dnyanesh's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio How to best 'upgrade' vs 2003 with a new vs 2005?

  I was running vs 2003 academic, which has no upgrade path to vs 2005, so I bought the full standard vs 2005. I don't want or need to run 2003 and 2005 side by side...I just want to proceed with 2005 from here on. So...before I install 2005, should I uninstall 2003 If it doesn't matter, then is it OK to uninstall 2003 Will doing so delete or harm my 2003 projects in any way VS 2005 and 2003 work si ...Show All

• Windows Forms Autosize left C#

  When you have a label, followed closely by a textbox, (for example when the label denotes what should be entered in the textbox) sometimes it looks nice to right align the text in the label. (this part is very easy) But when your form is localizable and the length of the text is different for some languages you have a problem: the label automatically autosize to the right (overlapping your textbox). The only solution i know is to ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Access 2003 - Retrieving computer information

  I am new to working with vba - so hopefully there is an easy way to do this. I have an access 2003 ap that I am developing and I will be deploying it across ~150 computers. I want the app to retrieve a unique identifier (computer name or something like that) off the computer it resides on, and use that to populate a field in the database. All I need to know how to do is retrieve the name into a field on a form, the rest is already taken care of. ...Show All

• System Center Exchange 2003 Workflow

  Hi All Can any one help me,how to configure the workflow in exchange 2003 If any one have step by step guide or Webcasts kindly provide it. FYI I searched in microsoft MSDN i didn't get the document what i need Thanks In Advance Many Thanks Hameed Hammed hi, Here are various resource that might help you with the product: The following web page is the home page for SCCP and includes pointer to a webcast: htt ...Show All

• Windows Forms Need a push in the right direction - Floating Box?

  I am trying to emulate a similar drag and drop behaviour as is found in the forms designer in .net Studio - When a control is selected an outline of the control appears and can be dragged around the form. What is this behaviour called ...Show All

• Visual C# Question About Threads

  i want to creat form using thread but the form disappear i write this private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Thread T = new Thread(CreateForm); T.Start(); } void CreateForm() { Form2 f = new Form2(); f.Show(); } The Show method shows a modeless form, which means that the code that created it keeps on running. In this case, that means the thread ends. Yo ...Show All

• SQL Server Replication Deadlocks

  Hi All, I need to get some assistance with some replication deadlocks im getting. We have two servers, which push information between each other, which I have a hunch could be a cause. Basically I keep getting the 'Agent Retry' Alert from SQL: DESCRIPTION: Error: 14152, Severity: 10, State: 1 Replication-Replication Distribution Subsystem: agent SQ01-EMS-SQ02\UK-183 scheduled for retry. Transaction (Process ID 68) was deadlocked on lock re ...Show All

• Windows Forms Need help in Datagridview, Sql and BindingSource issues, please help

  Hi, everyone I am using Microsoft visual studio 2005 and Sql Enterprise Manager 2003. I have a class called DatabaseManager.cs which have the following method: public DataTable getAllProd() { SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(this.ConnectionString); SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("select p.ProdNo, p.Description, c.CatName, p.SellingPrice, p.Discountable from Product p, Catalog c where p.CatId = c.CatId", conn); ...Show All

• SQL Server How to access report parameters in custom code

  Hi, Below is a custom code function for my report. At bottom is the expression that calls the custom function. When I run the report I get an error message:  "There is an error on line 3 of custom code: Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference."   If I take out the lines that try to access the report parameters then there is no error.  Can report parameter be set/read from the report's cus ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Record option is disabled.

  Hi , I have added new project and added new test as web test. IE opened. But left side of the page Record, pause, stop button are disabled. I am opening new application and clicking on some links but it is not recording. I have reinstalled VSTS team edition for testers. Even then i am not getting recording enabled in web test. What should I do to enable record option Thanks, Shankar Shankar, It sounds lik ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista setup.exe breakpoint after pressing 'install now'

  Hi, I downloaded the "en_windows_vista_ctp_february_2006_64bit_checked.iso" from the msdn site. Burned it to disk and started an installation on my pc. After the setup starts and i press the "Install Now" button, it just keeps giving me error windows saying: setup.exe breakpoint 0x80000003 at address 0x78b57378. I can press cancel or retry. but the installation just stops. (already retried burning it to a different disk.. sam ...Show All

• .NET Development Pinvoke hangs when using .net remoting. Works otherwise.

  I'm attempting to use remoting to call into an umanaged DLL we have written to interface with an existing C++ program my company has written. However I have a problem I can't figure out. When this method is invoked directly on the server it works without any problem. Public Function remote_vb_sys_check() As Integer Dim intResult As Integer 'MsgBox("I'm here!") Console.WriteLine("vb_sys_check() executing ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot Open User Default Database (error 4064)

  Hi, SQL Server 2005 installed on my computer. i was trying to make a login page with VS.2005 pro. But i got some errors on Website Administration Tool. Whatsoever, i registered a database (aspnetdb) . Then, i think i made my default database to aspnetdb. Something went wrong and i decided to delete aspnetdb and start whole procces from the begining and i did it. AAANDD WHOOOLA. I got this error: Cannot Open User Default Database, Login Failed M ...Show All

• .NET Development Failure when opening Excel file via ADO.NET on some computers

  Hello - I am writing a little Excel-to-SQL Server business tool for a client. It simply lets the user open an Excel spreadsheet with a named area defined, select one or more rows from a datagrid, and transfer the information to some SQL Server tables. Works like a champ on my PC, and 2 of my colleagues PCs, but not my clients. The situation: Using Oledb namespace in ADO.NET for .NET Framework 1.1 Standard Jet driver - I have XP SP2 which has so ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Vista Multimedia architecture?

  I hear Vista will feature a new multimedia architecture to replace DirectShow, supposedly by the name of Windows Media Foundation (WMF).   However, I see no sign at all of this from Microsoft. All the presentations go about Avalon and Indigo as if multimedia wasn't supposed to be a feature of this platform. Where is Vista's multimedia architecture, and when do we get to work with it, please It's amazing what a little research can do. ...Show All