Hello, I'm currently working on some printing stuff: I have to print out several .xml files using a stylesheet. Therefor I choose the Internetexplorer PlugIn via SHDocVW. My problem: After sending the print command via ExecWB for the first .xml document either the preview or the printer sel...more >>

Hi I am deploying a winforms app via the windows installer and a VS.Net 2003 setup and deploymnet project. At the moment, I am adding launch conditions for the .Net Framework 1.1 and MDAC 2.7 or higher, and am prompting the user to run the relevant setup files if they're missing. I'm includ...more >>

hi, i created a dataset in runtime. then inserted records into it in runtime too. then i saved dataset as xml files. then i use to display report using data from these xml files. reports are displayed on my comp correctly. but when i install application on another machin. while displaying r...more >>

Hi All, We have an application that writes to Windows registry and some files. Both of these (that is, registry and files) require the software to impersonate as a highly privileged user (i.e. Adminstrator) to write to them. However, with the addition of "Impersonate a client after au...more >>

We have an asp.net web project that is worked on by several developers at the same time. We have the project on a centralized web server on our LAN and we all connect to the project via Frontapage Server Extensions. Our issue is that we all have things to debug, but we can only do it one at ...more >>

Platform: Windows 2000 machine with SP4 I use MSINFO to find system information on the remote machines on our local network. I am able to run MSINFO successfully on other Windows 2000 machines using the command MSINFO32 /computer:<another W2K machine> /report <filename>. But on the W...more >>

I am trying to show a grid in a text box in an aspx page but I am not able to convert the GUID to a string. Here is the line I am trying to get to work: textbox1.text = grid.datakeys(e.item.itemindex) Can anyone tell me how to do this? Schu...more >>

I'm running Windows/Outlook XP with mail routed through POP3/SMTP university servers. Abruptly, I am no longer able to send mail, though receiving works fine. I get an error message saying that Outlook couldn't connect with the outgoing server. No account settings have changed (I've checked) and ...more >>

In Delphi we could tell by the blue dots on the margin of the editor that a piece of code was compiled or not and because Delphi optimised the compilation not to contain source that was never called, identifying such code was very easy. Is there a way to easily tell if a method in .NET is never ...more >>

Does anyone know how to send an email to an internal exchange server (internal email only, how you can send email to a username in active directory in exchange with out a domain (@domain.com) after it..) from vb.net with out useing smtp? because some exchange servers actually dont use SMTP becau...more >>

Hi, We have a big application in .Net using the No-Touch deployment. Everything is working perfectly. Now we manage to install it on Windows Server 2003 using IIS. We have some problem with the application.exe.config file. That's look like he don't let the file pass to the client side. ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to connect to web page using following code: client = new WebClient(); strURL = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings ["strWebURL"].ToString(); client.DownloadFile (strURL,ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings ["strSQLFileName"].ToString()); this part of code works on some m...more >>

I've heard from various sources that Microsoft recommends dropping Hungarian notation for .NET development but am unable to explicitly find this recommendation or their reasons for doing so. Does anyone know if it is true... or merely urban myth? ...more >>

I'm getting this message when I try and run a .net web app in the development system: CS0016: Could not write to output file 'c#:\windows nt\Microsoft..net framework\v1.1.4322\Temporary ASP.NET Files\ssrpttest\44d149b5\fdee4a07\c22wlbzl.dll' -- 'Access is denied. ' I just upgraded to v...more >>

Does anyone have an example of how to emulate this VB6 code? Printer.Orientation = 1 PrintForm Printer.EndDoc Thanks... ...more >>

I have to modify an existing window service. I runs on a PC at different location (France). After modification I tried to install on my PC (W2K, SP3) and VS2003. I'm getting 'No public installers with the RunInstallerAttribute.Yes could be found ....'. So I follow the MS link http://msdn.m...more >>

Hi, Doing a bit of system testing on a Windows 98 laptop. (.Net 1.1 app). Did a bit of testing. Loaded a previously saved file. A gray box appeared with the text and buttons all white rectangles with a big red cross in it. Pressed a button (the one I thought might be ok). My file ...more >>

I am automating Excel 2000 using the COM interop. I have noticed that the application doesn't run with Excel 97. I want to write just one piece of code which will work with both Excel 2000 and Excel 97. How can I do this when they have different type libraries ? I could dynamically load the rele...more >>

I am attempting to use a web service from my work pc which is behind a firewall. I have used wsdl.exe to create the web service reference class and added it to my project. (this seems to work without a hitch). Before I use this class, I make the necessary calls to instantiate a WebProxy ...more >>

I am developing VB.Net Web application to be used in our department intranet. I created a web-based report using Crystal Reports. I would like to print the report from the web server instead of printing from the browser because the latest will add additional text to the pages and it also r...more >>

I have installed the stored procedure / sourcesafe integration from the VS.NET 2003 CD. I've created a new solution and added a database project to it and put it under source control. I've generated scripts for my stored procedures. When I right-click on a procedure and choose check-in ...more >>

Hi All, I couldn't figure out how to sort other columns of the ListView than first column. It's possible in VB6 and DataGrid control. I guess I missed something. Thank you for any tip. Kind regards, Zen ...more >>

I would like to bind a custom sql statement such as sSqlStmt = "SELECT PgmSchID, SessionBegDate" & " - " & "SessionEndDate" & " - " & "SessionTime" & " - " & "SessionDay AS PgmSessions" _ & " FROM ProgramScheduling WHERE PgmID = '" + ddlPgm1.SelectedItem.Value + "'" bel...more >>

Can anyone tell me if the MS Visual Basic .Net Standard IDE contains the necessary modules to integrate Crystal Reports into a distributable app?...more >>

Dear all, I have a tool which is able to receive any kind of data from a remote system. For that I need to get the ipadress of the remote system. If the system is not connected to a DHCP server no problem , I set in my configuration the ip adress. Then if my remote system is connected ...more >>

I've been seeking the solution to this. But can't figure it out (sounds simple enough). When you Populat a ComboBox, you can select the initial displayed items on startup simply by setting the TEXT to a valide item in the Combobox. What I want to do is to select the initial listed item to a...more >>

Hi, I need to use .NET dll in my VC++6.0 application in NT machine where ..NET frame work is not installed. How do i do that? Is it possible to use .NET dll without .NET frame work? If yes, then could you please tell me what are the steps involved in it? or any sample program available. Th...more >>

Hi, is there any popular asp.net chat comunnity out there? ...more >>