Hoopla's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista Change state from host when workflow calls External Method?

  Hi, I have a state which calls an ExternalMethod in its StateInitialization. I need to call EventA or EventB inside ExternalMethod - LookUpPatient StateA StateInit : call ExternalMethod LookUpPatient EventA => I need to trigger this from Host during LookUpPatient call EventB What I am doing now is to call back to host from LookUpPatient and then forward the request to the UI thread (using this.dispatcher.beginvoke) and triggers event from there. The problem with this solution is that in the host thread, I need to wait until the StateInit finished before I call EventA otherwise I will get an exception when I ca ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 Standard edition install fails; An instance with the same name.../

  Good Morning I am trying to install SQL Server 2005 onto Windows Server 2003 Small Business Edition. Previously SQL Server 2000 from the SBE disk was installed, automatic updates are enabled. I have selected the default instance and everything I try results in the error: An instance with the same name is already installed on this computer. To proceed with SQL Server Setup, provide a unique instance name. Log file says; -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine : ISAINTERNET Product : Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Product Version : 9.00.1399.06 Install : Failed Log File ...Show All

• SQL Server try to setup membership with ASP.NET configuration

    When I whant the use the new ASP.NET configuration tool (2005) and I want to define a provider I get the following error. You should know that on installation of VS 2005 SQL-Server Express did not install and I installed SQL-Server 2005 (shiped with VS 2005). So now it seems that VS waits for the Express edition. I changed under Tools/Options/Database Tools/Data Connections the SQL Server Instance Name to "MSSQLSERVER" but this does not help, too.   Thank you very much for any help! Regards, Fabian -----------   Server Error in '/asp.netwebadminfiles' Application. If you are using Virtual PC with SQL Server Expr ...Show All

• Windows Forms Use of WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC in VB.NET? How to do it. Need some help.

  I want to control the color of a edit (or other control) when disabled. Found some example in MFC, but not any for VB.NET. Here is my code, can someone help me to finish it Protected Overrides Sub WndProc( ByRef m As Message) Select Case m.Msg Case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC Dim g As Graphics = CreateGraphics() Dim mBrush As New SolidBrush(Color.DarkBlue) 'Set the text background to green: SetBkColor(((HDC) m.WParam, RGB(0,128,0)) 'Need at NET equialent to the code line over 'Send what would have been the return value of OnCtlColor() - the brush handle - back in pLResult: m.Result ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Icon in program files

  Hi Ive managed to deploy my application to my Pocket PC emulator okay. The only issue I have left is I dont get my appliaction icon appearing in the program files on the emulator once its deployed. I have set the icon in the project setting of VS2003 Anyone have any idea how to correct this Many Thanks Have you created the install It supposed to create a shortcut to your application. Or you can create a shortcut manually and copy it to the \Windows\Start Menu\Programs. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Help.ShowHelp does not always work

  We have found an odd situation.  It appears to us as though Help.ShowHelp does not always work, with the two biggest factors being what chm file is called and if a FileDialog has been called before the call to Help.ShowHelp. As long as a call to Help.ShowHelp is made before completing a FileDialog (OpenFileDialog or SaveFileDialog), it works fine – eve ...Show All

• SQL Server Blocking when using MS DTC

  Hi, I have a blocking situation occurring that I am having trouble sorting out. It occurs when using MS DTC and using SSIS as the transaction co-ordinator. I suppose you might argue that this should be in the SSIS forum but as the blocking is occurring in SQL Server I thought I'd try here as well. I have 2 data-flows in SSIS. One of them INSERTs to mytable, the other UPDATEs mytable. The UPDATE is getting blocked by the INSERT which holds a lock on the table (I can see this thru sp_lock). Now although this is from SSIS all you really need to know is: -These 2 operations occur using seperate connections -I am running the 2 operations und ...Show All

• .NET Development Compacting an Access 97 DB from VB.NET 2003

  Hi everybody, Here's my code, Imports System.IO Public Class Access97Routines    Public Shared Sub RepairCorruptDatabase(ByRef corruptDB As FileInfo, ByVal destinationFileName As String)    Dim accessApp As New Access.Application       Try          accessApp.DBEngine.CompactDatabase(corruptDB.FullName, destinationFileName)       Catch ex As Exception          MsgBox(ex.ToString, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, App.Title)       Finally  &nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions File saving

  I need a basic way to dump some data to a file. I don't know what containers C++ express supports. Does it support CFile, iostream I have tried both of those and it cannot find the Header files. If the problem is with the setup I don't know what I am doing wrong I install C++ express then the SDK then I followed the directions to allow a Windows application but I can use and of the header that I need. Help please the program that I am writing is very basic I just need to save the data Thanks The Microsoft Foundation Classes, like CFile, are not supported in the libraries and templates provided with Visu ...Show All

• Visual Basic Accessing FTP server?

  How can i access FTP server using vb.net I want to upload, downlaod, delete, rename files on FTP server and change directories on FTP server as well. thanks ftp://contoso.com/ %2f path this is the answear I was looking for. Thank you very much! ...Show All

• .NET Development writing dll...

  Hi, what r all the steps need to be followed to write a dll in VB.NET can anyone give samples or related links Environment : VS2003 Enterprise Edition Thanks! Take a look at this article on writing a Class Library in VB.NET 2003. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Virtualization?

  Various Microsoft Vista docs talk about registry and disk virtualization, e.g. "In Windows Vista, many legacy applications that were not designed to support standard user accounts can run without modification, using the built-in file/registry virtualization feature. File/registry virtualization gives an application its own "virtualized" view of a resource it is attempting to change using a copy-on-write strategy. For example, when the application writes to a system location (like \Program Files\...), Windows redirects it to a user-specific path under the \Virtual Store\... directory. Later, when the application reads back this ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Where are the toolbox controls for PPC

  Hi; I've installed VS standard 2005, i work ok with Windows Forms, i've already installed 3rd party software and it appears in the toolbox. But when when i create a new project for PPC 2003 SE the form appears Ok, but the toolbox is empty, it just shows a message 'there are no control, drag and drop controls to the toolbox....' I can list or view all the controls for Windows Forms disabled, but for PPC no ... In VS 2003 it never happens...... so, i'm doing something wrong.. David Funez Tegucigalpa, Honduras Right click on the toolbox and click on "Show All Items" See if the items are ...Show All

• Visual C++ C++ & SDK

  I'm completely new at C++, though have reasonable experience with .NET. I'm trying to switch from VB.net to C++ because I want to write native code... but i'm having problems. I have 'Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows XP SP2' and 'Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition Beta 2' installed. I have also created a dir in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC" called 'PlatformSDK' which has the Bin, Include and Lib folders in it. Now how do i make a native program, not complied in .NET If i go to File|New|Project| Win32.... I can only select console application, windows application is greyed out. If i select "Windows form application" it ...Show All

• SQL Server Connection String Question.

  Hi All,    I am porting an existing MS SQL database from a local server to a domain.  Previously I had been using: e.g.  C# fragment used when building the connection string. string dataSource; dataSource = @"Data Source=MyServerName"; After porting to the domain, do I have to prefix MyServerName with the Domain Name If the Domain is named "Fantasy" would the new Data Source name be: dataSource = @"Data Source=Fantasy\MyServerName"; If so, what is the correct syntax for adding a domain prefix within a connection string Thanks. CrCr. Hi, This would usually be MyServerN ...Show All