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    - Click Once - dead links - Process.Start I have deployed several small .net clickonce applications on vista 64 bit/vs2008 and for the most part these work fine. In order to navigate between these applications we have developed a program that calls these programs by Process.Start( "\\unc\publish\app.application"). On Vista, where this was developed, everything works has expected. But once this was deployed to XP the ClickOnce applications just will not run/install. Navigating from XP to the publish directory and double clicking the app.application files yields no response. No events logs, nothing. I have checked the file association for .application and that is correct. If I deploy these apps to a web site I can install and run them on XP, I just can't programmatically start them from XP. Any ideas where to start? -- Scott Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230096
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    - INSERT Problem This is driving me crazy ... I have a typed dataset that I created using VS2008. I created an Insert statement: "INSERT INTO x (v1, v2, v3, ..., vN) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ... N?)" Then I add parameters to the Insert command (OleDbCommand BTW, going into an Access database): myOldDbCommandInsert.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("columnName", OleDbType.DBTimeStamp)); myOldDbCommandInsert.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("columnName2", OleDbType.Char)); ... myOldDbCommandInsert.Parameters.Add(new OleDbParameter("columnNameN", OleDbType.UnsignedInt)); Now I set my default values: myOldDbCommandInsert.Parameters["c1"].Value = defaultValue1; myOldDbCommandInsert.Parameters["c2"].Value = defaultValue2; ... myOldDbCommandInsert.Parameters["cN"].Value = defaultValueN; Then I create my data adapter: OleDbDataAdapter a = new OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM x", myConn); Then the dataset: MyCustomDataSet ds = new MyCustomDataSet(); a.Fill(ds.MyCustomTable); So far, everything has worked fine up until this point. So now, I simply want to add rows to MyCustomTable: SomeLoopWith5ValuesOrWhatever { MyCustomDataSet.MyCustomRowA r = (cast) MyCustomDataSet.MyCustomTable.NewRow(); r.v1 = x; r.v2 = y; r.v3 = z; r.nN = N; myDataSet.myDataTable.Rows.Add(r); } Stepping through the debugger, that appears to do exactly what I expect. I can see that the table gets the new rows, and they have the correct values. However, when I do the following: myDataAdapter.Update(myDataSet, "NameOfCorrectTable"); The correct number of rows are added to the correct table, but they do not have the new values?!! They are keeping the default values that I set earlier in my code. Why is my INSERT statement using these default values? It's been a while since I messed with database stuff. Thanks. Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230095
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    - Printer receives two of same print jobs My Brother printer receives two of the same print jobs when I click PRINT - however, the first job says it is deleting, but it never does and stops printer printing. This happens on WORD. To print, I have to reboot, start again, and then it only prints one doc before it returns to the deleting message and jams. Help! -- Jock Kennedy Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230091
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    - Virtual Server 2005 & Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) using Wire Hi Scenario 1) Host - XP Laptop with internet connection using Sky Broadband Wireless Router Netgear DG834GT 2) MS Virtual Server 2005 - I have deployed an XP MS Virtual Server 2005 to act as a virtual machine Problem I am trying to share my Sky Broadband Wireless internet connection which works on the host with the virtual server using Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and MS Loopback Adapter, however I get a page cannot be displayed error on the virtual machine Host Detail 1) Host IP Config Note I had to change the IP Address on the Router to 192.168.0.x to 192.168.1.x because the loopback adapter needs 192.168.0.x Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : Virtual Server Detail 1) Virtual Server IP Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 2) Internet Gateway Icon on virtual Server I can see an Internet Gateway Icon - Wireless Network Connection on <Host Computer Name> which is connected 3) I have created a Virtual Network Adapter pointing to the Physical Loopback Adapter on the virtual server with the virtual DHCP server disabled I can ping 192.168.0.1 from both the host and the virtual server, however I cannot access the internet from the virtual machine - I get a connecting to site 207.46.192.254 message in the bottom bar then a page cannot be displayed error. Internet access on host is working I am relatively new to networking so have missed a vital trick somewhere - please can someone help me. Thank you in advance B Singh Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230089
