Comments by DavidKiryazi (Top 45 by date)

Hi Mohamed

will the invoice template be in .doc format aswell?

What is the problem your having. I have a feeling its to do with the fact that you are debugging. I think you are overwritting your database on each new debug session.

Depends how you are approaching the problem. Are you using stored procedures, data sets? and what version of C# are you using? This problem gets easier to solve in version 4.0.

Ali based on this requirement I STRONGLY suggest you look at AutoIT. It will do EXACTLY what you want. It is a free tool and is very powerful for pre-form filling. The help file is also very easy to learn so browsing that you should be able to pick out the commands you need in no longer than 1-2 hours

I am not sure how to do this in C#, but there is an application called AutoIT (free automation tool) that can do exactly what you want. You might be able to call it from inside C# and run the script using clipboard as shared data repos.

No probs. I assumed coz u gave examples of numbers you were only interested in numbers, bad for me to make assumptions in sftawre dev :)

Bit hard to understand :S

Are you trying to actually get the user registered in the database, ie. there is a new user and you want them to click on #Quote#Register#Quote# or some other button like that and then send the details into the database?

Vote of 5:
excellent

it would be much easier to help if you only posted the part you think is causing the problem. For example, I know that the constructor for the form is going to call InitializeComponents() and I doubt the problem is in there....

Hi Varun,

Have you tried to access the webservice through internet explorer and seeing what result you get for a particular query?

The error sounds like it has something to do with the way the webservice is being configured and the permissions for its use. I had a similar problem when I was doing webservices, (but dont know much about them and cant remember how i ended up fixing the problem)

I think he means C not C#. I don't know why there is a C# tag if its not related to the C# language and provided framework

Vote of 5:

Even though its academic, its still good to see someone explaining the concept. I guess its either the OP is lazy (in which case he will get found out sooner or later by a potential employer) or the techer/lecturer did not explain the concepts as clearly as done in this post. Hopefully, its the latter

Richard, did you forget, customers always want software for free - I hope this isn't a new concept ;)

It is good you took time to at least include code, but I have no idea what's going on. The variables in the first code segment don't map to the second. Also, what happens if p1 and p are both created. How do you dispose them in the second segment? Or can it only be one or the other. Also, give us an idea of what the error is.

Hi thabiso007,

Can I suggest you consider researching about some OOP concepts because from reading your code it seems evident you're unsure of the notion of "objects". This is a crucial and fundamental part of any OOP language like C# and without it you will find yourself making these same mistakes over and over just with different classes. :)

lol @ 2)

Good call.

This seems to be a common practice for a lot of the POS software I have used when working in retail. You just attach a USB scanner to the PC and as long as the user has the input focused on a textbox (or other text reading control) it will work.

I am currently designing a new POS system and will be using this method. It is not necessary (from the customer's perspective) to scan in barcodes magically. The users have been using a particular software since 2000 that requires they put focus onto the sale input box and then scan the barcode. Introducing a new method now would only cause confusion, amounting to more costs in training and extra software development that is COMPLETELY unecessary.

Cool! didn't even think about not using an API function to acheive it.. haha

Interesting thoughts. I look forward to seeing hopefully a better response than the one I posted :)

Hi i updated the message to reflect a way to get all the control locations for controls on a particular panell, best I can do :) hope someone else has a better answer

Why are you posting a question to answer your question :)

I think its possible to be done by using Panel class. I am not sure, have never tried it so you should wait for someone else to answer I guess

hi,

This segment of code will generate compiler warning because you are comparing an object to a type of string.

do not double post, there aren't that many regulars on this forum and anyone whos been here for at least a week knows you asked this exact same question a few days ago...

yeah I think your right :) my mistake

So, how do you plan to compare a single variable to an array of that variable? Or even a plain variable to the datetime variable?

There are (from my calculations) 2 data types, 6 operators = 12 combinations. I don't understand where the other 36 come from? I might be missing something, but I'm sure an example of what your trying to do will help :)

Baji, can I ask why you are not using the native SerialPort class to connect to the comm port that is provided by the .NET2.0 framework?

I don't understand what that last sentance means, can you clarify?

sagar55, can I ask why anyone would ever need a multicolumn combobox?

Why not just format the text in a single column combobox in a way that allows it to appear as its multicolumn?

my appologies anh chu, I misunderstood the initial problem. I will look and see if there is a method to get at the names of the devices. In the mean time, maybe someone else will reply :)

Dave

Toni is the grid static though or can you keep adding rows and columns?

neetika you need to do some maths, the reason you are getting that is because 10 is just a random number i pulled out of my... hat.

A quick fix: Instead of using the values 10 that I used, if you want to put a textbox below another one, add the height of the textbox + 2 pixesl so you get y = textbox.Height + 2; and if you wanna put it next to the other one use x = textBox.Width + 2;

You need to remember that the location property is taken with respect to the top left hand corner of the form (0,0).

tosinp is that MySql a custom namespace?

You need to somehow change the properties that Christian indicated were conflicting. ie you need to dynamically change the location.

You could use member variables initialised to some value eg. x = 10, y = 10 then:

x += 10;
y += 10;
System.Drawing.Point(x, y);

Dave

hehe :)

Reason for my vote of 5
Good debugging technique to try and determine the source of the problem by using a known working application, in this case SQL management studio.

Might help if you post a bit more code :) Are you using the following command somewhere

cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()

To point OP in right direction - see methods of the String class, in particular String.Split might be a possible solution to the problem.

Can you give insight into what data types are being used in the SQL database and if any of the values you are trying to write are keys

Can you give more information for the question like code and if the control is a standard control or one that you have made yourself :)

Dave

thanks for further info :) also sorry for double answer ;)