Nicholas Marston's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Dataset Column Not Saving

  Hello, I am adding a new column to a dataset. If I don't add any values to this column, and write the dataset to xml, it skips this column. Does anyone know why Thanks I have case where there appears to be no data in a column and yet I get a node in the XML file that looks like this: <data /> In other cases I get nothing. Why would there be nothing in some cases, and in others there is a node like th ...Show All

• SQL Server URGENT : "The AcquireConnection method call failed with error code 0xC0202009" when configuring transaction

  Hi all, I have 2 SSIS packages. The first package calls the second one in a for loop. The inner package contains several tasks (execute SQL task which runs stored procedures, and data flow tasks which transfer data from one SQL server 2000 database to another SQL server 2000 database). The packages worked fine until I tried to add a transaction to the flow: I configured the main package "transaction option" to be &quo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Uninstall VS2005 B2 cause VS2003 Menu to disappear

  Hi out there, had thew VS2005 B2 installed on my system side by side with VS2003 and VS6. Recently I uninstalled VS2005 B2 with the official tool from the MS website. Worked just fine, it seemed. Well the uninstall went ok . . . After a re-boot, I started VS2003 and surprise . . . my menu system is gone In addition, while loading my Sourcesafe controlled projects/solutions the system cracked with a nice remark that there was no sou ...Show All

• Visual C++ good books on win32 programming

  i am a computer engineering student and i have been a .net developer for a few years now. i want to delve deeper into the world of windows api programming using vc++. please suggest good introductory texts, books and resources for begining my journey. please recommend books for windows api porgramming and not introductory C++ stuff. i found this introductory tutorial for beginners at http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/ ...Show All

• SQL Server Can't run dts package job

  I setup a job which call a dts package (I try to call it from file system and from SSIS Package Store with the same result) and it doesn't run. If you take a look from the SQL Server Agent you could see this --->> 2012-06-17 09:01:02 - ! [LOG] Step 1 of job 'prueba' (0x85B4D5E843DB3145A6A1A6A0A43D04F3) cannot be run because the DTS subsystem failed to load. The job has been suspended Any ideas Yes ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Button text different when running to when in IDE?

  Visual c# Express - a project developed in beta2 Text in buttons in the IDE is fine but when running the text is not quite right - it's as if the kerning has changed. So a button that says 'Test Comms' in the IDE says 'Test Comm' when running.  Looks like every button on the form is affected. Font is 8.25 pt Microsoft sans serif. Labels are ok as are datagridviewcolumn headings - it is just buttons that seem to be affected.  Used to be ...Show All

• Windows Forms Is it possible to write a component -Usercontrol in vb.net and use it in vb 6 enviroment?

  Hi guys, Most likely the answer is no. For some reason beyond my control and understanding the company I work for at the moment they dont want to migrate to vb.net Reason  "Too much of a rewrite." Even though i disagree with their decision I m stuck in this old tecknology for the time being. To make some step forward I was thinking of writing stuff in .net and call them from a vb 6 enviroment. Can you write Class Library UserControls Compon ...Show All

• Visual C++ How can I get the system informatin??? use in MFC

  In the SDI, I want to know the system information(physical memory, computer name, etc.) Hi, You can use Win32 APIs to get all system information, for example, GetComputerNameEx() to get name of the computer. Take a look on this section in MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/system_information.asp Nikola Dudar VC++ Team ...Show All

• SQL Server Executing SQL 2000 DTS packages from VB.NET 2.0

  I have to build a simple Windows Forms application that imports data for review and then exports it into a different format. I've created DTS packages in SQL 2000 for the import and the export. What is the recommended way to execute the packages using buttons on a Windows form I couldn't find the DTS forum. The MSDN documentation includes a lot of good information about coordinating .NET 2.0 with SQL ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista SharePoint Worflow project template

  Hi, I am looking for the VS2005 project template for SharePoint Worflow projects. If some one can provide the link to download the same, appreciate it. Thanks Praveen The templates have not been release yet, but should be ready in a couple of weeks. For questions about SharePoint, or any of the other Office 2007 products, the newsgroups at http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/community/newsgroups.mspx a ...Show All

• Visual Basic Virtual Server Explorer

  I am having issues trying to add a VirtualServer to the Servers menu under Server Explorer.  I can remote desktop into the virtual server virtual machine instance just fine.  Are there special steps you must take to include a virtual server instance in VisualStudio 2005 Server Explorer, or is this even possible ...Show All

• Visual Basic My.Application.OpenForms does not return MDI child or dialog forms

  I have the following code: (which is in a button click on an MDI child form that opens a dialog that allows user to search for a value in a <Large> dataset. In order to limit the load/display time I am laoding thje dataset the first time that the user opens (fdlgSearch_onLoad) the form but am trying to avoid having to load the dataset each time the user requests a search). <CodeSnippet> Dim fSearch As fdlgSearch = Nothing ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Excel Macro - saveas command with current date?

  I'm new to VB and am trying to code up a macro for excel. What I am hoping to do is to save a file in two locations. The getting them to save isn't a problem. However, what I would like to do is have one of the saves to have the current date at the end... ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:= _ "C:\Documents and Settings\ca5ms\Desktop\BAS05980.P.EFT.EOIIN.UNUMLIF.xls", _ FileFormat:=xlNormal, Password:="", WriteResPassw ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Erroneous "Avoid unused private fields"

  I get an erroneous "Avoid unused private fields" problem with the following: class Application { private const Decimal conversionRatio = 0.621371m; [STAThread] static void Main( string [] args) { if (args.Length > 0) { Decimal newValue = Decimal.Parse(args[0], System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); newValue *= conversionRatio; } } } Consts don't get converted to ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Theory: Multiple SDK/DirectX Installations and the C3635/C3377 problems

  First off this is what I have installed in regards to .NET, DirectX and Programming Software - all in their own directories. DirectX - October 2005 Edition DirectX - December 2005 Edition DirectX - February 2006 Edition Visual Studio 2005 Express (C#, C++ etc) - Net SDK 2.0, DX Feb2006 Visual Studio 2003 C++ - Net SDK 1.1, DX Oct/Dec and Feb (separately) Visual Studio 6 C++ (Not used since 2003 installed last year) Net S ...Show All