VDBA's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System VSTS Architect vs. VSTS Developer

  With he proposed changes in MSDN subscriptions and Visual Studio licensing, I now have to make a decision between VSTS Architect and VSTS Developer. As I understand, MSDN Universal subscribers will have a choice - they can either go for VSTS Architect and VSTS Developer. I believe that I need both architecture and development tools. Which out of two should I go for The information was interesting but too high-level to be really useful ...Show All

• Windows Forms Control size

  How can I stop my control being resized  I would like it invisible at runtime & 32 * 32 pixels big Any ideas There are two main places where Visible and Bounds are set...  In your control you could override SetVisibleCore and& ...Show All

• SQL Server CONCAT in Execute SQL Task

  I am curious to know if there is a way to suppress or temporarily store event errors until the final one, then take all those errors and write to db field I have a package that uses an event error to store msgs into a field. But, I end up getting several errors that will overwrite my db field each time. Only about two out of 10 are relevent to my problem... I just need to know if there is a way to suppress the number of event errors that come ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System AT: Unable to install it with SQL Server 2005 Database Engine ?

  I'm quite surprised that App Tier could not be installed if sql server database engine is installed. We'll have to use the sql database engine for other purposes, and we can install TFS AT if sql server database engine is present... It's a closed discussion or there is an explanation about a such restriction Actually we have a production server dedicated to sql server, and we want to install TFS on our development server. Must we insta ...Show All

• Visual Studio reportviewer whit differents reports

  I wonder if is possible to use une ReportViewer an dinamically change the report it show. if so, please tell me any indication. Thanks In server mode, just set a new report path and you are all set. In local mode, things are a little more complicated due to some limitations of the LocalReport object. Using the winforms control, you can call ReportViewer.Reset to allow you to supply a new local report definition. Unfortunat ...Show All

• SQL Server Change product key of SQL Server 2005

  Is there any way to change product key after installation of SQL Server 2005 or must be SQL Server reinstalled. We have used wrong one for our customer because carelessness. Any problem if customer use product with old product key, but have a legal licence for product Hi, see if you can change that: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\90\ProductID HTH, Jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.s ...Show All

• Visual Basic Getting Users Full Name VB2005 Xpress

  Hi How can I  get the users full logon name now   i.e. John Smith as opposed to SmithJ There was a function for VB6 that would return this but under NET... This link may help http://www.vbcad.com/showatip.asp TIPID=3 ...Show All

• SQL Server Error: Cannot display activity

  TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (CTP Nov) OS: Both XP SP2 and Win2003 SP1 ------------------------------ Cannot display activity for database 'SomeDBName'. ------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Could not load file or assembly 'ActivityMonitor, Version=9.0.242.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. (mscorlib) ...Show All

• .NET Development Requery on?How to Upload A file to Server

  Hai Everybody pls help me.Now its my SOS Time. How to Upload A file to Server,Mean, If Suppose  a Web site Called A.com using this a client is Uploading a file.I Want to Store File Not in the A.com Server, But Put The File In Say B.com/folder/foldername/file Is it Possible using Ftp By code Then Give me Code lIke Import dll WININET.DLL .ITS WORKING LOCAL IIS WHEN I PUT ON THE WEB SERVER ITS NOT WORKING, I need Code for Tha ...Show All

• SQL Server Insert /Update data in destination

  I am new to integration services. I am trying to a build a data warehouse and need to be able to insert new data as well as update data that has changed. I am getting the data in a flat file and need to import it into SQL 2005. I saw some post on www.sqlis.com/default.aspx 311 but I did the example is for OLE DB component. I am not sure how to achieve this using a text file as source. Any help would be greatly appreicated. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Custom Task and Logger

  I have a custom Task where I want to log errors, warnings, etc. If I'm in VS I want these to go to the Output window and Error List. If I'm running msbuild outside of VS to the console. I tried to implement my own class from Logger and capture build events, but I was getting events for all projects and I only want to capture them for my project type (a VSIP integration). Currently I have the code to write to the Output window, etc., in my Task c ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Is this released yet?

  I know Visual Studio 2005 is released but has the Team System been released or is it still in beta While the Developer, Tester, Architect, and combined Team Suite editions of Visual Studio are available, the RC of Team Foundation Server is coming soon. The Beta 3/Beta3 Refresh of TFS are currently available. Jeff Beehler and Rick LaPlante have a bit more information here: http://blogs.msdn.com/jeff ...Show All

• Visual C# Keeping data table open on same record on new form

  Hi! I have a record open in a datagrid on one form; I'd like to move on and open another form with the same record appearing (this time with the fields as labels). What's the most efficient way to do this For example, copying the field values into a struct and passing it in the constructor of the new form, then using these values searching for the record on the new form using a new datasource attached to the table seems cumbersome... Thank you i ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Upgrade Window Mobile 2003 to 2005?

  How can I upgrade my POCKET PC Window Mobile 2003 to the 2005 version. I currently have the Dell Axim x30. Thanks Rick, Thanks for your post. This forum is patrolled by folks who are experts in developing apps that run on Windows Vista mobile devices (e.g. laptops, Tablet PCs). For Windows Mobile and Pocket PC questions, I suggest posting to one of the Pocket PC forums. David ...Show All

• SQL Server Windows Mobile 5 connecting to SQL Server 2005

  Can't get winmobile 5 to connect to my sql server 2005 (using vs2005). Here's the connect string: "Data Source=tcp:XXXXXX\default,1433;Database=YYYYYY;" _ & "Integrated Security=SSPI;" This very same string, and variations of it, work in a vs2005 winforms app, but not a windows mobile 5. I'm (obviously) using system.data.sqlclient. MS documentation says it's supported on both platforms with no syntax changes. ...Show All