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Dave Kreskowiak21-Dec-07 6:16

21-Dec-07 6:16

That article IS the simple explanation. A forum post just isn't going to cover everything you need to do to create a DeskBand. The code sample in that article IS the simple way to do it in C#.

I would suggest you start reading everything you can on DeskBands. Just Google for "C# DeskBand" and you'll find a ton of stuff.

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WPF, XmlDataProvider, and binding to an XML file.

Lily Bristol20-Dec-07 11:22

Lily Bristol

20-Dec-07 11:22

Hi all,

I'm developing an application in which I bind to XmlDataProvider.Source property. If the xml file I'm binding to has an extension of .xml everything is fine. If it has some other extension the binding fails.

I posted on forums.microsoft.com and was given instruction to go to the Connect website and log this as a bug. Maybe I'm stupid, but I cannot figure out how to do that.

I'm posting the link to my post on the forums. I hope that doesn't violate any forum posting "codes of conduct".

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2538606&SiteID=1&mode=1[^]

If anyone has any advice, suggestion, or knowledge about this problem I would love to hear it.

Thanks.
Lily Bristol

WPF Designer VS2008

VickyC#20-Dec-07 7:55

VickyC#

20-Dec-07 7:55

Does anyone knows where is the "Windows Presentation Foundation Designer" executable that is shipped with Visual Studio 2008?

Re: WPF Designer VS2008

Dave Kreskowiak20-Dec-07 8:33

Dave Kreskowiak

20-Dec-07 8:33

It's not a seperate executable. Keep "Visual Studio Extension Project" in mind while you look up "IDesigner" in the MSDN documentation.

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Re: WPF Designer VS2008

VickyC#20-Dec-07 14:36

VickyC#

20-Dec-07 14:36

Thanks for the answer.
I wonder if Microsoft will fix the WPF Designer in VS 2005?

Re: WPF Designer VS2008

Dave Kreskowiak20-Dec-07 15:54

Dave Kreskowiak

20-Dec-07 15:54

I wouldn't count on it.

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Re: WPF Designer VS2008

Pete O'Hanlon21-Dec-07 9:43

Pete O'Hanlon

21-Dec-07 9:43

Unlikely - they're pushing people towards Blend and VS2008.

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Re: WPF Designer VS2008

Paul Conrad22-Dec-07 13:00

Paul Conrad

22-Dec-07 13:00

VickyC# wrote:
I wonder if Microsoft will fix the WPF Designer in VS 2005?

Probably not. They most likely are going to steer people towards VS2008...

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Enterprise Library 2.0 Caching Block [ORACLE in UNIX Environment]

Tuwing.Sabado19-Dec-07 21:49

Tuwing.Sabado

19-Dec-07 21:49

Hi,

I have a problem on how I will design my Enterprise Library Caching Block when my database is ORACLE in UNIX Environment which I have no control who will access my database to do Update, Delete and Insert.

Please help me enlighten.

Thanks,
Mark

Re: Enterprise Library 2.0 Caching Block [ORACLE in UNIX Environment]

Paul Conrad22-Dec-07 13:01

Paul Conrad

22-Dec-07 13:01

Can you be more clear as to what your problem is?

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Raising Events to COM Clients from .NET Assembly

Brady Kelly19-Dec-07 2:12

Brady Kelly

19-Dec-07 2:12

Are there any caveats regarding this?

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Error Handler

nishkarsh_k18-Dec-07 18:51

nishkarsh_k

18-Dec-07 18:51

Hello every one

I am developing a application in VB 2005
I am using On Error Goto to handle errors.

Now my issue is that I want to handle different type of errors in a function separately.

That is like
Do some thing if the database connection is not there
Do some thing else if the data is not found

And so on

I am not able to identify the errors in that way.. I am able to displaying the error number and description provided by the error object.

Is there any way to find out or a list of error numbers available?

Re: Error Handler

pmarfleet19-Dec-07 9:40

pmarfleet

19-Dec-07 9:40

nishkarsh_k wrote:
I am developing a application in VB 2005
I am using On Error Goto to handle errors.

Why are you using On Error Goto with VB.NET? This is a throwback to the bad old days of classic VB and should be avoided like the plague. Structured error handling was introduced in VB.NET with try...catch...finally blocks. Have a look at this article[^]. You can set up multiple catch blocks for a try block to catch different types of errors.

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Re: Error Handler

Paul Conrad22-Dec-07 13:02

Paul Conrad

22-Dec-07 13:02

You should really go away from On Error... and instead use try/catch blocks as the other poster suggested.

