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When a CheckBox and some other Control are used to display a nullable variable, where the CheckBox is used to indicate whether or not the variable is null, which do you find more intuitive: 1) A check means the field IsNull 5) A check means the field HasValue (If you're in the "use a magic value" camp, please don't respond.)

All the apps Ive worked on so far have been either small utilities or single user local stuff so I've been able to avoid tackling multi tier development Unfortunately (though I'm looking forward to the challenge), the next project in the queue is a little bigger and will need to be far more flexible and I think the best approach is going to be the standard(?) 3 tier system. I've done some ...

Hi Please help...I have created a report in reporting services but I want to export it directly to an Excel spreadsheet without human intervention. Let's say, when the user click a link I've created in reporting services, it will ask for the file name and where to save the file then output directly in an excel format. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, Does anybody know how can I set multiple Home pages in my Web Browser? I'm currently using FireFox and for example I want to set CP and Yahoo! Mail as my default Home pages so when I run FireFox these pages would appear. Thanks

Hi all, New to this forum, been reading for a couple of weeks now, but havent posted. So here goes. this is more than likley in the wrong section, but ill left an admin move it I am a current final year student in computer science and have decided on my final year project. The problem is I cant decide on which language to develop the program in. Ill give you a run down, It needs to ...

Hi I have created and installed a couple of Add - Ins for MS outlook and Excel. Is there an effective way in which an Administrator can deploy/install a MS Outlook add - in centrally to all the computers on the network? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi all, I need to create a pst file programatically using MAPI. I tried it using oom but that pst is not crateing correctly. Also tried following mapi code :- CComPtr pMsgSvcAdmin; ULONG ulFlags; HRESULT hr; hr = MAPIInitialize(NULL); if (S_OK == hr) { hr = MAPIAdminProfiles(0, &m_pProfAdmin); } if( IsBadWritePtr(lRet, sizeof(LONG)) ) { hr = E_INVALIDARG; } else { ulFlags = 0...

I have been given the task to work out how to get Installshield to uninstall an instance of SQLexpress when our app is uninstalled. It was installed along with our app as a prerequisit with a silent install command line. I'm at a loss as to where/how to add the script to achieve this. I know I can get a script to call UninstallApplication, but how do I get it ad that to the uninstall script? ...

Ok - I know I'm going to regret this but: I have been tasked to create a program on a Windows CE device that will display a MAP (5km x 5km) that will have nodes placed on it, I get gps cords sent to me via built in radio. I will have to display info about the nodes and will have to zoom in and pan the map. The nodes cover about a 1km area. The CE device will also have a GPS radio so that it ...

I have some issues related with Unit Testing. Could anyone please help me in finding out the correct forum for putting the same?

Hi all, New to this forum, been reading for a couple of weeks now, but havent posted. So here goes. this is more than likley in the wrong section, but ill left an admin move it I am a current final year student in computer science and have decided on my final year project. The problem is I cant decide on which language to develop the program in. Ill give you a run down, It needs to ...

I want to create a writing tool, something that could take a sentence and rewrite it into a different sentence that means the same as the first. Think of it as a sentence thesaurus. This program could use the words originally typed in as well as new ones. For example, if one typed in: "Sea Spiders are only found at the ocean floor, where there is little to no sunlight." It could rearrange the ...

Ok - I know I'm going to regret this but: I have been tasked to create a program on a Windows CE device that will display a MAP (5km x 5km) that will have nodes placed on it, I get gps cords sent to me via built in radio. I will have to display info about the nodes and will have to zoom in and pan the map. The nodes cover about a 1km area. The CE device will also have a GPS radio so that it ...

Hi All, Can I get all the Threads for which I replied recently, if it is possible please help me I need to get a thread for which I have replied recently. Thanks, Aleem Mohammad.

All the apps Ive worked on so far have been either small utilities or single user local stuff so I've been able to avoid tackling multi tier development Unfortunately (though I'm looking forward to the challenge), the next project in the queue is a little bigger and will need to be far more flexible and I think the best approach is going to be the standard(?) 3 tier system. I've done some ...

I have some issues related with Unit Testing. Could anyone please help me in finding out the correct forum for putting the same?

When a CheckBox and some other Control are used to display a nullable variable, where the CheckBox is used to indicate whether or not the variable is null, which do you find more intuitive: 1) A check means the field IsNull 5) A check means the field HasValue (If you're in the "use a magic value" camp, please don't respond.)

Hi there I’m planning to add a character prognostic algorithm to my text editor, but I don’t know where I can find a good dictionary(word database)? Do you have any idea how Microsoft Word detect misspellings? Can I have access to the MS dictionary? Do you know an open dictionary(word database) or some resources which can I use in order to make my word prediction application? Many thx

Hi Please help...I have created a report in reporting services but I want to export it directly to an Excel spreadsheet without human intervention. Let's say, when the user click a link I've created in reporting services, it will ask for the file name and where to save the file then output directly in an excel format. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, Does anybody know how can I set multiple Home pages in my Web Browser? I'm currently using FireFox and for example I want to set CP and Yahoo! Mail as my default Home pages so when I run FireFox these pages would appear. Thanks