mxale's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Annoying behavior in report designer

  I have a report with a complex dataset query that involves a temp table. Anytime I make a change to that query and save or change tabs, I get this message: Could not generate a list of fields for the query. Invalid object name #[temp table name]. (Error 208) Fair enough, but the real nuisance is that every time this happens it erases all of the dataset parameters I have previously set up. I have to redefine them every time. I hope this behavior changes in the future. I'm using technique like this: IF (OBJECT_ID('#temp') IS NOT NULL) DROP TABLE #temp ... SELECT * from Table INTO #temp ...Show All

• Visual C++ stringstream loses memory

  Hello, I believe the code below shall run forever but it shall not consume more and more memory as Windows task manager shows. This problem occures for your standard library that is shipped with Microsoft Developer Studio 2005. The earlier versions seem to be unaffected. #include <sstream> int main() { for(;;) { std::stringstream ss; ss << "asdf"; } } -- Michael Kochetkov P.S. I have reported it to Dinkumware with their bug report form too but then I have thought about posting it here. Perhaps as the string stream is going out of scope on each loop, it's also cleaning up ...Show All

• .NET Development Getting COM type library information using ITypeLib2 interface (CUSTDATA and CUSTDATAITEM)

  I've been struggling with the .NET interop lately, trying to get the type library information using ITypeLib2, ITypeInfo2 and etc (I am using 1.1 framework without any support for these interfaces from Microsoft). Anyhow, I was able to get CUSTDATA info but now having difficulties explaining the .NET interop how to unmarshal elements of CUSTDATAITEM structure that contain embed VARIANT in it. Any ideas as to how to get embed VARIANT out of a structure --Peter Assuming you've declared it correctly and the actual VARIANT type is supported, you should just be able to access the data like any other field. ...Show All

• Visual Studio corrupt project file

  I have a custom vspackage and project template file has this ItemGroup: < ItemGroup > < Folder Include = " Copylibs " /> < Folder Include = " Stores " /> < Folder Include = " DDModules " /> </ ItemGroup > After I create a new project of my type the project file's ItemGroup now looks like this: <ItemGroup> <Folder Include="Copylibs" /> <Folder Include="Copylibs" /> <Folder Include="DDModules" /> <Folder Include="Stores" /> <Folder Include="DDModules" /> <Fo ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) WinFX Development Environment Installation Trouble

  I have followed the instructions at http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getthebeta/default.aspx for installing WinFX for development. WinFX RTC - file version 2.0.50727.151 installed fine. Visual Studio 2005 version 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) Full Install installed fine. Windows SDK will not install it fails with the following message: Windows SDK cound not be configured, see the 'Installing the SDK' section of the Samples\Setup\HTML\ConfigDetails.htm document for more information. First of all - what is that path to the ConfigDetails.htm relative to - where can I find this file Are there any log files that ...Show All

• SQL Server programmatically extend project tree

  Hi, I need to write an add-in, that when installed it will add a virtual folder to the project tree (in which I can later add other stuff). The problem is even more complicated since the project I want to extend is an SSIS project (SQL Server Integration Services), and it doesn't let you customize the project structure even from the project explorer itself (can't add folders). I appreciate any help on this. Thanks. ...Show All

• SQL Server Derived Shape - Replacing a column with itself.

  Hi there, I have a derived column shape in which I replace a column with an expression. The expression is an IF statement - a true result sets a value for the column and a false result just uses the existing value of the column (ie it replaces it with itself) Like this. ColumnName DerivedColumn Expression ColumnA Replace 'ColumnA' ColumnB != ColumnC "y" : ColumnA But whenever, the condition is NOT met, ColumnA is set to NULL!!!! Does this mean that the column value is deleted before the Expression is applied If this is how it is meant to work, then does anyone have a way of doing what I w ...Show All

• Smart Device Development how can i in TreeView to see the PocketPC directory?

