tmg2006's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Variable in Menu

  I was wondering how to make an item in the menu load from something like an xml file. ...Show All

• SQL Server Return more than 4000 characters from CLR stored procedure

  Hi, I have a clr stored procedure that takes in 2 parameters, input xml and a query name. The stored procedure transforms the xml with a the xslt for the given query name (stored in a database). I am currently using and output parameter that is of type NVarChar(4000) to retrieve the xml in .net. This all works fine unless the xml that is being transformed is greater than 4000 characters which will happen. Are there any ways of returning a string ...Show All

• SQL Server Update problems via linked server /Sybase OLE DB provider

  _I have problems in updating a table on a Sybase server via a linked server definition. Does anybody know general issues related to UPDATE commands Everything is working fine, except sometimes one update statement returns an ole db error "cannot update table xyz" Any hints are appreciated! Nobsay We did some research and we can definitely say, that there is a bug in the Sybase OLE DB prov ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET 2.0 DataTable.Select performance problem with sample

  OK, I have some sample code here to demonstrate the severe performance degradation I'm seeing with DataTable.Select (as well as when using DataViews) in .NET 2.0. Create a new Windows app, create a button, and use the code below in the button's event handler. Note that in 1.1 this takes maybe a second to execute. In .NET 2.0 it takes minutes.    private void button1_Click( object sender, System.EventArgs e)   { & ...Show All

• Visual Basic Getting the running app's name

  Hi all!! I'm trying to get the running application's name and save it in a string var.The problem is that if I use app.exename or app.title or even app.path, it returns the name, title or path of the control that the class belongs to.What i need is the name of the main application that is running.How can i achieve that Thanks! Have you tried the My.Application.Info object That should suit your purposes. ...Show All

• SQL Server Help in Moving RS databases to another machine

  We plan on moving our sql 2000 db's to a sql server 2005 box this week. What's the best way to point RS to the new database machine I'm not extremely familiar with Reporting Services and would like to know are there any "gotchas" in doing this Thanks That's gotta be the fastest response I've ever got from a user group. I'm on my way out the door right now but will investigate further tomorrow ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums del.icio.us integration

  have you had any idea how to integrate del.icio.us in msn space, such as daily blog posting function... out_url: https://storage.msn.com/ storageservices /MetaWeblog.rpc this url is wrong .the correct is that https://storage.msn.com/ storageservice /MetaWeblog.rpc ...Show All

• .NET Development Convert Integer value to byte Array

  Hello I have an integer value and byte array variable like this : int intSize = 11522; byte [] _Size = new byte [4]; How can i to convert the integer to byte array Thanks one way: _size[0] = intSize & 0x000F; _size[1] = (intSize & 0x00F0) >> 8; _size[2] = intSize & 0x0F00 >> 16; _size[3] = intSize & 0xF000 >> 24; or _size[0] = intSiz ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Overriding "CreatedBy" and "CreatedDate" for new work items

  We are in the middle of writing a tool to migrate all our bug data to TFS via the object model. It is essential for us to preserve the user and date of each change made to a bug report. Currently TFS uses the current user and datetime. Is there a way of overriding the "CreatedBy" and "CreatedDate" when adding new work items A possible workround is to insert each bug in its initial s ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Toolbox weird behavior!!!

  I am using VSTO 2005. I am working on an Excel Template. Suddenly the toolbox becomes disabled and prevents me from adding controls to the Excel sheet but it is enabled in regard to the taskpane. I reinstalled VSTO and it was enabled but now disabled again. Do you have any idea this is very urgent.... Thank you........ What are you doing immediately before the toolbox becomes disabled Also, after ...Show All

• Windows Forms TabControl - backColor

  Is it possible to change the anoying standard gray color of a TabControl  I know there are some solutions but they still show some gray color strips. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Deployment Failure Error: 0x80070020

  Env: -VS  Beta 2005 -PPC 2003 SE Emulator Building a device app to access data in SQL CE db, everything was working fine until I switched the start up form. Builds fine but does not deploy...get the following error. Error Description: Error 1 Deployment and/or registration failed with error: 0x80070020. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. File: Conman HelpText System  Hey, Tha ...Show All

• Visual Basic Visual Basic 2003 Code in Framework 2.0

  I need to upgrade my PCs from the current Framework 1.1 to the new Framework 2.0. Will Visual Basic 2003 code currently running in the Framework 1.1 run in the Framework 2.0 without any recompiling or upgrading Thanks for your help, Marc Yes, you can run different versions of the Framework side-by-side. However, the CLR will attempt to load a different (newer) version of the Framework (if present) whe ...Show All

• Visual C# connect to SQL Express 2005

  Hi, I wold like to know how cani connect to SQL Express 2005 using C# 2003 can anyone place a sample here please.. With Many Thanks... Best Regards, Jassim Rahma thanks alot just tried it with SqlClient and I am ableto connect but iwill work mo on tomorrow.. it's too late here and i have to go to bed now.. thank you very much & good night ...Show All

• .NET Development What .Net Framework to use???

  Hi, I'm building a windows forms application to be downloaded from the Internet and allow the users to connect to a server and exchange information using Sockets. My dilemma is what version of .Net to use. I wanted to use 2.0 but I'm afraid that users will quit the download if they have to get a 20MB .Net install file. I know I can have an application stub and do all the downloading after user runs setup.exe but still it takes about 12min ...Show All