Christian Q's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Has anyone received information regarding how to access the free online books

  I read that after activating the 2005 Express editions one would get access to three free online books but I haven't received any such information from Microsoft.  I am wondering whether anyone else has received any information regarding how to access those free online books. Thanks! I received confirmation in a few weeks.  I registers only ONE product (C# Express) and only received access to ONE free book.  I thought I was receiving all THREE. Besides that, the book is online only and not downloadable - and it expires after one year. I thought it would be a downloadable PDF or something. I a ...Show All

• SQL Server Datareader source/Data flow task property expression problems

  Hi all, I have the June CTP version of Yukon and it's various tools, and I'm having an issue with using property expressions or variable syntax within the SqlCommand string of a datareader source within a data flow task. It seems as if there were issues in past versions of doing this within data flow tasks, but I thought with the June CTP that this was a possibility. The documentation even states that you can do this within the sqlcommand property. Anybody else have this problem Any solutions Thanks, Adrian Crawford Mark, Thanks for your response.  I figured out my problem in another recent post here ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro I really confused

  Hi, I really confused..what is the different between Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic and Visual Studio.. ..which one better.. ..what features for each programs.. ..when to choose each program.. Please help me.. Thanks, Jennifer It all depends on what kinds of programs you need to write. They are different tools for different puurposes, althoug there is some crossover. If you plan to study VB, then disregard VB6 which is an old deprecated language. It has been replaced by VB.NET VFP is a data-based Object Oriented development language and also has a built-in database. It can connect ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Binary Search and Sort multidimensional array

  I am using the FileInfo[] array class and i need to sort the array and binary search it here is my code FileInfo[] destinationinfo = new DirectoryInfo(destination).GetFiles(); FileInfo[] sourceInfo = new DirectoryInfo(source).GetFiles(); Please notice i am trimming the array and only getting the dimensions of GetFiles I need to sort and search by the Name Property. Can you guys post me code on how to do that I figured it out class SnSArray : IComparer         {             public int Compare(object x, object y)        ...Show All

• SQL Server Introduce Domain functionality to UDDT

  As so rightly stated in http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/70/books/inside6.mspx "Currently, UDDTs don't support the notion of subtyping or inheritance, nor do they allow a DEFAULT value or CHECK constraint to be declared as part of the UDDT itself. These powerful object-oriented concepts will likely make their way into future versions of SQL Server. These limitations not withstanding, UDDT functionality is a dynamic and often underused feature of SQL Server." There's no point bothering with using a UDDT in T-SQL if you can't apply constraints to the UDDT! 1 vote for the introduction of the mentioned features int ...Show All

• Windows Forms String Collection Editor

  Hi Can anyone tell me how can i associate a String Collection Editor -- the type a ListBox has for its Items property -- with my own control. I tried one approach.But it failed on two accounts. This is what i did :  My control is inherited from ArrayList. I changed it to StringCollection. Failure : 1) I do get a collectionEditor - but it is n ...Show All

• Visual C++ batch build over telnet and error PRJ0003 : Error spawning

  Hello, I try to build my application with a batch build via telnet on another computer in our company network. But I get the following error messages when cl.exe tries to start: Microsoft (R) Visual Studio Version 8.0.50727.42. Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-2005. All rights reserved. ------ Build started: Project: SOFILIB, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ Compiling... Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'E:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\cl.exe'. Creating browse information file... Project : error PRJ0003 : Error spawning 'E:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\bscmake.exe'. Build log was saved at " file://q:\obj ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Problem building MediaShare Messenger Starter Kit

  Hi all, When I try to build MediaShare Messenger, the build process stops with this error: .\app.rc(10) : fatal error RC1015: cannot open include file 'afxres.h'. Indeed, this file doesn't even exist on my hard drive, so I guess it wasn't included with ISO image from which I installed VC++. That's strange, because MediaShare Messenger is listed as a starter kit for VC++ 2005 Express Edition , so I was sure it would compile without problem. Any ideas Thanks in advance. I agree, I might be missing something but it seems that there is something incorrect there since my installation of VC++ Express ...Show All

• SQL Server Can we add tooltip to the Reports available in Report Manager?

  Hi, In my Report Manager window, I have created the Folder "Test" and under this folder I have uploaded 2 .rdl file. When I am placing the cursor over the Report Items, it shows 'Items in Test' instead I want to show Some Other Message. Is it possible Thanks ...Show All

• Visual Studio Class Designer & Project References Error

  When a Solution contains many projects and a projects contains reference to another project in same solution, then if I try to open Class Designer File, its throws error which says "Cannot Load '[Class Designer File Path]' Object reference not set to an instance of an object; but if I remove all project reference from that project, class designer files open normally, but then project won't compile. I reinstall Visual Studio, even reinstall windows, but nothing works. What should I do That sounds pretty bad - what kind of projects are you using I.e. are they class libraries/web/whatever and which languages are the projects What ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Emulator softkeys

  I recently upgraded to VS 2005 FC1 and now I have a problem. For some reason, the Windows Mobile 5 Emulator's softkeys are mapped to numeric keys. For example, pressing the left softkey while in the home view will result in a '1' being entered instead of display the start menu. Pressing the right softkey will result in a '2'. Pressing the home and back buttons work. Pressing the Green phone button will result in a '3' and the red phone button in a '4'. All the other real numeric buttons appear to be ok. This only happens with the WM5 emulators (all of them) but the 2003 emulators work fine. Has anyone seen this and have any idea how to resol ...Show All

• Windows Forms Binding ComboBox and DataTable including a None entry.

  Hello. We would like our customers to select a country, but it is not required. Thus, the top-most entry shall be "<None>". We read the countries from our database and bind the DataTable to the ComboBox. How do we go about adding a None entry to the ComboBox We can't add a None row to the DataTable or DataView. Is there a property on the ComboBox I'm missing or something Cheers, Chris I use unions queries and LookupDataTables: suppose I have possible values of - CarMake ID Make 1 Ford 2 Chevy 3 Chrysler I will fill a Lookup table with Select * from ( select ID, Make fro ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Flash only works on my laptop

  Hi, I'm developing a CD autostart program, and I needed it to look pretty. So I used flash and everything is working fine. But when I use it on any other computer it doesn't work. What can I do Help is most appreciated. I don't see how this is related to C++ and there is very little actual information provided but usually problems like this stem from the fact that you did not redistribute the necessary runtime files. ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSTA Status

  We want to extend one of our applications to incorporate VSTA. What is its status Is the VSTA SDK available for such use yet If not, when will it be Also, if it is not yet available, is there any way that we can get access to it and start working with it yet, even if it is unsupported We have to get going with our development ASAP. Thanks for the help Johan we expect to have early bits integrated into the SDK late Nov, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/extend/vsta/default.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Basic sequential file naming

  Does VB express alow to do a variable file name    I'm using a function to download a file off a website every five minuets, but I don't see a way for VB to change the file name each time. Dim webClient1 As New WebClient webClient1.DownloadFile("http://www.URLtoDownloadFrom.net", "C:\filename.html")   But I can't get filename.html to start a filename01.html, filename02.html.... Is It capable   Dustin_H wrote: You are correct Jason, This code would work ok, but if it always saves with the same name, then you'll have files being overwriten when the program resta ...Show All