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Visual Studio can't add COM reference.
Posted by jemmaq99 at 10/8/2004 8:24:12 PM
Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 I've tried to add a COM reference to a Windows Form project via the Add Reference dialog (specifically the Active DS Type Library) but always get the error message: "A reference to 'Active DS Type Library' could not be added. The type library wrapper tool 'tlbimp'...more >>


Need a place to host a demo site
Posted by Bob Rosen at 10/8/2004 8:11:51 PM
Can anyone suggest a publicly available host provider that supports .NET ..aspx pages? My current ISP does not. (I live in the Seattle area.) Bob Rosen ...more >>

Can Delphi and VStudio CoExist On A Machine?
Posted by John Baker at 10/8/2004 6:51:23 PM
I was installing the 30-day trial version of Delphi 7, and I got a message that it wanted to change a registry key concerning Just-In-Time Debugging that currently indicates Visual Studio. Can these two products be used on the same machine at the same time? I am using VStudio for a project...more >>

URL Rewriting - problems with postbacks
Posted by Jon Maz at 10/8/2004 5:46:27 PM
Hi All, I am experimenting with URL Rewriting using the techniques outlined by Scott Mitchell in his article "URL Rewriting in ASP.NET" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnaspp/htm l/urlrewriting.asp). In the article he mentions a problem with postbacks: "If ...more >>

TGA files are not supported in .NET?!
Posted by Perlom at 10/8/2004 5:13:48 PM
It seems that .NET doesn't support TGA images for some reason. When trying to load a TGA file Dim MyImg as Bitmap = Bitmap.FromFile (TGAFilePath) It returns an error. Is there another way to load the TGA images in GDI+? different parameters maybe? Thanx ...more >>

reference an object by its name
Posted by thejackofall at 10/8/2004 4:35:05 PM
Hi. I have a tricky question. Suppose I have a member or local variable named XYZ. I want to reference the object using a string, "XYZ". In code, I want to do the following. Checkbox MyCheckbox = (Checkbox) doSomething("XYZ"); Is this possible in .NET? If so, how can I do it? Tha...more >>

.NET Compiler optimization and component updates
Posted by Nick L. at 10/8/2004 4:29:04 PM
All, This is a general question regarding how, and if, compiler optimization techniques affect the general concept of being able to update a component of an application without requiring a recompile of client code. For example, suppose I have component: common.dll which defines several c...more >>

Creating an ASP.NET project on another site
Posted by Howard at 10/8/2004 2:49:01 PM
I have windows server 2003 running on my laptop for development. I have five separate web sites created in IIS and I would like to create a project in one of those five sites. However VS will not let me create a project in a site other than localhost. Any ideas?...more >>



AddHandler needed in designer generated code
Posted by Marina at 10/8/2004 1:30:29 PM
Hi, I have a component that implements ISupportInitialize, so the code in InitializeComponent is something like: theComponent.BeginInit() ' Set theComponent properties theComponent.EndInit() Now, EndInit, needs to raise an event, such that the end developer can handle it, and perfor...more >>

Input from a CSV file double quotation mark proglem
Posted by gregg NO[at]SPAM lexicomcomputers.com at 10/8/2004 1:13:41 PM
Hello all, I have been banging my head over a problem that I am having reading a comma seperated file (CSV) that can contain from 1 to 10,000 records. My code snipit is as follows: **Start code snipit** Dim strCustFullName as string Dim strCustAddr1 as string Dim strCustAddr2 as string ...more >>

automation server can't create an object
Posted by p. at 10/8/2004 1:09:07 PM
I've installed Visual Studio 2005 beta on Windows 2003 Server. When I try to add a new web form to a web site, I get an error message: "Automation Server can't create an object". Any idea how to resolve the problem? Thanks, p....more >>

Using trusted assemblies from classic ASP
Posted by Ken Kolda at 10/8/2004 12:33:12 PM
I have a .NET assembly which utilizes the System.Management classes to retrieve information about the computer. When run under ASP.NET, I can use this assembly with no problems. But now I'm trying to use with from within classic ASP. The assembly is strongly-named and I've registered it using "r...more >>

list to search two ways
Posted by DraguVaso at 10/8/2004 11:46:16 AM
Hi, I need to create a list a litle bit like this: 1 = q 2 = t 3 = z 4 = u ..... But I need to have it in such a way that I can find easily the letter for a given number, but also find easily the number for a given letter. Is there a structure liek this in VB.NET? Or should I make i...more >>

