Luca B.'s Q&A profile

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) ... like in Ruby

  Is it possible to extend int (simple types) to be able do something like in this code, written in Ruby 3.times { print "X " } For the moment, you have to write it like that: delegate void Procedure(); static class TestExtensions {   static public void Times(this Int32 subject, Procedure procedure)   {     for (int i = 1; i <= subject; i++)     ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Today Plugin: Initialization issue error => Hard Reset ... healp much more appreciated

  Hi all, So, here is my problem. I've done a little Today Plugin using VS2005 Beta 2. This plugin is working really fine, I can load it, unload it, play with it ... etc. But if I perform a soft reset while the today plugin is loaded, the pocketpc is not "booting up" anymore. So I assume the OS has some troubles to initialize my dll ... but I really don't understand why. I don't try to access to the storage card, even to the storage area. I ju ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Why Visual Web Developer Express needs Sql Server Express.

  Hello I just did a single application, it has not data components. And I cant see it. the error is the following I have sql 2005 abril ctp. Isnt it that enough Do I really need sql server express. for what Does the full version of visual studio also need sql server express SQLExpress database file auto-creation error: The connection string specifies a local SQL Server Express instance using a database location within the applications App_Da ...Show All

• Visual Studio bug in july ctp?

  trying to display a report in an asp.net page. The page runs and the page count is correct but the pages are blank. Export to excel errors, but export to PDF works and looks right. Known bug is there a workaround Allen Ok Rajeev. Win XP Sp2, July CTP of visual studio. OK, simplest repro I can do... I created a new web application. Added a report to it (report.rdlc) and put a line on the report. No data sour ...Show All

• SQL Server Running a package in C#

  Hello all. I am trying to run a package in C# and have come accross the help file of how to do it in Visual Basic ('Running an Existing Package using Visual Basic'). However, I cannot find a reference to anything relating to DTS in my reference dialog. In the help file it says to add a reference to Micorsoft.SQLServer.ManagedDTS.DLL, however, I cannot find this reference anywhere. Am I missing something Thanks, Mike   Tazzmann wr ...Show All

• Windows Forms Tear-off ToolStrips?

  Is there a way to allow ToolStrips to be moved around and undocked as in Office and Visual Studio We went from being slammed in getting B2 done to being slammed in getting RTM done...we still have plans to do these samples,& ...Show All

• .NET Development Connection string working with 2005 but failing with 2003.

  I hv a glaring issue and no solution— This code works fine in VS 2005 but fails in Vs.NET 2003. Using OLEDB, it works in VS.NET 2003, but the code used below fails. I cannot change the lines below and cannot upgrade the solution to VS 2005. Now pl tell me what s going wrong!! I seriously lack experts here to bail me out J Imports System.Data.SqlClient Imports System.Exception Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windo ...Show All

• Visual Basic Most wanted code snippets and resources

  Hi Everyone, We'd like to hear your ideas and opinions on Intellisense Code Snippets . - Which new code snippets would be most useful - Which code-snippet categories already in Visual Studio would need additional code snippets - What new snippet categories would you add to the ones already in Visual Studio - Which code snippet resources would you find most useful in your everyday experience using, authorin ...Show All

• SQL Server One dataflow for sevral Oracle Instances ?

  Hi, I designed a dataflow which extracts, transforms and load (the main goals of an ETL .... ) data from an Oracle db to an Sql Server 2005 db. The issue is that I would like to run this dataflow on several Oracle instances in a row. This intances are not on the same Oracle Servers. Is there a way to set only one data source for all these intances and to use a loop to execute the dataflow for each . Regards Ayzan ...Show All

• Visual C++ calling a WINAPI function from a managed main creates linker error

  OK, here is the latest saga from this newbie: Whenever I try to call EnumDesktopWindows or GetWindowsText the linker vomits out the following: LocateWindow.obj : error LNK2028: unresolved token (0A00000D) "int __stdcall EnumDesktopWindows(struct HDESK__ *,int (__stdcall*)(struct HWND__ *,long),long)" ( EnumDesktopWindows@@$$J212YGHPAUHDESK__@@P6GHPAUHWND__@@J@ZJ@Z) referenced in function "public: void __thiscall LocateWindow::setPopulateWindow ...Show All

• Windows Forms Is possible to have two rows as header in a DataGrid?

  Hello, Is possible to have two or more rows as header or footer in a DataGrid for example: Considering Sales of the year as main header and Mounts as sub-headers. Sales 2004       Sales 2005                     <-Main header Jan Feb Mar...   Jan Feb Mar ...       &nbs ...Show All

• .NET Development Enterprise Library on .NET 2.0

  Does any one know if Enterprise Library (all the application blocks) has been ported to .NET 2.0   If not when would you expect this to happen.  Or does the latest version work with Visual Studio 2005 Thanks in advance ka Thanks Chris.  I would hope it is converted soon because with out the new version we will not be able to port our current application to Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Project creation failing with error "The identity [Project Name]\Project Administrators is not a recognized identity. "

  Error The identity [Test]\Project Administrators is not a recognized identity. Explanation The identity [Test]\Project Administrators is not a recognized identity. User Action Warning TF30144: The New Team Project Wizard attempted to roll back all of the steps taken to this point but was unsuccessful. Contact your Team Foundation Server administrator for further instructions. Here is what Team Project Creation log file ...Show All

• SQL Server Error importing data from oracle database to an SQL database

  Hi! When i was importing a database table from an Oracle Database to a SQL database table, the wizard returns this error: Could not connect source component. Warning 0x80202066: Source - VB_PERMISSIONS [1]: Cannot retrieve the column code page info from the OLE DB provider.  If the component supports the "DefaultCodePage" property, the code page from that property will be used.  Change the value of the property if the current string ...Show All

• Windows Forms Dialog ZOrder Behind Parent on Win98 / NT

  I beleive I've found a bug in the Windows 98 / NT runtime for .NET framework 1.1. I've an MDI child which opens another form as Dialog.  While editing the form I noticed that while clicking on the second control in the tab index on&nb ...Show All