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    - ERROR Watching Mapped drive Hi There, i have an application which watches mapped drive events using FilsSystem Watcher . the filters i am using are these : NotifyFilters.FileName | NotifyFilters.Attributes | NotifyFilters.Size | NotifyFilters.LastWrite now when there are too many file creation in the mapped drive , i am getting an error from filesystem watcher which states like this :"the network bios command limit has been reached " . i increased the watcher internal buffer size but ,it did not help . i searched on the web to find one KB article() but wasn't useful. everything i am doing is on windows-xp machines . any help/comments/suggestion are highly appreciated . Hope am Clear Regards Dee Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230085
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    - DotNetNuke Hi All , I need some help on Dotnetnuke. I installed on my system and created some skins by referring some tutorial sites but still i need more and more knowledge on DNN skinning,please any body help me how to do skinning? refer some sites(not dotnwtnuke and dnncreative sites) Thanks Santosh Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230081
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    - Equivalent of template specialization using .NET Generics? I know that template specializtion is not included in generics, but was wondering whether or not there is an elegant alternative? The first function is always called, but I was hoping that for instances of type RealPoint (ComparePointByFiaNumber<RealPoint)>) the second function would be called. To implement different behavious based upon the type, do I have to have a switch within Equals() that will check the type of T and then call different functions as needed? Many thanks, Duncan generic<typename T> ref class ComparePointByFiaNumber : Generic::IEqualityComparer<T> { public: virtual bool Equals( T x, T y ) { Generic::IEqualityComparer<T>^ equalityComparer = Generic::EqualityComparer<T>::Default; return equalityComparer->Equals( x,y ); } virtual bool Equals( RealPoint^ x, RealPoint^ y ) { return true; } Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230080
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    - Unusual Calendar invitation failure notification All, I've been trying to wrap my head around this for quite sometime and it seems to be a growing issue. Below is the problem and my troubleshooting thus far: Outlook 2k3 Server w/ Outlook 2k3 Clients w/ Office SP2 installed Two people, UserA and UserB, are trying to setup an appointment within Outlook 2k3. UserA sends UserB a meeting invitation and immediately gets a failure notice that it could not send to another User, UserC. Now UserC was never on the invitation between UserA and UserB. Note that UserB does not have to accept the meeting invitation for the failure notice to go to UserA. I have looked at UserB's Calender permissions and UserC is not listed in there at all. I've also taken UserB's Outlook account out of cached mode and run a Global Address List update which where that account for UserC would reside. **These failures tend to start as soon as UserC's account is deleted** We have also searched out Exchange Server for UserC's username or any reference to such and come up with nothing. Also a note is that it doesn't matter who tries to setup an appointment with UserB they always get a failure notice that references UserC's Undeliverable. The only way we've been able to solve this so far is to completely wipe out UserB's Email account by saving all thier data to a PST file and then rebuilding it. I'm wondering since my UserC is a Outlook 2k3 dependant individual if there is something else I can look for to fix this situation. Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230073
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    - Assembly.LoadFrom fails on Vista,as does IE hosted user controls Hi, I have just upgraded a user machine to Vista (our first) as a test. Unfortunately a couple of our apps are failing due to Vista... 1. One app that loads an assembly from an Intranet website now fails with FileNotFound on a call to Assembly.LoadFrom(url). This still works fine on all XP SP2 systems in the company. 2. Maybe related... Our Intranet hosts a couple of csharp user controls in webpages, these too are not loading now on the Vista machine. It works on all XP SP2 machines. Does anyone have any suggestions as to why the two behaviours happen (.Net 2.0 and IE 7 is being used all round). Thanks! James Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230072
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    - simulate continuous forms & subforms in a windows forms application I'm wondering how others have addressed UI requirements for Access-style continuous forms and sub-forms in a windows forms application (besides third-party products). Thanks Bill Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230067