Compiling/Linking old C code in .NET
Posted by Curt86 at 10/8/2004 11:19:03 AM
I am trying to port some C code from an old VMS system to Windows 2003. Recently, I've been having some problems with unresolved externals: ccm_com error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol ___security_cookie ccm_com error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol @__security_check_cookie@4 ccm_com...more >>

Portal/CMS
Posted by Richard Hallgren at 10/8/2004 11:00:24 AM
Hi, We are currently looking around for a good c# based portal/cms. Are there any good open source solutions out there? Thanks in advance. Richard ...more >>

Any Key
Posted by Shamefoot at 10/8/2004 10:55:01 AM
I need a console based application to pause until the user is ready to proceed. I would prefer to do some thing like console.writeline("Press any key to continue . . . . ") //some how make it wait for any char to be pressed ie getch() in C thanks...more >>

Build error when changing max or min size of form
Posted by John Tighe at 10/8/2004 10:29:06 AM
Changing the max or min size of a form can be in code, but if I do that then it causes build errors in my application. The build error is: Expression is a value and therefore cannot be the target of an assignment. If the program is run in spite of the build errors then we see that the code a...more >>

multi selection in textBox
Posted by s-galit at 10/8/2004 10:13:06 AM
i have a form with some textBoxes how can i select all the text that in this textBoxes (like "select all")? because now only one can be selected... thanks in advanced ...more >>

calling SQL Stored Procedures / CRUD
Posted by amber at 10/8/2004 10:07:06 AM
Hello, I'm looking for some guidance . I'm new to VB.NET and SQL server, and have been working on a project for a while. I have been reading up on implementing CRUD operations using stored procedures. I have created my stored procedures, but I can't figure out how to call them from VB. Is...more >>

undo doesnt work
Posted by s-galit at 10/8/2004 10:01:04 AM
im trying to use the undo function of the richTextBox but its working wrong. when im pressing the "undo" button all the text of the richTextBox is deleted (even if my last action was to delete only one char) whats wrong?? For i = 0 To 9 If richTextBoxArr(i).Focused Then ...more >>

Detect power redirection to ups
Posted by stephan.belzile NO[at]SPAM cgi.com at 10/8/2004 6:18:56 AM
Is there a way I can detect in vb.Net the power has switched to a UPS unit in case of power failure? Thanks...more >>

Strange behaving XMLHTTP
Posted by kajol at 10/8/2004 5:59:03 AM
Hi everyone I am trying to get the content of any webpage (URL) using XMLHTTP, and it is working fine for me, but suddenly I have got a URL "http://www.bizrate.com/" which is causing a system error and the error is System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException(0xC00CE56E): System erro...more >>

Session State and performance
Posted by lozd at 10/8/2004 5:27:01 AM
Hi, I was wondering if anyone could give me a good guide as to how much can be stored in the session state before performance is affected? The app I'm working on is to be hosted on an intranet with in the region of 500 users (not at all times though) but it's intended to be able to be us...more >>

Build Error No overload when about to run Application
Posted by Stephen at 10/8/2004 4:25:03 AM
Can anyone help me solve the following build error which Im getting my a solution im working on CODE: static void Main() { Application.Run(new frmCompareDBs()); } BUILD ERROR DESCRIPTION: No overload for method 'frmCompareDBs' takes '0' arguments...more >>

Reverse engineering to diagrams (not just class tree) possible?
Posted by Paul at 10/8/2004 3:25:02 AM
With my set up of Visio (2003) and Visual Studio (.Net 2003 Enterprise Architect) I can only reverse engineer C++ code into the class-tree. Is it (supposed to be) possible to generate a static (class) diagram? It seems like this at least has been possible (according to the "Using C++.Net. Spec...more >>

SQLDMO object help needed please
Posted by Stephen at 10/8/2004 2:07:03 AM
I am trying to compare the tables in two similar environments using the SQLDMO object. I am able to use this object to access different SQL servers and choose two different databases. The versions of the databases are slightly different so I would like to be able to compare them for things li...more >>


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