SteveBouffard's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Support for the System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged interface

  Hello! Wouldn't it be a good idea to add a switch for the sqlmetal.exe program for making it to implement the System.ComponentModel.INotifyPropertyChanged in all the relevant classes Best regards, Henrik Dahl Matt Warren! Yes, but couldn't we say that the object is observed from two angles, from the DLINQ infrastructural point of view and from the system developer's point of view. From the infrastructural point of view the INotifyPropertyChanging event matters, which is needed due to all kinds of ordinary infrastructural considerations. From the system developers point of view the INotifyPropertyChang ...Show All

• Visual Studio I want to add additional documentation to VS help system.

  I have VS 2005 installed and it comes with a set of documentation which you can filter via drop down box, which is great. But I am doing some sharepoint development and I really don’t want to switch between the two systems or more if I have other SDK docs I need to look at, can I add the sharepoint SDK or any .chm file to the VS help system which should be automaticly searched via dynamic help also. I think I am asking for the impossible. Cheers, David Olaf Neuendorf wrote: Hello Michael & Paul, please can you tell us when a fix will become available We are waiting for quite ...Show All

• Windows Forms Databinding problem

  Hi everybody. I have a form which contains a user control. When the form loads, I'm populating some DataSet, and assigning the dataset refernece to one of the control properties. The control contains other control that are bound to various paths on that dataset, adding new rows, modifying, etc. Now, I want to update the changes back to the database with dataadapters. I can put a Update button on the control itself, or in the form containing it. When I call the adapter's Update method in the context of the form (i.e. in response to form's button click), the db doesn't update. When the same thing happens at the control, it updates as well ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Add Work Item menu still loading...

  I just uninstalled/reinstalled TFS on my server.  I uploaded my custom process template, and created a new team project from my template.  However, when I try to right-click the Work Items folder, Add Work Item, it says "Add Work Item menu still loading...(try again in a moment)".  It has been saying this for over an hour now.  When I remote desktop into the TFS server and use team explorer on there, I can add work items just fine. What is going on here   Everything else on my dev machine client appears to be working.  I can upload and view documents just fine, and I can run work item queries and see the proper ...Show All

• .NET Development Cutom Errors refuse to turn off

  I have been trying to turn off custom errors in my remote server's config file without success. The contents of the config file (named precisely like the .exe) are as follows: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <configuration> <system.runtime.remoting> <customErrors mode="Off"/> </system.runtime.remoting> </configuration> This was created and referenced with .NET 2.0. Does anyone know why this might not work I'm running it as a Windows Service on a Server 2003 box. I have since turned off custom errors in code. Hard ...Show All

• SQL Server Size of Deployment

  We deliver proposal automation systems that that use the msde database for the Lan version. We are contemplating supplying this to a client that might have 250 users eventually, yet our database size is not likely to ever exceed 4GB. Is the express version a suitable database backend for delivering this MSDE has a build in speed limiter. Is that the case for SQL Server Express, or is it fully functional until you hit the 4GB limit Hi, here are the limits Limitation MSDE Limit SQL Server Express Limit Concurrent workload governor (throttle) Yes No Database size limitation 2 GB 4 GB RAM support 2 GB 1 GB S ...Show All

• Smart Device Development ListBox multi selection - Why is it missing from the CF?

  I have an application that I've ported over from embedded VB to VB.NET under the compact framework and have discovered that I can no longer have a multiple selection listbox.  Why was this functionality taken out   Is there an equivalent functionality with some othe control   I've looked at the ListView but it just doesn't deliver the same simplicity as a multi selection listbox. One way to get similiar functionality with multiple selection support is to use ListView control.If you set the View  property of the ListView to List  you will get a ListBox alike look and feel. You ...Show All

• Visual C# How to make a image to windows wallpaper?

  Is there a function which can make a image to windows wallpaper ...Show All

• SQL Server execute DTS from asp.net 2.0 - package does not exist error

  I am trying to execute a dts from asp.net, but getting an error “The specified DTS Package ('Name = 'DTS_USERS_LIST'; ID.VersionID = {[not specified]}.{[not specified]}') does not exist.” I know I have saved the dts package on the sqlserver, and have run it from the server successfully. Here is my code: Package2Class package = new Package2Class (); object pVarPersistStgOfHost = null ; package.LoadFromSQLServer( sServer, sUID, sPWD, //DTSSQLServerStorageFlags.DTSSQLStgFlag_UseTrustedConnection, DTS. DTSSQLServerStorageFlags . ...Show All

• Visual C# How to auto-generate .aspx and .cs

  Now I need to auto-generate .aspx file.Do I use System.IO.StreamWriter or others How can I do xiaotao - What are you trying to do here Do you need to regenerate both the .aspx and the code-behind .cs file Try the asp.net forums if you need something specific to the .aspx file -- http://forums.asp.net/ . Thanks, Karen ...Show All

• SQL Server Making SSAS Developer Edition act like standard edition

  My understanding is that the Developer Edition of SQL/SSAS contain all of the functionality of the Enterprise Edition. Is there a way to force it to act as if it were Standard Edition (and therefore subject to all of the limitations of SE) The reason I ask is that with our product we're trying to maintain compatibility with both SE and EE. I realize I can just install SE instead of DE, but if there's a way to simple toggle the behavior, that would be even better (especially since I already have DE installed. :) A partial answer: If you have a BI project (that you open with Visual Studio to design and t ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to Set Background Color of a Cell in a Datagrid on Form Load (VB6)

  Help Please!!! I am trying to highlight certain cells in a datagrid. For instance if the value of a cell in a particular row is "MyVal" then I want the cell background to be, let's say, 'Red' to catch the user's attention. I am using VB 6.0 and my Datagrid is linked to the database using a Data Environment. Please Help! Anybody!!! Thanks! Duvert I'm sorry, but VB6 is unsupported and so VB6 questions are off topic here. If you can move to VB.NET, you should, VB6 is pretty outdated. Otherwise, try somewhre like www.vbcity.com ...Show All

• SQL Server Copying dimensions using XML

  Hi, I have created a number of dimensions for a project, each with multiple hierarchies etc. Now, due to a late-breaking spec change, I have had to quite seriously alter the underlying DSV, and without thinking about it I renamed it as well. As far as I can tell, using the VS UI, I will have to re-create these dimensions from scratch, using the new DSV. Is there any way I can re-use the existing dimensions and edit the XML to point to the new DSV The particular tables for these dimensions are not changed (though the relationship to the fact is). I tried a simple change on the <Data Source View> attribute, but as expected th ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies WDS Beta change to Mainstream

  ey, like when will your WDS Beta be stopped from being displayed in the blue html link ( like this ) on Bills www. site it is like using not like it. now, the like convotion for this observation is looking for a real working WDS. for now we all like think it will be later than WDS Beta. When will the like mainstream one WDS swim like the stomy seas and i can start with and not wait. you tell me, ok like now ok dandar... The WDS product should exit beta in the next couple of weeks - please do check back regularly. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Pass int array to the pixel shader

  I want to pass an int array to the pixel shader.  I used SetIntArray(name, val)..the problem is that in the shader I do not know the exact size of the array, therefore in declaring it i am trying to use an int *.  It seems as if the compiler does not like this. Is is it possible to use pointers in the shader   If not how can I pass a variable length array to the shader can someone give me an example of the usage of this function unfortunately i'm having the same problem. i created a texture that is supposed to be used as an render target: ... IDirect3DTexture9* pT; ... pDevice->CreateTexture(WIDTH, HEIGHT, 0, D3DUSA ...Show All