MVP User's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Generics and Enterprise Development

  I'm trying to think how to implement Generics into an Application, in the past i'd do something like this: (example) MiddleTier:    - User (class)    - UserCollection (class)          - LoadAll   (populates all users)          - LoadAllActive   (populates all active users)     & ...Show All

• SQL Server data driven subscription does not work

  I defined a data driven subscription based on a query which returns a list of compagnies (90). For each one, the subcription has to fire a report which extracts the order for the compagny. After lauching the subcription (apply button , the subscription status is Processed 0 for 90, 0 errors I do not get any error message. The report works fine via a subscription base on calendar (with a compagny by default), but not via the data driven ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Fatal Error when writing to excel

  Hi, The version of Foxpro is 6.0.  The application I am buliding is to write data into Excel 2003.  There are times when I am getting a Fatal Error at a stage when I am writing the data into the cells.  Prior to this step I have other processes where I add more sheets and rename them, setup the borders and page setup and all works fine. I try to debug the application and it runs fine.  The problem is that the message is ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Server 2000 DTS Tools Web Download

  Is the Web Download to install SQL Server 2000 DTS tools available yet If so where Thanks Darren If I answer my own question, at least I'll get one right. SQL 2000 DTS tools are now available as part of the - Download details: Feature Pack for SQL Server 2005 Nov 2005 ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=D09C1D60-A13C-4479-9B91-9E8B9D835CDC&displaylang=en ) The direct link to the MSI- http://www.microsoft.com/dow ...Show All

• SQL Server how to use the Query string or the session as the parameter?

  Good day! It is possible to use the querystring or the session value in the parameters in the reporting services If it is how to do that any tutorials or samples that can give ypur help is greatly appreciated ...Show All

• Windows Forms Sql Connection And MDI Winforms

  Hi, I am new here in asp.net programming. I want to know how can i configure the secured sql connection on a local network. I need to program the front end and have installation on all the computers on the network which connect to the  ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to use a Process to run CMD and a DOS utility to send Commands

  Hello, I need some help. I want to write a program that will do the following: 1. Start a process that will run CMD.exe 2. Once in CMD window run the DOS utility (i.e., "C:\utility.exe Command) where Command is the command to send to a device. 3. There are about 5 or 6 commands that I need to send to configure a device using this utility. This utility exits with the "quit" command and returns to CMD window. Ca ...Show All

• Windows Forms Merging ContextMenuStrip to ToolStripMenuItem

  I have a context menu which defines a basic set of items(add, remove, properties). I would like to add these items to a ToolStripMenuItem. Using the MainMenu and ContextMenu from .Net 2003 this was very simple to do using the following code: MainMenu1.MenuItems(1).MergeMenu(ContextMenu1) I have tried the ToolStripManager.Merge function but the incoming types are different. There is very little documentation still for Whidbey, as expected since i ...Show All

• Visual C++ cl : Command line error D8003 : missing source filename

  My error log: Creating temporary file "f:\work\ Test\Test\Debug\ RSP00000E35403228.rsp" with contents [ /Od /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_WIN32_WINNT=0x502" /D "_AFXDLL;_MBCS /Gm /EHsc /RTC1 /MTd /Fo"Debug\\" /Fd"Debug\vc80.pdb" /W3 /c /ZI /TP ..\Testmodule.cpp ] Creating command line "cl.exe @f:\work\ Test\Test\Debug\ RSP00000E35403228.rsp /nologo /e ...Show All

• Visual C# Switching off computer using C#

  Is it possible to switch off computer using c# I know that it is possible when using c/c++. There is a method called exitWindows or exitWindowsEx, but I can't find it in Visual C# Express Edition 2005 The .NET framework must by definition call Win32 functions, but it does not expose all the functions that exist. pInvoke fills this gap. The following is a C# class that deals with all the traps involved in sh ...Show All

• Windows Forms ActiveX control seeks Handle!

  Im developing a Wysiwyg User control based on the AxDHTMLEdit ActiveX control. The ActiveX control is contained within a wrapper user control which is contained in another user control that is used by a forms application. In the disposal of the wrapper&n ...Show All

• Visual C# Using Map in c# (Similar to hashtable)

  Hi,  Can anybody give me a working example of Map in c#.(Similar to hashtable) Urgently required. thanks   I am trying to access the map object from java web services in my dotnet client. I am not able to cast the map object as it is giving me "refernce not set to the instance of the object " error. Actually the object in java web service i am accessing is HASh TABLE  but still it is showing me M ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Getting frustrated with red "X" on documents folder

  I am at a loss as to why the Documents folder insists on displaying a red "X" in the Beta 3 Refresh. I have granted myself admin privilages but it seems to have done no good. Anyone know what would cause this I'm sorry to hear you are having problems. Several bugs have been fixed in this area in the RC, hopefully it will fix your problem. One thing to check: Open the project portal and make s ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to Format date from 01/01/06 to 01, Jan 2006 in VB 2005

  I am having a problem.  I just installed the new version of VB 2005, and I don't know how to format the date. For example in VB 6.0 I do as fallow: CODE:   Me.panelDate.Caption = Format(panelDate, "dddd"", ""dd MMMM"", ""yyyy") DISPLAY:   Sunday, 01 January 2006   If I do similar using the VB 2005 CODE:   Me .LabelDate.Text = Format(LabelDate.Text, "dddd"", ""dd MMMM"", ""yyyy" ) DISPLAY ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TFs Workgroup - User account problem

  Hi, I'm trying to upgrade my TFS Beta 3 Refresh to the new Tfs Workgroup load in msdn (en_vs_2005_tfs_wgp.iso). Everything works fine, expect one thing: the users of TFS are local users of the server. I add 5 of them in the Licensed Users Group... But when I try to connect to the TFS server, it don't show me the login window, and try to log me with the Windows Login, and of course, don't succeed int connect to the server, showing me the ne ...Show All