Beav1810's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms Terrarium Help.

  Hi, I need help. I am a newbe to terrarium and it looks interesting. But All what I can read on the internet concerning Terrarium looks a long time ago. No recent post I mean, or at the farm... or I look at the wrong place. (Where is everybody ) I see 10 peers, All LED's are green, but I never receive a creature from other peers. I can't introduce my own creature, I get a message "Terrarium is experience some server problems. Please try again later.". I connect to http://www.terrariumgame.net/Terrarium, it is the only server I know. Are their other servers ...Show All

• Windows Forms Windows Services

  Hi all, I'm working on a project that requires a windows service. I've never developed one before so I have some questions... 1. In all the examples that I have seen so far it looks as though a Win service requires an installation project... Why 2. Are there any registry entries that are made when the service is installed if so what are they 3. If a service is executing a stored procedure in a remote database, does the service need to open a specific port If so is that something that is configured in the service code or properties Thanks in advance... In general Windows Services do need some sort of installer, I know that when ...Show All

• Visual C# Passing array into Constructor

  Hey guys, I'm using C# 2.0 and thought I would take advantage of the new params keyword (I might not even need it if someone can show me another way). I'm making a custom class that handles files that our customers upload via the upload control. I want to only allow certain types of files to be uploaded, and was going to leave this up to the consumer of this object to specify in the contructor what file types they would like to allow from a predifined list. i.e. UploadFile_strict(msWord, msExcel) or just UploadFile_strict(msWord) I  want to allow: msWord doc msExcel doc text file csv file I've made them private variables like s ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to open Local Cube in Excel

  Hi, I have created a local cube (Offline cube) from SQL Server Analysis Services 2005(Using GLOBAL CUBE statement) with a name LocalCube1.cub. When I am trying to open the local cube using MS Excel 2003, it is giving a message "This DataSource has no visible Tables". I am trying to open the Local Cube file (.cub file) as follows : 1. In MS Excel -> Data -> Import External Data -> Import Data. Can any one help me in solving this problem. Any suggestions on why this message is occuring Regards, Gautham.   VGautham wrote: Hi, I have created a local cube (Offline cube) from SQL ...Show All

• Visual Basic Exception handling doesn't catch errors

  I seem to be missing a fundamental point regarding exception handling. My understanding is that when an error occurs, it can be caught by Catch without abnormally terminating the program. Mine will always abnormally terminate when an error occurs. An example is below. When the connection fails to open, the application breaks instead of executing the Catch block. Why Try cnSQL.Open() xMainMenu.ShowDialog() Me .Close() cnSQL.Close() Catch exc As Exception MessageBox.Show("Error Connecting to Database: " & exc.Message) intLoginAttempts += 1 MsgBox("Login Failed, " & maxLoginAttempts - int ...Show All

• .NET Development Is the NET framework 2 the final version or beta?

  Is the NET framework 2 the final version or beta My hosting provider is running NET Framework 1.1 and I hope for an upgrade… It has just been announced that Visual Studio will be released on November 7th: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml articleID=164301022&tid=13692 ...Show All

• SQL Server Internet integration

  Is there a way to embed reports in an  INTERNET app (ASP.NET) using the following requirements: - Get reports from Report Server (with toolbar and parameters) - Security authentication/authorisation comes from ASP.NET web app (single sign-on, not Windows authentication,  but custom) In brief, I just want to host reports in an ASP.NET app, as they appear in the html viewer, but embedded in the app, on the Internet.  URL access is perfect, but we require a single sign on with CUSTOM security. Problem : how to integrate the security context of the web app and the rs, rendering reports WITHIN the web app. Problems I am ex ...Show All

• SQL Server Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server

  I am trying to create an SQLExpress database file (mdf) in VS2005 but I get the following error: "Failed to generate a user instance of SQL Server due to a failure in making a connection to the user interface. The connection will be closed.” I also get this same error if I try to open an existing database from the VS samples. Any Ideas Thanks, Dave T Ok got this much figured out, still having other problems, but this part of the problem is fixed. lol ...Show All

• SQL Server External columns from a Sybase stored procedures

  I need to execute several stored procedures on a Sybase server and copy the results to SQL Server 2005 tables. While using an ad-hoc sql statement the "Available External Columns" list is correct, however when using a stored procedure the list is empty. I've tried to work around this a couple of ways without success. 1) DelayedValidation. I ran the sql from the stored procedure body in the OLE DB Source to set the column list, then turned on DelayValidation for the Data Flow component. When I switch to using a stored procedure it still connects to the Sybase database and removes the column list. Still does this even after turning on DelayedV ...Show All

• Windows Forms ClickOnce - Can't remove shortcuts

  I've created a second version of my ClickOnce installation. I start the original installed version of my application and it asks me if I would like to update the application. I install the new version and it fails with an error report, which claims that is can't remove shortcuts. The 'Publisher Name' is already being used in the Start menu by some of my other applications. If I click on the button to install the update again the program starts. There is no shortcut on the Start menu. What's wrong The shortcut does disappear, in fact it never reappears. I tried moving the other applications to another Start folder and reinstalling my ClickOnc ...Show All

• SQL Server Is this connection string formated correctly?

  Data Source=**COMPUTERNAME**\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=*CAT NAME*;User ID=*USR*;Password=*PASS*;Min Pool Size=5;Max Pool Size=10000;Connect Timeout=5 I can't connect to the DB. Everythime I try to connect to a page within my site that uses DB data I get an: " The resource cannot be found. " error. Hi, sems ok, dom’t know why you stared the USERNAME and COMPUTERNAME tey should just have no stars or quotes. You can just take also one of the connectionstrings here: http://www.connectionstrings.com they are work fine. HTH, Jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All

• Visual C++ How can I get a notification about a "display turn off" event (WinXP)?

  Hi, I would like to write a program that gets a notification for when the laptop display is turned off, either manually by the user or automatically by the system power management. Is this posible, and how Thanks, Osnat Below URL might give you some idea http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/power/base/about_power_management.asp ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Clarification on persistence & workflow states

  Hello, I'm working through WF Beta 2 hands on lab 3, exercise 2, task 3. I'm looking at the output in the lab doc from running the console app (which does match mine) but I'm a little unclear as to why some of the output appears as it does. Below I've listed the various states the workflow engine reports going through. Some of these I think I understand, while others I'm not too clear about. Could someone please help my understanding by commenting on these states The following states are recorded in the document's ouput display and also by running the workflow. I've listed my understanding (please correct any mistakes) of why the st ...Show All

• Visual C++ Implementation for _aligned_malloc?

  Hi. I'd like to see the implementation for _aligned_malloc, in order to make a version with further capabilities. This function is part of MS C stdlib. Hmm, it just occurred to me that Microsoft's implementation of stdlib may be secret. Is that why I can't find stdlib's source Thanks from a new arrival from the PPC/CodeWarrior world... Thanks for the names of the correct source files. I had tried stepping into _aligned_malloc. VC++ Express asks me to find dbgheap.c and shows execution in some random non-code area, clearly misaligned with the actual source. Any clues how to fix that ...Show All

• Windows Forms Error in Defining a variable of type DialogResult

  hello i have type a certain code in the click event of the button which is the following: dim result as DialogResult but when i build the solution he gives me a blue line under  the word DialogResult that tells me that is Type expected so how can i solve this problem thank you for the help and for the time hello thank you for your su ...Show All