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• Visual C++ cp->CompilerOptions = "/optimize"; and other questions

  cp->CompilerOptions = "/optimize"; statement lists only one parameter /optimize. What if I need to use more than one Do I have to list them all in one string or I can use a sequence of statements: cp->CompilerOptions = "/optimize"; cp->CompilerOptions = "/Z7"; cp->CompilerOptions = "/Gd"; or for this matter : cp->CompilerOptions = "/Od"; Also can I use this statement: cp->CompilerOptions = "/Ox"; versus "/optimize" It is unclear from MSDN documentation which way one should take to assign more than one option. Are the statements above cumulative A related question will concern cp->ReferencedAssemblies->Add( ...Show All

• SQL Server Transfer data : DTS, replication or Bulk Insert ?

  Hi, I need to copy a table between 2 different SQL servers. There are a lot of different solutions : -DTS -Bulk Insert -Replication ... What are the pros and cons of these solutions How to choose Thanks As you said all three are valid options but used in various context. Here is little about each DTS:In most cases is used to transfer from DBMS to another DBMS as it gives better performance. It CAN be used for data transfer from other sources like flat file or a CSV. BULK INSERT: Usually used for transferring data from flat file to database table. Replication: This is more specializ ...Show All

• Visual Basic new wrappers

  While working on a long standing project today I received a message that new wrappers were available that could provide better functionality. I clicked to install. BAD IDEA!! It broke my project badly. It apparently renamed some activex things and even though I finally (wasted hour) got my sounds working again (uses windows media player plug in) after 2 hours my flash objects still refused to play. I am working very hard to update my skills to vb2005 from vb6 and all I seem to do is swear at the computer because of apparently useless changes in syntax and now this. I have lost a man day trying to correct these problems and still have a nonwo ...Show All

• Visual Basic Adding permanent filename data to a combo box during program execution

  I need to know how to permanently add file name data to the list in a combo box. I am developing an application in Visual Studios and want to save and retrive data to files...I am currently writing and reading data to file names using the Stream Reader and Stream Writer.  This data is being stored in the projects bin directory. Everything works fine during the session, but after leaving and then restarting the session, the filename data is lost from the combo boxes list.  The files still exist in the bin folder, and the FILENAMES THAT I MANUALLY ENTERED IN THE BOXES PROPERTIES, ITEMS, COLLECTION AREA ARE PERMANENT.  How can ...Show All

• Visual Studio Introducing HelpStudio Lite

  The VS 2005 SDK contains a new tool for authoring Help and integrating it with VS 2005. The tool is called HelpStudio Lite. It is lightweight version of the full HelpStudio product, developed by Innovasys . HelpStudio Lite is recommended for anyone extending VS 2005 - for example, by creating add-ins, controls, or packages. You will likely also want to author and include Help content with your extensions to VS. You can use HelpStudio Lite to author your content and compile it to the Help 2.5 (hxs) format, so it can be integrated with VS 2005. The HelpStudio Lite documentation includes details on how to create deployment projects for y ...Show All

• SQL Server F I L T E R HELP!!! PLEASE!!!! THIS CAN'T BE THAT HARD

  In SSRS 2005, how can I add this check (what do I have to put in the Expression, operator, and value in filters tab of table properties) to my table filter to ensure only customers that match one of the ORs are viewed in my report HERE IS A PRINT SCREEN OF THE FILTER TAB WHERE i WANT THIS ALL TO HAPPEN...PROPERTIES OF MY TABLE: http: / / www. photopizzaz. biz/ filtertab_ ssrs2005table. jpg essentially I want this check to filter records on my table...match to this criteria from my dataset: (Fields!Branch.Value = '00002' and Fields!CustomerNumber.Value = '0000002' or Fields!CustomerNumber.Value = '0000003' or Fields!CustomerN ...Show All

• .NET Development Getting data from a website

  Hi, I'm looking for an application thats capable of stripping data from websites (Real Estate) with a structure. I also want that data stored in a database. I have seen one in Holland that's scanning the structured Real Estate websites. Does anybody knows where to find an apllication like this With regards, Bram Swaneveld You'd be lucky if WebSite you are accessing is capable to return you data in the XML form. In this case parsing is simple. This is exactly the scenario for what XML was introduced at the beginning. If output is always HTML you’ll have much harder time and results will be less stable ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Source control "get" troubles

  I'm having a few problems with the Team Foundation Source Control. 1. When someone else has checked in various new files and I do a "get", very often I will still end up without a copy of some of the newly added files. Some will be copied correctly, but others will be missing. The missing files are shown greyed out in Source Control Explorer. If I try to get these particular files through Source Control Explorer, it shows a message saying all files are up to date. 2. In an attempt to get these missing files, I now try to do a "get" on the folder containing them. However, instead of copying the missing files, it n ...Show All

• Visual C++ Newbie question about VS in general...

