hisham_abu's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Why doesn't this work?

  Create a console app, add an App.Config, add this element: <connectionStrings> <add name="test" connectionString="string in config" providerName="" /> </connectionStrings> // console app using System; using System.Configuration; // add reference namespace ConsoleApplication1 { class Program { static void Main( string[] args ) { ConnectionStringSettings css = ConfigurationManager.Connectio ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Improved memo fields in grids

  Hi all; I've posted this before. Its hard for me to believe that there are no good solutions for this: I'd like to change the way a memo field is represented in a grid to something better looking than "Memo" or "memo". I'd like to have a command button, maybe with an icon representing if there is data in the memo field or not. Also, I would like to keep the capability in VFP9 that shows a kind of a tooltip with the content when ...Show All

• Visual Basic Winform DataGridView vs DataBind

  hi, It's probably just me but I find it very complex to work with DataWhatever(DataGrid, DataSet, etc) in WinForms, simple logic don't seem to apply there. What I want to do is simply fill a DataGridView either with a collection or fill the rows with variables. I already created a DatagridView that contains 2 columns and my objective is to use data entered by the use via a dialogbox and then fill the dataView with that. Thanks ...Show All

• SQL Server Lesson 1 - Problems with data formats

  Hello, I'm going through the tutorial lessons and found a major issue in Lesson 1. As I tried to transform the data from the flat file in debugging mode, the sample didn't work correctly. No related data to the dates and times from the flat file could be found in the dimension table dimTime. I discovered that this was due to the different time format that was set in control panel (german time format). After&nb ...Show All

• Visual Basic Saving Data

  I'm really new to VB .NET and I almost feel silly for attempting this but, I'm making a game out of windows forms and I was wondering: How do I save data, like the ammount of money on a character, so somebody could just load up the game and use their pre-made character Please respond to me question! First, create a class that has properties for the values that you want to change. Make sure that the class has a constructor (Sub New) that d ...Show All

• Visual C++ How can I do ATL/WTL programming under VC 2005 Express?

  I try to use WTL under VC 2005 Express, but when I compile a simple project, it told me, missing "atlbase.h" file. so I download Windows 2003 SP1 Platform SDK, but after I installed, I found the ATL in Platform SDK is only version 3.0(found in atldef.h) ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Master version numbers #define _ATL     1      // Active Template Li ...Show All

• SQL Server 2 identically databases - 1 is fast and 1 is slow

  Hi! we've got a curious problem. we've two identicall databases, same tables, same date, same indexes, same server, both replicated. One of them is our life database and the other is our development database. If I execute the following query at the development database the query takes less then one second. If I execute the same query at the live database the query takes about 4 seconds to complete. This is very unsatisfactory!! What I've noti ...Show All

• Visual Studio Server Explorer, which node was right-clicked?

  I have added a context menu to the Server explorer using an add-in. I want to be able to get the type of node that was right-clicked on when the context menu appears, e.g. a Database, table, stored procdeure, etc... I know how to get the UIHierarchy object from the Server Explorer Window object, but that is as far as I can get. Thanks in advance! This macro will find the selected item, from that you can w ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL help request

  Hello.  I have two tables connected by a one-to-many inner join.  The second table only has one field that i need.  Take by example it is a status table. Items Table                              Status table id-------------------------/--   item_id name               ...Show All

• SQL Server The target service name could not be found.

  Hi : I am creating a queue application using Service broker. I was able to send and receieve messages between 2 databases in the same instance. Now I am trying to communicate b/w 2 different instances. I am getting the following error... The target service name could not be found. Ensure that the service name is specified correctly and/or the routing information has been supplied.. The routing informations is as follows DROP ROUTE ...Show All

• SQL Server Engine Thread property of Data Flow task

  Hi guys, The default Engine Thread property of a data flow task is set to 5, is this the best setting what if I would like to run complex data flow tasks on multi-processor machines, should I increase the engine thread If so, then what is the recommended Engine Thread number for running complex data flow tasks in a multi processor system Even if i am running simple data flow tasks on a multi processor machine, should I change the e ...Show All

• Visual C++ Windows services in VC Express

  Hello can you create Windows Services in VC Express. Also, is there a template for these kinds of apps I believe you have to use larger editions that the express SKU to have such templates. Of course, you can create them from scratch if you want and make use of the separate PSDK headers. Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All

• SQL Server Questions about data mining programmality

  Hi, all here, I have a question about having data mining progammability. I mean is there any functions we can not realize through data mining graphical user inteface Otherwise cant see any point to use data mining programmability which is a harder way compared to available graphical user interface for data mining. (it is just like because you can do things in a hard way dose not mean you have to ) Thanks a lot in advance for any guida ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Programmatic access to WebTest scripts

  Are there any APIs to access the WebTest scripts   Would I be able to create my own Test Type (when documentation is ready) and somehow manipulate an existing WebTest programatically The kind of things I'd like to do is to add validation rules, modify form parameters, insert new requests, etc. If so, are there any current documentation on that   Would there be documentation later on (if not ready now) Although I understand that WebTe ...Show All

• .NET Development XSL Intellisense not working

  I have VS 2005 Standard Ed. and I do not get auto-completion intellisense when editing XSL documents. I previously had VS 2005 Beta2 and the feature worked fine. If I enter some text that violates the XSL schema I do get the red squiggly line and a tooltip advising of the problem, but I really want the word completion as you type feature that I had with Beta2 I downloaded the xslt.xsd file from GotDotNet and placed it in C:\Program Files\ ...Show All