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    - Opening an MSAccess DB I am struggling with some MSAccess automation issues. Basically, we have a .Net application that uses MSAccess for reporting (legacy code). We are able to launch MSAccess fine and even work with the MSAccess COM objects to run our reports (using GetObject(<MDB Path>) - see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;317113&Product=vbNET for info on how to do this). The problem that we are running into is that if our Access database is already opened, we want to use it instead of opening up another instance. I've included the code I've got so far in case it helps with the problem. The problem line of code is in ValidateAccessHandle (the exact line is - mAccessHandle = GetObject(imsAppConfig.DefaultMainMenuMDB)). If this line is commented out and an instance of MSAccess is already running with our database, a new MSAccess window will be launched, but the original MSAccess window will be returned from GetObject(<MDB Path>). If we leave it in, on some machines, if MSAccess isn't running, it will create an instance without the window. Since we need pass MSAccess command-line parameters, this doesn't work for us (also, a report tends to be more interesting when you can see it :). Any help is appreciated, thanks! Private Function ValidateAccessHandle() As Boolean If mAccessHandle Is Nothing Then Try ' Check to see if there is an orphaned window. ' If we don't check, we'll end up opening another window, but using the existing one anyway. mAccessHandle = GetObject(imsAppConfig.DefaultMainMenuMDB) If mAccessHandle Is Nothing Then Return False Catch ex As Exception ' On some machines, GetObject throws an untyped exception when the file is not found. mAccessHandle = Nothing Return False End Try End If Try mAccessHandle.run("") Return True Catch ex As System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException When ex.ErrorCode = -2146820336 Debug.Assert(ex.Message = "You made an illegal function call.", "Unexpected error message.", String.Format("The message for this exception was expected to be 'You made an illegal function call.' but was actually '{0}'", ex.Message)) ' The Access window was closed normally (reproducable by closing Access) and we need to reopen it. mAccessHandle = Nothing Return False Catch ex As System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException When ex.ErrorCode = -2147023174 Debug.Assert(ex.Message = "The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)", "Unexpected error message.", String.Format("The message for this exception was expected to be 'The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)' but was actually '{0}'", ex.Message)) ' The Access window was forced closed (reproducable by opening Task Manager and killing all instances of MSACCESS.exe after launching it). mAccessHandle = Nothing Return False Catch ex As System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException When ex.ErrorCode = -2146825771 ' This is expected. "" is not a valid method. Return True End Try End Function Private Function LaunchAccessClient() As Boolean ' The Access client is already launched. If ValidateAccessHandle() Then Return True Dim cmdLine As String = BuildCommandLine() Shell(cmdLine, AppWinStyle.MinimizedNoFocus, True, imsAppConfig.WaitTimeForAccess) mAccessHandle = GetObject(imsAppConfig.DefaultMainMenuMDB) Return ValidateAccessHandle() End Function Public Function BuildCommandLine() As String 'If the current user is "IMSAdmin" then start the access client using the SystemAdmin user. 'Otherwise start the access client as the MRPUser. Dim userName As String Dim password As String If imsAppConfig.LoginAsAdmin Then userName = "IMSAdmin" password = "" ElseIf imsAppConfig.LoginAsSystemAdmin Then 'If the Login in as SystemAdmin is checked then log the user in as SystemAdmin. userName = "SystemAdmin" password = "" ' removed for obvious reasons :) Else userName = "MRPUser" password = "" ' removed for obvious reasons :) End If Dim runtimeSwitch As String If imsAppConfig.StartWithRuntime Then runtimeSwitch = " /Runtime " Else runtimeSwitch = "" End If 'Check whether or not to call Startup Dim startupSwitch As String If imsAppConfig.RunAccessStartup Then startupSwitch = " /x mcrAutoExec " Else startupSwitch = "" End If Dim cmdLine As String Dim profile = GetProfile() cmdLine = String.Format("""{0}"" ""{1}"" {2}{3} /profile ""{4}"" /user {5} /pwd {6} /cmd <User>{7}</User><UseCustom>{8}</ UseCustom><CustomGraphics>{9}</CustomGraphics>", AccessLocation, imsAppConfig.DefaultMainMenuMDB, runtimeSwitch, startupSwitch, profile, userName, password, imsContext.Current.UserName, imsContext.Current.UseCustomObjects, imsAppConfig.CustomGraphics.ToString()) Return cmdLine End Function Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230066
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    - Compare timespan of Files? II want to compare how many seconds there are between files. If the files are within a 1 - 10 second range I want to copy them to their own folders. What I have so far is a couple methods that take in all the files in a directory / subdirectories and sort them by their lastWriteTime stamp: Dim flist As List(Of System.IO.FileInfo) Private Sub writeDirectories(ByVal ParentPath As String) For Each sDirectory As String In System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(ParentPath) flist.AddRange(New DirectoryInfo(sDirectory).GetFiles()) writeDirectories(sDirectory) Next End Sub Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load flist = New List(Of System.IO.FileInfo) writeDirectories("C:\Documents and Settings\ddivita\My Documents") flist.Sort(AddressOf SortByLastWriteTime) End Sub Private Function SortByLastWriteTime(ByVal x As System.IO.FileInfo, ByVal y As System.IO.FileInfo) As Integer Return x.LastWriteTime.CompareTo(y.LastWriteTime) End Function I then want to take the flist and compare the TimeSpan between files. Here is an example: File1 - TimeStamp - 5:16:46 File2 - TimeStamp - 5:16:50 File3 - TimeStamp - 5:16:54 File4 - TimeStamp - 3:56:37 File5 - TimeStamp - 3:56:42 I realize I would need to compare file1 to file2, then file2 to file3, and so on. I figure I could use the timespan class to help with this. Any ideas? Thanks Daniel Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230065