  OK, I got a version of VS... but im having real troubles getting anything done in this... I mean I know how to write "hello world" for example but err how to compile for one and what kind of a file/project do I choose... they all just give me these big source codes from the start but what if I want to do something all my own (hello world for example )... someone answer me quick... If you wrote that cpp file from something other than Visual Studio, you'll need to use the File -> New -> New Project From Existing Code wizard. Follow the wizard. Browse to your cpp file, give your program a name, and when asked for the proj ...Show All

• Visual Basic System.Net.Mail - Can I save email before/after send?

  I am experimenting with this to enable my five users to send email as a particular address. Everything works fine but what happens to the email message after submission to exchange Basically, I want to be able to save the generated emails to a particular folder on a shared network drive before/after sending. Cheers There are a lot of different ways to approach this. The first would be to serialize the System.Net.Mail.MailMessage and store it before it is sent. Another option would be to create your own serializable class that stores the message before it is utilized by System.Net.Mail. Last but ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista get xoml

  let me explain my scenario in detail. 1. open a new console Sequential Workflow project. "Workflow1.cs" file will automatically added to project. 2. add new windows project to the existing project. 3. place a textBox, button in form1 and set the button text="Get XOML" after clicking button i want to display the xoml content of "workflow1.cs" in textbox. Note: The "Workflow1.cs" is a either a "Code file" or " Code Separated File" but i want xoml content. Ravi, 1. Remove the “Sequential Workflow (code)” that you get by defaul ...Show All

• SQL Server http access to Analysis Services?

  Hi, Is there anything in store to allow Excel users not logged in a Windows domain to access 2005 cubes In SQL 2000 you can use an unsupported ASP script (provided by Microsoft) to allow these people to use cubes though HTTP transport. They do have a Windows account however they start their laptop in local mode, therefore normal access is not an option for them. Thanks Philippe Philippe, Your best bet would be to ask this question in the SQL Server Analysis Services forum:   http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowForum.aspx ForumID=83 David Sceppa Microsoft ...Show All

• Visual C++ How to convert System::IntPtr to HDC

  Hi, Getting following error error C2664: 'SetStretchBltMode' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'System::IntPtr' to 'HDC' Any help will be appreciated. System::Void CameraView::OnPaint(PaintEventArgs* e) {    System::Drawing::Rectangle r;    unsigned long Height;    char *pStr;    Graphics* grfx = e->get_Graphics();    System::IntPtr hDC = grfx->GetHdc();     // Check whether we have a bitmap or not    if (m_pBitmapInfo)    {       r = this ->ClientRectangle;   ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Web Test->DataSource Attribute ->Connection String from App.Config ?

    Hi, i have a connection string defined in my app.config and i want to use in the DataSource Attribute In my Web Test . i am getting an error that the connection string must be a constant. i saw and followed a similar thread regarding this issue but nothing. code sample: <DataSource( "DataSource1" , "Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle.1;Data Source=GENERIC;PersistSecurityInfo=True;User ID=*****;Password=****" , Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.WebTestFramework.DataBindingAccessMethod.Sequential, "SUBS_INFO" ), _ DataBinding( "DataSource1" , "MyTable" , "MyCol" , "DataSource1.MyTable.MyCol" )> _ To <DataSour ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to connect to Analysis Services as a client

  Hi, I got SQL SERVER 2005 SP1 installed on a server and is running fine. I've installed BI studio on a client computer and I can access the database engine. On the client computer, while deloying my cube I get the following error : the project could not be deployed on the server "server_name\instance_name" due to connectivity problems. Verify that the server is running I've checked the project properties and in the deployment section I have the right server : "server_name\instance_name" and the right database : "database_name". I can access the server since i've created the datasource using the sqlclient provi ...Show All