Winston's Q&A profile

• SQL Server JDBC Driver for J#

  Will there be a SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver that can be used from J# I have code that must compile in both J# and Java so ADO.NET and System.Data are not an option. The normal JDBC driver is just a JAR file so not accessible from J# only Java. Thanks! Ted Ted: J# ships with an ODBC-JDBC bridge and it should be as easy as selecting SQL Native Client as your driver option when you add a System DSN -- see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9bbt582h(VS.80).aspx for more details. -shelby ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Beta 3 Setup Error: Windows SharePoint Services is not configured as recommended by Team Foundation Server

  I am trying to install Team Foundation Server Beta 3 as single server installation and installed all required software components. However, during the installation, it gives me "Windows SharePoint Services is not configured as recommended by Team Foundation Server" error under "Recommened Components" dialog box. I exactly have followed an instruction specified in setup guide for Team Foundation Server Beta 3 for SharePoint services installation. Could anybody tell me what the problem is Thanks in advance. Eric Read the installation guide. "When the installation is complete, a Web browser window opens and dis ...Show All

• Visual Studio AssemblyInfoTask Version 1.0.51130.0 is now available!

  I just posted an updated version of the AssemblyInfoTask and its source code to our GotDotNet workspace . This new release fixes support for Visual J# projects, includes an updated installer that installs the task into the Global Assembly Cache, support for installing as a non-administrator, a few bug fixes to the help documentation, and full code-signing and strong name for the compiled assembly. Enjoy! Neil This version is excellent, and I've managed to get it working (after a struggle) through a team build project script. I've got a couple of suggestions for enhancements which would have made my life easier (and stopped me from ...Show All

• Visual C# Web Application - Desktop Application

  How can I send a command from a web page to a desktop application... Example: I have a txtbox in the webpage, then i type some text (ex.: Hello) when I click submit my desktop application calls a function to show a MessageBox with the hello Thanks U can't directly communicate from a web application to desktop application. I will suggest you before starting read the architecture of ASP.net and how its work. There is an alternate way that will do your job. You can use XML web Service for this purpose. ...Show All

• SQL Server Upgrading 32 bit SQL 2000 SP4 Ent running on 64 bit Windows 2003 Enterprise to SQL2005 64 bit in place

  Will it be possible to do an in-place upgrade from SQL 2000 Server Enterprise SP4 32 bit running on top of 64 bit Windows 2003 Enterprise , clustered, to SQL 2005 Enterprise 64 bit The 32 bit SQL 2000 to 64 bit SQL 2005 in place upgrade seems questionable to me... Anybody tried anything like this On x64 machines, 32-bit SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 can be installed successfully side by side. But there is not 64-bit SQL Server 2000 for x64 machines. It is not supported to upgrade 32-bit SQL Server 2000 to 64-bit SQL Server 2005 directly, which is by design. This is also true for cluster scenario. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Image from under my window

  I have Windows application, and I need to draw on it surface the content of desktop (which may consist from another windows or part of desktop or their combination), so, the question is: How to get image which contains windows and/or desktop which are located under my window Hi, Based on my understanding, you are doing a Image capture. Here is a link for your reference. http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/ImageCapture.asp If I misunderstood, please feel free let me know. If you still have any concern, please feel free to post here. Best regards, Peter Huang ...Show All

• Visual C++ Question About Headers

  I want to use VSC++ for programming C. I know C isn't fully support cause the lack of MS deciding not to add the c99 which i believe is stupid. But I was wondering is there a way I can use my own C headers and libraries to build that are c99 and use it with VSC++. I have the Visual Studios Professional version. And change the compiler cause i don't wanna think i spent so much money for this and I can't use it. Cause of this problem. We fully support C-89 (Classic C) and we would support C-99 if there was enough user requests to support it. But almost all the C programmers I speak to are either 1) not aware ...Show All

• .NET Development send byte[] and recive byte[] System.IO;

  ok,, i have the next problem... i am creating a client server program ,,, i allready know how to send text trough tcp with a networkstream.. then a streamreader and a streamwriter... it works good with text... but the problem is when i try to send a byte [] ,,, i have a image and i use a memorystream to convert it to a byte [] and i want to create the image in the server when i got he image,, i allready know how to do that... what i dont know to do,, is how can i send a byte [] im trying to send the image this way,, when i allready have the byte [] i do this: //here i call a function that returns me a byte[] of the image byte[] con ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) SuspendLayout in WinFX like Winforms?