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    - how can i set up an account on craigslist to ask a question? im tring to ask a seller a question a craigslist but i have to fill of this form that asks if my server has a pop3 or an imap and i dont know what to enter Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230063
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    - Printer keeps going offline I have 2 networked computers, one XP and one Vista, sharing a printer through a wireless router. The printer is always online with the XP, but regularly drops offline with the Vista. I've found no way to get the printer back online execpt to reinstall it. How can I prevent this, or at least to get the printer back online without reinstalling? Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230062
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    - Computername Hi, How do i get the domain name and the computer name, e.g. "domain\pc-name" ?? Thank you in advance. Peter Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230059
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    - error code 80070005 When I try to use windows update on Vista I get this error code 80070005, and it will not let me check for updates. I can not find this anywhere on the help site. Can anyone tell me what it is, and how I fix it. Thanks -- Really_stupid Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230056
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    - Cool GUI Hi, I need to do a vb.net main form wich calls others exes, but I would like to do a cool form with some circles, circle form... cool menus... Do you know any source / examples on internet with cool examples, menus, etc... ? Thank you very much! Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230050
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    - sorting a column in excel 2003 i want to sort a column in the following order a-1, a-2, a-3, a-4, thru c-15. now excel is sorting a-1, a-11, a-12 c-11, c-3 ect. Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230048
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    - lost internet settings windows xp home can anybody help please? Ive just spent 6 frustrating hours trying to recover my pc system. Having downloaded a security program from my isp supplier my pc crashed and although I have recovered the pc it appears that whatever hit me has scrambled my internet connection settings and I can no longer connect. My win.ini file and system.ini files were lost but through your pages have managed to recover them. No matter what I do I cant seem to get to a place where I can reinstate my internet settings. I know I am connected because i am writing this on my laptop which uses the same modem so i believe that side is ok. Where do I look? where are they hiding? system restore doesnt help ca n anybody out there ?? thanks -- retiredandslowsorry Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230047
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    - Firewall/red shield with white x icon Someone please help? "on " "off" icons for Firewall won't highlight, so I can't activate and I'm not getting anywhere when I try ro follow the recamendations after clicking the risk status icon... -- ? Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230045
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    - setting a connection string for a Windows Service on production Feel free to let me know if there is a better place to post this question I'm a website developer trying to write a Windows Service, and I think I'm running into trouble due to the paradigm shift. In website development, I change the web.config file on the fly without re-building a project. How does this work with the app.config in a Windows Service? It seems like when I update a ConnectionString in app.config after rolling to a production server, it doesn't take. Does app.config get complied into the executable on build so that I can't change it on the fly? If so, how would I set it up to be able to configure the db connection string on the production server? Thanks. Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230038
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    - Best practices for GUI of what called in MFC custom controls Hello All, I have MFC-based application featuring: 1) Flow of "Screens" where screens are implemented as a MFC's CDialog-inherited classes loading PNG or BMP images. 2) Dialog's child controls also loads PNG or BMP images. What is the best practice to handle the same functionality in .NET/C#? Thanks, Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230034
