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  1. RobHudson

    Textbox 2.0 Float Over MSHFlexGrid

    I'm sure I'm not the first to have this issue, but I can't seem to find any advice :( I have a MSHFlexGrid and a textbox from the Forms 2.0 Object Library. I am trying to do the usual trick of overlaying the textbox on the grid to allow for editing. Unfortunately, the textbox is not shown over...
  2. RobHudson

    Access form controls via a different thread (BeginInvoke)

    Hi I am trying to get access to form controls from a separate thread to that of the application. After some hunting I found this article: http://www.csharp411.com/manipulating-controls-across-threads/ which has helped :) As I have a number of controls that I need to reference and control I...
  3. RobHudson

    Using a function in CONATINS

    Hi I have a free text index set up on a column in my table. I need to use a SUBSTRING inside the contains but get the following error: Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 15 Incorrect syntax near 'SUBSTRING'. This is an exmaple of the clause: AND NOT CONTAINS([mytable].[mycol]...
  4. RobHudson

    RGB Colours Between Excel and Word

    Hi I am using Word and Excel and need to set the colour of a series on a chart in Excel to be the same colour as the background colour of a cell in a table in Word. Here's the cunning bit... RGB(156, 186, 90) added to a table cell in Word produces a different colour in Excel (Word appears...
  5. RobHudson

    Window Media Player in .Net Compact Framework: How to?

    Hi all I was wondering if anybody has any experience of developing with WMP in DNCF? I've done some seraching but not coming back with much. The intention is to develop for Windows Mobile 6 and I need to use the Open URL feature that is available in WMP. Thanks for any advice/help ;) Rob
  6. RobHudson

    File.Replace : Unable to remove the file being replaced

    Hi I am using File.Replace and am getting "Unable to remove the file being replaced". It works fine if the replace occurs on the same drive but errors if not. For example: Works: File.Replace("C:\\Test\\Test.txt", "C:\\Test\\Test.txt", "C:\\Test\\Test_BAK.txt"); Fails...
  7. RobHudson

    Why is session being shared in Safari and Firefox?

    Hi I have come across a problem with a session being shared across 2 browser windows. This is happening in Safari and Firefox but not in IE. To create the problem I do the following: 1: Open 2 instances of Firefox 2: Login on both instances as the same user 3: Go to page that is looking at a...
  8. RobHudson

    Consuming Reporting Services Webservice via .NET CLR Stored Procedure

    Hi I'm beating myself up over trying to get my SQL CLR stored procedure working with the Reporting Services webservice (http://server/reportserver/reportservice.asmx). With out the webservice call, the process runs correctly. When I add it I get the following error: Error: Cannot load...
  9. RobHudson

    Handling Very Lareg Strings

    Hi I have an app that is generating *very* large strings. Anything from a few K to potentially 100's of meg in size. Needless to say, it becomes incredibly slow when the string gets bigger. I am using a StringBuilder. Does anybody know of a really efficient way of dealing with such large...
  10. RobHudson

    mail subject and Foreign Characters

    Hi I am having trouble dealing with foreign characters (non English) in the subject of an email generated using the mail() function. An example subject: André is here I have been trying to use this site (http://www.mhonarc.org/~ehood/MIME/2047/rfc2047.html) for more info on how to do it and...
  11. RobHudson

    e.Item is null in DataGrid OnUpdateCommand

    Hi I am using the EditCommandColumn column in a DataGrid and e.Item is null in the OnUpdateCommand event code. Any ideas why? No doubt I am doing something worng... Page side is: <asp:DataGrid ID="dgUsers" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" HeaderStyle-CssClass="thCopy"...
  12. RobHudson

    GetReponse Timeout on 3rd Attempt

    Hi I have a .NET 1.1 app that is using a WebRequest/GetResponse to call a php script on a web server. The first 2 times the process is run it completes fine. On the 3rd attempt I get a timeout error "The operation has timed out". I have tried this on 2 different PCs and making the call to 2...
  13. RobHudson

    LoadControl .NET 2.0

    My problem - really annoying!!!: UserControls. In 1.x you could create a usercontrol and give it properties. Nothing too flash yet! You could also do something like: MyControl uc = (MyControl)this.LoadControl("VIRTUAL_PATH_OR_NAMESPACE"); uc.MyProperty = "Hello, I'm a dick :)"...
  14. RobHudson

    File Upload

    Hi I have a file upload script and am having some odd occurences. I am able to upload a file of 5mb (it does take about 4 minutes with my connection) using the script. Other people using the script are not having the same success. One user reported a wait of 15 minutes and the file was not...
  15. RobHudson

    &quot;Warning: mysql_data_seek(): Offset 0 is invalid for MySQL

    Hi all! I'm getting the following message: "Warning: mysql_data_seek(): Offset 0 is invalid for MySQL result index 7 (or the query data is unbuffered)" when using mysql_data_seek. I am calling the result by using mysql_query. I am not using unbuffered query data - as far as I know anyway! Any...
  16. RobHudson

    Generate Email for Any Client

    Hi I need to be able to generate an email for any email client that is being used by the user. I am currently using the mailto command to achieve this, but it is starting to show one major problem - the number of characters that can be used. The email process could send to any number of email...
  17. RobHudson

    SaveAs Excel 2000 Crashing

    Hi all This may hopefully be useful to someone as I have just had to deal with it. When using ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs in XL2000 it was crashing my VB app and the error handler did not capture it either. It worked fine in XL2003. There was not already a file with the same name (as the file name...
  18. RobHudson

    Access Standalone EXE

    Hi Does anybody know that if I shell out for Office Developer Edition when I produce an EXE for an Access DB (2003) if it will show the Access splash screen on start up? Thanks Rob
  19. RobHudson

    Closing SQL Server Connection

    Hi Am I missing something when I'm trying to close a connection to SQL Server? My Code: Try DBConnectionString = String.Concat("server=", DBServer, ";database=", DBDatabase, ";Integrated Security=SSPI") DBConnection = New SqlConnection DBConnection.ConnectionString = DBConnectionString...
  20. RobHudson

    DTS Through ASP.NET: Failure creating file

    Hi I have written some code to execute a DTS package in SQL server. Part of the process is to use an Excel spreadsheet as a connection/datasource, empty it and load in some data. I know this process works fine so will not dwell on it too much. If I execute the package through Enterprise...

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