  Is there an equivalent SuspendLayout in WinFX like Winforms I haven't run accross anything.... Thanks Ron @ Mobiform Aurora XAML Designer www.mobiform.com Since layout is done in a separate pass it is implicitly blocked from updating while the UI thread is busy doing something else. Therefore you can add all the controls you want and change all the properties you want and the changes won't take effect until the UI thread returns. So, do we really need a SuspendLayout in Avalon Just thinkin' out loud, Drew ...Show All

• .NET Development Syntax of DataTable.Select()

  Hi: I'm using DataTable.Select to get rows from a datatable; I'm trying to match values on the two primary key columns but keep getting a 'syntax error'. I've tried various ways, e.g. myTable.Select( "RecNum='12389745',TestDate='11/08/05'" ); or myTable.Select("12389745,11/08/05"); but no luck. WHat should this expression look like when selecting based on more than one primary key column Thank you! John F. hi, try this. DataTable tbl = this .myDataSet.Tables["myTable"]; // Presuming the DataTable has a column named Column1 and Column2. string e ...Show All

• Visual Basic What good is this?

  Dim PrgrssBr as New ProgressBar ... and what can you do with it   Thanks. Hello zdrae, The purpose of the dim <variable> as New <type> syntax is to allow you to declare a variable and initialize it all in one go. It is really just "syntatic sugar" for the following equivalent vb code: dim myList as ArrayList myList = new ArrayList Choosing between the two forms of syntax is really just a matter of style. Some developers like to write their variable declarations / initializations in a compact way, so we support that. Hope this helps. -Scott Wisniewski Sof ...Show All

• Windows Forms datagridview bit column - display something other than True/False?

  Can I get a bound datagridview to display something other than True or False for a bit column eg Yes/No or Correct/Incorrect No, the Boolean column only shows the checkbox, not true/false. If you have a database and you have Correct/Incorrect in a record you can show a check for Correct and a uncheck for Incorrect. To do this set the TrueValue and FalseValue properties to the string values. Hope this helps, -mark Program Manager Microsoft This post is provided "as-is" ...Show All

• Visual Basic msgbox on client browser problem

  am facing this problem hope some one can help.. I have developed web applications that uses msgbox, when I run the application from server side under the VS2005 it runs very well and msgbox pop very nice: The instruction I use to pop the msgbox is : MsgBox( "Password Has Changed, Please Click OK to Relogin with the new Password" , 4160, Omar.MsgTitle) When I run from vs2005 compiler it’s greate but when I publish to the server and run the application from the clien side this error will pop out: Showing a modal dialog box or form when the application is not running in UserInteractive mode is not a vali ...Show All

• Windows Forms Disable editing in data-bound controls

  Hello, I have a .NET 2.0 windows forms application with some TextBox controls and a BindingNavigator on the form that are bound to a BindingSource. The BindingSource has a DataView as the DataSource, and when I change the DataView AllowNew or AllowRemove properties to true or false, the BindingNavigator immediately reflects the changes, enabling or disabling the Add and Delete buttons. However, I can always write on the TextBox controls, independently of the value in the AllowEdit property. Does anyone know how to enable and disable the editing on the controls in this situation Thanks in advance for any hel ...Show All

• Windows Forms tried that. Embedded User Control and lost focus ....

  Has anyone else seen this   Is it a bug, or am I doing  something wrong I have a window with a user control within a user  control.  The problem is that text boxes within the child- user control do not receive proper focus when clicked  on.  The keyboard focus is sent to them but not the tab  focus.  For example, given the code&nbs ...Show All