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    - Delete contacts in Outlook 2007 Hi All, Please let me know the correct group if this is in the wrong place. I am trying to delete all Outlook contacts in a folder. For some reason, the following code deletes exactly half of the contacts in the folder. Can someone see what I'm doing incorrectly? OutLook._Application outlookObj = new OutLook.Application(); OutLook.MAPIFolder fldContacts = (OutLook.MAPIFolder)outlookObj.Session.GetDefaultFolder(OutLook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts); foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook._ContactItem contactItem in fldContacts.Items) { contactItem.Delete(); } Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230031
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    - Command Timeout Any ideas why a text query would timeout w/ a dataAdapter and the Command object, but execute quickly via Management Studio? Thanks -- Rob Schieber Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230028
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    - Lost volume and no games Brand new computer. XP Home. Standard programs loaded. 15 year old grandaughter messed with system volume and now cannot put volume control back in the task bar. ALSO...cannot play any of the games that came with xp. That problem began at the same time. Are the problems related? How to fix withthout a complete wipe out and restore? Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230022
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    - Refeshing a DataGridView I am working in vs2008 Win C#. I have a windows form with a DataGridView. I go to a detail form to edit/delete the data. When I come back the changes are not reflected. How do I refresh the data to show edits and deletes? Any help is greatly appreciated. Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230020
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    - 2005 urgent Q needs answer... hi, i am using the login controls Etc, that come with 2005 but i need to change the aspnet db file to another name to satisfy my server... is there a way i can keep all these great webparts and have them point to another db? you can even email me direct... (a walkthrough kinda answer would prob be best) thank a mil in advance Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230019
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    - Detecting if an application is installed on a system I have a series of applications that assume other applications are installed. Is there a way to detect the installation of a specific application? Any help is greatly appreciated. Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230018
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    - (apparent) Marshalling related problem in x64 but works in x86 Hi, I'm pretty sure I've just got a Marshalling problem, but I'm completely stumped. If there is a better newsgroup to post this in, please point me towards it. First I'm trying to use SendMessage() with WM_COPYDATA to send a string data between two instances of a program. As part of the debugging I've written two methods one where a given instance will obtain its own hWnd and send itself the message, one where it accepts obtains the hWnd of the other instance and sends it to the other one. Both methods work fine when compiled as x86. And the send-to-itself works on x64, but the send-to-another-instance breaks... the WM_COPYDATA message is sent, and received, but I'm unable to read back the string data. I *think* its a marshalling problem related to changes with x64. But I'm not sure. Here are the relevant bits: // The COPYDATA structure used for the WM_COPYDATA message: [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] public struct COPYDATASTRUCT { [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] public int dwData; // not used [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] public int cbData; // holds length of string [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] public string lpData; //holds string } //DLL Import of SendMessage [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Ansi)] private static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int Msg, IntPtr wParam, ref COPYDATASTRUCT lParam); //The function that sends the message: public static IntPtr SendCopyDataMessage(IntPtr toHandle) { int messageid = 1234; // random message id stringdata = "Testing\0"; // send the string "Testing" // Create/populate the copydata structure. COPYDATASTRUCT dataStruct = new COPYDATASTRUCT(); dataStruct.dwData = 0; //not used dataStruct.cbData = stringdata.Length; dataStruct.lpData = stringdata; // Make the call IntPtr result = SendMessage(toHandle, WM_COPYDATA, messageid, ref dataStruct); return result; } The WndProc that receives the messages is an override of Form.WndProc: // Process Custom Messages! protected override void WndProc(ref Message m) { if (m.Msg == WM_COPYDATA) { // unpack the data string stringdata = ProcessWM_COPYDATA(m); // show what it was if (stringdata != null) { MessageBox.Show(stringdata); } } base.WndProc(ref m); } The function it calls to unpack the COPYDATA structure is as follows: public static string ProcessWM_COPYDATA(System.Windows.Forms.Message m) { if (m.WParam.ToInt32() == 1234) { COPYDATASTRUCT datastruct = (COPYDATASTRUCT)Marshal.PtrToStructure( m.LParam, typeof(COPYDATASTRUCT)); return datastruct.lpData; } return null; } } As I said: It works when targeted at x86. In x64 it also works when I fire the send message at the same instance. (e.g. I have a button on the form that calls the SendCopyData(...) with its own window handle. The only time it doesn't work is when I have 2nd instance running and it calls SendCopyData(...) with the hWnd of the OTHER instance. In that case the message is received, and the MessageBox is displayed, but instead of saying testing its either blank or contains garbage data. I'd be grateful if someone can point out where I've screwed it up. As I said, I think its in marshalling/unmarshalling the lpData string, but I'm at a loss to fix it. I've tried doing it a number of ways, including setting lpData in COPYDATASTRUCTURE to an IntPtr, and then manually calling Marshal.StringToHGlobal(stringdata); and then when unpacking it, calling Marshal.PtrToString(lpData), but I end up with the same behaviour... breaking in x64. -best regards, Dave Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230015
