SimonGray's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Team System Has the TF Client software been updated since B3R?

  Hi folks, for our trial of TFS we're using the Beta 3 Refresh (i think Refresh 2 it that makes sence). With TFS finally going RTM we're looking at updgrading both the software and unfortunatly the hardware (yeah, moving to a new box). What about the client tools which the few developers and 1 Project Manager have installed on their own machines Do we need to uninstall/re-install the Client tools from RTM Short answer: Yes. Long answer: There have been numerous bug fixes since Beta 3 R and a beta version of the client will not connect to a RTM instance of the Team Foundation Server. You will get the following error:- "Serve ...Show All

• Visual Basic Add combox in Datagrid 2003???

  Dear Team   DO you have a simple code for adding a combobox in datagid   Thank you very much I have added a text file with some extra comments... The code I have sent assumes you want a databound combobox in the datagrid Let me know what you think and see if you can follow my code... ignore the bits where I build a DataTable... it's just so that you can see data in the table and comboboxes when you run the Form... ...Show All

• Visual C# Checking for internet connection!

  Hi, Can someone help me with this problem. I need to check if my system is connected to the internet or not. I have implemented the code in http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/5346 . But the problem is that there is a situation say "I have been connected to the LAN but there is no internet". I'm not able to trap this situation. My requirement is just to know if my system has a valid internet connection. Can someone provide me a solution to this in C#. Thanks, Frenz Hi there, You could try "pinging" out to a location on the internet (e.g. if you find out the IP address of mic ...Show All

• .NET Development how to convert pdf,word to xml document

  Hi, I need to convert a pdf or a word document into XML format using C#.net..can anybody help me What do you need this for What XML format are you looking for You can work with word via COM or .NET, but you need to buy a library to work with PDF. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Can a Context variable be set from a Datasource?

  I want to run a user registration recorded webtest for each username stored in a database. I've:  - recorded such a test  - Added a datasource  - Added a context variable (sUsername)  - Set the Username page field to use the context variable But I cannot see how to set the context variable from the datasource The only thing that can be done in the context variable Properties window is set the value to static text. I tried using the same syntax that worked for setting the Username page field to the datasource value ... {{TestData1.Username.Username}} ... but that didn't work (it was treated as static text). If I can bind ...Show All

• Visual Basic Opening a text file externally

  Hi, This is a simple question. I wrote a text editor specifically designed for the use of some data files i use. Now what i want to do is open the data file extenrnally from the windows explorer into my program. I will assign the extension to the software manually and on a later stage do it in a registry command. At the moment when i open the file (which is a text file, with a .DAT extension) in my program nothing happens. The program opens but the text file does not load. Is there a parameter that i should add when loading the program Thanks Just to make sure I've understood: When you doubleclick a DAT-file, your edito ...Show All

• Visual Studio Groups - Help Please

  Hi ..  I have a problem ..  I need make a report with 2 diferent data , It will be like this....                             JAn  Feb  Mar  Apr May  Jun  Jul  ......                 Sum Type A                  10     5       2  & ...Show All

• SQL Server user defined function in a select

  Hello, i would like to get the result of a function in a select-statement depending on the result of an other column. I attached a little sample that works on the table syscolumns, so everybody should be able to check by now. The only thing I get is an error  function name not recognized create Function fn_test( @N bigint) RETURNS Table AS   RETURN ( SELECT @N + id as Result FROM syscolumns ) Sample SELECT: Select typestat,  fn_Test( typestat ) FROM syscolumns Any hint would be very kind Thanks in advance Matthias It must work with SqlServer 2000, therefore I've splitted  the function and use now a single ...Show All

• .NET Development DYNAMICALLY change connections to the MDB?

  I am developing a windows app. I load stock price data to a MS-ACCESS database of Stock history which has now exceeded the 2 G limit. I would like to split it into separate MDB s by year. I would like to create a new database in a new folder each time the year rolls and then populate and read the each database using the year to point to the corresponding data. I need to jump back and forth between years to do analysis which crosses year boundries. But I do not know how to DYNAMICALLY change connections to the MDB s, based upon the variable year. Is there a good technique for VB.net to dynamically create and change MDB connections based ...Show All

• .NET Development Questions on EncoderParameters / PNG TIFF Image types

  This is a repost, (i had originally posted to the incorrect group, sorry...), and also, I am still unclear on where to post this one, as it seems to "fall between the cracks" somewhat...I can't find a forum that really seems appropriate for GDI+ questions (if someone has a tip on that, idappreciateit!) The question: Does anyone happen to know, offhand, if there is a way to specify the quality encoder parameter type for .PNG files that actually causes some effect on the degree of compression I have seen 3rd party imaging software that allows settings for this, usually with a compression level from 1-10, which really w ...Show All

• .NET Development datatable, datacolumn Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2

  This code fails at the codeline '.expression = "IIf .......' This code works properly with Visual Studio 2003. The tool used is Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. If it is a bug is there a patch or a work around if not what is wrong with these lines. thanks Gerhard. Private Sub CalcColumns() Dim rate As Single = 0.0862 Dim table As DataTable = New DataTable("MyTable") ' Create the first column. Dim priceColumn As DataColumn = New DataColumn With priceColumn .DataType = System.Type.GetType("System.Decimal") .ColumnName = "price" .DefaultValue = 50 End With ' Create the second, calculated, column. Dim ta ...Show All

• SQL Server Page Breaks based on a new value of a field in SQL Report

  I have a SQL report which I have created in VS2003.NET which contains fields e.g. surname, firstname, date of birth and ref no. Please see the table below for reference. I was wandering if it is possible in reporting services to programmatically say if the ref no. is 19 or 20 and so forth on the report, to only show records of the same ref no. on the same page(s) and begin a new page if the ref no. is different. Is this possible For example if it helps, a table to show this: Ref No First Name Surname Date of Bith 18 Fred Bloggs 20/09/2005 18 John    S ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How do you manage functional specifications for versioned releases?

  I am looking at the MSF functional specification template and it looks pretty good. My question is, how do you typically manage functional specifications for versioned releases Do you have a separate functional specifications document for each version Do you include the versioning strategy within the functional specifications document Hi [msf-er] How can I download a copy of a sample functional specification template Please guide me in this regards -nitu ...Show All

• SQL Server Tool to Upgrade Access 2003 Database to SQL Server 2005

  Does such a tool or utility exist ...Show All

• Windows Forms CLickonce without the publish.htm

  Is there a way to make the program just open up instead of the user hitting the run button I’ve got to ask first... are you looking for a way to just not need the Install button to be clicked but still leave the regular security warning intact Given that all the Install button does is direct you to setup.exe, you could do a add a META tag at the top of the publish.htm file (often within <HEAD>) ala: <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="1; URL=setup.exe"> The problem with this method though is that it will not automatically launch the installer in the same way ...Show All