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Re: Error Handler

nishkarsh_k22-Dec-07 20:46

nishkarsh_k

22-Dec-07 20:46

thanks every one for the reply..

I got rid of ON ERROR GOTO and finally have try and catch...

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PeterSchregle18-Dec-07 12:10

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18-Dec-07 12:10

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Re: Pointers and C#

Kevin McFarlane19-Dec-07 10:29

Kevin McFarlane

19-Dec-07 10:29

At a guess I would think it's something to do with the change from Managed C++ in 2003 to C++/CLI in 2005. I've not used MC++ or C++/CLI but I do know that there is an explicit difference in syntax between pointers and references in C++/CLI but in MC++ there isn't. Is it possible for you to upgrade the MC++ to C++/CLI and then try again? Though in theory backward compatibility should be preserved. Knowing MS there's probably some compiler switch you have to set.

If you don't get any joy in this forum you might try posting on the MSDN Forums. MS developers tend to pop up on there periodically.

Kevin

Re: Pointers and C#

Mark Salsbery19-Dec-07 10:58

Mark Salsbery

19-Dec-07 10:58

Is the Byte* pointing to an array?
If so, can you change the method to something like

array<Byte> ^some_method();

and have the method create and return an array<Byte>^?

Mark

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Windows Service Startup [SOLVED]

#realJSOP18-Dec-07 6:00

#realJSOP

18-Dec-07 6:00

I have a Windows service that has an installer class. I set the StartType to ServiceStartMode.Automatic, but after installation, it doesn't automatically start. What didn't I do?

BTW, the service starts fine if I do it in the SCM.

EDIT: I added the following code, and it works great:

class CLFCSServiceInstaller : ServiceInstaller
{
    public override void Commit(System.Collections.IDictionary savedState)
    {
        base.Commit(savedState);
        ServiceController controller = new ServiceController(this.ServiceName);
        controller.Start();
        controller.Close();
    }
}

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Retrieving HWND from a Control's Name? (textbox, listview, combobox, etc.)

peepsicola18-Dec-07 3:54

peepsicola

18-Dec-07 3:54

I'm creating a spy and packaging it in a COM library.
It is to be used by vbscripts for testing purposes.

I am able to search through the child windows of a window to find controls that already have a caption (i.e. buttons, checkboxes, radiobuttons.) using FindWindowEx(...).

How would I be able to retrieve the handleID (HWND) of a control based on it's Name?
(i.e. textbox1, ListView1, TreeView1, etc.)

I appreciate the assistance,

Cheers,

Re: Retrieving HWND from a Control's Name? (textbox, listview, combobox, etc.)

Shyam K Pananghat2-Jan-08 20:16

Shyam K Pananghat

2-Jan-08 20:16

I think you can use "control.Handle" Or Textbox.Handle property to get the HWD.

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how to write some content into CD ROM

palanirajan17-Dec-07 17:01

palanirajan

17-Dec-07 17:01

hi
As part of my application i have to backup every day some important files into CD ROM, not manually it have to be automatic one (by programming), i implemented sehedular it will try to write into CD.,

i need to write some data into CD ROM, by C++ / vc .Net programming
is there any windows API ? or any thing to do ??
and i also validate the size of the DISK befor i write..

how can i do that??
thanks

iam a software engineer working for varisis technologies bangalore

Re: how to write some content into CD ROM

N a v a n e e t h17-Dec-07 20:02

N a v a n e e t h

17-Dec-07 20:02

XP Burn[^] will do it

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64 bit problem on orcas

mcamcamca17-Dec-07 3:04

mcamcamca

17-Dec-07 3:04

Hi
I am trying to compile a website optimized for x64 processor architecture, however it does not work. I have selected x64 as primary platform on project options but whenever I try to debug my code, it gives that silly " Attempted to load a 64-bit assembly on a 32-bit platform. Use ReflectionOnlyLoad() instead if trying to load for reflection purposes. " error. What should I do?

Your help would be greatly appreciated Smile | :)

mca

Re: 64 bit problem on orcas

Dave Kreskowiak17-Dec-07 10:01

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17-Dec-07 10:01

mcamcamca wrote:
Attempted to load a 64-bit assembly on a 32-bit platform

I think the error speaks for itself. You're trying to run 64-bit code on a 32-bit machine. That isn't going to work. In order to debug the code, you need to either set the project back to targeting a 32-bit machine, or move your development (Windows, Visual Studio, ...) to a 64-bit machine.

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