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    - need MMC help I can't load or uninstall programs or run defrag: i have been told tha t i need to re installMMC for XP; where can i donload this? -- darby Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230011
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    - HELP! ACCIDENTLY REMOVED SOMETHING THAT SAID WINDOWS, ALSO.... So I accidently removed something that said windows. I don't know if it was vital or not but it said just "Windows Installer." I don't know what it is, but it's gone. I did this because my computer (a Compaq Windows XP) only had the old version of Windows Messenger and I wanted Windows Live Messenger which wouldn't install and still won't. Another problem I'm having is downloading Internet Explorer 7. Please help me. Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 230000
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    - Knowing when a WCF service dies... Hello Newsgroup, I wonder how one would write wcf proxy code that is being notified when the connected service channel is being closed (service process ends for example). I was subscribing the Channels and the Duplex Channels Closing and Closed events but these have never been fired. Any idea on that? Thanks for you help! Sebastian Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229997
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    - Can your app detect Webrowser events? I want to make a WYSIWYG editor for HTML pages that can detect events in the webbrowser control in real time and control the webbrowser control (and internal documents) to allow simple stuff like dragging and dropping HTML controls on the webbrowser control. The goal is a real-time view of the page as it is edited. Is it possible for a .Net app to trap these events and respond accordingly? I have googled for soem code examples, but haven't found anything yet. Do you know of any code examples of this? Thanks so much for your time! jim Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229990
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    - Web Development Accessibility About to Become Regulated By Law Web Development Accessibility About to Become Regulated By Law Read it (if you can) and weep because its very near becoming written into law now that this report has been finished...and not just for federal websites. Section 508 Report http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/refresh/report/ Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229985
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    - Downloading music from mp3fiesta i can buy the track or tracks. after doing so one is directed to the download center, were you are to right click the word download. from there you are told to save it in a folder. i just downloaded service pack 2 and now im not able to save my downloads to it's folder. any idea what might be blocking this? Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229981
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    - Creating a 'proxy' redirector Hi, We have web application X where I work that allows us to access documents via a url, for eg, http://hostname/app.cgi?request_dcoument?userid=yer?password=ner etc... What we would like is for our asp.net app Y to make this request (for the purpose of hiding the above URL) but let web application X hosting the document to stream the data back to the client. Is there any functionality to do this in .net? One idea i had was for the webserver to download the file in chunks and simply pass the data on to the client, however, i don't want to put strain on the server so Id rather avoid this. It consumes lots of memory too. Thanks in advance Vince Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229980
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    - Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool - uninstall I have genuine MS on my computer and this download that was somehow loaded on to my computer says I do not or that I may be at risk. How do I get rid of this pop up. Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229979
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    - command object vb2005 ado hi all, i'am working on a database based on VB2005 using ado. iv a combobox on mine form, which i fill with a datareader and command. If i've new data in my cbo.text and textfield , i want this to save the new values into mine accesstable. i have already a connection to mine db to fill the cbo with value. ive tried with as followed: '****************** dim newsql as string 'vrTxtfield1 and vrcbotext are two variabels which containes the new data i need to store. newsql = "INSERT INTO tbltest(field1, field2)VALUES (" & vrTxtfield1 & "," & vrcbotext & ")" Dim cmmdsql As New OleDb.OleDbCommand(newsql , cn) cmmdsql.ExecuteNonQuery() '************** Which command do i need to achieve this ? regards, Rob Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229978
