CarlosLh's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Setting Report Parameters

    Just working on my first report and am having trouble get the report paraments set up. When I try to set a parameter on the Data tab such as @Zipcode it treats it as a string and surround it with quotes. Also it does not automatically create a parameter in the Report Parameters collection on the Layout tab. Even if I manually create the parameter it does not tie back to the query. Any ideas of what I should be doing Thanks, Paul Hammond Richmond, VA If you write a query for a SQL Server data source, such as SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM Employee WHERE EmployeeID = @EmpID report designer will automatically detect the query ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA Installation Problems?

  Hi there, I've gone ahead and installed the XNA package, following the instructions in the download. The prerequisite's, Visual Studio Partner Edt, and the XNA installer. I've however not downloaded the MechCommander2 package yet. I wanted to see if this was any bit usable without it. I fire up Visual Studio and attempt to make one of it's "content build", and am greeted with a number of exciting errors. Of note, the content build project has a generic no image icon. Two of these: --- Package Load Failure Package 'Microsoft.Xna.UI.XnaStudioPackage.XnaStudioPackage, Microsoft.Xna.UI.XnaStudioPackage, Version ... (a whole bunch of p ...Show All

• .NET Development App with a gui and a cmd line interface

  I've got an application that I would like to have both a GUI and a command line interface. It is easy enough to check for command line arguments. The proplem is that if I set my project output type to "Windows Application", Console.Writeline doesn't write back to the console (it writes back to the IDE when debugging). But if I et my project output type to "Console Application", whenever I start my app from the Start Menu, I get a console in addition to my GUI. Is there a way to work around either of these situations I need to: A) find a way to write to the console in a windows application or B) stop the console from appe ...Show All

• SQL Server Dynamic Grouping Possible?

  I have a report where i need to create multiple views depending on what a user would like to see. I want to offer them the ability to pick a specific grouping of their liking and then have the report group by their selection (for example, group by status + Product, or group by risk area + product, etc). The only way i know how to do this is to create separate reports with different grouping settings and then call up that report when the user makes that selection. is there another way to accomplish this in a single report ...Show All

• SQL Server Error: Assembly is not marked as Serilizable

  We have developed a Custom Data Flow Destination Component for Oracle along with its own Connection Manager. We tried to use it programmatically.(i.e. creating Data Flow Task programmatically with Flat File Source and Orcale Bulk Load Destination) In that when we assign a Connection Manager to Oracle Bulk Destination Component RunTimeConnectionCollection, we have to typecast it from ConnectionManager to ConnectionManager90. After that we set Oracle Bulk Load Destination Component properties and add path to it from Flat File Source. Then when we call AcquireConnection(null) method with Oracle Destination's instance, it throws the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio Extensions for WinFX with Visual Studio 2005 180Day Trial

  Hallo together, I tried to install the Microsoft Visual Studio Extensions for WinFX with my Visual Studio 2005 180 Day Trial. The setup completed succesfully but there is no Win Fx template when I create a new project. The following components are installed: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional -Deu Microsoft Windows SDK (5308.0) Microsoft Winfx SDK (50215.45) Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WinFX vers. 8.0.6 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation vers. 3.0.3603.4 WinFX Runtime Components 3.0 Beta 2 Do I need other components Thanks for help, cu Richard T ...Show All

• SQL Server Downgrade Install Plan

  We are upgrading an application that is not yet supported on SQL Server 2005. The upgrade involves new hardware (including a new sql server). Any gotchas or advice regarding this plan: 1. Install Windows 2003 64 bit, configure hardware appropriately for running SQL Server. 2. Install SQL Server 2000 64 bit using the 2005 license key (is that how you 'downgrade' I didn't see a 'how-to' article regarding this). 3. Restore backups of system databases from current SQL Server to new SQL Server (note: current SQL Server is running 32 bit - I realize that I need to make sure that I have the same service pack on the new server as that on th ...Show All

• Windows Forms Updating DataSEt

  Hi, I have a dataset that I populate using a sql query and a dataadapter SQL = "select " from sometTable ; myAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(SQL,myAccessConn); myAdapter.Fill(DSet,TableName); Now from time to time I want to refresh the dataset and get values from the database using the same SQL query. Do I need to clean the dataset and run all these 3 lines again or there is some DataAdapter function that can do it Thanks, Well you dont need to write these three lines you just need the last line which is the fill method which will refresh the dataset everyti ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to Drop an Image unto a Picturebox

  Any ideas Yes, windows explorer, browser and/or desktop. Thanks. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do i save my Program into something that everyone can see

  Hello , im pretty newb in all this C# thing... so i just wanna know ... How i save my proj. into something that others can see too, like open it in the cmd... Please help me   Thank You DeadLine If you compile your application (Build -> Build ApplicationName), you will get a .exe file in the project folder (in bin\release). You can simply copy this file to other computers that have the .NET framework installed and run your program. Another possiblity is the Publish feature (Build -> Publish ApplicationName), if you want to publish your program on the internet. ...Show All

• Windows Forms File to Image Conversion

  I want to convert any files in image format  and vice versa. Can Any one help me   Take a look at the Nero SDK: Nero SDK (Software Development Kit) . ...Show All

• Visual Basic custom cursors

  it's very important to my project that I make a custom cursor... how would I do that but im using VB express (the latest one i think) and i right click on windows application under solution explorer & there arent any cursor files... ...Show All

• Visual C# Focus

  How can I assure that my C#.2005 application has allways focus You can hook the WH_SHELL and just filter out the message WM_ACTIVATE message. When ever this accors you check the focus and if it isn't on you application, set it on yours. Information about hooking in .NET can be found here: Windows Hooks in the .NET Framework . ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums When is it gonna be released

  Hello, When is live chatting going to be included into live.com thanks I think the forum title related to this kind of chatter . ...Show All

• Visual Basic Best practices: Skipped picturebox control; using the form.backgroundpicture property?

  I have a little simple app that randomly changes a graphic.  I removed the form's boarders and title bar (replaced with some code to allow it to move and be closed on right click).  Instead of putting a control on the form, I'm changing the form's background picture property. Now I'm curious if this will have other consquences that I'm too ingnorant to foresee.  It seemed like a good idea at the time Are there any reasons why this shouldn't be done M. ...Show All