Merging ASP and ASP.Net
Muhammad Nasir Waqar - 7 Nov 2006 8:48 PM - 4 messages
Dear All, I have an application developed in ASP. Now I want to develop new pages in ASP.Net.Can anyone help me in this regard that How I will tranfer session from ASP to ASP.Net Page. ...
Score How to continuously monitor for specific content in a website
Raja - 7 Nov 2006 6:14 PM - 2 messages
Hi All, I am very new to .net programming and my project requirement is to continuously monitor for specific content in a website. How do i achieve this task? Can anyone help me in this reagard? Thanks in Advance!! Regards, ...
Score Merging main menus
Tom Costanza - 7 Nov 2006 6:08 PM - 3 messages
For the life of me, I can't seem to merge main menu items from child to parent with MDI forms.  I can merge sub-menus, but not main menu items. So I have a parent form with: File   Windows  Help ...
Score How to become Rich using Net
Stella - 7 Nov 2006 5:21 PM - 7 messages
How to become Rich using Net Earning sitting at home is very easy nowadays.When everything is available online and are so easy to use.You just need a net connection and spare time to earn handsome money : [link] ...
Score GAC Assemblies and CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
Jim B - 7 Nov 2006 5:13 PM - 2 messages
Hi, Wasn't sure where to post this but here goes. I build a web app that utilizes Crystal reports that when run in my dev environment they run okay.   However when published at my host it bombs with ...
Score file not found error
Holly - 7 Nov 2006 4:58 PM - 2 messages
We have a new server that runs 2003 and framework 2.0.50727. I put a simple asp.net application(one button on the default.aspx page) under wwwroot.  from IIS manager, I can see the application fine. But when I trying to access the ...
Score Threading Application
Richard MSL - 7 Nov 2006 4:33 PM - 4 messages
I have a C# application that works, with a main menu where the user can choose different options that run, and then return to the menu. I want to change it so that the user can starting running an option, then initiate ...
Score Listview and ContextMenuStrip - doesn't work...
Ron M. Newman - 7 Nov 2006 4:20 PM - 4 messages
Hi, I'm attaching a ContextMenuStrip to a listview. Debugging shows the menu is healthy with one item in it and that it's referred to by the "listview.ContextMenuStrip". However, right clicking the list view or elements doesn't bring up the menu. Any ideas? ...
Score Daylight Savings in 2007
Matthew Ireland - 7 Nov 2006 3:25 PM - 11 messages
There are changes to Daylight Savings Time in 2007.  I have found a posting on Microsoft.com ([link]) saying that there will be patches for the Operating Systems in mid-November ...
Score Always on top application
oliverleach - 7 Nov 2006 3:22 PM - 3 messages
Hi, Firstly I am not a programmer. I'm a support engineer implementing technical projects. I have a question which hopefully someone will be able to help answer this for me. We are using a demo system that 'profile' documents into ...
Score Launching an application from a method
bungle - 7 Nov 2006 3:09 PM - 4 messages
Is it possible to launch an application by calling a method rather than specifying the name of a form using Application.Run(new form());???? C# .NET 2.0 Winforms Thanks ...
Score Tiff
Christian Mauerer - 7 Nov 2006 3:08 PM - 4 messages
Hello, I'm trying to read out the header of a Multipage-Tiff. By I don't know how to do it. I can read out the IFD of the Tiff but not the header. Does anybody know how to do it? ...
Score Cannot set PasW field of crystal report table ???
serge calderara - 7 Nov 2006 1:15 PM - 5 messages
Dear all I am not able to set the PAssword field of a tables logInfo structure ??? I do it as follow : For Each crTable In rptDoc.Database.Tables             crReportTabeLoginfo = crTable.LogOnInfo ...
Score MS Visual Studio editing shortcuts
Me - 7 Nov 2006 12:15 PM - 5 messages
Hi Have seen some developers coding with VStudio using the keybord pretty fast. Does anyone know where could I find a list with microsoft visual studio editing shortcuts? Have tried to found a shortcut list but with out success. I'm looking for the shortcuts other than the obvious ones like F7 or ...
Score Creating a strongly typed object from a basic serialized class
Simon Hart - 7 Nov 2006 11:29 AM - 4 messages
Hi, I am trying to implement some functionality as seen in MS CRM 3.0 whereby a basic Xml is deserialized into an object which contains properties. What I want to do from here is; cast the basic object into a more strongly typed ...
