Dimitar Birov - MSFT's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Where to find BASIC help after downloading and installing Express with small option

  I thought I remembered being asked if I wanted to download a monster help file and since I wasn't sure about Express, I said no. Now I have used it for a while and want to avoid the online help - where do I find it Other learning resources can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vb/learning/default.aspx The only place I saw to download the express MSDN library was with the express pro ...Show All

• SQL Server Slowly Changing Dimension Task Bug???? [:S]

  I am working with the latest build of SQL Server 2005. VS 2005 8.0.50215.44 (beta2.050215-4400) SSIS version 9.00.1187.00 I had a package that was working fine while using the Slowly Changing Dimension Task. However, with the new version the Historical Attribute for the type II change does not work anymore. I’ve created a very simple test and while running the same package twice, without make any changes to the staging table, I ended up with d ...Show All

• SQL Server Setup lanscape orientation in RS

  Hi, I want to setup my report in landscape format. How do I do it I have altered the report margin in report properties. However if we export the report to PDF – still goes to portrait format. Even though in pdf itself I have changed the print setup to landscape, but it doesn’t change anything. Can anyone give suggestion Thanks, Susan Hi, You have to change the Width ...Show All

• Windows Forms searching access db...

  Hi, I'm using a dataset to manage an access db... How can I search for values inside that db How can I do this kind of search, example: [Table] Name John Lewis Stewart If the user writes 'John' or 'John Lewis' or 'John Stewart', I want to get  ...Show All

• .NET Development DataSet Location

  where is the dataSet been saved is it on the client's computer thanks in advanced. Hi, What do you entirely mean by "Where is dataset saved " A dataset object resides in the memory. Its an in-memory representation of your database. Any changes you have made to the dataset is not reflected to the underlying datasource. You must manually call an update statement of an adapter to send those updates to the sourc ...Show All

• Windows Forms Basic Application Design Question

  I am new to windows forms as all of my previous work has been web applications. With that said, please forgive what may be a simple question. I am building an application that looks as follows: Toolbar TreeView DataGridView TabControl Based upon the node selected in the TreeView, the right pane may display as above or it may contain a different set of controls. In addition, based the row selected in t ...Show All

• Visual C# How Can I limit the property with fixed length ??

  Hi   I have this class content the property ( MyProperty1 )   class Class1     {         private string myVar1;                   [ DescriptionAttribute ( "This is Description of the Property" ),             ...Show All

• Visual C++ visual c++ and web applications

  Greeting to all, and apologies if this is not right forum. I know so little so I that I even do not know where to look. I have posted already on this forum so I felt this might be good place to start. We are planning of setting up small server for the master course we are running. Idea is to set up interactive portal to the corse where we could exchange information with students (e.g. students could put their projects, get informatio ...Show All

• Visual Studio Crystal Report 10 and VS2005 Deployment Issues

  I've created a .NET application that displays an existing Crystal Report, which runs fine on my machine.  It runs perfectly when I deploy it to the default website in IIS on my development server. But when I deploy it to anywhere else, even into other virtual sites on the same server, it refuses to run. Can someone help, Its very urgent. Hello Rupa, Please take a look at the welcome post: http://forums.mic ...Show All

• SQL Server How to: SQL Server 2000 Replication?

  Hi, Can anyone help me How do I implement SQL Server Replication Where, and how Do I have to download specific software to do this, or how What would be the right option Thanks SJB ya thanks, I saw that after I posted the message. thanks ...Show All

• Windows Forms A Server program have to work as a Client and Server program based on a condition

  Hi Friends, I have a requirement which demands, a Server program to work as a Client and Server program based on a condition. Scenario: Client make a request to Server1, based on a condition this Server1 should not process this request, it has to si ...Show All

• Windows Forms to be able to move in & back on Forms

  Hi, I have three forms "Form1", "Form2", "Form3". First, "Form1" is displayed. Then user clicks on a 'submit' button and is redirected to "Form2". Similarly the user is directed to "Form3" after a button is clicked. I redirect from Form1 to Form2 in this manner. The below given code is included in the function for the "click" event of "submit" button. this.hide(); Fo ...Show All

• Visual C# Permission denied when copying a folder

  Hello, I am writing an app that will sit on the desktop. It needs to be able to make a copy of a folder that sits on the server. It will copy the folder from the server and place it in the same directory on the same server. This is the line of code that I am using: System.IO.File.Copy(sDistinationFolder + "NewOrderTemplate", sDistinationFolder + myDate.Date + "_" + mtxtJobNumber.Text); So, as you can see, I am copying a ...Show All

• Visual C# Enumerating an array of Desktop Window names

  I would like to create an array listing all open windows on the desktop.  This includes other windows that are not related to the application. For example, the list would show a list similar to when you bring up the task manager, showing items like an open Excel spreadsheet, Word Document, or other software. Then, if a particular program is running, I would want to bring that window to the front of the desktop. Can someone point me in the r ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem: Forms, Multithreading, Socket and saving state of UI [Forms and controls]

  Hi All, Hi, I have 3 questions that I have described here, I will be very much thankful to you if you can provide me some pointer for it.   Chats, Forms, multi-threading   We are building Chat like application using Forms and as a result our programming is becoming complicated to display messages received on different threads in the chat window (due to STA requirements of Forms). Is there a way to build Chat like app ...Show All