Dan Radu's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio An error has occurred while attempting to load the Crystal Reports runtime

  I am trying to connect to a VS 2005 MDF database. It appears that the only way to connect to it is through a datset. Is this right But when I try to use the report, I get the following error at runntime: --------------------------- Crystal Reports --------------------------- An error has occurred while attempting to load the Crystal Reports runtime. Either the Crystal Reports registry key permissions are insufficient or the Crystal Reports runtime is not installed correctly. Please install the appropriate Crystal Reports redistributable (CRRedist*.msi) containing the correct version of the Crystal Reports runtime (x86, x64, or Itanium) re ...Show All

• SQL Server sql server management studio nov ctp

  I have vs2005 prof. installed along with sql express RTM I installed management studio nov ctp when I try to launch it, nothing happens any Ideas Thanks I installed SQL Server 2005 Express and Management Studio Express (CTP November). When I try to launch the management studio nothing happens....I'm very confused about it, because I tried to search a solution for hours, but I didn't find anything about it. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Add-ins not showing in Add-in Manager

  I'm using VS2005 I have created several add-ins using the add-in wizard and also installed the WSE 3.0 that creates an add-in, but the add-in manager shows no add-in even though the files with the extension .addin are located the correct folder - addins. I even went and modified the contents of one .addin file to generate an error, and visual studio reported that error at startup, so I know its trying to load the file. Once I correct the error in the addin file, the visual studio stops complaining at startup, but shows not addins in the add-in manager. This is starting to become frustrating. Any suggestions Craig Are you ...Show All

• SQL Server Can't connect to SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

  Hi all, for some reason I can't connect to SQL Server 2005 reporting services. When I try to log in I get "the request failed with HTTP status 404:Not Found". When I installed SQL Server, port 80 was not available as I am also running Apache, so SQL Server Report Server runs at http://localhost:81/ReportServer/ .. this work fine, I have build a report, deployed it successfully and can view it. In SSMS I see two 2 databases, ReportServer and ReportServerTempDB. Everything looks OK in the Report Server Configuration Manager, however in the Surface Area Configuration when I click on " Windows Integrated Security" under the Reporting Se ...Show All

• SQL Server Importing Data from a SQL 2000 Database

  Hey there, this is probably me being very dense but i'll let you all tell me that anyway. I have a production database which is SQL Server 2000 and I have a SQL Server 2005 database which is a copy of this database taken about a month ago. I would like to set up a scheduled job to run every morning that will update the data (and only the data) in the 2005 database so it matches the production data. I've been trying to create a package using the Import Wizard but the problem I'm having is that I would like to use the "Delete Rows in Destination Table" option which is set by clicking the edit button in the mappings column of each table. Proble ...Show All

• SQL Server ExecuteSQLTask

  Hey everybody, Is there any ways that I could execute a "ExecuteSQLTask" from a script task inside the package. I mean both "ExecuteSQLTask" and "ScriptTask" are in the same package. Any tips Thanks Ryan I have a set of rules in a table and depending on each rule type I have to execute a different step. ...Show All

• Windows Forms string and object comparisons in C#

  I've noticed a number of ways to compare strings, objects, etc == String.Equals(a, b) Object.Equals(a, b) a.Equals(b) String.Compare(a, b) Which is best in terms of performance   And which is safest in terms of comparing string values as opposed to references ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Create Team Project failed :No user identity info returned from GSS

  I'm running the July CTP of TFS (w/ June CTP of SQL2005), data and app tier are separate virtual servers with 2003 server sp1.  I followed the install guide extremely carefully. I am using the domain account that is part of the TFS administrator, which is also the administrator for sharepoint and content manager for reporting server.  I tried to create the team project on the TFS, and it failed as well. Here is the log: 9/7/2005 4:31:22 PM | Module: ELeadServiceMediator | eLead web service proxy retrieved | Completion time: 0 seconds 9/7/2005 4:31:22 PM | Module: ELeadServiceMediator | The template information for Team Foundation ...Show All

• .NET Development Keeping Unmanaged DLL Used by P/Invoke in Memory

  I use a 3rd party DLL, written in C++, that I call via P/Invoke (C#.NET 1.1). Problem is this DLL takes about 3 times as long to call the first time it initializes that it does subsequent times. Calling it via P/Invoke seems to cause it to load everytime. How do I keep it in memory so I do not get the initialization overhead everytime I call it. > Calling it via P/Invoke seems to cause it to load everytime. Well it doesn't. It will only be loaded once, the first time you call a function in the DLL. It will stay in memory after that. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Removing Predictive Text on a Device

  Hi all, I have written a Windows application for the QTEK device (CF1.0) and on the TextBoxes in my application my users are getting predictive text. Is there anyway I can stop the device from doing this Thanks Tryst Check out this post ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. C# 2.0, GDI+ images & opacity

  And don't know if this post belongs to this forum, but i'll ask anyway... I'm making a small game as a test with GDI+ (C# 2.0). I had this question: is there an easy way to draw an Image object to Graphics with different opacity I don't mean the transparency key thing, but the whole image should be half visible, and trasparency color of course not visible at all. I managed to alter the opacity of the image with getpixel and setpixel, but I'd like to know if there was a way to avoid pixel manipulation (since it takes time). Some of DrawImage methods take an ImageAttributes parameter. The ImageAttributes cla ...Show All

• .NET Development Unable to create the Web 'http://localhost/Website'. Service Unavailable

  hello ppl...... I've got a problem when I've finished installed Visual Web Developer 2005, everything just fine but i didn't get any IIS in my computer. my operating system is Windows XP SP2. then when I run Visual Web Developer 2005 and select "create Website...." I got warning ==> Unable to create the Web 'http://localhost/Website'. Service Unavailable in the last time i got succes to installed the same software in different computer (2 times but Win XP SP1) but the 3rd times (used Win XP SP2) i got problem with IIS. anybody can help me then........ I need you help asap. thanks for your attentions..... ...Show All

• .NET Development Can framework 2.0 be used with VS 2003?

  A very simple question, but I can find nothing on microsoft's site about this. I just want to install the .net framework and use it with my VS 2003 IDE. It is not possible as VS2003 is hotwired to build against 1.0 and 1.1. Also, due to the many new language features, you would be getting a lot of intellisence errors, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Zip task not given required parameter

  Hi, I'm trying to use the zip functionallity of Microsoft.VsSDK to zip my project files directly under VS. Similar to the IronPython project sample. But I'm getting the following error: Error 67 The "Zip" task was not given a value for the required parameter "ZipName". ProjectTest I've added the following to my csproj file: <Import Project="Tools\Build\Microsoft.VsSDK.targets" /> ANd <ItemGroup> <ZipProject Include="Templates\Projects\GameApp\TSApp.vstemplate" /> <ZipProject Include="Templates\Projects\GameApp\__TemplateIcon.ico" /> <ZipP ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Great tip!

  Take a look at Absolute Beginner’s Video Series in MSDN. http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/learning/default.aspx When I watched videos and taked a look at samples I learned very much about using Visual C# Express Edition and programming with it. This is C# stuff. The series includes over 10 hours of videos. Lessons Lesson 1:  Getting Started with Visual C# 2005 Express Edition Lesson 2:  Creating a Windows Application User Interface Lesson 3:  Writing Code to Handle Events and Set Properties Lesson 4:  Working with Variables, Expressions, Statements, and Operators Lesson 5:  Using Branching and ...Show All