Score questions
Darren Brook - 7 Nov 2006 12:39 AM - 3 messages
I am using Visual Studio.Net 2005.  I am learning!!! I have a couple of questions: - - What version of the .Net Framework should I have installed?  2.0.what? - What version of ASP.Net should be installed on my PC? ...
Score Solution explorer
mscertified - 6 Nov 2006 11:03 PM - 4 messages
My solution explorer window used to be over to the right of my screen. I have no idea how it happened but now it is a free floating window with no minimize button. I have to drag it out of sight to be able to use the screen then drag ...
Score Scrollbars on User Controls
Charlie Brown - 6 Nov 2006 4:35 PM - 6 messages
I have a user control where I override the paint event and draw the control myself.  When I sraw outside of the visible area, I need the scrollbars to appear and allow the user to scroll the painted area into ...
Score Declaring a user control as a parameter
Tony Hedge - 6 Nov 2006 3:59 PM - 4 messages
Hello all.... I'm developing a web app VB 2005. Is it possible to declare/pass a user control as a parameter in a function? For example, I create a user control called ucMyControl, and on the page that uses it I can refer to the instance name ucMyControl1. ...
Score How do apps usually id the version of the cyrrently installed framework?
mookid - 6 Nov 2006 3:07 PM - 4 messages
Good day group! My problem is this: I have an old legacy application, which must be installed using an unmanaged installer. This unmanaged installer complains that .NETfx 1.1 is not installed, EVEN THOUGH 1.0, 1.1 AND 2.0 are installed, and thus ...
Score vb.net printing w/o Crystal Reports
steve-russell - 6 Nov 2006 2:28 PM - 3 messages
I have a simple database (one table) created with Access. I have a simple query and report in Access and it works great. I have recreated the program in Visual Studio (vb) but can not figure out how to print ...
Score Determine web setup folder and hide a Dialog
Dennieku - 6 Nov 2006 11:27 AM - 4 messages
Hi, I've have 2 questions about the Web Setup project in VS.Net 2003. 1. How can i determine, from an Installer class, in which folder the Website has been installed (at the Commit phase) 2. I want to add 2 extra Dialogs to the User Interface. The 1st one with ...
Score Changing skinId on custom ASP.net control HELP!
V - 6 Nov 2006 10:16 AM - 2 messages
Hello! I made custom control with tables and labels in it. In my page I have several of these controls. Each one should have different color of tables etc. I have different SkinIDs for that. When my Default page loads I'd like to set SkinID for each of these ...
Score Windows application can't exit
Conbine Guard - 6 Nov 2006 9:52 AM - 3 messages
Hi all I have build an application with a windows.In the application i started a new thread when i click the exit button the windows disappeared but the taskmgr shows the application still runing how to slove ? ...
Score DotNet Installer
apondu - 6 Nov 2006 5:19 AM - 3 messages
Hi, I needed some help in the installer. I have a project and nw i decided to create a Installer for this project. I wanted to create a file in this Installer. I have  a override function for the installer. Nw i ...
Score problem with running .aspx files on remote server. Urgent help needed.
Preetam Pattanashetty - 6 Nov 2006 3:49 AM - 3 messages
Hi I am learning ASP.NET using C#. I am able to run .aspx files on local system, but when I load them to the server, I get the "Server Error in '/' Application" error. I have tried to configure the web.config file but has not been fruitful. ...
Score Need help filtering dataset table by a value
mike11d11 - 6 Nov 2006 3:38 AM - 4 messages
I cant seem to filter down my dataset table by criteria in expression. Can someone tell me why I still have the same amount of rows after I use this filter select option. Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As ...
Score Initialize DefaultPropertyAttribute for a Object property
SparkPlug - 5 Nov 2006 2:58 PM - 3 messages
Does anyone know how to initialize a DefaultPropertyAttribute for a object-type property, for example if you want to set the default value of a Font property to a particular font? E.g.:     <DefaultValue(...)> _ ...
Score Get character by its number
Bishoy George - 5 Nov 2006 12:43 AM - 5 messages
Hi All, When I hold right alt and write 3 numbers from the right of keyboard, I get its character like £ from 412. By which class in .net can I give the number and the class method give me ...
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