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    - typed datasets vs. business objects I'm trying to decide if it is better to use typed datasets or business objects, so I would appreciate any thoughts from someone with more experience. When I use a business object to populate a gridview, for example, I loop through a datareader, populating an array list with instances of a custom class in the middle tier, and then send the array list up to the presentation layer and bind the gridview to it. If I use a typed dataset, I just fill it with a data adapter and then bind it to the gridview. It seems like the typed dataset would be more efficient, because I don't have to loop through anything. But typed datasets are aggravating, because it seems like they have to be defined all the way down at the data access layer to be accessible in a n-tier solution. They clutter up my solution. Business objects seem tidier, and seem more professional, but are they as efficient, with all the looping required? Thanks Bill Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229977
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    - Change the default folder when opening documents I have a user who stores her documents on a different drive and when she attempts to open documents it auto defaults to My Documents instead of her other drive. Is there a way to change the default for her? Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229971
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    - MY MOUTH IS CRAZY Sometimes my touch mouse {cursor} will go crazy and move randomly around the screen by itself clicking on things and it opens and closes pages very fast until I unplug it, when I plug it back in its ok again, I tried virus scan, mouse settings, cleaning the mouse, etc... what can I do about it? Thanks! -- Dolores Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229966
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    - Alternate Function for CreateFile on .NET Framework,... Hi all, sorry for Crossposting, but i dont know whether someone can help me here. If i remember right, there was a Class or a Member function in the .NET Framework that could do mostly the same as CreateFile can do for me, but i cant remember its Name. By saying the "same" i mean i was able to use it to open Handles to Devices and anything that could be opened with CreateFile and had a Symbolic Name that has been exported from Kernel to User-Space. But i cant remember the class/member name. I am sure there was something inside the .NET FW and natively supported by the .NET. AFAIK it was also something MS used internally in its base classes, but it was exposed to any programmer and was public/static or whatever available from the CLR/.NET. I really cant remember its name, but i used something in the past years ago for opening something, if i remember right to a drive. I think i used it the first time with .NET 2.0... Anybody can help me here, or am i remembering something wrong? Regards Kerem ----------------------- Beste Grüsse / Best regards / Votre bien devoue Kerem Gümrükcü Microsoft Live Space: http://kerem-g.spaces.live.com/ Latest Open-Source Projects: http://entwicklung.junetz.de ----------------------- "This reply is provided as is, without warranty express or implied." Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229965
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    - Professional design advice needed Hi, We have an events page in our company that's database driven and we need to shared it with our partners. They need to pull information from our site. They can be running asp, php, .jsp..etc. I was thinking of using a web services and returning datatable (maybe to XML). Is that the best approach? Or should I just take it as a Url parameter and return an XML file? Any suggestions here would really help me. I really appreciate your input on this. Thanks Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229961
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    - Crash Course in WiX... Hello, folks! Does anyone know of a site with a quick start guide or crash course in WiX? I was checking out the WiX tutorial site... *yawn* ...and it's like reading a text book on statistical analysis. TIA... Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229958
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    - Apparent Rogue Process During the course of today I have noticed a considerable degredation in system performance. On checking task manager I have found a process ("agent.exe") that is running and gradually using more and more memory. Having checked MSCONFIG this would not appear to be a start-up process. However, when I terminate the process, it automatically restarts and repeats the memory hugging all over again. How can I :- 1) Establish what is triggering this process and 2) Prevent it from running. Thanks, -- Gary Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229956
