John Cherian's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms DataGridView Combobox Column

  I Have a simple datagridview bound to a database. One of the columns is a comboxcolumn. When i try to drop down the combobox in any row i get the following error. "Getting the Size property of a cell in a shared row is not allowed." Any idea what causes this error  Any solution yet I am using Beta 1 (Feb 2005 CTP). Whe ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums my messanger loses all added winks, added emoticons and other settings from time to time

  this happen in previouss versions of the messanger and even in version 8 Beta. Is there an easy way to restore the settings check ou this link set it should help you Please refer to How to get Messenger Technical Support http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=368260&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Visual C# Source Control in Visual C# Express

  Dear All, Does Visual C# Express have source control feature How do I setup Many Thanks. Hi Herman, C# Express does not have source control feature. However, you can still add your solutions and projects to your chosen source control system manually (externally of Visual Studio). For more information on what the Express versions offer in comparison to Visual Studio, see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/ . You can also watch this Channel9 video for a quick tour of features in Visual C# 2005 Express . Thanks, Suma Sushilendra ...Show All

• Windows Forms This is How 2 change the style of controls so they will look like Office 2003 !

  Dear all. Me using some controls like toolStrip and MenuStrip and I get the Grey color style unlike the beautiful sexy blue color that U can C on the Office 2003 applications, How can I apply the blue styles to my controls Found it... ( http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=44749&SiteID=1 )   Application.EnableVisualStyles(); ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot create an ODBC connection to SQl 2000.

  Hi all, I have SQL 2000 enterprise edition(no service pack) installed on a Windows Server 2003 machine. I can remote access into the server and run SQL but I cannot create an ODBC connection to this from my desktop. From some research it looks like installing service packs might correct this but here is the error: --connection failed --sqlstate '01000' --sql server error 10061 --connection failed --sqlstate 08001 --sql server error 17 --SQL server does not exist or access denied Any help would be appreciated. Verify whether the SQL Server is listening on a TCP port. If it's a default instance it is by def ...Show All

• Smart Device Development unable to connect to pocket pc device(dell axim x5) from visual studio though activesync 3.8 is up,running and connected

  Hi all, I have installed MS-Activesync 3.8 and it shows the status as "connected" and synchronized(when my dell axim x5 is docked in its cradle which in turn is connected to my pc via a USB cable. The pocket pc OS version=4). I'm even able to synchronize files between my desktop and the handheld. However, when I start Visual Studio 2004 and click on Tools->Connect to device and choose Pocketpc followed by Pocket PC Device and click Connect, i get a message saying "Connection Failed - cannot establish a connection. Be sure the device is physically connected to the development computer" (though the activesync icon is in green ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS Performance Throttling?

  I have a multi-threaded C# application that loads a bunch of tables into ado.net datasets in memory for surrogate key lookups. Depending on what else is going on, it can process 100,000 to 170,000 rows per minute and usually utilizes 20-30% of each cpu. I tried duplicating the process in SSIS using the Lookup Transformation and caching enabled (cache size calculated at 2 * rowcount * bytes/row) with clustered indexes on the lookup columns. With this setup I can process at best 30,000 rows per minute utilizing < %7 of one cpu.  I can double the throughput by running two instances of the same package on the same server. My C# process w ...Show All

• Windows Forms Form Designer Gone Wild

  Every now and again, when working with the Form designer, when I build my project, it goes crazy and totally screws up my layout!  Sometimes it removes controls and very often, it totally wipes out my InitControl() method. I'm using VS 2003. Has anyone else run into this problem   Is this a known bug   I've been working on a form-based project for only a few weeks and thi shas happened on 3 forms (2 new, 1 existing). TIA for any help or advice. Rich It looks like the Product Feedback center is not taking bugs for VS 2003.  lol  I'm not sure how to post a screenshot here.  ...Show All

• SQL Server Using Teradata .NET data provider as data source

  Recently I installed the .NET data provider for Teradata. In a regular C# application I can add the namespace, " using Teradata.Client.Provider; " to connect to this data provider directly without going though ODBC or OLD DB so I know it works. However, when I open Reporting Services (new project -> Business Intelligence Projects) I do not see how to add the Teradata .NET provider. I only see the same standard data types as before. I have searched and I do not see how to add the Teradata .NET provider to the available "Type" list when you click “Add New Data Source” to your report. Thanks! ...Show All

• Windows Forms No Publish Options Available??

  I'm using the Beta version of Visual Basic 2005 Express, and I don't see any options for publishing a "ClickOnce" application.  There's no "Publish" options under my application.   Is there another install I'm missing   I tried installing the "bootstrapper" app from MS but it did nothing. Any help is appreciated, thanks! Wow, tha ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Problem with accessing my registration benefits.

  I registered VB Express and got the registration key, but I did not encounter a product registration dialog to enter the registration key. How do I solve this problem If you choose Help->Register product... you should have a textbox to enter the registration code in. If you do not have a textbox to enter your code then you should not need to register. This is the case if you installed from the offline installation media. ...Show All

• SQL Server Creating report based on parent-child dimension

  Hi I have a problem to create a report based on a parent child-dimension When I go to reporting services, and I create a new report based on a cube, I drag my parent-child dimension to my data-layout. Then the dimension is immediatily ragged down. Anyone an idea to solve this. Does anyone have an example to create a report based on a parent-child dimensions Thx ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Smartphone device debugging problem with VS 2005

  I have just setup VS 2005 beta 2 and I'm having trouble debugging native C++ apps on my smartphone device (even the simple one created by the New Project wizard). The error I get is: Unable to start program '%CSIDL_PROGRAM_FILES%\TestApp\TestApp.exe'. Operation not supported. Unknown error: 0x89731102. Obviously I can't find any info about error 0x89731102. Now, I can debug on the emulator, both for smartphone and pocket pc, and I can also debug on my pocket pc device. I can also debug on the smartphone device with EVC 4 from the same machine so I know the phone itself is setup correctly (all the right certificates and whatnot). *And* I can ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Create Connection and DataSet Using Express foe Web

  I have some experience with VSNET 2003 (VB) and have created numerous data driven web pages. I want to start moving to 2.0 and my first project is to create a web page in VWD 2005, set a connection to a SQL 2000 server, create a dataadapter/dataset and read in some selected data. I am lost! The help pages refer to the Server Explorer which doesn't appear to exist (I assume the database explorer is the equivalent ). The "How To" opens a page with lots of useful topics but there are no links from any topic. Can anyone point me to information on:  - Add a connection to a web page  - open a dataadapter and then fill a dataset  - R ...Show All

• Windows Forms Why is DataGridView so slow?

  I created a databound DataGrid, and then researched DataGridView to find it would fit my needs better. I have a DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn as my first column in my DataGridView then set its datasource to a DataSet. Sometimes the DataSet may contain a table with over 1000 rows. The user has a button that will select all checkboxes in the DataGridView. It takes about 5 minutes for my foreach loop to complete this task with the DataGridView. With the DataGrid, it was milli-seconds. What is going on Any suggestions Here is some of the code. Thanks in Advance, ryan //my DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn truevalue = 1 foreach ( DataGridVie ...Show All