  how can i in TreeView to see the PocketPC directory thanks so much!!! i know pocketpc is not support dive mapping.... ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Installing Process Templates

  Hi, I'm trying to install a process template that I've created. I'm able to upload it as a folder using the Process Template Manager within Visual Studio. I then compress the folder (i.e. so that the folders are contained at the base of the zip file - i.e. there is no folder called " MSF for Agile Software Development - v4.0 - TEST " but the zip file itself is called " MSF for Agile Software Development - v4.0 - TEST .zip" ). I've used the code below to upload the process template. However, although it gets added to the Process Template Manager list I get an error when trying to add a new project based on this p ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. how to detect a 3d sub mesh where the mouse is on

  I'm trying to model a application where a 3d object is loaded from a .x file and I need to get the user input specifying which part of the object the user clicked on. something like image map in 2d..... I need it in a 3d object (where it can be rotated...etc) does anyone have ideas how to map between 3d sub meshes and get on which sub msh the user clicked on Thanks in advance Yes pretty much, though in a 3rd person shooter you have to take into account the position of walls etc, to make sure you didn't succesfully shoot someone behind an object. Also using the screen coordinates is only useful for th ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Cannot connect to TFS from Visual Studio

  I am not sure if TFS is even running.  I can get to sharepoint no problem, create new sites etc.... I can get to the report services no problem and when I browse to the TFS host machine from a workstation I get the sharepoint site.  I have tried running Visual Studio as the the tfsservice account and still I get the cannot connect dialog.  How can I tell that TFS is installed and working   Is there an admin utility What directories should I have in IIS Thank you in advance! You are missing the STSAdm commands... ALSO, you must separate the Report Server and Reports Virtual Directories ...Show All

• Windows Forms Adding Custom properties to controls

  When Components like tooltip are added to a form, other controls on form automatically get a property (like tooltip on mytooltipcomp etc.), how the same thing can be achieved when using user defined components. For instance, say we create a component securitylevel, which gives security levels and based on that hides or disables controls. if a new special property can be added to all control then accordingly action can be taken.. hope i'm clear on what is required. can anybody help on this.. Hello. Really there are two paths. First you can create an "extender" provider which allows you ...Show All

• Visual C++ Two Dlls, Same Namespace, Cast Problem

  . Rob: in the .NET world there is not a 1-1 mapping between assemblies and namespaces: in fact there is a many-many mapping. An assembly can contain many namespaces and a namespace can be spread over many assemblies. A good model here is the Base Class Library that ships with the CLR. You have mscorlib.dll - this is assembly that contains all the common types: System::Object, System::String, etc. Every other .NET assembly refers to this assembly and references the definitions of one or more these types. The BCL also comes with other assemblies like System.Data.dll (which contains classes specifically for hand ...Show All

• Visual C++ Compiler Error C3767 and compliance with The C++ Standard

  I tried to use one 3rd party  library header file  in  VC++  7 and 8, and I got Compiler Error C3767 . So I wrote a code similar to the one in that example: class C { friend void FriendFunc() {} friend void AnotherFriendFunc(C* c) {} } int main() { FriendFunc(); // C3767 'FriendFunc' matching function is not accessible C* pC = new C(); AnotherFriendFunc(pC); // found via argument-dependent lookup } and tried to compile it using different compilers. The result is that opposite to VC++,  gcc and intel c++ compiler made compilation without problems finding  FriendFunc . My question is whether this behaviour o ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Desperate: Add a user to the Team Foundation Administrators group

  I dropped the BUILTIN\Administrators group from Team Foundation Administrators group and now I can't do anything in TFS.  I was trying to exclude all the administrators of the box from showing up in Work Item Assigned To field. I'm a member of the Administrators group on the box.  How can I add myself back to the Team Foundation Administrators group Edit:  I tried tfssecurity.exe but also got the same error:  TF50309:  You do not have sufficent permissions to perform this operation.  Are there any other members in Team Foundation Administrators group I guess the only opti ...Show All