JOLinton's Q&A profile

• Visual C# 'Solution Platform' options in VS2005 IDE??

  I came across a newly added dropdown box in Visual Studio IDE right next to 'Debug / Release' dropdown box. This new dropdown box named 'Solution Platforms' lists options like '.NET' , 'Any CPU' , 'Mixed Platforms' , 'Configuration Manager'. I tried to search for the documentation that would explain the significance and the best practices to use these options but couldn't find anything special except a few words here and there in this article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/reference/technotes/team_build/build_asp_proj.aspx Does anyone have any idea about this ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Errors in contest entries?

  Some of us who've submitted our entries to the contest may not be aware of bugs in our apps. If you find one, please post it here. We can determine if the problem is in the Activity API or our app's code and then elevate any relevant issues. Please include: The name of the app The exact error message (including line number if displayed) Steps to reproduce the error An objective suggestion to correct the problem By the way, my app is "Rockhopper's Race for Fish". I'm anxious to hear how it works for you. Thank you! Nick, could you please elaborate on the environment in which you got that error I also have XP w ...Show All

• Smart Device Development determining phone location---recieving broadcast messages

  I m trying to develop the code for determining the current location of the phone user on smartphone 2003 SE. I m doing native code development--win32 apis. As it should be i want to know the current location (like country city locality) of the user. And i guess broadcast messages is wat I need to determine that. But i m having a hard time finding a way to recieve these messages. I hv googled enough in vain already. Any thread or clue wud b highly appreciated in this direction. A sample code wud be simply fantastic. Thanx Vishal While searching for broadcasing messages, I found this article to customize home screen. I also found some ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Different between Me. and My.

  Dear all, Would like to ask what is actually the different between Me. and My. in Visual Basic programming (Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition) If I wana do a comparison between data captured from user input and Database data.. which one I should use when TableAdapter applied Now learning VB..Hope can discover more and understand more Especially Database application. Thanks ya! GOD bless, Jesse   Well Jesse - chances are you god is different from my goddess and I may feel oppressed by "god bless" which is why I'm glad it's not around much. To answer your question: Me refers to the for ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Convert single server installation to dual server w/hot spare

  In particular, I'd like to: - Do a single-server install on machine A - Do an AT-only install on machine B, pointing at machine A for the DT. I know there's some support for having a "hot spare" AT machine - can that hot spare be on the DT machine itself   (If so, it must be done as a single-server install on the DT, since the AT won't install on a machine that already contains the DT).   This is the behavior for RC and RTM. You will need to run the TfsAdminUtil with an ActivateAT switch to activate the standby AT. This administration utility should be installed on your AT under "%ProgramFiles%\M ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions usertype.dat

    So I downloaded the express edition finally, been using .net2002.  While using .net2002 ive accumulated a lot of data types that ive defined in usertype.dat to use the custom keyword hightlighting.  Well I copied the file to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE reloaded visual studio express and selected a different color for user defined types and I get no change.  Am I missing something here or does 2005 express edition not support user defined data types Ok, well I deleted the file and created a new one in the directory and just copied the old files contents to it a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Click Once Deployment and Crystal Reports

  Hello, I have deployed an application using click once and tested it on my machine and others that have .net pre installed. However when it came to deploying my application to other machines i started to receive missing file errors the latest of which is crystal reports I have added four dll's to my main project file to build and they are set to copy local, but still i get the following error when i attempt to run a report on the other machines Unhandled Exception has occured in your application....... Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDescisions.Shared, Version=10.2.3600.0, Culture=neutral, Public Key Token= ...Show All

• Windows Forms export child mdi into picture file

  Hi! I'm currently developing an application which have mdi children in which these children contains cells (sort of looks like mini excel with only one sheet). I want to export these cells as one picture file per children window. But I have no idea how... Thanks very much! ...Show All

• SQL Server sql mobile question

  Hi friends, sorry for interposting but my question was left unanswered in another group. here's the question: The execution of follwing query against sql mobile DB goes fine in SQL Server Management Studio SELECT c.contactID FROM contacts c  LEFT OUTER JOIN contactNotes cn   ON cn.contactID = c.contactID but when I'm trying to execute it in Visual Studion, it transforms the query into: SELECT c.contactID FROM { oj contacts c LEFT OUTER JOIN contactNotes cn ON cn.contactID = c.contactID } and gives the following error message: SQL Execution Error. Error source: SQL Server Mobile Edition ADO.NET Data Provider Error Message: Ther ...Show All

• Architecture Data Modelling Tool in Visual Studio 2005

  Is there any data modelling tool / feature available in Visual Studio 2005 Hi Amit, There are no DB modeling tools available in VS 2005 however you can connect to DB from VS and create tables etc. If you are looking for tool support like Erwin or PowerDesigner the closest thing Microsoft has is Visio for Enterprise Architects where you can use the Entity Relationship model (ER) and Object Role Modeling (ORM). Visio for Enterprise Architects is included in MSDN Premium, which is available with Visual Studio Professional and Visual Studio Team System role-based editions. Sandor ...Show All

• SQL Server database engine giving problems

  i installed sql server 2005 but i am unable to connect to the database engine. An error message appears saying : =================================== Cannot connect to mssqlserver. =================================== An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (.Net SqlClient Data Provider) ------------------------------ For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/f ...Show All

• Visual C++ overriding virtual member function of a generic class using wizard

  in VS6 C++, "add member function wizard" was simple. but in VS2005 C++, it is no longer possible to copy and paste a function declaration into the "add member function wizard". (must add each parameters one by one....) for MFC classes, the property window provides a simple way to override a virtual member function, but that interface seems not working for generic classes. is there an easy way to override a virtual member function of a generic class (like somehow enable the MFC class' virtual function override interface for generic class) or I have to edit .h and .cpp manually thanks. kkang ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem with displaying dates

  Hi ! I am new to VB .NET. I bound a textbox with a datetime type column of my sql server 2000 database. when I run the application the text box shows the date but it also adds time to the text box. I want to display the date only. Please help me. Thanks for reply, but as I told u I am new to VB .NET so please describe ur reply through an example so that i can understand it. Thanks. ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 frustration

  Hi. I'm relatively new to the SQL Server 2005 thing.  Ive just downloaded the 180 day trial of SQK server 2005 (not the express edition), but I cant get to the management console or view any of the database bits like in SQL Server 2000. I've upgraded from SQL 2005 Express.  Is this anything to do with it Can you please help me, as I'd like to be able to follow the tutorials in the SQL server 2005 Books online Ta, Matt Matt, You have the Express edition of workstation components still installed: Workstation Components [Version: 9.00.1399.06   Edition: Express Edition    Patch level: 9.00.1399.06&nbs ...Show All

• Visual Basic Counting Letters in a string

  Hello,  I am trying to get VB to count how many A's B's C's D's E's etc... that are in a  declared string, can someone tell me how to do this. thanks Ray RFeather[AT][NOSPAM]chstaffing.com Dim aCount As Integer =  0 Dim bCount As Integer =  0 Dim cCount As Integer =  0   Dim myString As String =  "aabbccc" Dim i As Integer For  i = 0 To  myString.Lengt- 1  Step  i + 1      Dim charAsLower As String =  myString(i).ToString().ToLower()      Select Case  charAsLower  & ...Show All