Sarducci's Q&A profile

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to use the roles in WWF?

  first, I add a roles in the "statemachine"->"state"->"HandleExternalEvent". now I want to do the following things: In the application form which uses above statemachine workflow, how to check if the login users is part of the roles then, if it's true than do the event. Now i know that WWF have the "System.Workflow.Activities.WorkflowRols" and "WorkflowRoleCollection()", but i don't know how to use it , and i can't fine the example about "roles", please tell me how to use the roles in WWF,thanks. There are two Roles samples under Technologies\Roles ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Newbie ? about SqlDataSource w/ Oracle

  I have an Oracle 10g XE database on my pc and want to connect with VWD Express. My specific question has to do with what the server name needs to be. I have tried localhost, Dell2400 (computer name) but still cannot see the tables I have created. hi, http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/308071/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322158/en-us hope this helps ...Show All

• SQL Server formating in crystal reports

  How to suppress the display of a template field or the text field in crystal report on its value being NULL or empty string. This works only for numbers, it was not possible for me to do so for strings. Can anybody help me in this regard.   This is a forum for discussion of SQL Server Reporting Services, not Crystal Reports...you might get lucky, but I don't think anyone will be able to answer your question here. Try the businessobjects website and see if they have some sort of public forum system -- I bet you'll have better responses there ...Show All

• Windows Forms resizing a user control on the designer

  Hi, I have a simple user control that consists of a few panels (to draw graphs on). When I drop this user control on a form designer, I am unable to resize the control such that the constituent panels are also resized. Does anyone have any ideas to go around this Also, is it possible to manipulate the size and position of constituent controls inside a user control, when i drop them on a form designer regards, Shiney I would say try the TableLayout Panel in VS2005, but you are using 2003 "Anchor" ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Programatically Changing Excel Default Delimiter in VB.NET

  Hi, Is there a way you change change the default delimiter used by Excel when saving the spreadsheet as csv file format in VB.net I change the default delimiter from "," to "|" in: >Custom Control > Regional and Language Option > Customize button > Numbers tab > List separator It only works if I save it manually. However, when I attempt to save the spreadsheet into CSV in vb.net, it reverts back to "," as the delimiter. Hello LC64 I think you would be able to do it, but not in a pretty way. Try to see if SendKeys can help ...Show All

• Windows Forms Unique constraint in bound dataset

  I have a dataset that contains a single datatable that corresponds to a single table in my database.  The dataset is strongly typed.  There is a single column that makes up the primary key, and therefore this column cannot be Null and must be unique.  This dataset is bound to a datagrid.  When I attempted to add a new record, the&nb ...Show All

• SQL Server Excel Destination Number Conversion Error

  In my SSIS project I am populating an Excel spreadsheet with several worksheets. When I define a worksheet in Excel Destination Editor, I use Create Table SQL statement to create a worksheet. Most of the fields are defined as numbers, however when job runs my numeric fields appear as text in Excel with yellow warning sign - 'The number in this cell is formatted as text or preceeded by an apostrophe'. I need my numbers to appear as numbers. Is there a workaround for this Sergey, I was not encouraging the use of Import Mode...on the contrary, this forces everything to text and would presumably add the open ...Show All

• Windows Forms Questions about MSDE...

  MSDE is called a "desktop" DB engine, is it not  I think it is.....so anyway....my question goes like this... I'm writing an app that requires some variables common to all users of the app. The app store much data not does it need much data to run. So, since the company I work for is not ready to purchase SQL server yet (we need&nbs ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Vs 2005 RC1

  Can I make Vista applications with RC1 of vs 2005 Do I need to download something else Thanks Hi, A September CTP of WinFX has been released but this still works with VS 2005 Beta 2. The next release of WinFX will be Beta 2 which will be in December 2005. This would be compatible with the RTM of VS2005. VS2005 RTM will be released on 7th Nov, 2005. Regards, Vikram ...Show All

• SQL Server Difference between STDEV & STDEVP

  Can somebody please compare these 2 functions for me and explain with an example Thank You You can find detailed description here (the second article has an example): http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010322691033.aspx http://www.beyondtechnology.com/tips016.shtml Quote: STDEV is used when the group of numbers being evaluated are only a partial sampling of the whole population. The denominator for dividing the sum of squared deviations is N-1 , where N is the number of observations ( a count of items in the data set ). Technically, subtracting the 1 is referred to as " non-biased ." STDEVP is used wh ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Need API List

  Hi, I am developing smart device application for Pocket PC and SmartPhone by using Compact Framework 1.0 in Visual Studio 2005. I need all APIs List of CF 1.0. Please send details asap. Thanks, GANESAN M. The CF 1.0 API is documented in MSDN/Online help. Classes and methods are marked as supported in Compact framework with reference to the CF version. And please, do not request to "send details asap" ...Show All

• Visual Basic Issuing commands through a console program (cmd.exe or telnet.exe)

  I can open a console program (cmd.exe) through VB.NET. Now how do I enter text based commands to that console I would assume that I have to take control of STDIN and STDOUT. I also need to capture the responses from the console to parse the result. Don't need lots of detail, just point me in the right direction. Ya, that was the first thing I tried. Doesn't work for me. Here is a snippet that I tested with. Shell( "cmd.EXE" , AppWinStyle.NormalFocus) Console.WriteLine( "cd\" ) str = Console.ReadLine() MessageBox.Show(str) ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSS and Stored Procedures

  I have just set up VSS 6.0 d and have set up SQL Server 2000 to use Source Control. I have added SP's to Source Control and I can check in and check out, however, how do I view previous versions/history for the procs in VSS I can't seem to see them or am unaware of how to "get" them in VSS. I am using VS .NET 2003 to open and mosify the procs with source safe. Thanks for any help. You should be able to right click in the SourceSafe explorer and choose show history on the specific store procedure. Patrick ...Show All

• SQL Server How to view permissions of user-defined database roles in Management Studio?

  As part of our security project, I've done the following when logged in as 'sa': Created database roles 'dbrole1' within dbAccount Created login and user 'user1' and added user to be a member of 'dbrole1' Granted execute permissions on sp1 and sp2 to 'dbrole1' However, I didn't see the above permissions listed in SQL Server Management Studio - Database - Security - Roles - Database Roles - 'dbrole1' properties - securables Any ideas   Thanks! Management Studio issues are addressed on the  SQL Server Tools General  forum. Note that the permissions can be obtained f ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Anyone Have Success Installing Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 Team Foundation Server?

  I've read through many of the postings here, but haven't seen a single posting from someone who has successfully installed this thing.  Regular pre-req thing, Windows 2003 Server SP1 32-bit, using VMware with 1Gig RAM assigned to this VM, attempting single-tier install.  Everything is done as specified in the instructions and everything works (and verified) until the last step -- the TFS itself. Same problems as others, at the very end (according to the progress bar), it fails on two different places (sometimes I can overcome the first): Error 32000: ServiceDefinition.aspx I thought I remedied this by allowing Active Server Pages i ...Show All