Girish Lingappa's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Directory and file names - case sensitivity

  I have a package variables that specify network paths and file names for input and output files. These have generally been working just fine for several months, however for reasons unknown, one level of a path name changed from all upper case to all lower case, and the package failed. I can probably get around this by using some script task/component to search for the correct name and update the package variable accordingly, but t ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. capture audio

  Hi! REALLY sorry to post this here but didnt know where else! is there a way to capture audio from the sound card I am trying to use directX but the sample I have seen is hard to understand unfortuantly :( How do I capture audio either using DirectX or some other method I want to capture it to a normal wav file Thanks! :-) You should take a look at the Windows Media Encoder SDK. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wmencode/ ...Show All

• SQL Server using expression for image URL

  Hi, One of the fields that my sql query returns - IMAGE_URL - is a URL to an image file on the server, it has the form: file://myserver/myfolder/myimage.bmp I want to display this image in my report, but I want the image to automatically retrieve text of URL from my sql query. In other words I want to be able to specify image URL as an expression like this: =Fields!IMAGE_URL.Value However Web Image dialog doesn't see ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) NHibernate.Collection.PersistentCollection is no longer a valid collection type?

  I'm using nHibernate on a project that I started with the Feb CTP.  I have DataContracts that contain ILists that are of type NHibernate.Collection.Bag, like so     [DataContract]     [KnownType(typeof(NHibernate.Collection.Bag))]     [KnownType(typeof(NHibernate.Impl.CollectionEntry))]     [KnownType(typeof(Person))]     public class Company : IEntity    ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Troubles accessing TFS on VPC from host computer

  This worked for me with TFS Dec CTP. What I'm doing now: I've set up a new VPC machine with Windows 2003 Server Standard and installed everything on it per the checklist. There were no errors. TFS is installed in workgroup mode with local accounts. I can connect to TFS with Team Explorer on the VPC machine and have successfully created a project. I have been using the TFSSETUP account. My problem is that I cannot connect to TFS from the ho ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How To: Connect to 2 different TFS Servers

  I have two clients using TFS. I can connect and code to both via VPN. Can I setup so that I can have both available or is VS tied to a single server at a time If only one, what is the best way to work around this Thanks, Jeff Hi Jeff, You can connect to only one TFS per VS session. One of the workaround is to start two VS sessions and connect to different TFS in each section. This way you ...Show All

• SQL Server Bug cannot export/import any dts package on sql 2000 from 2005 manag. studio

  I am connectd to a 2000 database and select import and try to generate a dts to pull in a flat file... the destination is also a 2000 database.. I used to do this using enterprise manager.. Nothing works you get the error: The operation could not be completed. The existsonsqlserver mthod has encountered an ole db error code 0x80004005 (client unable to esablish connection) the sql statement issued has failed. I can ...Show All

• SQL Server Hide system tables in SQL Server Web Data Administrator

  Does anyone know how to hide the system databases (msdb, tempdb, master, and model) when using the SQL Server Web Data Administrator We have a login set up that only has access to the user database that we want them to have access to, but when the list of databases are displayed in the SQL Server Web Data Administrator, the system dbs are displayed as well. The login can't select or modify the tables at all, but we don't want them to be able ...Show All

• Visual Studio MSBuild Task and TargetOutputs

  Hi there, I am having a problem with the following <!-- The list of solution files to build --> < ItemGroup > < SolutionFiles Include = " *.sln " /> </ ItemGroup > <!-- The list of project files --> < ItemGroup > < ProjectFiles Include = " **\*.csproj " /> </ ItemGroup > < Target Name = " CoreBuild " > < Me ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Post Registering: Unable to reach Benefits Portal

  Hey, I've recently recieved VC#E. I've registered, but I am unable to reach the benefit portal page. I use the link provided in my 'thank you for registering' email, it takes me to a page where I must login with my ID, then a MS Connect page comes up with large text saying ' Error: The page you have requested is unavailable or you do not have access. ' Any help is appreciated. I get that sometimes too. It s ...Show All

• Windows Forms Host variable in My.Settings

  I am trying to put a variable in My.Settings. For example If I want to put variable Application.StartupPath in My.Settings and when I retrieve the value back in the Application, the value is retrieved as string like "Application.StartupPath", but I want Application.StartupPath as such. Can someone help me what I am doing wrong ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Once again Problems with SerialPort class

  Hi, we were thinking (hoping) that with SerialPort we get a class solving the problems with the Serial Communications on PocketPCs. But instead it works worse than our own implementation via PInvoke. On thing I allready showed there: http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=9794 Now we got a new one! On an IPAQ we have a bluetooth barcode reader. The serial port for BT is Com8 in this case. With our handmade&nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development TableAdapter Update problem

  Hello, i have problem in my application. I create dataset with single table. In MainForm i have 2 texboxes and update button. This is code for update button: [CODE] Klient klient = new Klient(); klient.ShowDialog(); KlientDataSet dataSet = new KlientDataSet(); Serwis.KlientDataSet.KlienciRow klientRow = dataSet.Klienci.NewKlienciRow(); klientRow[0] = Guid.NewGuid(); klientRow[1] = klient.Imie; klientRow[2] = klient.Nazwisko; ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions PSDK Help with VC++ Express 2005

  I just got the Platform SDK working with VC++ Express, How can I use the PSDK Help with Express 2005 For context sensitive help If any-one can help, it would be appreciated. Thanks! See: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=146016&SiteID=1 . To Adlib on that thread: As an alternative to typing ms-help://MS.VSExpressCC.v80/dv_vsexpcc/local/CollectionManagerExpress.htm, you can click on the Index tab and ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions High Speed Timers

  Hi I'm developping an Data Aquisition Program, to read a bunch of digital sensors. My problem: the main module, needs to read 32 sensors (I can read a byte at once, so It can be done in 4 steps) in a timebase of about 0,3 to 0,7 ms (miliseconds). Can it be done in VB.Net Express I already saw a post to a 10 ms timer, still ... it takes too long to read all the entries from the Digital Aquisition Board. Note: the Board is an Advantech ...Show All