Erv Walter's Q&A profile

• SQL Server Serious limitation in SQL server installation

  I am trying to install the server in a non-system drive.  I have to install the server in a diffferent folder like (E:) instead of the default C: due to existing partition that I have to continue to have (due to reasons that include security). Even though I selected this drive and every thing else (Program Files etc) the same, the install program still asks for over 2 GB on C drive. I checked each of the install options and found that most of this space is required by Books and client services which themselves need 1GB.  So I can do without them for now.  But then how do I get them installed   I can accomo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Design-time Reflection

  I have created several type editors that require design-time reflection in order to accomplish their tasks.  Using methods from the System.Reflection namespace works perfectly until the code is changed thereby modifying the type.  After the code change, I have to rebuild the solution and restart Visual Studio before the reflection is up-to-date again. I know there must be a way to gether reflection information at design-time (intellisense doesn't require you to rebuild and restart VS before it can be used).  I've downloaded the October VSIP SDK and have been trying to gain access to the VsObjectModel, but I cannot seem to enu ...Show All

• Visual Basic Trouble with IFonts

  I'm trying to change the default font that DirectDraw7 sets to my Back Buffer Surface (ddsB) to 18pt Tempus Sans, but the following code produces the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object.". Can anyone help Dim myFont As IFont myFont.put_Name( "Tempus Sans MS" ) myFont.put_Size(18) ddsB.SetFont(myFont) PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! Someone reply!!! I'll give you a free copy of the DirectX-Made-Simple library if you do! -- Once I finish it ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Indigo Features Specific to Vista?

  Hi Team, As mentioned in many SDRs, there were going to be some features of Indigo that were specific to Longhorn/Vista In particular, I remember the WAS subsystem. Can anyone eloborate on this and/or point me to any materials In addition, I have installed the CTP on top of Vista 5219 successfully but Vista 5219 does not seem to have IIS anywhere!! In Vista Beta 1, as it should be, I had to enable the World Wide Web Publishing Service but that service isn't even there in 5219! It's pretty hard to do a lot of my Indigo work without it. Am I missing something All the best, Hey Sam, As you probably know, the vast majority of WCF featu ...Show All

• Visual Basic I Need ASAP: Keyboard input

  if i want to make a picture box move left, right, up or down what code do i use A simple example based upon keypresses on a form. Simple form with one button and picture box on. You are detecting the key that is pressed and moving the picturebox by adjusting the left and top properties. Public Class Form1 Private Sub MoveButtonAround(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me.KeyUp, Button1.KeyUp If e.KeyCode = Keys.Down Then PictureBox1.Top = PictureBox1.Top + 1 ElseIf e.KeyCode = Keys.Up Then PictureBox1.Top = PictureBox1.Top - 1 ElseIf e.KeyCode = Key ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System GUI Test Automation

  I am new to automation testing , I have been given a GUI and asked to automate the controls on it . I dont have any web interaction to my GUI, it just has some tabs, graphs, buttons, menu options, controls. How can I automate the whole GUI , so that when I create at testapp with a button onit to launch the GUI, then the key strokes on the GUI are recorded and the whole process is automated. Hello, We currently provide functional testing through web tests, although you could use unit tests to achieve what you want. Take a look at the following post: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPos ...Show All

• Visual C++ Scanning a Database???

  Okay,     I am making a program with a login screen.  The Username is stored in eUsername[9]  and the password in ePassword .  I want to check these against a file or better yet a database.  How do I do that.  The Win32 API only please, "the program is not to be written in Visual C++."  Thank you in advance. What is DTL (Database Template Library ). If you want to access a 3rd party database from C++ then you must use the database vendors C++ binding (or more usually C binding) for the specific database that you are using. There is no Standard C++ or Win32 way to do this. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Keep MDI child maximized?

  Hello, I'm trying to keep my all MDI children maximized and I can't find a way to do it. Please give me a hint! Thank you. Hi. I've been trying to use this code successfully but it's been impossible. My situation is this: I have an MDI Form and two forms that I display as children of the main form using the code posted above. The  ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Trouble with ShellExecute when open file

  I have a trouble when call shellexecute api function to open files. The application associated with the file that i want to open always invisible. I dont know what was wrong. Below is the code i copied and modified from VB6 ( In VB6, it works). Could anybody please tell me what was wrong *//Code // #define SW_SHOWNORMAL 1 #define SW_SHOWMINIMIZED 2 #define SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED 3 #define SE_ERR_NOASSOC 31 #define sOperation "open" #define sRun "RUNDLL32.EXE" #define sParameters "shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL " *//the mp3 file played but WMP9 was invisible// #define cFile_1 "D:\Musics\NIGHT_OF_THE_NIGHTS_(JOY).mp3" #define cFile_2 "c:\myfile.notsure" ...Show All

• Smart Device Development My pocketPC can't install .cab files

  My pocketPC is Acer n50 , use Window Mobile 2003 , second edition. I'm now trying to install some application by running .cab files from my SD-MMC card I've done everything they said from an instruction, but it didn't work. And this message appear in the end. ........................................... Setup Failed The file "\SC-MMC Card\Whatever\setupData.cab" is not a valid Windows CE Setup file. ................................................. What can I do Please Help. Are you making the CAB as a developer If not, that's the wrong forum to ask. Please see this on how ...Show All

• .NET Development DataSets or BusinessObjects

  Which one is better for distributed application Which one good for remoting Can dataset be serialized Regards01 ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Hosting Multiple Services

  Hi, First, I want to host over 50 different services each with a seperate interface, how can i do that in WCF using the same endpoint and the same service host. Second, can a service dynamically add a service to be hosted, for example lets say i have created a new service is there a way i can dynamically host this service without recompiling the service host code. You can host services dynamically. I do this currently with a Peer channel binding, but it works with any of the bindings as well. You can configure as many services as you like to the same endpoint. For HTTP transport you need to have derivitive URLs for each servi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Setting the Connection String Just Once

  I have Midi application that requires just two different connection strings, one for my dev environment and one for production.  The main form is frmMain. The main form has a function that detects whidh connection is sucessful.  This is called in the load routine.  Since frmMain is alway open, it seem reasonable to create a public property (called Conn ...Show All

• SQL Server vs 2005 august ctp with sql express

  Hello, the dvd of august ctp comes with sql express but it just doesnt want to install. Are there  any known issues about it I tried to install sql express june ctp and it says that I have  previous components from vs 2005 or sql, I ran the build cleanup configuration wizard from june ctp sql 2005 and it removed 2 components, after it I tried to run sql express june ctp again and it has the same errors. What do you recommend me When will be released september ctp of vs 2005 which version of sql express will it include Thanks    I'm pretty sure this problem was fixed in the RTM version of Express. Please post ...Show All

• SQL Server Transaction Log does not truncate and shrink using a SQL Server 2005 Maintenance Plan

  We are using SQL Server 2005 (SP1). I have created a maintenance plan that backs up up the datebase every night. The problem is that the transaction log is continuing to grow. I have been told that a full backup will automatically truncate and shrink the transaction log. However, this is not happening. How can I truncate and shrink the transaction log after a full backup as part of our maintenance plan. Thank you. I was under the impression that the transaction log can only be shrunk after a transaction log backup. Currently for Maintenance plans I have transaction log backups running durring the week and the ...Show All