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    - WebService and Timeout Hi. I'm dealing with scenario when call to any web method ends up with timeout and I try to add the user a chance to retry (wait a little bit) My service proxy code looks like this: AsyncCallback cb = new AsyncCallback(ServiceCallback); IAsyncResult result1 = BeginInvoke(methodName, parameters, cb, this); if(result1.IsCompleted == false) { while(true) { bTO = result1.AsyncWaitHandle.WaitOne(Timeout, true); if(bTO == false)//time out occured { //display window and ask the user to wait a moment, user press OK when it sure that web method finished } if(result1.IsCompleted) break; } object[] ret = EndInvoke(result1);// error every time when time out occured (bTO = false) } My scenario is following: 1. BeginInvoke initialize asynch web method call 2. WaitOne waits for Timeout miliseconds 3. WaitOne returns false because timeout occured, and wait screen is displayed. When user close it the web methos is finished. 4. result1.IsCompleted is true so I expect that EndInvoke shall return the results but it throws excpetion "timeout" !!!. Why? Everything works fine if timeout doesn't occure. Thanks for any advise Shark Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229954
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    - SQL installation:"Login failed for user 'sa'" I want to install SQL express edition on a laptop with vista home basic, but I faced a lot of problems.I have this error: SQL Setup could not connect to the database service for server configuration. The error was:[Microsoft][SQL Native client][SQL Server] Login failed for user 'sa'.refer to server error logs ans setup logs for more information. I went to Microsoft 'help and support center'. I found a page that describes my problem. it is available at 'bug#431174'. It said that I must delete some specific temporary files and goto SQL configuration Manager and start the SQL Server services. I delete those files, but I couldn't start the "MSSQLSERVER" in SQL configuration Manager. I tried to do that. It was going to be started, but in the middle of the progress, it stopped. I do it several times, but it did not start. I think the main problem that I can't install SQL Server is: I can't make the MSSQLSERVER start.what can I do?Please help me! Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229952
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    - Anchor listbox problem Hi, I have a Listbox in a Panel of SplitContainer. I want to anchor it so the listbox grows/shrinks vertically with the resizing the splitcontainer. This is my code What happens is it sizes the listbox horizontally about nearly the same size as the split container width. _TableList = new MdsListBox(); _TableList.Name = "TableList"; _TableList.Left = 10; _TableList.Top = 40; _TableList.Width = 150; _TableList.Height = 100; _TableList.Anchor = (AnchorStyles.Left | AnchorStyles.Right | AnchorStyles.Bottom | AnchorStyles.Top); I want the size of the listbox set here retained. rotsey Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229937
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    - PASSWORD PROBLEM NO SIR ITS THE CURRECT PASSWORD for examble imagine my password is 'XYZ' when i was typing 'XYZ' then the password asking again. but if i was typing 'xyz' or other wrong password then the dialoge box appears your password was wrong.... look at the diffrance please give me a solution sir... Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229936
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    - System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException Dear All, My Scenario is this: I am having a Windows Application called XXX.Win, two DLLs named XXX.Biz and XXX.ActiveComponent.ACInteractive and using VS 2005 with.NET framework 2.0. In all the there projects I am havaing a resouce file named resouce.resx (Defaul file created by VS 2005) and all the three projects are NOT intended to be Multi-Linugal. These 3 resouce files are mainly used to take the messages and display it to the user instead of hard-coding it. I have referred the XXX.ActiveComponent.ACInteractive dll in XXX.Biz dll I have referred the XXX.ActiveComponent.ACInteractive dll and XXX.BIZ dll in XXX.Win application. Few weeks back it was running well without any issues. But now I am getting this error called System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException with the following description while accessing the resouce file.in XXX.ActiveComponent.ACInteractive dll. "Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture. Make sure "XXX.Biz.Resources.resources" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly "ActiveComponent" at compile time, or that all the satellite assemblies required are loadable and fully signed." Can anyone help me out on how to resolve this issue? Thanks and Regards, Peri Tag: ShellExecute not working with Adobe 8 (VB) Tag: 229935

i hava a VB application that is used to run different application by

using ShellExecute. These applications also includes Adode reader to

open .pdf files. The application is working fine with Adode reader 7

till now but after the installation of Adobe reader 8 the
ShellExecute

gives an error such that "No file found".

Can any one help me in this regard i.e. is there a problem with
ShellExecute or Adobe reader 8 ?

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