fireparser's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms laptop for .NET development?

  I need a desktop-replacement laptop that will double as a .NET development machine. So, I need it to run VS.NET 2003 and SQL Server 2000 smoothly. Has anyone had any experience with the Dell Inspiron 9300  Is the 1.7 Ghz Pentium M fast enough  5400 RPM drive or is 7200 a must Any suggestions would be great. Thanks. Thanks for the&nbs ...Show All

• SQL Server Ad-hoc Report Generation Based on the Input Query!

  Hi all, I want to generate the ad-hoc report using SQL Reporting Services 2000 or SQL Reporting Services 2005. But the Database Server will be SQL Server 2000. So, Can I send the query at run-time and then attach the data source to the actual report. In this case there will not be any columns etc. at design time with the value field mentioned in it. I know this is not the requirement for which this report tool is developed for. But still if this is possible through some other way round then pls. let me know. Actually we want one generic report which will satisfy all the tables, with diff. conditions mentioned in the select clause and w ...Show All

• SQL Server Writting multiple rows from one input Row

  Hi: I'm trying to write a transformation script to write multiple rows from 1 input row. In SQL Server 2000 DTS I could do this by using DTSTransformStat_SkipFetch and DTSTransformStat_SkipRow. In SQL server 2005 it looks like I need to use EndOfRowset but I do not know how to use it for sure. If this correct can someone show me a code example and if I am incorrect can someone tell me how to do this Thanks I have and I do not believe it nor the conditionl split will work. I am reading a record from table 1. I read field 1 of the input record and write field one to the output record. based on what is in field on I set th ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem in 'System.Management' NameSpace....

  I m havin code example of VB.NET..which is using System.Management Namespace.... but when i try to use this NameSpace(System.Management), it doesnt allow me to Use...and give error. 'System.Management' Namespace is available in Object Browser....but it is not available in my Form1.cs...HELP!!! ( i m using VS 2005).... you have to do two things: 1. reference system.management.dll 2. put using System.Management on top of you code the you will be able to use its member classes see this example using System; using System.Management; public class Sample { public static void Mai ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System beta2, personal website starter kit problem

  downloaded latest team system beta 2 today, created new personal web starter project, when i attempt to create an administrator account here: http://localhost:1689/asp.netwebadminfiles/security/users/addUser.aspx no mater what i type, it continues to say "please enter a different password".  you are instructed to create an admin account for your personal web site by the new starter project.  ideas >I'm pasting this into my web.config file and then most of these attributes >get the error underlining with "The xxx attribute is not declared" >error message. Anyone have any ideas Wel ...Show All

• Visual Studio Using the Plaform SDK with Visual Studio.Net 2003

  I wish to use the "Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK" with Visual Studio.Net 2003 This is because the DirectShow software has been moved from the DirectX SDK to the Platform SDK (and I wish to use the latest 'august 2005' version of the DirectX SDK and also DirectShow, so I need both SDKs installed) My problem is that having registered the Platform SDK's directories with Visual Studio, a re-compile of my previously working c++ code now generates the following error. c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\atlmfc\include\atlsocket.inl(26): error C3861: 'FreeAddrInfo': identifier not found, even with argument-dependent look ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System File/directory exclusion patterns

  Is it possible to prevent source control from selecting speficic directories when running recurisive commands Suppose I want to add a folder and all subfolders except for folders named CVS, bin and obj, and all files except .user files.  Can this presently be done or is someone going to need to write a wrapper tool for this Thanks! --Oren There is no general mechanism for excluding specific directories or file extensions for any recursive command.  However, if you are adding files/folders to source control from within Visual Studio you can exclude files/folders by doing the following: In Visu ...Show All

• .NET Development opening Outlook(or default mail program) to send an email

  Well, in my windows application (not asp) in C#, i want the user to select some addresses and then click a button that says "Send email", that will actually just open up outlook and put the selected addresses into the receipients box. This way, the user can use all the facilities of outlook without me having to reinvent the wheel. Now, how can I do this Is this a call to a system function or a System.Web class Thanks in advance! You will need to use Outlook COM Interop. Take a look at http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/Tutorial/2E1EEEAF-C78A-4A38-A830-AC204B12DF83.dcik for an example. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Customize Progress Bar

  hello, i need to make my  1 ) progressbar to embed on the status bar 2) it should be an "gradient" progress bar How do i do this Thanks Apart from the autogenerated code that is the full source code. You must set the ShowPanels property of the StatusBar to True, and the Panels Style property to OwnerDraw. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Graphics Engine Design

  I am looking for material on designing a graphics engine. The main purpose of the engine will be tech demo development and function as  shader playground. To start with I have some ideas about decoupling materials and shaders. I would like to have the flexibility that an object can have multiple materials. One part could be a diffuse surface with phong illumination, another part of the same object could be a bump mapped rusty surface with cook-torrance illumination etc. If anyone could point me to some good sources to investigate or have some thought please share.       ...Show All

• Visual Studio Unable to find required file 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll' - VS2005-B2

  I thought I had managed to install Beta correctly from the DVD, but when I go to create an empty VB project I get the following error: "Project "Project1" could not be opened because the Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 compiler could not be created. Unable to find required file "Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll'. I am able to create a web project, but not compile it ('compiler initializatin failed unexpectedly: Unspecified error'). Tried uninstall / reinstall / repair / etc.  Installed just the VB.NET portion and also tried a complete install.  I even downloaded and installed the express edition, but now I just have two versions I ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions how to edit a line from a text file using c#

  Hello all! My records are in a text file format. I need to update a line from that text file using C#, how do I do that I'm new with C# so any suggestion will be greatly appreciated... System.IO.File.ReadAllLines and System.IO.File.WriteAllLines is your best bet, then you can read the file in, find the line and change it, then write it again. You cannot change a line in a file, you need to read it all, change it and write it all again. ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot create a connection to data source !!!!!!!

  I cannot get this error resolve either for myself or any users, and I'm actually part of the Admin group!  Furthermore, a user with whom I'm tring allow to view this report keeps getting prompted for their windows username and password.  I thought that since this datasource was set to Windows Authentification that it would just pass it through I'm pulling my hair out at this point: Screen Shots: http://www.webfound.net/datasource_connection.jpg http://www.webfound.net/datasource_connection2.jpg http://www.webfound.net/datasource_connection3.jpg Also As ...Show All

• Visual Studio Crystal Reports Option question.

    True or False Crystal Reports for VS 2005 is just a way of designing a Crystal Report in VS and deploying it Prerequisites for deployment is that the deployment computer MUST have a valid Crystal Reports license. Or is this license included as apart of the VS license If I dont have a valid Crystal Reports license then I have to use a report component in VS instead Hello, Here is a link to the web site we have on licensing as it relates to Crystal Reports for Visual Studio: http://www.businessobjects.com/products/reporting/crystalreports/net/licensing.asp Keith - Business Objects ...Show All

• Visual Basic Inserting large numbers into a byte array

  I have been dealing with this problem for months now and have basically been avoiding it. I have a program that can load a file into a byte array using the following: Public Class Form1 Protected b() As Byte Private Sub LoadFile(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button_LoadFile.Click Try Dim open As New OpenFileDialog() With open .CheckFileExists() = True .CheckPathExists() = True .Filter() = "All Files (*.*)|*.*" .FilterIndex() = 0 .Multiselect() = False .SupportMultiDottedExtensions() = True .Title() = &q ...Show All