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• SQL Server Analysis Services end-user frontend

  Hi, I've developped a simple testing SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services solution. I tried with Excel 2003 and pivot tables for accessing the cubes, because end users are very used to that enviroment. The problem is that selection of dimensions and measures is dificult because there are too many, and not arranged into folders. All attributes of all the dimensions and all the measures are displayed in a -plain- format (as far as I know). That's very frustrating, because is difficult for the user to select the correct dimensions, attributes, and measures. I tried with XLAddinSetup.msi, but I didn't like it, because I think that isn't ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2005 Express import of Access

       I have installed SQL Server 2005 Express on a laptop for development purposes and would like to import some Access databases that I was using coupled to programs written in VB 6.  If using SQL Server 2000 I could use the management studio to automate the import but I can not find any way to do this in Management Studio Express. Would have thought that this would be the typical migration route - Access to Server Express    Is there some way to automate this procedure Thanks     I don't think that feature is available with Express. http://www.m ...Show All

• Windows Forms NullReferenceException when updating parent property

  Hi, I tried to update the property of the statusbar in the MDIparent with bellow statements. DirectCast(MdiParent, Form1).StatusBar1.Visible = True DirectCast(MdiParent, Form1).StatusBar1.Text = "aloha" This does work if the statement is within a button click event sub. However if the statement is places in a normal sub on the MDI child the following error is generated.  An un ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions install error

  Downloaded & installed OK on desktop.  On Laptop, still getting the Windows Installer 3.1 error.  The installation stops with the error message to send or not to send to Microsoft.  On the download to desktop, the Windows Installer 3.1 wasn't one of the items being installed.  However, when I did the install to the laptop, it was in the list of items it would install.  Both systems xp pro sp2. Any help Hi,   Could you try installing Windows Installer 3.1 from http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb;en-us;893803  and see if this succeeds If it does then you should be able to continue wi ...Show All

• .NET Development Open DataReader associated with this Command

  SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=server;Initial Catalog=db;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=xxx;Password=xxx");         public Form1()         {             InitializeComponent();             this .conn.Open();             this .GetConn(); //Creates first reader             this.GetConn(); //when I try to create second reader it th ...Show All

• Windows Forms Windows Service

  Hello All,  I'm in the middle of writing a small windows service and i've run into a small problem. I want some code to execute every 30 minutes or so but i can't seem to get it to work. I placed a timer control onto the project(Not the timer from the windows forms area, but from the components area) and it still doesn't work. Here  ...Show All

• Windows Forms Modular Architecture Question

  Hi All, I am in the early stages of designing a new C# WinForm app (.NET 2.0). Because of external interface hardware requirements, I would like to make it modular, in terms of being able to simply write a new .dll ( ) if a new hardware device is used (say, for example, a dll for thumbprint identification and a seperate dll for RFID). I am also considering using dll's to contain the View, Controller and possibly some of the Model portions of the app (MVC arch). So, I could use a config file to use dll A instead of dll B, which would also load a different screen when interacting with the hardware. This would also enable me to ad ...Show All

• Visual C++ Add anim gif to resource in VS 2005 (or 2003) doesn't working?

  How to add anim gif resource to project I try Add resource/Import, choose a gif file, in Custom Resource Type Window typing GIF (trying so "GIF") but it doesn't working. This message box is displayed: http://www.racap.net/nuke/vc++/notvalidfile.jpg I try this with some another gif files. Thank for help. No reply, I try other way. Is thery any restriction for import gif resource in VS I can import gif with 8 bit color depth. But I want to import 32 bit color animated gif and it doesn't work. Any idea why it isn't possible ...Show All

• Visual Basic resx assembly error

  Hello I am trying to open a project given to me by a colleage which was developed in vb.net 2003 I'm using .net 2005 beta 2 I'm getting the following error: Warning 1 ResX file The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) Line 279, position 4. cannot be parsed.  279 0  What does it mean   - how do I proceed - thanks Hi To summarise after making the change you suggeste re: the resx file, now I can build the project. thanks for all your help. Bruce ...Show All

• .NET Development Opening a file in Isolated Storage

  Hi, I have just started to use isolated stoage for something but already I'm a bit stuck. I store file attachments in a database, when my application needs to open one of these attachments I'm creating a copy of the file in Isolated Stoage, but what I then want to do is use Process.Start(<filename>) to invoke whatever app is associated with the file extention of the attachment. The problem is that I need the absolute path of the file. Is it possible to get this from IS or should I be saving my file in a real folder somewhere Thanks Graham To use Process.Start, you will need to store the attachments in ...Show All

• Windows Forms selectedtext of the comboobox

  hello i have a combobox and its datasource is a dataset which contains two columns Id and Name,and a textbox,i place in the combobox the name in the dataset i need when the user select the name from the combobox then the name will appear in the textbox,ihave try this: me.textbox1.text=me.combobox1.selelectedtext thank you for the time and for the help ...Show All

• Windows Forms Werid problem? Datagrid's NullReferenceException

  Cheers all, I'm coding against .NET 1.1. 4322, IDE ver 7.1.3088. My program uses Jet.OLEDB to query a name range in a Excel workbook. After filling my datatable without any exceptions, I set the target datagrid's DataSource to be this datatable. Then the strange thing happened: the datagrid is FULL filled, about 3 seconds later, NullReferenceException occurred. If I click "break" in the exception dialog, it shows a message: no source code available for the current location . Any explanations BR, Lanceli Hi again, I found a way to way around: the problem solved after simply define ...Show All

• SQL Server MSmerge_genhistory error-515

  Can't insert value NULL into column nicknames. This error generated when I try start sync. SQL Profiler is not helping w/ locating specific error. I tried to allow NULLS in nickname column, for this table, but this table gets dropped and recreated each time. Pls. advise on where to make correction. thx..bt Have you renamed one of your machines recently, or in the past, while SQL Server was installed ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Files Excluded

  Hi all, I'm triying to do a list of files that must never be under version control, files like .csproj (.vbproj) and all that contain user settings in a solution or in a project. Also, I would like to kwon if there are any way to exclude it in the verson control configuration. Any help will be apreciated, thanks. Please be aware that .csproj and .vbproj files SHOULD be under version control. Those project files contain the common definition of what your project is (what files are in it, its name and common build settings, etc). It is the .csproj.user and .vbproj.user files that should never be che ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista VS2005 Help Integration?

  I've installed VS2005 Professional, the Feb CTP WinFX RC, and the Feb CTP Windows SDK. Is the SDK documentation supposed to combine with the VS2005 help, or do we have to access them in separate help viewers ...Show All